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{
"Wedge furnace":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a mechanical shaft furnace for roasting ore that has several hearths one above the other and rabbles attached to a central revolving shaft":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"after Utley Wedge , its inventor":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wej-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030536",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Weifang":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"city in the province of Shandong, eastern China population 1,261,500":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0101-\u02c8f\u00e4\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130646",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Weigert's method":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a method of tracing the course of medullated nerve fibers by hardening the tissues in a solution of potassium dichromate and staining the sections for myelin sheaths":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"after Karl Weigert \u20201905 German pathologist":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8v\u012bg\u0259(r)ts-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021616",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Weir":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a dam in a stream or river to raise the water level or divert its flow":[],
": a fence or enclosure set in a waterway for taking fish":[],
"Robert Walter 1803\u20131889 American painter":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Firefighters were also working to protect structures on the east side of the weir , as well as fortifying a fire line a half mile outside St. Mary\u2019s. \u2014 Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
"Firefighters were also working to protect structures on the east side of the weir , as well as fortifying a fire line a half mile (800 meters) outside St. Mary\u2019s. \u2014 Mark Thiessen, ajc , 11 June 2022",
"After some dispute, community members agreed to remove the weir in order to return the lagoon to a saltwater body and encourage its use by native birds. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Buena Vista Lagoon, located between Oceanside and Carlsbad, has been slowly transformed by a weir , or low dam, into a freshwater marsh. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Plans for the restoration were delayed for several years by a long-standing disagreement over whether the weir should be removed. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Standing near a weir that was collecting and discharging water from a stream, with sensors to detect the flow and water chemistry, Driscoll explained what came next. \u2014 James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Silt and sediment carried by irrigation and stormwater runoff have been slowly filling the lagoon since the weir was built, slowly turning it into a marsh. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Dec. 2021",
"One morning last week, Rodriguez walked to a forested nature preserve beside oil fields, where the river pushes against a weir and much of the water is diverted into a wide canal. \u2014 Ian James Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English were, going back to Old English wer, going back to Germanic *wera- (whence Old Saxon wer, werr \"fish trap, dam,\" Middle High German wer, Old Norse ver \"fishing place\"), derivative of an Indo-European verb stem *u\u032fer- \"halt, check, avert,\" whence, from an iterative derivative *u\u032for-ei\u032fe-, Germanic *warjan- (whence Old English werian \"to ward off, protect,\" Old Saxon, \"to hinder, prevent,\" Old High German weren, werren \"to hinder, defend,\" Old Norse verja \"to defend, guard,\" Gothic warjan \"to hinder, forbid\"); and, with other ablaut derivatives, Greek \u00e9rymai, \u00e9rysthai \"to ward off, protect, save,\" Sanskrit v\u1e5b\u1e47oti \"(s/he) obstructs, prevents\"":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wir",
"\u02c8wer"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105816",
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun"
]
},
"Wellerism":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an expression of comparison comprising a usually well-known quotation followed by a facetious sequel (such as \"'every one to his own taste,' said the old woman as she kissed the cow\")":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1838, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Sam Weller , witty servant of Mr. Pickwick in the story Pickwick Papers (1836\u201337) by Charles Dickens":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8we-l\u0259-\u02ccri-z\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212021",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Welles":{
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"definitions":{
"1915\u20131985 American film and theater director, writer, producer, and actor":[
"(George) Or*son \\ \u02c8\u022fr-\u200bs\u1d4an \\"
],
"Gideon 1802\u20131878 American politician and writer":[],
"Sumner 1892\u20131961 American diplomat":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8welz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044947",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Wellesley":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"1st Marquis of 1760\u20131842 Richard Colley Wellesley British statesman; governor-general of India (1797\u20131805)":[],
"town in eastern Massachusetts west-southwest of Boston population 27,982":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8welz-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083259",
"type":[
"biographical name",
"geographical name"
]
},
"Weltbild":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": conception of the world":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8velt-\u02ccbilt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133425",
"type":[
"German noun"
]
},
"weak":{
"antonyms":[
"mighty",
"powerful",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strong"
],
"definitions":{
": bearing the minimal degree of stress occurring in the language":[
"a weak syllable"
],
": deficient in physical vigor : feeble , debilitated":[],
": deficient in the usual or required ingredients : dilute":[
"weak coffee"
],
": easily upset or nauseated":[
"a weak stomach"
],
": having little or no stress and obscured vowel sound":[
"'d in he'd is the weak form of would"
],
": indicative of a lack of skill or aptitude":[
"history was my weakest subject"
],
": ineffective , impotent":[],
": ionizing only slightly in solution":[
"weak acids and bases"
],
": lacking normal intensity or potency":[
"a weak radio signal",
"a weak strain of virus"
],
": lacking skill or proficiency":[
"tutoring for weaker students"
],
": lacking strength: such as":[],
": mentally or intellectually deficient":[],
": not able to function properly":[
"weak eyes"
],
": not able to resist external force or withstand attack":[],
": not able to sustain or exert much weight, pressure, or strain":[],
": not able to withstand temptation or persuasion":[
"the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
],
": not factually grounded or logically presented":[
"a weak argument"
],
": not firmly decided : vacillating":[],
": not having or exerting authority or political power":[
"weak government"
],
": of, relating to, or constituting a verb or verb conjugation that in English forms the past tense and past participle by adding the suffix -ed or -d or -t":[],
": resulting from or indicating lack of judgment or discernment":[],
": retaining a lesser number of distinctions in case, number and gender":[],
": tending toward a lower price or value":[
"a weak market",
"a weak dollar"
],
": wanting in vigor of expression or effect":[
"a weak translation of the poem"
]
},
"examples":[
"He has a weak throwing arm.",
"The illness left her too weak to stand up.",
"The child was born with weak lungs.",
"The batter hit a weak ground ball.",
"She uttered her reply in a weak voice.",
"The door's hinge is weak .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The World Bank warned in its latest global economic forecast that the toxic economic combination of weak economic growth and persistent inflation is a threat to many economies around the world. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 18 June 2022",
"On Tuesday, the World Bank slashed its annual global growth forecast to 2.9 percent, from January\u2019s 4.1 percent, and warned that the global economy may suffer from 1970s-style stagflation, a dangerous combination of weak growth and rising prices. \u2014 Aaron Gregg, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"Italy has faced years of weak economic growth and swelling government debt. \u2014 Tom Fairless, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
"Tightening of monetary policy will eventually lead to weak employment growth, or even declines. \u2014 Bill Conerly, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Stagflation offers a worst-of-all-possible worlds scenario of weak growth and sharply rising prices. \u2014 Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
"Germany, and indeed much of Europe, is now staring at stagflation \u2014 that nightmare combination of high inflation and weak economic growth. \u2014 Anna Cooban And Inke Kappeler, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The winds were gusting upwards of 15 mph along the coast on Sunday, blunting the weak offshore Santa Ana winds flowing out of the county\u2019s foothills and mountains. \u2014 Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Peace in the light, peace in the dark, peace in the big, peace in the small, peace in the weak , peace in the strong. \u2014 Chaplain Sharon Kugler, CBS News , 17 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English weike , from Old Norse veikr ; akin to Old English w\u012bcan to yield, Greek eikein to give way, Sanskrit vijate he speeds, flees":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0113k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for weak weak , feeble , frail , fragile , infirm , decrepit mean not strong enough to endure strain, pressure, or strenuous effort. weak applies to deficiency or inferiority in strength or power of any sort. felt weak after the surgery feeble suggests extreme weakness inviting pity or contempt. a feeble attempt to walk frail implies delicacy and slightness of constitution or structure. a frail teenager unable to enjoy sports fragile suggests frailty and brittleness unable to resist rough usage. a reclusive poet too fragile for the rigors of this world infirm suggests instability, unsoundness, and insecurity due to old age or crippling illness. infirm residents requiring constant care decrepit implies being worn-out or broken-down from long use or old age. the dowager's decrepit retainers",
"synonyms":[
"asthenic",
"debilitated",
"delicate",
"down-and-out",
"effete",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"faint",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"languid",
"low",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"slight",
"soft",
"softened",
"tender",
"unsubstantial",
"wasted",
"weakened",
"wimpish",
"wimpy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180825",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"weak anthropic principle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": anthropic principle sense a":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1985, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215618",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"weak at/in the knees":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": so nervous or powerfully affected that it is difficult to stand":[
"The announcement made me weak at the knees .",
"She said hello to me and I went weak in the knees ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040414",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"weak feints":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the last runnings in the distillation of alcoholic liquor (as whiskey)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184139",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"weak force":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a fundamental physical force that governs interactions between hadrons and leptons (as in the emission and absorption of neutrinos) and is responsible for particle decay processes (such as beta decay) in radioactivity, that is 10 -5 times the strength of the strong force, and that acts over distances smaller than those between nucleons in an atomic nucleus":[
"\u2014 compare electromagnetism sense 2a , gravity sense 3a(2) , strong force"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the 1960s, a series of theoretical and experimental breakthroughs proposed that the weak force is transmitted by particles called W and Z bosons. \u2014 John Conway, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
"This process is driven by the weak force , and since the early 1900s, physicists sought an explanation for why and how atoms decay. \u2014 John Conway, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The weak force is one that is unseen in daily life and exists at the subatomic particles accounting for the radioactive decay of certain particles into certain others. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 July 2021",
"There\u2019s just one boson (the massless photon) for the electromagnetic force, three (the massive W-and-Z bosons) for the weak force , eight (massless gluons), and one (massive) Higgs boson. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Electromagnetism is a force that acts at large distances, but the weak force acts only at very short distances \u2014 smaller than the nucleus of an atom. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 July 2021",
"Electromagnetism is a force that acts at large distances, but the weak force acts only at very short distances \u2014 smaller than the nucleus of an atom. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 July 2021",
"Electromagnetism is a force that acts at large distances, but the weak force acts only at very short distances \u2014 smaller than the nucleus of an atom. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 July 2021",
"Electromagnetism is a force that acts at large distances, but the weak force acts only at very short distances \u2014 smaller than the nucleus of an atom. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 July 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1968, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132954",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"weak link":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the least strong or successful part":[
"the weak link in the company's line of products"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080232",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"weak mayor":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a mayor in a mayor-council method of municipal government whose powers of policy-making and administration are by charter in large degree subordinate to the council \u2014 compare council-manager plan , strong mayor":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024909",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"weak moment":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a brief time when a person exercises bad judgment":[
"In a weak moment I told them my secret."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212847",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"weak neck":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a physiological disease of sorghum characterized by breaking of the stalk below the head":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211839",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"weak sauce":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": something inferior, ineffective, or unimpressive : something weak":[
"When it comes to employer-based coverage, the plan wouldn't do much \u2026 Honestly, this is weak sauce , and doesn't do much to alter the biggest, and one of the most dysfunctional, parts of the U.S. health care system.",
"\u2014 Pascal Emmanuel Gobry",
"\u2026 the laws they're looking at are pretty weak sauce , and their chances of passing are slim.",
"\u2014 Matt Baume"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As trust busting goes, however, this is unusually weak sauce . \u2014 Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Be careful, though: The skid plate beneath that bumper is weak sauce compared to the thick aluminum piece Toyota bolts to the front of a Tacoma TRD Pro. \u2014 Scott Oldham, Car and Driver , 28 Aug. 2020",
"Other than that, Suburbicon feels like weak sauce , impressive only in how pitilessly evil its main characters are. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 28 Oct. 2017",
"But this kind of stuff \u2013 throwing things at your own player -- is weak sauce and a bad look. \u2014 Paul Dehner Jr., Cincinnati.com , 11 Sep. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1992, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100549",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"weak side":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the side of a court or field (as in basketball or soccer) away from the ball":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Dante Giannuzzi stops Bouchard\u2019s stuff attempt, but the weak side rebound goes to Lajoie who finishes nicely. \u2014 Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive , 19 Feb. 2022",
"But Al Horford appeared to be late in setting a screen for Tatum on the weak side , and with Boston out of timeouts, Marcus Smart was forced to improvise. \u2014 Katie Mcinerney, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
"The Hoosiers would rush to fill the lane and help a pass over, sometimes even dragging the lone weak side defender away from the corner to help, thus leaving shooters time and time again. \u2014 Joel Lorenzi, The Indianapolis Star , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Marchand had a clean look at the net from the weak side and tried to go top shelf but Canadiens goalie Jake Allen snapped his glove to make the grab as time expired. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Hofer on the power play gets to the net too easily, Gauthier stops his shot but the rebound goes to the weak side where Berezowski has an easy follow. \u2014 Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Former first-round pick Patrick Queen, who will have his third position coach in as many NFL seasons, moved over from the middle linebacker position to the weak side in 2021 amid early-season struggles. \u2014 Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Everyone wants to know who will play the Jack \u2014 the position that moves all over the front from standing up as the weak side defensive end to blitzing and run-plugging over the center to sliding back to linebacker. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 31 Jan. 2022",
"He's been doing a great job with doing that, and crashing from the weak side , getting tip-outs, diving on the floor for loose balls, taking charges, getting hit in his face. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 31 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1940, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035019",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"weak sister":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"The company is no longer a weak sister among auto producers.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In Seven Days in May, the president is clearly a weak sister who does not trust the military, and vice versa. \u2014 Mackubin Thomas Owens, National Review , 10 Aug. 2021",
"After the Civil War and the advent of metallic cartridges, the Navy was often converted to use the .38 Short Colt cartridge, which was a similarly weak sister . \u2014 David E. Petzal, Field & Stream , 10 June 2020",
"Remember, retinol is the weaker sister to the prescription-grade retinoids, and the prescription-grade retinoids are the ones that are clinically proven to show the best results on skin. \u2014 Michele Corriston, PEOPLE.com , 8 July 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1857, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073247",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"weak stomach":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a tendency to be easily bothered by disgusting, shocking, or offensive things":[
"It's a very violent movie. Don't watch it if you have a weak stomach ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171534",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"weak-kneed":{
"antonyms":[
"backboned",
"firm",
"hard",
"strong",
"tough"
],
"definitions":{
": lacking willpower or resolution":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1863, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0113k-\u02c8n\u0113d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"characterless",
"effete",
"frail",
"invertebrate",
"limp-wristed",
"milk-and-water",
"namby-pamby",
"nerveless",
"soft",
"spineless",
"weak",
"weakened",
"weakling",
"wet",
"wimpish",
"wimpy",
"wishy-washy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184421",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"weak-minded":{
"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1592, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0113k-\u02c8m\u012bn-d\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"witless"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-120005",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"weak-mindedness":{
"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1592, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"\u02c8w\u0113k-\u02c8m\u012bn-d\u0259d"
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"The disease weakens the immune system.",
"Some are concerned that the increase in taxes will weaken the economy.",
"The beams had been weakened by water damage.",
"efforts to weaken environmental laws",
"The recent setbacks have not weakened our resolve.",
"These kinds of contradictions weaken your argument.",
"The disease causes the immune system to weaken .",
"The dollar has continued to weaken against the euro.",
"Lower interest rates have weakened the dollar.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"La Ni\u00f1a\u2019s sibling and opposite is El Ni\u00f1o, during which the east-to-west trade winds weaken or even reverse. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"There, the virus sits idly, waiting for our immune system to either weaken or get preoccupied fighting another infection. \u2014 Abdul El-sayed, The New Republic , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Activists are hopeful that Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which was argued before the Supreme Court in December, will overturn or weaken Roe v. Wade. \u2014 Jon Michael Raasch, Fox News , 22 Jan. 2022",
"With a 6-to-3 conservative majority, the court has signaled its willingness to weaken or even overturn the 1973 precedent. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2022",
"In fact, 21 states have positioned themselves to immediately ban or acutely curtail access to abortions if the Supreme Court chooses to overturn or weaken Roe v. Wade. \u2014 Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Both sides seem to be operating on the assumption that a court reshaped by former President Donald Trump will either overturn or seriously weaken Roe. \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Both sides seem to be operating on the assumption that a court reshaped by former President Donald Trump will either overturn or seriously weaken Roe. \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, ajc , 5 Dec. 2021",
"Both sides seem to be operating on the assumption that a court reshaped by former President Donald Trump will either overturn or seriously weaken Roe. \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, chicagotribune.com , 5 Dec. 2021"
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"1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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"\u02c8w\u0113-k\u0259n"
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"enfeeble",
"etiolate",
"prostrate",
"sap",
"soften",
"tire",
"waste"
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"The disease weakens the immune system.",
"Some are concerned that the increase in taxes will weaken the economy.",
"The beams had been weakened by water damage.",
"efforts to weaken environmental laws",
"The recent setbacks have not weakened our resolve.",
"These kinds of contradictions weaken your argument.",
"The disease causes the immune system to weaken .",
"The dollar has continued to weaken against the euro.",
"Lower interest rates have weakened the dollar.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"La Ni\u00f1a\u2019s sibling and opposite is El Ni\u00f1o, during which the east-to-west trade winds weaken or even reverse. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"There, the virus sits idly, waiting for our immune system to either weaken or get preoccupied fighting another infection. \u2014 Abdul El-sayed, The New Republic , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Activists are hopeful that Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which was argued before the Supreme Court in December, will overturn or weaken Roe v. Wade. \u2014 Jon Michael Raasch, Fox News , 22 Jan. 2022",
"With a 6-to-3 conservative majority, the court has signaled its willingness to weaken or even overturn the 1973 precedent. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2022",
"In fact, 21 states have positioned themselves to immediately ban or acutely curtail access to abortions if the Supreme Court chooses to overturn or weaken Roe v. Wade. \u2014 Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Both sides seem to be operating on the assumption that a court reshaped by former President Donald Trump will either overturn or seriously weaken Roe. \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Both sides seem to be operating on the assumption that a court reshaped by former President Donald Trump will either overturn or seriously weaken Roe. \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, ajc , 5 Dec. 2021",
"Both sides seem to be operating on the assumption that a court reshaped by former President Donald Trump will either overturn or seriously weaken Roe. \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, chicagotribune.com , 5 Dec. 2021"
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"1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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"\u02c8w\u0113-k\u0259n"
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"enfeeble",
"etiolate",
"prostrate",
"sap",
"soften",
"tire",
"waste"
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"The disease weakens the immune system.",
"Some are concerned that the increase in taxes will weaken the economy.",
"The beams had been weakened by water damage.",
"efforts to weaken environmental laws",
"The recent setbacks have not weakened our resolve.",
"These kinds of contradictions weaken your argument.",
"The disease causes the immune system to weaken .",
"The dollar has continued to weaken against the euro.",
"Lower interest rates have weakened the dollar.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"La Ni\u00f1a\u2019s sibling and opposite is El Ni\u00f1o, during which the east-to-west trade winds weaken or even reverse. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"There, the virus sits idly, waiting for our immune system to either weaken or get preoccupied fighting another infection. \u2014 Abdul El-sayed, The New Republic , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Activists are hopeful that Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which was argued before the Supreme Court in December, will overturn or weaken Roe v. Wade. \u2014 Jon Michael Raasch, Fox News , 22 Jan. 2022",
"With a 6-to-3 conservative majority, the court has signaled its willingness to weaken or even overturn the 1973 precedent. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2022",
"In fact, 21 states have positioned themselves to immediately ban or acutely curtail access to abortions if the Supreme Court chooses to overturn or weaken Roe v. Wade. \u2014 Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Both sides seem to be operating on the assumption that a court reshaped by former President Donald Trump will either overturn or seriously weaken Roe. \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Both sides seem to be operating on the assumption that a court reshaped by former President Donald Trump will either overturn or seriously weaken Roe. \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, ajc , 5 Dec. 2021",
"Both sides seem to be operating on the assumption that a court reshaped by former President Donald Trump will either overturn or seriously weaken Roe. \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, chicagotribune.com , 5 Dec. 2021"
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"1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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"\u02c8w\u0113-k\u0259n"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for weaken weaken , enfeeble , debilitate , undermine , sap , cripple , disable mean to lose or cause to lose strength or vigor. weaken may imply loss of physical strength, health, soundness, or stability or of quality, intensity, or effective power. a disease that weakens the body's defenses enfeeble implies a condition of marked weakness and helplessness. enfeebled by starvation debilitate suggests a less marked or more temporary impairment of strength or vitality. the debilitating effects of surgery undermine and sap suggest a weakening by something working surreptitiously and insidiously. a poor diet undermines your health drugs had sapped his ability to think cripple implies causing a serious loss of functioning power through damaging or removing an essential part or element. crippled by arthritis disable suggests bringing about impairment or limitation in a physical or mental ability. disabled by an injury sustained at work",
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"sap",
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"tire",
"waste"
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"noun",
"verb"
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": womankind":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163801",
"type":[
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": woman":[]
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"so called from the metaphor in 1 Peter 3:7(Authorized Version)":""
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"noun"
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": the least strong or successful part":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060729",
"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
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": a common marine bony fish ( Cynoscion regalis of the family Sciaenidae) of the eastern coast of the U.S. that is an important sport and food fish":[],
": any of several fishes congeneric with the weakfish":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Overfishing probably wasn\u2019t the cause of the weakfish \u2019s latest decline. \u2014 Capt. John Mcmurray, Field & Stream , 10 Feb. 2020",
"The fishing was better there, anyway: Trump and his buddies fished all day long, hauling in fluke, weakfish , and porgies, while beachgoers admired the boat from afar. \u2014 Thomas J. Campanella, The New Yorker , 18 Sep. 2019",
"Climate change was expected to make staple crops less nutritious and to lower the global availability of protein by a fifth, and may alter the mating calls of male weakfish . \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's magazine , 16 Sep. 2019",
"Also, look for weakfish in Guilford/Madison/New Haven Harbor areas. \u2014 Hartford Courant, courant.com , 31 Aug. 2017",
"Most commonly taken are fluke, striped bass, weakfish , porgies and striped sea robins. \u2014 Frank Cohen, courant.com , 17 May 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1791, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"obsolete Dutch weekvis , from Dutch week soft + vis fish":""
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"\u02c8w\u0113k-\u02ccfish"
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"noun"
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": any of several fishes congeneric with the weakfish":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Overfishing probably wasn\u2019t the cause of the weakfish \u2019s latest decline. \u2014 Capt. John Mcmurray, Field & Stream , 10 Feb. 2020",
"The fishing was better there, anyway: Trump and his buddies fished all day long, hauling in fluke, weakfish , and porgies, while beachgoers admired the boat from afar. \u2014 Thomas J. Campanella, The New Yorker , 18 Sep. 2019",
"Climate change was expected to make staple crops less nutritious and to lower the global availability of protein by a fifth, and may alter the mating calls of male weakfish . \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's magazine , 16 Sep. 2019",
"Also, look for weakfish in Guilford/Madison/New Haven Harbor areas. \u2014 Hartford Courant, courant.com , 31 Aug. 2017",
"Most commonly taken are fluke, striped bass, weakfish , porgies and striped sea robins. \u2014 Frank Cohen, courant.com , 17 May 2017"
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"1791, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"obsolete Dutch weekvis , from Dutch week soft + vis fish":""
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": lacking courage : fainthearted":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1549, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8w\u0113k-\u02c8h\u00e4r-t\u0259d"
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": one that is weak in body, character, or mind":[]
},
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"he had been a weakling until high school, when he started working out to put on muscle",
"only a weakling would be willing to lie to save himself from punishment",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In his first film role, Bathily (whose father grew up in the eponymous housing complex) was an unlikely choice; the part of Youri would seem to require a nerdy, 98-pound weakling , staring passively at the stars. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Criticizing Biden for not establishing a no-fly zone is a more specific charge than simply calling him a weakling \u2014a tangible thing that the president could be doing in Ukraine but isn\u2019t. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 15 Mar. 2022",
"On the other side, Ukraine is a relative weakling in cyberspace that has become the first country to fight back against an invader by publicly calling up an international army of vigilante hackers. \u2014 Christopher Mims, WSJ , 5 Mar. 2022",
"At first, Daryl finds himself on the wrong side of that privileged weakling weasel, otherwise known as Sebastian, son of Pamela Milton, who runs this town. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"In the aftermath of the killing, Mr. Chun instigated a coup against Park\u2019s weakling successor and began a reign of absolute power and terror. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Yeah, that\u2019s not going to happen, but the Warriors have at least a chance of improving their 90-pound- weakling image. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Aug. 2021",
"Ross Douthat, a conservative columnist at the New York Times, predicted before the election that Trump would turn out looking more a weakling than an autocrat. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2020",
"Arkansas and five other states require weakling governors who can be overridden by simple majorities. \u2014 John Brummett, Arkansas Online , 7 Mar. 2021"
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"1548, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8w\u0113-kli\u014b"
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"softy",
"softie",
"wimp",
"wuss",
"wussy"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183315",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"antonyms":[
"healthy",
"well"
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": feeble , weak":[]
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"a weakly baby who required repeated hospitalizations"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1577, in the meaning defined above":""
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0113-kl\u0113"
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"synonyms":[
"ailing",
"invalid",
"sickly"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032103",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"weakness":{
"antonyms":[
"hardihood",
"hardiness",
"robustness",
"strength",
"vigor"
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": a special desire or fondness":[
"has a weakness for sweets"
],
": an object of special desire or fondness":[
"pizza is my weakness"
],
": fault , defect":[]
},
"examples":[
"The weakness of her voice surprised me.",
"The incident exposed his weakness as a leader.",
"Some see compromise as a sign of weakness .",
"the weakness of a radio signal connection",
"the weakness of the dollar",
"I told them my secret in a moment of weakness .",
"The tutor assessed the student's strengths and weaknesses .",
"The basketball team has few weaknesses .",
"Chocolate is my greatest weakness .",
"He has a weakness for desserts.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some cases can have complications, including permanent hearing loss and facial weakness , damage to the eye and more. \u2014 Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
"The most common initial symptoms of AFM are sudden onset of arm or leg weakness , loss of muscle tone, and loss of reflexes. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The president\u2019s weakness has allowed Latin American countries to turn their backs to the United States. \u2014 Arjun Singh, National Review , 9 June 2022",
"But neither Gasc\u00f3n nor Boudin has ever fully owned their failings, instead holding up their ideology like a shield and leaving themselves open to attacks by foes, including police unions, who know a thing or two about capitalizing on weakness . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"The illness often begins with fever, headache, vomiting or weakness . \u2014 Aria Bendix, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
"With Tesla maintaining radio silence on this weakness , there's only so much that concerned owners can do. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022",
"Severe cases may begin with fever, vomiting, headache, or weakness and rapidly progress to confusion, loss of coordination, difficulty speaking or seizures. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 8 June 2022",
"Stock-market weakness also has prompted safe-haven buying of dollars, as has Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Aaron Back, WSJ , 7 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8w\u0113k-n\u0259s"
],
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"asthenia",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"delicacy",
"enervation",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"fragility",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"infirmity",
"languidness",
"languor",
"listlessness",
"lowness",
"wimpiness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030232",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"Definition of weaks plural of weak present tense third person singular of weak"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-112938",
"type":[]
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"weaky":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": wet , damp":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"weak entry 1 + -y":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0113ki"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210549",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"weal":{
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"definitions":{
": a sound, healthy, or prosperous state : well-being":[],
": body politic , commonweal":[],
": welt":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1798, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"Middle English wele , from Old English wela ; akin to Old English wel well":"Noun",
"alteration of wale":"Noun"
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"\u02c8w\u0113(\u0259)l",
"\u02c8w\u0113l"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140015",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"wealth":{
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": abundance of valuable material possessions or resources":[],
": abundant supply : profusion":[],
": all property that has a money value or an exchangeable value":[],
": weal , welfare":[]
},
"examples":[
"a nation that has acquired great wealth",
"someone whose sole goal is the accumulation of wealth",
"Her personal wealth is estimated to be around $10 billion.",
"What percentage of the national wealth is spent on health care?",
"I was impressed by the wealth of choices.",
"Libraries offer a wealth of information.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Around 15,000 millionaires are expected to leave Russia this year\u2014and the United Arab Emirates is set to see a big influx of wealth , according to a new analysis. \u2014 Chloe Taylor, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"While rising mortgage rates have begun to dampen activity, housing \u2014 generally one of the biggest sources of wealth for Americans \u2014 remains strong. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"With higher inflation, the depletion of wealth happens faster. \u2014 William Baldwin, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"The one conspicuous show of wealth at the house were the high-end cars \u2013 everything from Rolls Royces to Porsches to McLarens, neighbors said. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
"And the brutally unequal global rollout of Covid-19 vaccines and treatments is a consequence of an ever-increasing concentration of wealth and focus on profit maximization. \u2014 Muhammad Yunus, STAT , 29 May 2022",
"In writing Trust, Diaz hoped to linger on some of the uglier aspects of wealth while also attending to people, and in particular women, who do not typically represent mythical American financial power. \u2014 Jane Hu, The Atlantic , 26 May 2022",
"In a 2021 Medium post, Scott called out the increasing concentration of wealth among a smaller group of people. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
"The glasses are ostensibly because of an eye inflammation, but Hooper and Kraczyna suggest that is a pretext, and that the glasses are an empty show of wealth , serving no practical purpose. \u2014 Perri Klass, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":""
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"Middle English welthe , from wele weal":""
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"\u02c8welth",
"also \u02c8weltth"
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"assets",
"capital",
"fortune",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"substance",
"wherewithal",
"worth"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230029",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wealthiness":{
"antonyms":[
"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
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"definitions":{
": characterized by abundance : ample":[],
": having wealth : very affluent":[]
},
"examples":[
"He is a wealthy entrepreneur.",
"the wealthiest nations in the world",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For 30 years, the immersive Wild West theme park of Westworld has entertained the super wealthy . \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR , 26 June 2022",
"But that would require sharing, which is something that, despite being a basic part of kindergarten curriculum, is generally ignored by large corporations and the wealthy . \u2014 Erik Sherman, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The land has been in the hands of the extremely wealthy for years. \u2014 Darrell Hofheinz, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"The Prime Minister agreed to lift fuel price caps, increase taxes on the wealthy and slash the budget deficit in order to mollify the lender-of-last-resort. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"For the wealthy , Ms. Wu said, these symbolic designs became the aesthetic of choice. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Kathleen\u2019s death, then, is less the devastating, precipitating event in the series than the atmosphere\u2014a physical picture of the conflict that lurks in many human situations but especially in the private lives of the wealthy . \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
"Cosmetic surgery, nowadays more commonly associated with elective procedures for the wealthy and vain, in fact evolved under the most brutal conditions and with the noblest of aims. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"At first, the institution was largely limited to the wealthy , but that shifted over time. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For 30 years, the immersive Wild West theme park of Westworld has entertained the super wealthy . \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR , 26 June 2022",
"But that would require sharing, which is something that, despite being a basic part of kindergarten curriculum, is generally ignored by large corporations and the wealthy . \u2014 Erik Sherman, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The land has been in the hands of the extremely wealthy for years. \u2014 Darrell Hofheinz, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"The Prime Minister agreed to lift fuel price caps, increase taxes on the wealthy and slash the budget deficit in order to mollify the lender-of-last-resort. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"For the wealthy , Ms. Wu said, these symbolic designs became the aesthetic of choice. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Kathleen\u2019s death, then, is less the devastating, precipitating event in the series than the atmosphere\u2014a physical picture of the conflict that lurks in many human situations but especially in the private lives of the wealthy . \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
"Cosmetic surgery, nowadays more commonly associated with elective procedures for the wealthy and vain, in fact evolved under the most brutal conditions and with the noblest of aims. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"At first, the institution was largely limited to the wealthy , but that shifted over time. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 June 2022"
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"The calves are weaned at an early age.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As Western governments sought to pressure Moscow and many countries scrambled to wean themselves off Russian energy, the volume of Russia\u2019s fuel exports fell 15 percent in May compared with the period before the invasion. \u2014 Ellen Francis, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"The company cut the time to about two years, seemingly a promising sign in the push to strengthen America\u2019s energy infrastructure to distribute more solar and wind power and help wean the nation from fossil fuels. \u2014 Ivan Penn, New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"In March, the U.S. pledged to increase energy exports to Europe to help wean the European Union off of its reliance on Russian oil and gas. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Already, plans are in motion to wean the entire bloc off all Russian energy imports. \u2014 Paul Hockenos For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"Le Pen opposes plans to wean Europe off Russian oil and gas and could jeopardize the E.U. ban on Russian coal. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"China has long pushed to wean its economy off its dependence on borrowing for infrastructure projects that loaded the country with trillions of dollars in debt. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"With Russia, a key energy exporter, under sanctions and with governments in North America and Europe pledging to wean themselves off Russian coal and oil, energy prices have risen for many households. \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Policymakers are also discussing additional rounds of sanctions on Russia, how the European Union can wean itself off Russian energy and growing fears about global food insecurity. \u2014 Alan Rappeport, New York Times , 19 May 2022"
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"He doesn't wear a watch.",
"a badge worn by police officers",
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"She wears her hair in a ponytail.",
"I used to wear my hair long.",
"The teacher was wearing a frown.",
"He wore a hole in his pants.",
"Noun",
"shoes that are perfect for everyday wear",
"The deck is built to withstand years of wear .",
"I got a lot of wear out of these boots.",
"a new line of evening wear",
"The carpet is showing signs of wear .",
"You should inspect the tires for wear .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The microphones on Foley stages are incredibly sensitive, and Foley artists wear soft clothing to reduce interference. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"The Upper Cape Women\u2019s Coalition encouraged demonstrators to bring signs and wear green for a rally Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Falmouth Green. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"The team announced that Sharpe will wear No. 17 for Portland. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 June 2022",
"Thom Sweeney\u2019s contemporary approach to British tailoring is represented in Manhattan by a SoHo store that stocks its ready-to- wear line, offers made-to-measure and hosts bespoke trunk shows with its London cutters four times a year. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 23 June 2022",
"Additionally, as the years wear on, the team behind the Voyager space probes has begun to shut down certain systems on the spacecraft. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 22 June 2022",
"Criminal barristers, who still in court wear the wig and gowns of the 17th century, this week agreed to strike over cuts to government payments toward defendants\u2019 legal costs. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 21 June 2022",
"Fittingly, the bench carries an emblem that Jackson's team, the Waukesha Blazers, will wear on their uniforms this season. \u2014 Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"The ending was ugly, but Pacers fans watched as George transcended into one of the league\u2019s most exciting forwards \u2014 and probably the most talented player to ever wear the uniform. \u2014 Joel Lorenzi, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Long-wearing May not be suited for dry skin For oily skin types that are on the hunt for a long- wear , matte foundation, look no further. \u2014 ELLE , 28 June 2022",
"This classic set offers loungewear coziness and wear -to-work polish in equal measure thanks to its oversized fit. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
"The fiber has high resistance to everyday wear and moisture, excellent abrasion and crush resistance, a reliable yarn memory to hold twist, and good stain resistance when a stain treatment has been applied. \u2014 Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
"As an example of maintenance issues, the FTA's review found that a section of Orange Line track has been under speed restrictions since 2019 due to excessive wear and defects. \u2014 Mark Pratt, ajc , 15 June 2022",
"Summertime calls for easy- wear makeup solutions all over, but especially on the lips. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
"Whiteley discusses luxuy, resort wear , and her ambitions for On The Island. \u2014 Felicity Carter, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Based on those stats, the GXVE team is expecting more of the same with the newest drop in the collection of high pigment lip formulations\u2014Xtra Sauce, a liquid, extreme-long- wear liquid lipstick with a vinyl finish and ultra shine. \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 8 June 2022",
"What is the femme- wear equivalent for other people who work at these venues and events? \u2014 Jacobina Martin, Washington Post , 31 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The wear and tear of the recent stretch showed, especially early on, but Connecticut (9-3) fought past the fatigue to escape with a 93-86 victory over Seattle (5-5) at Climate Pledge Arena. \u2014 Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant , 6 June 2022",
"Commercial weatherproofing is proven durability to withstand wear and tear of all seasons. \u2014 Hannah Jones, Country Living , 25 May 2022",
"Stephenson won\u2019t catch every day due to the wear and tear of playing that position. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 11 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, the leather strap is durable and can deal with the wear and tear of daily use without needing to be regularly replaced. \u2014 Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Plus, waterproof mattress protectors can extend the life of your mattress by protecting against everyday wear and tear , bugs and allergens, too. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
"The wear and tear of shortstop sometimes, you red-light him. \u2014 Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Old Toothbrushes Twice-daily brushings can put a lot of wear and tear on your toothbrush, and bacteria and food particles can build up between the bristles over time. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 14 Feb. 2022",
"The constant grind of practicing put wear and tear on his body, leading inevitably to injuries. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Feb. 2022"
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"keeping up with twin toddlers wears me out",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Make for yourselves wallets that don\u2019t wear out \u2014 a treasure in heaven that never runs out. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 10 June 2022",
"Cars with fewer parts and fewer things to wear out just won\u2019t need that industry quite as much. \u2014 Brad Templeton, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"The other brake items that wear out are the brake pads. \u2014 Gary Witzenburg, Car and Driver , 13 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s in contrast to the current crop of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which usually wear out after 1,000 cycles per the industry standard. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Solid-state drives use memory chips instead of spinning platters, so there are no moving parts to wear out . \u2014 Jim Rossman, Dallas News , 12 May 2021",
"In an apparent response to Austin\u2019s remark, Lavrov said Russia has a feeling that the West wants to prolong Ukraine\u2019s fight and in the process wear out Russia\u2019s army and its military-industrial complex. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The less expensive mats are usually foam-based, may give off more of a rubbery smell, and may wear out more quickly. \u2014 Sara Gaynes Levy, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Samsung is launching a new range of high-endurance memory cards this week that are apparently nearly impossible to wear out . \u2014 Matthew Humphries, PCMAG , 4 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Almost everyone today must navigate a wide set of interactions with health information and health care that are mediated through computers, mobile applications, wearable devices, telehealth and telemedicine \u2014 collectively known as digital health. \u2014 Kim Gallon, STAT , 28 June 2022",
"And smart glasses will be wearable devices packing lots and lots of sensors. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 7 June 2022",
"Companies developed wearable devices aimed at detecting early symptoms of Covid-19 and predicting its diagnosis. \u2014 Shafin Tejani, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Save on Amazon devices: save $20 off the 4th Generation Echo Dot; save $15 off the 3rd Generation Echo Dot; take up to 40% off Kindle devices; take 30% off select FireTV devices; take up to 25% off Halo wearable devices. \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 20 May 2022",
"Organizing the data from various tests, wearable devices, and other sources on a single platform is one. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 12 May 2022",
"Scientists tracked the participants\u2019 physical activity using a variety of wearable devices, from simple pedometers \u2013 step counters \u2013 to more sophisticated activity monitors like accelerometers. \u2014 David Bassett, The Conversation , 4 May 2022",
"In the study, participants were given both real-time feedback and progressive insights on the factors that impacted their stress by evaluating data points from a wearable activity tracker. \u2014 Rachel Yarcony, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"For more great ways to beat the heat, check out our picks for the best tower fans, desk fans, and wearable air conditioners! \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Triathlon participants, marathoners, and anyone else looking for a solid wearable for their workouts\u2014this deal is for you. \u2014 Dale Arden Chong, Men's Health , 23 May 2022",
"Google will continue its partnership with Samsung for this wearable , with the Pixel Watch to run on WearOS 3.1. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 28 Apr. 2022",
"For a wearable at this price to measure blood oxygen levels is pretty impressive. \u2014 David Phelan, Forbes , 28 Sep. 2021",
"The new wearable did not get any exciting new health sensors either. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 10 Jan. 2022",
"This is not to be confused with the new NXTWear Air glasses, another TCL wearable detailed at CES 2022. \u2014 Anshel Sag, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The wearable has appeared in various leaks dating back to spring 2021. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 2 May 2022",
"The wearable is the first of its kind to blend fashion and tech \u2014 allowing the user to capture photos and videos hands-free, as well as take calls, send messages on Messenger, and listen to your favorite music or podcast. \u2014 Beatrice Hazlehurst, Rolling Stone , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The wearable will have flat sides, just like the iPhone, and a larger screen. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 10 Sep. 2021"
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"I would remember the potential for return, all things circling as they do, into something like fullness, small moments of completion that weave together, like Penelope's cloth, doing and undoing themselves by turns, an unfinished pattern that guides a weary traveler home \u2026 \u2014 Paul Sorrell , Parabola , May 2000",
"But for the wilted weeds that managed to jut forth in wiry clumps where the mortar was cracked and washed away, the viaduct wall was barren of everything except the affirmation of a weary industrial city's prolonged and triumphant struggle to monumentalize its ugliness. \u2014 Philip Roth , American Pastoral , 1997",
"Every day for a week Ellsworth showed up to see Clarence and every day Miss Eunice and Mr. George Edward would exchange weary glances and shrugs \u2026 \u2014 Randall Kenan , Let the Dead Bury Their Dead , 1992",
"I need to rest my weary eyes.",
"The miners were weary after a long shift.",
"She was weary from years of housework.",
"Verb",
"What wearies me about Dickens, however, is his excessive use of words. \u2014 Will Manley , Booklist , 1 Nov. 2006",
"I doubted what Indonesia now had to offer and wearied of being new all over again. \u2014 Barack Obama , Dreams from My Father , (1995) 2004",
"Does it weary me to find some women of the next generation reinventing the wheel when it comes to planning their lives and dreaming of their romantic futures? \u2014 Margo Jefferson , New York Times Book Review , 15 Apr. 2001",
"The work wearies me sometimes.",
"these constant complaints are really wearying me",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Fuehrer, who lives near Binghamton, tried the get the weary and confused dog out but eventually called 911. \u2014 Fox News , 28 June 2022",
"That\u2019s why grown men, battered and weary , hurl themselves in front of speeding pucks and shrug off sticks to the face. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022",
"Now, as one epidemiological crisis after another confronts an increasingly weary and threadbare U.S. public health system, experts are sounding the alarm. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 5 June 2022",
"The face is wise and weary and staring resolutely ahead. \u2014 Forrest Brown, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"Vivian is small, with a tough affect and weary eyes. \u2014 The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"The project unveils a world weary (and wary) Lamar, a man who\u2019s lived through the difficulties of the past few years, and like so many of us, is attempting to make sense of all of it by going to therapy. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 23 May 2022",
"Even youths grow tired and weary , and young men stumble and fall. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"Instead, many players are exasperated, weary of uncertain field situations, inconvenient training times and schedule changes. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Yet the movie\u2019s rare skirmishes feel authentically battle- wearied and handicapped by conscience. \u2014 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times , 23 Apr. 2020",
"How would 6% be for a start Several pages of this is charming; forty years\u2019 worth would have been wearying . \u2014 Sheila Heti, The New Yorker , 30 Mar. 2020",
"Unique pressures If the occasional flight is wearying , imagine the exhaustion of doing it for a living. \u2014 Natasha Frost, Quartz , 27 Feb. 2020",
"Freedom from responsibility, after all, is the fantasy of a world- wearied adult, not of a teenager, who longs for nothing more than to be trusted to make decisions for herself. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books , 25 Feb. 2020",
"While an understandable choice, the approach becomes wearying : A few more notes of sincerity would have better served the play. \u2014 Celia Wren, Washington Post , 11 Nov. 2019",
"Following that important thread through the next two hours was wearying , particularly once it was subsumed under questions about bathrooms. \u2014 Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic , 13 Jan. 2020",
"Others face eviction threats from landlords who have wearied of the police showing up. \u2014 Anne Deprince, The Conversation , 1 Nov. 2019",
"Chekhov, whose plays hardly seem to coerce life at all, boldly broke ranks with this wearying regimentation. \u2014 The New York Review of Books , 23 May 2019"
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"I would remember the potential for return, all things circling as they do, into something like fullness, small moments of completion that weave together, like Penelope's cloth, doing and undoing themselves by turns, an unfinished pattern that guides a weary traveler home \u2026 \u2014 Paul Sorrell , Parabola , May 2000",
"But for the wilted weeds that managed to jut forth in wiry clumps where the mortar was cracked and washed away, the viaduct wall was barren of everything except the affirmation of a weary industrial city's prolonged and triumphant struggle to monumentalize its ugliness. \u2014 Philip Roth , American Pastoral , 1997",
"Every day for a week Ellsworth showed up to see Clarence and every day Miss Eunice and Mr. George Edward would exchange weary glances and shrugs \u2026 \u2014 Randall Kenan , Let the Dead Bury Their Dead , 1992",
"I need to rest my weary eyes.",
"The miners were weary after a long shift.",
"She was weary from years of housework.",
"Verb",
"What wearies me about Dickens, however, is his excessive use of words. \u2014 Will Manley , Booklist , 1 Nov. 2006",
"I doubted what Indonesia now had to offer and wearied of being new all over again. \u2014 Barack Obama , Dreams from My Father , (1995) 2004",
"Does it weary me to find some women of the next generation reinventing the wheel when it comes to planning their lives and dreaming of their romantic futures? \u2014 Margo Jefferson , New York Times Book Review , 15 Apr. 2001",
"The work wearies me sometimes.",
"these constant complaints are really wearying me",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Fuehrer, who lives near Binghamton, tried the get the weary and confused dog out but eventually called 911. \u2014 Fox News , 28 June 2022",
"That\u2019s why grown men, battered and weary , hurl themselves in front of speeding pucks and shrug off sticks to the face. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022",
"Now, as one epidemiological crisis after another confronts an increasingly weary and threadbare U.S. public health system, experts are sounding the alarm. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 5 June 2022",
"The face is wise and weary and staring resolutely ahead. \u2014 Forrest Brown, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"Vivian is small, with a tough affect and weary eyes. \u2014 The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"The project unveils a world weary (and wary) Lamar, a man who\u2019s lived through the difficulties of the past few years, and like so many of us, is attempting to make sense of all of it by going to therapy. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 23 May 2022",
"Even youths grow tired and weary , and young men stumble and fall. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"Instead, many players are exasperated, weary of uncertain field situations, inconvenient training times and schedule changes. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Yet the movie\u2019s rare skirmishes feel authentically battle- wearied and handicapped by conscience. \u2014 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times , 23 Apr. 2020",
"How would 6% be for a start Several pages of this is charming; forty years\u2019 worth would have been wearying . \u2014 Sheila Heti, The New Yorker , 30 Mar. 2020",
"Unique pressures If the occasional flight is wearying , imagine the exhaustion of doing it for a living. \u2014 Natasha Frost, Quartz , 27 Feb. 2020",
"Freedom from responsibility, after all, is the fantasy of a world- wearied adult, not of a teenager, who longs for nothing more than to be trusted to make decisions for herself. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books , 25 Feb. 2020",
"While an understandable choice, the approach becomes wearying : A few more notes of sincerity would have better served the play. \u2014 Celia Wren, Washington Post , 11 Nov. 2019",
"Following that important thread through the next two hours was wearying , particularly once it was subsumed under questions about bathrooms. \u2014 Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic , 13 Jan. 2020",
"Others face eviction threats from landlords who have wearied of the police showing up. \u2014 Anne Deprince, The Conversation , 1 Nov. 2019",
"Chekhov, whose plays hardly seem to coerce life at all, boldly broke ranks with this wearying regimentation. \u2014 The New York Review of Books , 23 May 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The result is yet another wearisome tale that inelegantly depicts themes like acceptance, understanding and diversity within a saga that has always been rather clumsy with its messaging around such weighty topics. \u2014 Tomris Laffly, Variety , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Sometimes this soundtrack gets slightly repetitive, a bit wearisome . \u2014 Corey Seymour, Vogue , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Trying to imbue those moments with greater import, however, soon proves a wearisome endeavor, especially considering that, aside from a few melancholic soundtrack arrangements, there\u2019s little way to decipher their overarching intention. \u2014 Nick Schager, Variety , 25 Aug. 2021",
"In the wake of his death, one last cycle of Mad Mike indignation churned though all of its wearisome life phases. \u2014 David Howard, Popular Mechanics , 30 Aug. 2020",
"From Out of Nowhere,\u2019 Jeff Lynne\u2019s ELO A wearisome number of \u201960s, \u201970s and \u201980s music acts are still out there touring, milking their history and occasionally releasing albums of material that\u2019s a shadow of their former work. \u2014 Greg Crawford, Detroit Free Press , 29 Dec. 2019",
"Almost any other programmer would have insisted on hour installments, which would have buried the mysterious proceedings under wearisome layers of unnecessary weight. \u2014 Mark Dawidziak, cleveland , 23 Nov. 2019",
"The characters\u2019 strict adherence to their roles\u2014brave woman, careless man\u2014becomes wearisome . \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 6 Dec. 2019",
"Might insecurity, then, explain her wearisome insolence? \u2014 Anna Mundow, WSJ , 3 Aug. 2018"
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"I would remember the potential for return, all things circling as they do, into something like fullness, small moments of completion that weave together, like Penelope's cloth, doing and undoing themselves by turns, an unfinished pattern that guides a weary traveler home \u2026 \u2014 Paul Sorrell , Parabola , May 2000",
"But for the wilted weeds that managed to jut forth in wiry clumps where the mortar was cracked and washed away, the viaduct wall was barren of everything except the affirmation of a weary industrial city's prolonged and triumphant struggle to monumentalize its ugliness. \u2014 Philip Roth , American Pastoral , 1997",
"Every day for a week Ellsworth showed up to see Clarence and every day Miss Eunice and Mr. George Edward would exchange weary glances and shrugs \u2026 \u2014 Randall Kenan , Let the Dead Bury Their Dead , 1992",
"I need to rest my weary eyes.",
"The miners were weary after a long shift.",
"She was weary from years of housework.",
"Verb",
"What wearies me about Dickens, however, is his excessive use of words. \u2014 Will Manley , Booklist , 1 Nov. 2006",
"I doubted what Indonesia now had to offer and wearied of being new all over again. \u2014 Barack Obama , Dreams from My Father , (1995) 2004",
"Does it weary me to find some women of the next generation reinventing the wheel when it comes to planning their lives and dreaming of their romantic futures? \u2014 Margo Jefferson , New York Times Book Review , 15 Apr. 2001",
"The work wearies me sometimes.",
"these constant complaints are really wearying me",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Fuehrer, who lives near Binghamton, tried the get the weary and confused dog out but eventually called 911. \u2014 Fox News , 28 June 2022",
"That\u2019s why grown men, battered and weary , hurl themselves in front of speeding pucks and shrug off sticks to the face. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022",
"Now, as one epidemiological crisis after another confronts an increasingly weary and threadbare U.S. public health system, experts are sounding the alarm. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 5 June 2022",
"The face is wise and weary and staring resolutely ahead. \u2014 Forrest Brown, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"Vivian is small, with a tough affect and weary eyes. \u2014 The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"The project unveils a world weary (and wary) Lamar, a man who\u2019s lived through the difficulties of the past few years, and like so many of us, is attempting to make sense of all of it by going to therapy. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 23 May 2022",
"Even youths grow tired and weary , and young men stumble and fall. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"Instead, many players are exasperated, weary of uncertain field situations, inconvenient training times and schedule changes. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Yet the movie\u2019s rare skirmishes feel authentically battle- wearied and handicapped by conscience. \u2014 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times , 23 Apr. 2020",
"How would 6% be for a start Several pages of this is charming; forty years\u2019 worth would have been wearying . \u2014 Sheila Heti, The New Yorker , 30 Mar. 2020",
"Unique pressures If the occasional flight is wearying , imagine the exhaustion of doing it for a living. \u2014 Natasha Frost, Quartz , 27 Feb. 2020",
"Freedom from responsibility, after all, is the fantasy of a world- wearied adult, not of a teenager, who longs for nothing more than to be trusted to make decisions for herself. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books , 25 Feb. 2020",
"While an understandable choice, the approach becomes wearying : A few more notes of sincerity would have better served the play. \u2014 Celia Wren, Washington Post , 11 Nov. 2019",
"Following that important thread through the next two hours was wearying , particularly once it was subsumed under questions about bathrooms. \u2014 Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic , 13 Jan. 2020",
"Others face eviction threats from landlords who have wearied of the police showing up. \u2014 Anne Deprince, The Conversation , 1 Nov. 2019",
"Chekhov, whose plays hardly seem to coerce life at all, boldly broke ranks with this wearying regimentation. \u2014 The New York Review of Books , 23 May 2019"
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"I would remember the potential for return, all things circling as they do, into something like fullness, small moments of completion that weave together, like Penelope's cloth, doing and undoing themselves by turns, an unfinished pattern that guides a weary traveler home \u2026 \u2014 Paul Sorrell , Parabola , May 2000",
"But for the wilted weeds that managed to jut forth in wiry clumps where the mortar was cracked and washed away, the viaduct wall was barren of everything except the affirmation of a weary industrial city's prolonged and triumphant struggle to monumentalize its ugliness. \u2014 Philip Roth , American Pastoral , 1997",
"Every day for a week Ellsworth showed up to see Clarence and every day Miss Eunice and Mr. George Edward would exchange weary glances and shrugs \u2026 \u2014 Randall Kenan , Let the Dead Bury Their Dead , 1992",
"I need to rest my weary eyes.",
"The miners were weary after a long shift.",
"She was weary from years of housework.",
"Verb",
"What wearies me about Dickens, however, is his excessive use of words. \u2014 Will Manley , Booklist , 1 Nov. 2006",
"I doubted what Indonesia now had to offer and wearied of being new all over again. \u2014 Barack Obama , Dreams from My Father , (1995) 2004",
"Does it weary me to find some women of the next generation reinventing the wheel when it comes to planning their lives and dreaming of their romantic futures? \u2014 Margo Jefferson , New York Times Book Review , 15 Apr. 2001",
"The work wearies me sometimes.",
"these constant complaints are really wearying me",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Fuehrer, who lives near Binghamton, tried the get the weary and confused dog out but eventually called 911. \u2014 Fox News , 28 June 2022",
"That\u2019s why grown men, battered and weary , hurl themselves in front of speeding pucks and shrug off sticks to the face. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022",
"Now, as one epidemiological crisis after another confronts an increasingly weary and threadbare U.S. public health system, experts are sounding the alarm. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 5 June 2022",
"The face is wise and weary and staring resolutely ahead. \u2014 Forrest Brown, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"Vivian is small, with a tough affect and weary eyes. \u2014 The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"The project unveils a world weary (and wary) Lamar, a man who\u2019s lived through the difficulties of the past few years, and like so many of us, is attempting to make sense of all of it by going to therapy. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 23 May 2022",
"Even youths grow tired and weary , and young men stumble and fall. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"Instead, many players are exasperated, weary of uncertain field situations, inconvenient training times and schedule changes. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Yet the movie\u2019s rare skirmishes feel authentically battle- wearied and handicapped by conscience. \u2014 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times , 23 Apr. 2020",
"How would 6% be for a start Several pages of this is charming; forty years\u2019 worth would have been wearying . \u2014 Sheila Heti, The New Yorker , 30 Mar. 2020",
"Unique pressures If the occasional flight is wearying , imagine the exhaustion of doing it for a living. \u2014 Natasha Frost, Quartz , 27 Feb. 2020",
"Freedom from responsibility, after all, is the fantasy of a world- wearied adult, not of a teenager, who longs for nothing more than to be trusted to make decisions for herself. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books , 25 Feb. 2020",
"While an understandable choice, the approach becomes wearying : A few more notes of sincerity would have better served the play. \u2014 Celia Wren, Washington Post , 11 Nov. 2019",
"Following that important thread through the next two hours was wearying , particularly once it was subsumed under questions about bathrooms. \u2014 Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic , 13 Jan. 2020",
"Others face eviction threats from landlords who have wearied of the police showing up. \u2014 Anne Deprince, The Conversation , 1 Nov. 2019",
"Chekhov, whose plays hardly seem to coerce life at all, boldly broke ranks with this wearying regimentation. \u2014 The New York Review of Books , 23 May 2019"
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"Middle English wery , from Old English w\u0113rig ; akin to Old High German wuorag intoxicated and perhaps to Greek a\u014dros sleep":"Adjective and Verb"
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"\u02c8wir-\u0113"
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"all in",
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"beat",
"beaten",
"bleary",
"burned-out",
"burnt-out",
"bushed",
"dead",
"done",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"jaded",
"knackered",
"limp",
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"loggy",
"played out",
"pooped",
"prostrate",
"spent",
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"tuckered (out)",
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"wearied",
"wiped out",
"worn",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English wesand , from Old English *w\u01e3send gullet; akin to Old English w\u0101send gullet, Old High German weisunt windpipe":""
},
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"\u02c8w\u0113-z\u1d4and",
"\u02c8wiz-\u1d4an(d)",
"\u02c8w\u0113z-\u1d4and",
"\u02c8wi-z\u1d4an(d)"
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"noun"
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"w\u0113\u02c8zal\u0259\u0307n"
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": a light self-propelled tracked vehicle built either for traveling over snow, ice, or sand or as an amphibious vehicle":[],
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": any of various small slender active carnivorous mammals (genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae, the weasel family) that are able to prey on animals (such as rabbits) larger than themselves, are mostly brown with white or yellowish underparts, and in northern forms turn white in winter \u2014 compare ermine sense 1a":[],
": to escape from or evade a situation or obligation":[
"\u2014 often used with out"
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},
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"Verb",
"the polite guest chose to weasel rather than admit that he didn't like the meal",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The owner's weasel of a son (Ben Foster) does not, and demotes him. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 2 June 2022",
"Horner, a game participant in the show, is portrayed as a weasel constantly maneuvering to gain favor with the sport\u2019s governing body. \u2014 Carrie Battan, The New Yorker , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Technicians with the Hoopa Valley Tribe\u2019s wildlife division have been capturing and studying fishers since 2005, observing the weasel -like animal that is both culturally significant and rare. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Meanwhile, a weasel -like animal called a fisher waited nearby, making glottal noises inside a wire trap. \u2014 Elizabeth Miller, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Mar. 2022",
"At first, Daryl finds himself on the wrong side of that privileged weakling weasel , otherwise known as Sebastian, son of Pamela Milton, who runs this town. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"For example, there\u2019s a yokai called the Kama Itachi, which is a kind of weasel creature that has sharp claws and flies with the wind. \u2014 George Yang, Wired , 3 Feb. 2022",
"But the goat didn\u2019t die after a single head shot; its legs kept flailing, as if to taunt Eisen for being such a weasel . \u2014 Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone , 30 Jan. 2022",
"They\u2019re rescued by Buck Wild, an adventure-loving weasel and together the trio face dinosaurs and other creatures in the Lost World. \u2014 Essence , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Stink bugs can weasel their ways into spaces, but often cannot figure out how to escape, thus causing a small community to suddenly inhabit your home. \u2014 Natalie Schumann, Country Living , 14 June 2022",
"Maybe this all just an exercise in futility, and the real reason Harsin still has a job is that the school couldn\u2019t figure out a way to weasel out of the coach\u2019s $18 million buyout. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 11 Feb. 2022",
"This is not a way to weasel some internal PR into your brand, but rather a genuine method for improving your company's performance. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"But unlike Covid-19, harmful particles from wildfire smoke can easily penetrate cloth coverings and weasel through gaps between the mask and a person\u2019s face. \u2014 Claire Bugos, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Despite those pledges, Hirsch and many local residents say Boeing and the federal government have repeatedly tried to weasel out of their commitments. \u2014 Sammy Roth Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2021",
"Manafort\u2019s and Cohen\u2019s legal troubles will further cement in the public\u2019s mind that corrupt people weaseled their way into Mr. Trump\u2019s orbit before and during his presidential campaign. \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 22 Aug. 2018",
"Now this doctor just said Rona probably weaseled her way in. \u2014 Adiba Nelson, Washington Post , 10 Apr. 2020",
"Stink bugs can weasel their ways into spaces, but often cannot figure out how to escape, thus causing a small community to suddenly inhabit your home. \u2014 Natalie Schumann, Country Living , 7 Feb. 2020"
],
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"1900, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English wesele , from Old English weosule ; akin to Old High German wisula weasel":"Noun",
"weasel word":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8w\u0113-z\u0259l"
],
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"equivocate",
"fudge",
"hedge",
"pussyfoot",
"tergiversate",
"waffle"
],
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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": to avoid doing (something) by being dishonest, by persuading someone in a clever way, etc.":[
"She weaseled out of our agreement.",
"He weaseled his way out of helping me with the yard work."
]
},
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"phrasal verb"
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": linsang":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054605",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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": a female or young male of the smew":[]
},
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"noun"
]
},
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": mustelidae":[]
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"noun"
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": having a thin sharp face like that of a weasel":[]
},
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"weather a crisis"
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": weathering":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The weather today will be hot and dry.",
"The hikers sought protection from the weather under an overhang.",
"It looks like we're in for some weather tomorrow.",
"We'll take a look at the weather right after this commercial break.",
"Check the weather before you make plans.",
"Verb",
"The wood on the porch has weathered over the years.",
"They weathered a terrible storm while at sea.",
"He has weathered the criticism well.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"According to a hazardous weather outlook from the National Weather Service, there is a possibility of strong to severe storms this afternoon into tonight in Greater Cincinnati. \u2014 Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
"More permanent housing for people experiencing homelessness could help protect vulnerable people from heat waves and other dangerous weather , Schenkelberg said. \u2014 Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"According to the weather forecast, high temperatures for this week in South Florida will climb into the 90s with little rain expected, a contrast to the flood watches issued last week from heavy rainfall. \u2014 Olivia Lloyd, Sun Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
"With just one-eighth the density of weather stations recommended by the World Meteorological Organization, African countries have a harder time forecasting climate disruptions and getting that information to farmers. \u2014 Sarah Kaplan, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"The blaze, burning since April 6 when a prescribed fire got out of control, could be reanimated Sunday by fire weather expected to produce extra-dry conditions and gusts as potent as 35 miles per hour, according to New Mexico fire officials. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
"The elimination game, originally scheduled for 3 p.m., began just more than an hour late due to lightning delays and was placed back into another weather delay in the top of the first inning as storms rolled through the area. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 13 June 2022",
"The Coalition for the Homeless coordinates the Operation White Flag program to ensure that people who are homeless can find shelter during severe weather . \u2014 Thomas Birmingham, The Courier-Journal , 13 June 2022",
"Strong winds and warm weather were posing challenges. \u2014 Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic , 13 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The iPhone maker is a staple investment given its general ability to weather market storms, but investors seemed to be reassessing their love affair with the company as higher interest rates make tech stocks less attractive. \u2014 Francesca Fontana, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"Though some have pooh-poohed Silicon Valley's usefulness in the era of COVID, the advent of these software companies utterly transformed America's ability to weather a plague. \u2014 Noah Smith, Star Tribune , 9 Mar. 2021",
"That said, spread-out housing and living arrangements and a warm climate are all X factors that may have contributed to Florida\u2019s ability to weather the pandemic while keeping its economy more or less on track. \u2014 Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 Mar. 2021",
"That, by the way, reflects the network\u2019s ability to weather COVID-19 more broadly. \u2014 Nicholas Quah, Vulture , 2 Feb. 2021",
"Executives have credited that model with helping Lego weather the worst of the supply-chain disruptions that have buffeted various industries during the pandemic. \u2014 Saabira Chaudhuri, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"But as the war in Ukraine, record gas prices and spiraling inflation continue to put pressure on the US economy, what remains to be seen is whether the newly robust labor movement could weather higher unemployment and an eventual economic downturn. \u2014 Alicia Wallace, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"The wood on 988 Orthodox crosses is yet to weather . \u2014 Michael Tobin, Fox News , 9 June 2022",
"Depending on the day, some team members had more personal social support than others, while others may have had more abundant financial assets to weather the ups and downs. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"And now people with a non- weather background reference it, too. \u2014 Jennifer Sangalang, USA TODAY , 31 Jan. 2022",
"These breakfasts are particularly popular in Asia and the Pacific, especially at warm- weather private villa resorts in places like Thailand, Fiji and the Maldives. \u2014 Lilit Marcus, CNN , 21 June 2021",
"Current laws allow non- weather water loss claims up to five years after the incident that caused the damage. \u2014 Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com , 14 Nov. 2020",
"Sun Country\u2019s business consists of commercial flights between the United States and warm- weather international vacation destinations, transporting cargo for Amazon, and charter flights. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Oct. 2020",
"That chapter has not stopped the media personality from sharing his non- weather opinions on social media. \u2014 Neal Justin, Star Tribune , 12 Aug. 2020"
],
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"1582, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English weder , from Old English; akin to Old High German wetar weather, Old Church Slavonic vetr\u016d wind":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8we-t\u035fh\u0259r"
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"ride (out)",
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],
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"verb"
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": a person or thing that changes readily or often":[],
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},
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"when the winds suddenly shifted on social values, the weathercocks wasted no time in proclaiming their newfound passion for conservatism",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When the Museum of Old Newbury purchased the weathercock from the First Religious Society of Newburyport in 2018, the presumption was the vane was made by either Shem Drowne or his son Thomas. \u2014 Maysoon Khan, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Aug. 2019",
"When a new meeting house was erected on Pleasant Street in 1801, the weathercock went with it. \u2014 Maysoon Khan, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Aug. 2019"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8we-t\u035fh\u0259r-\u02cck\u00e4k"
],
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"synonyms":[
"acrobat",
"chameleon",
"chancer",
"opportunist",
"temporizer",
"timeserver",
"trimmer"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232557",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"weave":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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": to interlace (threads) into cloth":[],
": to make (something, such as a basket) by intertwining":[],
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"\u2014 used of spiders and insects"
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": to produce by elaborately combining elements : contrive":[],
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": to introduce as an appropriate element : work in":[
"\u2014 usually used with in or into"
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": to work at weaving : make cloth":[],
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": to move waveringly from side to side : sway":[]
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"\u02c8w\u0113v"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Many scenes aren\u2019t just sci-fi but weave in horror tropes, galvanizing the visuals. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"Having a slithery ball-handler who can weave in and out of traffic in the lane while waiting for just the right moment to throw the lob pass to Antetokounmpo would be a massive addition that could quickly push them back to the top of the food chain. \u2014 Brian Sampson, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Yoon finds a way to weave in core parts of being human, including mental health struggles, complicated relationships and the wide-ranging effects of technology. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
"Pradhan lifted a Kanjeevaram from its box, another iconic Indian weave from the ancient southern city Kanchipuram. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"That\u2019s because during the nearly 60-year life of the German marque\u2019s iconic model, many hundreds of variants have emerged, each identified by series, year and specifications that weave a genealogy as complicated as Adam\u2019s family tree. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 30 May 2022",
"And there\u2019s enough soft, slim and opaque noodles to weave a yeti costume from. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Railing against the vaccination pass that France requires to enter restaurants and many other venues, protesters have tried to weave toward Paris from north, south, east and west, waving and honking at onlookers from their car windows. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Feb. 2022",
"There are numerous ways to weave this mindset into your company\u2019s culture, from discouraging work communication during time off to making well-being an integral part of your company\u2019s values. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 3 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The density of the weave factors into thread count, as well. \u2014 Hannah Jones, Country Living , 28 June 2022",
"This set from Thread Spread features a 100% extra-long-staple cotton construction with a 1000 thread count and buttery soft sateen weave . \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 22 June 2022",
"Satin is a weave , so many silk fabrics are also satin. \u2014 Andrea Jordan, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
"Inside, the custom interior features red Scottish Muirhead leather and a plush German weave carpet. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 21 Apr. 2022",
"At the Bronner show, hair instructor Juanita Garmon (who was also Nathaniel and Arthur's sister) helped bring to a much wider audience the sew-in weave technique that Christina Jenkins had pioneered. \u2014 Christian Cody, Allure , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Woven with a soft and stretchy nylon/lycra microfiber, the top of the sock is an airy, see-through-thin weave . \u2014 Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online , 23 July 2020",
"The carrier\u2019s open- weave design creates plenty of tie-down points for your gear. \u2014 Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2022",
"The homeowners purchased an unusual gray, oval handwoven Cayman Daybed with an open- weave canopy and sumptuous cushioning from RH that sits alongside the pool. \u2014 Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Pradhan lifted a Kanjeevaram from its box, another iconic Indian weave from the ancient southern city Kanchipuram. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"That\u2019s because during the nearly 60-year life of the German marque\u2019s iconic model, many hundreds of variants have emerged, each identified by series, year and specifications that weave a genealogy as complicated as Adam\u2019s family tree. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 30 May 2022",
"The tasteful, transitional textile has long been a top choice for designers looking to weave some personality and pizzazz into their outerwear and beyond. \u2014 Kevin Huynh, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"The networks need to weave the new live sports rights into their brand. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"Random giveaways will often not feel authentic or cohesive or weave into a story that makes much sense. \u2014 Isabelle Dumont, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Enter Niraj Swami, senior director of conservation technology strategy and enablement, who works with conservation partners to weave emerging technology into problem solving. \u2014 Danielle Bernabe, Fortune , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The highland patio chat table is crafted from a weather-resistant resin weave that the manufacturer says retains its color for 2,500 UV hours. \u2014 Daria Smith, Better Homes & Gardens , 11 May 2022",
"As the name implies, this system indicates the item's level of protection against ultraviolet energy, taking into account color, weave density, and fabric. \u2014 Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure , 5 May 2022"
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"Middle English weven , from Old English wefan ; akin to Old High German weban to weave, Greek hyphainein to weave, hyphos web":"Verb",
"Middle English weven to move to and fro, wave; akin to Old Norse veifa to be in movement \u2014 more at wipe":"Verb"
},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1596, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
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": any of numerous Old World passerine birds (family Ploceidae) that resemble finches and typically construct elaborate nests of interlaced vegetation":[],
": one that weaves especially as an occupation":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Geo Soctomah Neptune\u2014an Indigenous (Passamaquoddy) basket weaver , drag artist, and model based in Indian Township, Maine\u2014has been collecting earrings since childhood. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 1 June 2022",
"Vandever's own anti-hemp aunt, who is also a weaver , jumped on board after weaving her own rug with hemp and wool and selling it for a lot more than normal. \u2014 Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic , 31 May 2022",
"At the knees, the ancient weaver switched to a different weaving method, called tapestry weaving, which produces a less flexible but thicker, sturdier fabric. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The 62-year-old rug weaver vanished in the middle of the night in the small community of Sweetwater, which straddles the Utah-Arizona state line in the Navajo Nation. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"Warren said her aunt, a master rug weaver , rarely left home and didn't allow anyone inside due to the Covid-19 pandemic. \u2014 Nicole Chavez, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"Each pattern is one-of-a-kind, differing by region and town and representative of the weaver \u2019s heritage and personality. \u2014 Valentina Di Donato, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"With the help of an expert weaver , archaeologists have unraveled the design secrets behind the world\u2019s oldest pants. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Every hammock is handmade in Thailand by a female weaver , providing her with a sustainable, equitable income to support her family and create lasting change in her community. \u2014 Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 1 Apr. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8w\u0113-v\u0259r"
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"definitions":{
": any of various ants (especially genus Oecophylla ) that build nests from leaves bound together with silk secreted by larvae":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Looking up at a tree in the southwest Indian district of Coorg, Gordon Ramsay holds a bag and sways on his feet in an attempt to be in the right place to catch a weaver ant nest. \u2014 Jill K. Robinson, National Geographic , 20 May 2020",
"Ants are highly sought food sources in many parts of the world: The black weaver ant is popular in China, India and Sri Lanka, and leafcutter species are quite popular in Mexico. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 25 Oct. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Darting clusters of weaverbirds filled the camel thorn branches above us. \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 21 Dec. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Many scenes aren\u2019t just sci-fi but weave in horror tropes, galvanizing the visuals. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"Having a slithery ball-handler who can weave in and out of traffic in the lane while waiting for just the right moment to throw the lob pass to Antetokounmpo would be a massive addition that could quickly push them back to the top of the food chain. \u2014 Brian Sampson, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Yoon finds a way to weave in core parts of being human, including mental health struggles, complicated relationships and the wide-ranging effects of technology. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
"Pradhan lifted a Kanjeevaram from its box, another iconic Indian weave from the ancient southern city Kanchipuram. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"That\u2019s because during the nearly 60-year life of the German marque\u2019s iconic model, many hundreds of variants have emerged, each identified by series, year and specifications that weave a genealogy as complicated as Adam\u2019s family tree. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 30 May 2022",
"And there\u2019s enough soft, slim and opaque noodles to weave a yeti costume from. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Railing against the vaccination pass that France requires to enter restaurants and many other venues, protesters have tried to weave toward Paris from north, south, east and west, waving and honking at onlookers from their car windows. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Feb. 2022",
"There are numerous ways to weave this mindset into your company\u2019s culture, from discouraging work communication during time off to making well-being an integral part of your company\u2019s values. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 3 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The density of the weave factors into thread count, as well. \u2014 Hannah Jones, Country Living , 28 June 2022",
"This set from Thread Spread features a 100% extra-long-staple cotton construction with a 1000 thread count and buttery soft sateen weave . \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 22 June 2022",
"Satin is a weave , so many silk fabrics are also satin. \u2014 Andrea Jordan, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
"Inside, the custom interior features red Scottish Muirhead leather and a plush German weave carpet. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 21 Apr. 2022",
"At the Bronner show, hair instructor Juanita Garmon (who was also Nathaniel and Arthur's sister) helped bring to a much wider audience the sew-in weave technique that Christina Jenkins had pioneered. \u2014 Christian Cody, Allure , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Woven with a soft and stretchy nylon/lycra microfiber, the top of the sock is an airy, see-through-thin weave . \u2014 Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online , 23 July 2020",
"The carrier\u2019s open- weave design creates plenty of tie-down points for your gear. \u2014 Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2022",
"The homeowners purchased an unusual gray, oval handwoven Cayman Daybed with an open- weave canopy and sumptuous cushioning from RH that sits alongside the pool. \u2014 Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Pradhan lifted a Kanjeevaram from its box, another iconic Indian weave from the ancient southern city Kanchipuram. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"That\u2019s because during the nearly 60-year life of the German marque\u2019s iconic model, many hundreds of variants have emerged, each identified by series, year and specifications that weave a genealogy as complicated as Adam\u2019s family tree. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 30 May 2022",
"The tasteful, transitional textile has long been a top choice for designers looking to weave some personality and pizzazz into their outerwear and beyond. \u2014 Kevin Huynh, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"The networks need to weave the new live sports rights into their brand. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"Random giveaways will often not feel authentic or cohesive or weave into a story that makes much sense. \u2014 Isabelle Dumont, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Enter Niraj Swami, senior director of conservation technology strategy and enablement, who works with conservation partners to weave emerging technology into problem solving. \u2014 Danielle Bernabe, Fortune , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The highland patio chat table is crafted from a weather-resistant resin weave that the manufacturer says retains its color for 2,500 UV hours. \u2014 Daria Smith, Better Homes & Gardens , 11 May 2022",
"As the name implies, this system indicates the item's level of protection against ultraviolet energy, taking into account color, weave density, and fabric. \u2014 Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure , 5 May 2022"
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"1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"Middle English weven , from Old English wefan ; akin to Old High German weban to weave, Greek hyphainein to weave, hyphos web":"Verb",
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"\u02c8w\u0113v"
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"During the Great Recession, people flocked to the web to sort through the economic ruins, looking for cheaper goods, jobs, and coupons. \u2014 Hannah Zeavin, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"The feature remains an underutilized tool that many web surfers could potentially be benefitting from. \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 21 June 2022",
"Brands large and small, legacy and startup, must accept that people see them not as neutral actors but as active agents in the interconnected web that is business and society and the wellness and equity of the people who live and work within it. \u2014 Randall Tucker, Fortune , 20 June 2022",
"And as those laws were codified, the world wide web came online, giving anyone with a home computer increasingly easy access to court records. \u2014 Amanda P\u00e9rez Pintado, USA TODAY , 19 June 2022",
"The web portal will be accessible for teachers and students, including those who home school, and will include teacher workshops, ideas for lesson plans, access to the collection, artwork, videos and documents. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"Mikey graduated from high school and went on to study web design at Mesa Community College, not being held back by his disability. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 18 June 2022",
"There even are web sites that list San Diego as one of the best places in the nation to be homeless. \u2014 Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"Owners of the sleek white boxes were expected to transfer music not from the web but from their own CDs. \u2014 Steven Sinofsky, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The forum will be broadcast live in English on NBC10 and NECN and those stations web sites, and a Spanish language stream will be available on TelemundoNuevaInglaterra.com. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
"There might have been more time if not for decades of climate denial by companies including Exxon Mobil, a history that web comic xkcd cleverly highlights this week. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Keen Harvest Flip Whether these are your house shoes for quarantine comfort or your beach cruisers once regulations relax, Keen\u2019s eco-friendly sandals boast webbing made from 100 percent recycled bottles. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 22 Apr. 2020",
"The popular video conferencing platform Zoom routes web traffic to 17 of its data centers sprinkled around the globe. \u2014 Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY , 13 Mar. 2020",
"Some have switched to web video broadcasts or online gatherings and some have postponed or rescheduled planned events. \u2014 Chase Difeliciantonio, SFChronicle.com , 5 Mar. 2020",
"The Nordic island country straddles the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates meet, molding a volcanic terrain webbed by glacial rivers and studded with gemstone-aquamarine lakes. \u2014 Wired , 3 Nov. 2019",
"By the time the mites form webs it\u2019s usually too late to save the plants. \u2014 Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com , 13 Sep. 2019",
"Vernon Bailey, who web archives show was initially listed as the chief executive on the Veterans Services\u2019 site, was described as its treasurer as recently as Aug. 1. \u2014 Steve Thompson, Washington Post , 28 Aug. 2019"
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"They will wed in the fall.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The company selling the container, At Your Service Tent and Event Rentals, usually works wedding parties. \u2014 Victor Llorente, Popular Mechanics , 24 Apr. 2020",
"And expenditures have indeed grown, along with the social media wedding industrial complex and the pressures to pull off a luxurious, grand-scale event. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Between showers, bachelorette and bachelor parties and the big day itself, wedding party members spend an average of about $730, according to a 2018 Bankrate study. \u2014 Rebekah Tuchscherer, USA TODAY , 16 July 2019",
"Anu Rajasingham, a 35-year-old public health engineer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, visited one such home in the Atlanta area last year while searching for wedding saris from Sabyasachi Mukherjee. \u2014 Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times , 25 Feb. 2020",
"After their lavish wedding in Capri, Italy, last week, the newlyweds have been traveling around the European country, riding on jet skis and celebrating a post- wedding party with their friends. \u2014 Helen Murphy, PEOPLE.com , 10 Aug. 2019",
"Princess Eugenie's royal wedding weekend may be coming an end, but that hasn't stopped wedding guests from posting about the celebrations online. \u2014 Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 Oct. 2018",
"There is a portrait of Ben and Xenia\u2019s wedding party, pictures of Ella trick-or-treating in a tiny bat costume, splashing in a backyard baby pool, sitting on her mother\u2019s lap at Legoland. \u2014 Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2019",
"The incident stems from a pre- wedding party on August 30, when the wedding party and friends spent an afternoon rafting, paddling and drinking on the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, according to an affidavit of probable cause. \u2014 Eric Levenson, CNN , 7 Oct. 2019"
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"The company selling the container, At Your Service Tent and Event Rentals, usually works wedding parties. \u2014 Victor Llorente, Popular Mechanics , 24 Apr. 2020",
"And expenditures have indeed grown, along with the social media wedding industrial complex and the pressures to pull off a luxurious, grand-scale event. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Between showers, bachelorette and bachelor parties and the big day itself, wedding party members spend an average of about $730, according to a 2018 Bankrate study. \u2014 Rebekah Tuchscherer, USA TODAY , 16 July 2019",
"Anu Rajasingham, a 35-year-old public health engineer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, visited one such home in the Atlanta area last year while searching for wedding saris from Sabyasachi Mukherjee. \u2014 Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times , 25 Feb. 2020",
"After their lavish wedding in Capri, Italy, last week, the newlyweds have been traveling around the European country, riding on jet skis and celebrating a post- wedding party with their friends. \u2014 Helen Murphy, PEOPLE.com , 10 Aug. 2019",
"Princess Eugenie's royal wedding weekend may be coming an end, but that hasn't stopped wedding guests from posting about the celebrations online. \u2014 Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 Oct. 2018",
"There is a portrait of Ben and Xenia\u2019s wedding party, pictures of Ella trick-or-treating in a tiny bat costume, splashing in a backyard baby pool, sitting on her mother\u2019s lap at Legoland. \u2014 Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2019",
"The incident stems from a pre- wedding party on August 30, when the wedding party and friends spent an afternoon rafting, paddling and drinking on the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, according to an affidavit of probable cause. \u2014 Eric Levenson, CNN , 7 Oct. 2019"
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"The wedding will be at 2:00 p.m.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Few men at the wedding had any interest in mansaf in a cup. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022",
"Attending the society wedding of Hugh Van Cutsem Jr. to Rose Astor at Burford Parish Church. \u2014 ELLE , 24 June 2022",
"Pete Souza, who was President Barack Obama's official White House photographer, captured photos at the wedding . \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 23 June 2022",
"The building in question is the lair Logan has posted up in while the family attends the wedding of his three younger children\u2019s English mother, Lady Caroline (Harriet Walter). \u2014 Lesley O'toole, Variety , 20 June 2022",
"In addition to wearing them at her own nuptials, Lady Sarah opted to wear the earrings at the 2018 wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
"My mother has been ill, uses a wheelchair and may not be able to travel to the wedding . \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"The 220-carat all-white-diamond bib was commissioned by the queen from Van Cleef & Arpels to celebrate the wedding of her daughter Princess Fawzia of Egypt to the shah of Iran. \u2014 Stellene Volandes, Town & Country , 15 June 2022",
"Spears and Asghari dated for six years prior to the wedding . . \u2014 Kenan Draughornestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022"
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"He used a wedge to split the firewood.",
"A wedge held the door open.",
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"Verb",
"She wedged her foot into the crack.",
"The dog got wedged between the couch and the end table.",
"I wedged myself into the car's back seat.",
"She wedged the door open.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Rub the lime wedge around the rim of a rocks glass to moisten, then roll the rim in the salt. \u2014 Amber Love Bond, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Fate decides that the wedge should be a sick baby, so the spell gives poor Anthony colic. \u2014 Samantha Highfill, EW.com , 13 June 2022",
"The DeWar\u2019s lemon wedge is a blend of 1\u00bd ounces Dewar\u2019s 12-year-old scotch, 3 ounces club soda, and 2 ounces lemonade, combined over ice and stirred, then garnished with a lemon. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
"Starting at the wide end of each wedge , roll up the dough, ending with the pointed tip on the bottom. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 24 May 2022",
"The black wedge here represents non-Windows computers running Steam. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 14 Apr. 2022",
"However, earlier this week, the Duchess of Cambridge ditched the wedge and opted for espadrille flats instead. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Many of them recognize that a divisive fight could provide more fodder for Democrats to try to deepen the wedge between their party and African Americans before this year\u2019s midterm elections. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Feb. 2022",
"That\u2019s not to say the golfers will be using driver/sand wedge (or driver/putter) on every hole. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Stand in line, place your order, then find a spot to wedge in with all the other revelers. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"So your daughters are working and raising your grandchildren and holding a lot together through it all and managed to wedge a vacation in there. \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Republicans have been increasing their support among minorities, because often these groups are more culturally conservative in ways that wedge them off from the current Democratic Party. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Alternatively, a thicker blade will not only be stronger than a thinner one but can help wedge difficult materials (like wood) open with more force. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 3 Sep. 2020",
"Males that don\u2019t end up partnered at first will hunt down amplexed duos and spend hours, even days, trying to pry them apart, yanking at the first male\u2019s limbs, or trying to wedge his body between theirs. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 14 Mar. 2022",
"That total could get added to the overall vote total and potentially wedge a winner into the starting lineup. \u2014 Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic , 4 Feb. 2022",
"In upholding the Biden administration\u2019s requirement for millions of health care workers, the decision could wedge health care workers between opposing state and federal policies. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Jan. 2022",
"The Jimmy tool from our friends at iFixit has a thin strip of steel on the tip that can be used to wedge , pry, or shimmy open just about anything. \u2014 Michael Calore, Wired , 18 Nov. 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"Middle English wegge , from Old English wecg ; akin to Old High German wecki wedge, Lithuanian vagis":"Noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Liberal Party typically employs guns as a wedge issue during federal election campaigns, painting their Conservative counterparts as supportive of easing gun-control measures to gain an edge. \u2014 Amanda Coletta, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"But as Tuesday\u2019s primaries loom, the factory has become a wedge issue in local and state races for many voters near the future plant. \u2014 Drew Kann, ajc , 19 May 2022",
"The recent escalation in the conflict could become a wedge issue for Mr. Erdogan, who faces a difficult re-election fight in an election scheduled for next year. \u2014 Jared Malsin, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"Transgender rights have emerged as a wedge issue in the culture wars ahead of the November midterm congressional elections. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 9 May 2022",
"For him, as for a chunk of the electorate, the COVID-19 pandemic is a wedge issue . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The salvos were among the latest to draw widespread attention in the country\u2019s ongoing culture wars, as conservatives push to make education a political wedge issue . \u2014 NBC News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"At the same time, Republicans have seized on the spike in violent crime under the broad umbrella of public safety as a wedge issue to reshape how voters view gun violence. \u2014 Steve Peoples, Hartford Courant , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Debate over inflation\u2019s causes and how to address the situation have become a political wedge issue . \u2014 John Mccormick, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022"
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"the pebble in the heel of his shoe was pretty well wedged",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For several days, tug boats have been working away to dig around and pull out the most wedged part of the ship. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2021",
"That disruption caused the ship to become wedged sideways across the canal. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2021",
"The wedged disc design gives a set of three rotational frequencies, so the instrumentation errors can be filtered out by examining changes that are common to all three frequencies. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2020",
"For drivers hoping to bridge the gap in three-row transport between wedged minivans and truck-like building blocks, the Q7 presents a tall-car alternative. \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 5 Mar. 2020",
"Child car safety seats, with their wedged latches and twisted straps, are a pain to install. \u2014 Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com , 22 Sep. 2017"
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"joined the happy couple in holy wedlock",
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"She is forced to immigrate to Japan after becoming pregnant out of wedlock . \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 23 June 2022",
"Collins wrote in the Bible that he was born in 1844 into slavery and that at 16 had a son out of wedlock . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"Collodi never had children of his own, though there were rumors of a daughter born out of wedlock . \u2014 Perri Klass, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
"One woman in her 60s replied to it, saying that her own first child had been born out of wedlock , and was taken from her for adoption, which had broken her heart. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"None of my brothers has mentioned having a son out of wedlock . \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Putin is rumored to have more children out of wedlock , all of who appear to have lived in Western countries. \u2014 CNN , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Conceived out of wedlock , the child was raised primarily at boarding schools, in keeping with convention for upper-middle-class families of the time. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Sunja marries to conceal the identity her firstborn's father, and to avoid societal shame of having a child out of wedlock . \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 25 Mar. 2022"
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"HunterGirl, for instance, is just a wee bit better. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 19 Apr. 2022",
"And then Thor's smiling face appears, making Quill a wee bit uncomfortable. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The dress is available for wee ones newborn to 24 months for $18.99. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 19 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s also an interactive adventure theater and a discovery museum sure to keep wee ones engaged. \u2014 Lori A. May, Chron , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Each contains art and science activities to get stuck into, from deep sea and dinosaurs for wee ones to a road trip around the USA for older kids. \u2014 Wired , 29 Nov. 2021",
"But there are other options, including haunts, a hayride, movies and more, plus a half-dozen family friendly outings for the wee ones. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Face painting, a balloon artist and free snow cones also proved popular with the wee ones. \u2014 Chris M. Worrell, cleveland , 8 Aug. 2021",
"He was reportedly blacklisted from the Emmys for telling jokes at the 1991 ceremony about masturbation and Pee- wee Herman actor Paul Reubens\u2019s arrest for indecent exposure; the bit was censored for West Coast audiences. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022"
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"Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday . \u2014 Karina Tsui, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday . \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"An unobtrusive camera catches 435 speeding drivers every weekday in the Soundview neighborhood in the Bronx. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"Brunch is served on the weekends and happy hour rocks from 4pm to 6 pm every weekday . \u2014 Ashley Stahl, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Both numbers are still below the 2019 weekday average of 5.5 million, however, Bloomberg reported. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 7 May 2022",
"Since the mid-2000s the air horn that the business bought from a train company has been ringing through the streets of downtown for 13 seconds every weekday at noon and 5 p.m. \u2014 Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News , 7 May 2022",
"Get the full 5 Things experience with Kate Bolduan every weekday at 7 a.m. ET. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Metra plans to add 21 trains per weekday to the 45 currently operating on the northwest line, which runs from Ogilvie Transportation Center to McHenry and Harvard. \u2014 Sarah Freishtat, chicagotribune.com , 7 Apr. 2022"
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"Don't be such a weenie .",
"an inner-directed individual who could have cared less if others stuck the dreaded \u201c weenie \u201d label on him",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My favorite pooch menu item, though, is the weenie -tini, with chicken broth, chicken whipped cream and doggy biscuit crumble. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Sep. 2021",
"In Michigan, according to the survey, a favorite snack to serve for the Super Bowl is cocktail weenies . \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 26 Jan. 2020",
"Everybody is happy to see cocktail weenies on the table. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 26 Jan. 2020",
"Open Monday through Saturday until Christmas Eve, expect strong drinks, holiday tunes, and twinkling lights, alongside elevated \u201870s-cocktail food, like weenies in barbecue sauce, meatballs in red sauce, and warm chocolate chip cookies. \u2014 Joseph Hernandez, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 5 Dec. 2019",
"Your pup has the opportunity to bob for weenies , participate in an agility course, trick or treat, pose in a photo booth, search for bones in the grave yard, costume contests and more. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 6 Oct. 2019",
"Then, watch a few speedy weenies race to the finish lines during the Dachshund Dash. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 27 Sep. 2019",
"This won\u2019t be a s\u2019mores-and- weenie -roast kind of family vacation. \u2014 Bethanne Patrick, Washington Post , 6 June 2019",
"But hanging out by the pool and roasting weenies wasn\u2019t the original purpose of the day. \u2014 Brian Clark Howard And Sydney Combs, National Geographic , 24 May 2019"
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"He wept at the news of her death.",
"She sat down and wept .",
"He wept bitter tears of disappointment.",
"The meringue will weep if you put it in the fridge.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Any undissolved sugar will absorb water and your meringue may collapse or weep . \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 17 June 2022",
"By contrast, the French word for scarcity, raret\u00e9, has so many acoustic kin that an English rhymester could weep , with engag\u00e9, \u00e9cart\u00e9, and retard\u00e9 leading the pack. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Grown men and women will weep in the streets, but also laugh, because this book is every genre and also an entirely new genre, and that new genre will be named after me. \u2014 Kathryn Kvas, The New Yorker , 12 May 2022",
"At the Botanical Garden, discreet paths lead to forested nooks with private benches and logs perfect to weep on. \u2014 Vanessa Arredondo, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Foo Fighters fans weep Friday at the Stereo Picnic festival in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, after the death of the band's drummer, Taylor Hawkins. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Mar. 2022",
"At this point, to the visible discomfort of the roomful of older men, Holmes begins to weep . \u2014 Lidija Haas, The New Republic , 4 Mar. 2022",
"When Anzu summons his energies, the tiny marshmallowy creatures that constitute his city\u2019s people do not weep or flee but instead dance, laugh and play. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 11 Feb. 2022",
"At their modern-day shows, attendees may not know whether to weep or to literally get a buzz on from the actual physiological oscillation produced by four master voices meticulously coming together. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 27 Jan. 2022"
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"with its long, weeping fronds, this plant makes a nice ornamental",
"a weeping song about a long-lost love",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The show manages to stay on the brink \u2014 always laughing, never quite weeping \u2014 for its entire length. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 8 Dec. 2021",
"The preview clip from tonight\u2019s episode promises more weeping , awkward conversations, and women trying to keep their mascara from getting all over their faces. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Feb. 2020",
"Neither weeping woman, goddess or doormat, Maar is a transfixing figure. \u2014 The Economist , 3 Dec. 2019",
"The weeping judges reached for the 10 paddles for a perfect score. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 19 Nov. 2019",
"Ruby Falls\u2019 also takes up less room because of its weeping habit. \u2014 Boston.com Real Estate , 1 Oct. 2019",
"The Archdiocese of Chicago's report on the weeping incidents was inconclusive and produced no evidence of a miracle. \u2014 Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com , 12 Sep. 2019",
"Here, the couple stores two 300-gallon water cisterns tucked under a weeping birch tree and plants more than 500 square feet of garden beds with vegetables and flowers. \u2014 Amy Pennington, The Seattle Times , 19 May 2019",
"The weeping forms of ornamental cherries make for particularly striking specimens. \u2014 Earl Nickel, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Feb. 2018"
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"She started getting weepy when she talked about her mother.",
"I'm weepy enough that I even cry at happy endings to movies and books.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Going to a weepy or experiencing a tragedy in a book has a strengthening effect. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 26 June 2022",
"Bradley Cooper got emotional, and a little weepy even, when talking about addiction and fatherhood on the SmartLess podcast with Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 15 June 2022",
"Most all berries work (raspberries, blueberries, blackberries), but avoid strawberries, which can be too soft and weepy . \u2014 Ali Slagle, Bon App\u00e9tit , 3 May 2022",
"But Zuckerberg had reason to be weepy : His company\u2019s stock had fallen 26 percent, wiping out more than $200 billion in market value, after a disastrous earnings forecast. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 4 Feb. 2022",
"On a series with no shortage of weepy story lines, William is a figure of singular pathos. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Plus, has anyone in the history of time been more attractive than weepy single dad Jude Law in glasses? \u2014 Anne Cohen, refinery29.com , 21 Nov. 2021",
"Adele, the queen of broken hearts who has built a career on weepy ballads, is a happy gal these days. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Nov. 2021",
"The final showdown, an interminable search-and-rescue mission on an island compound off the coast of Japan, supposes that what the fans want more than anything else is weepy , wheezy clich\u00e9-mongering. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Sep. 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8w\u0113-p\u0113"
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"lachrymose",
"tearful",
"teary"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224203",
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": a knit fabric produced in machine or hand knitting with the yarns running crosswise or in a circle \u2014 compare warp knit":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"noun"
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"weigela":{
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Great planting partners include weigela , new and improved varieties of potentilla such as 'Bella Bellissima,' lilac such as 'Miss Kim,' and ninebark. \u2014 Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens , 8 Mar. 2022",
"My year-old weigela suffered burns in the extreme heats. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Sep. 2021"
],
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"1846, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"New Latin, from Christian E. Weigel \u20201831 German physician":""
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"w\u012b-\u02c8j\u0113-l\u0259"
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"type":[
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"weigelia":{
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Christian English Weigel \u20201831 + New Latin -ia":""
},
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"-\u02c8g\u0113l-",
"w\u012b\u02c8j\u0113l\u0113\u0259"
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"noun"
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"weigh":{
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": to consider carefully especially by balancing opposing factors or aspects in order to reach a choice or conclusion : evaluate":[
"weighing her options"
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": to have a certain heaviness : experience a specific force due to gravity":[],
": to have a saddening or disheartening effect":[
"guilt weighed on my mind"
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": to heave up (an anchor) preparatory to sailing":[],
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"\u2014 used in the phrase under weigh"
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"\u2014 used with in or out"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"She weighs herself every morning.",
"He used a scale to weigh the bananas.",
"The bananas weigh more than the apples.",
"How much do you weigh ?",
"You will need to weigh the pros and cons.",
"He took time to weigh his options.",
"Her previous experience weighs in her favor.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Moderna's announcement comes ahead of a meeting of the regulator's outside vaccine advisers, scheduled for later this month, that will weigh key decisions around potential changes to COVID-19 boosters that may be administered this fall. \u2014 Alexander Tin, CBS News , 8 June 2022",
"In addition to evaluating the policy implications and amount of any potential student loan forgiveness, Biden must weigh the political ramifications. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"As an adult, a tortoise can weigh more than 880 pounds and live up to 200 years, according to Tropiquarium. \u2014 Camille Fine, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
"The task force could weigh policies concerning education, the environment, cultural institutions, voting and more. \u2014 Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News , 1 June 2022",
"The gravity of the moment, carrying a no-hitter into the final frame of the Boston City League softball championship Saturday, did not weigh on her shoulders. \u2014 Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Moose antlers can weigh up to 25 pounds each and span up to six feet wide. \u2014 Fox News , 21 May 2022",
"Any kind of weakening demand in China for European goods could weigh heavily on the region too. \u2014 Caitlin Mccabe, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"The potential funding threat doesn't weigh too heavily on Regent Vice President Karen Walsh, who spearheaded the search committee that selected Mnookin over four other finalists. \u2014 Kelly Meyerhofer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 May 2022"
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"1777, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English weyen , from Old English wegan to move, carry, weigh \u2014 more at way":"Verb",
"alteration of way":"Noun"
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"\u02c8w\u0101"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for weigh Verb consider , study , contemplate , weigh mean to think about in order to arrive at a judgment or decision. consider may suggest giving thought to in order to reach a suitable conclusion, opinion, or decision. refused even to consider my proposal study implies sustained purposeful concentration and attention to details and minutiae. study the plan closely contemplate stresses focusing one's thoughts on something but does not imply coming to a conclusion or decision. contemplate the consequences of refusing weigh implies attempting to reach the truth or arrive at a decision by balancing conflicting claims or evidence. weigh the pros and cons of the case",
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"count",
"import",
"matter",
"mean",
"signify"
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"verb"
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"Her purse weighs a ton ."
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114033",
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"weigh anchor":{
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": to lift the anchor":[
"The crew weighed anchor and prepared to sail."
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052714",
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"weigh down":{
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"buoy",
"cheer (up)",
"gladden",
"lighten",
"rejoice"
],
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": to cause to bend down : overburden":[]
},
"examples":[
"all these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"bum (out)",
"burden",
"dash",
"deject",
"depress",
"get down",
"oppress",
"sadden"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100450",
"type":[
"verb"
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"weigh in":{
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": to bring one's weight or influence to bear especially as a participant, contributor, or mediator":[
"weighed in with an opinion"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"self-appointed pundits immediately weighed in on the latest political scandal"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1868, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1939, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8w\u0101-\u02ccin"
],
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"allow",
"comment",
"editorialize",
"note",
"observe",
"opine",
"reflect",
"remark"
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"verb"
]
},
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"The bad news is really weighing on me.",
"I can tell that something is weighing on his mind ."
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200616",
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"phrasal verb"
]
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": to think carefully about what one is going to say":[
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]
},
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"idiom"
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"weighage":{
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": a duty or toll paid for weighing merchandise":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"weigh entry 1 + -age":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175205",
"type":[
"noun"
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"weighed":{
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"weighing her options"
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": to have a certain heaviness : experience a specific force due to gravity":[],
": to have a saddening or disheartening effect":[
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": to merit consideration as important : count":[
"evidence will weigh heavily against him"
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],
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],
"\u2014 compare weigh in":[
"\u2014 used with in or out"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"She weighs herself every morning.",
"He used a scale to weigh the bananas.",
"The bananas weigh more than the apples.",
"How much do you weigh ?",
"You will need to weigh the pros and cons.",
"He took time to weigh his options.",
"Her previous experience weighs in her favor.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Moderna's announcement comes ahead of a meeting of the regulator's outside vaccine advisers, scheduled for later this month, that will weigh key decisions around potential changes to COVID-19 boosters that may be administered this fall. \u2014 Alexander Tin, CBS News , 8 June 2022",
"In addition to evaluating the policy implications and amount of any potential student loan forgiveness, Biden must weigh the political ramifications. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"As an adult, a tortoise can weigh more than 880 pounds and live up to 200 years, according to Tropiquarium. \u2014 Camille Fine, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
"The task force could weigh policies concerning education, the environment, cultural institutions, voting and more. \u2014 Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News , 1 June 2022",
"The gravity of the moment, carrying a no-hitter into the final frame of the Boston City League softball championship Saturday, did not weigh on her shoulders. \u2014 Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Moose antlers can weigh up to 25 pounds each and span up to six feet wide. \u2014 Fox News , 21 May 2022",
"Any kind of weakening demand in China for European goods could weigh heavily on the region too. \u2014 Caitlin Mccabe, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"The potential funding threat doesn't weigh too heavily on Regent Vice President Karen Walsh, who spearheaded the search committee that selected Mnookin over four other finalists. \u2014 Kelly Meyerhofer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 May 2022"
],
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"1777, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English weyen , from Old English wegan to move, carry, weigh \u2014 more at way":"Verb",
"alteration of way":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8w\u0101"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for weigh Verb consider , study , contemplate , weigh mean to think about in order to arrive at a judgment or decision. consider may suggest giving thought to in order to reach a suitable conclusion, opinion, or decision. refused even to consider my proposal study implies sustained purposeful concentration and attention to details and minutiae. study the plan closely contemplate stresses focusing one's thoughts on something but does not imply coming to a conclusion or decision. contemplate the consequences of refusing weigh implies attempting to reach the truth or arrive at a decision by balancing conflicting claims or evidence. weigh the pros and cons of the case",
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"count",
"import",
"matter",
"mean",
"signify"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100206",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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},
"weight":{
"antonyms":[
"burden",
"encumber",
"freight",
"lade",
"laden",
"load",
"lumber",
"saddle"
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": a heavy object (such as a metal ball) thrown, put, or lifted as an athletic exercise or contest":[],
": a heavy object to hold or press something down or to counterbalance":[],
": a numerical coefficient assigned to an item to express its relative importance in a frequency distribution":[],
": a piece of material (such as metal) of known specified weight for use in weighing articles":[],
": a quantity or thing weighing a fixed and usually specified amount":[],
": a system of related units of weight":[],
": a unit of weight or mass \u2014 see Metric System Table":[],
": burden , pressure":[
"the weight of their responsibilities"
],
": corpulence":[],
": measurable influence especially on others":[
"throwing his weight behind the proposal"
],
": one of the classes into which contestants in a sports event are divided according to body weight":[],
": overpowering force":[],
": poundage required to be carried by a horse in a handicap race":[],
": relative heaviness : mass":[],
": something heavy : load":[],
": the amount that a thing weighs":[],
": the degree of thickness of the strokes of a type character":[],
": the force with which a body is attracted toward the earth or a celestial body by gravitation and which is equal to the product of the mass and the local gravitational acceleration":[],
": the quality (such as lightness) that makes a fabric or garment suitable for a particular use or season":[
"\u2014 often used in combination summer- weight"
],
": the quality or state of being ponderous":[],
": the relative importance or authority accorded something":[
"the weight of her opinions"
],
": the standard or established amount that a thing should weigh":[],
": to assign a statistical weight to":[],
": to cause to incline in a particular direction by manipulation":[
"the tax structure \u2026 which was weighted so heavily in favor of the upper classes",
"\u2014 A. S. Link"
],
": to feel the weight of : heft":[],
": to increase in heaviness by adding an ingredient":[],
": to load or make heavy with or as if with a weight":[],
": to oppress with a burden":[
"weighted down with cares"
],
": to shift the burden of weight upon":[
"weight the inside ski"
],
": weigh sense 1":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Please indicate your height and weight on the form.",
"The boat sank under the weight of the cargo.",
"Those columns have to be strong enough to support the weight of the roof.",
"He stays in good shape by lifting weights .",
"I use pie weights to keep the pie crust from bubbling when I bake it.",
"Verb",
"I weighted the fishing line with a lead sinker.",
"weighted the car with a ton of furniture and then headed off for college",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Symptoms, which vary depending on the severity of the inflammation, can include fever, nausea, vomiting and unintentional weight loss, according to the Mayo Clinic. \u2014 Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"At about two weeks after the transplant, Bennett started experiencing abdominal pain and weight loss that ultimately resulted in him losing more than 20 kg (40 lbs). \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 24 June 2022",
"In addition to personal training, those include corrective exercise, performance enhancement, weight loss, stretching and women\u2019s fitness. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
"Online visits with physicians through Ro are free, including those for weight loss. \u2014 Julie Appleby, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
"Trending News Russia's ruble is the strongest currency in the world this year 5-year-old dies after being left in hot car for hours in Texas New weight loss treatment gets heavy marketing. \u2014 CBS News , 22 June 2022",
"Heartworm signs that emerge in dogs can include cough, decreased appetite or weight loss, as well as fatigue and reluctance to exercise, according the American Heartworm Society. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
"Meals from the sunny Mediterranean region have also been linked to weight loss, stronger bones, a healthier heart and longer life. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 21 June 2022",
"Among men, the waist\u2014or love handles\u2014are a persistent issue, as this tends to be one of the last and hardest places to shift fat during weight loss. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 20 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Like millions of other people around the world, Carlos Oliveira was no stranger to weight gain and low levels of activity during the pandemic. \u2014 Jesse Hicks, Men's Health , 18 June 2022",
"Symptoms range from infertility to weight gain; excessive hair growth to acne, and the condition puts women at a heightened risk for developing depression, anxiety and type 2 diabetes. \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"So a logical approach is to heavily weight the input from the folks who are the typical targets of harassment and hate speech. \u2014 Matt Pearcestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Many pollsters, however, failed to weight their samples for educational achievement. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
"Partially weight the ball, but keep your feet grounded, your core strong, and your glutes engaged. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 28 June 2020",
"The heft adds to the luxury impression although some people could find the size and weight a little on the chunky size. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Rather than weighting all Pell students equally, the formula could weight a student receiving a $6,000 Pell Grant six times higher than a student receiving a $1,000 Pell Grant. \u2014 Preston Cooper, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Males typically weight around 8 pounds and are 22 inches in length. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English wight, weght , from Old English wiht ; akin to Old Norse v\u00e6tt weight, Old English wegan to weigh":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for weight Noun importance , consequence , moment , weight , significance mean a quality or aspect having great worth or significance. importance implies a value judgment of the superior worth or influence of something or someone. a region with no cities of importance consequence generally implies importance because of probable or possible effects. the style you choose is of little consequence moment implies conspicuous or self-evident consequence. a decision of great moment weight implies a judgment of the immediate relative importance of something. the argument carried no weight with the judge significance implies a quality or character that should mark a thing as important but that is not self-evident and may or may not be recognized. the treaty's significance influence , authority , prestige , weight , credit mean power exerted over the minds or behavior of others. influence may apply to a force exercised and received consciously or unconsciously. used her influence to get the bill passed authority implies the power of winning devotion or allegiance or of compelling acceptance and belief. his opinions lacked authority prestige implies the ascendancy given by conspicuous excellence or reputation for superiority. the prestige of the newspaper weight implies measurable or decisive influence in determining acts or choices. their wishes obviously carried much weight credit suggests influence that arises from the confidence of others. his credit with the press",
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"avoirdupois",
"heaviness",
"heft"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220253",
"type":[
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"verb"
]
},
"weight font":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": type packaged in an assortment and quantity sufficient to fill a job case and sold by weight":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105717",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"weight for age":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a weight apportioned to a racehorse according to its age irrespective of any other penalties or allowances":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062949",
"type":[]
},
"weight in hand":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the actual weight of an archery bow":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234459",
"type":[]
},
"weight lifter":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one who lifts barbells in competition or as an exercise":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Along with the New Zealand weight lifter Laurel Hubbard and the American skateboarder Alana Smith, Quinn \u2014 who goes by one name and uses gender-neutral pronouns \u2014 was one of three openly transgender athletes to compete in last year\u2019s Summer Games. \u2014 Elaina Patton, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
"Kom galvanized a generation of Manipuri athletes, including Chanu, the weight lifter , who won silver in the 49-kilogram class in Tokyo. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Aug. 2021",
"The father of Fares Elbakh, one of Qatar\u2019s two gold medalists in Tokyo, was an Olympic weight lifter for Egypt. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Aug. 2021",
"Laurel Hubbard, a weight lifter from New Zealand, became the first transgender woman to compete at the Olympics, while nonbinary athletes whose identity does not fit neatly into longstanding gender categorizations also participated. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Aug. 2021",
"The country\u2019s next medal came eight years later, from a weight lifter from Bulgaria. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Aug. 2021",
"Laurel Hubbard, a weight lifter from New Zealand, became the first openly transgender woman to participate in the Olympics. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Aug. 2021",
"Take Adam Fox, the 37-year old weight lifter , who, according to his girlfriend, smoked weed and posted to Facebook a lot. \u2014 Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic , 22 July 2021",
"But Tagovailoa and his backup aren\u2019t a champion weight lifters with injury-protecting tree trunks for legs. \u2014 Christopher Smith, al , 15 Aug. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1897, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043553",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"weight machine":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a machine with heavy objects (called weights) attached that is used for exercise":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085045",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"weight man":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an athlete who competes in any of the field events in which a weight is thrown or put":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While overweight men had a similar lifespan to normal- weight men , obese men lived 1.9 fewer years, and extremely obese men died six years sooner. \u2014 Lisa Rapaport, Fox News , 26 Mar. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1949, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034236",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"weight of metal":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the total weight of the projectiles that can be fired from a single gun in a given time or of those that can be fired simultaneously from an assemblage of guns":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064449",
"type":[]
},
"weight of numbers":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the advantage of having a great number (of things or people)":[
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},
"examples":[],
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": the wind pressure measured in inches of water that is supplied to a pipe-organ stop or group of stops":[]
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"light",
"unserious"
],
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],
": of much importance or consequence : momentous":[
"a weighty problem"
],
": powerful , telling":[
"weighty arguments"
],
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"examples":[
"She grabbed a weighty book off the shelf.",
"The film deals with some weighty issues.",
"Those are weighty arguments in your favor.",
"He was a weighty figure in the art world.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The design\u2019s crisscrossing bands in a weighty Spanx-like stretch fabric flatter the female form. \u2014 Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"The feature component includes a weighty 80 world premieres. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"Kenobi might be disappointing, but the upcoming Disney+ series Andor looks surprisingly promising; the trailer shows a wartime struggle that mirrors the grimy, weighty aesthetic of Rogue One, a fresh story with new characters. \u2014 Dani Di Placido, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Free of weighty toppings, the crust becomes an extra snappy stage for the cheesy and sodium-packed toppings to converge. \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
"Saturday,the first day of the weekend considered to be the unofficial start of summer, carried a weighty weather burden. \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"The result is images that have a curious dual effect, conveying both solidity and delicacy; the first quality coming from the thickness of the lines, the second from our awareness that what looks so weighty on the page would rip easily at the touch. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"The third baseman slogging through the third year of a weighty seven-year, $245 million contract felt enough discomfort in his right wrist to submit to a MRI exam Friday. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
"This devolution of our attempt to be the Greatest Country in the World has been weighty on my usually buoyant hope. \u2014 Marina Gomberg, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 May 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"\u02c8w\u0101-t\u0113"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for weighty heavy , weighty , ponderous , cumbrous , cumbersome mean having great weight. heavy implies that something has greater density or thickness than the average of its kind or class. a heavy child for his age weighty suggests having actual and not just relative weight. a load of weighty boxes ponderous implies having great weight because of size and massiveness with resulting great inertia. ponderous elephants in a circus parade cumbrous and cumbersome imply heaviness and bulkiness that make for difficulty in grasping, moving, carrying, or manipulating. wrestled with the cumbrous furniture early cameras were cumbersome and inconvenient",
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"grave",
"heavy",
"serious"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200433",
"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun"
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"heavy",
"hefty",
"leaden",
"overweight",
"ponderous",
"weighty"
],
"definitions":{
": having little weight : lacking apparent gravitational pull":[]
},
"examples":[
"a light fabric that feels almost weightless",
"She floated in the pool, weightless .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At one point, Chabon describes his interactions with his father as weightless , yet those exchanges not only nourished their extraordinary relationship but helped the young writer find his way. \u2014 The New Yorker , 19 June 2022",
"This is silky, weightless , and feels like a fresh moisturizer. \u2014 Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour , 7 June 2022",
"Their jumps landed silently, as if their bodies were weightless . \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
"This conditioner is ideal for anyone who needs a weightless curl product that smells amazing. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"And as if this wasn\u2019t already perfect, the formulation of PC4Men Soothe + Smooth is weightless and silky, leaving no uncomfortable residue, irritation or redness. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"Look for textures rich in good-for-skin oils that absorb instantly, intensely hydrate, and feel weightless on the skin. \u2014 Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country , 5 May 2022",
"Perhaps because the effects work on Strange New Worlds is only average, I wasn\u2019t blown away by any of the episodes that involved somewhat weightless ships and objects flying around in space blasting at each other. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 May 2022",
"There's a lot to love about Glossier's Lash Slick, from an applicator with tiny bristles that coat each lash hair for natural volume to a weightless formula that doesn't clump or smudge. \u2014 ELLE , 29 Apr. 2022"
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"circa 1547, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8w\u0101t-l\u0259s"
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"synonyms":[
"featherlight",
"feathery",
"light",
"lightweight",
"underweight"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191001",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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"weighty":{
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"light",
"unserious"
],
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": heavy in proportion to its bulk":[
"weighty metal"
],
": of much importance or consequence : momentous":[
"a weighty problem"
],
": powerful , telling":[
"weighty arguments"
],
": solemn":[],
": weighing a considerable amount":[]
},
"examples":[
"She grabbed a weighty book off the shelf.",
"The film deals with some weighty issues.",
"Those are weighty arguments in your favor.",
"He was a weighty figure in the art world.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The design\u2019s crisscrossing bands in a weighty Spanx-like stretch fabric flatter the female form. \u2014 Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"The feature component includes a weighty 80 world premieres. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"Kenobi might be disappointing, but the upcoming Disney+ series Andor looks surprisingly promising; the trailer shows a wartime struggle that mirrors the grimy, weighty aesthetic of Rogue One, a fresh story with new characters. \u2014 Dani Di Placido, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Free of weighty toppings, the crust becomes an extra snappy stage for the cheesy and sodium-packed toppings to converge. \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
"Saturday,the first day of the weekend considered to be the unofficial start of summer, carried a weighty weather burden. \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"The result is images that have a curious dual effect, conveying both solidity and delicacy; the first quality coming from the thickness of the lines, the second from our awareness that what looks so weighty on the page would rip easily at the touch. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"The third baseman slogging through the third year of a weighty seven-year, $245 million contract felt enough discomfort in his right wrist to submit to a MRI exam Friday. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
"This devolution of our attempt to be the Greatest Country in the World has been weighty on my usually buoyant hope. \u2014 Marina Gomberg, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 May 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"\u02c8w\u0101-t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for weighty heavy , weighty , ponderous , cumbrous , cumbersome mean having great weight. heavy implies that something has greater density or thickness than the average of its kind or class. a heavy child for his age weighty suggests having actual and not just relative weight. a load of weighty boxes ponderous implies having great weight because of size and massiveness with resulting great inertia. ponderous elephants in a circus parade cumbrous and cumbersome imply heaviness and bulkiness that make for difficulty in grasping, moving, carrying, or manipulating. wrestled with the cumbrous furniture early cameras were cumbersome and inconvenient",
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"grave",
"heavy",
"serious"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020207",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"weinschenkite":{
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"definitions":{
": a mineral (Er,Y)PO 4 .2H 2 O consisting of a hydrous phosphate of rare earths and occurring in white rounded aggregates and radiating masses":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"German weinschenkit , from Ernst H. O. K. Weinschenk \u20201921 German petrographer + German -it -ite":""
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"\u02c8v\u012bn\u02ccshe\u014b\u02cck\u012bt"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125651",
"type":[
"noun"
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"weir":{
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"definitions":{
": a dam in a stream or river to raise the water level or divert its flow":[],
": a fence or enclosure set in a waterway for taking fish":[],
"Robert Walter 1803\u20131889 American painter":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Firefighters were also working to protect structures on the east side of the weir , as well as fortifying a fire line a half mile outside St. Mary\u2019s. \u2014 Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
"Firefighters were also working to protect structures on the east side of the weir , as well as fortifying a fire line a half mile (800 meters) outside St. Mary\u2019s. \u2014 Mark Thiessen, ajc , 11 June 2022",
"After some dispute, community members agreed to remove the weir in order to return the lagoon to a saltwater body and encourage its use by native birds. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Buena Vista Lagoon, located between Oceanside and Carlsbad, has been slowly transformed by a weir , or low dam, into a freshwater marsh. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Plans for the restoration were delayed for several years by a long-standing disagreement over whether the weir should be removed. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Standing near a weir that was collecting and discharging water from a stream, with sensors to detect the flow and water chemistry, Driscoll explained what came next. \u2014 James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Silt and sediment carried by irrigation and stormwater runoff have been slowly filling the lagoon since the weir was built, slowly turning it into a marsh. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Dec. 2021",
"One morning last week, Rodriguez walked to a forested nature preserve beside oil fields, where the river pushes against a weir and much of the water is diverted into a wide canal. \u2014 Ian James Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 Dec. 2021"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English were, going back to Old English wer, going back to Germanic *wera- (whence Old Saxon wer, werr \"fish trap, dam,\" Middle High German wer, Old Norse ver \"fishing place\"), derivative of an Indo-European verb stem *u\u032fer- \"halt, check, avert,\" whence, from an iterative derivative *u\u032for-ei\u032fe-, Germanic *warjan- (whence Old English werian \"to ward off, protect,\" Old Saxon, \"to hinder, prevent,\" Old High German weren, werren \"to hinder, defend,\" Old Norse verja \"to defend, guard,\" Gothic warjan \"to hinder, forbid\"); and, with other ablaut derivatives, Greek \u00e9rymai, \u00e9rysthai \"to ward off, protect, save,\" Sanskrit v\u1e5b\u1e47oti \"(s/he) obstructs, prevents\"":""
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"\u02c8wir",
"\u02c8wer"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115520",
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": a wide approach to the upstream side of an irrigation weir constructed so as to reduce to a minimum the effect of the momentum of the approaching water on the flow over the weir":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051050",
"type":[
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a wooden or concrete box oblong in shape and open at both ends which is set lengthwise in a canal and in which a weir for the measurement of irrigation water is set crosswise":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082056",
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"weird":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of strange or extraordinary character : odd , fantastic":[],
": of, relating to, or caused by witchcraft or the supernatural : magical":[],
": soothsayer":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Cosmic strings are second only to black holes in the astrophysicist's pantheon of weird objects. They are narrow, ultradense filaments formed during a phase transition\u2014called inflation\u2014within the first microsecond of cosmic history. \u2014 Steve Nadis , Astronomy , October 2005",
"If you looked at them closely you realized they were carved with weird , pagan creatures, more like hobgoblins than men, half hidden among trees and leaves\u2014here acanthus and there what looked like a palm tree. \u2014 Kate Atkinson , Case Histories , 2004",
"As an extended fictional device allegory is used mainly in didactic, satirical fables, such as Gulliver's Travels , Animal Farm and Erewhon . In these masterpieces a surface realism of presentation gives the fantastic events a kind of weird plausibility \u2026 \u2014 David Lodge , The Art of Fiction , 1992",
"My little brother acts weird sometimes.",
"I heard a weird noise.",
"That's weird \u2014I put my book down right here just a few minutes ago and now it's gone.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The weird thing is that there are actually no pain receptors\u2014called nociceptors\u2014in your brain tissue. \u2014 Carly Vandergriendt, SELF , 19 May 2022",
"One weird thing is that Moon Knight is missing completely from the page, but yes, this is an official website, so that August date should have some weight, barring any changes. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
"As always, there is nothing conventional about this festival, an event so wonderfully weird that lumping it in the same bracket with the world\u2019s Coachellas feels almost insulting. \u2014 Ryan Reed, SPIN , 28 Mar. 2022",
"What that resulted in was this weird , distorted view of friendship. \u2014 Jenn Mckee, Good Housekeeping , 3 June 2022",
"The one end three that so much happened on the three for Prince, which is a weird count. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Caprice is a former trauma surgeon; her operating theater is now an actual theater, her scalpels controlled by a weird gizmo that looks like some kind of melted video-game controller. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2022",
"Something weird is up with La Nina, the natural but potent weather event linked to more drought and wildfires in the western United States and more Atlantic hurricanes. \u2014 CBS News , 28 May 2022",
"Something weird is up with La Nina, the natural but potent weather event linked to more drought and wildfires in the western United States and more Atlantic hurricanes. \u2014 Seth Borenstein, ajc , 28 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"When stay-at-home measures aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 went into effect earlier this spring, something weird happened to our sense of geography. \u2014 Ashley Fetters, The Atlantic , 31 May 2020",
"Something weird happened on the oil market last week. \u2014 Daniel Oberhaus, Wired , 1 May 2020",
"The antidote to the winter weirds is to stay active and go outside. \u2014 Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Dec. 2019",
"Our family of weirds won\u2019t be the same without him. \u2014 Michele Corriston, PEOPLE.com , 7 Nov. 2019",
"But there\u2019s no more time to rest, Betty\u2019s alarm is blaring and her mother and brother are acting like nothing weird happened the night before. \u2014 Jessica Macleish, Teen Vogue , 8 Feb. 2018",
"Lewis called the off-season market weird , especially for guys his age. \u2014 Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram.com , 16 June 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1817, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English wird, werd, going back to Old English wyrd, going back to Germanic *wurdi- \"fate, chance\" (whence Old Saxon wur\u0111 \"fate,\" Old High German wurt, Old Norse ur\u00f0r ), derivative from the base of *wer\u00fean- \"to come about, happen, become\" \u2014 more at worth entry 4":"Noun",
"from construal as an adjective of weird entry 2 in weird sisters, name for the Fates of Greek and Roman myth (early Scots werd sisteris, Middle English wyrde systeres, Shakespeare weyard/weyward sisters, applied to the witches in Macbeth )":"Adjective"
},
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"\u02c8wird"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for weird Adjective weird , eerie , uncanny mean mysteriously strange or fantastic. weird may imply an unearthly or supernatural strangeness or it may stress peculiarity or oddness. weird creatures from another world eerie suggests an uneasy or fearful consciousness that mysterious and malign powers are at work. an eerie calm preceded the bombing raid uncanny implies disquieting strangeness or mysteriousness. an uncanny resemblance between total strangers",
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"cranky",
"crazy",
"curious",
"eccentric",
"erratic",
"far-out",
"funky",
"funny",
"kinky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"odd",
"off-kilter",
"off-the-wall",
"offbeat",
"out-of-the-way",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"rum",
"screwy",
"spaced-out",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weirdo",
"wild"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011955",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"weird out":{
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"compose",
"quiet",
"settle",
"soothe",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
],
"definitions":{
": to make uneasy, bewildered, or disquieted by something considered very strange":[
"that movie weirds me out"
]
},
"examples":[
"as a curious observer, he was weirded out by the fact that members of the sect seemed to have no life outside of it"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1970, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"agitate",
"ail",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"bother",
"concern",
"derail",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distemper",
"distract",
"distress",
"disturb",
"exercise",
"flurry",
"frazzle",
"freak (out)",
"fuss",
"hagride",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025038",
"type":[
"verb"
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},
"weirdie":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
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},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1894, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"\u02c8wir-d\u0113"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205923",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"weirdless":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": ill-fated":[],
": improvident":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-dl\u0259\u0307s"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132608",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun,"
]
},
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"bizarro",
"cranky",
"crazy",
"curious",
"eccentric",
"erratic",
"far-out",
"funky",
"funny",
"kinky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"odd",
"off-kilter",
"off-the-wall",
"offbeat",
"out-of-the-way",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"rum",
"screwy",
"spaced-out",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"wild"
],
"definitions":{
": a person who is extraordinarily strange or eccentric":[],
": strange , weird":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"one of those weirdos that the rest of the town always seemed to be talking about",
"Adjective",
"he saw some weirdo lights in the sky and immediately concluded that it had to be a UFO",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But make no mistake: this sadistic weirdo is super evil. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 5 May 2022",
"Musk is an insanely rich person and a genuine weirdo who seems to be, like many extremely rich people, governed entirely by momentary whims. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 26 Apr. 2022",
"En route to a hardly unexpected moral about embracing your inner weirdo , and learning the difference between self-control and self-repression, the panda becomes a potent cultural allegory too. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Rolling Stone , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Our attackers are weirdos, and the internet is a weirdo \u2019s paradise. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Through commitment and refinement, her weirdo -prim rock songs have come to feel quaint, and meticulous, and capable of impossible things, like little still-life paintings where the fruit keeps rolling off the table. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Teletubbyland is a deeply disturbing place, and my weirdo babies can\u2019t get enough. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 30 Dec. 2021",
"In the eyes of vaccinated immune systems, Omicron looks like a big old weirdo \u2014but also, a kind of familiar one. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Jeremy Strong might be a complete weirdo in real life (don't come after me, Jessica Chastain!), but that confession scene was truly Emmy-worthy. \u2014 Lauren Morgan, EW.com , 13 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1962, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"circa 1955, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wir-d\u014d",
"\u02c8wir-(\u02cc)d\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"character",
"codger",
"crack",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"eccentric",
"flake",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"kook",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"oddball",
"oddity",
"original",
"quiz",
"screwball",
"zany"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223805",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"weisenheimer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": smart aleck":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172826",
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"noun"
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},
"welcome":{
"antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"jolly",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"pretty",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"tasty"
],
"definitions":{
": a greeting or reception usually upon arrival":[
"a warm welcome"
],
": giving pleasure : received with gladness or delight especially in response to a need":[
"a welcome relief"
],
": received gladly into one's presence or companionship":[
"was always welcome in their home"
],
": the state of being welcome":[
"overstayed their welcome"
],
": to accept with pleasure the occurrence or presence of":[
"welcomes danger"
],
": to greet hospitably and with courtesy or cordiality":[],
": willingly permitted or admitted":[
"he was welcome to come and go",
"\u2014 W. M. Thackeray"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"She welcomed the students into her home.",
"We welcome you to the show.",
"He's a bright student who welcomes a challenge.",
"Adjective",
"That will be a welcome change.",
"He was a welcome sight.",
"Noun",
"He was given a hero's welcome when he returned home after winning the race.",
"offered a warm welcome to the stranger",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Art comes to tolerate and even welcome these tedium-diminishing thrills. \u2014 Paul Di Filippo, Washington Post , 4 July 2022",
"Urban experts say the investment pales in comparison to the long-running negative impacts of urban highways, but welcome the funding as a way to show the benefits of human-focused urban design, which may inspire more projects. \u2014 Matt Mcfarland, CNN , 1 July 2022",
"Read why female entrepreneurs welcome the end of the Girlboss Era\u2013once and for all. \u2014 Alexandra Sternlicht, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"The Brewers are actually poised to welcome Ashby back to the rotation Saturday. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel , 1 July 2022",
"Manchin stood alongside Biden administration officials \u2014 and her husband off to the side \u2014 to welcome the public-private partnership venture. \u2014 Bo Erickson, CBS News , 30 June 2022",
"Houston gets to stay home and welcome Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani and the Angels over the weekend. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 30 June 2022",
"To welcome the anticipated collection, the choice of lipstick shade Gomez wore to the event was confirmed by content creator Victoria-Lyn in a Instagram clip. \u2014 Chelsea Avila, Allure , 30 June 2022",
"Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes welcome their second daughter After keeping her pregnancy hidden from the public until its final months, Mendes and Gosling welcomed their second daughter on April 29, 2016. \u2014 Jolene Latimer, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Stick with it, though, and this showcase for Maya Rudolph as a billionaire minted through divorce becomes a sweet if fairly conventional romantic comedy with a few welcome surprises. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"Yes, welcome to a brave new world in which a TV finale is longer than the most recent Marvel movie. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 20 May 2022",
"Cuttings of houseplants, herbs, and flowers are all welcome , rooted or not. \u2014 cleveland , 6 May 2022",
"So why in the world would Gov. Ron DeSantis declare holy war on the church of Walt? Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to Essential Politics. \u2014 Noah Biermanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Notably, the two teams near the top of the points standings (Penske and Ganassi, who make up six of the top 8 spots) didn\u2019t welcome in any new drivers this year. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 27 Apr. 2022",
"So welcome to the most lopsided and enervating Venice Biennale in recent memory, which came together amid a global pandemic and now opens under the sign of a European land war. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Hosts Michael Kors and Nina Garcia were more than excited to welcome attendees IRL, especially after more than two years of virtual gatherings. \u2014 Vogue , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Self-submissions are welcome ; all nominations are confidential. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Here\u2019s the one spot on the album where the AutoTune is really laid on thick to his vocals for that electro-yodel effect that\u2019s kind of worn out its welcome . \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 5 June 2022",
"And now the experience is made even more special, as graduating seniors hand-deliver the signs with a personal welcome . \u2014 cleveland , 18 May 2022",
"All the entertainment awards shows that have run on television\u2014the Grammys, the Golden Globes, the Emmys\u2014have worn out their welcome . \u2014 Brenda Cronin, WSJ , 22 Mar. 2022",
"By now Chinese philosophy had worn out its welcome . \u2014 Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Locals flock here for no-frills dining in a vineyard setting with a real family-style welcome . \u2014 Maria Pasquale, CNN , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Host Emily Hampshire lit up the room and made everyone smile with a joyous welcome . \u2014 Vogue , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Days later, Pollard played in a benefit game in Pittsburgh and was greeted with a hero's welcome . \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Diego Rossi, scoreless since Oct. 17, has apparently worn out his welcome with Turkish club Fenerbah\u00e7e, which may seek to return him to LAFC when his loan runs out in June\u2026. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 8 Feb. 2022"
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"She welcomed the students into her home.",
"We welcome you to the show.",
"He's a bright student who welcomes a challenge.",
"Adjective",
"That will be a welcome change.",
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"Noun",
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"offered a warm welcome to the stranger",
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"Art comes to tolerate and even welcome these tedium-diminishing thrills. \u2014 Paul Di Filippo, Washington Post , 4 July 2022",
"Urban experts say the investment pales in comparison to the long-running negative impacts of urban highways, but welcome the funding as a way to show the benefits of human-focused urban design, which may inspire more projects. \u2014 Matt Mcfarland, CNN , 1 July 2022",
"Read why female entrepreneurs welcome the end of the Girlboss Era\u2013once and for all. \u2014 Alexandra Sternlicht, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"The Brewers are actually poised to welcome Ashby back to the rotation Saturday. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel , 1 July 2022",
"Manchin stood alongside Biden administration officials \u2014 and her husband off to the side \u2014 to welcome the public-private partnership venture. \u2014 Bo Erickson, CBS News , 30 June 2022",
"Houston gets to stay home and welcome Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani and the Angels over the weekend. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 30 June 2022",
"To welcome the anticipated collection, the choice of lipstick shade Gomez wore to the event was confirmed by content creator Victoria-Lyn in a Instagram clip. \u2014 Chelsea Avila, Allure , 30 June 2022",
"Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes welcome their second daughter After keeping her pregnancy hidden from the public until its final months, Mendes and Gosling welcomed their second daughter on April 29, 2016. \u2014 Jolene Latimer, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Stick with it, though, and this showcase for Maya Rudolph as a billionaire minted through divorce becomes a sweet if fairly conventional romantic comedy with a few welcome surprises. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"Yes, welcome to a brave new world in which a TV finale is longer than the most recent Marvel movie. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 20 May 2022",
"Cuttings of houseplants, herbs, and flowers are all welcome , rooted or not. \u2014 cleveland , 6 May 2022",
"So why in the world would Gov. Ron DeSantis declare holy war on the church of Walt? Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to Essential Politics. \u2014 Noah Biermanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Notably, the two teams near the top of the points standings (Penske and Ganassi, who make up six of the top 8 spots) didn\u2019t welcome in any new drivers this year. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 27 Apr. 2022",
"So welcome to the most lopsided and enervating Venice Biennale in recent memory, which came together amid a global pandemic and now opens under the sign of a European land war. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Hosts Michael Kors and Nina Garcia were more than excited to welcome attendees IRL, especially after more than two years of virtual gatherings. \u2014 Vogue , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Self-submissions are welcome ; all nominations are confidential. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Here\u2019s the one spot on the album where the AutoTune is really laid on thick to his vocals for that electro-yodel effect that\u2019s kind of worn out its welcome . \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 5 June 2022",
"And now the experience is made even more special, as graduating seniors hand-deliver the signs with a personal welcome . \u2014 cleveland , 18 May 2022",
"All the entertainment awards shows that have run on television\u2014the Grammys, the Golden Globes, the Emmys\u2014have worn out their welcome . \u2014 Brenda Cronin, WSJ , 22 Mar. 2022",
"By now Chinese philosophy had worn out its welcome . \u2014 Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Locals flock here for no-frills dining in a vineyard setting with a real family-style welcome . \u2014 Maria Pasquale, CNN , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Host Emily Hampshire lit up the room and made everyone smile with a joyous welcome . \u2014 Vogue , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Days later, Pollard played in a benefit game in Pittsburgh and was greeted with a hero's welcome . \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Diego Rossi, scoreless since Oct. 17, has apparently worn out his welcome with Turkish club Fenerbah\u00e7e, which may seek to return him to LAFC when his loan runs out in June\u2026. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 8 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What is not true is that, given the historical conditions of the abundance made possible by capitalism, welfarism is certain to collapse in the short or medium run. \u2014 Frank S. Meyer, National Review , 14 Feb. 2020",
"Upon a platform of opposition to these, the true evils of welfarism , conservatives can firmly stand. \u2014 Frank S. Meyer, National Review , 14 Feb. 2020"
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"Noun",
"his quirkily dysfunctional family proved to be a bottomless well of inspiration for the novelist",
"the spot where the spring bubbles up to the surface and forms a deep well",
"Adverb",
"\u201cHow did everything go?\u201d \u201cIt went well , thank you.\u201d",
"She works well under pressure.",
"I did surprisingly well on my history test.",
"The company is doing well .",
"He has his own business and is doing well for himself.",
"You got a perfect score! Well done !",
"She sings and plays the guitar quite well .",
"The essay is well written.",
"He doesn't smoke or drink, and he eats well .",
"She doesn't treat her boyfriend very well .",
"Adjective",
"The children are well again.",
"I don't feel very well .",
"You don't look so well .",
"I hope you get well soon .",
"I hope all is well with you and your family.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Since 1938, Saks Fifth Avenue has been the maven of classic luxury shopping in Beverly Hills, a beacon on Wilshire Boulevard for the well -to-do. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Swedish studies of six-hour days for nurses saw similarly positive impacts, with their own well -being significantly improved, albeit with a modest increase in salary costs due to hiring more staff to cover shifts. \u2014 Joe O'connor, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"Then the well ran dry, at least on the biggest stages. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 June 2022",
"Energy suppliers are companies that enter into contracts with natural gas well owners. \u2014 cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"Once again, an Elizabethan cobbler has to bail out his ne\u2019er-do- well sibling from the village stocks. \u2014 Pat Myers, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"The first film, which set the infamous rules of the Purge, stars Ethan Hawke and Lena Hedley as Jake and Mary Sandin, a well -to-do couple who just want to keep their family safe through the night. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
"This has social as well as economic implications for the well -being of San Diego. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"Dealmaking in the shale patch is set to accelerate as companies look to replenish dwindling supply of top-tier well sites. \u2014 Rachel Butt, Bloomberg.com , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The frothy sensation of panic began to well up in his gut, threatening to take him out of the moment and squander any hope of escape. \u2014 Scott Carney, Outside Online , 22 Apr. 2020",
"However, if the surface ice cap were to thin, the reduction in pressure could allow this deep water to well up. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"The tortured words and phrases seem to well up from someplace deep within himself, as if they were being articulated for the first time. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Dec. 2021",
"The price tag of the project has ballooned to well over $130 million, which includes the cost of exhumations and a large new apartment complex that will soon break ground on the land that used to be the graveyard. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Dec. 2021",
"So\u2019s stories allow the past to well up into the present without force or preciousness. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Aug. 2021",
"The split-level set kept the actors in exquisite balance; the sense of tragic foreboding seemed to well up from inside the characters themselves. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Nov. 2021",
"The yield of strategic nukes can range from 100 kilotons to well into the megaton range, with the U.S. military\u2019s largest weapon having a yield of 1.3 megatons (the equivalent of 1,200,000 tons of TNT). \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 5 Nov. 2021",
"But then, there are plenty of professional fund managers who might do comparatively well one year in the annual stats of who beats market performance, only to slide off the monetary precipice the next. \u2014 Erik Sherman, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Cowboys, after all, are not well known for their communication skills. \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022",
"Ruehl, a 1996 Villa Madonna Academy graduate, became well -known locally after finishing fourth in the platform diving championships at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, one spot away from an Olympic medal. \u2014 Alex Harrison, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
"This pet product also contains glucosamine, a supplement well -known to help with joint issues, and MSM, which is a potent anti-inflammatory. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"Drift-and-cast anglers doing well : The traditional method of drift-and-cast fishing for walleye is back, especially in the shallower waters of the Western Basin. \u2014 D'arcy Egan, cleveland , 23 June 2022",
"She has been held at the Waukesha County Jail since Tuesday and was not doing well there, her mother Angie Geyser said. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"Moblo is also well known in the book community for his influential Instagram account, @Jordys. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"The animal is doing well and will be cared for by the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota with Paws and Claws Humane Society animal shelter. \u2014 USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"Now Albemarle\u2019s business has actually been doing well recently. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Interjection",
"The crowded council chamber, filled with family members and well wishers, also played host to HHPD officer Brian Dassati being sworn in as a lieutenant, and HHPD officer Matthew Evers being sworn in as a sergeant. \u2014 cleveland , 15 June 2022",
"Many residents in Oscoda, Mich., for instance, have heeded warnings from state health officials and stopped drinking untreated well water and eating deer hunted near the now-shuttered Wurtsmith Air Force Base. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"And the popping candy and meringue \u2014 well , such keystones of childhood fantasy are simply calling to be scattered on top. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"The stellar work that the writers, editors and visual journalists put into each section is truly impressive, and to do that in the middle of a challenging time, well , that just leaves me in awe. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"Finally, well past 1 a.m., a murmur grew to a roar as Kozlov approached from a back entrance holding the most recognizable sports trophy in the world. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
"Here were women kissing women and men holding men, with, well , gay abandon. \u2014 Ella Braidwood, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
"As for the story that takes place in the aforementioned house, well , that's good too. \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 12 June 2022",
"Those of you wondering what is FS2, well , look at it this way. \u2014 John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Seven years ago, Europe was confronted by another wave of newcomers that included Syrians fleeing a brutal war as well refugees and migrants from South Asia, the Middle East and elsewhere. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"The parent company, Zeosphere Ceramics, said well production rates would benefit. \u2014 Ian Palmer, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Once thawed, ground meat, poultry, and seafood can keep well in the refrigerator for an extra day or two, while red meat (beef, pork, lamb, and steak) stays good for three to five more days. \u2014 Samantha Macavoy, Good Housekeeping , 27 June 2022",
"The film, directed by Gaz Alazraki, revolves around a sprawling Cuban American family and the well -to-do Mexican American family Sofia marries into. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 17 June 2022",
"Hailey's doing the same thing with Rhode\u2014an edited collection for your medicine cabinet, each product made well . \u2014 ELLE , 16 June 2022",
"While temperatures have been well over the average, Orlando\u2019s record heat will probably not be passed today. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"While street sweeping used to cost taxpayers far less than $200,000 a year, a new contract with the Sweeping Corporation of America would be well over $330,000, a 75 percent increase, officials said. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Clearly, no one who commits mass murder is mentally well or emotionally stable. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022"
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"12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Interjection",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
},
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"Middle English wel , going back to Old English, going back to Germanic *wel\u014d (whence Old Frisian wol, wel, wal \"in a good manner,\" Old Saxon wola, wela, wala , Old High German wola , Old Norse vel, val ), from an adjectival derivative of the base of *weljan- \"to want\" \u2014 more at will entry 1":"Adverb",
"Middle English welle, wille \"spring of water, pool formed by a spring, pit sunk into the earth to reach water,\" going back to Old English w\u00e6lle (Anglian), wiell, wielle (West Saxon, later wille, wylle ), going back to a Germanic base *waln(j)- (also *walj- ?) with varying stem formations (whence also Old Frisian walla \"spring, source,\" Middle Dutch wal, walle \"a seething, boiling heat, spring or river of seething water\") and with e-grade ablaut Old High German wella \"wave, tide,\" Old Icelandic vella \"boiling, bubbling mass,\" all nominal derivatives from the base of Germanic *walla- \"to well up, seethe, bubble\" \u2014 more at well entry 2":"Noun",
"Middle English wellen \"to rise to the surface, bubble up, boil, seethe,\" probably in part verbal derivative of welle \"spring of water, well entry 1 ,\" in part adaptation of the transitive verb wellen \"to boil, curdle, melt (metal), refine,\" going back to Old English wellan, wyllan (< *wiellan ) \"to cause to boil,\" probably going back to Germanic *wall(j)an- (whence also Middle Dutch & Middle High German wellen \"to make boil,\" Old Icelandic vella ), causative from *wallan- \"to well up, seethe, bubble,\" Class VII strong verb (whence Old English weallan \"to boil, bubble up,\" Old Frisian walla, Old Saxon wallan \"to blaze, boil up, well up,\" Old High German, \"to boil up, well up\"), a Germanic verbal base of uncertain origin, seen also with a zero-grade present without gemination in Gothic wulan \"to seethe, spread (of an ulcer)\"":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8wel"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for well Adjective healthy , sound , wholesome , robust , hale , well mean enjoying or indicative of good health. healthy implies full strength and vigor as well as freedom from signs of disease. a healthy family sound emphasizes the absence of disease, weakness, or malfunction. a sound heart wholesome implies appearance and behavior indicating soundness and balance. a face with a wholesome glow robust implies the opposite of all that is delicate or sickly. a lively, robust little boy hale applies particularly to robustness in old age. still hale at the age of eighty well implies merely freedom from disease or illness. she has never been a well person",
"synonyms":[
"cradle",
"font",
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"source",
"spring",
"wellspring"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224435",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"interjection",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"well car":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a railroad flatcar having a depression or opening in the center of the deck for handling oversize loads that would not on regular flat cars come within overhead clearance limitations":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045628",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"well casing":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the tubular boring or drilling apparatus used in sinking a well and especially an oil well":[],
": the tubular lining of a bored or drilled well":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180947",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"well enough":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an existing fairly satisfactory condition":[
"I should have let well enough alone",
"\u2014 Louis Auchincloss",
"unable to leave well enough alone"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1792, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"from the phrase well enough":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184741",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"well-breathed":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having good breathing capacity : strong or sound of wind":[
"on thy well-breath'd horse keep with thy hounds",
"\u2014 Shakespeare"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English wel brethed , from wel well + brethed breathed":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004141",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-bred":{
"antonyms":[
"discourteous",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"mannerless",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"uncivil",
"ungenteel",
"ungracious",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly"
],
"definitions":{
": having a good pedigree":[
"well-bred swine",
"Gate Dancer is a very well-bred horse \u2026 who has both speed and stamina \u2026",
"\u2014 William Leggett"
],
": having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class":[
"a well-bred English gentleman",
"well-bred manners",
"Elizabeth had become a professional dancing teacher, with a school where well-bred children of the city learned the dances they were expected to know in the 1880s and 90s \u2026",
"\u2014 Elizabeth Kendall"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1585, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wel-\u02c8bred"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"civil",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"gracious",
"mannerly",
"polite"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235530",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-built":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": built to be strong or to work well":[
"a well-built house/car/system"
],
": physically strong or attractive":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203354",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-child clinic":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a clinic devoted to the proper care of and the prevention of diseases in small children (as by instructions and inoculations)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190224",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"well-conditioned":{
"antonyms":[
"ailing",
"diseased",
"ill",
"sick",
"unfit",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell"
],
"definitions":{
": characterized by proper disposition, morals, or behavior":[],
": having a good physical condition : sound":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccwel-k\u0259n-\u02c8di-sh\u0259nd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"bouncing",
"fit",
"hale",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"robust",
"sound",
"well",
"whole",
"wholesome"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025227",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-disposed":{
"antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"unamiable",
"ungenial",
"ungracious",
"unpleasant"
],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccwel-di-\u02c8sp\u014dzd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"affable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"mellow",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"sweet"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054846",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-drain":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a drain discharging into a well":[],
": a well or pit for draining wet land":[],
": to drain (land) by well drains from which the water is pumped out":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1819, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1828, in the meaning defined above":"Transitive verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"well drain":"Transitive verb"
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132740",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
]
},
"well-dressed":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": wearing attractive or fashionable clothes":[
"a well-dressed man"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-102710",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-dressing":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an ancient custom in rural areas in England of adorning local wells with floral decorations usually as part of a religious service in thanksgiving for an abundant supply of pure water":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1819, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105023",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"well-earned":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": fully deserved":[
"a well-earned reputation/rest",
"Her success is well-earned ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104431",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-endowed":{
"antonyms":[
"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
],
"definitions":{
": having a large penis":[],
": having large breasts":[],
": well-supported financially : well-fixed":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wel-in-\u02c8dau\u0307d",
"-en-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"loaded",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-fixed",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055406",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-favored":{
"antonyms":[
"grotesque",
"hideous",
"homely",
"ill-favored",
"plain",
"ugly",
"unaesthetic",
"unattractive",
"unbeautiful",
"uncomely",
"uncute",
"unhandsome",
"unlovely",
"unpleasing",
"unpretty",
"unsightly"
],
"definitions":{
": good-looking , handsome":[
"a spacious, fair, well-favored face",
"\u2014 Henry James"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wel-\u02c8f\u0101-v\u0259rd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"aesthetic",
"esthetic",
"aesthetical",
"esthetical",
"attractive",
"beauteous",
"beautiful",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"comely",
"cute",
"drop-dead",
"fair",
"fetching",
"good",
"good-looking",
"goodly",
"gorgeous",
"handsome",
"knockout",
"likely",
"lovely",
"lovesome",
"pretty",
"ravishing",
"seemly",
"sightly",
"stunning",
"taking"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061208",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"well-fed":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having plenty of food to eat":[
"well - fed pets",
"\" \u2026 having children who are well - fed and not hungry makes a difference in their individual performance \u2026 \"",
"\u2014 Sibylle Kranz"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wel-\u02c8fed"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042154",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-fixed":{
"antonyms":[
"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
],
"definitions":{
": having plenty of money or property":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1822, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wel-\u02c8fikst"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"loaded",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-endowed",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222550",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-formed":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": produced by the correct application of a set of transformations : grammatical sense 2a":[
"grammar \u2026 specifies the infinite set of well-formed sentences",
"\u2014 Jerry Fodor & Jerrold J. Katz"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1946, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201149",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun,"
]
},
"well-found":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": fully furnished : properly equipped":[
"a well-found ship"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1705, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wel-\u02c8fau\u0307nd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214211",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-founded":{
"antonyms":[
"illegitimate",
"illogical",
"incoherent",
"inconsequent",
"inconsequential",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"unsound",
"weak"
],
"definitions":{
": based on excellent reasoning, information, judgment, or grounds":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1608, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wel-\u02c8fau\u0307n-d\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"analytic",
"analytical",
"coherent",
"consequent",
"good",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"sound",
"valid",
"well-grounded"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174945",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-groomed":{
"antonyms":[
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"messy",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy"
],
"definitions":{
": made neat, tidy, and attractive down to the smallest details":[
"a well-groomed lawn"
],
": well-dressed and scrupulously neat":[
"well-groomed men"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8gru\u0307md",
"\u02c8wel-\u02c8gr\u00fcmd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"bandbox",
"crisp",
"groomed",
"kempt",
"neat",
"orderly",
"picked up",
"prim",
"shipshape",
"smug",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trig",
"trim",
"uncluttered"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105819",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-grounded":{
"antonyms":[
"illegitimate",
"illogical",
"incoherent",
"inconsequent",
"inconsequential",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"unsound",
"weak"
],
"definitions":{
": having a firm foundation":[
"well-grounded in Latin and Greek"
],
": well-founded":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wel-\u02c8grau\u0307n-d\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"analytic",
"analytical",
"coherent",
"consequent",
"good",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"sound",
"valid",
"well-founded"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225508",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-heeled":{
"antonyms":[
"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
],
"definitions":{
": having plenty of money : well-fixed":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1871, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wel-\u02c8h\u0113ld"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"loaded",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-endowed",
"well-fixed",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063640",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-informed":{
"antonyms":[
"ignorant",
"unacquainted",
"unfamiliar",
"uninformed",
"unknowledgeable"
],
"definitions":{
": having extensive knowledge especially of current topics and events":[],
": thoroughly knowledgeable in a particular subject":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wel-in-\u02c8f\u022frmd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"abreast",
"acquainted",
"au courant",
"conversant",
"familiar",
"informed",
"knowledgeable",
"up",
"up-to-date",
"versed"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041008",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-knit":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wel-\u02c8nit"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124704",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-known":{
"antonyms":[
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unfamous",
"unknown",
"unsung"
],
"definitions":{
": fully or widely known":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wel-\u02c8n\u014dn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"big-name",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"noted",
"notorious",
"prominent",
"renowned",
"star",
"visible"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183950",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-nigh":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": almost , nearly":[
"well-nigh impossible"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wel-\u02c8n\u012b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"about",
"all but",
"almost",
"borderline",
"fair",
"fairly",
"feckly",
"more or less",
"most",
"much",
"near",
"nearly",
"next to",
"nigh",
"practically",
"somewhere",
"virtually"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021712",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"well-off":{
"antonyms":[
"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
],
"definitions":{
": being in easy or affluent circumstances : well-to-do":[],
": being in good condition or favorable circumstances":[
"doesn't know when he's well-off"
],
": suggesting prosperity":[
"the house had a sleek well-off look"
],
": well provided : having no lack":[
"\u2014 usually used with for"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1715, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wel-\u02c8\u022ff"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"loaded",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-endowed",
"well-fixed",
"well-heeled",
"well-to-do"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163406",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-oiled":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": smoothly functioning":[
"a well-oiled political machine"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1817, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8wel-\u02c8\u022fi(-\u0259)ld"
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"adjective"
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": partially ordered with every subset containing a first element and exactly one of the relationships \"greater than,\" \"less than,\" or \"equal to\" holding for any given pair of elements":[]
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8wel-\u02c8\u022fr-d\u0259rd"
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"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
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"benighted",
"dark",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlearned",
"unlettered",
"unscholarly"
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"well-read in history"
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"first_known_use":{
"1574, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8wel-\u02c8red"
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"educated",
"erudite",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"lettered",
"literate",
"scholarly"
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"antonyms":[
"inarticulate",
"ineloquent",
"unvocal"
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"a well-spoken young woman"
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"well-spoken words"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8wel-\u02c8sp\u014d-k\u0259n"
],
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"articulate",
"eloquent",
"fluent",
"silver-tongued"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060209",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": well-grounded , justifiable":[
"your point is well-taken"
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"first_known_use":{
"1789, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8wel-\u02c8t\u0101-k\u0259n"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105611",
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"adjective"
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"\u2014 used especially of mortar and clay"
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"a strong well-tempered stomach",
"\u2014 Algernon Sydney"
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": treated so as to develop the desired degree of hardness and elasticity":[
"well-tempered steel",
"a well-tempered sword blade"
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"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"Middle English wel temperit , from wel well + temperit tempered":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103737",
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"adjective"
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"a well-thought-of attorney"
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"first_known_use":{
"1865, in the meaning defined above":""
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"-\u02cc\u00e4v",
"wel-\u02c8th\u022ft-\u02cc\u0259v"
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"adjective"
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"a well-thought-out plan"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085214",
"type":[
"adjective"
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},
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": having a good quantity of growing timber":[
"a well-timbered tract of land"
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": strongly made or put together : having a good structure or constitution":[
"a well-timbered horse"
],
": well braced or strengthened by timbers":[
"a well-timbered house",
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},
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"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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"inopportune",
"unseasonable",
"untimely"
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"a well-timed announcement"
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"first_known_use":{
"1604, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8wel-\u02c8t\u012bmd"
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"seasonable",
"timely"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"antonyms":[
"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
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"definitions":{
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"a well-to-do family"
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"first_known_use":{
"1794, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02ccwel-t\u0259-\u02c8d\u00fc"
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"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"loaded",
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"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-endowed",
"well-fixed",
"well-heeled",
"well-off"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210112",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"antonyms":[
"fresh",
"new",
"novel",
"original",
"unclich\u00e9d",
"unhackneyed"
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"well-worn shoes"
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"a well-worn quotation"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1577, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"\u02c8wel-\u02c8w\u022frn"
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"banal",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"clich\u00e9d",
"cobwebby",
"commonplace",
"hack",
"hackney",
"hackneyed",
"moth-eaten",
"musty",
"obligatory",
"shopworn",
"stale",
"stereotyped",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tired",
"trite"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212613",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"well/far along in years":{
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"people who are well/far along in years"
]
},
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113145",
"type":[
"idiom"
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"antonyms":[
"baseborn",
"common",
"humble",
"ignoble",
"low",
"lower-class",
"lowly",
"mean",
"nonaristocratic",
"plebeian",
"ungenteel"
],
"definitions":{
": born of noble or wealthy lineage":[]
},
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"the wellborn men among the colonists had no experience with physical labor"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8wel-\u02c8b\u022frn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"blue-blooded",
"genteel",
"gentle",
"grand",
"great",
"highborn",
"highbred",
"noble",
"patrician",
"silk-stocking",
"upper-class",
"upper-crust"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001658",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"antonyms":[
"illness",
"sickness",
"unhealthiness",
"unsoundness"
],
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"lifestyles that promote wellness"
]
},
"examples":[
"Daily exercise is proven to promote wellness .",
"discounted gym memberships are part of the company's employee wellness program",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Parents can guide teens toward choices that have been shown to be scientifically critical to wellness . \u2014 Jodie Sadowsky, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"Now on her way to wellness , Cummings eventually went to work for Synovic, and was an instrumental part of creating what would become Step Beyond Green To Healthy. \u2014 Samantha Hendrickson, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"An introduction to financial wellness and best practices for maintaining and growing your money. \u2014 Angelique Jackson, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"This mix includes living, active cultures that contribute to digestive and immunological wellness . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Boyle shared that sound advice with MH, along with some more insights on nutrition, training, and more that can help a lot of people save steps on their road to wellness . \u2014 Roger Lockridge, Men's Health , 30 May 2022",
"From Met Gala prep to mental health checks, this week's best beauty Instagrams ran the gamut from thematic touches to all-out wellness . \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 8 May 2022",
"Whether coming from inside an athletics department or from an outside organization, every program devoted to student-athlete mental wellness is aimed at getting out in front of any potential issue. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The fair is free and includes appearances from over 20 local organizations that can share information and resources related to wellness and mental health. \u2014 Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Apr. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1653, in the meaning defined above":""
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wel-n\u0259s"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"fitness",
"health",
"healthiness",
"heartiness",
"robustness",
"sap",
"soundness",
"verdure",
"wholeness",
"wholesomeness"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102122",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"wellspring":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a source of continual supply":[
"a wellspring of information"
]
},
"examples":[
"The tour guide was a wellspring of information.",
"the nation's colleges and universities were a wellspring for political activism and unrest",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With its emphasis on rigor and repetition, the training opened an emotional wellspring for Hadreas. \u2014 Jason Kyle Howard, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022",
"If Cho\u2019s casting was a foregone conclusion, the most challenging role to fill was Will, the aloof and snobbish Darcy character who eventually reveals a wellspring of decency and repressed passion. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"Our imaginations are a wellspring of self-affirmation that never leave us. \u2014 Alex Wagner, SPIN , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The film doesn\u2019t shy from attempting to plumb the seemingly bottomless depths of Hawk\u2019s motivational wellspring to invent and perfect skateboarding tricks. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Apr. 2022",
"As a Ukrainian, Levykin knew that there was a wellspring of rocket know-how in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Now Mika is in elementary school, and Yang, who teaches her Chinese and is a wellspring of facts about her birth country\u2019s history and culture, has practically become a member of the family. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The pampered joker prince would soon find grounding, purpose, and a new wellspring of maternal pride. \u2014 Simon Usborne, Town & Country , 13 Mar. 2022",
"First came her stubborn fidelity to figuration in times favoring abstraction, and then her eschewal of Pop and postmodernist irony\u2014as opposed to humor, a wellspring of her creativity. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8wel-\u02ccspri\u014b"
],
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"cradle",
"font",
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"source",
"spring",
"well"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232647",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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": a doubled edge, strip, insert, or seam (as on a garment) for ornament or reinforcement":[],
": a heavy blow":[],
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": to furnish with a welt":[],
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": to raise a welt on the body of":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"I'll hand ye a few welts with me stick and then we'll see how ye feel!",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Case in point: the traditional lemonwood pegged soles and Goodyear welt . \u2014 Dale Arden Chong, Men's Health , 18 May 2022",
"Gimenez showed reporters a red welt on his shoulder. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 14 May 2022",
"Center Igor Larionov was expected to play in Game 5 despite a monster welt on his left calf, the result of a vicious Mike Keane slash during the third-period violence. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 23 May 2022",
"Boyd was hit by a pitch, resulting in a large welt on his left hand. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 May 2022",
"Furthermore, the existence of the Goodyear welt means that any shoe with a Dainite sole can be resoled, greatly extending its lifetime. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 10 Nov. 2021",
"After his fight, Ragan had a welt under his right eye and a silver medal around his neck. \u2014 Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Police saw a welt and discoloration on the woman\u2019s shoulder. \u2014 cleveland , 20 Aug. 2021",
"The 8-2 win over the Diamondbacks avoided the absurd thought of being swept by the worst team in baseball, yet still left the welt -inducing reality of dropping the three prior games. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Aug. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Whether you\u2019re headed to the office or brunch, the pair\u2019s wide waistband, faux welt back pockets and slanted front pockets combine for an elevated look, while the strategic back darts and pearl buttons add a luxe finish. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Then use the crevice tool to get into the quilting, along the edge welting , and where any pillow top is attached. \u2014 Lauren Smith, Good Housekeeping , 15 Oct. 2018",
"Top-seed New Mexico State refused to welt to GCU's relentless pressure and powered its way into the NCAA Tournament on Saturday night with a 72-58 victory for the WAC basketball tourney title at Orleans Arena. \u2014 Richard Obert, azcentral , 10 Mar. 2018",
"That little printed tape on the sides of the seat cushions is really lovely, boxed in by raffia welting with a soft chambray top. \u2014 Doretta Sperduto, House Beautiful , 30 Oct. 2017",
"Inoki spent much of the 15 rounds on his back, kicking out at Ali\u2019s legs, which quickly welted up. \u2014 Martin Rogers, USA TODAY , 14 Aug. 2017",
"How can this quilt be piped or that sofa be welted ? \u2014 Kathleen Renda, House Beautiful , 8 Dec. 2016"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English welte":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8welt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
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"biff",
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"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
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"hit",
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"poke",
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"punch",
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"smack",
"smash",
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"stripe",
"stroke",
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"switch",
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"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111652",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a European biennial thistle ( Carduus crispus ) that is introduced in North America and has the flower heads in crowded clusters at the ends of spiny-winged branches":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163548",
"type":[
"noun"
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"a bewildering welter of data"
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": a state of wild disorder : turmoil":[],
": to be in turmoil":[],
": to become deeply sunk, soaked, or involved":[],
": to rise and fall or toss about in or with waves":[],
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"examples":[],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
"1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1900, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English welteren, weltryn \"to turn over, tumble, writhe, take unrestrained pleasure (in),\" frequentative derivative of welten \"to topple, overturn, fall over,\" by-form (perhaps from a Germanic weak verb *waltjan- ) of walten \"to turn over, upend, be overturned, cast, throw, surge,\" going back to Old English -w\u00e6ltan (in gew\u00e6ltan \"to roll\"), going back to a Germanic verbal base *walt-, *welt- \"roll,\" found in a variety of attested formations (as Old English awyltan \"to roll away,\" unwealt \"steady,\" Middle High German walzen \"to roll over,\" Old Icelandic velta [strong verb, intransitive] \"to roll, roll over,\" velta [transitive] \"to set rolling,\" Gothic waltjan \"to surge against [of waves],\" uswaltjan \"to overturn\"), going back to Indo-European *u\u032fel-d-, extended form of *u\u032fel(H)- \"roll,\" whence, with various vowel grades and stem formations, Old Irish fillid \"(s/he) bends, turns back\" (< *u\u032fel-n- ), Old Church Slavic valiti s\u0119 \"to roll (intransitive),\" Lithuanian veli\u00f9, v\u00e9lti \"to full (cloth), roll,\" Greek eil\u00e9\u014d, eile\u00een \"wind, turn round, roll up\" (< *u\u032fel-n\u00e9- ), \u00edll\u014d, \u00edllein in same sense (< *u\u032fi-u\u032fl-\u014d ), Armenian glem \"to roll\"":"Verb",
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"derivative of welter entry 1":"Noun"
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"\u02c8wel-t\u0259r"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a rander who trims shoe welts":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194049",
"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 147 pounds \u2014 compare lightweight , middleweight":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ken has the frame of a 170 pounder, a welterweight . \u2014 Oliver Lee Bateman, Men's Health , 14 June 2022",
"Bouts were scheduled by weight class so that smaller boxers like junior lightweight L\u00e1zaro \u00c1lvarez, a three-time Olympic bronze medalist, and welterweight Roniel Iglesias, a two-time Olympic champion, fought earlier in the evening. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, at Brooks City Base\u2019s Hangar 9, San Antonio welterweight Jairo Castaneda (13-2, 5 KOs) takes on Leonardo Esquivel Carrizales (5-7-1, 2 KOs) in a six-round bout atop an 11-bout card in former fighter Luis Villarreal\u2019s promotional debut. \u2014 John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News , 20 May 2022",
"Benavidez doesn't have the resum\u00e9 that Garcia has, but his only loss was to the still undefeated Terence Crawford in a WBO welterweight title bout in 2018. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 8 June 2022",
"Marquez, the son of former Olympian and world champion Raul Marquez, won the four-round welterweight bout 40-36, 39-37 and 39-37. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Charlo\u2019s victory is a landmark moment in the history of top fighters between middleweight and welterweight . \u2014 Greg Beacham, ajc , 15 May 2022",
"Charlo follows the recent undisputed claims of current super-middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez and Scotland\u2019s Josh Taylor, who collected all four junior- welterweight belts last year. \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 15 May 2022",
"Former unified light- welterweight world champion Amir Khan retired. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022"
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"circa 1892, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
"welter \"a heavyweight horseman or boxer\" (of obscure origin) + weight entry 1":""
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"\u02c8wel-t\u0259r-\u02ccw\u0101t"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054955",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": participation in the discussion and decision of international problems : international politics":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"German, from welt world (alteration of Old High German weralt, worold ) + politik politics, from French politique , from Middle French, from politique , adjective, political":""
},
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"\u02c8velt\u02ccp\u014dl\u0259\u02c8t\u0113k"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125536",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wench":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a female servant":[
"a tavern wench"
],
": a girl or woman of a socially low class":[
"They replied that they had seen nobody leave but a young girl, very shabbily dressed, and who had more the air of a poor country wench than a gentlewoman.",
"\u2014 Charles Perrault"
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": a lewd or promiscuous woman : a female prostitute":[],
": a young woman or girl":[
"\"\u2026 why not ask the wench's hand from her father, if thou hadst any honesty in thy love for her?\"",
"\u2014 Sir Walter Scott"
],
": to associate with and especially to have sexual relations with promiscuous women or prostitutes":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a fairytale about the transformation of a lowly kitchen wench into an elegant lady",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Nothing says Christmas romance like jokes about douches, wenches , and medieval punishment. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 19 Nov. 2019",
"How did this land wench know the fearsome Captain Morgan? \u2014 Alex Baia, The New Yorker , 9 Nov. 2019",
"Things get blurry when the two-step into character for the Faire, Emily as tavern wench Emma and Simon as dashing pirate Captain Leatherpants Blackthorne. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 30 Sep. 2019",
"The adventures of this knight (Robert J. Townsend) and his squire, Sancho Panza (Jeffrey Landman), quickly crystallize around Quixote\u2019s spellbound love for a wench of ill repute, Aldonza (Heidi Meyer). \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Sep. 2019",
"The dotty house wench in 12 Years a Slave becomes Mufasa\u2019s mate, Queen of the Pride Lands, and Simba\u2019s mother. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 19 July 2019",
"Denbo is, obviously, delighted, and gives me tips on the best way to experience it, including: see a water wench show and indulge in all the delicious food but maybe skip the pizza. \u2014 Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com , 8 June 2019"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"chippy",
"doxy",
"doxie",
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": swing music played typically on country-music instruments (such as guitar, fiddle, or steel guitar)":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lovett's own genre-bridging music \u2014 which blends elements of jazz, country, western swing , folk, gospel and blues \u2014 helps bring people together. \u2014 Michelle Tauber, PEOPLE.com , 11 May 2022",
"The other true point guard on the Heat roster, undrafted rookie Marcus Garrett, is with the team\u2019s G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce, but is expected to rejoin the Heat during next week\u2019s five-game western swing . \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 5 Nov. 2021",
"When/if Victor Oladipo returns from his May quadriceps surgery remains up in the air, not traveling with the Heat for the start of the current five-game western swing . \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 8 Nov. 2021",
"With Thursday night\u2019s 112-109 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center, the Heat fell to 0-3 on their five-game western swing , with a Saturday test against the Utah Jazz up next. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Morris is dealing with whiplash, the result of his fracas with center Nikola Jokic in Tuesday night\u2019s loss to the Denver Nuggets at the start of this five-game western swing that concludes Monday against the Oklahoma City Thunder. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 13 Nov. 2021",
"Opening their five-game western swing seemingly a time zone or two behind the action, the Heat fell 113-96 Monday night to the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 9 Nov. 2021",
"But the most remarkable thing about Asleep at the Wheel might be a musical group identified predominantly with western swing lasting 50 years. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 July 2021",
"That sort of approach is compatible with, and perhaps even a defining feature of, being a western swing band, in Benson\u2019s view. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 July 2021"
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"1940, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a tanager ( Piranga ludoviciana ) of western North America the male of which is black, yellow, and orange-red":[]
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"1868, in the meaning defined above":""
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"wet":{
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"deluge",
"downfall",
"downpour",
"rain",
"rainfall",
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"a wet driver"
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"wet his pants"
],
": urinate":[]
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"Adjective",
"a pile of wet clothes",
"Be careful not to slip on the wet floor.",
"My hair is still wet .",
"My shoes got wet when I stepped in the puddle.",
"The grass was wet with dew.",
"Don't touch the paint. It's still wet .",
"Noun",
"We stayed out in the wet all afternoon.",
"winced as he walked out into the wet without any protection",
"Verb",
"I wet a sponge under the faucet.",
"Avoid wetting the leaves when you water the plant.",
"The morning dew had wet his shoes.",
"The little boy accidentally wet his pants .",
"I laughed so hard I almost wet myself .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Now there will be one right next to the pool at this new aquatic center with innovative features for kids to have a wet and wild blast. \u2014 Michael Brunker, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"The monsoonal moisture flowing into Northern California from the coast of Mexico this week could bring a chance of wet and dry thunderstorms to the area starting Wednesday, meteorologists said. \u2014 Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 June 2022",
"The tight fit and flat seams yield all-day comfort, wet or dry. \u2014 Maren Larsen, Outside Online , 21 June 2022",
"Thick semisolid formulas, gel deodorants go on wet and dry quickly for complete and lasting protection. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Alabama\u2019s wet and stormy streak is set to continue today and Friday, according to the National Weather Service. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 9 June 2022",
"Get wet and wild at a water park With so many water parks to visit, the smell of sunscreen and chlorine might be the official scent of summer in H-Town. \u2014 Gabi De La Rosa, Chron , 8 June 2022",
"To use the mop, simply attach a wet or dry microfiber cloth to the base (it's easily affixed and removed thanks to a genius velcro design) and then get to work, running the mop across a slew of surfaces, including hard floors and even windows. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 8 June 2022",
"There are various forms of modern salt therapy, both wet and dry, tied to wellness design, including saltwater flotation tubs, salt rooms, salt booths, salt beds and salt lamps, but only limited scientific studies. \u2014 Jamie Gold, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Their wide-brimmed, straw Easter bonnets were perfect guards against the wet . \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Next, Greene says, fill the vessel with just enough water to avoid getting the leaf wet . \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Oct. 2021",
"That seesaw in weather conditions\u2014from bone dry to sopping wet \u2014is a taste of what\u2019s to come as the Earth heats up, scientists say. \u2014 Anne C. Mulkern, Scientific American , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Understanding the catastrophes that preceded Mars\u2019 transition from a wet to a dry planet could offer clues about where the Earth\u2019s own geological future is headed, Coradini said. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Incorporate the dry ingredients into the wet , then fold in most of the chocolate chips. \u2014 Kate Merker, Good Housekeeping , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Bea stared at the flared ends of her trousers, soaking up the wet . \u2014 Esther Freud, The New Yorker , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Bottom line is that fleece will help keep your hands warm even when its wet . \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 2 Oct. 2019",
"The other thing to consider is that low rolling resistance usually means a smoother tire with few grooves \u2014 great for dry riding, but slippery in the wet . \u2014 Bob Beacham, chicagotribune.com , 10 Apr. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Add 2 tablespoons of water to the skillet beside the patties (being careful to not wet the buns), cover, and cook until the cheese is melted, 90 seconds. \u2014 Joe Yonan, Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
"Simply wet your skin, use a thin layer of this shaving cream, shave carefully, and rinse to reveal skin that feels softer and smoother. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"The outsole is fitted with a Regolith tread pattern that grips effectively to wet and dry surfaces alike. \u2014 Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
"To use an AeroPress: Insert a paper filter into the filter cap, wet the filter and cap with hot water then dump out the water. \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 12 May 2022",
"False lily of the valley likes moist to wet soil and shade. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 May 2022",
"Anglers should be sure to wet their hands before handling them, and to be gentle when releasing the youngsters. \u2014 cleveland , 5 May 2022",
"Park Interpreter Waymon Cox said in the release that many visitors wet sift using a screen set to wash away soil and separate the gravel by size. \u2014 Arkansas Democrat-gazette, Arkansas Online , 3 May 2022",
"The canvases show the brush strokes, the crumbling textures of the plaster \u2014 an integral part of the frescoes, which were created by applying pigment to wet plaster and mixing in the color. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English weten , from Old English w\u01e3tan , from w\u01e3t , adjective":"Verb",
"Middle English, partly from past participle of weten to wet & partly from Old English w\u01e3t wet; akin to Old Norse v\u0101tr wet, Old English w\u00e6ter water":"Adjective"
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"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"logged",
"saturate",
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"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
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"waterlogged",
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"watery"
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"verb"
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},
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"antonyms":[],
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": dutch bargain":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114520",
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": one that quenches or dampens enthusiasm or pleasure":[]
},
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"I'd love to go to the party, but with my cold, I'm afraid I'd just be a wet blanket .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Frank Mariani, my business partner and personal wet blanket . \u2014 Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times , 6 Mar. 2022",
"The rising prices have been a wet blanket on an otherwise robust economy over the last year, as unemployment has fallen below 4% and the workforce has grown. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
"While San Francisco has been facing $6-7 gasoline, mega-investors in nearby Silicon Valley just threw a wet blanket on the electric car industry. \u2014 Jude Clemente, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Rain showers danced across Southern California on Monday , throwing a wet blanket on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. \u2014 Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times , 17 Jan. 2022",
"And look, Covid is a big, wet blanket thrown over the attitudes of Americans. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Jan. 2022",
"New research from Morning Consult throws a wet blanket on a strong rebound for business travel. \u2014 Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021",
"While ObamaCare\u2019s taxes harmed the economy, the wet blanket of his regulatory burden smothered the recovery, long before the 2013 tax increases. \u2014 Phil Gramm And Mike Solon, WSJ , 13 Dec. 2021",
"As a lockout throws a wet blanket over the offseason, every team hopes to hit the ground running when the stadium gates swing open. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Dec. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1844, in the meaning defined above":""
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"drag",
"grinch",
"killjoy",
"party pooper",
"spoilsport"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234225",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"dry",
"parch",
"scorch",
"sear"
],
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": to dampen by sprinkling with water":[]
},
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"it will be easier to clean up if you wet down the surfaces first",
"the stylist began by wetting down my hair"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1840, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"bedraggle",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"drown",
"soak",
"sodden",
"sop",
"souse",
"wash",
"water",
"water-soak",
"waterlog",
"wet"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232530",
"type":[
"verb"
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"antonyms":[],
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"His clothes were wet through ."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131702",
"type":[
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"wet wash":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": laundry returned damp and not ironed":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the storm that blanketed Southern California in a gray wet wash on Monday, and the near-freezing temperatures that will follow later this week, are instead a harbinger of humanitarian disaster on city streets. \u2014 Cora Currier, The New Republic , 15 Dec. 2021",
"This year\u2019s Mardi Gras could have been a wet wash , but the Spirit of Carnival instead cavorted and cajoled in new and marvelous ways. \u2014 al , 19 Feb. 2021",
"Freezing wet wash clothes in a baggie can help keep them extra cold in the cooler. \u2014 Shelby Dermer, Cincinnati.com , 3 July 2018",
"Two bowls, one for flour mixture and one for wet wash . \u2014 Ann Maloney, NOLA.com , 17 Apr. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1916, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115612",
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140810",
"type":[
"noun"
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": to give constant and often excessive care to":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"One is Ina, a blind and aged wet nurse who lived in a cave for decades. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"Stephanie Kresta, a 35-year-old mother of five in Houston, is one of dozens of people who have publicly posted to Facebook offering to wet nurse for other babies, should parents face such dire need. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 26 May 2022",
"Among several biblical references, the pharaoh\u2019s daughter hires a wet nurse to feed baby Moses. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022",
"The child was whisked off to a wet nurse in the countryside; Montesano married another woman, and Montessori, finding proximity to her ex-lover unbearable, resigned her position at the school. \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Teffi focuses on the servants who made such estates possible, especially the nyanya, a recurring figure typically hired first as a wet nurse and then as the general custodian of the children. \u2014 Sara Wheeler, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2021",
"Lina and Oviedo are happy with their twins, but Lina is struggling to produce milk, necessitating a wet nurse . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 26 Oct. 2020",
"Other photos in Castillo\u2019s ersatz work, paired with quotes (as in the official passport), include a Japanese American incarceration camp, migrant farmworkers, cotton pickers as well as enslaved African American wet nurses and nannies. \u2014 R. Daniel Foster, Los Angeles Times , 16 Apr. 2020",
"Some slaves, Jones-Rogers could say, were even known to serve as wet nurses , suckling the babes of their white counterparts. \u2014 Nathan Deuel, Los Angeles Times , 17 Apr. 2020"
],
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"1620, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1784, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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"\u02c8wet-\u02ccn\u0259rs"
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"breast-feed",
"nurse",
"suckle"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055933",
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"noun",
"verb"
]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171605",
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"wether":{
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For wethers , neutered goats, behavior accounts for 25 out of a possible 100 points. \u2014 Jacob Sweet, sacbee , 27 July 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, ram, from Old English; akin to Old High German widar ram, Latin vitulus calf, vetus old, Greek etos year":""
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"\u02c8we-t\u035fh\u0259r"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114636",
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"wetland":{
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": land or areas (such as marshes or swamps) that are covered often intermittently with shallow water or have soil saturated with moisture":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
]
},
"examples":[
"the conservation board has not always been rigorous in protecting the wetlands from development",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The state legislature did not consider Tallian\u2019s coal ash bill, which addressed the disposal of coal combustion residuals and approved a bill that removed wetland protections. \u2014 Alexandra Kukulka, chicagotribune.com , 27 Apr. 2021",
"But opponents say getting rid of the wetland protections could increase flooding, degrade water quality and destroy wildlife habitat. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 8 Feb. 2021",
"Selections include plants for pollinators, flora for butterflies and birds, prairie plants, prairie grasses, shade-tolerant species, and wetland and rain garden vegetation. \u2014 Chris M. Worrell, cleveland , 13 Jan. 2021",
"Dixie Valley toads live solely in a 760-acre wetland complex fed by hot springs north of Fallon, Nevada, per the USFWS. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Apr. 2022",
"This all-purpose trail links the recreation area surrounding the Engle Road sledding hill to the Lake-to-Lake Trail, which features the largest glacial pothole wetland complex left in Cuyahoga County. \u2014 Chris M. Worrell, cleveland , 6 Jan. 2022",
"The storm exposed the increasing dangers posed by climate change to the millions of people living in the low-lying Sundarbans, thousands of square miles of wetland jutting into the Bay of Bengal. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Sea level rise will also damage sensitive wetland ecosystems and increase erosion. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Feb. 2022",
"An estimated 40% of the original wetland has been diked, drained or destroyed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Dec. 2021"
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"1669, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8wet-\u02ccland",
"-l\u0259nd"
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"fen",
"marsh",
"marshland",
"mire",
"moor",
"morass",
"muskeg",
"slough",
"slew",
"slue",
"swamp",
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"wash"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043530",
"type":[
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"antonyms":[],
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": a substance that by becoming adsorbed prevents a surface from being repellent to a wetting liquid and is used especially in mixing solids with liquids or spreading liquids on surfaces":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The money would go toward purchase of rock salt, or sodium chloride, and liquid calcium chloride, which is a pre- wetting agent for the rock salt. \u2014 Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Another type of simulated granite countertop kit, Transformations, available at www.rustoleum.com, uses an adhesive base coat, special wetting agent , decorative chips and two-part finish coating. \u2014 James Dulley, Dallas News , 11 Jan. 2020",
"Color enhancers are basically wetting agents that also seal. \u2014 Jeanne Huber, Washington Post , 12 Aug. 2019",
"Then an old-fashioned wetting agent that anybody who once had a darkroom will remember was used. \u2014 Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times , 16 July 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1927, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034539",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
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": somewhat wet : moist":[]
},
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"the ground is still rather wettish after last night's downpour"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1648, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8we-tish"
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"dank",
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171509",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"definitions":{
": the human brain or a human being considered especially with respect to human logical and computational capabilities":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Where does the mind-ware stop and the wetware start? \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 30 Sep. 2021",
"But the rules themselves - the brain\u2019s algorithms - are independent of the wetware . \u2014 Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes , 27 May 2021",
"All of it contained within 3 pounds of \u2018 wetware \u2019 inside your skull. \u2014 Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes , 19 Apr. 2021",
"Our cells have a remarkable kind of software\u2014 wetware \u2014that uses the instructions in the DNA in our cells\u2019 nuclei to produce proteins. \u2014 Zeynep Tufekci, The Atlantic , 18 Mar. 2021",
"So wrap your wetware around this number: 5724\u2014as in pounds, as in curb weight for the Porsche Cayenne Turbo. \u2014 Dan Neil, Car and Driver , 2 June 2020",
"First came the hardware, then the software; now even the wetware of life can be created in people\u2019s homes. D.I.Y. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 18 May 2020",
"After several years of slow progress, Oxford Nanopore announced that its sequencing hardware would be as distinctive as its wetware : a USB device that could fit comfortably in a person's hand. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 30 Jan. 2018"
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],
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"area of the Middle East west of the Jordan River":[]
},
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"noun"
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],
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": a compass point that is two points north of due west : N67\u00b030\u2032W":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154418"
}
}
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