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"Eagan":{
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"definitions":{
"city in southeastern Minnesota population 64,206":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"\u02c8\u0113-g\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"geographical name"
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"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic"
],
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": marked by enthusiastic or impatient desire or interest":[],
": sharp":[],
": sour":[]
},
"examples":[
"\u2026 wine connoisseurs eager to visit cellars and late-fall pilgrims seeking the increasingly rare white truffle \u2026 \u2014 Corby Kummer , Atlantic , August 2000",
"\u2026 so many religions were steeped in an absolutist frame of mind\u2014each convinced that it alone had a monopoly on the truth and therefore eager for the state to impose this truth on others. \u2014 Carl Sagan , The Demon-Haunted World , 1996",
"She was eager to get started.",
"The crowd was eager for more.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Students \u2014 some experiencing campus life for the first time since the pandemic \u2014 are especially eager to document their life experiences on BeReal. \u2014 Jess Eng, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"Last year\u2019s tournament was postponed due to concerns stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, which is why USA Football officials are eager to compete again this summer. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 26 June 2022",
"Gauff, like another of tennis\u2019s young stars, Naomi Osaka, has been eager to use her platform to speak out on social issues and made an appeal to end gun violence during the French Open on her way to the final earlier this month. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022",
"Kaul and Evers were eager to fire up supporters for their re-election. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel , 25 June 2022",
"Trump was eager to embrace Clark after Rosen and Donoghue repeatedly rebuffed his claims of voter fraud. \u2014 Devlin Barrett, Anchorage Daily News , 24 June 2022",
"All this comes at a time when Americans are increasingly eager to travel. \u2014 Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"While trophy walleye are a bit more difficult to catch because of the hordes of smaller, hungry walleye that are eager to bite, limit catches are common. \u2014 D'arcy Egan, cleveland , 23 June 2022",
"In recent years, interest in Chin has surged, not just as context for the attacks on Asian Americans but as a ripped-from-the-headlines story that artists and content creators are eager to revisit. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 23 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
},
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"Middle English egre , from Anglo-French egre, aigre , from Latin acer \u2014 more at edge":""
},
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"\u02c8\u0113-g\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for eager eager , avid , keen , anxious , athirst mean moved by a strong and urgent desire or interest. eager implies ardor and enthusiasm and sometimes impatience at delay or restraint. eager to get started avid adds to eager the implication of insatiability or greed. avid for new thrills keen suggests intensity of interest and quick responsiveness in action. keen on the latest fashions anxious emphasizes fear of frustration or failure or disappointment. anxious not to make a social blunder athirst stresses yearning but not necessarily readiness for action. athirst for adventure",
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"ardent",
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"gung ho",
"hepped up",
"hopped-up",
"hot",
"hungry",
"impatient",
"juiced",
"keen",
"nuts",
"pumped",
"raring",
"solicitous",
"stoked",
"thirsty",
"voracious",
"wild"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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},
"eager beaver":{
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"definitions":{
": a person who is extremely zealous about performing duties and volunteering for more":[]
},
"examples":[
"When she first started working she was a real eager beaver .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The show starts just before 10 p.m., but eager beavers usually begin arriving downtown in early afternoon to seek out a prime viewing spot. \u2014 Greg Crawford, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"type":[
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"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic"
],
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": marked by enthusiastic or impatient desire or interest":[],
": sharp":[],
": sour":[]
},
"examples":[
"\u2026 wine connoisseurs eager to visit cellars and late-fall pilgrims seeking the increasingly rare white truffle \u2026 \u2014 Corby Kummer , Atlantic , August 2000",
"\u2026 so many religions were steeped in an absolutist frame of mind\u2014each convinced that it alone had a monopoly on the truth and therefore eager for the state to impose this truth on others. \u2014 Carl Sagan , The Demon-Haunted World , 1996",
"She was eager to get started.",
"The crowd was eager for more.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Students \u2014 some experiencing campus life for the first time since the pandemic \u2014 are especially eager to document their life experiences on BeReal. \u2014 Jess Eng, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"Last year\u2019s tournament was postponed due to concerns stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, which is why USA Football officials are eager to compete again this summer. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 26 June 2022",
"Gauff, like another of tennis\u2019s young stars, Naomi Osaka, has been eager to use her platform to speak out on social issues and made an appeal to end gun violence during the French Open on her way to the final earlier this month. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022",
"Kaul and Evers were eager to fire up supporters for their re-election. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel , 25 June 2022",
"Trump was eager to embrace Clark after Rosen and Donoghue repeatedly rebuffed his claims of voter fraud. \u2014 Devlin Barrett, Anchorage Daily News , 24 June 2022",
"All this comes at a time when Americans are increasingly eager to travel. \u2014 Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"While trophy walleye are a bit more difficult to catch because of the hordes of smaller, hungry walleye that are eager to bite, limit catches are common. \u2014 D'arcy Egan, cleveland , 23 June 2022",
"In recent years, interest in Chin has surged, not just as context for the attacks on Asian Americans but as a ripped-from-the-headlines story that artists and content creators are eager to revisit. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 23 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
},
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"Middle English egre , from Anglo-French egre, aigre , from Latin acer \u2014 more at edge":""
},
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"\u02c8\u0113-g\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for eager eager , avid , keen , anxious , athirst mean moved by a strong and urgent desire or interest. eager implies ardor and enthusiasm and sometimes impatience at delay or restraint. eager to get started avid adds to eager the implication of insatiability or greed. avid for new thrills keen suggests intensity of interest and quick responsiveness in action. keen on the latest fashions anxious emphasizes fear of frustration or failure or disappointment. anxious not to make a social blunder athirst stresses yearning but not necessarily readiness for action. athirst for adventure",
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"enthused",
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"excited",
"geeked",
"great",
"greedy",
"gung ho",
"hepped up",
"hopped-up",
"hot",
"hungry",
"impatient",
"juiced",
"keen",
"nuts",
"pumped",
"raring",
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"stoked",
"thirsty",
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"wild"
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"eagle":{
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": a gold coin of the U.S. bearing an eagle on the reverse and usually having a value of ten dollars":[],
": a golf score of two strokes less than par on a hole \u2014 compare birdie":[],
": a member of a major fraternal order":[],
": any of various large diurnal birds of prey (family Accipitridae) noted for their strength, size, keenness of vision, and powers of flight":[],
": one of a pair of eagle-bearing silver insignia of rank worn by a military colonel or a navy captain":[],
": the eagle-bearing standard of the ancient Romans":[],
": to score an eagle on (a golf hole)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She made an eagle on the fourth hole.",
"She made eagle on the fourth hole.",
"Verb",
"She eagled the fourth hole.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Kelly finished strong with two birdies and an eagle on his last five holes. \u2014 Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"There's an eagle and American flag that's just phenomenal. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
"This is just the latest eagle spotting to catch people's attention. \u2014 Michael Hollan, Fox News , 23 Feb. 2022",
"One of Peacemaker\u2018s most winning characters is Eagly, a pet eagle who\u2019s basically just a puppy dog in feathers. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The first was an adult eagle that died in March on the Charles River, also in Middlesex County. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Turquoise was honored by the Aztecs as one of their most valuable treasures, and the engraved relief in the stone on the pen depicts an eagle \u2014a sacred symbol. \u2014 Nancy Olson, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"The other eagle in the Bay View pair, presumed by many observers to be a male due to its smaller size than the bird that died, was seen in the vicinity of the nest through Tuesday, said nearby resident Suzanne Jurva. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Her round included an eagle on the par-4 16th, five birdies and a bogey. \u2014 Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Widespread conservation efforts \u2014 including bans on pesticides, the passage of the Endangered Species Act in the 1970s, and protections for habitats, air and water \u2014 have helped eagle populations come back after the birds\u2019 near-demise in the 1960s. \u2014 Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"Furyk, 51, teed off first and went on to eagle the par-5 opening hole. \u2014 Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic , 14 Nov. 2021",
"Hewson needed to eagle the last to force a playoff but had to settle for a par and a closing 69. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2021",
"Most players atop the leaderboard could either eagle the 13th and 15th or bogey them, and that kind of swing in the scoreboard can make or break them in the tournament. \u2014 Star Tribune , 12 Apr. 2021",
"Playing alongside Phil Mickelson at TPC Summerlin, Na eagled the par-5 13th and 16th holes and added birdies on the par-3 17th and par-4 18th to match Lucas Glover, 2017 winner Patrick Cantlay and Brian Stuard at 12-under 130. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Oct. 2019",
"Na followed up his first-round 68 by eagling the par-5 13th and 16th holes and adding birdies on the par-3 17th and par-4 18th to match Lucas Glover (63), Patrick Cantlay (64), and Brian Stuard (65) at 12-under 130 at at TPC Summerlin. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 Oct. 2019",
"The passengers hit the floor ass first and lay spread- eagled , staring at the ceiling. \u2014 Nicola Twilley, Wired , 11 Feb. 2020",
"The South African eagled the 18th after hitting his second shot to 15 feet, making things interesting for Jones at the end . . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Dec. 2019"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1921, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English egle , from Anglo-French egle, aigle , from Latin aquila":"Noun"
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"\u02c8\u0113-g\u0259l"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a large black-and-white western African bird ( Gypohierax angolensis ) intermediate in some characters between eagles and vultures and feeding on the fruit of oil palms and on carrion (as fish)":[]
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"adjective",
"noun"
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": the ability to see or observe keenly":[],
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"keeping an eagle eye on the prisoner"
]
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"examples":[
"students working under the eagle eyes of the teacher",
"an editor with an eagle eye",
"an editor with eagle eyes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His planned self-immolation in tatters, Bendiksen spent days frantically building a Twitter presence for Miskin, ultimately attracting the eagle eye of Chesterton, the UK filmmaker who at last called out the project. \u2014 Tom Simonite, Wired , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Beth Kelly, another public school mom and member of the coalition, keeps an eagle eye on the district\u2019s enrollment and budget documents. \u2014 Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 Aug. 2021",
"Now volunteers keep an eagle eye out to make sure passers-by don\u2019t harm the birds. \u2014 Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com , 5 July 2021",
"Sandy, who has the eagle eye of a legal professional and intuition of a Dad who has brought their child up to be a decent human being, notices Seth\u2019s disregard for Anna, his supposed girlfriend, in favor of flirting with Summer. \u2014 Lauren Pinnington, Vulture , 18 June 2021",
"Players with an eagle eye and nerves of steel will be able to down more enemies with this weapon than with any other sniper rifle. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 19 May 2021",
"While scouring your bill also keep an eagle eye out for duplicate charges and procedures that weren't even performed, Latham says. \u2014 Jennifer Chesak, Health.com , 10 May 2021",
"One of the most thrilling games of the week was at La Salle Prep, which secured a 42-40 win over Ridgeview thanks in part to a referee\u2019s eagle eye on the sideline. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Apr. 2021",
"Six pitches later, Muncy rewarded their eagle eye by crushing a Dayton offering 435 feet to right field, his second homer in as many days and the 20th in LCS history. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 14 Oct. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202449"
},
"eagle fern":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a common brake ( Pteridium aquilinum )":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210232"
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"eagle dance":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a widespread American Indian ritual dance especially for rain among the Pueblos and for cure and peace among the Iroquois that is derived from the calumet dance and is performed by two or four men commonly with artificial wings bound to their arms and with movements which are imitative of eagles":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015850"
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"eagle boat":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an antisubmarine warship smaller than a destroyer":[]
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"adjective",
"noun"
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"students working under the eagle eyes of the teacher",
"an editor with an eagle eye",
"an editor with eagle eyes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His planned self-immolation in tatters, Bendiksen spent days frantically building a Twitter presence for Miskin, ultimately attracting the eagle eye of Chesterton, the UK filmmaker who at last called out the project. \u2014 Tom Simonite, Wired , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Beth Kelly, another public school mom and member of the coalition, keeps an eagle eye on the district\u2019s enrollment and budget documents. \u2014 Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 Aug. 2021",
"Now volunteers keep an eagle eye out to make sure passers-by don\u2019t harm the birds. \u2014 Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com , 5 July 2021",
"Sandy, who has the eagle eye of a legal professional and intuition of a Dad who has brought their child up to be a decent human being, notices Seth\u2019s disregard for Anna, his supposed girlfriend, in favor of flirting with Summer. \u2014 Lauren Pinnington, Vulture , 18 June 2021",
"Players with an eagle eye and nerves of steel will be able to down more enemies with this weapon than with any other sniper rifle. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 19 May 2021",
"While scouring your bill also keep an eagle eye out for duplicate charges and procedures that weren't even performed, Latham says. \u2014 Jennifer Chesak, Health.com , 10 May 2021",
"One of the most thrilling games of the week was at La Salle Prep, which secured a 42-40 win over Ridgeview thanks in part to a referee\u2019s eagle eye on the sideline. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Apr. 2021",
"Six pitches later, Muncy rewarded their eagle eye by crushing a Dayton offering 435 feet to right field, his second homer in as many days and the 20th in LCS history. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 14 Oct. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115132"
},
"eagle-hawk":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of numerous tropical American birds of prey (family Accipitridae) intermediate in size between the typical hawks and eagles and often crested":[],
": wedge-tailed eagle":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-133813"
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"eagle-kite":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135221"
},
"eaglewood":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": agarwood":[
"The dark brown agarwood or eaglewood , which is formed as a result of the tree's immune response to fungal infection, is the principal product of the tree.",
"\u2014 Smita Bhattacharyya"
]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1669, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175142"
},
"Eagle Lake":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"lake 13 miles (21 kilometers) long in northern California east-northeast of Lassen Peak":[]
},
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"\u02c8\u0113-g\u0259l"
],
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},
"eagle owl":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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},
"eagre":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a tidal flood or flow : bore":[]
},
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of earlier higre , from (assumed) Middle English higre (whence Medieval Latin higra )":""
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"eaglet":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a young eagle":[]
},
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"\u02c8\u0113-gl\u0259t"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Footage from midday Tuesday showed the eaglet soaring in a cloudless sky. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"Some feared, now that it had been touched by humans, that the eaglet would be abandoned. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"Spirit, who hatched in early March, is the first eaglet welcomed by Jackie and Shadow in two years. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"And when an eaglet accidentally falls from its nest, wildlife officials swoop in to help. \u2014 CNN , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The eaglet fell between 10 and 15 feet and landed in a steep gully, Sharpe said. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 1 May 2022",
"The eaglet is now resting safely in the nest, according to video. \u2014 Nicholas Kerr, ABC News , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The school has a livestream camera on the eagles\u2019 nest, and a fuzzy eaglet could be seen when one of the parents moved off the nest just after 9 a.m. \u2014 Jane Morice | Jmorice@cleveland.com, cleveland , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The first eaglet had started to hatch on Friday and fully hatched Saturday before dying. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1572, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-131113"
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"eagle ray":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": any of several widely distributed large active marine stingrays (family Myliobatidae) with broad pectoral fins":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One of the most cherished wildlife sightings is the spotted eagle ray , which can leap from water to reveal a wingspan of nine feet and a whip tail. \u2014 Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Just coming and jumping in the water and seeing an eagle ray swim up to you. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 20 May 2021",
"After doggedly pursuing a school of spotted eagle rays in the Maldives, the United Kingdom\u2019s Henley Spiers nabbed runner-up in the Black and White category with Constellation of Eagle Rays. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Feb. 2020",
"Mutton snapper, large stingrays, spotted eagle rays and moray eels are also common. \u2014 USA TODAY , 14 Feb. 2020",
"The spotted eagle ray at the Texas State Aquarium currently weighs 30 pounds and has a wingspan of four feet. \u2014 Alex Park, Houston Chronicle , 7 June 2018",
"The rude drivers who used to accompany him on his travels have been replaced by manatees, dolphins, pelicans and spotted eagle rays . \u2014 Linda Roberston, Sun-Sentinel.com , 9 Apr. 2018"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1856, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-003548"
},
"Eagle Scout":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Boy Scout who has reached the highest level of achievement in scouting":[],
": a straight-arrow and self-reliant man":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1911, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-051446"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a concretionary nodule of clay ironstone about the size of a walnut that the ancients believed an eagle takes to her nest to facilitate egg-laying":[]
},
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"adverb",
"noun"
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"excited",
"geeked",
"great",
"greedy",
"gung ho",
"hepped up",
"hopped-up",
"hot",
"hungry",
"impatient",
"juiced",
"keen",
"nuts",
"pumped",
"raring",
"solicitous",
"stoked",
"thirsty",
"voracious",
"wild"
],
"antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for eager eager , avid , keen , anxious , athirst mean moved by a strong and urgent desire or interest. eager implies ardor and enthusiasm and sometimes impatience at delay or restraint. eager to get started avid adds to eager the implication of insatiability or greed. avid for new thrills keen suggests intensity of interest and quick responsiveness in action. keen on the latest fashions anxious emphasizes fear of frustration or failure or disappointment. anxious not to make a social blunder athirst stresses yearning but not necessarily readiness for action. athirst for adventure",
"examples":[
"\u2026 wine connoisseurs eager to visit cellars and late-fall pilgrims seeking the increasingly rare white truffle \u2026 \u2014 Corby Kummer , Atlantic , August 2000",
"\u2026 so many religions were steeped in an absolutist frame of mind\u2014each convinced that it alone had a monopoly on the truth and therefore eager for the state to impose this truth on others. \u2014 Carl Sagan , The Demon-Haunted World , 1996",
"She was eager to get started.",
"The crowd was eager for more.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rice planters, eager for cheap labor, helped overturn the founding trustees\u2019 original ban on slavery by the 1750s. \u2014 Alex Pulaski, Washington Post , 8 July 2022",
"At three clinics in New York City, the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center serves 20,000 primarily LGBTQ+ patients, many of whom are eager for the vaccine, center officials said. \u2014 Michelle Andrews, CBS News , 8 July 2022",
"Stranger Things has been for Netflix \u2014 and why fans are so eager for Stranger Things 5 \u2014 consider that just in the 7-day period that ended on June 26, Netflix subscribers spent a collective 169.5 million hours streaming the show. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 4 July 2022",
"After being relegated to the training roster of the 2013 and 2017 American squads, Hogan is eager for her chance to contribute to this year\u2019s team. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 29 June 2022",
"Either way, the Jazz will get their answer, as will another star on the team who might have been eager for Gobert\u2019s exit. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"Some farmers and ranchers are eager for royalty payments from energy developers, while others are concerned about diminished views and other lifestyle changes, as Mark Jaffe writes in an excellent story for the Colorado Sun. \u2014 Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"As Daunte Culpepper made his way through the lobby of the Celeste Hotel on Friday evening, he was greeted by enthusiastic UCF supporters eager for an autograph, to pose for a selfie or just to shake his hand. \u2014 Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
"In Cody, which lies east of the park, tourism industry workers were eager for answers from Sholly on the southern loop reopening, the Casper Star Tribune reported. \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe And Claudia Dominguez, CNN , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English egre , from Anglo-French egre, aigre , from Latin acer \u2014 more at edge":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-222101"
}
}