dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/fiv_MW.json
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"five of a kind":{
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": four cards of the same rank plus a wild card in one hand \u2014 see poker illustration":[]
},
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"1897, in the meaning defined above":""
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"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"definitions":{
": of first class or quality":[
"a five-star hotel"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1913, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8f\u012bv-\u02c8st\u00e4r"
],
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"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
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"boss",
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"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
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"cool",
"corking",
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"famous",
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"first-rate",
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"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
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"heavenly",
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"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
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"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
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"swell",
"terrific",
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"top",
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"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
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"wizard",
"wonderful"
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"type":[
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"five-spice powder":{
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a blend of spices typically including anise, pepper, fennel, cloves, and cinnamon that is used in Chinese cooking":[]
},
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"\u02c8f\u012bv-\u02c8sp\u012bs-"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That goes even for this dish, flavored with five-spice powder and soy. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
"In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, rice wine, vinegar, sesame oil, garlic, five-spice powder and sugar. \u2014 CNN , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Some like to add carrots, mushrooms and five-spice powder as well. \u2014 Rachel Phua, CNN , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Nine Bar popped up at Side Practice in August 2020, serving up dirty chai made with Chinese five-spice powder and hot dogs inspired by okonomiyaki, Japanese savory pancakes. \u2014 Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
"In a large bowl, toss the beef with the garlic, ginger, fish sauce, five-spice powder , and brown sugar until each piece is evenly coated. \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Rub the five-spice powder and black pepper all over the meat part of the pork belly. Turn the belly over, skin-side up. \u2014 Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Oct. 2021",
"In a bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, five-spice powder , baking powder, and salt. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 July 2021",
"Taut and generous at the same time, with aromas of Chinese five-spice powder , goji berries, and pomegranates before a palate of sweet, generous fruit that\u2019s framed by sweet tannins, all of it dusted with cinnamon, cloves, and allspice. \u2014 Brian Freedman, Forbes , 17 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1970, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142310"
},
"fivesome":{
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a group of five persons playing together":[],
": any group of five persons or things":[]
},
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"\u02c8f\u012bvs\u0259m"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"five entry 2 + -some":""
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"five-o'clock shadow":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the beginning of a beard that shows up late in the afternoon on the face of a man who has not shaved since morning":[]
},
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},
"five-finger":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": cinquefoil sense 1":[]
},
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"\u02c8f\u012bv-\u02ccfi\u014b-g\u0259r"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170722"
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"five":{
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"definitions":{
": a 5-dollar bill":[],
": a British handball game":[],
": a gesture in which two people slap each other's extended hands (as in greeting or celebration)":[
"\u2014 usually used in phrases with give or slap So I slapped him five and hugged him. \u2014 J. R. Burke"
],
": a number that is one more than four \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[],
": fifteen sense 2":[],
": the fifth in a set or series":[
"the five of clubs"
]
},
"examples":[
"I get off work at five .",
"The store is open until five .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Coaches and players were encouraged to wear a face mask \u2014 the majority did not \u2014 and not give high- fives . \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 May 2020",
"Pool play, three best-of- fives and a best-of-seven. \u2014 John Shea, SFChronicle.com , 1 Apr. 2020",
"As for sporting events, fans going to see live games at stadiums are asked to avoid cheering too loudly (because of the risk of spraying saliva) and touching other people, like hugging and giving high- fives . \u2014 Mary Hui, Quartz , 23 Apr. 2020",
"The Blazers informed fans last Wednesday that none of the players would not be signing autographs or giving out high- fives . \u2014 Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive , 9 Mar. 2020",
"The elbow bump Instead of handshakes or high- fives , U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams introduced the elbow bump at a news conference in Connecticut as a possible alternative to avoid the coronavirus. \u2014 Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY , 4 Mar. 2020",
"More hugs, chest to chest, more high- fives , skin on skin. \u2014 Ken Armstrong, ProPublica , 23 Apr. 2020",
"More hugs, chest to chest, more high- fives , skin on skin. \u2014 Propublica And The Seattle Times, oregonlive , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Over the last two full seasons, after sharing a ride with Carpenter for the previous two, Pigot produced just 10 top 10s in 34 races, including four top fives and one podium. \u2014 Nathan Brown, Indianapolis Star , 12 Mar. 2020"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from five , adjective, from Old English f\u012bf ; akin to Old High German finf five, Latin quinque , Greek pente":""
},
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"\u02c8f\u012bv"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192715",
"type":[
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"noun",
"pronoun, plural in construction"
]
},
"five-spot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a California annual herb ( Nemophila maculata ) with showy flowers having a conspicuous purple blotch at the end of each corolla lobe":[],
": an oil well made to produce copiously by pumping water under pressure into four other holes surrounding it":[],
": five entry 3 sense 5a":[],
": a five-dollar bill":[
"Sure, it was a form of panhandling. But with that sponge and squeegee, he gave dignity to it \u2026 . I figured \u2026 this time I'd give him a five-spot .",
"\u2014 Mike Royko , Pittsburgh Press , 23 Aug. 1987"
]
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"five-figure":{
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": containing five numerical figures : rated at an annual salary of $10,000 or more":[]
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"five-year plan":{
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"noun"
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": one of a continuing series of Soviet governmental programs designed to achieve usually specified goals in the planned, coordinated, and cumulative development of the Soviet economy and other sectors of Soviet life (as education and science) over a period of five years":[],
": a national governmental program of planned, coordinated, and cumulative economic and social development over a period of five years":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"translation of Russian pyatiletka":""
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},
"five-year cure":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": survival without clinically evident recurrence for five years after treatment for certain diseases (as cancer)":[]
},
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"five-fingered creeper":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": virginia creeper":[]
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"five-fingered Jack":{
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"definitions":{
": a common cinquefoil ( Potentilla canadensis ) of eastern North America":[]
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"fiveling":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a twin crystal consisting of five individuals":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234125"
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"five-toed jerboa":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of several large active long-eared jerboas (genus Allactaga ) of eastern Europe and Asia (as A. sibirica )":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010313"
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"five-ten limits":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": limitations fixing the maximum liability of an insurer at $5000 for the bodily injury or death of any one person and subject to the same limit per person at $10,000 for any one accident irrespective of how many persons are killed or injured":[]
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"five-lined lizard":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": blue-tailed skink":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-051754"
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"five-leaved pine":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": swiss pine":[]
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"five-hole":{
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the space between the legs of a goaltender":[
"A blast through the five-hole of Montreal's Jeff Hackett gave the Panthers a 1\u20130 lead 13:33 into the game.",
"\u2014 David Neal"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012bv-\u02cch\u014dl"
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"first_known_use":{
"1980, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-073151"
},
"five-and-dime":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": a retail store that carries a variety of chiefly inexpensive merchandise":[
"When I was a little girl you could still buy things at the five-and-dime .",
"\u2014 Nikki Giovanni",
"But most five-and-dimes faded away, done in by competition from big box stores, or failure to adapt to changing tastes quickly enough.",
"\u2014 Carl Nolte",
"After the grocery store came the five-and-ten , a rambling, comfortable hodgepodge of unrelated items and scents.",
"\u2014 Lee Ebler"
]
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"from the fact that all articles in such stores were formerly priced at either 5 or 10 cents":""
},
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"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-095140"
},
"five-sisters":{
"type":[
"noun plural but singular in construction"
],
"definitions":{
": whorled loosestrife":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-130224"
},
"fivepence":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the sum of five pennies":[
"\u2014 usually used in reference to British pennies",
"The acid came in two two-pint bottles, and cost four shillings and fivepence.",
"\u2014 Ken Follett"
],
": five U.S. cents":[],
": a five-cent piece":[]
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"British \u02c8f\u012bvp\u0259n(t)s or \u02c8f\u012b(f)p\u0259- or \u02c8fip\u0259-",
"US \" or -\u012bv\u02ccpen-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-145948"
},
"five-em space":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a space in printing that is \u00b9/\u2085 of an em in thickness":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"contraction of five-to-em space":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-152833"
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"five-leaved ivy":{
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"noun"
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": virginia creeper":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-163355"
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"five-shooter":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a revolver with a five-round capacity":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175231"
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"five back":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a bowling game in which four pins are spotted on the back line and one at the end of the line next in front and in which three balls not exceeding six inches in diameter are rolled in each inning":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175444"
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"five-fingered root":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the root of a water dropwort ( Oenanthe crocata )":[]
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"five hundred":{
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"noun"
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": the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 500 \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[],
": the letter D":[],
": a card game developed from euchre and played with a pack of cards varying from 24 to 62 cards and often including a joker in which 2 to 6 players bid for the right to name the trump suit or no trump and the first to score 500 points wins":[],
": any of various games in which the objective is 500 points":[]
},
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"five-leaved chaste tree":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an Asiatic shrub or small tree ( Vitex negundo ) with showy lilac panicled flowers":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234303"
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"fiveleaf akebia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": chocolate vine":[
"The second vine you might try growing is the fiveleaf akebia . \u2026 It can be quite vigorous, growing more than 20 feet in a year.",
"\u2014 Chip Tynan , St. Louis Post-Dispatch , 22 Aug. 1991"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1914, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015730"
},
"five-eighth":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-043622"
},
"five hundred rum":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a variety of rummy for from 2 to 4 players in which the object is to lay down 500 or more points in melds":[]
},
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"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": having five units or members":[],
": being five times as great or as many":[]
},
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"-\u02c8f\u014dld",
"\u02c8f\u012bv-\u02ccf\u014dld"
],
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"There has been a fivefold increase in membership this year.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And the presence of a gun in a home where there is a history of domestic violence leads to a fivefold increase in the risk of the woman being killed, according to research by the National Institutes of Health. \u2014 Kris Brown, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"Data from Rystad Energy shows that India's crude imports from Russia jumped to almost 360,000 barrels per day in April, a fivefold increase over January. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 9 May 2022",
"Families making less than $200,000 annually are set to benefit this fall from a fivefold increase in the state Middle Class Scholarship Program. \u2014 Teresa Watanabestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"From 1910 to 1920, national parks and monuments saw a fivefold increase in visitors, reaching a million a year; by 1930, that figure had jumped to more than three million. \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The Teucrium Wheat Fund, whose shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange much like a stock, had witnessed a more than fivefold increase in trading volume beginning in March. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Bruna Denegri Iglesias, a Peruvian real estate agent who has lived in Madrid for 18 years, said that her Peruvian clientele had increased more than fivefold since July, when the left-winger Pedro Castillo was elected president. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Apr. 2022",
"For the first nine months of last year, Ferretti reported a profit of 32.1 million euros, equivalent to about $36 million, and up more than fivefold from a year earlier. \u2014 Dave Sebastian, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
"In Colombia, analysts anticipate an outcome higher than 8.4% on Tuesday, representing a fivefold increase within 12 months. \u2014 Fortune , 2 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"definitions":{
": jacks played with five stones":[]
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"five-day week":{
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": a week having five working days":[]
},
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"five-flowered gentian":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an annual gentian ( Gentiana quinquefolia ) of eastern North America":[]
},
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"five-star rank":{
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": the rank of general of the army, general of the air force, or fleet admiral":[]
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": morris played with five counters":[]
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"or \u02c8fipn\u0113- or \u02c8fipni-",
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": being 100 in number":[]
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"noun"
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": a 5-pound note":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Now a lot of Main Street is boarded up, even the fancy stores, although there\u2019s no shortage of places to drop a fiver on a cup of coffee. \u2014 Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The loss represented by the odd pocketed fiver is mainly one of trust. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2021",
"Reuters/Simon Dawson Would Brits like a digital fiver ? \u2014 John Detrixhe, Quartz , 12 Mar. 2020",
"When the wellness-retreat trend cemented places like Bali, Tulum, and Goa as destinations for nine-to- fivers desperate for a reset, stylish travelers went searching for the next sunny spot. \u2014 Corina Quinn, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 27 June 2019",
"If Palm Springs isn't your speed, head to New York's Ace, which set the standard with its locals-hang-here lobby and top-notch bar that attracts nearby nine-to- fivers and out-of-towners alike. \u2014 Meredith Carey, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 13 Nov. 2018",
"The man grabbed Thibodeaux's cash out of his hand, found a good fiver and threw the rest back at him. \u2014 Anita Chabria, sacbee , 29 May 2018",
"Unlike most other cities, Birmingham's downtown has no congestion after all the nine-to- fivers clear out. \u2014 Birmingham Magazine, AL.com , 19 Feb. 2018",
"Whether that fiver was meant to bolster Elizabeth or some abstract ideal didn\u2019t seem particularly significant to me at the time. \u2014 Sara Eckel, Longreads , 19 Jan. 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
"1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"five-percenter":{
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"noun"
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": one that for a fee of five percent helps businessmen obtain government contracts or do other business with the government":[]
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"five-leaf":{
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"definitions":{
": cinquefoil":[]
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"Middle English fivelef, fiflef , from Old English f\u012bfl\u0113af , from f\u012bf + l\u0113af leaf":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-161135"
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"five-corns":{
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"plural noun"
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"definitions":{
": the fruits of the cupseed":[]
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"five-centered arch":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an arch whose intrados curve is described from five centers":[]
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"definitions":{
": the pentagonal fruit of any Australian shrub of the genus Styphelia (especially S. triflora )":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-015834"
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"fivepins":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
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"definitions":{
": five back":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-073456"
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"five-and-ten":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a retail store that carries a variety of chiefly inexpensive merchandise":[
"When I was a little girl you could still buy things at the five-and-dime .",
"\u2014 Nikki Giovanni",
"But most five-and-dimes faded away, done in by competition from big box stores, or failure to adapt to changing tastes quickly enough.",
"\u2014 Carl Nolte",
"After the grocery store came the five-and-ten , a rambling, comfortable hodgepodge of unrelated items and scents.",
"\u2014 Lee Ebler"
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},
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"\u02ccf\u012bv-\u0259n-\u02c8d\u012bm"
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"from the fact that all articles in such stores were formerly priced at either 5 or 10 cents":""
},
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"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-153137"
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"fives":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"pronoun, plural in construction"
],
"definitions":{
": a number that is one more than four \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[],
": a British handball game":[],
": the fifth in a set or series":[
"the five of clubs"
],
": a 5-dollar bill":[],
": fifteen sense 2":[],
": a gesture in which two people slap each other's extended hands (as in greeting or celebration)":[
"\u2014 usually used in phrases with give or slap So I slapped him five and hugged him. \u2014 J. R. Burke"
]
},
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"\u02c8f\u012bv"
],
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"examples":[
"I get off work at five .",
"The store is open until five .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Coaches and players were encouraged to wear a face mask \u2014 the majority did not \u2014 and not give high- fives . \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 May 2020",
"Pool play, three best-of- fives and a best-of-seven. \u2014 John Shea, SFChronicle.com , 1 Apr. 2020",
"As for sporting events, fans going to see live games at stadiums are asked to avoid cheering too loudly (because of the risk of spraying saliva) and touching other people, like hugging and giving high- fives . \u2014 Mary Hui, Quartz , 23 Apr. 2020",
"The Blazers informed fans last Wednesday that none of the players would not be signing autographs or giving out high- fives . \u2014 Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive , 9 Mar. 2020",
"The elbow bump Instead of handshakes or high- fives , U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams introduced the elbow bump at a news conference in Connecticut as a possible alternative to avoid the coronavirus. \u2014 Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY , 4 Mar. 2020",
"More hugs, chest to chest, more high- fives , skin on skin. \u2014 Ken Armstrong, ProPublica , 23 Apr. 2020",
"More hugs, chest to chest, more high- fives , skin on skin. \u2014 Propublica And The Seattle Times, oregonlive , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Over the last two full seasons, after sharing a ride with Carpenter for the previous two, Pigot produced just 10 top 10s in 34 races, including four top fives and one podium. \u2014 Nathan Brown, Indianapolis Star , 12 Mar. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from five , adjective, from Old English f\u012bf ; akin to Old High German finf five, Latin quinque , Greek pente":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-205200"
}
}