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4552 lines
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"Lardizabalaceae":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a family of chiefly woody vines (order Ranales) with leaves usually digitate and baccate fruit":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Lardizabala , type genus (from Miguel Lardiz\u00e1bal y Uribe, 18th century Mexican statesman) + -aceae":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccl\u00e4rd\u0259\u02cczab\u0259\u02c8l\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132553",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"Largo":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a largo movement":[],
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": at a very slow tempo":[
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"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
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],
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"city in western Florida south of Clearwater population 77,648":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Pero los meteor\u00f3logos dijeron que existe una considerable incertidumbre sobre su curso a largo plazo. \u2014 Khobi Price, sun-sentinel.com , 10 Aug. 2021",
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"Faust was quiet eloquence personified in the largo movement of the Sonata No. 3 in C (BWV 1005). \u2014 John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com , 12 May 2018",
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"Se hab\u00edan reunido para pescar a lo largo del Eau Gallie Causeway dos d\u00edas antes del cumplea\u00f1os 25 de Viccaro. \u2014 Erika Pasantes Y John Maines, El Sentinel , 6 Feb. 2018",
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"Scott Hostetler traced a melting legato line in the famous English horn solo of the largo , although Muti\u2019s easing the pace later in the slow movement threatened to stifle forward impetus. \u2014 John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com , 13 Apr. 2018",
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"The largo tempo and throwback style has led to a banner season in Moraga. \u2014 Jeremy Fuchs, SI.com , 5 Mar. 2018",
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"Urgently dramatic outer movements enclosed the caustic jollity of the allegretto and the anguished threnody of the largo . \u2014 John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com , 22 Dec. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1683, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb or adjective",
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"circa 1753, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian, slow, broad, from Latin largus abundant":"Adverb or adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4r-(\u02cc)g\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132219",
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"type":[
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"adverb or adjective",
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"geographical name",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Laridae":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a family (suborder Lari) including the gulls and terns and sometimes the jaegers \u2014 compare stercorariidae":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-r\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Larus , type genus + -idae":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-041233"
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},
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"Larus":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a large cosmopolitan genus of gulls comprising many of the better-known gulls and being the type of the family Laridae \u2014 see bonaparte's gull , glaucous gull , herring gull":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Late Latin, gull, from Greek laros ; perhaps akin to Latin lamentum lament":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8la(a)r\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103805",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Larvacea":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a class of small, free-swimming pelagic tunicates constituting Appendicularia and related genera, having a permanent caudal appendage supported by a notochord, being usually hermaphroditic, and lacking a metamorphosis":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from larva + -acea":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u00e4r\u02c8v\u0101sh\u0113\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121440",
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"larceny":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently":[
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"was arrested and charged with larceny"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"He was arrested and charged with larceny .",
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"He has been accused of several larcenies .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The teen has been arrested 13 times over the last 3 and a half years, police said, including on charges of assault with a knife, robbery, reckless driving, larceny and possession of narcotics. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 1 July 2021",
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"Awbrey was arrested and charged with one count of third-degree robbery and one count of sixth-degree larceny , according to the police. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
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"Paul Whelan was discharged from the Marines for bad conduct in 2008 after being convicted of larceny . \u2014 Ivan Pereira, ABC News , 3 May 2022",
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"The juvenile suspected of larceny was not placed in handcuffs. \u2014 Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"The juvenile suspected of larceny was not placed in handcuffs. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Both Johnson and Denison were being held on $1 million bond for murder and $10,000 for larceny , according to the report. \u2014 Dom Calicchio, Fox News , 10 Jan. 2022",
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"This is identified as repetitive, mostly nonconfrontational theft for profit, whose perpetrators strive to evade detection and keep each theft strategically below local dollar thresholds for felony larceny . \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 23 Dec. 2021",
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"A week before Constant\u2019s hearing, Sanchez was arrested for larceny . \u2014 Ian Parker, The New Yorker , 8 Nov. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French larecin theft, from Latin latrocinium robbery, from latron-, latro mercenary soldier, probably from Greek *latr\u014dn , from latron pay":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4r-sn\u0113",
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"\u02c8l\u00e4r-s\u0259-ni",
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"\u02c8l\u00e4r-s\u0259-n\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"robbery",
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"stealing",
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"theft",
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"thievery"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033403",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"larch fir":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": lumber consisting of a mixture of Douglas fir and western larch":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132109",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"larch pine":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": corsican pine":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090541",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"larch sawfly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a very destructive red-and-black sawfly ( Pristiphora erichsonii ) of North America and Europe whose whitish larva often defoliates the larch":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194540",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"larch turpentine":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": venice turpentine":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051057",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lard":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a soft white solid or semisolid fat obtained by rendering fatty pork":[],
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": to augment or intersperse especially with something superfluous or excessive":[
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"the book is larded with subplots"
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],
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": to cover or soil with grease":[],
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": to dress (meat) for cooking by inserting or covering with something (such as strips of fat)":[],
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": to make rich with or as if with fat":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"a roast larded with bacon",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Add to this that Robert Mueller, that senescent Washington fixture, larded his staff with activist Democrats whose indictments were long on political narrative but short on actual crimes. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 22 Apr. 2020",
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"Modly visited sailors on the ship and made a 15-minute speech, larded with profanity, that criticized Capt. Brett Crozier, the commander Modly fired for sending a letter to Navy officials seeking help for his crew \u2014 Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY , 9 Apr. 2020",
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"It's not larded up with exotic new features that add cost and complexity. \u2014 Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica , 16 Mar. 2020",
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"That is unless the economy is already too brittle and larded with debt to handle the shocks. \u2014 John Detrixhe, Quartz , 9 Mar. 2020",
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"His bio, published in our program booklets that night, was larded with publicist\u2019s overkill, as almost all bios in music are. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 30 Aug. 2019",
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"Jarmusch lards his script with self-referential nods that reward viewers heavily invested in their own cool, in-on-it knowingness. \u2014 Ann Hornaday, chicagotribune.com , 13 June 2019",
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"Rather than lard the list with expensive wines, as so many high-end restaurants do, Frenchette has devoted much of its lineup to the extremely reasonable $50- to $85-a-bottle range. \u2014 Eric Asimov, New York Times , 19 Apr. 2018",
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"Image From the 1830s until the eve of the Civil War, men like Henry William Herbert made a living selling adventure tales larded with wily bucks and ferocious bears. \u2014 Bruce Barcott, New York Times , 22 June 2018",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Working in a saucepan, heat vegetable oil or lard to 350\u00b0F. \u2014 Minerva Ordu\u00f1o Rinc\u00f3n, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"Cannolo shells are typically wrapped around steel tubes and fried in lard nowadays. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 13 May 2022",
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"Used in cooking or exported to other countries, the oil proved popular in the Eastern European country as an alternative to butter and lard , which were prohibited by the Orthodox Church during Lent, reports Joe Sommerlad for the Independent. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"The tradition of making these often doughy delights on what's also known as Shrove Tuesday began with the need to use up all the sugar, butter, lard and sometimes mashed potatoes in the house before the start of Lent. \u2014 Abbey Monsour, USA TODAY , 1 Mar. 2022",
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"Working in a saucepan, heat vegetable oil or lard to 350\u00b0F. \u2014 Minerva Ordu\u00f1o Rinc\u00f3n, The Arizona Republic , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"Animal fats like lard tend to smoke around 370 degrees Fahrenheit, while vegetable oils like safflower oil catch fire upward of 450 degrees. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Butter, a less heavy fat than lard , doesn\u2019t weigh down the rise, giving conchas a pillowy puff and delicate taste. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"At the trenched front line the next day, soldiers sat around jars of borscht and cured lard that volunteers had brought them. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin lardum, laridum ; perhaps akin to Greek larinos fat":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4rd"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112928",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"lardacein":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": amyloid entry 2 sense 3":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary lardace ous + -in":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u00e4r\u02c8d\u0101s\u0113\u0259\u0307n",
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"l\u0227\u02c8d-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194948",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lardaceous":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": amyloid sense 2":[
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"lardaceous degeneration"
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],
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": resembling lard":[
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"a lardaceous mass"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably from (assumed) New Latin lardaceus , from Latin lardum fat pork + -aceus -aceous":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100426",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"larder":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a place where food is stored : pantry":[],
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": a supply of food":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"To keep his larder stocked with Irish music, Mr. McBride returned to Ireland each summer and would spend at least two days collecting new recordings. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"In The City Rat and the Country Rat, a rat in Paris invites his rural friend for a taste of the high life, courtesy of the master of the house\u2019s larder . \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"All of the produce is fresh, pickled, fermented or preserved in Osito\u2019s larder . \u2014 Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report , 17 Dec. 2021",
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"Someone had to learn to do this, to wield knives and fire, risking scars and burns, to coax flavor out of whatever\u2019s left in the larder . \u2014 New York Times , 28 Oct. 2021",
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"He was raised in a family where everyone fished, both for the love of being outdoors, and to fill the larder . \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Oct. 2021",
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"Brian had a fantastic \u2026 larder , is that the right word",
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"After enlisting a former partner to help with logistics in the U.S., Patrick Sr. took 20 minutes to pack a duffel bag with some clothes and his survivalist larder , arranged to get the money to Nas\u2019s manager, and headed for the airport. \u2014 Joshuah Bearman, Vulture , 23 Aug. 2021",
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"Chicken wire on the doors of the larder cabinet ensures proper air flow around root vegetables and gives a glimpse of pretty dishware. \u2014 Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens , 30 July 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from lard":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4r-d\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090343",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"larder beetle":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a dark brown or nearly black beetle ( Dermestes lardarius ) that is about \u00b9/\u2084 inch long and has a bristly larva which feeds on dried animal products (as meats, skins, feathers)":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035326",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"larderellite":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a mineral (NH 4 ) 2 B 10 O 16 .5H 2 O(":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"F. de Larderel \u20201925 Italian mineowner + English -ite":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccl\u00e4rd\u0259\u02c8re\u02ccl\u012bt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024829",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"larderer":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one in charge of a larder":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English larderere , from larder + -ere -er":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4rd\u0259r\u0259r",
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"\u02c8l\u0227d\u0259r\u0259(r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010717",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lardiner":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": larder sense 1a":[],
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": larderer , steward":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, larder, larderer, from Anglo-French, larderer, irregular from Old French lardier larder":""
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": a soft white solid or semisolid fat obtained by rendering fatty pork":[],
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": to augment or intersperse especially with something superfluous or excessive":[
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"the book is larded with subplots"
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],
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": to cover or soil with grease":[],
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": to dress (meat) for cooking by inserting or covering with something (such as strips of fat)":[],
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": to make rich with or as if with fat":[]
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"a roast larded with bacon",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Add to this that Robert Mueller, that senescent Washington fixture, larded his staff with activist Democrats whose indictments were long on political narrative but short on actual crimes. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 22 Apr. 2020",
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"Modly visited sailors on the ship and made a 15-minute speech, larded with profanity, that criticized Capt. Brett Crozier, the commander Modly fired for sending a letter to Navy officials seeking help for his crew \u2014 Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY , 9 Apr. 2020",
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"It's not larded up with exotic new features that add cost and complexity. \u2014 Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica , 16 Mar. 2020",
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"That is unless the economy is already too brittle and larded with debt to handle the shocks. \u2014 John Detrixhe, Quartz , 9 Mar. 2020",
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"His bio, published in our program booklets that night, was larded with publicist\u2019s overkill, as almost all bios in music are. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 30 Aug. 2019",
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"Jarmusch lards his script with self-referential nods that reward viewers heavily invested in their own cool, in-on-it knowingness. \u2014 Ann Hornaday, chicagotribune.com , 13 June 2019",
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"Rather than lard the list with expensive wines, as so many high-end restaurants do, Frenchette has devoted much of its lineup to the extremely reasonable $50- to $85-a-bottle range. \u2014 Eric Asimov, New York Times , 19 Apr. 2018",
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"Image From the 1830s until the eve of the Civil War, men like Henry William Herbert made a living selling adventure tales larded with wily bucks and ferocious bears. \u2014 Bruce Barcott, New York Times , 22 June 2018",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Working in a saucepan, heat vegetable oil or lard to 350\u00b0F. \u2014 Minerva Ordu\u00f1o Rinc\u00f3n, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"Cannolo shells are typically wrapped around steel tubes and fried in lard nowadays. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 13 May 2022",
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"Used in cooking or exported to other countries, the oil proved popular in the Eastern European country as an alternative to butter and lard , which were prohibited by the Orthodox Church during Lent, reports Joe Sommerlad for the Independent. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"The tradition of making these often doughy delights on what's also known as Shrove Tuesday began with the need to use up all the sugar, butter, lard and sometimes mashed potatoes in the house before the start of Lent. \u2014 Abbey Monsour, USA TODAY , 1 Mar. 2022",
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"Working in a saucepan, heat vegetable oil or lard to 350\u00b0F. \u2014 Minerva Ordu\u00f1o Rinc\u00f3n, The Arizona Republic , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"Animal fats like lard tend to smoke around 370 degrees Fahrenheit, while vegetable oils like safflower oil catch fire upward of 450 degrees. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Butter, a less heavy fat than lard , doesn\u2019t weigh down the rise, giving conchas a pillowy puff and delicate taste. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"At the trenched front line the next day, soldiers sat around jars of borscht and cured lard that volunteers had brought them. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin lardum, laridum ; perhaps akin to Greek larinos fat":"Noun"
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"\u02c8l\u00e4rd"
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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": exceeding most other things of like kind especially in quantity or size : big":[
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"a large number of complaints"
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": dealing in great numbers or quantities":[
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"a large and highly profitable business"
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],
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": having more than usual capacity or scope : comprehensive":[
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"take the large view",
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"will take a larger role in the negotiations"
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],
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": powerful , forceful":[
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"had a large influence on the lives of his family"
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],
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": very successful or popular":[
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"a large rock band"
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],
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": extravagant , boastful":[
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"large talk"
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": ample , abundant":[
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"a large crop of apples"
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],
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": extensive , broad":[
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"a large expanse of farmland"
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],
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": lax in conduct : loose":[],
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": in a large manner : extravagantly":[
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"living large"
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],
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": in abundance : amply , liberally":[],
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": a thousand dollars":[],
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": liberality , generosity":[],
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": free of restraint or confinement":[
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"the escaped prisoner is still at large"
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],
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": without a specific subject or assignment":[
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"critic at large"
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],
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": as a whole":[
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"society at large"
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],
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": as the political representative of or to a whole area rather than of one of its subdivisions":[
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"\u2014 used in combination with a preceding noun a congressman -at-large"
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],
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": at length":[],
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": on a large scale : in general":[]
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"\u02c8l\u00e4rj"
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],
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"big",
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"boxcar",
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"great",
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"handsome",
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"hefty",
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"hulking",
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"husky",
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"largish",
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"outsize",
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"outsized",
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"oversize",
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"oversized",
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"sizable",
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"sizeable",
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"substantial",
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"tidy",
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"voluminous"
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],
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"expensively",
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"extravagantly",
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"fatly",
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"grandly",
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"high",
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"lavishly",
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"luxuriously",
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"opulently",
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"palatially",
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"richly",
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"Adjective",
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"a large glass of water",
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"It's the largest city in the state.",
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"These T-shirts are available in three sizes: small, medium, and large .",
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"Which city has the largest population?",
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"Her policies are supported by a large part of the population.",
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"A large number of workers have filed complaints.",
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"He has a very large appetite.",
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"Adverb",
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"college students living large on generous allowances from indulgent parents",
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"Noun",
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"These shirts are all larges .",
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"\u201cWhat size ice-cream cones do you want?\u201d \u201cWe'll take three larges and a small.\u201d",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"American gasoline and diesel inventories in late June were at their lowest seasonal levels in more than a decade in large part because of the closing or retooling of several refineries over the last two years. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022",
|
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"The global spread of avian flu is driven in large part by migratory waterfowl, according to the USDA. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 1 July 2022",
|
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"Inflation remained elevated in May, measured by the Federal Reserve\u2019s preferred gauge, driven in large part by a jump in energy and food prices. \u2014 Gwynn Guilford, WSJ , 30 June 2022",
|
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"In large part, that\u2019s because many current owners don\u2019t like to sell for less than their neighbor did a few months ago, which experts predict will limit price declines. \u2014 Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
|
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"For vacation renters planning large gatherings this summer, Airbnb\u2019s latest announcement included a ray of sunshine. \u2014 Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
|
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"Authorities banned large gatherings in Rajasthan on Wednesday, but small protests organized by hard-line Hindu groups were beginning to pop up across the country. \u2014 Niha Masih, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
|
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"In comparison, the 2020 BET Awards (which were held virtually) averaged 3.7 million people, in large part due to simulcasting with CBS. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 29 June 2022",
|
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"World leaders from the Group of 7 left the Bavarian Alps on Tuesday following the end of a two-day summit dominated in large part by the war in Ukraine. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 29 June 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
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"Further, companies will need to compare their performance against those issues with that of their geographic neighbors, competitors and industry writ large . \u2014 R. Mukund, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
|
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"With a long history of Russian invasion and occupation, the threat of Russia looms large over the collective Latvian subconscious. \u2014 Paulina Smolinski, CBS News , 1 July 2022",
|
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"What does that do for the landscape of podcasting writ large ? \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Quartz , 6 June 2022",
|
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"When the fruit is ripening, the female trees appear to be in motion because all of the mockingbird, woodpecker, cardinal, doves and other bird activity picking apart the large -seeded black fruit. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 6 May 2022",
|
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"Medical researchers and companies are purchasing large , anonymized data sets to find novel markers of disease, train diagnostic algorithms and create risk calculators that evaluate surgical candidates. \u2014 Sara Harrison, Scientific American , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Of course, this just begs another question: why is the gluteus maximus so large in humans? \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 9 Apr. 2022",
|
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"There\u2019s no question that Mr. King looms large over London\u2019s restaurant scene. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Italians, the French, the Spanish, and the European Union at large all took a mostly blas\u00e9 view of Russia. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"Kat is also the commerce editor-at- large at Thomas-Xometry, the leading U.S. online platform for supplier discovery and product sourcing. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 7 June 2022",
|
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"But there\u2019s an exception to every rule, and in this case, that exception comes in the form of furniture designer and interior decorator Jonathan Adler and his husband, Simon Doonan, writer and creative ambassador-at- large of Barneys. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
|
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"Kat is also the commerce editor-at- large at Thomas-Xometry, the leading U.S. online platform for supplier discovery and product sourcing. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 7 June 2022",
|
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"Kat is also the commerce editor-at- large at Thomas-Xometry, the leading U.S. online platform for supplier discovery and product sourcing. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 7 June 2022",
|
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"Kat is also the commerce editor-at- large at Thomas-Xometry, the leading U.S. online platform for supplier discovery and product sourcing. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 4 May 2022",
|
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"Fuller, a former city councilor-at- large who took office in 2018, is asking voters for a second, four-year term. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Andr\u00e9 Leon Talley, the hugely influential fashion journalist and flamboyant former editor-at- large of U.S. Vogue, has died. \u2014 Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
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"The former editor-at- large of U.S. Vogue died on Tuesday at the age of 73. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 18 Jan. 2022"
|
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, broad, wide, generous, from Latin largus generous, plentiful":"Adjective, Adverb, and Noun"
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},
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5":"Adjective",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Adverb",
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-110637"
|
|
},
|
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"large-minded":{
|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": generous or comprehensive in outlook, range, or capacity":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1696, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccl\u00e4rj-\u02c8m\u012bn-d\u0259d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034340",
|
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|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"largeheartedness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having a generous disposition : sympathetic":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1607, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccl\u00e4rj-\u02c8h\u00e4r-t\u0259d"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032818",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"largely":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"The story is largely true.",
|
|
"He is largely responsible for the problem.",
|
|
"The economy is based largely on farming.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"But the former Yankees manager emphasized that Matsui stands as a memorable figure in baseball largely due to his character. \u2014 Kimmy Yam, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
|
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"Its second carrier, commissioned in late 2019, was constructed using a design based largely on the first Soviet one. \u2014 Chun Han Wong, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
|
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"Japan\u2019s central bank has been largely on autopilot for a few years. \u2014 William Pesek, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
|
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"The trip expenses have been driven up largely due to the security guards the state hires to ride each bus. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 16 June 2022",
|
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"What happens after that will depend largely on when electric vehicles become independently profitable for automakers without government intervention, said Tynan. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 14 June 2022",
|
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"Such moves would cut into their profitability, and a stock\u2019s price moves up and down largely on two things: how much cash a company generates and how much an investor will pay for it. \u2014 Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Such moves would cut into their profitability, and a stock\u2019s price moves up and down largely on two things: how much cash a company generates and how much an investor will pay for it. \u2014 Stan Choe, Anchorage Daily News , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Both versions charted on the Hot 100 simultaneously, with the older version reaching No. 13 ( largely on airplay) and the better-selling new version hitting No. 19. \u2014 Andrew Unterberger, Billboard , 7 June 2022"
|
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],
|
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|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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|
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"\u02c8l\u00e4rj-l\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"altogether",
|
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"basically",
|
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"by and large",
|
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"chiefly",
|
|
"generally",
|
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"mainly",
|
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"mostly",
|
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"overall",
|
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"predominantly",
|
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"primarily",
|
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"principally",
|
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"substantially"
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095042",
|
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|
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|
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|
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"largess":{
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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|
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"his generosity of spirit, an absolutely natural largesse",
|
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"\u2014 Harvey Breit"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"He relied on the largesse of friends after he lost his job.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"And in the House, the respective party leaders \u2014 McCarthy and Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi \u2014 both count California as their top donor state, largesse that then spreads to key races throughout the country. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
|
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"In January, the Fed laid out a plan to raise rates and slow money printing while reckless fiscal largesse was shut down by Senators Manchin (D, WV) and Sinema (D, AZ) and the SPp500 peaked. \u2014 Bob Haber, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
|
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"The net result of the Fed\u2019s monetary policy largesse is that consumer price inflation is now running at its fastest pace since 1981. \u2014 Desmond Lachman For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 2 May 2022",
|
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"The racket continues because the governor\u2019s most ardent benefactors, the leviathan public-employee unions, are the primary beneficiaries of unmitigated government largesse . \u2014 Lance Christensen, National Review , 14 May 2021",
|
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"Ryan, on his own, has also benefited from the Youngkins\u2019 largesse . \u2014 Washington Post , 22 June 2012",
|
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"To date, third-party marketplaces, such as Poshmark, Vestiaire Collective, eBay, The RealReal and Thredup, have enjoyed most of the largesse . \u2014 Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
|
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"Hesse, more of a trailing spouse than the primary beneficiary of Scheidt\u2019s largesse , was depressed by visits to former residences of family members who perished in the Holocaust. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The patron of this largesse , federal prosecutors allege, was Pastor Mitzi Bickers. \u2014 Wilborn Nobles, ajc , 18 Mar. 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English largesse , from Anglo-French, from large":""
|
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|
|
"l\u00e4r-\u02c8jes",
|
|
"l\u00e4r-\u02c8zhes",
|
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"also \u02c8l\u00e4r-\u02ccjes"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"bestowal",
|
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"comp",
|
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"donation",
|
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"donative",
|
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"fairing",
|
|
"freebie",
|
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"freebee",
|
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"gift",
|
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"giveaway",
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"handsel",
|
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"lagniappe",
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"present",
|
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"presentation"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042231",
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|
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|
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"his generosity of spirit, an absolutely natural largesse",
|
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"\u2014 Harvey Breit"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"He relied on the largesse of friends after he lost his job.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"And in the House, the respective party leaders \u2014 McCarthy and Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi \u2014 both count California as their top donor state, largesse that then spreads to key races throughout the country. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
|
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"In January, the Fed laid out a plan to raise rates and slow money printing while reckless fiscal largesse was shut down by Senators Manchin (D, WV) and Sinema (D, AZ) and the SPp500 peaked. \u2014 Bob Haber, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
|
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"The net result of the Fed\u2019s monetary policy largesse is that consumer price inflation is now running at its fastest pace since 1981. \u2014 Desmond Lachman For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"The racket continues because the governor\u2019s most ardent benefactors, the leviathan public-employee unions, are the primary beneficiaries of unmitigated government largesse . \u2014 Lance Christensen, National Review , 14 May 2021",
|
|
"Ryan, on his own, has also benefited from the Youngkins\u2019 largesse . \u2014 Washington Post , 22 June 2012",
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"To date, third-party marketplaces, such as Poshmark, Vestiaire Collective, eBay, The RealReal and Thredup, have enjoyed most of the largesse . \u2014 Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
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"Hesse, more of a trailing spouse than the primary beneficiary of Scheidt\u2019s largesse , was depressed by visits to former residences of family members who perished in the Holocaust. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 3 Apr. 2022",
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"a large glass of water",
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"It's the largest city in the state.",
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"These T-shirts are available in three sizes: small, medium, and large .",
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"Which city has the largest population",
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"Her policies are supported by a large part of the population.",
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"Adverb",
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"college students living large on generous allowances from indulgent parents",
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"Noun",
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"These shirts are all larges .",
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"\u201cWhat size ice-cream cones do you want",
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"American gasoline and diesel inventories in late June were at their lowest seasonal levels in more than a decade in large part because of the closing or retooling of several refineries over the last two years. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022",
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"The global spread of avian flu is driven in large part by migratory waterfowl, according to the USDA. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 1 July 2022",
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"Inflation remained elevated in May, measured by the Federal Reserve\u2019s preferred gauge, driven in large part by a jump in energy and food prices. \u2014 Gwynn Guilford, WSJ , 30 June 2022",
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"In large part, that\u2019s because many current owners don\u2019t like to sell for less than their neighbor did a few months ago, which experts predict will limit price declines. \u2014 Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
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"For vacation renters planning large gatherings this summer, Airbnb\u2019s latest announcement included a ray of sunshine. \u2014 Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
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"Authorities banned large gatherings in Rajasthan on Wednesday, but small protests organized by hard-line Hindu groups were beginning to pop up across the country. \u2014 Niha Masih, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
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"In comparison, the 2020 BET Awards (which were held virtually) averaged 3.7 million people, in large part due to simulcasting with CBS. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 29 June 2022",
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"World leaders from the Group of 7 left the Bavarian Alps on Tuesday following the end of a two-day summit dominated in large part by the war in Ukraine. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 29 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
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"Further, companies will need to compare their performance against those issues with that of their geographic neighbors, competitors and industry writ large . \u2014 R. Mukund, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
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"With a long history of Russian invasion and occupation, the threat of Russia looms large over the collective Latvian subconscious. \u2014 Paulina Smolinski, CBS News , 1 July 2022",
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"What does that do for the landscape of podcasting writ large ",
|
|
"When the fruit is ripening, the female trees appear to be in motion because all of the mockingbird, woodpecker, cardinal, doves and other bird activity picking apart the large -seeded black fruit. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 6 May 2022",
|
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"Medical researchers and companies are purchasing large , anonymized data sets to find novel markers of disease, train diagnostic algorithms and create risk calculators that evaluate surgical candidates. \u2014 Sara Harrison, Scientific American , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Of course, this just begs another question: why is the gluteus maximus so large in humans",
|
|
"There\u2019s no question that Mr. King looms large over London\u2019s restaurant scene. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The Italians, the French, the Spanish, and the European Union at large all took a mostly blas\u00e9 view of Russia. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"Kat is also the commerce editor-at- large at Thomas-Xometry, the leading U.S. online platform for supplier discovery and product sourcing. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 7 June 2022",
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"But there\u2019s an exception to every rule, and in this case, that exception comes in the form of furniture designer and interior decorator Jonathan Adler and his husband, Simon Doonan, writer and creative ambassador-at- large of Barneys. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
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"Kat is also the commerce editor-at- large at Thomas-Xometry, the leading U.S. online platform for supplier discovery and product sourcing. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 7 June 2022",
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"Kat is also the commerce editor-at- large at Thomas-Xometry, the leading U.S. online platform for supplier discovery and product sourcing. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 7 June 2022",
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"Kat is also the commerce editor-at- large at Thomas-Xometry, the leading U.S. online platform for supplier discovery and product sourcing. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 4 May 2022",
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"Fuller, a former city councilor-at- large who took office in 2018, is asking voters for a second, four-year term. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Oct. 2021",
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"Andr\u00e9 Leon Talley, the hugely influential fashion journalist and flamboyant former editor-at- large of U.S. Vogue, has died. \u2014 Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Jan. 2022",
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"The former editor-at- large of U.S. Vogue died on Tuesday at the age of 73. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 18 Jan. 2022"
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|
|
"Which city has the largest population",
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
"\u201cWhat size ice-cream cones do you want",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"American gasoline and diesel inventories in late June were at their lowest seasonal levels in more than a decade in large part because of the closing or retooling of several refineries over the last two years. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022",
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|
"The global spread of avian flu is driven in large part by migratory waterfowl, according to the USDA. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 1 July 2022",
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"Inflation remained elevated in May, measured by the Federal Reserve\u2019s preferred gauge, driven in large part by a jump in energy and food prices. \u2014 Gwynn Guilford, WSJ , 30 June 2022",
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|
"In large part, that\u2019s because many current owners don\u2019t like to sell for less than their neighbor did a few months ago, which experts predict will limit price declines. \u2014 Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
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|
"For vacation renters planning large gatherings this summer, Airbnb\u2019s latest announcement included a ray of sunshine. \u2014 Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Authorities banned large gatherings in Rajasthan on Wednesday, but small protests organized by hard-line Hindu groups were beginning to pop up across the country. \u2014 Niha Masih, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"In comparison, the 2020 BET Awards (which were held virtually) averaged 3.7 million people, in large part due to simulcasting with CBS. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"World leaders from the Group of 7 left the Bavarian Alps on Tuesday following the end of a two-day summit dominated in large part by the war in Ukraine. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 29 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
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"Further, companies will need to compare their performance against those issues with that of their geographic neighbors, competitors and industry writ large . \u2014 R. Mukund, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
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"With a long history of Russian invasion and occupation, the threat of Russia looms large over the collective Latvian subconscious. \u2014 Paulina Smolinski, CBS News , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"What does that do for the landscape of podcasting writ large ",
|
|
"When the fruit is ripening, the female trees appear to be in motion because all of the mockingbird, woodpecker, cardinal, doves and other bird activity picking apart the large -seeded black fruit. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 6 May 2022",
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|
"Medical researchers and companies are purchasing large , anonymized data sets to find novel markers of disease, train diagnostic algorithms and create risk calculators that evaluate surgical candidates. \u2014 Sara Harrison, Scientific American , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Of course, this just begs another question: why is the gluteus maximus so large in humans",
|
|
"There\u2019s no question that Mr. King looms large over London\u2019s restaurant scene. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Italians, the French, the Spanish, and the European Union at large all took a mostly blas\u00e9 view of Russia. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"Kat is also the commerce editor-at- large at Thomas-Xometry, the leading U.S. online platform for supplier discovery and product sourcing. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"But there\u2019s an exception to every rule, and in this case, that exception comes in the form of furniture designer and interior decorator Jonathan Adler and his husband, Simon Doonan, writer and creative ambassador-at- large of Barneys. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
|
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"Kat is also the commerce editor-at- large at Thomas-Xometry, the leading U.S. online platform for supplier discovery and product sourcing. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 7 June 2022",
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"Kat is also the commerce editor-at- large at Thomas-Xometry, the leading U.S. online platform for supplier discovery and product sourcing. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 7 June 2022",
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"Kat is also the commerce editor-at- large at Thomas-Xometry, the leading U.S. online platform for supplier discovery and product sourcing. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 4 May 2022",
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"Fuller, a former city councilor-at- large who took office in 2018, is asking voters for a second, four-year term. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Oct. 2021",
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"The former editor-at- large of U.S. Vogue died on Tuesday at the age of 73. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 18 Jan. 2022"
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"The lari has declined more than 11% this year so far. \u2014 Helena Bedwell, Bloomberg.com , 1 Nov. 2020",
|
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"The economic consequences of harsh lockdown measures earlier this year are becoming evident in the soaring unemployment rate and the depreciation of the Georgian currency, the lari , to a record low. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Oct. 2020",
|
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"In the first, called the public goods game, players were matched with either two participants from their own village or two from a neighboring village and given about $10 in Georgian lari . \u2014 Michael Price, Science | AAAS , 24 Oct. 2017"
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|
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"At least one of the agents at the center of the probe \u2014 the officer seen wielding a rope known as a lariat while grabbing a migrant by the collar \u2014 has not yet been contacted for an interview. \u2014 Nicole Sganga, CBS News , 10 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The film, knowingly set in Orwell\u2019s infamous year, makes a point when Wonder Woman wields her lariat against a would-be overlord\u2019s worldwide deception: Only unified truth will set us free. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"His trailing leg embroiders the glide with lariat -like curlicues, but what draws a viewer\u2019s eye, hypnotically, is the motor: the spiraling, snaking motion of those hips. \u2014 Brian Seibert, New York Times , 18 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"On December 2, Scherzinger attended The British Fashion Awards in London, hitting the red carpet in a sparkling, black Julien MacDonald gown featuring open shoulders and a lariat -like neckline. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 3 Dec. 2019",
|
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"More recent talismans hung on a wall next to her desk: a looped lariat , two weathered cowboy hats, a wolf photograph. \u2014 Ingfei Chen, The New Yorker , 29 May 2019",
|
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"The high school senior accessorized the satin design with metallic sandals, a lariat necklace, a single gold bangle bracelet and of course, a flower corsage on her wrist. \u2014 Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2019",
|
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"Near the book, on a velvet tray, were gold earrings and lariats and amulets that chronicled in stones and previous metal both the ancient inspiration and the modern jewelers translation of it. \u2014 Stellene Volandes, Town & Country , 15 Aug. 2018",
|
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"Ling launched the uncoiling melody into the hall like a great lariat and brought every listener into its circle. \u2014 Marcus Overton, sandiegouniontribune.com , 12 May 2018"
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"American Spanish la reata the lasso, from Spanish la the + American Spanish reata lasso, from Spanish reatar to tie again, from re- + atar to tie, from Latin aptare to fit \u2014 more at adapt":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ler-\u0113-\u0259t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"lasso",
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"reata",
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"riata"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023110",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lariat loop":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a small circular loop which is formed at one end of a lariat by knotting and through which the other end of the lariat is passed when preparing a running noose or lasso":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100348",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"larick":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": larch":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin laric-, larix":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8larik"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032039",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
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"larid":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a bird of the family Laridae":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin Laridae":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lar\u0259\u0307d"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165835",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"larigo":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a ring at each end of the cinch of a western saddle through which the latigos pass":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"perhaps modification of Spanish l\u00e1tigo latigo":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8l\u00e4r\u0259\u0307\u02ccg\u014d"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124814",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"lark":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a source of or quest for amusement or adventure":[
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"thought life was a lark",
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"entered the race on a lark"
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],
|
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": to engage in harmless fun or mischief":[
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"\u2014 often used with about"
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Verb",
|
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"we would rather lark about in the summer than get part-time jobs"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1813, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"circa 1811, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English laveroc, laverke , from Old English l\u0101werce ; akin to Old High German l\u0113rihha lark":"Noun",
|
|
"probably alteration of lake to frolic":"Verb and Noun"
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4rk"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"cavort",
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"sport"
|
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],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213821",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"larkiness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": given to or ready for larking : sportive":[],
|
|
": resulting from a lark":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a larky group of youths enjoying a night out on the town"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4r-k\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"coltish",
|
|
"elfish",
|
|
"fay",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"sportful",
|
|
"sportive"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195553",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"larky":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": given to or ready for larking : sportive":[],
|
|
": resulting from a lark":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a larky group of youths enjoying a night out on the town"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4r-k\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"coltish",
|
|
"elfish",
|
|
"fay",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"sportful",
|
|
"sportive"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015156",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"larrup":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": blow entry 5":[],
|
|
": to defeat decisively : trounce":[],
|
|
": to flog soundly : whip":[],
|
|
": to move indolently or clumsily":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"he gave the ball a good larrup with his club, and it easily cleared the ditch"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1820, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"circa 1823, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"origin unknown":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8la-r\u0259p",
|
|
"\u02c8ler-\u0259p"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180705",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"larum":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": alarm":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"short for alarum":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ler-",
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4r-\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113130",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"larva":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the early form of an animal (such as a frog or sea urchin) that at birth or hatching is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose before assuming the adult characters":[],
|
|
": the immature, wingless, and often wormlike feeding form that hatches from the egg of many insects, alters chiefly in size while passing through several molts, and is finally transformed into a pupa or chrysalis (see chrysalis sense 1a ) from which the adult emerges":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The larva of a butterfly is called a caterpillar.",
|
|
"the larva looked ugly, but it was destined to hatch into a beautiful butterfly",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"This larva is between about two and two and a half inches. \u2014 Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Two-thirds of native bee species live in nests underground in complex tunnel systems designed to protect the developing larva from predators, fungus, weather conditions and other diseases. \u2014 Leah Taylor, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"Patterning associated with textiles merges with kaleidoscopic dance routines of a larva -world Busby Berkeley. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Work in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is particularly far along, both in the larva (which has about 10,000 neurons) and in the adult (with about 135,000 neurons). \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Wood bark or medicinal herbs in the passengers\u2019 bags also carried insects, larva and potential plant disease, which were sent to an entomologist and pathologist at the Department of Agriculture, according to Customs and Border Protection. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"The silkworm is the larva of Bombyx mori, the domestic silk moth. \u2014 Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 July 2021",
|
|
"Docker had previously proposed another model of lamprey evolution that involves an ancestor with some traits of both larva and adult. \u2014 Philip Kiefer, Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"The majority of its work entails targeted treatments of standing water inside the city, using larva -eating fish and chemical larvicides applied directly to the water. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Mar. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Latin, specter, mask; akin to Latin lar Lar":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4r-v\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"naiad",
|
|
"nymph"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103323",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Lartet":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"\u00c9douard (Armand Isidore Hippolyte) 1801\u20131871 French archaeologist":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"l\u00e4r-\u02c8t\u0101"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144504"
|
|
},
|
|
"larcenist":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a person who commits larceny":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4r-s\u0259-nist",
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4r-snist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pincher",
|
|
"purloiner",
|
|
"robber",
|
|
"stealer",
|
|
"thief"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the serial larcenist Willie Sutton was asked why he continued to rob banks, he supposedly replied, \u201cbecause that's where the money is\u201d"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1803, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173551"
|
|
},
|
|
"larvaevorid":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective or noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": tachinid":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4r\u02c8v\u0113v\u0259r\u0259\u0307d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin Larvaevoridae":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174026"
|
|
},
|
|
"larcener":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": larcenist":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4r-sn\u0259r",
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4r-s\u0259-n\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1635, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223655"
|
|
},
|
|
"largemouth bass":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a large North American black bass ( Micropterus salmoides ) that is blackish green above and lighter below and has the maxillary bones of the upper jaw extending to behind the eyes":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4rj-\u02ccmau\u0307th-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Submissions were high for Lake Erie walleye, as well as saugeye, crappie, and largemouth bass at Ohio\u2019s inland lakes. \u2014 D'arcy Egan, cleveland , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"In addition to walleyes, the lake features northern pike, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass , black crappies, bluegills and muskellunge. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 May 2022",
|
|
"Three wetland streams flow into Lake Raven, the centerpiece of the park, where alligators splash in the water and shorebirds feed on crappie and largemouth bass . \u2014 Outside Online , 17 June 2021",
|
|
"Ray Halter of Strongsville has been touring his favorite reservoirs, and reports the largemouth bass fishing has been very good this spring. \u2014 cleveland , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"This might include building barriers between ponds and adjacent waterways or stocking ponds with goldfish predators such as largemouth bass (which are already native to the areas involved), Boston says. \u2014 Hannah Loss, Scientific American , 23 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Lake Chicot, lauded for its largemouth bass fishing, is surrounded by a tranquil, bottomland hardwood forest, and for those lucky enough to nab a lakeside campsite, the sunset views from the dock can\u2019t be beat. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 10 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Polverino and his colleagues built a robotic fish designed to look like a largemouth bass , a key predator of mosquitofish in their native waterways. \u2014 Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Adults should have no more than three meals per month of largemouth bass from the creek, and children should eat no more than two meals per month with the fish. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 14 Oct. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225734"
|
|
},
|
|
"larsenite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mineral PbZnSiO 4 consisting of a lead and zinc silicate occurring at Franklin, New Jersey, in colorless orthorhombic prisms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4rs\u1d4an\u02cc\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Esper S. Larsen , born 1879 American geologist + English -ite":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230851"
|
|
},
|
|
"larvicide":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an agent for killing larval pests":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4r-v\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bd"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Rawashdeh knew from her readings that essential oils could act as a larvicide . \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 May 2022",
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"In early April, the Baltimore County Council approved a roughly $7.5 million contract for a larvicide to be sprayed via helicopter onto the waters of Back River over the next five years. \u2014 Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"Some local authorities also spray larvicide and insecticide. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"The test site was treated with larvicide , according to the city of Colleyville, and is scheduled for continued treatment and testing. \u2014 Anna Caplan, Dallas News , 20 July 2021",
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"Buena Vista Lagoon is the largest of almost 50 areas that San Diego County regularly treats with larvicide , including 10 in Oceanside and four in Carlsbad. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 July 2021",
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"Despite an avalanche of effort -- including aerial, truck and backpack spraying and the use of mosquito-eating fish -- local control efforts to contain Aedes aegypti with larvicide and pesticide had been largely ineffective. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 30 Apr. 2021",
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"Health officials use two products to get rid of mosquitos when an area tests positive: an adulticide, which kills grown mosquitoes on contact, and a larvicide , which is effective against mosquito larva for about 40 days, Huang said. \u2014 Dallas News , 14 Sep. 2020",
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"Despite an avalanche of effort \u2014 from aerial, truck and backpack spraying to the use of mosquito-eating fish \u2014 local control efforts to contain the Aedes aegypti with larvicide and pesticide had been largely ineffective. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 19 Aug. 2020"
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": a large finch ( Calamospiza melanocorys ) of the plains of the western U.S. that has the male black with a large white wing patch":[]
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"type":[
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": delphinium":[],
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": any of the delphiniums that are annuals, have the upper two petals of the corolla united and the bottom two missing, are now often placed in a separate genus ( Consolida ), and include several widely cultivated forms":[]
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"\u02c8l\u00e4rk-\u02ccsp\u0259r"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Snapdragon and stocks should resume blooming in several weeks, along with larkspur , poppies and sweet peas. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"So, the tulips will bloom and die back, and then your larkspur will come up. \u2014 Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"If your balcony is more shaded, try filling a pot with native larkspur (Delphinium exaltatum), heart-leaf skullcap (Scutellaria ovata) and mountain sedge or Appalachian sedge (Carex appalachica). \u2014 Washington Post , 7 July 2021",
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"Seeds from your larkspur , blue curl, poppies, Indian blanket, coreopsis and other naturalized flowers can be collected for fall seeding when the pods turn brown. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 28 May 2021",
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"Wildflowers such as coreopsis, blue curl, bluebonnets and larkspur are blooming now. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Apr. 2021",
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"Flowers to start from seed: Dianthus, larkspur , stock, asters, nicotiana, cleome, annual ice plant, zinnia, salpiglossis, snaps, cosmos, lupine, Malva. Alaska Botanical Garden: Summer camp. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Apr. 2021",
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"My recommendation was to encourage the wildflowers and other naturalized flowers such as the larkspur to replace them. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 2 Apr. 2021",
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"Blooms include poppies, silver lupine, Pacific pea, periwinkle and larkspur . \u2014 Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023432"
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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": having the character of or constituting larceny":[],
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": committing larceny":[]
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"\u02c8l\u00e4r-sn\u0259s",
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"\u02c8l\u00e4r-s\u0259-n\u0259s"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Put simply, as law enforcement rightfully examines its procedures and protocols, putting some on pause as a result, the larcenous see more opportunity. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 9 Feb. 2022",
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"Nadja Nguyen is Colette Fo, Patience\u2019s cheerfully larcenous landlady. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 22 July 2021",
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"The Spurs were much more larcenous against New York. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 2 Mar. 2021",
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"After the larcenous lootation (which is now a word, because why not",
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"Kim not only displayed her own larcenous streak -- laughing off warnings about Jimmy's behavior from her former boss, Howard (Patrick Fabian), then fantasizing about ways of retaliating against him -- but her toughness and resilience. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 21 Apr. 2020",
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"Blindspotting director Carlos Lopez Estrada will direct the new film, once again retelling the story of the swashbuckling fox and his larcenous adventures in Nottingham. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 10 Apr. 2020",
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"The good news is that, after 18 years of larcenous tyranny under Joseph Kabila, Congo has a different president. \u2014 The Economist , 1 Aug. 2019",
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"Preller, starting with flat-out larcenous deals that landed Fernando Tatis Jr. and Chris Paddack, has pushed a lot more right buttons than wrong ones the three years. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 July 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1742, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030219"
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},
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"lark about/around":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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"definitions":{
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": to behave in a silly and enjoyable way":[
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"The girls were larking about in the backyard."
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030501"
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": of a sandy brown like that of the European larks":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045030"
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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"definitions":{
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": port watch":[]
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"perhaps irregular from larboard entry 1 + -lings , plural of -ling , noun suffix":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045516"
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"large mononuclear leukocyte":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-050453"
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"combining form"
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"definitions":{
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": larva : larval":[
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"larvi colous",
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"larvi form",
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"larvi gerous"
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"New Latin, from larva":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053856"
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},
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"lark finch":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082308"
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},
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"larval":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": the immature, wingless, and often wormlike feeding form that hatches from the egg of many insects, alters chiefly in size while passing through several molts, and is finally transformed into a pupa or chrysalis (see chrysalis sense 1a ) from which the adult emerges":[],
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": the early form of an animal (such as a frog or sea urchin) that at birth or hatching is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose before assuming the adult characters":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4r-v\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"naiad",
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"nymph"
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],
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"examples":[
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"The larva of a butterfly is called a caterpillar.",
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"the larva looked ugly, but it was destined to hatch into a beautiful butterfly",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"This larva is between about two and two and a half inches. \u2014 Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American , 8 June 2022",
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"Two-thirds of native bee species live in nests underground in complex tunnel systems designed to protect the developing larva from predators, fungus, weather conditions and other diseases. \u2014 Leah Taylor, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
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"Patterning associated with textiles merges with kaleidoscopic dance routines of a larva -world Busby Berkeley. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
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"Work in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is particularly far along, both in the larva (which has about 10,000 neurons) and in the adult (with about 135,000 neurons). \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"Wood bark or medicinal herbs in the passengers\u2019 bags also carried insects, larva and potential plant disease, which were sent to an entomologist and pathologist at the Department of Agriculture, according to Customs and Border Protection. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Sep. 2021",
|
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"The silkworm is the larva of Bombyx mori, the domestic silk moth. \u2014 Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 July 2021",
|
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"Docker had previously proposed another model of lamprey evolution that involves an ancestor with some traits of both larva and adult. \u2014 Philip Kiefer, Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2021",
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"The majority of its work entails targeted treatments of standing water inside the city, using larva -eating fish and chemical larvicides applied directly to the water. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Mar. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Latin, specter, mask; akin to Latin lar Lar":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083443"
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"lark's head":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": a hitch made by passing the bight of a line through a ring or around an object and then passing the two ends through the bight":[]
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"lark's (genitive of lark entry 1 ) + head":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091155"
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"larvicolous":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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": living in the body of a larva":[
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"\u2014 used especially of a parasitoid insect"
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]
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)l\u00e4r\u00a6vik\u0259l\u0259s"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"larvi- + -colous":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093256"
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a sparrow ( Chondestes grammacus ) that is abundant in the Mississippi valley, is streaked above and white below with the head varied with black, grayish white, and chestnut, and is represented in the western U.S. by a paler bird which forms a distinct subspecies ( C. grammacus strigatus )":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-100038"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"lark's (genitive of lark entry 1 ) + claw":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110908"
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"large-toothed aspen":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": a North American tree ( Populus grandidentata ) with coarse-toothed leaves and soft wood":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114306"
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"large-bracted plantain":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a plantain ( Plantago aristata ) that has narrow leaves and spikes of small whitish flowers each having a conspicuous long narrow bract and that is native to the midwestern U.S. but is widely naturalized as a weed":[]
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"first_known_use":{
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"1898, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135843"
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": port entry 5":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4r-b\u0259rd"
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"Middle English ladeborde":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165120"
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"large bond":{
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"definitions":{
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": a bond having a par value of over $1000 \u2014 compare baby bond":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171053"
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"large-scale integration":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": the process of placing a large number of transistors on an integrated circuit":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1966, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192655"
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"laroid":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": resembling or relating to gulls : like or like that of members of the genus Larus":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8la(a)\u02ccr\u022fid"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin Larus + English -oid":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212038"
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},
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"Larvik":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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"town and port at the head of":[
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"Larvik Fjord"
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],
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"in southeastern Norway population 43,443":[
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"Larvik Fjord"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4r-vik"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224026"
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"larve":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": larva":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4rv"
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"French, from Latin larva":""
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": larkspur":[]
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": enlarge":[]
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"\u02c8l\u00e4rj\u0259n",
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"\u02c8l\u0227j-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{
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"1535, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005512"
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"definitions":{
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": a bearberry ( Arctostaphylos uva-ursi )":[]
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"\u02c8l\u00e4rb"
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],
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"origin unknown":""
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"\u02c8l\u00e4r\u02ccv\u0101t"
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],
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"larvate from New Latin larvatus , from Latin larva mask + -atus -ate; larvated probably from Latin larva mask + English -ate + -ed":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-051511"
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": a container for the rearing of insect larvae":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u00e4r\u02c8va(a)r\u0113\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from larva + -arium":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-062604"
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": big brown bat":[]
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},
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-081726"
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},
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"larvae":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the immature, wingless, and often wormlike feeding form that hatches from the egg of many insects, alters chiefly in size while passing through several molts, and is finally transformed into a pupa or chrysalis (see chrysalis sense 1a ) from which the adult emerges":[],
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": the early form of an animal (such as a frog or sea urchin) that at birth or hatching is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose before assuming the adult characters":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4r-v\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"naiad",
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"nymph"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"The larva of a butterfly is called a caterpillar.",
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"the larva looked ugly, but it was destined to hatch into a beautiful butterfly",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"This larva is between about two and two and a half inches. \u2014 Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American , 8 June 2022",
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"Two-thirds of native bee species live in nests underground in complex tunnel systems designed to protect the developing larva from predators, fungus, weather conditions and other diseases. \u2014 Leah Taylor, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
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"Patterning associated with textiles merges with kaleidoscopic dance routines of a larva -world Busby Berkeley. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
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"Work in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is particularly far along, both in the larva (which has about 10,000 neurons) and in the adult (with about 135,000 neurons). \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"Wood bark or medicinal herbs in the passengers\u2019 bags also carried insects, larva and potential plant disease, which were sent to an entomologist and pathologist at the Department of Agriculture, according to Customs and Border Protection. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Sep. 2021",
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"The silkworm is the larva of Bombyx mori, the domestic silk moth. \u2014 Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 July 2021",
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"Docker had previously proposed another model of lamprey evolution that involves an ancestor with some traits of both larva and adult. \u2014 Philip Kiefer, Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2021",
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"The majority of its work entails targeted treatments of standing water inside the city, using larva -eating fish and chemical larvicides applied directly to the water. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Mar. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Latin, specter, mask; akin to Latin lar Lar":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-082706"
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},
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"lararium":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the shrine of the lares in an ancient Roman home":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u0259\u02c8ra(a)r\u0113\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Latin, from Latin lar + -arium":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-093316"
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},
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"large-print":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": being set in a large size of type (such as 14 point or larger) especially for use by the partially sighted":[
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"large-print books"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4rj-\u02c8print"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1832, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-094434"
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},
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"larnite":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a mineral \u03b2-Ca 2 SiO 4 consisting of the unstable beta form of calcium silicate":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4r\u02ccn\u012bt"
|
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Larne , city in northern Ireland, its locality + English -ite":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-102843"
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},
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"lark-heeled":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": having the claw of the hind toe long and straight":[
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"a lark-heeled cuckoo"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-105910"
|
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},
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"large order":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": something difficult to attain or accomplish":[
|
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"got the planting done without outside help; a large order for three boys in their early teens"
|
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]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-120659"
|
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},
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"Larne":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
"district of northeastern Northern Ireland on the North Channel; established 1974 area 131 square miles (341 square kilometers), population 32,000":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8l\u00e4rn"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-121614"
|
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},
|
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"Large Black":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a British breed of black lop-eared bacon-type swine":[],
|
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": an animal of the Large Black breed":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1882, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-131245"
|
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},
|
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"large-souled":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": large-hearted":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1638, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-131941"
|
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},
|
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"large-hearted":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": having a generous disposition : sympathetic":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccl\u00e4rj-\u02c8h\u00e4r-t\u0259d"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1607, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-133442"
|
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},
|
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"large tupelo":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": tupelo gum":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-142715"
|
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},
|
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"larnax":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a chest usually of terra cotta and often ornamented that was used in ancient Greece especially as a sepulchral chest":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8l\u00e4r\u02ccnaks"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Greek, perhaps alteration of (assumed) Greek narnax (whence Late Greek narnax chest); akin to Old English nearu narrow":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-150710"
|
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},
|
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"laron":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": robber":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle French larron , from Latin latron-, latro mercenary soldier, brigand":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-163338"
|
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},
|
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"large-scale":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": involving many people or things":[
|
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"Their equipment is suitable for large-scale production."
|
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],
|
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": covering or involving a large area":[
|
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"a large-scale map"
|
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]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-163843"
|
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},
|
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"large magellanic cloud":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": the larger of a small cluster of galaxies that is located 200,000 light-years away from the Milky Way and is visible within 25 degrees of the south celestial pole":[
|
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"The Large Magellanic Cloud , a small satellite galaxy to our own Milky Way, is known to be poor in metals compared with the Milky Way and other galaxies, so any star that condensed in it would likely be deficient in metals, and that could make it blue.",
|
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"\u2014 Dietrick E. Thomsen"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1852, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-164212"
|
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},
|
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"larva of Desor":{
|
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"type":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a pilidium (as of certain nemerteans) that is modified for creeping":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-d\u0259\u02c8z\u022f(\u0259)r",
|
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"-\u02c8d\u0101\u02ccz-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"probably from the name Desor":""
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-172606"
|
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},
|
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"large post":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a size of paper 16\u00b9/\u2082 inches by 21 inches":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-172948"
|
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},
|
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"Laramie":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"geographical name"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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"river 216 miles (348 kilometers) long in northern Colorado and southeastern Wyoming flowing north and northeast into the North Platte River":[],
|
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"city in southeastern Wyoming population 30,816":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ler-\u0259-m\u0113",
|
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"\u02c8la-r\u0259-m\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-202038"
|
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},
|
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"large calorie":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": calorie sense 1b":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-211259"
|
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},
|
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"large twayblade":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an orchid ( Liparis lilifolia ) of eastern North America with lustrous elliptical to nearly ovate leaves, angled scape, and terminal raceme of 5 to 40 purple and green or wholly green flowers":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-234039"
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},
|
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"large paper edition":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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"definitions":{
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": an edition of a book printed with wider margins and often better quality paper and binding than the regular edition : a deluxe edition":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-235035"
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"Laramide":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to the mountain-making movements near the opening of the Cenozoic era":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-m\u0259\u0307d",
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"\u02c8lar\u0259\u02ccm\u012bd"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"irregular from Laramie mountains, southeastern Wyoming and northern Colorado":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-012226"
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},
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"Lar":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a tutelary god or spirit associated with Vesta and the Penates as a guardian of the household by the ancient Romans":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin \u2014 more at larva":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1586, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-020423"
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},
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"Larkin":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"Philip (Arthur) 1922\u20131985 British poet":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4r-kin"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-020932"
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},
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"large-billed water thrush":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": louisiana water thrush":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1868, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-024607"
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},
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"large buckeye":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": sweet buckeye":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-043152"
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},
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"large-leaved magnolia":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a large spreading shrub or medium-sized tree ( Magnolia macrophylla ) of the southern U.S. with long oblong silky leaves and large white purple-centered flowers":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-045308"
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},
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"large-leaved aster":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a common North American woodland herb ( Aster macrophyllus ) with large cordate basal leaves and lavender or violet flowers":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-052501"
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},
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"larksome":{
|
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": marked by or inclined toward sportive or mischievous behavior : frolicsome , playful":[
|
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"the melodrama had not been produced for larksome purposes",
|
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"\u2014 London Daily News",
|
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"a moderately larksome fellow",
|
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"\u2014 E. J. Kahn"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8l\u00e4rks\u0259m",
|
|
"\u02c8l\u0227k-"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"lark entry 4 + -some":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-055819"
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},
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"large water grass":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": dallis grass":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-071203"
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},
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"large white":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a British breed of large long-bodied white bacon-type swine":[],
|
|
": an animal of the Large White breed \u2014 see yorkshire":[],
|
|
": cabbage butterfly sense b":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-075236"
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},
|
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"larynx":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the modified upper part of the trachea of air-breathing vertebrates that in humans, most other mammals, and some amphibians and reptiles contains the vocal cords":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lar-i\u014b(k)s",
|
|
"\u02c8la-ri\u014b(k)s",
|
|
"\u02c8ler-i\u014bks",
|
|
"\u02c8ler-i\u014b(k)s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
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|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Today\u2019s amphibians, reptiles and mammals all possess a larynx , or voice box, near the top of their airway. \u2014 Michael B. Habib, Scientific American , 1 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Whereas the larynx resides at the top of the main airway, the syrinx sits at the bottom, where the trachea (aka the windpipe) branches out to the lungs. \u2014 Michael B. Habib, Scientific American , 1 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Their larynx is reduced, and the syrinx provides nearly all of their vocal control. \u2014 Michael B. Habib, Scientific American , 1 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Hoarseness is usually a symptom of problems in the vocal folds of your larynx , aka your voice box. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 4 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"There was a tumor on his larynx , stage 3, that had almost reached his lymph nodes. \u2014 Usha Lee Mcfarling, Scientific American , 12 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The band\u2019s 10th studio album (and third consecutive one produced by Josh Wilbur) mixes razor-sharp guitar riffs, larynx -shredding screams and soaring, arena-ready choruses. \u2014 Bryan Rolli, Forbes , 8 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"He was diagnosed with cancer in 2016 and underwent surgery to remove his larynx , according to Wednesday\u2019s ruling. \u2014 sun-sentinel.com , 22 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"In the weeks before the curtain goes up on September 27, what Liverman will be worrying about most is how to balance the role\u2019s technical and emotional demands \u2014 specifically, how to channel the character\u2019s rage without clenching his larynx . \u2014 Justin Davidson, Vulture , 3 Sep. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin laryng-, larynx , from Greek":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1578, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-090940"
|
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},
|
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"large yellow ladyslipper":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a lady's slipper ( Cypripedium calceolus pubescens ) of mesophytic woodlands of eastern and central North America that has slightly fragrant greenish yellow and often purple-marked flowers":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-095540"
|
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},
|
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"lark plover":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": seed snipe":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-101928"
|
|
},
|
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"larin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a piece of silver wire doubled over and sometimes twisted into the form of a fishhook that originated for use as money in Persia and was later used in parts of southwestern and southern Asia":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4r-\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Persian l\u0101r\u012b":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-111859"
|
|
},
|
|
"lares and penates":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": household gods":[],
|
|
": personal or household effects":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ler-(\u02cc)\u0113z-and-p\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-t\u0113z",
|
|
"-\u02c8n\u00e4-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-112032"
|
|
},
|
|
"larkish":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun,"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": gaily mischievous : frolicsome":[
|
|
"a larkish mood"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-k\u0113sh",
|
|
"\u02c8l\u0227k-",
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4rkish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"lark entry 4 + -ish":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-113956"
|
|
},
|
|
"large-handed":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": grasping , rapacious":[],
|
|
": openhanded , liberal":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-115112"
|
|
},
|
|
"larvikite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an alkali-syenite rock composed chiefly of cryptoperthite or anorthoclase in rhombic crystals and widely used as an ornamental building stone":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4rvi\u02cck\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"German larvikit , from Larvik , Norway, its locality + German -it -ite":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-111301"
|
|
},
|
|
"laryngoscope":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an endoscope for examining the interior of the larynx":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"l\u0259-\u02c8ri\u014b-g\u0259-\u02ccsk\u014dp also -\u02c8rin-j\u0259-",
|
|
"-\u02c8rin-j\u0259-",
|
|
"l\u0259-\u02c8ri\u014b-g\u0259-\u02ccsk\u014dp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"At the head of the bed, using a laryngoscope , a steel tool with a light at its end, a nurse anesthetist guided a tube almost 9 inches into the patient\u2019s windpipe. \u2014 Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News , 6 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"The video shows Kenneth Remy, a critical care physician, fully dressed in personal protective equipment, looking down into the camera while holding a laryngoscope and an endotracheal tube \u2014 tools used in the intubation process. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"The laryngoscope is removed and the tube is taped to the side of the face. \u2014 USA Today , 10 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Major hospitals such as Raja\u2019s have disposable tips for their video laryngoscopes , allowing them to be quickly cleaned. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, Scientific American , 8 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Studies have shown that video laryngoscopes help with successful placement of breathing tubes at a shorter time compared with the conventional methods. \u2014 Naseem S. Miller, OrlandoSentinel.com , 6 June 2018",
|
|
"The laryngoscopes will be used in emergency response vehicles at Menomonee Falls Fire Department's Stations 1, 3 and 5. \u2014 Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"First Choice Ingredients, a dairy flavor specialist with facilities in Germantown and Menomonee Falls, donated three video laryngoscopes to the department. \u2014 Tyler Langan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"The paramedics practiced the skill using the fire department\u2019s new video laryngoscopes , which help them guide the breathing tube in the patient\u2019s throat. \u2014 Naseem S. Miller, OrlandoSentinel.com , 6 June 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1860, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-131146"
|
|
},
|
|
"laryngophone":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a communication-system transmitter in which the vibration-receiving diaphragm is strapped to the throat over the larynx from which it receives speech vibrations directly":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary laryng- + -phone":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-133209"
|
|
},
|
|
"laryngeal":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or used on the larynx":[
|
|
"a laryngeal obstruction"
|
|
],
|
|
": produced by or with constriction of the larynx":[
|
|
"laryngeal articulation of sounds"
|
|
],
|
|
": an anatomical part (such as a nerve or artery) that supplies or is associated with the larynx":[],
|
|
": a laryngeal sound":[],
|
|
": any of a set of several conjectured phonemes reconstructed for Proto-Indo-European chiefly on indirect evidence":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"l\u0259-\u02c8rin-j\u0259l",
|
|
"also -j\u0113-\u0259l",
|
|
"\u02cclar-\u0259n-\u02c8j\u0113-\u0259l",
|
|
"\u02ccler-\u0259n-\u02c8j\u0113-\u0259l",
|
|
"\u02ccla-r\u0259n-",
|
|
"l\u0259-\u02c8rin-j(\u0113-)\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"This procedure can be a part of treating laryngeal cancers, which impact more than 184,000 people worldwide each year, according to the World Health Organization. \u2014 Michelle Cohan, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"His son Douglas said the cause was laryngeal cancer. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"In all tetrapods\u2014the group that includes the first land vertebrates and their descendants\u2014the primary vocalizations in the larynx are controlled predominantly by the recurrent laryngeal nerve. \u2014 Michael B. Habib, Scientific American , 1 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"One case of tonsil diphtheria and of case of laryngeal diphtheria were reported. \u2014 NOLA.com , 1 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"No coincidence, Simonyan points out, that laryngeal dystonia is much more prevalent in women than in men. \u2014 Eric Boodman, STAT , 10 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"My mom passed away from laryngeal cancer in November 2008. \u2014 As Told To Stephanie Booth, Health.com , 25 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"If laryngeal descent is necessary for human vowels, and vowels in turn for language, then chimpanzees would never talk. \u2014 Louis-jean Bo\u00eb, The Conversation , 11 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"The cause was laryngeal cancer, said his wife, Susan Walton. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Barger was a three-pack-a-day smoker until laryngitic laryngeal cancer forced surgeons to remove his vocal cords in the early 1980s. \u2014 Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"So just about any science on laryngeal dystonia seemed worth volunteering for. \u2014 Eric Boodman, STAT , 10 Feb. 2020",
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"In dystonia cases, both laryngeal and otherwise, that mix of reliance and distrust is especially fraught. \u2014 Eric Boodman, STAT , 10 Feb. 2020",
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"Other increased cancer risks included lung cancer, laryngeal cancer, and multiple myeloma. \u2014 Longreads , 5 June 2019",
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"But triggering patients' laryngeal muscles by stimulating the associated neurons strongly enforces the case for a causal link. \u2014 Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED , 28 June 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1795, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"circa 1902, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-133342"
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},
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"large cane":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": giant cane":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-135329"
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},
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"Larousse":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"Pierre (-Athanase) 1817\u20131875 French grammarian and lexicographer":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u00e4-\u02c8r\u00fcs"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-140850"
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},
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"large-flowered wake-robin":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": great white trillium":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-150834"
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},
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"larine":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to gulls especially as distinguished from terns":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8la(a)\u02ccr\u012bn",
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"-r\u0259\u0307n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin Larinae subfamily containing the gulls, from Larus , type genus + -inae":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-151833"
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},
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"larger-than-life":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": of the sort legends are made of":[
|
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"larger-than-life heroes"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4r-j\u0259r-\u1e6fh\u0331\u0259n-\u02c8l\u012bf"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1937, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-152140"
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},
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"larger duckweed":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": great duckweed":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-165623"
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},
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"larghetto":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adverb or adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a movement played larghetto":[],
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": slower than andante but not so slow as largo":[
|
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"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"l\u00e4r-\u02c8ge-(\u02cc)t\u014d"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"On Wednesday, the gifted Italian pianist Emanuele Arciuli joined the violinist Netanel Draiblate for a lyrical rendition of the larghetto from Dvorak\u2019s op. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Oct. 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Italian, somewhat slow, from largo":"Adverb or adjective"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1760, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"circa 1724, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb or adjective"
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-171247"
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},
|
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"large-cone pine":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": coulter pine":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-174019"
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},
|
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"laryngology":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the larynx and nasopharynx":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccla-r\u0259n-",
|
|
"\u02ccler-\u0259n-\u02c8g\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113",
|
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"\u02cclar-\u0259n-\u02c8g\u00e4l-\u0259-j\u0113"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Last summer, Johns invited a new product into USC's laryngology trial program to treat vocal fold disorders: Silk Voice, from a startup called Sofregen that spun out of research from Kaplan\u2019s lab. \u2014 Max G. Levy, Wired , 28 June 2021",
|
|
"Vocal fold nodules are growths that can form on your vocal cords, Phillip C. Song, MD, director of laryngology at Mass Eye and Ear, tells Health. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 21 June 2021"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1842, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-192605"
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},
|
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"laryngitis":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": inflammation of the larynx":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccla-r\u0259n-",
|
|
"\u02cclar-\u0259n-\u02c8j\u012bt-\u0259s",
|
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"\u02ccler-\u0259n-\u02c8j\u012b-t\u0259s"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The severe fungal respiratory infection included a laryngitis that restricted Monty\u2019s airway, the zoo announced. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"The dreamy song gave room for Lorde to deliver a performance without much strain after having to postpone both the Connecticut and Washington, D.C., stops on the tour due to a bout of laryngitis . \u2014 Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Lorde canceled two concerts on her Solar Power Tour this weekend due to laryngitis . \u2014 Ashley Iasimone, Billboard , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This month, a 4-year-old girl in Changchun died while waiting for a negative Covid test before being admitted to a hospital for acute laryngitis . \u2014 Eugene Kontorovich, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"News that a 4-year-old girl in Changchun, one of the cities under strict lockdown, had died of acute laryngitis while waiting for a negative coronavirus test to go to the hospital prompted further anger online. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The most common form of laryngitis is an infection caused by a virus, like those that lead to a cold, the flu, or COVID-19. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Stapleton was recently forced to push back three tour dates in Nashville and Cincinnati after he was placed on vocal rest amid a bout with laryngitis . \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 27 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Chris Stapleton was forced to reschedule a series of concert dates after he was placed on vocal rest amid a bout with laryngitis . \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 21 Oct. 2021"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1815, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-203836"
|
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},
|
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"larghissimo":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adverb"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": in as slow a manner as possible":[
|
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"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8g\u0113s\u0259\u02ccm\u014d",
|
|
"-\u02c8gis-"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Italian, very slow, very broad, from Latin largissimus very abundant, most abundant, superlative of largus":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-222328"
|
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},
|
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"large-flowered everlasting":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": pearly everlasting":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-232421"
|
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},
|
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"large pole":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a forest tree with a diameter of from 8 to 12 inches":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-232527"
|
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},
|
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"large coralroot":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a widely distributed and highly variable North American coralroot ( Corallorhiza maculata ) that grows in dry woodlands and usually has a whitish perianth spotted with red or purple":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-233543"
|
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},
|
|
"laryngealist":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": assuming the presence of laryngeals in the prehistoric Indo-European language":[
|
|
"a laryngealist hypothesis"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccla-r\u0259n-",
|
|
"l\u0259-\u02c8rin-j(\u0113-)\u0259-list",
|
|
"\u02ccler-\u0259n-\u02c8j\u0113-\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"laryngeal entry 2 + -ist entry 2":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1959, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-004528"
|
|
},
|
|
"Lares":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"municipality in west central Puerto Rico population 30,753":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4-r\u0101s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-012043"
|
|
},
|
|
"lar":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tutelary god or spirit associated with Vesta and the Penates as a guardian of the household by the ancient Romans":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Latin \u2014 more at larva":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1586, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-012823"
|
|
},
|
|
"large crabgrass":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a common annual crabgrass ( Digitaria sanguinalis ) that is native to Europe but a naturalized weed in much of North America":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-013500"
|
|
},
|
|
"largamente":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": with slowness and breadth":[
|
|
"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccl\u00e4rg\u0259\u02c8ment\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Italian, slowly, broadly from largo slow, broad, from Latin largus abundant, generous":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1837, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-014733"
|
|
},
|
|
"large-flowered dogwood":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tall arborescent dogwood ( Cornus nuttallii ) of upland areas of the Pacific coast having the flower cluster subtended by long white or rosy bracts up to three inches long":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-015921"
|
|
},
|
|
"largo":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb or adjective",
|
|
"geographical name",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": at a very slow tempo":[
|
|
"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
|
|
],
|
|
"city in western Florida south of Clearwater population 77,648":[],
|
|
": a largo movement":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4r-(\u02cc)g\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Pero los meteor\u00f3logos dijeron que existe una considerable incertidumbre sobre su curso a largo plazo. \u2014 Khobi Price, sun-sentinel.com , 10 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Faust was quiet eloquence personified in the largo movement of the Sonata No. 3 in C (BWV 1005). \u2014 John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com , 12 May 2018",
|
|
"Se hab\u00edan reunido para pescar a lo largo del Eau Gallie Causeway dos d\u00edas antes del cumplea\u00f1os 25 de Viccaro. \u2014 Erika Pasantes Y John Maines, El Sentinel , 6 Feb. 2018",
|
|
"Scott Hostetler traced a melting legato line in the famous English horn solo of the largo , although Muti\u2019s easing the pace later in the slow movement threatened to stifle forward impetus. \u2014 John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com , 13 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"The largo tempo and throwback style has led to a banner season in Moraga. \u2014 Jeremy Fuchs, SI.com , 5 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"Urgently dramatic outer movements enclosed the caustic jollity of the allegretto and the anguished threnody of the largo . \u2014 John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com , 22 Dec. 2017"
|
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],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Italian, slow, broad, from Latin largus abundant":"Adverb or adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1683, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb or adjective",
|
|
"circa 1753, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-021218"
|
|
},
|
|
"large knot":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a sound knot in lumber that is not less than 1\u00b9/\u2082 inches in diameter":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-024922"
|
|
},
|
|
"largition":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": bestowal of largess":[],
|
|
": gift , gratuity":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"l\u00e4r\u02c8jish\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"Latin largition-, largitio , from largitus (past participle of largiri to lavish, bestow, from largus abundant, generous) + -ion-, -io -ion":""
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},
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-031300"
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"large intestine":{
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": the more terminal division of the vertebrate intestine that is wider and shorter than the small intestine, typically divided into cecum, colon, and rectum, and concerned especially with the resorption of water and the formation of feces":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"This occurs more often when symptoms are severe, or if the inflammation affects more of the large intestine , according to the NIDDK. \u2014 Tria Wen, SELF , 31 Jan. 2022",
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"Undigested lactulose travels through the small intestine and ends up in the large intestine , leading to a highly reproducible and dose-dependent increase in watery stool output. \u2014 Patrick Wilson, Outside Online , 13 Apr. 2020",
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"Ulcerative colitis causes inflammation and sores in the lining of your large intestine and rectum. \u2014 Natasha Lavender, SELF , 14 Apr. 2021",
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"Exercise also normalizes contractions in your large intestine , which can help relieve constipation. \u2014 Natalie Rizzo, SELF , 4 Feb. 2022",
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"Once food reaches your large intestine , the water in the food gets absorbed\u2014that's when the waste products, or anything left over, becomes stool. \u2014 Colleen Stinchcombe, Health.com , 8 Oct. 2021",
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"The difference is that ulcerative colitis targets the colon, or the large intestine , while Crohn\u2019s can cause problems anywhere in the digestive system\u2014from the entry to the exit, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). \u2014 Rebecca Joy Stanborough, SELF , 7 Jan. 2022",
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"The operation involved removing half of the pope's colon, and typically, surgeons connect the remaining right half to the healthy remnants of the large intestine . \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 5 July 2021",
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"Her appendix, a thin tube that joins to the large intestine , needed to be removed right away. \u2014 Laura Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 26 Dec. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1742, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-040810"
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u00e4r\u02c8g\u00e4n(\u02cc)d\u014d"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian, making slow, widening, verbal of largare to make slow, widen, from Late Latin, to widen, loosen, from Latin largus abundant, generous":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-043436"
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},
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"Larissa":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"city on the Peneus River in eastern Thessaly , north central Greece population 152,700":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u0259-\u02c8ri-s\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-053338"
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},
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"laryng-":{
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"type":[
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"combining form"
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"definitions":{
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": larynx":[
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"laryng itis"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek, from laryng-, larynx":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-055634"
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},
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"Larnaudian":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or being a late bronze age period in Europe":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)l\u00e4r\u00a6n\u014dd\u0113\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Larnaud , locality in Jura mountains, eastern France + English -ian":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-060004"
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},
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"large cranberry":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": american cranberry":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-061255"
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},
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"laryngealization":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": articulation with laryngeal modification":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02ccl\u012b\u02c8z-",
|
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"l\u0259\u02ccrinj(\u0113)\u0259l\u0259\u0307\u02c8z\u0101sh\u0259n",
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"\u02cclar\u0259n\u02ccj\u0113\u0259-"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-073322"
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},
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"large-flowered bellwort":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a slender woodland herb ( Uvularia grandiflora ) of eastern North America with perfoliate leaves and lemon-yellow bell-shaped flowers":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-074641"
|
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},
|
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"large crested tern":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": great crested tern":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-080312"
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},
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"Laristan":{
|
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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"region of southern Iran bordering on the Persian Gulf":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccla-r\u0259-\u02c8stan"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-081853"
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},
|
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"larithmic":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": of or relating to larithmics":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-th-",
|
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"l\u0259\u02c8rit\u035fhmik"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"back-formation from larithmics":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-100857"
|
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},
|
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"larvule":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the earliest larval stage of an ephemerid insect in which the respiratory, circulatory, and nerve systems do not appear to be developed":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4r(\u02cc)vy\u00fcl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"larva + -ule":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-105345"
|
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},
|
|
"lar gibbon":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": lar sense 2":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-105411"
|
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},
|
|
"large-eyed":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having large eyes":[
|
|
"a large-eyed shrimp",
|
|
"large-eyed darning needles"
|
|
],
|
|
"or a large eye":[
|
|
"a large-eyed shrimp",
|
|
"large-eyed darning needles"
|
|
],
|
|
": having the eyes wide open in or as if in interest, curiosity, or amazement":[
|
|
"gave a shy large-eyed glance"
|
|
],
|
|
": of a kind or degree to make the eyes open wide":[
|
|
"waiting in large-eyed wonder"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1575, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-112559"
|
|
},
|
|
"lard type":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a type of hog adapted to converting feed (as corn) into fat \u2014 compare meat type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-114322"
|
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},
|
|
"larmoyant":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": lachrymose":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02c8)l\u00e4r\u00a6m\u022fi\u0259nt or as F"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"French, present participle of larmoyer to be tearful, snivel, from Old French larmoier to weep, shed tears, from larme tear, from Latin lacrima":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-115736"
|
|
},
|
|
"lard with":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to add a large amount of (something) to (something)":[
|
|
"He always lards his lectures with statistics.",
|
|
"\u2014 often used as (be) larded with a novel larded with clich\u00e9s"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-122238"
|
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},
|
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"laryngealize":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to articulate (as a vowel) with laryngeal modification":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cclar\u0259\u0307n\u02c8j\u0113\u0259-",
|
|
"l\u0259\u02c8rinj(\u0113)\u0259\u02ccl\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-123150"
|
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},
|
|
"lard stone":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": steatite":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-131642"
|
|
},
|
|
"larithmics":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun plural but singular in construction"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the scientific study of the quantitative aspects of population":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-ks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Greek laos people + a rithm os number + English -ics":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-133507"
|
|
},
|
|
"laryngismus":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": laryngospasm":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cclar\u0259\u0307n\u02c8jizm\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from laryng- + Latin -ismus -ism":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-135451"
|
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},
|
|
"lardy-dardy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": languidly and affectedly dandyish \u2014 compare la-di-da":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6l\u00e4rd\u0113\u00a6d\u00e4rd\u0113",
|
|
"-di \u2026 di",
|
|
"\u00a6l\u0227d\u0113\u00a6d\u0227d\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"imitative (of an affected manner of speech)":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-151107"
|
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},
|
|
"laryngic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": laryngeal":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"l\u0259\u02c8rinjik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin laryngicus , from laryng- + Latin -icus -ic":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-151716"
|
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},
|
|
"larix":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of trees (family Pinaceae) that are widely distributed in the north temperate zone and have deciduous foliage in clusters of acicular leaves of different lengths on short lateral spurs or scattered singly on the terminal shoots, solitary staminate flowers, and persistent cone scales \u2014 compare pseudolarix":[],
|
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": a tree of the genus Larix":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8la(a)r\u0259\u0307ks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Latin, larch":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-110414"
|
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},
|
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"laryngectomy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": surgical removal of all or part of the larynx":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02c8jek-t\u0259-m\u0113",
|
|
"\u02ccler-\u0259n-\u02c8jek-t\u0259-\u02ccm\u0113",
|
|
"\u02ccla-r\u0259n-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Ogitsu had a laryngectomy , a surgery in which all or part of the larynx -- also known as the voice box -- is removed. \u2014 Michelle Cohan, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
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"In March 2018, the McDowell Intermediate High School teacher had a partial laryngectomy , a surgical procedure to remove a portion of her voice box. \u2014 Minyvonne Burke, NBC News , 5 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Kuzma had a total laryngectomy in September 2018, per GoErie.com, along with 30 radiation and five chemotherapy treatments. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 8 Oct. 2019",
|
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"Kuzma then had a total laryngectomy at the Cleveland Clinic and underwent 30 radiation and five chemotherapy treatments. \u2014 Minyvonne Burke, NBC News , 5 Oct. 2019",
|
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"He was beset by health problems (cancer of the jaw, a heart attack, cancer of the larynx and a laryngectomy ), which must have been not only excruciatingly painful but also socially mortifying. \u2014 Brad Leithauser, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2018"
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],
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"circa 1888, in the meaning defined above":""
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"laryngeal pouch":{
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": a saccular expansion of the lateral wall cavity of the larynx between the true and false vocal cords that is greatly developed in certain monkeys (as the orang)":[]
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
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"city on the Rio Grande in southern Texas population 236,091":[]
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"l\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-(\u02cc)d\u014d"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-183015"
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"laryngeating":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": contraction and relaxation of laryngeal musculature unaccompanied by phonation : subvocal speech":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u0259\u02c8rinj\u0113\u02cc\u0101ti\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"larynge- (as in laryngeal ) + -ate + -ing":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-185709"
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"definitions":{
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": a person who has undergone laryngectomy":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccler-\u0259n-\u02ccjek-t\u0259-\u02c8m\u0113",
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"\u02cclar-\u0259n-\u02ccjek-t\u0259-\u02c8m\u0113",
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"\u02ccla-r\u0259n-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{
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"1956, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-204156"
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},
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"laryngectomize":{
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to subject (a person) to laryngectomy":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"laryngectomy + -ize":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-205756"
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},
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"Laredo Br\u00fa":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"Federico 1875\u20131946 Cuban soldier; president of Cuba (1936\u201340)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-d\u014d-\u02c8br\u00fc"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-212411"
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},
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"larry":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"transitive verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a long-handled hoe usually with a perforated blade that is used especially for mixing mortar":[],
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": thin sloppy mortar : grout":[],
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": to fill in with grout sometimes with bricks or spalls in it : grout":[],
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": confusion , excitement , noise":[],
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": a small usually motor-driven car with a drop bottom used for hauling slate or rock from the tipple to the dump of a mine":[],
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": a hand-pushed or motor-driven car with a hopper that is used for weighing or measuring and distributing bulk materials and is suspended between overhead tracks or carried on rails":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lar\u0113",
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"\""
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"perhaps from Larry , nickname for the name Lawrence":"Noun",
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"probably alteration of lurry entry 1":"Noun",
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"alteration of lorry":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-221429"
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},
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"lard stearin":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the solid residue left after the expression of lard oil":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-222148"
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},
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"lardry":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": larder sense 1a":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle French larderie , from lard (from Old French lart, lard ) + -erie -ery":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-222811"
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},
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"larryman":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an operator of a larry":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"larry entry 4 + man":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-230716"
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"lardoon":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a strip (as of salt pork) with which meat is larded":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u00e4r-\u02c8d\u00fcn"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French lardun piece of fat pork, from lard":""
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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],
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": the precession of a particle having magnetic moment (as an atom when spinning in a magnetic field)":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-234630"
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},
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"Larmor frequency":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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": the frequency of Larmor precession":[]
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},
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"\u02c8l\u00e4r\u02ccm\u022f(\u0259)r-"
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],
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"after Sir Joseph Larmor \u20201942 British mathematician":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-000717"
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},
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"Larmor's theorem":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a statement in physics: the only sensible effect of a magnetic field upon the motions of atomic electrons is the Larmor precession":[],
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": a statement in physics: in an enclosure traversed by thermal radiation uniformly in all directions the radiation pressure is equal to one third of the radiant energy per unit volume":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-001339"
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},
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"lard oil":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": an oil consisting chiefly of olein that is expressed from lard and used especially as a lubricant, cutting oil, or illuminant":[]
|
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-002821"
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},
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"larmier":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": drip sense 4":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-m\u02ccy\u0101",
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"\u02c8l\u00e4rm\u0113\u02cc\u0101"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French, from Middle French, from larme tear":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-010110"
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},
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"larded":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": to dress (meat) for cooking by inserting or covering with something (such as strips of fat)":[],
|
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": to cover or soil with grease":[],
|
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": to augment or intersperse especially with something superfluous or excessive":[
|
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"the book is larded with subplots"
|
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],
|
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": to make rich with or as if with fat":[],
|
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": a soft white solid or semisolid fat obtained by rendering fatty pork":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8l\u00e4rd"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"a roast larded with bacon",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"Add to this that Robert Mueller, that senescent Washington fixture, larded his staff with activist Democrats whose indictments were long on political narrative but short on actual crimes. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 22 Apr. 2020",
|
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"Modly visited sailors on the ship and made a 15-minute speech, larded with profanity, that criticized Capt. Brett Crozier, the commander Modly fired for sending a letter to Navy officials seeking help for his crew \u2014 Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY , 9 Apr. 2020",
|
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"It's not larded up with exotic new features that add cost and complexity. \u2014 Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica , 16 Mar. 2020",
|
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"That is unless the economy is already too brittle and larded with debt to handle the shocks. \u2014 John Detrixhe, Quartz , 9 Mar. 2020",
|
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"His bio, published in our program booklets that night, was larded with publicist\u2019s overkill, as almost all bios in music are. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 30 Aug. 2019",
|
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"Jarmusch lards his script with self-referential nods that reward viewers heavily invested in their own cool, in-on-it knowingness. \u2014 Ann Hornaday, chicagotribune.com , 13 June 2019",
|
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"Rather than lard the list with expensive wines, as so many high-end restaurants do, Frenchette has devoted much of its lineup to the extremely reasonable $50- to $85-a-bottle range. \u2014 Eric Asimov, New York Times , 19 Apr. 2018",
|
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"Image From the 1830s until the eve of the Civil War, men like Henry William Herbert made a living selling adventure tales larded with wily bucks and ferocious bears. \u2014 Bruce Barcott, New York Times , 22 June 2018",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Two chapatis, instead of five, with a spoonful of lard . \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
|
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"After a 24-hour brine, the pork luxuriates in a pot of lard . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
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"During seminars and events, dinners and aperitivo, guests are served gourmet food like pecorino sheep cheese, black pig lard (the animals freely roam the estate), goat cheese ricotta and platters of seasoned ham. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 8 June 2022",
|
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"Dough that was deep-fried in cauldrons of lard had been served to sailors on the seas for centuries. \u2014 Fox News , 3 June 2022",
|
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"Her standing over the stove, browning pork belly in a large, rusty brown carbon steel wok, a ceramic mustard-yellow jar of lard , with pink flower flourishes, by her side. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
|
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"Cooks simmer carnitas in pots of lard in Michoac\u00e1n. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Working in a saucepan, heat vegetable oil or lard to 350\u00b0F. \u2014 Minerva Ordu\u00f1o Rinc\u00f3n, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Cannolo shells are typically wrapped around steel tubes and fried in lard nowadays. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 13 May 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin lardum, laridum ; perhaps akin to Greek larinos fat":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-014727"
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},
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"Lardner":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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"Ring 1885\u20131933 in full Ringgold Wilmer Lardner American writer":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4rd-n\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-020029"
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}
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