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{
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"moan":{
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"antonyms":[
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"groan",
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"wail"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a low prolonged sound of pain or of grief":[
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"a moan of distress"
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],
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": lament , complain":[],
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": lamentation , complaint":[
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"\u2026 made a great moan if he had to work \u2026",
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"\u2014 D. H. Lawrence"
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],
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": to bewail audibly : lament":[],
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": to emit a sound resembling a moan":[
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"the wind moaned in the trees"
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],
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": to make a moan : groan":[],
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": to utter with moans":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"She let out a long, deep moan .",
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"the moan of the wind",
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"the moan of the car's engine",
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"Verb",
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"The wounded soldier moaned in pain.",
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"He moaned with pleasure as she rubbed his back.",
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"We were all moaning about the cold, rainy weather.",
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"He's always moaning about his salary.",
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"The children were moaning and groaning all morning, but their mother would not let them go outside.",
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"I'm tired of all his moaning and groaning about his salary.",
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"\u201cBut I don't want to go,\u201d moaned the boy.",
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"The wind moaned in the trees.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Commenced with a fiddle introduction that evoked the long, slow moan of a steam-train whistle, the Zeppelin staple shook with Malian-leaning rhythms. \u2014 Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
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"Readers sent in their poems, The Times released a great moan , Making readers even more manic. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
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"Perhaps indie rock doesn\u2019t need another moan of 21st-century disaffection. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 28 May 2022",
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"The air grew heavy with anticipation and then, low and deep and melancholy as whale song, came the first moan of a ship\u2019s horn. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
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"Check out the ghostly moan below: This content is imported from YouTube. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 6 May 2022",
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"The song is pulled together by \u2014 what else",
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"That's quieter than the regular CR-V's 78-decibel moan at full throttle. \u2014 Beth Nichols, Car and Driver , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"The famous black writer had built a reputation for pyrotechnic readings that sometimes included slideshows of brutalized slave bodies and sometimes involved moan -singing. \u2014 Longreads , 19 Jan. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"So King came to the camp and fell into its desultory rhythm marked by the white noise of daytime traffic below and moan of the fog horns at night. \u2014 Ruben Vivesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
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"In Europe, farmers used to moan about Ukraine\u2019s cheaper food imports coming into the market. \u2014 Aine Quinn, Bloomberg.com , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"As Jessie continues to moan , the notion of the show dealing with a pregnancy becomes not just possible, but probable. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"But whereas Android phones would run out of puff quickly or occasionally moan about getting too hot, the 13 Pro just ticked along nicely. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"The pianist is instructed by Mr. Crumb to sing, shout and moan at various points in the series. \u2014 Vivien Schweitzer, New York Times , 6 Feb. 2022",
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"Fans who complained that announcers talked too much didn\u2019t moan about the deadpan Summerall. \u2014 Richard Sandomir, New York Times , 29 Dec. 2021",
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"The Astros broke up the no-hot bid in the eighth when pinch-hitter Aledmys Diaz hit a blooper that fell just in front of of left fielder Eddie Rosario, who got a late jump on the ball, causing the sellout crowd of 42,898 to moan . \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021",
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"At highway speeds, the slightest throttle provocation causes the CVT to lower the drive ratio, which in turn causes the revs to jump and the engine to moan . \u2014 Joe Lorio, Car and Driver , 22 Sep. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English mone , from Old English *m\u0101n":"Noun and Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u014dn"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"groan",
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"wail"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173754",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"Moazagotl cloud":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one or more cloud banks formed on the lee side of a mountain under foehn conditions":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u014d\u02c8\u00e4ts\u0259\u02ccg\u00e4t\u1d4al"
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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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"moazagotl from German dialect (Switzerland)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-113550"
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},
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"moat":{
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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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": a deep and wide trench around the rampart of a fortified place (such as a castle) that is usually filled with water":[
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"The moat can be crossed by a drawbridge."
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],
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": a channel resembling a moat (as about a seamount or for confinement of animals in a zoo)":[
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"A Bengal tiger stared at me from across the moat ."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u014dt"
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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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"In an old-world model, organizations focused on a wall and moat scenario for protection. \u2014 Gordon Lawson, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
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"In 2014, the moat was memorably filled with more than 800,000 ceramic poppies to mark the centenary of the outbreak of WWI. \u2014 Victoria Murphy, Town & Country , 30 May 2022",
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"Lawyers have constructed and zealously maintained a cultural, intellectual, philosophical, regulatory, economic, and educational moat that separates them from other professions, business and society. \u2014 Mark A. Cohen, Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
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"In addition to its scale advantage, MELI\u2019s economic moat also benefits from a network effect. \u2014 Michael Cannivet, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
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"Part of the wetlands surrounding the gravel pad will act as a moat between the pad and the outer berm, Tsu said. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Nov. 2021",
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"The researchers found the tomb while excavating the dry moat that encircles the pyramid complex, not far from another burial site also discovered by the team\u2014that of vizier, or high official, Merefnebef. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 May 2022",
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"The waffle maker has deep, 1-inch pockets and a moat around the plates to collect any excess waffle mix. \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 13 May 2022",
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"That\u2019s fine, up to a point and depending on where the moat comes from. \u2014 Walter Frick, Quartz , 2 May 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English mote , from Anglo-French mote, motte mound, moat":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-192402"
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},
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"Moarian":{
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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 constituting a hypothetical continental area now represented only by New Zealand and adjacent parts of Polynesia":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)m\u014d\u00a6a(a)r\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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"New Latin Moaria , a hypothetical continental area (from English moa + Latin -aria , feminine of -arius -ary) + English -an":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-194645"
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},
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"moano":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": either of two important Hawaiian food fishes:":[],
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": a Pacific goatfish ( Pseudupeneus multifasciatus ) banded in light and dark red":[],
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": a closely related fish ( P. bifasciatus )":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u014d\u02c8\u00e4(\u02cc)n\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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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Hawaiian, Tahitian, Maori, & Samoan":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-205511"
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},
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"moaningly":{
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": in a moaning manner : with a moan":[]
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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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"from moaning , present participle of moan entry 2 + -ly":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-101448"
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},
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"moaning":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": lamentation , complaint":[
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"\u2026 made a great moan if he had to work \u2026",
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"\u2014 D. H. Lawrence"
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],
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": a low prolonged sound of pain or of grief":[
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"a moan of distress"
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],
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": to bewail audibly : lament":[],
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": to utter with moans":[],
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": lament , complain":[],
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": to make a moan : groan":[],
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": to emit a sound resembling a moan":[
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"the wind moaned in the trees"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u014dn"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"groan",
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"wail"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"groan",
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"wail"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"She let out a long, deep moan .",
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"the moan of the wind",
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"the moan of the car's engine",
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"Verb",
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"The wounded soldier moaned in pain.",
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"He moaned with pleasure as she rubbed his back.",
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"We were all moaning about the cold, rainy weather.",
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"He's always moaning about his salary.",
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"The children were moaning and groaning all morning, but their mother would not let them go outside.",
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"I'm tired of all his moaning and groaning about his salary.",
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"\u201cBut I don't want to go,\u201d moaned the boy.",
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"The wind moaned in the trees.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Commenced with a fiddle introduction that evoked the long, slow moan of a steam-train whistle, the Zeppelin staple shook with Malian-leaning rhythms. \u2014 Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
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"Readers sent in their poems, The Times released a great moan , Making readers even more manic. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
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"Perhaps indie rock doesn\u2019t need another moan of 21st-century disaffection. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 28 May 2022",
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"The air grew heavy with anticipation and then, low and deep and melancholy as whale song, came the first moan of a ship\u2019s horn. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
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"Check out the ghostly moan below: This content is imported from YouTube. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 6 May 2022",
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"The song is pulled together by \u2014 what else? \u2014 the lonesome moan of a saxophone, provided by P.E.\u2019s Benjamin Jaffe. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 16 Feb. 2022",
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"That's quieter than the regular CR-V's 78-decibel moan at full throttle. \u2014 Beth Nichols, Car and Driver , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"The famous black writer had built a reputation for pyrotechnic readings that sometimes included slideshows of brutalized slave bodies and sometimes involved moan -singing. \u2014 Longreads , 19 Jan. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Some pundits are simply perma-bears that moan and groan about how the market will collapse taking you and civilization with it. \u2014 Clem Chambers, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
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"So King came to the camp and fell into its desultory rhythm marked by the white noise of daytime traffic below and moan of the fog horns at night. \u2014 Ruben Vivesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
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"In Europe, farmers used to moan about Ukraine\u2019s cheaper food imports coming into the market. \u2014 Aine Quinn, Bloomberg.com , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"As Jessie continues to moan , the notion of the show dealing with a pregnancy becomes not just possible, but probable. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"But whereas Android phones would run out of puff quickly or occasionally moan about getting too hot, the 13 Pro just ticked along nicely. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"The pianist is instructed by Mr. Crumb to sing, shout and moan at various points in the series. \u2014 Vivien Schweitzer, New York Times , 6 Feb. 2022",
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"Fans who complained that announcers talked too much didn\u2019t moan about the deadpan Summerall. \u2014 Richard Sandomir, New York Times , 29 Dec. 2021",
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"The Astros broke up the no-hot bid in the eighth when pinch-hitter Aledmys Diaz hit a blooper that fell just in front of of left fielder Eddie Rosario, who got a late jump on the ball, causing the sellout crowd of 42,898 to moan . \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English mone , from Old English *m\u0101n":"Noun and Verb"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-214548"
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},
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"Moabitic":{
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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 or like the Moabites or their language":[]
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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":"20220712-223747"
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},
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"moans":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": lamentation , complaint":[
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"\u2026 made a great moan if he had to work \u2026",
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"\u2014 D. H. Lawrence"
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],
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": a low prolonged sound of pain or of grief":[
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"a moan of distress"
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],
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": to bewail audibly : lament":[],
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": to utter with moans":[],
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": lament , complain":[],
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": to make a moan : groan":[],
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": to emit a sound resembling a moan":[
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"the wind moaned in the trees"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u014dn"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"groan",
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"wail"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"groan",
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"wail"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"She let out a long, deep moan .",
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"the moan of the wind",
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"the moan of the car's engine",
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"Verb",
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"The wounded soldier moaned in pain.",
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"He moaned with pleasure as she rubbed his back.",
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"We were all moaning about the cold, rainy weather.",
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"He's always moaning about his salary.",
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"The children were moaning and groaning all morning, but their mother would not let them go outside.",
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"I'm tired of all his moaning and groaning about his salary.",
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"\u201cBut I don't want to go,\u201d moaned the boy.",
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"The wind moaned in the trees.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Commenced with a fiddle introduction that evoked the long, slow moan of a steam-train whistle, the Zeppelin staple shook with Malian-leaning rhythms. \u2014 Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
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"Readers sent in their poems, The Times released a great moan , Making readers even more manic. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
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"Perhaps indie rock doesn\u2019t need another moan of 21st-century disaffection. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 28 May 2022",
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"The air grew heavy with anticipation and then, low and deep and melancholy as whale song, came the first moan of a ship\u2019s horn. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
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"Check out the ghostly moan below: This content is imported from YouTube. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 6 May 2022",
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"The song is pulled together by \u2014 what else? \u2014 the lonesome moan of a saxophone, provided by P.E.\u2019s Benjamin Jaffe. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 16 Feb. 2022",
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"That's quieter than the regular CR-V's 78-decibel moan at full throttle. \u2014 Beth Nichols, Car and Driver , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"The famous black writer had built a reputation for pyrotechnic readings that sometimes included slideshows of brutalized slave bodies and sometimes involved moan -singing. \u2014 Longreads , 19 Jan. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Some pundits are simply perma-bears that moan and groan about how the market will collapse taking you and civilization with it. \u2014 Clem Chambers, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
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"So King came to the camp and fell into its desultory rhythm marked by the white noise of daytime traffic below and moan of the fog horns at night. \u2014 Ruben Vivesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
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"In Europe, farmers used to moan about Ukraine\u2019s cheaper food imports coming into the market. \u2014 Aine Quinn, Bloomberg.com , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"As Jessie continues to moan , the notion of the show dealing with a pregnancy becomes not just possible, but probable. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"But whereas Android phones would run out of puff quickly or occasionally moan about getting too hot, the 13 Pro just ticked along nicely. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"The pianist is instructed by Mr. Crumb to sing, shout and moan at various points in the series. \u2014 Vivien Schweitzer, New York Times , 6 Feb. 2022",
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"Fans who complained that announcers talked too much didn\u2019t moan about the deadpan Summerall. \u2014 Richard Sandomir, New York Times , 29 Dec. 2021",
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"The Astros broke up the no-hot bid in the eighth when pinch-hitter Aledmys Diaz hit a blooper that fell just in front of of left fielder Eddie Rosario, who got a late jump on the ball, causing the sellout crowd of 42,898 to moan . \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English mone , from Old English *m\u0101n":"Noun and Verb"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-231646"
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},
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"Moabite":{
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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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": a member of an ancient Semitic people related to the Hebrews":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u014d-\u0259-\u02ccb\u012bt"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Late Latin Moabita, Moabites , from Greek M\u014dabit\u0113s , from M\u014dab Moab, ancient kingdom in Syria":""
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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":"20220712-232310"
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},
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"moanful":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": full of moaning : expressing sorrow or grief : plaintive , sad":[
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"a moanful song"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-f\u0259l"
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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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"moan entry 1 + -ful":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-234521"
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},
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"Moab":{
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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 Jordan east of the Dead Sea":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u014d-\u02ccab"
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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":"20220713-010859"
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},
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"moa":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of various usually very large extinct flightless birds of New Zealand of a ratite order (Dinornithiformes) including one ( Dinornis giganteus of the family Dinornithidae) nearly 12 feet (3.7 meters) in height":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u014d-\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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Not only moa dominated avifaunas, but giant geese and adzebills shared the forest floor, while a giant eagle ruled the skies. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 6 Aug. 2019",
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"These include the world's biggest parrot, a giant eagle, a giant burrowing bat, and the moa , a kind of large flightless bird. \u2014 Jack Guy, CNN , 14 Aug. 2019",
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"Now, the country\u2019s roster of extinct bulky birds\u2014which includes the massive moa and the huge Haast\u2019s eagle\u2014has grown even larger, with the discovery of a Paleocene-era penguin that stood as tall as a human. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 14 Aug. 2019",
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"New Zealand is believed to have been the site of many gigantic birds that later became extinct, including the world\u2019s largest parrot, a giant eagle and an emu-like bird called the moa . \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Aug. 2019",
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"These include the world\u2019s biggest parrot, a giant eagle, a giant burrowing bat, and the moa , a kind of large flightless bird. \u2014 Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News , 14 Aug. 2019",
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"Extinct flightless birds\u2014the moa of New Zealand and the dodo\u2014were favorites, along with the Yangtze River dolphin. \u2014 Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ , 9 Oct. 2018",
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"Giant Moa: Avian Skyscraper For millions of years, the giant moa consisted of nine species of ostrichlike flightless birds native to New Zealand. \u2014 National Geographic , 15 May 2018",
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"Educated interpretation Although the coprolites yielded lots of information on the ecosystems surrounding the moa , questions remain. \u2014 Cathleen O'grady, Ars Technica , 15 Feb. 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Maori":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1839, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-013355"
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}
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} |