dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/pit_MW.json

{
  "Pitesti":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city in south central Romania population 168,756":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0113-\u02c8tesht",
      "-\u02c8tesh-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233057",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Pittidae":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family of passerine birds comprising the pittas and related forms":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Pitta , type genus + -idae":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pit\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111826",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "pit":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a hole, shaft, or cavity in the ground":[],
      ": a hollow or indentation especially in the surface of an organism: such as":[],
      ": a minute depression in the secondary wall of a plant cell functioning in the intercellular movement of water and dissolved material":[],
      ": a natural hollow in the surface of the body":[],
      ": a place or situation of futility, misery, or degradation":[],
      ": a scooped-out place used for burning something (such as charcoal)":[],
      ": a space at the front of a theater for the orchestra":[],
      ": an area in a securities or commodities exchange in which members trade (such as stocks)":[],
      ": an area often sunken or depressed below the adjacent floor area: such as":[],
      ": an enclosure in which animals are made to fight each other":[],
      ": any of the areas alongside an auto racecourse used for refueling and repairing the cars during a race":[
        "\u2014 often used in plural with the"
      ],
      ": hell sense 1a":[
        "\u2014 used with the"
      ],
      ": mine":[],
      ": one of the indented scars left in the skin by a pustular disease : pockmark":[],
      ": the stone of a drupaceous fruit":[],
      ": to make a pit stop":[],
      ": to place, cast, bury, or store in a pit":[],
      ": to remove the pit from (a fruit)":[],
      ": to set (fighting birds, such as gamecocks) into or as if into a pit to fight":[],
      ": to set into opposition or rivalry":[
        "\u2014 usually used with against"
      ],
      ": worst":[
        "it's the pits"
      ],
      "river in northern California flowing southwest into the Sacramento River":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1803, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1879, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Dutch, from Middle Dutch \u2014 more at pith":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Old English pytt (akin to Old High German pfuzzi well), from Latin puteus well, pit":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pit"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205016",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "geographical name",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "pit-a-pat":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": pitter-patter":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1582, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "imitative":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccpit-i-\u02c8pat"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044502",
    "type":[
      "adverb or adjective",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "pitch":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a baseball so thrown":[],
      ": a black or dark viscous substance obtained as a residue in the distillation of organic materials and especially tars":[],
      ": a definite relative pitch that is a significant phenomenon in speech":[],
      ": a standard frequency for tuning instruments":[],
      ": a steep place : declivity":[],
      ": a unit of width of type based on the number of times a letter can be set in a linear inch":[],
      ": advertisement":[],
      ": an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump":[],
      ": an often high-pressure sales presentation":[],
      ": an outdoor site (as for camping or doing business)":[],
      ": any of various artificial mixtures resembling resinous or bituminous pitches":[],
      ": any of various bituminous substances":[],
      ": attack , assail":[],
      ": buck entry 2 sense 1":[],
      ": distance between one point on a gear tooth and the corresponding point on the next tooth":[],
      ": distance from any point on the thread of a screw to the corresponding point on an adjacent thread measured parallel to the axis":[],
      ": encamp":[],
      ": pitchout sense 2":[],
      ": playing field sense 1":[],
      ": recommendation , plug":[
        "made a pitch for tax cuts"
      ],
      ": resin obtained from various conifers and often used medicinally":[],
      ": such as":[
        "pitch hay onto a wagon"
      ],
      ": the delivery of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter":[],
      ": the difference in the relative vibration frequency of the human voice that contributes to the total meaning of speech":[],
      ": the distance between any of various things: such as":[],
      ": the number of teeth or of threads per inch":[],
      ": the portion of a route (as in mountain climbing or caving) between belay points":[],
      ": the property of a sound and especially a musical tone that is determined by the frequency of the waves producing it : highness or lowness of sound":[],
      ": the relative level, intensity, or extent of some quality or state":[
        "tensions rose to a feverish pitch"
      ],
      ": the theoretical distance a propeller would advance longitudinally in one revolution":[],
      ": throw sense 6":[
        "pitch a fit"
      ],
      ": to attempt to persuade especially with a sales pitch":[],
      ": to cause to be at a particular level or of a particular quality":[
        "a test pitched at a 5th-grade reading level"
      ],
      ": to cause to be set at a particular angle : slope":[],
      ": to cover, smear, or treat with or as if with pitch":[],
      ": to erect and fix firmly in place":[
        "pitch a tent"
      ],
      ": to fall precipitately or headlong":[],
      ": to have the bow alternately plunge precipitately and rise abruptly":[],
      ": to hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with backspin so that it rolls very little after striking the green":[],
      ": to hit upon or happen upon something":[
        "pitch upon the perfect gift"
      ],
      ": to incline downward : slope":[],
      ": to make a sales pitch":[],
      ": to pitch a golf ball":[],
      ": to play as pitcher":[],
      ": to play ball as a pitcher":[],
      ": to present (a movie or program idea) for consideration (as by a TV producer)":[],
      ": to present or advertise especially in a high-pressure way : plug , promote":[],
      ": to put aside or discard by or as if by throwing":[
        "pitched the trash into the bin"
      ],
      ": to set in a particular musical key":[],
      ": to set to work on energetically":[],
      ": to throw (a baseball) to a batter":[],
      ": to throw a ball to a batter":[],
      ": to throw usually with a particular objective or toward a particular point":[
        "pitch hay onto a wagon"
      ],
      ": to toss (something, such as coins) so as to fall at or near a mark":[
        "pitch pennies"
      ],
      ": to turn about a lateral axis so that the forward end rises or falls in relation to the after end":[],
      ": to use as a starting pitcher":[],
      ": to utter glibly and insincerely":[],
      ": top , zenith":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English pich , from Old English pic , from Latin pic-, pix ; akin to Greek pissa pitch, Old Church Slavonic p\u012dc\u012dl\u016d":"Noun",
      "Middle English pichen to thrust, drive, fix firmly, probably from Old English *piccan , from Vulgar Latin *piccare \u2014 more at pike":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pich"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pitch Verb (2) throw , cast , toss , fling , hurl , pitch , sling mean to cause to move swiftly through space by a propulsive movement or a propelling force. throw is general and interchangeable with the other terms but may specifically imply a distinctive motion with bent arm. can throw a fastball and a curve cast usually implies lightness in the thing thrown and sometimes a scattering. cast it to the winds toss suggests a light or careless or aimless throwing and may imply an upward motion. tossed the coat on the bed fling stresses a violent throwing. flung the ring back in his face hurl implies power as in throwing a massive weight. hurled himself at the intruder pitch suggests throwing carefully at a target. pitch horseshoes sling stresses either the use of whirling momentum in throwing or directness of aim. slung the bag over his shoulder",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200609",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "pitch in":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to begin to work":[],
      ": to contribute to a common endeavor":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "everyone at the office pitched in to buy a gift for the soon-to-be-wed couple"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "chip in",
      "contribute",
      "kick in"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173154",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "pitch shot":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a high shot that is made from an area near the green":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120214",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "pitch-black":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "brightened",
      "brilliant",
      "illuminated",
      "illumined",
      "light",
      "lit",
      "lighted",
      "lightsome",
      "lucent",
      "lucid",
      "luminous"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": extremely dark or black":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1598, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pich-\u02c8blak"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "caliginous",
      "dark",
      "darkened",
      "darkish",
      "darkling",
      "darksome",
      "dim",
      "dimmed",
      "dusk",
      "dusky",
      "gloomy",
      "lightless",
      "murky",
      "obscure",
      "obscured",
      "pitch-dark",
      "pitchy",
      "rayless",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "stygian",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "unlit"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183847",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "pitch-dark":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "brightened",
      "brilliant",
      "illuminated",
      "illumined",
      "light",
      "lit",
      "lighted",
      "lightsome",
      "lucent",
      "lucid",
      "luminous"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": extremely dark : pitch-black":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1704, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pich-\u02c8d\u00e4rk"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "caliginous",
      "dark",
      "darkened",
      "darkish",
      "darkling",
      "darksome",
      "dim",
      "dimmed",
      "dusk",
      "dusky",
      "gloomy",
      "lightless",
      "murky",
      "obscure",
      "obscured",
      "pitch-black",
      "pitchy",
      "rayless",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "stygian",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "unlit"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043306",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "pitched":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a baseball so thrown":[],
      ": a black or dark viscous substance obtained as a residue in the distillation of organic materials and especially tars":[],
      ": a definite relative pitch that is a significant phenomenon in speech":[],
      ": a standard frequency for tuning instruments":[],
      ": a steep place : declivity":[],
      ": a unit of width of type based on the number of times a letter can be set in a linear inch":[],
      ": advertisement":[],
      ": an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump":[],
      ": an often high-pressure sales presentation":[],
      ": an outdoor site (as for camping or doing business)":[],
      ": any of various artificial mixtures resembling resinous or bituminous pitches":[],
      ": any of various bituminous substances":[],
      ": attack , assail":[],
      ": buck entry 2 sense 1":[],
      ": distance between one point on a gear tooth and the corresponding point on the next tooth":[],
      ": distance from any point on the thread of a screw to the corresponding point on an adjacent thread measured parallel to the axis":[],
      ": encamp":[],
      ": pitchout sense 2":[],
      ": playing field sense 1":[],
      ": recommendation , plug":[
        "made a pitch for tax cuts"
      ],
      ": resin obtained from various conifers and often used medicinally":[],
      ": such as":[
        "pitch hay onto a wagon"
      ],
      ": the delivery of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter":[],
      ": the difference in the relative vibration frequency of the human voice that contributes to the total meaning of speech":[],
      ": the distance between any of various things: such as":[],
      ": the number of teeth or of threads per inch":[],
      ": the portion of a route (as in mountain climbing or caving) between belay points":[],
      ": the property of a sound and especially a musical tone that is determined by the frequency of the waves producing it : highness or lowness of sound":[],
      ": the relative level, intensity, or extent of some quality or state":[
        "tensions rose to a feverish pitch"
      ],
      ": the theoretical distance a propeller would advance longitudinally in one revolution":[],
      ": throw sense 6":[
        "pitch a fit"
      ],
      ": to attempt to persuade especially with a sales pitch":[],
      ": to cause to be at a particular level or of a particular quality":[
        "a test pitched at a 5th-grade reading level"
      ],
      ": to cause to be set at a particular angle : slope":[],
      ": to cover, smear, or treat with or as if with pitch":[],
      ": to erect and fix firmly in place":[
        "pitch a tent"
      ],
      ": to fall precipitately or headlong":[],
      ": to have the bow alternately plunge precipitately and rise abruptly":[],
      ": to hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with backspin so that it rolls very little after striking the green":[],
      ": to hit upon or happen upon something":[
        "pitch upon the perfect gift"
      ],
      ": to incline downward : slope":[],
      ": to make a sales pitch":[],
      ": to pitch a golf ball":[],
      ": to play as pitcher":[],
      ": to play ball as a pitcher":[],
      ": to present (a movie or program idea) for consideration (as by a TV producer)":[],
      ": to present or advertise especially in a high-pressure way : plug , promote":[],
      ": to put aside or discard by or as if by throwing":[
        "pitched the trash into the bin"
      ],
      ": to set in a particular musical key":[],
      ": to set to work on energetically":[],
      ": to throw (a baseball) to a batter":[],
      ": to throw a ball to a batter":[],
      ": to throw usually with a particular objective or toward a particular point":[
        "pitch hay onto a wagon"
      ],
      ": to toss (something, such as coins) so as to fall at or near a mark":[
        "pitch pennies"
      ],
      ": to turn about a lateral axis so that the forward end rises or falls in relation to the after end":[],
      ": to use as a starting pitcher":[],
      ": to utter glibly and insincerely":[],
      ": top , zenith":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English pich , from Old English pic , from Latin pic-, pix ; akin to Greek pissa pitch, Old Church Slavonic p\u012dc\u012dl\u016d":"Noun",
      "Middle English pichen to thrust, drive, fix firmly, probably from Old English *piccan , from Vulgar Latin *piccare \u2014 more at pike":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pich"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pitch Verb (2) throw , cast , toss , fling , hurl , pitch , sling mean to cause to move swiftly through space by a propulsive movement or a propelling force. throw is general and interchangeable with the other terms but may specifically imply a distinctive motion with bent arm. can throw a fastball and a curve cast usually implies lightness in the thing thrown and sometimes a scattering. cast it to the winds toss suggests a light or careless or aimless throwing and may imply an upward motion. tossed the coat on the bed fling stresses a violent throwing. flung the ring back in his face hurl implies power as in throwing a massive weight. hurled himself at the intruder pitch suggests throwing carefully at a target. pitch horseshoes sling stresses either the use of whirling momentum in throwing or directness of aim. slung the bag over his shoulder",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213009",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "pitchstone":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a glassy rock that has a resinous luster and that contains more water than obsidian does":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "translation of German pechstein , from pech pitch + stein stone":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122744",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "pitchy":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "brightened",
      "brilliant",
      "illuminated",
      "illumined",
      "light",
      "lit",
      "lighted",
      "lightsome",
      "lucent",
      "lucid",
      "luminous"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": full of pitch : tarry":[
        "pitchy wood/lumber"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or having the qualities of pitch":[
        "a pitchy substance/residue"
      ],
      ": pitch-black":[
        "They were left in the pitchy darkness of a windy winter's night.",
        "\u2014 Rudyard Kipling"
      ],
      ": slightly off pitch : slightly too high or too low":[
        "\"I've been told I've been too critical. But on a lot of these shows, some 17-year-old kid is told, 'You're amazing', and no, what you are is potentially amazing. But you're pitchy . You hit some bum notes. \u2026 \"",
        "\u2014 Boy George"
      ],
      ": unpleasantly high or piercing : shrill":[
        "According to Psychology Today , nasal, pitchy voices are often caused by an obstructed airflow in the throat or nasal patches that causes an imbalance in sound vibrations during speech.",
        "\u2014 Maya Rhodan"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective (1)",
      "we stood staring into the pitchy dark forest, trying to determine what had made the strange cry",
      "the trigger-happy soldiers couldn't see a thing in the pitchy darkness",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Kelly was worried because there were a lot of pitchy moments. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, EW.com , 5 Oct. 2021",
      "The pitchy treatment can really backfire on the wrong structure. \u2014 Yelena Moroz Alpert, WSJ , 10 June 2021",
      "Mindy fears performing after her viral, pitchy moment, but theatre fans know that Park would never shy away from the stage. \u2014 Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com , 4 Oct. 2020",
      "Hammock hasn\u2019t shown off any tricks all season, sometimes slipping into pitchy territory. \u2014 Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Billboard , 9 Dec. 2019",
      "The pitchy rendition kicked off a night dedicated to celebrating the team ahead of the upcoming NBA season. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 Oct. 2019",
      "At times the vocals felt a bit pitchy for both Cruz and Umoh, but the emotional portrayal Cruz gives to Eliza's character after tragedy repeatedly befalls her family in Act II redeems any misgivings about her vocal prowess from Act I. \u2014 Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal , 6 June 2019",
      "Although the program got off to a pitchy start, things eventually seemed to smooth out. \u2014 Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living , 15 Nov. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "1997, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pitch entry 1 + -y entry 1":"Adjective",
      "pitch entry 4 + -y entry 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pi-ch\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "caliginous",
      "dark",
      "darkened",
      "darkish",
      "darkling",
      "darksome",
      "dim",
      "dimmed",
      "dusk",
      "dusky",
      "gloomy",
      "lightless",
      "murky",
      "obscure",
      "obscured",
      "pitch-black",
      "pitch-dark",
      "rayless",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "stygian",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "unlit"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060548",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "piteira":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": giant cabuya":[],
      ": mauritius hemp":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Portuguese, from pita + -eira -ary (from Latin -aria )":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0259\u0307\u02c8ter\u0259",
      "-t\u0101r\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105633",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "piteous":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": of a kind to move to pity or compassion":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The child cried out in a piteous voice.",
      "a piteous beggar huddled in the doorway of an abandoned building",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In roaring luxury markets from Manhattan to San Francisco over the past few years, buyers were a piteous bunch. \u2014 Katy Mclaughlin, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pi-t\u0113-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "heartbreaking",
      "heartrending",
      "miserable",
      "pathetic",
      "pitiable",
      "pitiful",
      "poor",
      "rueful",
      "sorry",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032024",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "pitfall":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a hidden or not easily recognized danger or difficulty":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "buying a house can be full of pitfalls for the unwary",
      "one of the pitfalls of ignorance is that people will also assume you're stupid",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Brokers, too, need deep skills, a strong emotional IQ, and social adroitness in order to navigate the pitfall -laden terrain incumbent on either selling or buying a home. \u2014 Frederick Peters, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "Perfectionism can be a professional and personal pitfall . \u2014 Nuala Walsh, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "The mix of plaintiffs in Jones v. Bonta is engineered to avoid that pitfall . \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 26 May 2022",
      "That could erode the current economic expansion, but if the U.S. weathers the storm without too much upheaval, then that potential pitfall may not be a factor. \u2014 Megan Leonhardt, Fortune , 19 May 2022",
      "Creator partnerships can be structured to sidestep this all-too-common pitfall : Instead of a script of stale sales pitches, provide influencers with content prompts that allow for flexible brand storytelling. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
      "The most obvious pitfall : Tracking breeds a lack of trust, especially when it's used to police kids' behavior. \u2014 Amy Paturel, Wired , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "In a way, the series is a consideration of a pitfall that entrepreneurs face every day, especially when big money is involved. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Panic avoids this pitfall with a few crucial design-language tricks, including thinness (9 mm), lightness (3.03 oz / 86 g), and adequate width. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 18 Apr. 2022"
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "\u02c8pit-\u02ccf\u022fl"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043637",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": to kill (an animal) by piercing or severing the spinal cord":[
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      ": to remove the pith from (a plant stem)":[]
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      "Noun",
      "finally got to the pith of the discussion",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Their fans applauded the quips in the comments and replies sections of their posts, and the pith didn\u2019t stop there. \u2014 Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
      "Or, slice peeled orange into rounds, discarding seeds and trimming any remaining pith . \u2014 Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "But some, including me, prefer a thicker piece of peel that includes the pith . \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The nose transports you to an orchard full of green apples with hints of lemon pith , fresh cut green pineapple, and chamomile. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Brown coloration indicates a dead or dying cane and may require pruning to a bud eye lower to the crown to find live pith . \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "The animals chew plant pith and swallow whole leaves to kill intestinal parasites. \u2014 Aylin Woodward, WSJ , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "Trim the tops and bottoms off each orange, then place an orange onto one of its cut ends and use a knife to slice down along the curve of the fruit to remove the remaining peel and pith . \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Set fruit on end and cut away peel and pith , slicing top to bottom following curve of fruit. \u2014 Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Neither was Trey Wingenter, who warmed up multiple times before pithing an inning Tuesday and three innings in the four-game series in Colorado. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 June 2019"
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      "1805, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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      "Middle English, from Old English pitha ; akin to Middle Dutch & Middle Low German pit pith, pit":"Noun"
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      "core",
      "crux",
      "essence",
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      "heart",
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      "meat",
      "meat and potatoes",
      "net",
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      "pivot",
      "point",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003822",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130901",
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174302",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "pithily":{
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      "circuitous",
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      ": consisting of or abounding in pith":[],
      ": having substance and point : tersely cogent":[]
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    "examples":[
      "\u2026 Gore's prowess had been blurred by his performance in the Quayle debate and by his four preceding years in the Senate, where the prevailing style is indirect and woolly-swathed in layers of \"my distinguished colleague\" and short on zingers and pithy remarks. \u2014 James Fallows , Atlantic , July 2000",
      "I read my poems in L.A., chatted up the literary set, waxed pithy and beleaguered at the book signings and wine and cheese receptions. \u2014 Thomas Lynch , The Undertaking , 1997",
      "He does not hold forth to his family or to his court of old men; he listens, \u2026 then delivers short, pithy edicts that are then followed. \u2014 Guy Martin , Esquire , June 1997",
      "Unlike a great many other science books, the pithy , lyrical text never bogs down in a mudflat of facts. \u2014 Leonard S. Marcus , Parenting , December/January 1996",
      "The critic gave the film a pithy review.",
      "The book is filled with pithy sayings about love and loss.",
      "a pithy little Mother's Day card",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The pithy name of the brand came from something her friends and family would say to one another in an effort to lift spirits. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 27 May 2022",
      "But ask Hollywood directors who have hired her to please describe the magic behind those pipes, and any pithy description only scratches the surface. \u2014 Michael Cavna, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "Tropical mango and guava layer under red cherry, berry, and orange peel flavors, with a minerally salinity emerging with pithy , puckery lime zest on a beautifully long and intense finish. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 13 May 2022",
      "Some of our more reserved teammates revealed themselves to be quick with a pithy observation or wry remark. \u2014 Robin Wadsworth, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "Rigsby has more than a million followers on Instagram, has appeared as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars, and his pithy lines\u2014including that one about Britney\u2014have spawned a cottage industry of Etsy stores hawking mugs featuring his quotes. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 18 May 2022",
      "The goal was to craft a form that embodies the qualities encouraged by the content: pithy nuggets demanding careful thought, mental experimentation, and wide-ranging curiosity about morality and psychology. \u2014 Nate Anderson, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022",
      "Some fans are drawn to the solidarity found in songs about screwing up and the pithy reactions to one\u2019s mess. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2022",
      "Chad Brown, the trainer of Zandon, was pithy in his reaction. \u2014 John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see pith entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pi-th\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pithy concise , terse , succinct , laconic , summary , pithy , compendious mean very brief in statement or expression. concise suggests the removal of all that is superfluous or elaborative. a concise description terse implies pointed conciseness. a terse reply succinct implies the greatest possible compression. a succinct letter of resignation laconic implies brevity to the point of seeming rude, indifferent, or mysterious. an aloof and laconic stranger summary suggests the statement of main points with no elaboration or explanation. a summary listing of the year's main events pithy adds to succinct or terse the implication of richness of meaning or substance. a comedy sharpened by pithy one-liners compendious applies to what is at once full in scope and brief and concise in treatment. a compendious dictionary",
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      "crisp",
      "curt",
      "elliptical",
      "elliptic",
      "epigrammatic",
      "laconic",
      "monosyllabic",
      "sententious",
      "succinct",
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      "telegraphic",
      "terse",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083834",
    "type":[
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      "adverb",
      "noun"
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  "pithiness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "circuitous",
      "circumlocutory",
      "diffuse",
      "long-winded",
      "prolix",
      "rambling",
      "verbose",
      "windy",
      "wordy"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": consisting of or abounding in pith":[],
      ": having substance and point : tersely cogent":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "\u2026 Gore's prowess had been blurred by his performance in the Quayle debate and by his four preceding years in the Senate, where the prevailing style is indirect and woolly-swathed in layers of \"my distinguished colleague\" and short on zingers and pithy remarks. \u2014 James Fallows , Atlantic , July 2000",
      "I read my poems in L.A., chatted up the literary set, waxed pithy and beleaguered at the book signings and wine and cheese receptions. \u2014 Thomas Lynch , The Undertaking , 1997",
      "He does not hold forth to his family or to his court of old men; he listens, \u2026 then delivers short, pithy edicts that are then followed. \u2014 Guy Martin , Esquire , June 1997",
      "Unlike a great many other science books, the pithy , lyrical text never bogs down in a mudflat of facts. \u2014 Leonard S. Marcus , Parenting , December/January 1996",
      "The critic gave the film a pithy review.",
      "The book is filled with pithy sayings about love and loss.",
      "a pithy little Mother's Day card",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The pithy name of the brand came from something her friends and family would say to one another in an effort to lift spirits. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 27 May 2022",
      "But ask Hollywood directors who have hired her to please describe the magic behind those pipes, and any pithy description only scratches the surface. \u2014 Michael Cavna, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "Tropical mango and guava layer under red cherry, berry, and orange peel flavors, with a minerally salinity emerging with pithy , puckery lime zest on a beautifully long and intense finish. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 13 May 2022",
      "Some of our more reserved teammates revealed themselves to be quick with a pithy observation or wry remark. \u2014 Robin Wadsworth, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "Rigsby has more than a million followers on Instagram, has appeared as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars, and his pithy lines\u2014including that one about Britney\u2014have spawned a cottage industry of Etsy stores hawking mugs featuring his quotes. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 18 May 2022",
      "The goal was to craft a form that embodies the qualities encouraged by the content: pithy nuggets demanding careful thought, mental experimentation, and wide-ranging curiosity about morality and psychology. \u2014 Nate Anderson, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022",
      "Some fans are drawn to the solidarity found in songs about screwing up and the pithy reactions to one\u2019s mess. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2022",
      "Chad Brown, the trainer of Zandon, was pithy in his reaction. \u2014 John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see pith entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pi-th\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pithy concise , terse , succinct , laconic , summary , pithy , compendious mean very brief in statement or expression. concise suggests the removal of all that is superfluous or elaborative. a concise description terse implies pointed conciseness. a terse reply succinct implies the greatest possible compression. a succinct letter of resignation laconic implies brevity to the point of seeming rude, indifferent, or mysterious. an aloof and laconic stranger summary suggests the statement of main points with no elaboration or explanation. a summary listing of the year's main events pithy adds to succinct or terse the implication of richness of meaning or substance. a comedy sharpened by pithy one-liners compendious applies to what is at once full in scope and brief and concise in treatment. a compendious dictionary",
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      "elliptical",
      "elliptic",
      "epigrammatic",
      "laconic",
      "monosyllabic",
      "sententious",
      "succinct",
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      "terse",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104116",
    "type":[
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      "adverb",
      "noun"
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  "pithworm":{
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    "definitions":{
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203735",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "pithy":{
    "antonyms":[
      "circuitous",
      "circumlocutory",
      "diffuse",
      "long-winded",
      "prolix",
      "rambling",
      "verbose",
      "windy",
      "wordy"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": consisting of or abounding in pith":[],
      ": having substance and point : tersely cogent":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "\u2026 Gore's prowess had been blurred by his performance in the Quayle debate and by his four preceding years in the Senate, where the prevailing style is indirect and woolly-swathed in layers of \"my distinguished colleague\" and short on zingers and pithy remarks. \u2014 James Fallows , Atlantic , July 2000",
      "I read my poems in L.A., chatted up the literary set, waxed pithy and beleaguered at the book signings and wine and cheese receptions. \u2014 Thomas Lynch , The Undertaking , 1997",
      "He does not hold forth to his family or to his court of old men; he listens, \u2026 then delivers short, pithy edicts that are then followed. \u2014 Guy Martin , Esquire , June 1997",
      "Unlike a great many other science books, the pithy , lyrical text never bogs down in a mudflat of facts. \u2014 Leonard S. Marcus , Parenting , December/January 1996",
      "The critic gave the film a pithy review.",
      "The book is filled with pithy sayings about love and loss.",
      "a pithy little Mother's Day card",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The pithy name of the brand came from something her friends and family would say to one another in an effort to lift spirits. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 27 May 2022",
      "But ask Hollywood directors who have hired her to please describe the magic behind those pipes, and any pithy description only scratches the surface. \u2014 Michael Cavna, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "Tropical mango and guava layer under red cherry, berry, and orange peel flavors, with a minerally salinity emerging with pithy , puckery lime zest on a beautifully long and intense finish. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 13 May 2022",
      "Some of our more reserved teammates revealed themselves to be quick with a pithy observation or wry remark. \u2014 Robin Wadsworth, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "Rigsby has more than a million followers on Instagram, has appeared as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars, and his pithy lines\u2014including that one about Britney\u2014have spawned a cottage industry of Etsy stores hawking mugs featuring his quotes. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 18 May 2022",
      "The goal was to craft a form that embodies the qualities encouraged by the content: pithy nuggets demanding careful thought, mental experimentation, and wide-ranging curiosity about morality and psychology. \u2014 Nate Anderson, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022",
      "Some fans are drawn to the solidarity found in songs about screwing up and the pithy reactions to one\u2019s mess. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2022",
      "Chad Brown, the trainer of Zandon, was pithy in his reaction. \u2014 John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see pith entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pi-th\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pithy concise , terse , succinct , laconic , summary , pithy , compendious mean very brief in statement or expression. concise suggests the removal of all that is superfluous or elaborative. a concise description terse implies pointed conciseness. a terse reply succinct implies the greatest possible compression. a succinct letter of resignation laconic implies brevity to the point of seeming rude, indifferent, or mysterious. an aloof and laconic stranger summary suggests the statement of main points with no elaboration or explanation. a summary listing of the year's main events pithy adds to succinct or terse the implication of richness of meaning or substance. a comedy sharpened by pithy one-liners compendious applies to what is at once full in scope and brief and concise in treatment. a compendious dictionary",
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      "elliptic",
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      "terse",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093344",
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  "pithy gall":{
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    "definitions":{
      ": a large rough furrowed oblong gall formed on blackberry canes by a small cynipid gall wasp ( Diastrophus turgidus )":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064407",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  },
  "pitiable":{
    "antonyms":[
      "admirable",
      "commendable",
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      "praiseworthy"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": deserving or exciting pity : lamentable":[
        "pitiable victims"
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      ": of a kind to evoke mingled pity and contempt especially because of inadequacy":[
        "a pitiable excuse"
      ]
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    "examples":[
      "the sales presentation was a pitiable display of ineptitude and disorganization",
      "a pitiable attempt at singing that generated snickers",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even now, nostalgia remains a pitiable condition in the popular imagination\u2014not dangerous or life-threatening, but sentimental and backward-looking. \u2014 Eula Biss, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
      "Ukrainians are perfectly capable of writing Russian correctly, but during the war some internet commentators have spelled the occasional Russian word using the Ukrainian writing system, leaving it looking unmoored and pitiable . \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The third week of Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine shows, like its predecessors, gallant resistance, pitiable suffering, and slow Russian progress. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The dogs will walk back and forth along the circumference of their pitiable circle, compulsively, like death-row inmates pacing their cells. \u2014 Gene Weingarten, Washington Post , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Remember that Nike spoof, Eris running shoes, about a pitiable boy who works in a sweatshop and accidentally sews his hands together",
      "But as with most of Binoche\u2019s vulnerable characters, Tereza is never pitiable . \u2014 Susan Dominus Photographs By Joshua Kissi Styled By Ian Bradley Sasha Weiss Photographs By Collier Schorr Styled By Jay Massacret Megan O\u2019grady Portrait By Mickalene Thomas And Racquel Chevremont Ligaya Mishan Photographs By Tina Barney, New York Times , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "Shane Vogel: The characters are almost pitiable in their effort to create some kind of routine or rhythm to occupy themselves and avoid thinking about the absurdity of their situation. \u2014 Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic , 12 Sep. 2021",
      "In those places as elsewhere, Internet connections are pitiable , roads beyond the highways often are tortuous, and the refugees to brighter prospects out of state tend to be younger, better educated and better trained. \u2014 David M. Shribman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pi-t\u0113-\u0259-b\u0259l"
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    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pitiable contemptible , despicable , pitiable , sorry , scurvy mean arousing or deserving scorn. contemptible may imply any quality provoking scorn or a low standing in any scale of values. a contemptible liar despicable may imply utter worthlessness and usually suggests arousing an attitude of moral indignation. a despicable crime pitiable applies to what inspires mixed contempt and pity. a pitiable attempt at tragedy sorry may stress pitiable inadequacy or may suggest wretchedness or sordidness. this rattletrap is a sorry excuse for a car scurvy adds to despicable an implication of arousing disgust. a scurvy crew of hangers-on",
    "synonyms":[
      "cheap",
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      "cruddy",
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      "despicable",
      "dirty",
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      "mean",
      "nasty",
      "paltry",
      "pitiful",
      "ratty",
      "scabby",
      "scummy",
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      "sneaking",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065213",
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  "pitier":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one that pities":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1589, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "\u02c8pi-t\u0113-\u0259r"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040117",
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  "pitiful":{
    "antonyms":[
      "decent",
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      "respectable"
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    "definitions":{
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      ": exciting pitying contempt (as by meanness or inadequacy)":[
        "pitiful wages"
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      ": full of pity : compassionate":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She made a pitiful attempt to complete her work.",
      "that piece of junk is a pitiful excuse for a car",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The state of music journalism in 2022 is pitiful and depressing. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "But, as anyone who has run the gauntlet of fertility treatment knows, that coverage is often pitiful and hard-won. \u2014 Kate Willsky, ELLE , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The women, meanwhile, are reduced to modish caricature: Gertrude, sung by Sarah Connolly, assumes arch poses, while Ophelia, played by Brenda Rae, lurches from pitiful fretting to orgasmic writhing. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
      "Most everybody dismissed the poor, pitiful Miami Heat as mere cannon fodder for the Celts after Boston dominated the Heat in Games 4 and 5 of their Eastern Conference final. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
      "Patti Aaron, a spokesperson for the Bureau of Reclamation, told CNN that this is because of several factors \u2014 and last winter\u2019s pitiful precipitation played a large role. \u2014 Angela Fritz, CNN , 26 May 2022",
      "With the stock market continuing its slide downward and banks paying pitiful rates on checking, savings and money market accounts, people are fleeing to Series I bonds, which were created to keep pace with inflation. \u2014 Michelle Singletary, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "Society needs to stop viewing singles as pitiful loners who need to find someone. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Not only have results and performances on the pitch been pitiful for a number of months, there are widespread suggestions of disgruntlement within the Old Trafford dressing room. \u2014 Graham Ruthven, Forbes , 14 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pi-ti-f\u0259l"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "contemptible",
      "despicable",
      "miserable",
      "pathetic",
      "pitiable",
      "sad",
      "sorry",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195734",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "pitiless":{
    "antonyms":[
      "charitable",
      "compassionate",
      "humane",
      "kindhearted",
      "kindly",
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      "The soldiers were pitiless toward their enemy.",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The number of casualties is not yet known \u2014 and the Kremlin denies targeting civilians \u2014 but experts say the incident is an indication that Russian President Vladimir Putin has turned to a familiar and pitiless playbook. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "One\u2019s eye is at first dazzled, then sated, and eventually tired by this pitiless inflation of scale. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "Nabokov started to seem less like a lovable, bumbling Professor Pnin and more like a pitiless White Russian with a monocle and an ebony cigarette holder. \u2014 Ian Frazier, The New Yorker , 7 Dec. 2020",
      "Soon friends chimed in with their own artifacts, surviving examples of Washington\u2019s pitiless retail ecosystem. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Sep. 2020",
      "No one wants to think about this now, but eventually our old friend Adam Smith will come calling to collect his inevitable and pitiless fee. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Sep. 2020",
      "The Snowtown Murders, his pitiless debut, depicted the murders committed by notorious serial killer John Bunting with a nightmarish inexorability, heightened by an overcast color palette that could be described as gunmetal. \u2014 Isaac Feldberg, Fortune , 23 Apr. 2020",
      "Prices dropped to less than $10 a barrel, triggering a pitiless industry shakeout. \u2014 Jack Farchy, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020",
      "That dream is quickly dying, and our government has been particularly pitiless during this crisis. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2020"
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      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "\u02c8pi-ti-l\u0259s"
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      ": devoid of pity : harsh , cruel":[]
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      "The soldiers were pitiless toward their enemy.",
      "gave the beggar in the street a pitiless look and kept on walking",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The number of casualties is not yet known \u2014 and the Kremlin denies targeting civilians \u2014 but experts say the incident is an indication that Russian President Vladimir Putin has turned to a familiar and pitiless playbook. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "One\u2019s eye is at first dazzled, then sated, and eventually tired by this pitiless inflation of scale. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "Nabokov started to seem less like a lovable, bumbling Professor Pnin and more like a pitiless White Russian with a monocle and an ebony cigarette holder. \u2014 Ian Frazier, The New Yorker , 7 Dec. 2020",
      "Soon friends chimed in with their own artifacts, surviving examples of Washington\u2019s pitiless retail ecosystem. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Sep. 2020",
      "No one wants to think about this now, but eventually our old friend Adam Smith will come calling to collect his inevitable and pitiless fee. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Sep. 2020",
      "The Snowtown Murders, his pitiless debut, depicted the murders committed by notorious serial killer John Bunting with a nightmarish inexorability, heightened by an overcast color palette that could be described as gunmetal. \u2014 Isaac Feldberg, Fortune , 23 Apr. 2020",
      "Prices dropped to less than $10 a barrel, triggering a pitiless industry shakeout. \u2014 Jack Farchy, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020",
      "That dream is quickly dying, and our government has been particularly pitiless during this crisis. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2020"
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      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "examples":[
      "the internship offers only a pittance for a salary, but it is a great opportunity to gain experience",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Available jobs paid a pittance \u2014 about 30,000 pounds a day, or slightly more than a dollar at the current black market rate, most of which went to public transportation to get to and from work. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
      "The technology has received a pittance from investors compared to renewable energy or electric vehicles. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The Federation of American Scientists estimates that China has 350 nuclear warheads, a pittance compared with Russia\u2019s 6,257 and America\u2019s 5,600. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Aisha has to navigate the anxieties and casual cruelties of a wealthy New York couple (played with wincing realism by Michelle Monaghan and Morgan Spector), all while sending a pittance home to her son in Senegal. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "But Bandcamp is the most direct way to point your streaming dollars to artists who make a pittance from Spotify. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Compared to today's notorious cons, the loss associated with this scam in 1920 might seem a pittance . \u2014 Breeanna Hare And Marika Gerken, CNN , 24 Apr. 2021",
      "The only price to pay is a fair amount of clouds and a stray shower, a pittance . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "At the same time, 27 votes out of nearly 6 million cast is an absolute pittance -- and not evidence of any sort of broad (or coordinated) attempts at voter fraud. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 2 Feb. 2022"
    ],
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Middle English pitance , from Anglo-French, piety, pity, dole, portion, from Medieval Latin pietantia , from pietant-, pietans , present participle of pietari to be charitable, from Latin pietas piety \u2014 more at pity":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-122243",
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      ": marked with pits":[]
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      "the pitted surface of the bowl",
      "a man with pitted and scarred cheeks",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Eventually the lesions turn to scabs, which can fall off and leave pitted scars. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, SELF , 25 May 2022",
      "Garnish with a long straw and baby corn, large pitted black olive and cherry pepper, all on a stick. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Garnish with a long straw and baby corn, large pitted black olive and cherry pepper, all on a stick. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Victims suffered scorching fever and body aches, followed by spots and blisters that would leave survivors with pitted scars. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "Victims suffered scorching fever and body aches, and then spots and blisters that would leave survivors with pitted scars. \u2014 CBS News , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "The game not only pitted area rivals against each other, but also Trinity Is coached by Sarah Dubberley and Montgomery Catholic by her husband, Sellers Dubberley. \u2014 Bill Lumpkin Iii, al , 27 Oct. 2021",
      "The pitted and marred shape feels closer to the inherent beauty of nature. \u2014 Matthew Bourbon, Dallas News , 28 Apr. 2021",
      "Phantom and intermittent flushing can also be caused by a pitted valve seat. \u2014 Fran Aliwalas, Popular Mechanics , 15 Apr. 2021"
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      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101518",
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      "Definition of pitten Scottish past participle of put"
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      "\"",
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      ": a rapid succession of light sounds or beats : patter":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "reduplication of patter entry 4":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pi-t\u0113-\u02ccpa-",
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  "pitticite":{
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    "definitions":{
      ": a brown massive mineral consisting of a hydrous ferric arsenate and sulfate":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German pittizit , irregular from Greek pitta, pissa pitch + German -it -ite":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013453",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "pity":{
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      "Noun",
      "She has had a hard life and deserves your pity .",
      "I felt deep pity for the lost dog.",
      "He didn't live to see his daughter grow up, and that's a pity .",
      "Verb",
      "I pity anyone who has to work at that place.",
      "I always pity the people who have to work in this freezing weather.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "There\u2019s no trace of disappointment or self- pity in his response, only a genial matter-of-factness. \u2014 Thr Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 June 2022",
      "Anatoly Tsyganok, an independent military expert, says it\u2019s a pity that Western countries have mostly banned or curtailed Russian-sourced reportage from reaching their own populations. \u2014 Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 June 2022",
      "The other pity of it is that the BMW M3 Touring is like the Audi RS4, but gives more of everything. \u2014 Michael Taylor, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "And this was not a pity vote or Finals MVP lifetime achievement award. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s so much self- pity , anger and expectations that haven\u2019t been met. \u2014 Ethan Shanfeld, Variety , 16 June 2022",
      "Poems of pity and letters home of love were just as frequent as rage. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022",
      "When joy, kindness and self-control were considered fruits of the spirit, not anger, disdain and self- pity . \u2014 Gareth Vipers, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
      "So much sorrow and so much pity , even as the Germans are gone. \u2014 Rachel Kushner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "So my grandmother knew that if we weren\u2019t circumcised, people would pity us. \u2014 Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "When things don\u2019t go well, the audience is meant to pity her as just another victim of Leighton Meester\u2019s queen bee, Blair Waldorf. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 July 2021",
      "Because our parents made a choice\u2014the choice to migrate\u2014few people pity them, or wonder whether restitution should be made for decades of exploitation. \u2014 Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The New Yorker , 18 Jan. 2021",
      "And pity the fool who goes out too hard, which is a bad idea in any kind of racing but can result in severe oxygen debt at altitude in snowshoes. \u2014 John Meyer, The Know , 18 Feb. 2020",
      "Cut off from his language, culture, profession and passions, stripped of his fancy degrees, bitter and self- pitying and at least said to be suicidal, Mengele always knew how history would judge him. \u2014 David Margolick, WSJ , 24 Jan. 2020",
      "Is that a way to get us to almost pity him for his professed inadequacies as a husband and father",
      "For this reason everybody pitied them no less than the sufferers. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 30 Mar. 2020",
      "But whether Cardinals fans were mocking or pitying Cubs fans, the feeling of superiority was widespread. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 30 July 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English pite , from Anglo-French pit\u00e9 , from Latin pietat-, pietas piety, pity, from pius pious":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pi-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pity Noun pity , compassion , commiseration , condolence , sympathy mean the act or capacity for sharing the painful feelings of another. pity implies tender or sometimes slightly contemptuous sorrow for one in misery or distress. felt pity for the captives compassion implies pity coupled with an urgent desire to aid or to spare. treats the homeless with great compassion commiseration suggests pity expressed outwardly in exclamations, tears, or words of comfort. murmurs of commiseration filled the loser's headquarters condolence applies chiefly to formal expression of grief to one who has suffered loss. expressed their condolences to the widow sympathy often suggests a tender concern but can also imply a power to enter into another's emotional experience of any sort. went to my best friend for sympathy in sympathy with her desire to locate her natural parents",
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the surface of either of two tangent imaginary friction wheels having the same axes and the same angular velocities as those of a pair of real gears in mesh":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142634"
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      "noun"
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      ": a pitch-filled shake or check in lumber":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145534"
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      "noun"
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      ": prominence given to a syllable or word by means of raised pitch or change of pitch":[]
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    "synonyms":[],
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      "pitch entry 4":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1871, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162535"
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  "pitchpole":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
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    "definitions":{
      ": to turn end over end":[
        "the catamaran pitchpoled"
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      ": to cause to turn end over end":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pich-\u02ccp\u014dl"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pitchpole somersault, from pitch entry 3 + pole, poll head":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1682, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164129"
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    "definitions":{
      ": to become very upset and angry in a loud and uncontrolled way":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180010"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the point of contact of the pitch lines of two gears or of a rack and pinion when in mesh":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192653"
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  "pitch pocket":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a cavity in lumber that contains or has contained resin":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230112"
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  "pituitary gland":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small oval endocrine organ that is attached to the infundibulum of the brain, consists of an epithelial anterior lobe joined by an intermediate part to a posterior lobe of nervous origin, and produces various internal secretions directly or indirectly impinging on most basic body functions":[
        "\u2014 see brain illustration"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8ty\u00fc-",
      "p\u0259-\u02c8t\u00fc-\u0259-\u02ccter-\u0113-"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "An article on Page 16 this weekend about a woman diagnosed with acromegaly misstates the location of the pituitary gland in relation to the optic nerves. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
      "When the thyroid hormone levels are normal (T3 and T4 are the thyroid hormones) and the control by the pituitary gland also shows normal hormone level, then treatment with thyroid hormone is unnecessary. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
      "Tumors near the pituitary gland can interfere with hormonal messaging; growths on ovaries or testes can inhibit standard function. \u2014 Madeleine Watts, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "Despite recovering from the disease following treatment, her pituitary gland essentially became dormant and stunted her growth as a result. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "The doctor suggested additional follow-up to look at potential issues with her pituitary gland , a pea-size organ located at the base of the brain. \u2014 Ariana Eunjung Cha, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "It\u2019s known to sometimes be caused by genetic syndromes, a family history of the disease, central nervous system problems, and tumors or growths on the ovaries, adrenal glands, pituitary gland or brain. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Progesterone levels are high during this time, and one theory is that progesterone disruption, perhaps caused by harm to the pituitary gland , could have an especially harsh impact on neurons. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "The animal was diagnosed with Equine Cushing's disease \u2014 a chronic progressive disease of the pituitary gland \u2014 four years ago, according to the announcement of her death on Twitter. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 7 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1707, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230949"
  },
  "pitcher plant":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a plant (especially family Sarraceniaceae, the pitcher-plant family) with pitcher-shaped leaves in which insects are trapped and digested by means of a fluid secreted by the leaves":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "No other species of pitcher plant known to science catches its prey underground. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 1 July 2022",
      "There are five different species of pitcher plant to be found, as well as other carnivorous species such as bladderworts and butterworts. \u2014 Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al , 9 Jan. 2022",
      "It\u2019s about water quality, it\u2019s about public access to nature, it\u2019s about ecological interconnection from the pitcher plant bogs of Splinter Hill to the last little islands before the river opens onto the Gulf of Mexico. \u2014 Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al , 9 Jan. 2022",
      "The show\u2019s playful look is like the sweet-smelling nectar of a pitcher plant , luring unsuspecting viewers into its welcoming cavity, only to plunge them into deeper, scarier emotions. \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 Aug. 2021",
      "Each specimen\u2014say, a species of pitcher plant from Florida or a deer mouse from arid New Mexico\u2014is catalogued with a scientific name, a collection date and the place where it was collected, and often with other relevant information. \u2014 Smithsonian Magazine , 26 June 2020",
      "The family lived for a while in a hut in Borneo, surrounded by pitcher plants , flowers the size of beanbag chairs, flying snakes and pygmy forest elephants. \u2014 Blair Braverman, New York Times , 18 Feb. 2020",
      "Surprisingly, the pond garden can be scented, with pitcher plants and waterlilies, particularly tropical varieties. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Dec. 2019",
      "Southwards, the coast yields to low stands of dwarf birch and willow, sphagnum bogs of arctic cotton grass, pitcher plants , blueberries, lingonberries, and cloudberries. \u2014 Juliana Hanle, Scientific American , 18 Nov. 2019"
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      "1810, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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      ": the part of the pit cavity of a bordered pit enclosed by the overarching extension of the secondary cell wall":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005937"
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      "noun"
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      ": a small reed pipe or flue pipe producing one or more tones to establish the pitch in singing or in tuning an instrument":[]
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Then the woman pulls out a pitch pipe and blows a note. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
      "One member blew a single note on a pitch pipe , and with that one note, the chorus launched into four-part harmony singing Christmas classics. \u2014 Carson Gerber, The Seattle Times , 24 Dec. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1685, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013709"
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      "noun"
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      ": amboina pine":[],
      ": norway spruce":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-020544"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the molding of clay ware in molds made of lightly fired clay":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043542"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The rest chimed in then, proffering the ways and hows of oyster-eating\u2014this, without any of us noting the sombre white man who had emerged from the thicket of pitch pine . \u2014 David Wright Falad\u00e9, The New Yorker , 24 Aug. 2020",
      "Dollops of snow balance on the tops scraggly oaks and boughs of pitch pine . \u2014 Peter Marteka, courant.com , 6 Dec. 2019",
      "Much of the trail winds past huge white pines and pitch pine . \u2014 Peter Marteka, courant.com , 21 June 2019",
      "Areas most at risk of southern pine beetle infestation are pitch pine barrens, which are scattered around the Northeast including Long Island and Albany in New York and Cape Cod in Massachusetts. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 June 2018",
      "The southern pine beetle\u2019s primary targets are pitch pines , red pines and jack pines. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 June 2018",
      "The marshes, pitch pines and scrub oaks give an outer Cape Cod feel to the park. \u2014 Peter Marteka, courant.com , 15 May 2018",
      "So too, at varying frequencies, do lodgepole pines in Montana and Idaho, black spruce in Minnesota, and pitch pines in New Jersey. \u2014 Kyle Dickman, Outside Online , 9 May 2018",
      "Lauren Theis, a 33-year-old yoga instructor, will lead a group hike Saturday through a trail deep in the New Jersey Pinelands, past stands of Atlantic white cedar, oak and pitch pine \u2014 and maybe even a bald eagle nest. \u2014 Frank Kummer, Philly.com , 19 Apr. 2018"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1662, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054425"
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  "pitch-and-run shot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-062916"
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      "noun"
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      ": a very large earthenware jar with a wide round mouth used throughout the ancient Greek world especially for holding and storing large quantities of food (as grain) or liquids (as wine, oil) and sometimes for the burial of the dead":[]
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      "\u02c8p\u012b\u02cc-"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-074405"
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      "noun"
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      ": a membrane of a plant pit that consists of primary wall and middle lamella and that closes the pit externally":[
        "\u2014 compare torus"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-075121"
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      "noun"
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      ": a person who oversees the cooking done in a barbecue pit : a professional or skilled barbecuer":[
        "\"This is good, really good,\" Allan says, tasting pitmaster Scott Smith's first cured pork belly. \"I wouldn't change a thing.\"",
        "\u2014 John T. Edge",
        "He was one of Houston's most celebrated pitmasters and helped to kick off the barbecue renaissance here.",
        "\u2014 J. C. Reid",
        "Robert Polk, the pit master I met earlier this morning, comes in carrying a gorgeous brisket fresh from the smoker and hands it off to Smitty, who starts slicing it to make sandwiches and plates.",
        "\u2014 Patricia Sharpe"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pit-\u02ccma-st\u0259r"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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      "pit entry 1 (in barbecue pit ) + master entry 1":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1984, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-134240"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-152632"
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      "noun"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pit entry 1 + mirk":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160735"
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  "pituitary membrane":{
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      "noun"
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      ": schneiderian membrane":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160920"
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  "pitch-and-toss":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a game in which the player who pitches coins nearest to a mark has first chance at tossing up all the coins played and winning those that fall heads up":[]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pitch entry 3":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172014"
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  "pitch-perfect":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
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      ": sensitive to or having exactly the right tone or style":[
        "a pitch-perfect translation",
        "The political newcomer launched and led a pitch-perfect race over the summer.",
        "\u2014 Mattie Kahn"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pich-\u02c8p\u0259r-fikt"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1902, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172749"
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  "pitch-penny":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": pitch-and-toss":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pitch entry 3":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-173321"
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  "pitch twig moth":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small largely reddish brown pitch moth ( Petrova comstockiana ) whose larvae attack various hard pines":[]
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pitch entry 1":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183226"
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  "pitch up":{
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      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to appear or arrive at a place":[
        "Several hundred fans pitched up at the hotel to welcome the team."
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184059"
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  "pitcher-plant family":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": nepenthaceae":[],
      ": sarraceniaceae":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220853"
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  "pitaya":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several erect, sprawling, or vining cacti (as of the genera Selenicereus , Hylocereus , or Sternocereus ) of Central and South America and Mexico that have large colorful fruits : dragon fruit sense 2":[
        "\u2026 he was enthusiastic about the prospects of the pitahaya , which is grown in Central America and in Asia, where it's known as dragon fruit.",
        "\u2014 John Seabrook"
      ],
      ": the large, usually red, yellow, or white oval or oblong fruit of a pitaya that typically has leathery skin with prominent scaly spikes and a juicy flesh with many tiny black seeds : dragon fruit sense 1":[
        "Native to Central and South America, where it's called pitaya or pitahaya , the fruit traveled to Southeast Asia with the French more than a century ago.",
        "\u2014 A. R. Williams"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0259-\u02c8t\u012b-\u0259"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1847, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225035"
  },
  "pitcher sage":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Californian mint ( Sphacele calycina ) with pubescent or woolly herbage and large white flowers":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011952"
  },
  "pitot-static tube":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a device that consists of a pitot tube and a static tube and that measures pressures in such a way that the relative speed of a fluid can be determined":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccp\u0113-\u02cct\u014d-\u02c8sta-tik-"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013047"
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  "pit bull":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a muscular, short-haired, stocky dog (such as an American pit bull terrier or American Staffordshire terrier ) of any of several breeds or a hybrid with one or more of these breeds that was originally developed for fighting and is noted for strength, stamina, and tenacity":[],
      ": an aggressive and tenacious person":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "barracuda",
      "fire-breather",
      "fire-eater",
      "tiger"
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      "milquetoast"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "a pit bull who won't let anyone stand in her way to the top of the corporate ladder",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The pit bull \u2019s owner appeared and called off the animal. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
      "During the incident, a 3-year-old dog tackled the baby, identified by her family as Ruby Cervantes, before the second pit bull came in and also attacked the child. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "One of the first people charged with a felony was a Warren man who was sentenced for skinning a pit bull and posting video of it online. \u2014 Laura Hancock, cleveland , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "The officer who fatally shot a pit bull that was fighting with another leashed dog during the Bockfest 5K in March was within policy to shoot but was wrong not to turn his body camera on, according to a report released Wednesday. \u2014 Cameron Knight, The Enquirer , 12 May 2022",
      "Police were called to a home at 11:49 a.m. April 15 where a grumpy pit bull was hanging out in a woman\u2019s yard. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "There was a report of a dog bite in the 4100 block of Overhill Avenue on March 21 after a pit bull killed a pet Chihuahua, then bit a woman who came to the dog\u2019s aid. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "And there were scary encounters, like when a pit bull charged at them. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "In addition to Chesterfield, Aniston also has a white pit bull named Sophie and a gray schnauzer mix named Clyde. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 23 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1927, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014526"
  },
  "pitch-faced":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having a rough quarry finish along the vertical surface except for edges faced cleanly with a pitching chisel":[
        "pitch-faced stonework"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pitch entry 4":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020349"
  },
  "pitch factor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the ratio of the voltage induced in a short-pitch winding to the voltage that would be induced if the winding were full pitch":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pitch entry 4":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021947"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of various mostly New World vipers (subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae) with a sensory pit on each side of the head and hollow perforated retractable fangs":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Captopril, the first, was created in the 1970s from the venom of a Brazilian jararaca pit viper to treat high blood pressure. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
      "The owner also explained that the city removed two other snakes from his residence, including a pit viper . \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 5 Aug. 2021",
      "The team analyzed the genome of the Taiwan habu (Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus) brown pit viper to see which genes are associated with the venom system. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 5 Apr. 2021",
      "But a paper published in 2013 in the Journal of Comparative Pathology found that of 4,087 pit viper hatchlings studied, three hatched with bicephaly, and of 324 rattlesnake hatchlings, none had bicephaly. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Oct. 2020",
      "Snake-lovers celebrated the inclusion of the lime-green Mangshan pit viper . \u2014 The Economist , 27 Feb. 2021",
      "The expedition team also found the mountain fer-de-lance (Bothrops monsignifer), a new species of venomous pit viper , which uses heat-sensing pits on its head to detect prey, and the Bolivian flag snake (Eutrachelophis sp. \u2014 Eric Niiler, Wired , 14 Dec. 2020",
      "The venom of the Brazilian pit viper , which causes a sudden drop in blood pressure in its prey. \u2014 Samantha Bresnahan, CNN , 9 Nov. 2020",
      "But Salazar\u2019s pit viper seems to be set apart from the rest by an orange-reddish stripe found on the sides of the heads of males, according to Annie Lord at the Independent. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1874, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-023114"
  },
  "pitometer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an instrument that consists essentially of two pitot tubes one of which is turned upstream and the other downstream and that is used to record autographically the velocity of a flowing liquid or gas":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0259\u0307\u02c8t\u00e4m\u0259t\u0259(r)",
      "p\u0113\u02c8t-"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pito t + -meter":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044403"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8p\u0113-\u02cct\u00e4n"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Demand for Chouinard\u2019s equipment grew, but making pitons was labor-intensive and expensive. \u2014 Alana Semuels, Time , 23 Sep. 2019",
      "By the first decade of the 20th century, pioneers were experimenting with first-generation climbing inventions such as steel carabiners and soft iron ring pitons . \u2014 Freddie Wilkinson, National Geographic , 14 Mar. 2019",
      "Now the apparel maker has released a new line of workwear made from a fabric named after the iron forge that was once used to make pitons , chocks, and wedges. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 12 Apr. 2018",
      "The mountain is considered a non-technical climb, which means no ropes, no picks and no pitons \u2014 just hiking for seven or eight days. \u2014 David Skalski, Philly.com , 14 Feb. 2018",
      "Where to hammer a piton into rock or ice to secure a rope on which life might hang? \u2014 Robert D. Mcfadden, New York Times , 31 Oct. 2017",
      "If a team numbers 10 climbers, six will take the role of worker bees, laying pitons and ropes and tents at camps higher on the mountain. \u2014 Michael Powell, New York Times , 9 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1898, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-063059"
  },
  "pitta":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large genus (the type of the family Pittidae) of chiefly terrestrial nearly songless birds that are found principally in the southern part of Asia and in Australia and adjacent islands and that have short wings and tail, long legs, a stout bill, and brilliant plumage marked by sharply contrasting colors":[],
      ": any bird of the genus Pitta":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pit\u0259"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Telugu pi\u1e6d\u1e6da bird":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-071151"
  },
  "pit orchestra":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": pit band":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-071918"
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  "pita":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several fiber-yielding plants (such as an agave)":[],
      ": a thin flat bread that can be separated easily into two layers to form a pocket":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8p\u0113-t\u0259"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish & Portuguese":"Noun",
      "Modern Greek":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1648, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
      "1936, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-085256"
  },
  "Pit":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "geographical name",
      "noun",
      "verb"
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    "definitions":{
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      ": mine":[],
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      "Middle English, from Old English pytt (akin to Old High German pfuzzi well), from Latin puteus well, pit":"Noun",
      "Dutch, from Middle Dutch \u2014 more at pith":"Noun"
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      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1803, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1879, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-111603"
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      "noun"
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      ": a narcotic drug that is prepared by drying the leaves and twigs of the pituri shrub":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-113508"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": silver tree fern":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "history_and_etymology":{
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-115854"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a person who supervises the gaming tables in a casino":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the \u201840s Jack Durant worked as a pit boss at the Flamingo Hotel for legendary gangster Bugsey Siegal. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 31 May 2022",
      "With Walter gone, Susie stepped up as the smokehouse's pit boss . \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 8 Aug. 2020",
      "The pit boss , however, needed to suit up in trousers made of a more dignified fabric, monitor gamblers at arm\u2019s length and glad-hand with regulars. \u2014 1843 , 19 June 2020",
      "Working-class Kay (Lawson), a casino pit boss , and handyman Mike (Biggs) barely got through high school, but they\u2019re determined to bring some degree of normalcy to a home with three sky-high-IQ kids. \u2014 Mark Dawidziak, cleveland , 19 Jan. 2020",
      "If the rules say that a tire can\u2019t exceed a certain width, that pit boss is going to have tires that are built to that limit and not a millimeter less. \u2014 Jer\u00e9 Longman, New York Times , 1 Oct. 2019",
      "Fieri will bring back the Stagecoach Smokehouse for its third year with new chefs, pit bosses and BBQ vendors while Diplo will return for Stagecoach Late Night In Palomino. \u2014 Dave Brooks, Billboard , 15 Oct. 2019",
      "Also ran into some pit bosses who speculated that the Borgata could open sports betting on Monday. \u2014 Ed Barkowitz, Philly.com , 7 June 2018",
      "Dastmalchian plays Warrick, a casino pit boss , on the series. \u2014 Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, kansascity , 23 Feb. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1939, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-121830"
  },
  "pit band":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a theater or opera house orchestra":[
        "the bright surface excitement of a Broadway pit band",
        "\u2014 New Yorker"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-122309"
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      "biographical name"
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      "William 1708\u20131778 Earl of Chatham; the Elder Pitt British statesman":[],
      "William 1759\u20131806 the Younger Pitt; son of William Pitt British statesman; prime minister (1783\u20131801; 1804\u201306)":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pit"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-123608"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a common tropical American tree ( Clusia rosea ) that has coarse evergreen leaves, solitary white or rose flowers, and a whitish resinous fruit and that when young often grows over other trees like a vine in such a way as to strangle them":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pitch entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-143128"
  },
  "pitwood":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": timber used chiefly for roof props in mines":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-153740"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": chuck-farthing":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pitch entry 3":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-161515"
  },
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      "noun"
    ],
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      ": a device that consists of a tube having a short right-angled bend which is placed vertically in a moving body of fluid (such as air) with the mouth of the bent part directed upstream and that is used with a manometer to measure the velocity of fluid flow":[],
      ": pitot-static tube":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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      "\u02c8p\u0113-\u02cct\u014d-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The pitot tube \u2019s measurements can show if the plane is flying fast enough to be stable, or if the plane is flying too slow, putting it at risk of stalling. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "Critics say the planemaker and airline didn\u2019t take the pitot tubes problems seriously enough. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Sep. 2019",
      "Modern jets have several devices called pitot tubes and computers that process information about speed, heading, nose angle, altitude and other information. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Sep. 2019",
      "An American mechanic discovered a loose pitot tube and an ADM obstructed by a dark Styrofoam-type material. \u2014 Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY , 6 Sep. 2019",
      "The case has led to new air safety rules regarding speed sensors known as pitot tubes . \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Sep. 2019",
      "Problems with malfunctioning pitot tubes \u2014airspeed sensors located under the noses of aircraft\u2014have been well documented over the years and resulted in a number of high-profile passenger-aircraft accidents. \u2014 Robert Wall, WSJ , 30 Oct. 2018",
      "The cause is the fact that the plane's pitot tubes , externally mounted sensors that determine air speed, have iced over, so the human pilots will now have to fly the plane by hand. \u2014 Jeff Wise, Popular Mechanics , 6 Dec. 2011",
      "Another of the pitot tubes begins to function once more. \u2014 Jeff Wise, Popular Mechanics , 6 Dec. 2011"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French ( tube de ) Pitot , from Henri Pitot \u20201771 French physicist":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-163251"
  },
  "pitch fir":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": pitch pine":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pitch entry 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-164930"
  },
  "pitwork":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": pumping apparatus used in a mine shaft":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-170440"
  },
  "pithole":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": pit , grave":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pit entry 1 + hole":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-173903"
  },
  "pit house":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a primitive habitation consisting of a pit dug in the earth and roofed over":[],
      ": a pit usually with glass walls and roof for storing plants and for growing plants that prefer low temperatures":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-180006"
  },
  "pithless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": devoid of pith":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pithl\u0259\u0307s"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-180036"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a basket or box for carrying the clothing of a traveler by palanquin":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Hindi pi\u1e6d\u0101r\u0101, pe\u1e6d\u0101r\u0101 ; akin to Sanskrit pi\u1e6daka pitarah":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-185722"
  },
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      "adjective"
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      ": phlegmatic":[]
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      "p\u0259\u0307\u02c8t\u00fc\u0259t\u0259s",
      "p\u0259\u0307\u2027\u02c8ty\u00fc-",
      "-\u00fc\u0259t\u0259s"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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      "Latin pituitosus phlegmatic, from pituita nasal mucus, phlegm + -osus -ous":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-195508"
  },
  "pitbird":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pit entry 1 + bird":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-202629"
  },
  "pitwright":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-210651"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1868, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-221742"
  },
  "pit border":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the extension of the secondary cell wall that forms a rim and overarches the pit cavity of a bordered pit":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pit entry 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-222517"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": topee":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There\u2019s a story about a man in a pith helmet who comes up and shoots a bunch of civilians in the head. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "This was evidenced by her choice of a Colonial-era pith helmet while touring Nairobi National Park in Kenya in 2018. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "In a black-and-white photo taken in December 1935, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia stands at ease in a smart khaki military uniform and pith helmet , with a cape draped over his shoulders. \u2014 Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books , 23 Apr. 2020",
      "In a black-and-white photo taken in December 1935, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia stands at ease in a smart khaki military uniform and pith helmet , with a cape draped over his shoulders. \u2014 Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books , 23 Apr. 2020",
      "In a black-and-white photo taken in December 1935, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia stands at ease in a smart khaki military uniform and pith helmet , with a cape draped over his shoulders. \u2014 Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books , 23 Apr. 2020",
      "For every Burberry shirt and Michael Kors skirt worn to deplane in England and gesture to the special relationship between the United States and Britain, a moment like the pith helmet in Kenya, a colonial costume that seemed like an affront. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Jan. 2021",
      "Put on a pith helmet , go to a desert in Africa or the Middle East, dig up some skeletons and artifacts, and make inferences based on their physical attributes. \u2014 Grace Huckins, Wired , 16 Nov. 2020",
      "In October of that same year, she was spotted on a safari in Kenya wearing a pith helmet , commonly worn by the British soldiers who colonized Africa and India in the 19th century, according to Quartz. \u2014 Eliza Huber, refinery29.com , 4 Nov. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1855, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-223652"
  },
  "pituitary":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to the pituitary gland":[],
      ": caused or characterized by secretory disturbances of the pituitary gland":[
        "pituitary dwarfism"
      ],
      ": pituitary gland":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0259-\u02c8t(y)\u00fc-\u0259-\u02ccter-\u0113",
      "p\u0259-\u02c8t\u00fc-\u0259-\u02ccter-\u0113",
      "-\u02c8ty\u00fc-"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Lesick was diagnosed with pituitary dwarfism which affects less than 8,000 in the United States. \u2014 Emily Strohm, PEOPLE.com , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "On about the 18th day hormonal changes are initiated by the pituitary control and on the 22nd or 23rd day the individual enters kemmer, estrus. \u2014 Harold Bloom, The New Yorker , 20 Nov. 2020",
      "Exercise regulates the body's central stress response system, called the hypothalamic- pituitary -adrenal axis, which can help reduce cortisol and other harmful stress hormones. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 20 Oct. 2020",
      "Minkin says that patients with persistent irregularities can talk to their doctor about having their thyroid and pituitary hormone levels tested. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Aug. 2020",
      "The hypothalamic- pituitary -adrenal axis, or HPA axis, is another mechanism by which the brain can communicate with the gut to help control digestion through the action of hormones. \u2014 Justin Sonnenburg, Scientific American , 1 May 2015",
      "Another was in danger of going blind after being diagnosed with a pituitary tumor brought on by pregnancy hormones. \u2014 Nina Martin, ProPublica , 8 Dec. 2019",
      "Prolactin blood test Prolactin is related to your thyroid and pituitary function. \u2014 Jennifer Gerson, Marie Claire , 1 Oct. 2018",
      "Low levels of estradiol can point to PCOS or pituitary issues. \u2014 Jennifer Gerson, Marie Claire , 1 Oct. 2018",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Thyroid stimulating hormone, TSH, is made by the pituitary and is abnormally high when the brain senses too low a hormone level and is abnormally low when the brain senses too high a thyroid level. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
      "The treatments were successful, but when Lesick was 5, doctors discovered that her pituitary (which is responsible for producing hormones in the body that control metabolism and growth) had been rendered dormant. \u2014 Emily Strohm, PEOPLE.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "And the CT scan revealed a growth about the size of a lima bean on his pituitary . \u2014 New York Times , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "If there is such fine control between the pituitary and thyroid, manually trying to simulate that feedback mechanism by taking one pill a day (levothyroxine) seems impossible. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "Measuring the thyroid hormone itself, levothyroxine, and thyroid stimulating hormone, made in the pituitary , are adequate to monitor the thyroid level in most people. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "When your pituitary gets damaged, everything can go wrong. \u2014 Bryan Box, The New Republic , 30 Jan. 2020",
      "The body\u2019s stress response is regulated by the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis. \u2014 Rod Mccullom, Quartz , 7 Oct. 2019",
      "Among many other critical functions, this grouping of the brain\u2019s hypothalamus and the pituitary and adrenal glands regulates how the body processes stress. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin pituita phlegm; from the former belief that the pituitary gland secreted phlegm \u2014 more at pip":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1778, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1845, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-230414"
  },
  "pit-pair":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": two pits occurring opposite one another in the walls of adjacent cells of many higher vascular plants and acting together as a structural and functional unit":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pit entry 1":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-233300"
  },
  "pitpan":{
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      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a long flat-bottomed canoe used especially in Central America":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pit\u02ccpan"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Miskito pitban boat":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-003035"
  },
  "pitman chest":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a wind-chest used in many pipe organs that has especially fast action and stop control":[]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-004846"
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  "pit stop":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": a stop at the pits during an automobile race":[],
      ": a stop (as during a trip) for fuel, food, or rest or for use of a restroom":[],
      ": a temporary deviation from a direct or usual course":[
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        "\u2014 Mark Lorando"
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      ": a place where a pit stop is or can be made":[],
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "We made a pit stop for some food before getting back on the highway.",
      "This little town is an ideal pit stop between the two cities.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Elliott dominated the first two-thirds of the race from the pole and led 36 of the 62 laps, giving up the top spot only in the pit stop cycles. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 3 July 2022",
      "The couple offered an iconic pit stop for those starting a northbound thru-hike or finishing their southbound journey. \u2014 Mary Beth Skylis, Outside Online , 18 June 2020",
      "Several volunteers with Ukraine\u2019s State Emergency Service were making a pit stop with a black SUV ferrying crates of fruit, cartons of cigarettes and personalized care packages sent by families to soldiers on the front lines. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
      "Next, there was a towering installation of mirrored speakers where each guest made a pit stop for a photo opp. \u2014 Jamila Stewart, Vogue , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "The final caution period reset everyone's plans as all DPi cars used the opportunity to make a final pit stop . \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "The drivers had to wait for a signal before charging forward for a four-tire pit stop , then raced a lap around the 1 1/2-mile track. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 22 May 2022",
      "Make a pit stop at the bar for specials including $5 Bud Light Draft, 5 for $25 16oz mix-n-match buckets, and $5 Barn Burner shots. \u2014 Amber Love Bond, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "Lulu and Lala found the pit stop before finishing all the tasks and had to turn around. \u2014 Mike Rose, cleveland , 23 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-013000"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a usually round puff pastry with a sweet or savory filling":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-v\u0113\u00a6\u0101",
      "\u00a6p\u0113t\u0113\u00a6vy\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Pithiviers , town in north central France":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1834, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-024205"
  },
  "pit aperture":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the opening from the lumen of a cell into a pit cavity in a plant":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pit entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-025920"
  },
  "pitchfork":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a long-handled fork that has two or three long somewhat curved prongs and is used especially in pitching hay":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pich-\u02ccf\u022frk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Then, the vaccinator mixed in a sterile liquid and scratched the live virus vaccine into the skin with a specialized two-pronged needle shaped like a tiny pitchfork . \u2014 Mark Kortepeter, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "Though the resulting image cut off the tines of the pitchfork . \u2014 Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "One of the covers was a professional skateboarder holding a pitchfork dressed up as Satan with horns, like doing a kick-flip over a stack of burning Bibles. \u2014 Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Then there are letters that are totally unrecognizable, like psi \u2014 shaped like a little pitchfork . \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Conservative students are shunned, while right-wing professors are driven out by pitchfork -wielding mobs. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "The helmets with the pitchfork and number are nothing short of excellent. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "The helmet used as part of the combination is gold with a black pitchfork and a black stripe. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 18 Sep. 2021",
      "Less than six months after taking the job, Roe abruptly quit this week, his exit a sacrifice to the pitchfork -wielding, sulfur-spewing Trump wing of Michigan\u2019s GOP. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-040343"
  },
  "pitman":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a man who works in or near a pit: such as":[],
      ": miner":[],
      ": a sawyer who stands below the timber":[],
      ": connecting rod":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pit-m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1678, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-045340"
  },
  "pitch peat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a black homogeneous peat with a waxy luster":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pitch entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-052744"
  },
  "pit saw":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a handsaw worked by two persons one of whom stands on or above the log being sawed into planks and the other below it usually in a pit":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1678, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-083346"
  },
  "pit sawyer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": bottom sawyer":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-091620"
  },
  "pit crew":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": people who fix a race car during a race (as by replacing tires and refueling)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-093854"
  },
  "pit run":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": bank gravel":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-105823"
  },
  "pit disease":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an often fatal disease of oysters resulting from the presence of flagellates of the genus Hexamita in the blood stream and involving embolism and destruction of tissues":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pit entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-111256"
  },
  "pit dwelling":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": pit house":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-115135"
  },
  "Pit River Indian":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": achomawi":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from Pit River , California":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-123144"
  },
  "pituita":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": pituitary gland":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0259\u0307\u02c8t\u00fc\u0259t\u0259",
      "p\u0259\u0307\u2027\u02c8ty\u00fc-",
      "\u02ccpich\u0259\u02c8w\u012bt\u0259",
      "\u02ccpit\u0259\u02c8w\u0113t\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin, phlegm, nasal mucus":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-162846"
  },
  "pitching":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a black or dark viscous substance obtained as a residue in the distillation of organic materials and especially tars":[],
      ": any of various bituminous substances":[],
      ": resin obtained from various conifers and often used medicinally":[],
      ": any of various artificial mixtures resembling resinous or bituminous pitches":[],
      ": to cover, smear, or treat with or as if with pitch":[],
      ": to erect and fix firmly in place":[
        "pitch a tent"
      ],
      ": to throw usually with a particular objective or toward a particular point":[
        "pitch hay onto a wagon"
      ],
      ": such as":[
        "pitch hay onto a wagon"
      ],
      ": to throw (a baseball) to a batter":[],
      ": to toss (something, such as coins) so as to fall at or near a mark":[
        "pitch pennies"
      ],
      ": to put aside or discard by or as if by throwing":[
        "pitched the trash into the bin"
      ],
      ": to present or advertise especially in a high-pressure way : plug , promote":[],
      ": to attempt to persuade especially with a sales pitch":[],
      ": to present (a movie or program idea) for consideration (as by a TV producer)":[],
      ": to cause to be at a particular level or of a particular quality":[
        "a test pitched at a 5th-grade reading level"
      ],
      ": to set in a particular musical key":[],
      ": to cause to be set at a particular angle : slope":[],
      ": to utter glibly and insincerely":[],
      ": to use as a starting pitcher":[],
      ": to play as pitcher":[],
      ": to hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with backspin so that it rolls very little after striking the green":[],
      ": throw sense 6":[
        "pitch a fit"
      ],
      ": to fall precipitately or headlong":[],
      ": to have the bow alternately plunge precipitately and rise abruptly":[],
      ": to turn about a lateral axis so that the forward end rises or falls in relation to the after end":[],
      ": buck entry 2 sense 1":[],
      ": encamp":[],
      ": to hit upon or happen upon something":[
        "pitch upon the perfect gift"
      ],
      ": to incline downward : slope":[],
      ": to throw a ball to a batter":[],
      ": to play ball as a pitcher":[],
      ": to pitch a golf ball":[],
      ": to make a sales pitch":[],
      ": attack , assail":[],
      ": to set to work on energetically":[],
      ": the distance between any of various things: such as":[],
      ": distance between one point on a gear tooth and the corresponding point on the next tooth":[],
      ": distance from any point on the thread of a screw to the corresponding point on an adjacent thread measured parallel to the axis":[],
      ": the theoretical distance a propeller would advance longitudinally in one revolution":[],
      ": the number of teeth or of threads per inch":[],
      ": a unit of width of type based on the number of times a letter can be set in a linear inch":[],
      ": top , zenith":[],
      ": the relative level, intensity, or extent of some quality or state":[
        "tensions rose to a feverish pitch"
      ],
      ": the property of a sound and especially a musical tone that is determined by the frequency of the waves producing it : highness or lowness of sound":[],
      ": a standard frequency for tuning instruments":[],
      ": the difference in the relative vibration frequency of the human voice that contributes to the total meaning of speech":[],
      ": a definite relative pitch that is a significant phenomenon in speech":[],
      ": a steep place : declivity":[],
      ": the portion of a route (as in mountain climbing or caving) between belay points":[],
      ": an outdoor site (as for camping or doing business)":[],
      ": playing field sense 1":[],
      ": an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump":[],
      ": an often high-pressure sales presentation":[],
      ": advertisement":[],
      ": recommendation , plug":[
        "made a pitch for tax cuts"
      ],
      ": the delivery of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter":[],
      ": a baseball so thrown":[],
      ": pitchout sense 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pich"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pitch Verb (2) throw , cast , toss , fling , hurl , pitch , sling mean to cause to move swiftly through space by a propulsive movement or a propelling force. throw is general and interchangeable with the other terms but may specifically imply a distinctive motion with bent arm. can throw a fastball and a curve cast usually implies lightness in the thing thrown and sometimes a scattering. cast it to the winds toss suggests a light or careless or aimless throwing and may imply an upward motion. tossed the coat on the bed fling stresses a violent throwing. flung the ring back in his face hurl implies power as in throwing a massive weight. hurled himself at the intruder pitch suggests throwing carefully at a target. pitch horseshoes sling stresses either the use of whirling momentum in throwing or directness of aim. slung the bag over his shoulder",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English pich , from Old English pic , from Latin pic-, pix ; akin to Greek pissa pitch, Old Church Slavonic p\u012dc\u012dl\u016d":"Noun",
      "Middle English pichen to thrust, drive, fix firmly, probably from Old English *piccan , from Vulgar Latin *piccare \u2014 more at pike":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-163120"
  },
  "pitch a/the tent":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to set a tent up":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-180218"
  },
  "pit scale":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one of several scales of the genus Asterolecanium that cause serious injury to oaks":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-185158"
  },
  "pittosporaceae":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family of chiefly Australian shrubs and trees (order Rosales) with regular pentamerous flowers and an ovary with many ovules":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccpit\u0259sp\u0259\u02c8r\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Pittosporum , type genus + -aceae":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-192247"
  },
  "pitches":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a black or dark viscous substance obtained as a residue in the distillation of organic materials and especially tars":[],
      ": any of various bituminous substances":[],
      ": resin obtained from various conifers and often used medicinally":[],
      ": any of various artificial mixtures resembling resinous or bituminous pitches":[],
      ": to cover, smear, or treat with or as if with pitch":[],
      ": to erect and fix firmly in place":[
        "pitch a tent"
      ],
      ": to throw usually with a particular objective or toward a particular point":[
        "pitch hay onto a wagon"
      ],
      ": such as":[
        "pitch hay onto a wagon"
      ],
      ": to throw (a baseball) to a batter":[],
      ": to toss (something, such as coins) so as to fall at or near a mark":[
        "pitch pennies"
      ],
      ": to put aside or discard by or as if by throwing":[
        "pitched the trash into the bin"
      ],
      ": to present or advertise especially in a high-pressure way : plug , promote":[],
      ": to attempt to persuade especially with a sales pitch":[],
      ": to present (a movie or program idea) for consideration (as by a TV producer)":[],
      ": to cause to be at a particular level or of a particular quality":[
        "a test pitched at a 5th-grade reading level"
      ],
      ": to set in a particular musical key":[],
      ": to cause to be set at a particular angle : slope":[],
      ": to utter glibly and insincerely":[],
      ": to use as a starting pitcher":[],
      ": to play as pitcher":[],
      ": to hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with backspin so that it rolls very little after striking the green":[],
      ": throw sense 6":[
        "pitch a fit"
      ],
      ": to fall precipitately or headlong":[],
      ": to have the bow alternately plunge precipitately and rise abruptly":[],
      ": to turn about a lateral axis so that the forward end rises or falls in relation to the after end":[],
      ": buck entry 2 sense 1":[],
      ": encamp":[],
      ": to hit upon or happen upon something":[
        "pitch upon the perfect gift"
      ],
      ": to incline downward : slope":[],
      ": to throw a ball to a batter":[],
      ": to play ball as a pitcher":[],
      ": to pitch a golf ball":[],
      ": to make a sales pitch":[],
      ": attack , assail":[],
      ": to set to work on energetically":[],
      ": the distance between any of various things: such as":[],
      ": distance between one point on a gear tooth and the corresponding point on the next tooth":[],
      ": distance from any point on the thread of a screw to the corresponding point on an adjacent thread measured parallel to the axis":[],
      ": the theoretical distance a propeller would advance longitudinally in one revolution":[],
      ": the number of teeth or of threads per inch":[],
      ": a unit of width of type based on the number of times a letter can be set in a linear inch":[],
      ": top , zenith":[],
      ": the relative level, intensity, or extent of some quality or state":[
        "tensions rose to a feverish pitch"
      ],
      ": the property of a sound and especially a musical tone that is determined by the frequency of the waves producing it : highness or lowness of sound":[],
      ": a standard frequency for tuning instruments":[],
      ": the difference in the relative vibration frequency of the human voice that contributes to the total meaning of speech":[],
      ": a definite relative pitch that is a significant phenomenon in speech":[],
      ": a steep place : declivity":[],
      ": the portion of a route (as in mountain climbing or caving) between belay points":[],
      ": an outdoor site (as for camping or doing business)":[],
      ": playing field sense 1":[],
      ": an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump":[],
      ": an often high-pressure sales presentation":[],
      ": advertisement":[],
      ": recommendation , plug":[
        "made a pitch for tax cuts"
      ],
      ": the delivery of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter":[],
      ": a baseball so thrown":[],
      ": pitchout sense 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pich"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pitch Verb (2) throw , cast , toss , fling , hurl , pitch , sling mean to cause to move swiftly through space by a propulsive movement or a propelling force. throw is general and interchangeable with the other terms but may specifically imply a distinctive motion with bent arm. can throw a fastball and a curve cast usually implies lightness in the thing thrown and sometimes a scattering. cast it to the winds toss suggests a light or careless or aimless throwing and may imply an upward motion. tossed the coat on the bed fling stresses a violent throwing. flung the ring back in his face hurl implies power as in throwing a massive weight. hurled himself at the intruder pitch suggests throwing carefully at a target. pitch horseshoes sling stresses either the use of whirling momentum in throwing or directness of aim. slung the bag over his shoulder",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English pich , from Old English pic , from Latin pic-, pix ; akin to Greek pissa pitch, Old Church Slavonic p\u012dc\u012dl\u016d":"Noun",
      "Middle English pichen to thrust, drive, fix firmly, probably from Old English *piccan , from Vulgar Latin *piccare \u2014 more at pike":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-195137"
  },
  "pit game fowl":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a game fowl of the Modern Game class that is bred primarily for fighting and selected for vigor, muscularity, and aggressiveness \u2014 compare exhibition game fowl":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-205251"
  },
  "pitcher":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a container for holding and pouring liquids that usually has a lip or spout and a handle":[],
      ": a modified leaf of a pitcher plant in which the hollowed petiole and base of the blade form an elongated receptacle":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pi-ch\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English picher , from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin bicarius drinking cup":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-210137"
  },
  "Pituophis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of rodent-eating snakes (family Colubridae) comprising the North American bull snakes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0259\u0307\u2027\u02c8ty\u00fc-",
      "p\u0259\u0307\u02c8t\u00fc\u0259f\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, irregular from Greek pitys pine tree + ophis snake":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-210746"
  },
  "pittosporum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of various Old World shrubs or trees (genus Pittosporum of the family Pittosporaceae) planted especially as ornamentals in warm regions":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4-sp\u0259-r\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Crawford\u2019s wife, Jenny, of Branch Out Landscape Design, also in Carlsbad, added drought-tolerant plants to complement the house and deck, including red bougainvillea, plumeria, lomandra, asparagus foxtail ferns, agaves and pittosporum crassifolium. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Wood-and-glass doors from the \u201950s open onto the long roof, which is planted with small cherry trees, clematis and flowering shrubs including nandina and pittosporum . \u2014 New York Times , 22 Sep. 2021",
      "For a recap of the freeze damage, Texas lost large numbers of pittosporum , loropetalum, ligustrum, loquat, Chinese tallow and Arizona ash. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 21 June 2021",
      "That\u2019s the Victorian box tree, pittosporum , popularized a hundred years ago. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2021",
      "Most major trees around North Texas made it through the cold snap fairly well (with some exceptions), but many shrubs are toast \u2014 Indian hawthorn, pittosporum , Japanese and wax ligustrum, Chinese fringe flower and agaves are pretty much wiped out. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 29 Mar. 2021",
      "Badly burned plants like pittosporum , nandina, loropetalum, and both Japanese and wax ligustrum can be stripped of dead leaves or tip-pruned in order to look better. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 1 Mar. 2021",
      "Some plants such as Mexican olive, viburnum, pittosporum and Mexican honeysuckle that are normally evergreen and usually tolerant of cold weather have defoliated in the freeze. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 26 Feb. 2021",
      "During that extended freeze, Texas lost massive numbers of pittosporum , ligustrum, loquat and even hollies and live oaks in some places. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 15 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek pitta, pissa pitch + spora seed \u2014 more at pitch , spore":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1789, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-221716"
  },
  "pit against":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cause (someone or something) to fight or compete against (another person or thing)":[
        "Tonight's game will pit Smith against Johnson for the championship.",
        "The game requires you to pit your wits against the computer."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-230016"
  },
  "pit-making scale":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": pit scale":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pit entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-232547"
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      "She has been in a pitched battle with her ex-husband over custody of their children.",
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      "The pitched battle over what was supposed to be his quest for a record 10th Australian Open men\u2019s singles championship has highlighted a new dynamic for stars like Djokovic. \u2014 Matthew Futterman, New York Times , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "The pitched battle over the landscape of American democracy for the next decade is underway in state capitals across the country, as lawmakers begin drawing lines for congressional and state legislative districts based on the 2020 Census. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Sep. 2021",
      "There was renewed outrage at the intensity of those clashes this week, after police and pro-democracy activists fought pitched battles on the streets across several districts of the city on Sunday. \u2014 James Griffiths, CNN , 12 Aug. 2019",
      "Since the unrest broke, protesters have disrupted traffic, smashed public facilities and pro-China shops, and hurled gasoline bombs in pitched battles with riot police who have responded with volleys of tear gas and water cannons. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Dec. 2019",
      "The protests have repeatedly sparked pitched battles with police and have taken their toll on Hong Kong's nightlife and travel industries. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 1 Jan. 2020",
      "With his small team of lawyers, Letter is locked in pitched battles with the Trump administration, which has vowed to fight all congressional subpoenas for documents and testimony \u2014 and resisted cooperating with House impeachment proceedings. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Dec. 2019",
      "Since the unrest broke, protesters have disrupted traffic, smashed public facilities and pro-China shops, and hurled gasoline bombs in pitched battles with riot police who have responded with volleys of tear gas and water cannons. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Dec. 2019"
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      "Another fourth-down gamble paid off for KC, with Williams gaining 3 on a pitchout . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Feb. 2020",
      "Three plays later, Mahomes \u2014 the Chiefs' leading rusher during the playoffs \u2014 pivoted, faked a pitchout and dived into the end zone from the 1, capping a 15-play, 75-yard drive. \u2014 Alex Johnson, NBC News , 3 Feb. 2020",
      "Kirk takes the pitchout for the jet sweep left for 8. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Dec. 2019",
      "It officially was ruled a touchdown catch for Watson since Hopkins's pitchout went forward. \u2014 Mark Maske, courant.com , 2 Dec. 2019",
      "Chester Rogers takes the pitchout for a first down on the first play from scrimmage. \u2014 Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star , 17 Nov. 2019",
      "Colts fail on 4th-and-1, with the pitchout left to Marlon Mack gaining 0 at the Colts 45 with 13:04 to go. \u2014 Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star , 20 Oct. 2019",
      "The pitch on the double to centerfield was supposed to be a pitchout . \u2014 Ted Dunnam, Houston Chronicle , 7 Apr. 2018",
      "Rookie running back Curtis Samuel couldn't handle a long pitchout from quarterback Cam Newton. \u2014 Mark Inabinett, AL.com , 22 Oct. 2017"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-113603"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a usually wooden upright used as a temporary support for a mine roof":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pit entry 1 + prop":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-113906"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": surinam cherry":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0259\u0307\u02c8ta\u014bg\u0259"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Portuguese, from Tupi":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-123526"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the space within a plant cell pit":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pit entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-124650"
  },
  "Pithecia":{
    "type":[
      "adjective or noun",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of saki monkeys of northern South America and the Amazon basin":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0259\u0307\u02c8th\u0113sh(\u0113)\u0259"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from pithec- + -ia":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-131307"
  },
  "pit pony":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a pony used for packing or haulage in a mine":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pit entry 1":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-132046"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": an arrangement of pits":[],
      ": the action or process of forming pits":[],
      ": the bringing of gamecocks together to fight":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pi-ti\u014b"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "The car's paint showed some pitting from flying gravel.",
      "Her face had some minor pitting from the chicken pox.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Chicago\u2019s Council Wars erupted May 2, 1983, when 29 aldermen realized the power of a favorite scenario of political science professors: the pitting of a weak mayor against a strong City Council. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
      "But psoriatic arthritis can cause other health issues, too, including fatigue, nail pitting , and eye pain. \u2014 Cassie Shortsleeve, Good Housekeeping , 27 Aug. 2021",
      "Mark Donahue won a 200-miler, short- pitting in a Penske AMC Javelin by starting on low fuel and stopping ahead of everyone else with a clear pit road. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 July 2021",
      "Any damage from moisture problems, oil contamination or pitting will be fixed prior to painting. \u2014 Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 May 2021",
      "To avoid pitting or other damage to the surface, never use abrasive tools, harsh cleaning products, or acidic ingredients such as vinegar or lemon juice to clean these sinks. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 13 May 2021",
      "Instead, Da-Rin creates tension not as a simplistic pitting of the old against the new, so to speak, but as a constant generational negotiation and series of concessions motivated by familial love. \u2014 Mark Olsen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2021",
      "The body came out flat and smooth, with no rust and only very minor pitting . \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 28 Sep. 2020",
      "One of the juicier possibilities involves them getting into the postseason as a National League wild-card team and playing the Nationals in a do-or-die game pitting manager Joe Maddon against his protege, Dave Martinez. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 24 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1593, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-133112"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": pithecanthropic":[],
      ": pithecanthropus sense 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-r\u00e4p-",
      "\"",
      "-\u02cckan\u00a6thr\u014dp-"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Pithecanthropidae":"Adjective"
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-133959"
  },
  "pitis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several coins usually made of tin and circulating into the 20th century in southeastern Asia (as on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Borneo)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1794, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-134057"
  },
  "pitch mining":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the mining of steeply inclined coal beds":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pitch entry 4":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-140150"
  },
  "pitpit":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": guitguit":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pit\u02ccpit"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "imitative":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-143216"
  },
  "pitangua":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large-billed flycatcher ( Megarhynchus pitangua ) of Central America and South America":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccpi\u02ccta\u014b\u02c8gw\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Portuguese pitangu\u00e1 , from Tupi":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-144137"
  },
  "pitch mark":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": ball mark":[
        "Not fixing divots or pitch marks is either not knowing the proper etiquette or just being lazy.",
        "\u2014 Ken Fry , South Bend (Indiana) Tribune , 15 May 2003"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1936, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-144447"
  },
  "pitch class":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the set of all musical pitches of the same name regardless of octave":[
        "The single pitch class that symbolizes Wozzeck's id\u00e9e fixe in the murder scene is first asserted in this connection as the final note of Act II \u2026",
        "\u2014 George Perle , The Operas of Alban Berg , 1989",
        "\u2014 usually hyphenated when used before another noun",
        "pitch-class sets"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1962, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-145024"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a man who makes a sales pitch : such as":[],
      ": one who sells merchandise on the streets or from a concession":[],
      ": one who does radio or TV commercials":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pich-m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "a former star athlete who now works as a pitchman on TV",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After a season of unrivaled accomplishment of pitching and hitting, Major League Baseball is deploying the Angels star as its marquee pitchman . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "At 50, Snoop has continued to release music, but is also widely known as an affable pitchman and entrepreneur. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Simpson spent a lifetime in the limelight, first for his athletic prowess in college and the NFL, then as an actor and pitchman , then as a murder suspect in the 1994 killing of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman. \u2014 Steve Almasy And Michelle Watson, CNN , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Parnas and Correia tried to lure potential investors to Fraud Guarantee by hiring Giuliani as a pitchman , according to federal prosecutors. \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "The presence of a boomer comedian pitchman , though, is just the latest sign that crypto has left behind its bleeding-edge roots. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Larry David has never been a commercial pitchman \u2014 until today. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Indeed, Saget became a pitchman for scleroderma research and a vocal supporter of the charity after his sister Gay died from the disease in 1996. \u2014 Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "State Farm is standing by its pitchman , Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, even as the insurance company pulled back airing his commercials. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 8 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1914, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-155837"
  },
  "pitch line":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the line on which the pitch of gear teeth or sprocket teeth is measured and which consists of an ideal line in a toothed gear or rack which bears such a relation to a corresponding line in another gear with which it works that the two lines will have a common velocity (as in rolling contact)":[],
      ": the line from which players lag in the game of marbles":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pitch entry 4":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-160540"
  },
  "Pittosporaceae":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family of chiefly Australian shrubs and trees (order Rosales) with regular pentamerous flowers and an ovary with many ovules":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccpit\u0259sp\u0259\u02c8r\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Pittosporum , type genus + -aceae":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-162930"
  },
  "pithecanthropoid":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or resembling the pithecanthropi":[],
      ": a pithecanthropoid mammal or fossil":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"",
      "-\u00a6kan(t)thr\u0259\u02ccp\u022fid"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin pithecanthrop us + English -oid":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-165050"
  },
  "Pitangus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of tyrant flycatchers inhabiting chiefly the warmer parts of America":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0259\u0307\u02c8ta\u014bg\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Portuguese pitangu\u00e1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-172319"
  },
  "Pittsburgh":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "city in southwestern Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers where they form the Ohio River population 305,704":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pits-\u02ccb\u0259rg"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-172725"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a hypothetical group of extinct primates intermediate between man and the anthropoid apes":[],
      ": a genus of extinct primitive men that includes two generally accepted species ( P. erectus and P. robustus ) known from skull and other bone fragments found in Javanese Pliocene gravels and sometimes the very similar Peking man and that comprises forms having a profile like that of an ape with very low forehead and undeveloped chin, a posture approaching that of modern man, and a brain of 900 to 1000 cubic centimeters which is larger than that of any known ape and smaller than that of any normal modern man \u2014 compare sinanthropus":[],
      ": an individual of the group or genus Pithecanthropus":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccpith\u0259\u0307\u02c8kan(t)thr\u0259p\u0259s",
      "-\u02cckan\u02c8thr\u014dp-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from pithec- + -anthropus":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-174544"
  },
  "pithecanthropine":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": pithecanthropus sense 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02cckan\u00a6thr\u014dp\u0259\u0307n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin pithecanthropus + English -ine":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-180750"
  },
  "pithecism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": pithecoid characteristics present in man":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pith\u0259\u02ccsiz\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary pithec- + -ism":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-182511"
  },
  "pit annulus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the thicker outer rim of the membrane of some bordered pits":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pit entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-191352"
  },
  "pithecometric":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": relating to measurements of the skeletons of apes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6pith\u0259\u0307k\u0259\u00a6me\u2027trik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pithec- + -metric":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-192711"
  },
  "Pithecus":{
    "type":[
      "noun combining form"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": ape":[
        "\u2014 in generic names Siva pithecus"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pith\u0259\u0307k-",
      "\u02c8pith\u0113k-",
      "\"",
      "p\u0259\u0307\u02c8th\u0113k\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek pith\u0113kos monkey, ape":"Noun combining form",
      "New Latin, from Greek pith\u0113kos ape, monkey":"",
      "New Latin, from Greek pith\u0113kos":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-194510"
  },
  "pitching yeast":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a yeast used in pitching (as wort)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-194556"
  },
  "pitch hyperboloid":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a hyperboloid that constitutes the pitch surface of a skew bevel":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pitch entry 4":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-195340"
  },
  "Pithecoidea":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a suborder of Primates that is coordinate with Prosinii and Anthropoidea and includes the new-world monkeys and old-world monkeys":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccpith\u0259\u0307\u02c8k\u022fid\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from pithec- + -oidea":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-195849"
  },
  "pit canal":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the passage in a bordered pit that is between the cell lumen and the pit chamber and that is especially prominent when both secondary wall and pit border are thick":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pit entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-200335"
  },
  "Pithecolobium":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large genus of tropical shrubs and trees (family Leguminosae) having bipinnate leaves and globose heads of flowers with many stamens and a twisted or coiled pod \u2014 see algarrobilla , cat's-claw sense 1b , rain tree , wild tamarind":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccpith\u0259\u0307k\u0259\u02c8l\u014db\u0113\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from pithec- + Greek lobion small lobe, diminutive of lobos lobe":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-200442"
  },
  "Pittsburgh ivy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an English ivy that has stiff stems and crowded leathery often ruffled leaves and that can be grown without support":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202934"
  },
  "Pitcairn Island":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "island in the South Pacific southeast of the Tuamotu Archipelago population 62":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pit-\u02cckern"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-205319"
  },
  "pitching wedge":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a type of golf club used for hitting a golf ball so that it goes very high in the air and rolls very little after hitting the ground":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-210220"
  },
  "pitching piece":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a beam supporting a staircase and located at the top of the stairs":[
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      ]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-210415"
  },
  "pithecology":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the study of apes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccpith\u0259\u0307\u02c8k\u00e4l\u0259j\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pithec- + -logy":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-211859"
  },
  "Pittsfield":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "city on the Housatonic River in western Massachusetts population 44,737":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pits-\u02ccf\u0113ld"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "noun"
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      "pitch entry 1":""
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    "type":[
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      ": a cone that constitutes the pitch surface of an ordinary bevel gear":[]
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      "pitch entry 4":""
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      ": an iron golf club with a loft between those of a pitcher and a niblick":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-221031"
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      ": a formerly recognized family containing the genus Pithecanthropus":[]
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      "New Latin, from Pithecanthropus , type genus + -idae":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-223020"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": a large shallow elongated wooden receptacle much used by Australian aborigines as a container for food and drink":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pich\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "native name in Australia":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-231027"
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      "\u00a6pith\u0259\u0307k\u0259\u00a6l\u00e4j\u0259\u0307k\u0259l"
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-232154"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a moment tending to rotate an airplane or airfoil about its lateral axis":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from present participle of pitch entry 3":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-234359"
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      "noun"
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      ": a count of 4 points for an ace, 3 for a king, 2 for a queen, and 1 for a jack (as in the game of pitch)":[]
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      "pitch entry 4":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-234452"
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      "noun"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-000925"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-004108"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a cylinder that constitutes the pitch surface of a spur gear":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pitch entry 4":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-013234"
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