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1639 lines
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{
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"hedge":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"intransitive verb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a fence or boundary formed by a dense row of shrubs or low trees":[],
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": barrier , limit":[
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"pikemen \u2026 present a hedge of metal points from which any cavalry would flinch",
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"\u2014 Tom Wintringham",
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"regarded it as the main function of their existence to raise a hedge around the law",
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"\u2014 F. W. Farrar"
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],
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": a means of protection or defense (as against financial loss)":[
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"realization that common stocks are the best hedge against inflation",
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"\u2014 C. E. Merrill"
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],
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": a calculatedly noncommittal or evasive statement":[
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"bureaucratic literature \u2026 festooned with hedges and qualifications",
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"\u2014 Fortune"
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],
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": to enclose or protect with or as if with a dense row of shrubs or low trees : to enclose or protect with or as if with a hedge (see hedge entry 1 sense 1a ) : encircle":[
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"homes hedged with boxwoods"
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],
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": to confine so as to prevent freedom of movement or action : to obstruct with or as if with a barrier : hinder":[
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"hedged about by special regulations and statutes",
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"\u2014 Sandi Rosenbloom"
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],
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": to protect oneself from losing or failing by a counterbalancing action":[
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"hedge a bet"
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],
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": to plant, form, or trim a hedge":[],
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": to evade the risk of commitment especially by leaving open a way of retreat : trim":[
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"hedged on the issue"
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],
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": to protect oneself financially":[
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"\u2014 usually used with against in order to hedge against inflation \u2014 George Katona"
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],
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": such as":[
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"\u2014 usually used with against in order to hedge against inflation \u2014 George Katona"
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],
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": to buy or sell commodity futures (see future entry 2 sense 3 ) as a protection against loss due to price fluctuation":[],
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": to minimize the risk of a bet":[],
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": of, relating to, or designed for a hedge (see hedge entry 1 )":[
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"a hedge plant",
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"hedge selling on the commodity exchanges"
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],
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": born, living, or made alongside or as if alongside a dense row of shrubs or low trees : born, living, or made near or as if near hedges (see hedge entry 1 sense 1a ) : roadside":[
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"the services of a hedge parson",
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"a hedge wedding"
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],
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": inferior sense 1":[
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"a hedge tavern"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8hej"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barricade",
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"barrier",
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"fence",
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"wall"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"equivocate",
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"fudge",
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"pussyfoot",
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"tergiversate",
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"waffle",
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"weasel"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"the messenger was confronted with a hedge of spears held aloft by the castle guards",
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"Verb",
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"The garden is hedged by flowering shrubs.",
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"She hedged when she was asked to support the campaign.",
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"He hedged his earlier comments about the need for new management.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Tether denies the rumors, but that has not stopped hedge funds who are shorting the Tether to express their concerns that this is the case. \u2014 Hersh Shefrin, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
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"After the initial economic shock at the outset of the pandemic, an investment frenzy in SPACs took off, drawing in hedge funds and retail investors scrambling for the next moneymaker amid the financial chaos spawned by the public health crisis. \u2014 Aaron Gregg, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
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"The wealthiest man in Illinois, Griffin founded Citadel in 1990 and built it into one of the largest hedge funds in the world. \u2014 Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
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"Billionaire Jim Simons is one of the founders of Renaissance Technologies, one of the premier hedge funds known for high-frequency trading. \u2014 Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica , 21 June 2022",
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"Originally, it was seen as a two-man brawl between Dr. Mehmet Oz, the television personality who won former President Trump\u2019s endorsement, and David McCormick, a wealthy hedge funder with his own extensive ties to Trumpworld. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
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"The manse is being sold by billionaire Swedish hedge funder Thomas Sandell and his wife Ximena. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 2 May 2022",
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"The building still holds the record for the most expensive home ever sold in America; the record was set in 2019 when hedge funder Ken Griffin paid about $238 million for an apartment there, The Wall Street Journal reported. \u2014 Katherine Clarke, WSJ , 13 Jan. 2022",
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"Mike Novogratz, the hedge -funder-turned-crypto-fanatic, wants to turn tattoos into NFTs. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 14 Oct. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"And cryptocurrencies came crashing down, saddling individual investors and hedge funds alike with steep losses. \u2014 Akane Otani, WSJ , 30 June 2022",
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"For example, this level of transparency is a complete juxtaposition to hedge funds that currently deploy high-frequency trading for approximately 50% to 70% of the stock market\u2019s total volume. \u2014 Jonathan Stone, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
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"In the first quarter of this year, institutional investors allocated the largest amount of new capital to hedge funds since 2015, according to HFR. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 31 May 2022",
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"Bennett wouldn\u2019t hedge a guess as to which seed the Gaels will receive. \u2014 Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Mar. 2022",
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"But just to be on the safe side, don\u2019t hedge your bets when voting. \u2014 Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"But Redbox has also been a target of short sellers, investors (particularly hedge funds) who bet that a stock will go down. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 23 June 2022",
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"To hedge the risk that prices might fall, some farmers take an offsetting short position in corn futures\u2014a contract that pays off if prices fall. \u2014 M. Todd Henderson, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
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"Traders have been piling into Treasuries and selling stocks as tension escalates near Ukraine\u2019s border, with investors trying to hedge investments and map out possible scenarios. \u2014 Emily Barrett, Fortune , 22 Feb. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Resembles a hedge trimmer':A man visiting Florida wanted to catch a shark. \u2014 Brian Broom, USA TODAY , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"Traditional venture firms have been raising new funds quickly, while hedge funds and private-equity investors have moved into the market. \u2014 Eliot Brown, WSJ , 2 Jan. 2022",
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"Essentially, a coordinated group of retail traders grew upset at how hedge funds make money by betting that struggling companies' stocks will decline in value. \u2014 Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY , 2 June 2021",
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"Anthony Scaramucci\u2019s SkyBridge Capital, which invests billions in hedge funds for wealthy individual clients, has created special-purpose vehicles dedicated to investments in private companies. \u2014 Juliet Chung, WSJ , 19 May 2021",
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"The filing, a quarterly rundown of holdings required of hedge funds of a certain size, said the position was worth $534 million -- an amount likely derived by multiplying Tesla\u2019s share price on March 31 by the number of shares Scion bet against. \u2014 Jeremy Herron, Fortune , 18 May 2021",
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"Its investments, which include holdings in mutual and hedge funds, increased to $635.3 million in 2020, up from $187.8 million in 2010. \u2014 R.t. Watson, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2021",
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"There isn\u2019t the appetite for public offerings due to fewer dedicated energy mutual and hedge funds and commodity price uncertainties due to lower demand. \u2014 Dan Eberhart, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021",
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"Many wind farm operators, which needed to purchase electricity because of hedge contracts, are in financial distress. \u2014 Russell Gold, WSJ , 5 Mar. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English hegge, heyg \"fence formed by a row of shrubs, bush, underbrush,\" going back to Old English *hecg \"fence formed by shrubs, boundary fence,\" attested in dative hegge, hecge (also Old English hecge, weak feminine noun, in same sense), going back to Germanic *hagj\u014d (whence also Middle Dutch hegghe \"hedge,\" Old High German hegga \"palisade,\" Middle High German hegge, hecke \"hedge\"), derivative of a base *hag- \"enclosure formed by shrubs\" \u2014 more at haw entry 1":"Noun",
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"Middle English heggen, hedgyn \"to make a hedge, fence in with a hedge,\" derivative of hegge, heyg hedge entry 1":"Verb",
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"from attributive use of hedge entry 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113817"
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},
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"hedge fund":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an investing group usually in the form of a limited partnership that employs speculative techniques in the hope of obtaining large capital gains":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Bunny already has a replacement, as hedge fund manager Nina introduces herself and announces her presidency during her predecessor's wake. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 June 2022",
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"Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin is moving his company\u2019s headquarters from Chicago to Miami. \u2014 Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
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"Winning bids across the years have come from financial figures like hedge fund manager David Einhorn. \u2014 Max Reyes, Fortune , 18 June 2022",
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"Middleton and husband James Matthews, a 46-year-old hedge fund manager, welcomed son Arthur in October 2018 and daughter Grace in March 2021. \u2014 al , 6 June 2022",
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"James is a hedge fund manager, the chief executive of Eden Rock Capital Management Group, and a former professional racing driver. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 6 June 2022",
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"Celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz, backed by former President Donald Trump, leads former hedge fund manager David McCormick by 902 votes, or 0.1 percentage points. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 26 May 2022",
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"Former hedge fund manager David McCormick filed a lawsuit Monday pushing officials to count mail ballots that were missing dates on the envelopes, as his primary against celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz remains too close to call. \u2014 Ben Kamisar, NBC News , 24 May 2022",
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"The 64-year-old hedge fund manager moved to Baltimore at age 6 and lived a few blocks from the race track. \u2014 Ryan Mcfadden, Baltimore Sun , 20 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1966, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114125",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"hedge garlic":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": garlic mustard":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125224",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"hedgehog":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of a subfamily (Erinaceinae) of Eurasian and African nocturnal insectivores that have both hair and spines which they present outwardly by rolling themselves up when threatened":[],
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": any of several spiny mammals (such as a porcupine)":[],
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": a military defensive obstacle (as of barbed wire)":[],
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": a well-fortified military stronghold":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02cch\u00e4g",
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"\u02c8hej-\u02cch\u022fg"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The blue hedgehog is voiced by Emmy-winning writer, actor and comedian Ben Schwartz \u2014 who is sharing his road to stardom with CBS News. \u2014 Anthony Mason, CBS News , 6 May 2022",
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"Knuckles is on his own urgent mission to find the same gotta-go-fast hedgehog as Robotnik. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"The first film devoted too much time to Sonic's backstory, which connected our heroic hedgehog to a race of magical owls on a planet far from Earth. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"To take full advantage of the opportunity Mr. Putin has offered, Mr. Biden must get in touch with his inner hedgehog and focus his foreign policy on one thing and one thing only: making Mr. Putin pay. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"Many people brought pets to the station, including a hedgehog . \u2014 New York Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"Tao is short, with a high forehead and a spiky hairline that give him the cautiously inquisitive appearance of a hedgehog . \u2014 The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"Guests can meet two-toed sloths, a green iguana, a red-footed tortoise, a four-toed hedgehog and other animals during live presentations throughout the day. \u2014 Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic , 31 Jan. 2022",
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"Seventeen were known zoo species, while the rest were non-zoo animals nearby, such as the Eurasian hedgehog , which is endangered in the UK. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 6 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English heyghoge, from heyg, hegge hedge entry 1 + hoge, hogge hog entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-141617"
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},
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"hedgehog cactus":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of several cacti with stout sharp spines: such as":[],
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": a cactus of the genus Echinocactus":[],
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": a cactus of the genus Echinocereus":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152341"
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},
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"hedgehog caterpillar":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the hairy larva of certain moths \u2014 compare woolly bear":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191556"
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},
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"hedgehog fish":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": porcupine fish":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194449"
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},
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"hedge fumitory":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": fumitory":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203715"
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},
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"hedge fence":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a hedge that serves as a fence":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004032"
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},
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"hedge creeper":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": hedge bird":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060427"
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},
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"hedge mustard":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094753"
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"hedge bird":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": vagrant , vagabond":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102128"
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},
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"hedge mushroom":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": horse mushroom":[],
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": meadow mushroom":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112114"
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"hedge sparrow":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a common European bird ( Prunella modularis synonym Accentor modularis ) that resembles a thrush, frequents hedges, and is reddish brown and ashen gray with the wing coverts tipped with white":[]
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115724"
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},
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"hederin":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a crystalline antibiotic glycoside C 41 H 64 O 11 active against fungi and bacteria that is found especially in ivy":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8hed\u0259r\u0259\u0307n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary heder- (from New Latin Hedera , genus name of Hedera helix ) + -in":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120534"
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"hedge school":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a school held out of doors especially in Ireland":[]
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"so called from the fact that in 17th and 18th century Ireland schools were held outside in out-of-the-way places to evade the law on Catholic education":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-130156"
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"hederagenin":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a crystalline triterpenoid saponin C 30 H 48 O 4 obtained by hydrolysis of hederin and other saponins (as from soap nuts)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cched\u0259r\u0259\u02c8jen\u0259\u0307n",
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"\u02cched\u0259\u02c8raj\u0259n\u0259\u0307n",
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"-\u02ccn\u0113n"
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],
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"International Scientific Vocabulary hedera- (from New Latin Hedera ) + -gen + -in":""
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": a columnar, much-branched, South American cactus ( Cereus hildmannianus synonym C. peruvianus ) that has large white flowers and is widely grown for hedges in the tropics":[]
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"hedge one's bets":{
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": to do things that will prevent great loss or failure if future events do not happen as one plans or hopes":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162630"
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"hedge nettle":{
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": a plant of the genus Stachys: such as":[],
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": a perennial shade-loving Eurasian herb ( S. sylvatica ) with a green creeping rhizome having a foul odor when crushed":[],
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": a similar plant ( S. palustris ) with an odorless rhizome that is widespread in moist places in most of the northern hemisphere":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181606"
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a common low-growing Asiatic tree ( Acer campestre ) sometimes used as a hedge":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182404"
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"hedge accentor":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": hedge sparrow":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184450"
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},
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"hedgeless":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": having no hedges":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8hejl\u0259\u0307s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185648"
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},
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"hedgehog fruit":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the prickly fruit of a maiden's-blush ( Echinocarpus australis )":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205158"
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},
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"hedeoma":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a small genus of American herbs (family Labiatae) having small flowers in axillary clusters and with bilabiate corolla and two stamens \u2014 see pennyroyal sense 2":[],
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": any plant of the genus Hedeoma":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cched\u0113\u02c8\u014dm\u0259",
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"\u02cch\u0113d-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, probably irregular from Greek h\u0113dys sweet + osm\u0113 smell; from the fragrant blossoms":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223351"
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},
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"hedge around/about":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to limit or restrict (something)":[
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"\u2014 usually used as (be) hedged \u2014 usually + with or by Their offer is so hedged around with conditions that it hardly seems worthwhile. a rule that is hedged about by exceptions"
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]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224641"
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},
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"hedge in":{
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"type":[
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"phrasal verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to form a boundary around (something)":[
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"a field hedged in by trees"
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],
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": to surround or restrict (someone) in a way that prevents free movement or action":[
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"We have been hedged in by their rules and regulations."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224814"
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},
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"hedgerow":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a row of shrubs or trees enclosing or separating fields":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8hej-\u02ccr\u014d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Brilliant, eclectic and electric aromas of hedgerow , black cherries, raspberries and strawberries. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
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"Muscle Shoals, there was a bustle in your hedgerow Tuesday. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 18 May 2022",
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"That\u2019s one way to clear out any of those pesky bustles in your hedgerow . \u2014 Stephen L. Betts, Rolling Stone , 4 May 2022",
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"Treetop or other hedgerow pruning and overhead irrigation are not advised where the disease is a problem. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Jan. 2022",
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"Some are simple, such as a park bench in a simulated hedgerow maze and a whimsical wall of flowers behind a bathtub. \u2014 Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News , 19 May 2021",
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"Find a tree, hedgerow , even a piece of farm equipment to break up your outline. \u2014 Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life , 6 Jan. 2021",
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"The poem opens with the lines, This lonely hill was always dear to me/ and this hedgerow , which cuts off the view/ of so much of the last horizon. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 15 June 2020",
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"On warm summer evenings, the fields and hedgerows hum with new insect life. \u2014 Christopher Preston, The Atlantic , 9 Apr. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014949"
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},
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"hedgehog fungus":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a fungus of the genus Hydnum (especially H. erinaceum )":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"so called from the prickly hymenial surface":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-070107"
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},
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"hedge against":{
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"type":[
|
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"phrasal verb"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to protect oneself from (something)":[
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"They hedge against inflation by investing their money.",
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"looking for ways to hedge against risk/failure"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-072326"
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},
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"hedge hyssop":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an herb of the genus Gratiola (as the European G. officinalis or the American G. aurea )":[],
|
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": any of several British plants resembling hedge hyssop (as Scutellaria minor and Lythrum hyssopifolium )":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-074101"
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},
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"hedenbergite":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a mineral CaFeSi 2 O 6 consisting of a calcium-iron pyroxene":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8hed\u1d4an\u02ccb\u0259r\u02ccg\u012bt"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Swedish hedenbergit , from Ludwig Hedenberg 19th century Swedish mineralogist + Swedish -it -ite":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-085830"
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},
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"hedge-sparrow egg":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a pale green to light yellowish green that is yellower and slightly lighter than cameo green":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-094317"
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},
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"heder":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an elementary Jewish school in which children are taught to read the Torah and other books in Hebrew":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8\u1e35\u0101-d\u0259r",
|
|
"\u02c8\u1e35e-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Yiddish kheyder , from Hebrew \u1e25edher room":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1882, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-102604"
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},
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"hedgebetty":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": hedge sparrow":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"hedge entry 1 + Betty , the name":""
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-112507"
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},
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"hedgehog gourd":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an ornamental gourd ( Cucumis dipsaceus ) having a hairy fruit":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-122531"
|
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},
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"hedge parsley":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-144330"
|
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},
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"hedgehog grass":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": bur grass":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-144343"
|
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},
|
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"hedge violet":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a common European blue-flowered violet ( Viola sylvatica ) that grows in woods and hedgerows":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-163042"
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},
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"hedgebote":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": haybote":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"hedge entry 1 + bote , obsolete variant of boot entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-170003"
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},
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"hedge apple":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": osage orange":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-183813"
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},
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"hedgepig":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": hedgehog":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8hej-\u02ccpig"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1605, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-191004"
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},
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"hedysarum":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a genus of herbs (family Leguminosae) of the north temperate zone and northern Africa with racemose flowers and flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints":[],
|
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": any plant of the genus Hedysarum":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"h\u0113\u02c8dis\u0259r\u0259m"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Greek h\u0113dysaron goutweed, from h\u0113dy- hedy- + saron broom":""
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-212610"
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},
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"hedge pink":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": soapwort sense 1":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-220810"
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},
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"hedge-priest":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": an itinerant usually uneducated priest":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-221219"
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},
|
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"hedebo":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an embroidery characterized by drawnwork and decorative stitching":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8hed\u0259\u02ccb\u014d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"Danish hedebobroderi , from hedebo dwelling on the heath (from hede heath + bo dwelling) + broderi embroidery":""
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"definitions":{
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": a common Eurasian and American wild convolvulus ( Convolvulus sepium )":[],
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": climbing false buckwheat":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-004144"
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"Hedera":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of Old World woody vines (family Araliaceae) usually having palmate leaves but in adult form often becoming shrubby with unlobed leaves \u2014 see ivy":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8hed\u0259r\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"New Latin, from Latin, ivy; perhaps akin to Latin pre hendere to seize":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-015809"
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"hedyphane":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a mineral (Ca,Pb) 5 Cl(AsO 4 ) 3 consisting of a yellowish white monoclinic lead and calcium arsenate and chloride \u2014 compare apatite":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8hed\u0259\u02ccf\u0101n"
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"German hedyphan , from hedy- sweet + German -phan -phane":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-033514"
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},
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"hedgehoggy":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": tending to arouse aversion : forbidding":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"-i"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"hedgehog + -y":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-055738"
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},
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"heddler":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": drawer-in":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-d(\u1d4a)l\u0259(r)"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-065520"
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},
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"hedgehog medic":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of several plants of the genus Medicago (as M. echinus ) having pods that resemble burs":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-072830"
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},
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"hedgehop":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to fly an airplane close to the ground and rise over obstacles as they appear":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8hej-\u02cch\u00e4p"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"back-formation from hedgehopper":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-082855"
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},
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"heddle":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one of the sets of parallel cords or wires that with their mounting compose the harness used to guide warp threads in a loom":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8he-d\u1d4al"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Consider a dress that turns traditional looming heddles into whooshing sequins that shimmied and whirred as the model walked down the runway, the sound itself a callback to the hubbub of a factory at its busiest hour. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 30 May 2019",
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"Stoppelman explained that individual warp threads, which make up the longitudinal pattern in woven cloth, are put on a roller and then threaded individually through wire heddles , which are attached to a shaft and then to a foot treadle. \u2014 Annie Gentile, Courant Community , 22 Mar. 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably alteration of Middle English helde , from Old English hefeld ; akin to Old Norse hafald heddle, Old English hebban to lift \u2014 more at heave entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1513, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-100239"
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},
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"hedonistic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : of, relating to, or characterized by hedonism":[
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"a hedonistic lifestyle",
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"a city known for its wild, hedonistic nightlife",
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"The unabashedly hedonistic Allen pursued the good life for two or three years after leaving Microsoft.",
|
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"\u2014 David Kirkpatrick",
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"This tiny European island will give you a taste of the fabled hedonistic decadence of the Roman Empire.",
|
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"\u2014 Lauren Malaika Cooper"
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]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02cch\u0113-d\u0259-\u02c8ni-stik"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"decadent",
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"indulgent",
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"luxurious",
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"overindulgent",
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"self-indulgent",
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"sybaritic"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"self-abnegating",
|
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"self-denying"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-134324"
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},
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"hedgehog parsley":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a European herb ( Caucalis daucoides ) of the family Umbelliferae having fruit with prickly ribs":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-135301"
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},
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"hedgehog rat":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": spiny rat sense 1":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-143648"
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},
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"hedge willow":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": great sallow":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-163755"
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},
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"hedonometer":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a device for measuring pleasure":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cch\u0113d\u1d4an\u02c8\u00e4m\u0259t\u0259(r)",
|
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"-d\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Greek h\u0113don\u0113 + English -o- + -meter":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-190741"
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},
|
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"hedonism":{
|
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"type":[
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the sole or chief good in life":[],
|
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": a way of life based on or suggesting the principles of hedonism":[
|
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"she was a perfect specimen of selfish hedonism",
|
|
"\u2014 Donald Armstrong"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8h\u0113d-\u1d4an-\u02cciz-\u0259m",
|
|
"\u02c8h\u0113-d\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"carnality",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"sensuality",
|
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"sybaritism",
|
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"voluptuousness"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"abstinence",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
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"sobriety",
|
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"temperance"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"their spring break trip to Mexico became an exercise in heedless hedonism",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Monaco was soon thriving, and a new age of hedonism at the seashore had begun. \u2014 Lauren Groff, The Atlantic , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"The hedonism continued in the surrounding park, conceived by Scottish landscape designer Thomas Blaikie in the Anglo-Chinese style popular at the time. \u2014 Mary Winston Nicklin, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
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|
"The twin 112-passenger yachts of the SeaDream Yacht Club have a cult following thanks to their intuitive crew (the service is akin to a private charter\u2019s), exceptional food, and sense of happy hedonism onboard. \u2014 Sue Bryant, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"The General Manager is empowered to deliver various weekly events touching on wellness, the arts, hedonism , and education\u2014the various facades of our consumer needs. \u2014 Laura Parker, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"The effortlessly spontaneous O\u2019Hara and the infinitely calculating Gunn would not have agreed on much, but from their antithetical aesthetic positions, both were committed to a poetry of hedonism . \u2014 Mark Ford, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"The story will span several decades as the two men cross paths amid the Vietnam War protests of the 1960s, the hedonism of the \u201970s and the AIDS crisis of the \u201980s. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Beauty, hedonism , and nostalgia, daubed with masochism, compel my Bring a Trailer pick of the day, a 2014 Aston Martin V8 Vantage roadster. \u2014 Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Pursuing happiness to the exclusion of other goals\u2013known as psychological hedonism \u2013is not only an exercise in futility. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 31 Mar. 2022"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Greek h\u0113don\u0113 pleasure; akin to Greek h\u0113dys sweet \u2014 more at sweet":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-192905"
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},
|
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"hedgy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": resembling or abounding in hedges":[
|
|
"hedgy growths",
|
|
"a hedgy countryside"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-ji",
|
|
"\u02c8hej\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-193440"
|
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},
|
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"hedgehog tenrec":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tenrec ( Setifer setosus )":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-222555"
|
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},
|
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"hedgehog skate":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": little skate":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-222737"
|
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},
|
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"hedgehog shell":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a spinose marine gastropod shell of Murex or related genera (as M. tenuispina )":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-224845"
|
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},
|
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"hedychium":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of tropical Asiatic herbs (family Zingiberaceae) having showy labiate flowers in a spike or spiky cluster \u2014 see butterfly lily sense 1":[],
|
|
": any plant of the genus Hedychium":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"h\u0113\u02c8dik\u0113\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from hedy- + Greek chi\u014dn snow; from the white fragrant flowers":""
|
|
},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-003145"
|
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},
|
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"hedge rose":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of various wild roses that tend to invade and thrive in hedgerows: such as":[],
|
|
": dog rose":[],
|
|
": sweetbrier":[],
|
|
": macartney rose":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-014940"
|
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},
|
|
"hedonist":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism":[
|
|
"The most recent vintage to hit U.S. retail shelves is 2007, which produced rich wines with flattering fruit and voluptuous texture\u2014a hedonist's dream.",
|
|
"\u2014 James Molesworth",
|
|
"Though we think of him as a hedonist , Whitman was something of a prude himself, by the standards of his time.",
|
|
"\u2014 David S. Reynolds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8h\u0113-d\u0259-nist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"debauchee",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"sensualist",
|
|
"sybarite",
|
|
"voluptuary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascetic"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Within the first six weeks, Joan proved not only to be a lusty eater but a very social and cuddly baby who loved long warm baths, in other words, a hedonist in the making. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Because, her letters show a complicated, deep, emotional person\u2013not just a hedonist . \u2014 Katie Hafner, Scientific American , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"To compare Isa and Dorothy might, at first, seem like a false equivalence\u2014what do an academic in her thirties and a 21-year old hedonist really have in common? \u2014 Philippa Snow, The New Republic , 30 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Affleck, with blond hair and a goatee, plays d\u2019Alencon, an insensitive hedonist , with something close to glee. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 11 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"His Bill isn\u2019t a fratty hedonist so much as a man too psychologically compartmentalized to face his own misdeeds. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 31 Aug. 2021",
|
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"One of the most colorful entrepreneurs in history, McAfee was a true software pioneer, a notorious hedonist , a possible murderer, a fugitive, a U.S. presidential candidate and, inevitably, a cryptocurrency promoter. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 24 June 2021",
|
|
"In this new work, set in and around a mud pit, a young aesthete tries to persuade his grubby hedonists to de-ooze. \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 12 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"The historic caf\u00e9s that served a generation of true hedonists have succumbed to the vigilance of federal prohibition agents. \u2014 Lillian Symes, Harper's magazine , 25 Nov. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1847, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-023105"
|
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},
|
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"hedonics":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun plural but usually singular in construction"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a theory of ethics dealing with or based on the relation of duty to pleasure":[],
|
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": a branch of psychology that deals with pleasant and unpleasant states of consciousness and their relation to organic life":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"h\u0113\u02c8d\u00e4niks",
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"-n\u0113ks"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-034905"
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},
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"Hedin":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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"Sven Anders 1865\u20131952 Swedish explorer":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"h\u0101-\u02c8d\u0113n"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-044225"
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"hediondilla":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": creosote bush":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cched\u0113\u0259n\u02c8d\u0113(y)\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Mexican Spanish, from Spanish hediondo stinking (from heder to stink, from Latin foet\u0113re, fet\u0113re ) + -illa (diminutive suffix)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-054914"
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"hedonic gland":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of several glands of various salamanders and reptiles that produce a secretion believed to function in sexual attraction and stimulation":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-060750"
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},
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"hedleyite":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a mineral approximately Bi 7 Te 3 consisting of an alloy of bismuth and tellurium":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8hedl\u0113\u02cc\u012bt"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Hedley , British Columbia, its locality + English -ite":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-070410"
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},
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"hedy-":{
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"type":[
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"combining form"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": pleasant":[
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"hedy phane"
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]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek h\u0113dy- , from h\u0113dys":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-085033"
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},
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"hedonic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or characterized by pleasure":[],
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": of, relating to, or characterized by hedonism":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"hi-\u02c8d\u00e4n-ik",
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"hi-\u02c8d\u00e4-nik"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The hedonic concept dates back to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristippus of Cyrene, who argued that the ultimate goal of life ought to be to maximize pleasure. \u2014 Gregory Grieve, The Conversation , 19 May 2022",
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"Current popular culture centers on hedonic happiness, which values an outgoing, social, joyous view of life. \u2014 Gregory Grieve, The Conversation , 19 May 2022",
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"The Treadmill Is running on the hedonic career treadmill leaving you breathless and unsatisfied? \u2014 Terry Powell, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
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"The Bureau of Labor Statistics recognizes this reality and incorporates hedonic improvements into its calculus to account for it. \u2014 Ike Brannon, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"Another technical term for this is ' hedonic consumption'. \u2014 Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com , 5 Oct. 2021",
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"The cautionary word, however, is that humans are prone to what\u2019s called hedonic adaptation, which basically translates to a tendency to revert back to our old \u2013 and in this case, unappreciative \u2013 ways. \u2014 Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY , 23 Nov. 2021",
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"After all, there are those who choose to take drugs that blot out any chance of meaning and authenticity, hoping to achieve hedonic bliss. \u2014 Paul Bloom, WSJ , 15 Oct. 2021",
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"But that process, known as hedonic adjustment, most commonly applies to physical objects. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-170257"
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},
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"hedonists":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism":[
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"The most recent vintage to hit U.S. retail shelves is 2007, which produced rich wines with flattering fruit and voluptuous texture\u2014a hedonist's dream.",
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"\u2014 James Molesworth",
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"Though we think of him as a hedonist , Whitman was something of a prude himself, by the standards of his time.",
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"\u2014 David S. Reynolds"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8h\u0113-d\u0259-nist"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"debauchee",
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"decadent",
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"sensualist",
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"sybarite",
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"voluptuary"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ascetic"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Within the first six weeks, Joan proved not only to be a lusty eater but a very social and cuddly baby who loved long warm baths, in other words, a hedonist in the making. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"Because, her letters show a complicated, deep, emotional person\u2013not just a hedonist . \u2014 Katie Hafner, Scientific American , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"To compare Isa and Dorothy might, at first, seem like a false equivalence\u2014what do an academic in her thirties and a 21-year old hedonist really have in common? \u2014 Philippa Snow, The New Republic , 30 Dec. 2021",
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"Affleck, with blond hair and a goatee, plays d\u2019Alencon, an insensitive hedonist , with something close to glee. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 11 Oct. 2021",
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"His Bill isn\u2019t a fratty hedonist so much as a man too psychologically compartmentalized to face his own misdeeds. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 31 Aug. 2021",
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"One of the most colorful entrepreneurs in history, McAfee was a true software pioneer, a notorious hedonist , a possible murderer, a fugitive, a U.S. presidential candidate and, inevitably, a cryptocurrency promoter. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 24 June 2021",
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"In this new work, set in and around a mud pit, a young aesthete tries to persuade his grubby hedonists to de-ooze. \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 12 Mar. 2020",
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"The historic caf\u00e9s that served a generation of true hedonists have succumbed to the vigilance of federal prohibition agents. \u2014 Lillian Symes, Harper's magazine , 25 Nov. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1847, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-184816"
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},
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"hedgehopping":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to fly an airplane close to the ground and rise over obstacles as they appear":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8hej-\u02cch\u00e4p"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"back-formation from hedgehopper":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-021713"
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}
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