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{
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"hee-haw":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a loud rude laugh : guffaw":[],
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": the bray of a donkey":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"imitative":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8h\u0113-\u02cch\u022f",
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"-\u02c8h\u022f"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"belly laugh",
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"boff",
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"boffo",
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"boffola",
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"cachinnation",
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"cackle",
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"chortle",
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"chuckle",
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"giggle",
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"guffaw",
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"horselaugh",
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"laugh",
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"laughter",
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"snicker",
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"snigger",
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"titter",
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"twitter"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023159",
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"type":[
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"intransitive verb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"heed":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to pay attention":[],
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": to give consideration or attention to : mind":[
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"heed what he says",
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"heed the call"
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],
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": attention , notice":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8h\u0113d"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"follow",
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"listen (to)",
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"mind",
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"note",
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"observe",
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"regard",
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"watch"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"advertence",
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"advertency",
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"attention",
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"awareness",
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"cognizance",
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"consciousness",
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"ear",
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"eye",
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"knowledge",
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"mindfulness",
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"note",
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"notice",
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"observance",
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"observation"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"It may be possible to desensitize a cat to being petted for extended periods. \u2026 A safer solution is to consistently limit petting time, and to heed the cat's cues that she's had enough. \u2014 Cat Watch , August 2008",
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"In-line skating is not for everyone, and even those for whom it is ideally suited can skate into trouble, especially if they fail to heed safety precautions. \u2014 Jane E. Brody , New York Times , 2 May 1991",
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"However, he should heed an axiom from the pretelevision age: physician, heal thyself. \u2014 George F. Will , Newsweek , 17 Mar. 1986",
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"She failed to heed the warnings.",
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"if we had heeded the ranger's advice, we might not have gotten lost",
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"Noun",
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"Neither the British ministry nor the British Parliament welcomed American voices in determining policy in 1763, or ever. The British government paid little heed to the public press on either side of the water. \u2014 Edmund S. Morgan , New York Review of Books , 16 Nov. 2006",
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"She retrained as a doctor and it was through her pioneering research with cancer patients in the early 1960s (she showed how narcotics could be used without adverse effect) that the medical profession began to take heed . \u2014 Kate Kellaway , Prospect , January 2003",
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"Imagine swimming along with playful seals and then diving down to see such rarities as batfish. \u2026 Fleets of hammerhead sharks pay divers no heed , nor do the penguins move out of the way. \u2014 Town & Country , January 1983",
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"took heed of the student's learning disability so as to arrive at reasonable expectations for him",
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"pay heed to what you're doing with that knife while you're talking",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Jenner said that Rob Kardashian didn\u2019t heed her warnings. \u2014 Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"Medical schools that heed our call to ramp up gun safety education do not need to start from scratch. \u2014 David Velasquez, STAT , 18 June 2022",
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"The film\u2019s warning is one the world is only beginning to heed . \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
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"If rock \u2018n\u2019 roll was not meant to last, some of its earliest practitioners didn\u2019t bother to heed the message. \u2014 James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
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"Local law enforcement leaders have said it\u2019s still unclear exactly why a supervisor on scene hadn\u2019t allowed his officers to heed the desperate 911 calls from children inside, asking them to rush into the school. \u2014 Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
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"People living in or near Sioux Falls in South Dakota, Omaha in Nebraska and Minneapolis should pay close attention to the weather this weekend and heed the warning issued by the weather service. \u2014 Judson Jones, CNN , 26 May 2022",
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"Now & Then, with its emphasis on deadly surprises over depth of character or richness of detail, would have done well to heed . \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
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"All the more reason to heed Ms. Walsh\u2019s call and pay attention to how writers in China have been responding to political and societal upheavals. \u2014 Lee Lawrence, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Pay heed to all relevant signage and other guidance. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 21 June 2022",
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"The George Floyd protests of 2020 finally induced major American companies to pay more heed to Black composers. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
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"As Brown pointed out, few gave much heed to that part of the Celtics\u2019 first two months of the year. \u2014 Sean Deveney, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
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"The government takes heed of his art and so does Lang Dotrice (Speedman), the mysterious leader of a shady group wanting to use Saul as a way to normalize this new stage of mankind's evolution while others fight to keep the status quo. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
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"Labor Market Friday's dud of a jobs report carried an unsettling warning: don't pay any heed to the headline number of 3.9% unemployment. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 10 Jan. 2022",
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"Morning voters should take heed : Mike Ryan, meteorologist with NWS Indianapolis, said the best chance for thunderstorms will be from 6-10 a.m. \u2014 The Indianapolis Star , 3 May 2022",
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"Central bank members continue to voice a belief that the Franc is deviating from fundamentals, but the market pays little heed . \u2014 John Kicklighter, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"People were out Friday strolling through the city\u2019s wooded parks, little heed was paid to the occasional air-raid siren, and liquor sales were permitted again, the fast-emptying shelves attesting to considerable demand. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English h\u0113dan ; akin to Old High German huota guard, Old English h\u014dd hood":"Verb and Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202200"
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},
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"heedful":{
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"antonyms":[
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"careless",
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"heedless",
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"incautious",
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"unguarded",
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"unmindful",
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"unsafe",
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"unwary"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": taking heed : attentive":[
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"heedful of what they were doing"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"heedful of snakes, we watched our footing while walking through the tall grass to the lake's edge",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"As with recent demands to defund the police or abolish ICE amid our domestic upheavals, such calls should be heard not as literal policy prescriptions but as cries from the heart that demand heedful response. \u2014 Suzanne Nossel, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"Zhi-shay\u2019 was horrified by his brother\u2019s treatment, but also heedful of the powerful pack rules in which such cruelty is embedded. \u2014 Pamela Miller, Star Tribune , 7 Aug. 2020",
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"McMillan initially promised to train fissile material handlers to be more heedful of plutonium-handling perils, for example, and to bring the inventory and safety documents guiding their work up to date. \u2014 R. Jeffrey Smith, Science | AAAS , 30 June 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1540, 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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"\u02c8h\u0113d-f\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"alert",
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"careful",
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"cautious",
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"chary",
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"circumspect",
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"conservative",
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"considerate",
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"gingerly",
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"guarded",
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"safe",
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"wary"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181322",
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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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},
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"heedfulness":{
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"antonyms":[
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"careless",
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"heedless",
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"incautious",
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"unguarded",
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"unmindful",
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"unsafe",
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"unwary"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": taking heed : attentive":[
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"heedful of what they were doing"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"heedful of snakes, we watched our footing while walking through the tall grass to the lake's edge",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"As with recent demands to defund the police or abolish ICE amid our domestic upheavals, such calls should be heard not as literal policy prescriptions but as cries from the heart that demand heedful response. \u2014 Suzanne Nossel, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"Zhi-shay\u2019 was horrified by his brother\u2019s treatment, but also heedful of the powerful pack rules in which such cruelty is embedded. \u2014 Pamela Miller, Star Tribune , 7 Aug. 2020",
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"McMillan initially promised to train fissile material handlers to be more heedful of plutonium-handling perils, for example, and to bring the inventory and safety documents guiding their work up to date. \u2014 R. Jeffrey Smith, Science | AAAS , 30 June 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1540, 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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"\u02c8h\u0113d-f\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"alert",
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"careful",
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"cautious",
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"chary",
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"circumspect",
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"conservative",
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"considerate",
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"gingerly",
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"guarded",
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"safe",
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"wary"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220148",
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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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},
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"heedless":{
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"antonyms":[
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"alert",
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"cautious",
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"circumspect",
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"gingerly",
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"guarded",
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"heedful",
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"safe",
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"wary"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": not taking heed : inconsiderate , thoughtless":[
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"heedless follies of unbridled youth",
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"\u2014 John DeBruyn"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"They remain heedless of their own safety.",
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"the heedless use of natural resources",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"His physicality is that of a precocious but heedless kid. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 4 Feb. 2022",
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"Both fighters went out swinging in a brutal fifth round that concluded with 30 seconds of heedless swinging and slinging. \u2014 Greg Beacham, ajc , 23 Jan. 2022",
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"On the whole, however, the GET-THIN saga is a story of the breakdown of the medical regulatory system at the state and federal levels, and of heedless corporations in the medical device and health insurance fields. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 17 Dec. 2021",
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"Friedkin shot much of the film (including the high-speed chase scene under Brooklyn\u2019s D elevated-train platform) without permits, with a heedless verve that might\u2019ve gotten people killed had one or two things gone wrong. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"Christie confirms how heedless Trump and his Administration were about COVID\u2014masks were scorned in the White House\u2014and, predictably, many officials and visitors, including Trump and Christie, got sick. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 21 Nov. 2021",
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"The indications are inescapable that the bill for decades of heedless human activity is coming due. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 18 Oct. 2021",
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"And Europe\u2019s headlong, heedless rush into renewables will",
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"The pinball machine really would be spending in the sense that Republicans characterize Democrats\u2019 plans\u2014 heedless , ill-thought, selfish. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 24 Sep. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1565, 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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"\u02c8h\u0113d-l\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"careless",
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"incautious",
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"mindless",
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"unguarded",
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"unsafe",
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"unwary"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062504",
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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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},
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"heedlessness":{
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"antonyms":[
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"alert",
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"cautious",
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"circumspect",
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"gingerly",
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"guarded",
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"heedful",
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"safe",
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"wary"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": not taking heed : inconsiderate , thoughtless":[
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"heedless follies of unbridled youth",
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"\u2014 John DeBruyn"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"They remain heedless of their own safety.",
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"the heedless use of natural resources",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"His physicality is that of a precocious but heedless kid. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 4 Feb. 2022",
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"Both fighters went out swinging in a brutal fifth round that concluded with 30 seconds of heedless swinging and slinging. \u2014 Greg Beacham, ajc , 23 Jan. 2022",
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"On the whole, however, the GET-THIN saga is a story of the breakdown of the medical regulatory system at the state and federal levels, and of heedless corporations in the medical device and health insurance fields. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 17 Dec. 2021",
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"Friedkin shot much of the film (including the high-speed chase scene under Brooklyn\u2019s D elevated-train platform) without permits, with a heedless verve that might\u2019ve gotten people killed had one or two things gone wrong. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"Christie confirms how heedless Trump and his Administration were about COVID\u2014masks were scorned in the White House\u2014and, predictably, many officials and visitors, including Trump and Christie, got sick. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 21 Nov. 2021",
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"The indications are inescapable that the bill for decades of heedless human activity is coming due. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 18 Oct. 2021",
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"And Europe\u2019s headlong, heedless rush into renewables will",
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"The pinball machine really would be spending in the sense that Republicans characterize Democrats\u2019 plans\u2014 heedless , ill-thought, selfish. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 24 Sep. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1565, 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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"\u02c8h\u0113d-l\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"careless",
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"incautious",
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"mindless",
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"unguarded",
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"unsafe",
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"unwary"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001207",
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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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},
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"heel":{
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"antonyms":[
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"angle",
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"cant",
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"cock",
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"incline",
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"lean",
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"list",
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"pitch",
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"slant",
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"slope",
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"tilt",
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"tip"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a contemptible person : a person who is self-centered or untrustworthy":[
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"felt like a heel",
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"a few heels who appear to get away with it",
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"\u2014 Frank Case"
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],
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": a rear, low, or bottom part: such as":[],
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": a solid attachment of a shoe or boot forming the back of the sole under the heel of the foot":[
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"squashed the bug with his boot heel"
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],
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": a wrestler who performs the role of the unsympathetic antagonist or adversary in a staged wrestling match":[
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"In the traditional morality plays of professional wrestling, grapplers divided into good guys, or \"baby faces,\" and black-hatted \" heels .\"",
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"\u2014 John Leland"
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],
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": close behind":[
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"called the dog to heel"
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],
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": immediately following":[
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"came close on the heels of the announcement"
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],
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": in a tight grip":[
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"had the enemy by the heels"
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],
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": in or into a run-down or shabby condition":[
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"His slippers were down at the heel ."
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],
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": into agreement or line":[
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"reluctantly came to heel",
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"help to bring inflation to heel"
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],
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": one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread":[],
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": the after end of a ship's keel or the lower end of a mast":[],
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": the back of the human foot below the ankle and behind the arch":[],
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": the base of a ladder":[],
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": the base of a tuber or cutting of a plant used for propagation of the plant":[],
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": the part (as of a shoe) that covers the human heel":[],
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": the part of the hind limb of other vertebrates that is similar in structure to the human heel":[
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"nipping at the cow's heels"
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],
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": to cause (a boat) to lean to one side":[
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"heeling the sloop well over and skimming her along to windward",
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"\u2014 K. M. Dodson"
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],
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": to exert pressure on, propel, or strike (someone or something) with the back part of the foot":[
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"heeled her horse"
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],
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": to furnish (a boot, a shoe, etc.) with a solid attachment forming the part of the sole that is under the back of the foot : to attach a heel (see heel entry 1 sense 4b ) to":[],
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": to move along near the back of someone's feet : to stay at someone's heels":[
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"taught the dog to heel"
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],
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": to supply especially with money or information":[
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"better heeled but still not flush",
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"I want to be heeled when they book him",
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"\u2014 R. P. Warren"
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],
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": to urge (a lagging animal) by following closely or by nipping at the heels":[
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"dogs heeling cattle"
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],
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": under control or subjection":[
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"They kept us under heel ."
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],
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"\u2014 compare baby face sense 2":[
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"In the traditional morality plays of professional wrestling, grapplers divided into good guys, or \"baby faces,\" and black-hatted \" heels .\"",
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"\u2014 John Leland"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1598, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
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"1622, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"circa 1575, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English h\u0113la ; akin to Old Norse h\u00e6ll heel, Old English h\u014dh \u2014 more at hock":"Noun and Verb",
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"alteration of Middle English heelden , from Old English hieldan ; akin to Old High German hald inclined, Lithuanian \u0161alis side, region":"Verb and Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8h\u0113(\u0259)l",
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"\u02c8h\u0113l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bastard",
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"beast",
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"bleeder",
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"blighter",
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"boor",
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"bounder",
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"bugger",
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"buzzard",
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"cad",
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"chuff",
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"churl",
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"clown",
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"creep",
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"cretin",
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"crud",
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"crumb",
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"cur",
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"dirtbag",
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"dog",
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"fink",
|
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"hound",
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"jerk",
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"joker",
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"louse",
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"lout",
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"pill",
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"rat",
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"rat fink",
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"reptile",
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"rotter",
|
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"schmuck",
|
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"scum",
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"scumbag",
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"scuzzball",
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"skunk",
|
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"sleaze",
|
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"sleazebag",
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"sleazeball",
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"slime",
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"slimeball",
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"slob",
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"snake",
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"so-and-so",
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"sod",
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"stinkard",
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"stinker",
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"swine",
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"toad",
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"varmint",
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"vermin"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235534",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"heel fly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": cattle grub":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1870, 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":"20220708-123901",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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"heel in":{
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"type":[
|
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"transitive verb"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": to cover temporarily (the roots of a plant or often of several plants in one hole) with soil before setting permanently":[]
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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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"heel entry 2":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152004"
|
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},
|
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"heeling error":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a deviation of a compass due to a ship's heeling which causes vertical magnetic forces to have a horizontal component and transverse horizontal magnetic forces to have a vertical component":[]
|
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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":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"from present participle of heel entry 3":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161502"
|
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},
|
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"heeler":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": one that heels":[],
|
|
": australian cattle dog":[],
|
|
": a henchman of a local political boss":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8h\u0113-l\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"That flash of blond is Flora, the dispatch center\u2019s 1-year old golden heeler , darting after a small tennis ball. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In another case from last year, a red heeler named Dixie was intentionally set on fire and abandoned near Interstate 80 in Tooele. \u2014 Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Laura Waldron, 54, was last seen Wednesday morning near 100 South and 300 East with her black lab and red heeler . \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 May 2021",
|
|
"Oswald said the family then wrote a Facebook post that included a picture of the 2-year-old border collie and red heeler mix, and more than 3,000 people shared the post. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 11 June 2021",
|
|
"Oswald said the family then wrote a Facebook post that included a picture of the 2-year-old border collie and red heeler mix and more than 3,000 people shared the post. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 11 June 2021",
|
|
"Stella, a three-year-old Catahoula Blue heeler mix in Chicago, is more articulate. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2021",
|
|
"In charges filed Tuesday, Salt Lake District Attorney Sim Gill charged the man with three felony counts \u2014 all related to what happened to Dixie, a red tick heeler who was stolen, set on fire and left on a roadside on March 1. \u2014 Sara Tabin, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Dixie, a red tick heeler , suffered second- and third-degree burns to most of her body last week and was in critical condition. \u2014 Rebekah Wahlberg, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 Mar. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203048"
|
|
},
|
|
"heebie-jeebies":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": jitters , creeps":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cch\u0113-b\u0113-\u02c8j\u0113-b\u0113z"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butterflies",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"jimjams",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"nerves",
|
|
"screaming meemies",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"whim-whams",
|
|
"willies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"coined by Billy DeBeck \u20201942 American cartoonist":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1923, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032544"
|
|
},
|
|
"heels":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the back of the human foot below the ankle and behind the arch":[],
|
|
": the part of the hind limb of other vertebrates that is similar in structure to the human heel":[
|
|
"nipping at the cow's heels"
|
|
],
|
|
": one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread":[],
|
|
": the part (as of a shoe) that covers the human heel":[],
|
|
": a solid attachment of a shoe or boot forming the back of the sole under the heel of the foot":[
|
|
"squashed the bug with his boot heel"
|
|
],
|
|
": a rear, low, or bottom part: such as":[],
|
|
": the after end of a ship's keel or the lower end of a mast":[],
|
|
": the base of a tuber or cutting of a plant used for propagation of the plant":[],
|
|
": the base of a ladder":[],
|
|
": a contemptible person : a person who is self-centered or untrustworthy":[
|
|
"felt like a heel",
|
|
"a few heels who appear to get away with it",
|
|
"\u2014 Frank Case"
|
|
],
|
|
": a wrestler who performs the role of the unsympathetic antagonist or adversary in a staged wrestling match":[
|
|
"In the traditional morality plays of professional wrestling, grapplers divided into good guys, or \"baby faces,\" and black-hatted \" heels .\"",
|
|
"\u2014 John Leland"
|
|
],
|
|
"\u2014 compare baby face sense 2":[
|
|
"In the traditional morality plays of professional wrestling, grapplers divided into good guys, or \"baby faces,\" and black-hatted \" heels .\"",
|
|
"\u2014 John Leland"
|
|
],
|
|
": in a tight grip":[
|
|
"had the enemy by the heels"
|
|
],
|
|
": in or into a run-down or shabby condition":[
|
|
"His slippers were down at the heel ."
|
|
],
|
|
": immediately following":[
|
|
"came close on the heels of the announcement"
|
|
],
|
|
": close behind":[
|
|
"called the dog to heel"
|
|
],
|
|
": into agreement or line":[
|
|
"reluctantly came to heel",
|
|
"help to bring inflation to heel"
|
|
],
|
|
": under control or subjection":[
|
|
"They kept us under heel ."
|
|
],
|
|
": to furnish (a boot, a shoe, etc.) with a solid attachment forming the part of the sole that is under the back of the foot : to attach a heel (see heel entry 1 sense 4b ) to":[],
|
|
": to supply especially with money or information":[
|
|
"better heeled but still not flush",
|
|
"I want to be heeled when they book him",
|
|
"\u2014 R. P. Warren"
|
|
],
|
|
": to exert pressure on, propel, or strike (someone or something) with the back part of the foot":[
|
|
"heeled her horse"
|
|
],
|
|
": to urge (a lagging animal) by following closely or by nipping at the heels":[
|
|
"dogs heeling cattle"
|
|
],
|
|
": to move along near the back of someone's feet : to stay at someone's heels":[
|
|
"taught the dog to heel"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cause (a boat) to lean to one side":[
|
|
"heeling the sloop well over and skimming her along to windward",
|
|
"\u2014 K. M. Dodson"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8h\u0113l",
|
|
"\u02c8h\u0113(\u0259)l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"bleeder",
|
|
"blighter",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"bugger",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"reptile",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"schmuck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slimeball",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"so-and-so",
|
|
"sod",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toad",
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"tilt",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English h\u0113la ; akin to Old Norse h\u00e6ll heel, Old English h\u014dh \u2014 more at hock":"Noun and Verb",
|
|
"alteration of Middle English heelden , from Old English hieldan ; akin to Old High German hald inclined, Lithuanian \u0161alis side, region":"Verb and Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
|
"1598, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
|
|
"circa 1575, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
|
|
"1622, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154606"
|
|
},
|
|
"heel-and-toe":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": marked by a stride in which the heel of one foot touches the ground before the toe of the other foot leaves it":[
|
|
"heel-and-toe walking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cch\u0113l-\u0259n-\u02c8t\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1823, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000142"
|
|
},
|
|
"heeld":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"intransitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": tilt , lean , heel":[
|
|
"let it be laid in a dish hielding toward the one side",
|
|
"\u2014 Peter Morwen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011356"
|
|
},
|
|
"heel boom":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a log-loading boom against which the end of a log being loaded bears and is steadied as it is lifted and swung into position":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-070326"
|
|
},
|
|
"heel of round":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": heel sense 7i \u2014 see veal illustration":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-072308"
|
|
},
|
|
"heel pad":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a pad (as of leather) fixed over an insole to provide a comfortable support for the heel of the foot":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-135113"
|
|
},
|
|
"heel-and-toe watch":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a deck watch alternating with an equal period of rest":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-174500"
|
|
},
|
|
"heelpath":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": berm sense d":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"heel entry 1 + path ; from its being contrasted to towpath , the homophones tow and toe being punningly equated":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-183342"
|
|
},
|
|
"heel block":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a block or last to support a shoe which is being heeled or from which heel lifts are being driven out":[],
|
|
": a filler block at the heel end of a railroad frog between the frog rails that reinforces the frog and that also serves as a foot guard":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-104858"
|
|
},
|
|
"heelball":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a composition of wax and lampblack used by shoemakers for polishing and by antiquarians for making rubbings of inscriptions":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8h\u0113l-\u02ccb\u022fl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1774, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-013140"
|
|
},
|
|
"heelpiece":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a piece designed for or forming the heel (as of a shoe)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8h\u0113l-\u02ccp\u0113s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1674, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-110222"
|
|
},
|
|
"heel plate":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": butt plate":[],
|
|
": a metal plate (as one designed to protect against wear) for the heel of a shoe":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-041253"
|
|
},
|
|
"heelpost":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a post to which a gate or door is hinged":[],
|
|
": the outer post of a stall partition in a stable":[]
|
|
},
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": a rope used for hobbling a horse":[]
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},
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"noun"
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": the part of a shoe to which the heel is attached":[]
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},
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},
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": head over heels":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-085622"
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"noun"
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],
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": the calcar of a bat's foot spreading the tail membrane":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-184215"
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},
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": a member of a heemraad":[]
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},
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"\u02c8h\u0101m\u02ccr\u00e4d",
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"\u02c8h\u0113m-"
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],
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"Afrikaans, from heem farm, village, home + raad council, councilman":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-184824"
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},
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"noun"
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],
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-184844"
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},
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"heer":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an old unit of yarn measure of about 600 yards or \u00b9/\u2082\u2084 of a spindle":[]
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},
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"\u02c8hi(\u0259)r"
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],
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"Middle English (Scots dialect) heir, hair , literally, hair":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-191927"
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": achilles' tendon":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-193814"
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a small quantity of alcoholic beverage remaining (as in a glass after drinking)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8h\u0113l-\u02cctap"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{
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"1780, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-223742"
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},
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"Heem":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"Jan Davidsz de 1606\u20131683(or 1684) Dutch painter":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8h\u0101m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-235445"
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},
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"heelwork":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": dance technique emphasizing accents with the heels":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-002022"
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},
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"heerabol myrrh":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the true myrrh of commerce said to be obtained from an East African and Arabian tree ( Commiphora myrrha )":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-003553"
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},
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"heeltree":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the whiffletree of a harrow":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"heel entry 1 + tree":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-014112"
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}
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