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{
"Fillanin":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of Fillanin variant of filani"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-020210"
},
"Filix":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of Filix taxonomic synonym of cystopteris"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012bliks",
"\u02c8fil-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Latin, fern"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-142825"
},
"Fidelista":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an adherent of Castroism"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccf\u0113-d\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113-st\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"borrowed from American Spanish, from Fidel castro (ruz) + Spanish -ista -ist entry 1"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1960, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-161157"
},
"Fiordland":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"mountain region of southern New Zealand in the southwestern part of the South Island"
],
"pronounciation":[
"f\u0113-\u02c8\u022frd-\u02ccland",
"\u02c8f\u0113-\u02cc\u022frd-",
"\u02c8fy\u022frd-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-204221"
},
"Fingo":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a South African people descended from a group of refugees who were driven southward in native wars and later settled east of Great Fish river, Union of South Africa",
": a member of this people",
": the Bantu language of the Fingo people"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi\u014b(\u02cc)g\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-000424"
},
"FIO":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":[
"free in and out"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-052640"
},
"Fidelism":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun or adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": castroism"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0113d\u1d4al\u02cciz\u0259m",
"f\u0113\u02c8del-",
"fi\u02c8d-",
"(\u02cc)f\u012b\u02c8del-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Spanish fidelismo , from Fidel Castro + Spanish -ismo -ism"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-101809"
},
"Fiedler":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"Arthur 1894\u20131979 American conductor"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0113d-l\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-141046"
},
"Finchley":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"former municipal borough in Middlesex, southeastern England"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8finch-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-010256"
},
"Filipino":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a native of the Philippine Islands",
": a citizen of the Republic of the Philippines",
": the Tagalog-based official language of the Republic of the Philippines",
": a person born or living in the Philippines",
": the language of the Philippines"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccfi-l\u0259-\u02c8p\u0113-(\u02cc)n\u014d",
"\u02ccfi-l\u0259-\u02c8p\u0113-n\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Spanish"
],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-063701"
},
"Finland":{
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
"country of northern Europe bordering on the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland and extending north of the Arctic Circle; a republic with its capital at Helsinki area 130,559 square miles (338,145 square kilometers), population 5,537,000"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fin-l\u0259nd"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-151045"
},
"Filipinize":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to provide with personnel preponderantly or totally Filipino"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-090918"
},
"Finland, Gulf of":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"arm of the Baltic Sea between Finland and Estonia"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-162316"
},
"Filipinization":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of Filipinizing : the condition of being Filipinized"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccfil\u0259\u02ccp\u0113n\u0259\u0307\u02c8z\u0101sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-180946"
},
"Filipina":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a Filipino girl or woman"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccfi-l\u0259-\u02c8p\u0113-n\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Spanish"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1899, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-181718"
},
"Finsteraarhorn":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"mountain 14,019 feet (4273 meters) high in southern Switzerland; highest peak of the Berner Alpen"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccfin(t)-st\u0259r-\u02c8\u00e4r-\u02cch\u022frn"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-224324"
},
"Finsen light":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a mixture of blue, violet, and near ultraviolet light that is produced by a lamp using a high-temperature carbon arc or a mercury arc and that is used in the treatment of lupus and certain other skin conditions and in testing paints and other protective coatings"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fin(t)s\u0259n-",
"-nz\u0259n-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"after Niels R. Finsen \u20201904 Danish physician"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-045118"
},
"Finlandisation":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of Finlandisation British spelling of finlandization"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-084134"
},
"First Nation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of a number of peoples especially of Canada who are indigenous to the North American continent"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1980, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-130509"
},
"fianc\u00e9":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a man engaged to be married",
": a man that a woman is engaged to be married to"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccf\u0113-\u02cc\u00e4n-\u02c8s\u0101",
"f\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4n-\u02ccs\u0101",
"\u02ccf\u0113-\u02cc\u00e4n-\u02c8s\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrothed",
"fianc\u00e9e",
"intended"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Let me introduce my fianc\u00e9 .",
"couldn't wait to show off her fianc\u00e9 to all of her relatives",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mercy Hospital in Chicago beefed up security after a 2019 attack in which a man fatally shot an attending physician who was his ex- fiance in the parking lot. \u2014 Michael Tarm And Don Babwin, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"Over the past eight months, the case of Gabby Petito, who disappeared on a road trip with her fiance and was later found dead, has once again brought the issue to the forefront of the public consciousness. \u2014 Gina Barton, jsonline.com , 3 May 2022",
"Over the past eight months, the case of Gabby Petito, who disappeared on a road trip with her fiance and was later found dead, has once again brought the issue to the forefront of the public consciousness. \u2014 Gina Barton, USA Today , 3 May 2022",
"However, Erica is unwittingly tasked with performing at the wedding of her ex- fiance , Jason (Jay Pharaoh), and has to hide their history from his new bride-to-be. \u2014 Ruth Etiesit Samuel, Los Angeles Times , 2 Aug. 2021",
"Samantha and her fiance didn't waste any time getting both dogs loaded safely into their car. \u2014 Angela Blakely, USA TODAY , 23 May 2022",
"An estimated 60 rounds were fired from an assault rifle during a lunchtime shooting Tuesday, and a pregnant woman and her fiance were shot outside their home in a double homicide Thursday night. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 19 May 2022",
"The trousers and shirt her fiance will wear are secondhand. \u2014 Leanne Italie, Chicago Tribune , 18 May 2022",
"The trousers and shirt her fiance will wear are secondhand. \u2014 Leanne Italie, ajc , 18 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, from Middle French, from past participle of fiancer to promise, betroth, from Old French fiancier , from fiance promise, trust, from fier to trust, from Vulgar Latin *fidare , alteration of Latin fidere \u2014 more at bide ",
"first_known_use":[
"1838, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214909"
},
"fianc\u00e9e":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a woman engaged to be married",
": a woman that a man is engaged to be married to"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccf\u0113-\u02cc\u00e4n-\u02c8s\u0101",
"f\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4n-\u02ccs\u0101",
"\u02ccf\u0113-\u02cc\u00e4n-\u02c8s\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrothed",
"fianc\u00e9",
"intended"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"My fianc\u00e9e and I will be married in June.",
"his fianc\u00e9e is insisting on an elaborate wedding",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the girl\u2019s daddy hunted them down, shot the boy in the ankles and dragged his daughter home \u2014 leaving him footless and fiancee -free. \u2014 Pat Myers, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"He is survived by fiancee Jacy Nittolo and daughter Karsen Liotta. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 26 May 2022",
"Melumad has written themes for most of the major characters, including Pike, Spock, Number One, young cadet Uhura and medical officer M\u2019Benga \u2013 plus a love theme for Spock and his Vulcan fiancee T\u2019Pring. \u2014 Jon Burlingame, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"On Thursday, Khashoggi's fiancee Cengiz appeared to criticize the prosecutor\u2019s request, in a tweet in English. \u2014 Suzan Fraser, ajc , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Pratt was a longtime friend of White\u2019s and a cousin of his fiancee . \u2014 Alec Macgillis, ProPublica , 4 June 2022",
"He is remembered as a genuine, sweet and kind man by his fiancee Tracey Maciulewicz. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 25 May 2022",
"Well, my fiancee has pictures and videos of her celebration. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 25 May 2022",
"McVay and his fiancee , Veronika Khomyn, in partnership with Campbell\u2019s Chunky, made a $50,000 donation to the American Red Cross in support of Ukraine, the Rams announced. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, feminine of fianc\u00e9 \u2014 see fianc\u00e9 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1835, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195903"
},
"fiasco":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()"
],
"definitions":[
": a complete failure",
": bottle , flask",
": a bulbous long-necked straw-covered bottle for wine",
": a complete failure"
],
"pronounciation":[
"f\u0113-\u02c8a-(\u02cc)sk\u014d",
"also",
"f\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-(\u02cc)sk\u014d",
"-\u02c8a-",
"f\u0113-\u02c8a-sk\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"bummer",
"bust",
"catastrophe",
"clinker",
"clunker",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"dud",
"failure",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"frost",
"lemon",
"loser",
"miss",
"shipwreck",
"turkey",
"washout"
],
"antonyms":[
"blockbuster",
"hit",
"smash",
"success",
"winner"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"circa 1854, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"1887, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175111"
},
"fiat":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree",
": an authoritative determination : dictate",
": a command or act of will that creates something without or as if without further effort",
": decree",
": an authoritative but arbitrary order"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0113-\u0259t",
"-\u02ccat",
"-\u02cc\u00e4t",
"\u02c8f\u012b-\u0259t",
"-\u02ccat",
"\u02c8f\u0113-\u02cc\u00e4t, -\u02ccat, -\u0259t; \u02c8f\u012b-\u02ccat"
],
"synonyms":[
"bull",
"decree",
"diktat",
"directive",
"edict",
"rescript",
"ruling",
"ukase"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He runs the company by fiat .",
"the school principal issued a fiat that caps were not to be worn inside the school, and that was that",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Governmental fiat had the power to turn fable into fact. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"Sanctions against Russia have European, and U.S. importers from paying in local fiat . \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 25 May 2022",
"The complexity can only go away when specific technologies or platforms make the fiat -to-crypto conversion seamless. \u2014 Nitin Kumar, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Jennifer Abruzzo, the former Communications Workers of America lawyer who is now general counsel at the National Labor Relations Board, has been pushing to remake federal labor law by bureaucratic fiat . \u2014 Mark Mix, WSJ , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The conversion into traditional, or fiat , currency is considered one of the major hurdles for would-be crypto thieves, who struggle to obtain real-world dollars without catching the eye of investigators. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Clearly, central banks, and their friends in governments, view Bitcoin as a threat to the current fiat system. \u2014 Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"The temptation of avoiding it via executive fiat is obvious. \u2014 David B. Rivkin Jr. And Andrew M. Grossman, WSJ , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Now, doing so would mean invalidating the few remaining shreds of positive decisions resulting from judicial fiat . \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 2 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin, let it be done, 3rd singular present subjunctive of fieri to become, be done \u2014 more at be ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1631, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-092022"
},
"fibbing":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": a trivial or childish lie",
": to tell a fib",
": pummel , beat",
": a lie about something unimportant",
": to tell a lie about something unimportant",
"fibrillation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fib",
"\u02c8fib"
],
"synonyms":[
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fairy tale",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"lie",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"story",
"tale",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"untruth",
"whopper"
],
"antonyms":[
"fabricate",
"lie",
"prevaricate"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"I have to admit that I told a fib when I said I enjoyed the movie.",
"Is she telling fibs again?",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The fib in question was delivered during Vanity Fair's lie detector test series (see the video below). \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
"Just a fib to another FBI official regarding Page\u2019s status as a CIA informant, which the Bureau failed to disclose to the judge. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Rylance, Flynn and Beale are especially gifted at raising an eyebrow just a millimeter high enough to suggest a fib is in progress or adding a microsecond of hesitancy here or there to enhance the effect. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Feb. 2022",
"In the original study, researchers collected ECG patch data from 450 people who were notified, 34% of whom were found to have A- fib . \u2014 Stat Staff, STAT , 30 Sep. 2021",
"The causes of a- fib are not completely understood, but one widespread view is that too much caffeine might trigger it. \u2014 Steven Salzberg, Forbes , 28 June 2021",
"The kid goes into v- fib , and Maggie is needed again. \u2014 Lincee Ray, EW.com , 16 Apr. 2021",
"Over the months, the minor fib has spiraled into Mrs. Doubtfire levels of deception. \u2014 Saahil Desai, The Atlantic , 17 Jan. 2021",
"In a cruel twist of fate, her fib leads her parents to send her away to China. \u2014 Morgan Hines, USA TODAY , 5 Nov. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Sure, a few may fib more than others, but at some point everyone deceives someone. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Who isn\u2019t going to fib a little and overstate their exercise habits? \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 15 Jan. 2021",
"Surprisingly, 82% of charity and volunteer workers have lied to try and land a job, while 75% in the leisure, sport, and tourism fields fib on their CVs. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 12 Oct. 2021",
"When deployed more widely to sniff out passengers, the dogs may also deter would-be travelers inclined to fib about their coronavirus exposure or infection status. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Sep. 2021",
"But Shachar does sympathize with those tempted to fib about a health problem or use an old address to qualify for a vaccine \u2014 especially when different areas have different rules. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2021",
"Testing is scarcer in poor countries; and autocratic governments (more common in the developing world) are likelier than democracies to fib about figures. \u2014 The Economist , 5 June 2020",
"As far as the food, Pacifico fibbed , advertising crab on the menu/menu board but serving imitation crab. \u2014 David J. Neal, miamiherald , 7 June 2018",
"Survey results will be skewed if the types who do not answer are different from those who do, or if certain types of people are more loth to answer some questions, or more likely to fib . \u2014 The Economist , 24 May 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1611, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (1)",
"1675, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (2)",
"1610, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193644"
},
"fiber":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a thread or a structure or object resembling a thread: such as",
": a slender root (as of a grass)",
": an elongated tapering thick-walled plant cell void at maturity that imparts elasticity, flexibility, and tensile strength",
": a strand of nerve tissue : axon , dendrite",
": one of the filaments composing most of the intercellular matrix of connective tissue",
": one of the elongated contractile cells of muscle tissue",
": a slender and greatly elongated natural or synthetic filament (as of wool, cotton, asbestos, gold, glass, or rayon) typically capable of being spun into yarn",
": mostly indigestible material in food (such as legumes, whole grains, and vegetables) that stimulates the intestine to peristalsis and promotes elimination of waste from the large intestine : bulk , roughage",
": material made of fibers",
": vulcanized fiber",
": an element that gives texture or substance",
": basic toughness : strength , fortitude",
": essential structure or character",
": a thread or a structure or object resembling a thread",
": plant material that cannot be digested",
": a thread or a threadlike structure or object: as",
": a strand of nerve tissue : axon , dendrite",
": one of the filaments composing most of the intercellular matrix of connective tissue",
": one of the elongated contractile cells of muscle tissue",
": mostly indigestible material in food that stimulates the intestine to peristalsis"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012b-b\u0259r",
"\u02c8f\u012b-b\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"backbone",
"constancy",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"grittiness",
"guts",
"intestinal fortitude",
"pluck",
"spunk"
],
"antonyms":[
"spinelessness"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The forward-thinking company uses advanced technologies to build luxurious carbon- fiber day boats. \u2014 Rachel Ingram, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"The classic body, now made of carbon- fiber pieces, is nothing short of sleek. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 12 June 2022",
"The interior is decorated with Light Frost contrast stitching and unique carbon- fiber trim. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 7 June 2022",
"Carbon fiber technology has improved since the 1960s, allowing the Overture to be lighter and more fuel efficient than the Concorde. \u2014 Pranshu Verma, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"Fabric and carbon- fiber trim is the order of the day. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The cockpit is predictably short of fripperies, with much of the switchgear being old-fashioned toggles laid out in the center of the carbon- fiber dashboard. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 1 June 2022",
"Low to the ground and with a wide track, the hypercar\u2019s carbon- fiber body retains its progenitor\u2019s curvaceous shape, including giant fenders in the front and rear. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 1 June 2022",
"The small motor winds up a line that constricts the spring, which is made of carbon- fiber compression bows and rubber bands. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French fibre , from Latin fibra ",
"first_known_use":[
"1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221814"
},
"fickle":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness",
": changing often : not reliable"
],
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"\u02c8fi-k\u0259l",
"\u02c8fi-k\u0259l"
],
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"capricious",
"changeable",
"changeful",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconsistent",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"skittish",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
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"certain",
"changeless",
"constant",
"immutable",
"invariable",
"predictable",
"settled",
"stable",
"stationary",
"steady",
"unchangeable",
"unchanging",
"unvarying"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Big-time riders, especially as the Derby approaches, can be fickle and leave you for a higher-profile horse. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Fashion is fickle , but the ugly-chic shoe has been all the rage for years now. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 2 June 2022",
"The sudden wipeout of an entire, lucrative sector alarmed investors and reinforced the perception that regulations in China were fickle . \u2014 Pei Lin Wu, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
"MacLaughlin reimagines these tales in a mixture of modern and ancient settings, focusing on those whose bodies were transformed as the result of gods\u2019 fickle whims and murderous rages. \u2014 Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times , 28 Sep. 2021",
"The cycling world can be a fickle one, so use that to your advantage. \u2014 Eben Weiss, Outside Online , 2 June 2022",
"Still, quality matters more than fickle trends, says Warda Bouduettaya, pastry chef and owner of Detroit\u2019s Warda P\u00e2tisserie. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 June 2022",
"Skylar, who is wise beyond her years about the short shelf life of pop music and the fickle nature of young fans, isn\u2019t so sure. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"Floodplains themselves happen to be unpredictable ecosystems, formed by meandering rivers, filling and emptying in their own fickle ways. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English fikel deceitful, inconstant, from Old English ficol deceitful; akin to Old English be fician to deceive, and probably to Old English f\u0101h hostile \u2014 more at foe ",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204437"
},
"fickleness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness",
": changing often : not reliable"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi-k\u0259l",
"\u02c8fi-k\u0259l"
],
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"capricious",
"changeable",
"changeful",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconsistent",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"skittish",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
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"certain",
"changeless",
"constant",
"immutable",
"invariable",
"predictable",
"settled",
"stable",
"stationary",
"steady",
"unchangeable",
"unchanging",
"unvarying"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Big-time riders, especially as the Derby approaches, can be fickle and leave you for a higher-profile horse. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Fashion is fickle , but the ugly-chic shoe has been all the rage for years now. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 2 June 2022",
"The sudden wipeout of an entire, lucrative sector alarmed investors and reinforced the perception that regulations in China were fickle . \u2014 Pei Lin Wu, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
"MacLaughlin reimagines these tales in a mixture of modern and ancient settings, focusing on those whose bodies were transformed as the result of gods\u2019 fickle whims and murderous rages. \u2014 Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times , 28 Sep. 2021",
"The cycling world can be a fickle one, so use that to your advantage. \u2014 Eben Weiss, Outside Online , 2 June 2022",
"Still, quality matters more than fickle trends, says Warda Bouduettaya, pastry chef and owner of Detroit\u2019s Warda P\u00e2tisserie. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 June 2022",
"Skylar, who is wise beyond her years about the short shelf life of pop music and the fickle nature of young fans, isn\u2019t so sure. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"Floodplains themselves happen to be unpredictable ecosystems, formed by meandering rivers, filling and emptying in their own fickle ways. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English fikel deceitful, inconstant, from Old English ficol deceitful; akin to Old English be fician to deceive, and probably to Old English f\u0101h hostile \u2014 more at foe ",
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
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},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": something invented by the imagination or feigned",
": an invented story",
": fictitious literature (such as novels or short stories)",
": a work of fiction",
": novel",
": an assumption of a possibility as a fact irrespective of the question of its truth",
": a useful illusion or pretense",
": the action of feigning or of creating with the imagination",
": something told or written that is not fact",
": a made-up story",
": works of literature that are not true stories",
": legal fiction"
],
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"\u02c8fik-sh\u0259n",
"\u02c8fik-sh\u0259n"
],
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"fable",
"fabrication",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"figment",
"invention"
],
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"fact",
"materiality",
"reality"
],
"examples":[
"She believes the fiction that crime rates are up.",
"most stories about famous outlaws of the Old West are fictions that have little or nothing to do with fact",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For all a viewer knows, the pier and the supporting posts may or may not even be from the same location, such is the otherwise convincing fiction of the scene. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
"This is historical fiction at its finest, connecting threads of the past with the present to illuminate that essentially human something. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
"The independence of the cowboy is an American fiction . \u2014 Eula Biss, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
"Much of his early writing for the magazine was fiction . \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"The sway of breed, even over personality, is not fiction \u2014our species has made sure of that. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The notion that this is a major problem that governors like Ivey have to fix is an utter fiction . \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Yet the idea that Don Lemon, Brianna Keilar, or Jim Acosta are less partisan than Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, or Jesse Watters is a fiction . \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 30 Mar. 2022",
"This reappropriation is part of Putin\u2019s justification for his war of choice, a belief that Ukrainian cultural experts assert is pure fiction . \u2014 NBC News , 28 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English ficcioun \"invention of the mind,\" borrowed from Middle French fiction, borrowed from Latin ficti\u014dn-, ficti\u014d \"action of shaping or molding, feigning, pretense, legal fiction,\" from fig-, variant stem of fingere \"to mold, fashion, make a likeness of, pretend to be\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at feign ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195916"
},
"fiddle":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": violin",
": a device (such as a slat, rack, or light railing) to keep objects from sliding off a table aboard ship",
": fiddlesticks",
": swindle",
": to play on a fiddle",
": to move the hands or fingers restlessly",
": to spend time in aimless or fruitless activity : putter , tinker",
": meddle , tamper",
": to make minor manual movements especially to adjust something",
": to play (something) on a fiddle",
": cheat , swindle",
": to alter or manipulate deceptively for fraudulent gain",
": violin",
": to play on a fiddle",
": to move the hands or fingers restlessly",
": to spend time in aimless activity",
": to change or handle in a useless way",
": to handle in a harmful or foolish way : tamper"
],
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"\u02c8fi-d\u1d4al",
"\u02c8fi-d\u1d4al"
],
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"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
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"fidget",
"jerk",
"jig",
"jiggle",
"squiggle",
"squirm",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"toss",
"twist",
"twitch",
"wiggle",
"wriggle",
"writhe"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"an expert with the fiddle",
"arrested for a tax fiddle",
"Verb",
"Nero fiddled while Rome burned.",
"the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In a 1952 contest in West Texas, Jim won the fiddle division while his father triumphed in the guitar category. \u2014 News Services And Staff Reports, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"Commenced with a fiddle introduction that evoked the long, slow moan of a steam-train whistle, the Zeppelin staple shook with Malian-leaning rhythms. \u2014 Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Born in Sidney, Texas to oilman and musician Wayland Seals, the rocker was a fiddle champion in his youth, and later took up the saxophone. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 8 June 2022",
"In a 1952 contest in west Texas, Jim won the fiddle division while his father triumphed in the guitar category. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 7 June 2022",
"There are elegies and aubades, fiddle tunes and field recordings. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"Classical piano virtuoso by Lisa Weiss, klezmer and jazz woodwind by Seth Kibel, mandolin by Joel-Michael-Schwartz, and hammered dulcimer player and old-time fiddle by Ken Kolodner. \u2014 John Coffren, Baltimore Sun , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The album starts with this beautiful fiddle intro that is sweeping and inspired by an old Rufus Wainwright record and pulled that feel in. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Some of that will now happen regardless, but there\u2019s still scope to fiddle with the optimum at the margins. \u2014 Trond Arne Undheim, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"His hands fiddle with the bottom of his shirt, exposing a soft belly. \u2014 Leah Asmelash, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, the Internet burns while partisans fiddle . \u2014 Jill Goldenziel, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"After work, Hern\u00e1n \u2014 who saw three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan during his 15 years of service \u2014 and his Marine buddies would deconstruct and fiddle with machines in his garage. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"The other three here, from Rolex, Tag Heuer and Omega, also stress utility with their prominent crowns and dials that would benefit a wearer too focused on the task at hand to fiddle with their watch. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Researchers need to fiddle with the amounts or efficiency of the various enzymes engineered into the microbes to optimize the production of carminic acid and reduce the amounts of undesired byproducts. \u2014 Brittany J. Miller, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Mar. 2022",
"To get his ship moving, Toe will have to fiddle with all sorts of machinery in and out of water, as well as make upgrades and repairs to the ship. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
"His hands fiddle with the cap of a large Acqua Panna water bottle, ripping out the lid\u2019s plastic innards. \u2014 Lauren Larson, Men's Health , 21 Mar. 2022",
"This means there'll be no need to fiddle with cards or apps to unlock the charger. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 9 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221759"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to fritter away"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fritter (away)",
"lavish",
"lose",
"misspend",
"run through",
"spend",
"squander",
"throw away",
"trifle (away)",
"waste"
],
"antonyms":[
"conserve"
],
"examples":[
"fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1667, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225311"
},
"fiddle-faddle":{
"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"nonsense"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8fi-d\u1d4al-\u02ccfa-d\u1d4al",
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"reduplication of fiddle (fiddlesticks)",
"first_known_use":[
"1577, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"fiddle-footed":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": skittish , jumpy":[
"a fiddle-footed horse"
],
": prone to wander":[
"the nameless fiddle-footed drifters, the shifty riders who traveled the back trails",
"\u2014 Luke Short"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccfi-d\u1d4al-\u02c8fu\u0307-t\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[
"excitable",
"flighty",
"fluttery",
"high-strung",
"hyper",
"hyperactive",
"hyperexcitable",
"hyperkinetic",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"skittery",
"skittish",
"spasmodic",
"spooky"
],
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"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unexcitable",
"unflappable",
"unshakable"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
"1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162157"
},
"fiddlesticks":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a violin bow",
": something of little value : trifle",
": nonsense"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi-d\u1d4al-\u02ccstik"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181625"
},
"fiddling":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": trifling , petty",
": the act of playing on a fiddle"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fid-li\u014b",
"\u02c8fi-d\u1d4al-i\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"foolish",
"frivolous",
"incidental",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minor",
"minute",
"negligible",
"nugatory",
"slight",
"small",
"small-fry",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"unfrivolous",
"weighty"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"you should delegate these fiddling matters to your staff so that you can focus on more important issues"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1652, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173027"
},
"fief":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a feudal estate : fee",
": something over which one has rights or exercises control",
": an estate of land given to a vassal by a feudal lord"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0113f",
"\u02c8f\u0113f"
],
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"area",
"arena",
"bailiwick",
"barony",
"business",
"circle",
"demesne",
"department",
"discipline",
"domain",
"element",
"fiefdom",
"field",
"firmament",
"front",
"game",
"kingdom",
"line",
"precinct",
"province",
"realm",
"specialty",
"sphere",
"terrain",
"walk"
],
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"examples":[
"the logistics of the relief effort is the director's fief",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Since gaining power in the Republika Srpska, Dodik, according to his critics, has turned the entity into a personal fief . \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"As the Tatmadaw began loosening control over the economy, engaging in a fire sale of assets that had once been the military\u2019s fief , that elite class of the well-connected swooped in to profit. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Paul is the heir to House Atreides, whose fief is the oceanic planet of Caladan, a stony, rainy, tumultuous world, limited in its purview and power. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 20 Oct. 2021",
"This was particularly so in Mazar-e-Sharif, which was governed as a personal fief by former mujahedeen commander Gen. Atta Mohammad Nooruntil his ouster by President Ashraf Ghani in 2017. \u2014 Gordon Lubold, WSJ , 2 July 2021",
"But for nearly a half-century, the building and society have been the fief of an eminent physician named Dr. Kevin M. Cahill, his family and his friends. \u2014 Dan Barry, New York Times , 13 Mar. 2021",
"Lulled by glamour and success, Real Madrid has allowed itself to be transformed into the personal fief of its president, Florentino P\u00e9rez. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Their claim is based on possession of a fief \u2014a right granted by a feudal overlord in exchange for allegiance or services. \u2014 The Economist , 27 Mar. 2021",
"To tech\u2019s critics, these definitional regularities point to something insidious, encapsulating in a word the dominance that each firm wields over its digital fief \u2014some of it possibly ill-gotten. \u2014 The Economist , 27 Feb. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, from Old French \u2014 more at fee ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210637"
},
"fiefdom":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an area over which someone exercises control as or in the manner of a feudal lord"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0113f-d\u0259m"
],
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"area",
"arena",
"bailiwick",
"barony",
"business",
"circle",
"demesne",
"department",
"discipline",
"domain",
"element",
"fief",
"field",
"firmament",
"front",
"game",
"kingdom",
"line",
"precinct",
"province",
"realm",
"specialty",
"sphere",
"terrain",
"walk"
],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[
"1814, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224029"
},
"field":{
"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"an open land area free of woods and buildings",
"an area of land marked by the presence of particular objects or features",
"an area of cleared enclosed land used for cultivation or pasture",
"land containing a natural resource",
"airfield",
"the place where a battle is fought",
"battle",
"a large unbroken expanse (as of ice)",
"an area or division of an activity, subject, or profession",
"the sphere of practical operation outside a base (such as a laboratory, office, or factory)",
"an area for military exercises or maneuvers",
"an area constructed, equipped, or marked for sports",
"the portion of an indoor or outdoor sports area enclosed by the running track and on which field events are conducted",
"any of the three sections of a baseball outfield",
"a space on which something is drawn or projected such as",
"the space on the surface of a coin, medal, or seal that does not contain the design",
"the ground of each division in a flag",
"the whole surface of an escutcheon (see escutcheon sense 1 )",
"the individuals that make up all or part of the participants in a contest",
"all participants with the exception of the favorite or the winner in a contest where more than two are entered",
"the area visible through the lens of an optical instrument",
"a region or space in which a given effect (such as magnetism) exists",
"a region of embryonic tissue capable of a particular type of differentiation (see differentiation sense 3 )",
"a set of mathematical elements that is subject to two binary operations the second of which is distributive (see distributive sense 3 ) relative to the first and that constitutes a commutative (see commutative sense 2 ) group under the first operation and also under the second if the zero or unit element under the first is omitted",
"a complex of forces that serve as causative agents in human behavior",
"a series of drain tiles and an absorption area for septic-tank outflow",
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"Cyrus West 1819\u20131892 American financier",
"Eugene 1850\u20131895 American poet and journalist",
"Marshall 1834\u20131906 American merchant"
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"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"All-Metro boys indoor track and field teams for the 2022 season. \u2014 Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun , 17 June 2022",
"Don Jones marveled at Mike Muirhead\u2019s Helix track and field teams. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"As the international track and field world plans to descend on Eugene for the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 in July, the surrounding towns are also planning for a wave of visitors. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 June 2022",
"Four teams reached all-time multiyear APR highs for their program - football (983), men\u2019s track and field (989), wrestling (1,000), and lacrosse (993). \u2014 Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic , 14 June 2022",
"While the Kentucky High School Athletic Association has a one-class system for softball, the KSCA has a three-class system for its postseason awards based on the KHSAA alignment for track and field . \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 13 June 2022",
"Three new athletes are the campaign UCLA softball star Maya Brady, Sam Houston State cheerleader and star of Netflix\u2019s NFLX -5.1% Cheer Jada Wooten, along with LSU track and field athlete, Eric Edwards Jr. \u2014 Kristi Dosh, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"The University of Wisconsin senior standout won the NCAA title in the 5,000 meters on Friday, competing at the outdoor track and field championships in Eugene, Oregon. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
"Devon Allen, who was a four-star recruit at wide receiver coming out of high school and played three seasons for the Oregon Ducks while simultaneously pursuing track and field . \u2014 Glenn Erby, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"There is multi- field space available for soccer and flag football. \u2014 Joseph Goodman, al , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"In December, Johnson announced, with much hoopla, that New York would field an AL team in 1903; the Orioles were out. \u2014 Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
"Third base coach Ramon Santiago checked to see how Naquin would field the ball in center field before giving Baddoo the green light by waving his arm. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 5 Sep. 2021",
"The actual candidate Democrats (or Republicans) would field against Grassley would not be beating the incumbent with 64% of the vote. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 21 June 2021",
"Cannes Film Festival\u2019s chief Thierry Fremaux didn\u2019t just have to field questions about Russia and the dearth of female directors at the fest during his meeting with journalists on Monday afternoon. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 16 May 2022",
"The company has begun a pilot project with agents who field voice calls, lifting the total number of agents using the A.I. technology to 200. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"Contrast that Serbia\u2019s Novak Djokovic who does not field questions about the Srebenica massacre after tournaments. \u2014 Tiffany Ap, Quartz , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Teams that cannot field enough players due to positive tests will have to forfeit, damaging their chances of making the playoffs. \u2014 John Keilman, chicagotribune.com , 28 Aug. 2021",
"Xavier will have the possibility of playing a number of local teams that also field women's lacrosse teams like Louisville, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Akron, Kent State, and most notably, Cincinnati. \u2014 Adam Baum, The Enquirer , 16 May 2021"
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"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
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],
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},
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"type":"noun",
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"devil sense 1",
"demon",
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"addict sense 1",
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"demon sense 1 , devil",
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"fanatic entry 2"
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"examples":[
"His hands were trembling, actually trembling, as if he were some sort of coffee fiend or something. \u2014 T. Coraghessan Boyle , The Road to Wellville , 1993",
"Wodehouse may not have liked Dickens, but he certainly read him. He read like a fiend . \u2014 Christopher Hitchens , Times Literary Supplement , 7-13 Sept. 1990",
"The shameless effrontery of the fiend , at the caf\u00e9, pretending to forget all he had done to her, begging to take up with her again, as if nothing had happened between them a dozen years ago. \u2014 Irving Wallace , The Plot , 1967",
"a fiend in human form",
"He's a real golf fiend .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Whether your dog is a treat fiend , a toy lover, or even a dog clothes tolerator, there\u2019s a fantastic dog subscription box that will suit their tastes pawfectly. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 17 May 2022",
"As Aaron Paul's Caleb Nichols struggles to crawl away from a robotic fiend , Jeffrey Wright's Bernard Lowe is shaking while surrounded by blood. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"Read the full discussion with the White House's own Wordle fiend at The Ringer. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Help your coffee fiend get his fix with Grounds & Hounds Coffee Co.'s cold-brew kit. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The finish continued a strong game by Dumba, who was a shot-blocking fiend in the first \u2014 regularly finding himself in the right spot at the right time. \u2014 Sarah Mclellan, Star Tribune , 18 May 2021",
"Filmmaker and avid outdoorsman Werner Herzog later remade Nosferatu in 1979, starring his best fiend Claus Kinski as the titular vamp. \u2014 Mike Postalakis, SPIN , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Three years clearly isn\u2019t long enough to shake Kendall\u2019s reputation as a drug fiend . \u2014 Scott Tobias, Vulture , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Despite his tail and his horns and his chartreuse dinner jacket, Hades isn\u2019t an especially malicious fiend . \u2014 Justin Davidson, Vulture , 24 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English f\u012bend ; akin to Old High German f\u012bant enemy, Sanskrit p\u012byati he reviles, blames",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"\u02c8firs",
"\u02c8firs"
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"gentle",
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"examples":[
"He was killed in a fierce battle.",
"The proposal has faced fierce opposition.",
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"You could see the fierce determination in her eyes.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"From school days on, Shelley was a political activist, a fierce opponent of local tyrannies and, more broadly, the collaboration of king, state, and Church. \u2014 Susan J. Wolfson, The Atlantic , 18 June 2022",
"McMahon, who didn\u2019t directly address any of these allegations, has been known to rally WWE\u2019s fanbase against outside forces when under fierce criticism or scrutiny. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
"At the same time, the close alliance that Mr. Thompson appears to have forged with Ms. Cheney has softened his reputation as a fierce partisan reluctant to work with Republicans. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"This roadblock shunts fierce high-altitude winds and storminess to the north over Canada and the Great Lakes, with sunshine and high pressure building in to the south. \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Their yellow bills gape, and their fierce black and yellow eyes shine. \u2014 Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
"Like other abelisaurids, the dinosaur had a fierce bulldog-like face. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 June 2022",
"Lopez also had fierce discussions with NFL executives over getting additional time to have a noteworthy finale with the two musicians on stage at once. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
"During the same decade, evidence of Squalicorax, a fierce Cretaceous period shark, was found, particularly from teeth marks infixed in prehistoric reptiles, including dinosaurs. \u2014 al , 14 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"adjective",
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"\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)-r\u0113",
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"He was killed in a fiery crash.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The fiery infielder might also have rediscovered part of his old self in the process. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Kid Rock had some fiery things to say about Oprah Winfrey and Joy Behar years ago. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"Dad will feel nostalgic in a pair of these fiery frames and have the whole summer to indulge in the reflection of the lenses. \u2014 Cassell Ferere, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Vladislav described the experience of finding himself under a cloud of fiery metal. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 7 June 2022",
"In the distance, a fiery streak of lava on Mount Etna only heightened the sense of drama. \u2014 Vogue , 7 June 2022",
"An artist, who goes by the name Beyond Your Definition, captured a similar energy with a fiery poem about asserting a gay identity in a hostile world. \u2014 Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"The preacher's fiery comments came as Arkansas Methodists were about to vote on a resolution urging members of the Arkansas congressional delegation to support gun restrictions. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 6 June 2022",
"Chastain accessorized the look with diamond earrings and rings by De Beers Jewellers and wore her fiery red hair down in loose curls. \u2014 Pamela Avila, USA TODAY , 28 Feb. 2022"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185451"
},
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"noun",
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": to box against in the ring",
": to attempt to prevent the success or effectiveness of",
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"\u02c8f\u012bt",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Kushner distanced himself from Trump\u2019s efforts to fight the election results and began planning to relocate to Miami two days after the election, according to a forthcoming book by New York Times\u2019 Peter Baker and New Yorker\u2019s Susan Glasser. \u2014 Bart Jansen, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
"Some things can be done to fight it, including using body washes for acne. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"The older man believed this to be a threat, thinking that the younger man wanted to fight him. \u2014 cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"The researchers believed that dostarlimab, a checkpoint inhibitor that exposes cancer cells to allow the immune system to fight them, would work well in the patients. \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022",
"Contrast that with the stance of Microsoft, which has just decided the best way to deal with unions is to stop trying to fight them. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 3 June 2022",
"Re-Introduction Of A Mandate Will Face Significant Resistance Re-introducing a Federal mandate would come with a large thud and likely quicker legal action to fight it. \u2014 Ben Baldanza, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Her efforts to fight the results of that election helped put her on the map politically in 2020. \u2014 Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press , 31 May 2022",
"The state has increased the use of renewable energy in large part by getting electric utilities to accept rooftop solar rather than fight it, as energy companies in California, Florida and other states have been doing. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The moral high road is as much an asset in this fight as any weapon system. \u2014 Mac William Bishop, Rolling Stone , 12 June 2022",
"But now, Bolsonaro has enlisted a new ally in his fight against the electoral process: the nation\u2019s military. \u2014 Jack Nicas, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"This fight doesn\u2019t need to happen, and the committee needn\u2019t come out and endorse the abolition of the Electoral College. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 7 June 2022",
"At this moment of crisis, Democrats are standing shoulder to shoulder with millions of Americans in this fight . \u2014 Kyle Morris, Fox News , 4 June 2022",
"So these are institutions and agencies that always have more work to do, but are proving themselves in this fight right now. \u2014 Rachel Cohrs, STAT , 3 June 2022",
"There\u2019s little doubt that Davis, not Romero, is the reason this fight will headline a Showtime PPV extravaganza. \u2014 Josh Katzowitz, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"Environmentalist and Green Generation Initiative founder Elizabeth Wathuti closed out the panel with a passionate plea for everyone to change their attitudes towards this fight . \u2014 Dan Reilly, Fortune , 24 May 2022",
"On the other side of this fight are U.S. solar manufacturers, unions and Congress Members from the Rust Belt including Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 22 May 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204817"
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"noun"
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"unable to find any tracks in the snow the next morning, I was forced to conclude that the shadowy figure had been a figment of my imagination",
"thus far, the invisible human being has been nothing more than a figment of fantasy writers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Twenty-seven of the 30 MLB teams have won their division at some point from 1996-2019 and 2021 because 2020 was simply a figment of our collective imaginations. \u2014 James Yasko, Chron , 16 June 2022",
"Unfortunately, this is not a figment of Jules' imagination: Dollface has been canceled at Hulu after two seasons. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 10 May 2022",
"Big John has now suggested that this is more than just a figment of the popular imagination. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 7 Apr. 2022",
"In England\u2019s Regency era, hot tubs did not exist and phones, let alone cellphones, were a figment of the imagination. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Mar. 2022",
"But was the perception real or just a pleasurable figment conjured up by the gray goo? \u2014 Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com , 6 Jan. 2022",
"But for us as children, Bajan Cherries were a figment of delicious seasonal fun... and early morning routines... \u2014 Daphne Ewing-chow, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The world\u2019s millions of advice-hungry investors aren\u2019t just a figment of the imagination. \u2014 Michael Spellacy, Forbes , 28 Sep. 2021",
"So, as Spencer opens in theaters this weekend, here\u2019s a breakdown of what\u2019s fact, and what is a figment of the auteur\u2019s imagination. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 5 Nov. 2021"
],
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"\u201ca candidate running for office\u201d is just a figural expression",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My Body, showcasing three decades of Grossman\u2019s figural practice, extends to a show of the same name on view at the Chelsea gallery. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Several of the figural depictions show a type of pattern or sash on the torso. \u2014 CNN , 4 May 2022",
"But, almost always, community groups want a figural monument to commemorate someone who is more important to that community. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The artist provided The Dance and La Musique, massive things though figural and not immersive and not an homage to nature. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Especially a table lamp, which does double duty as a figural object in conversation with other elements of a room and, of course, as a source of light and warmth. \u2014 Ming Thompson, Curbed , 14 July 2021",
"Pollock is praised for pouring and dripping, as though inviting randomness, but one senses the significant amount of figural underpainting that exists beneath the surface. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 5 Apr. 2021",
"Zach Snyder\u2019s Justice League tried the baroque approach, externalizing heroic virtue in complicated figural relationships, a Burial of Count Orgaz with different capes. \u2014 Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes , 21 Mar. 2021",
"Some hilyas were strictly without any figural representation, while others contained a drawing of the Kaaba, the holy shrine in Mecca, or a rose that symbolized the beauty of the prophet. \u2014 Suleyman Dost, The Conversation , 24 Nov. 2020"
],
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"noun"
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": representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic",
": of or relating to representation of form or figure in art",
": expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another with which it may be regarded as analogous : metaphorical",
": characterized by figures of speech",
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"The phrase \u201cknow your ropes\u201d means literally \u201cto know a lot about ropes,\u201d while its figurative meaning is \u201cto know a lot about how to do something.\u201d",
"the figurative use of \u201callergy\u201d to mean \u201ca feeling of dislike\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Works from the museum\u2019s collection that test the boundaries between 1950s-60s abstract expressionism and figurative painting are on view through Aug. 22. \u2014 Matt Cooperlistings Coordinator, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"Abstraction has nothing to do with whether something\u2019s figurative or not. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"De Lempicka was also a rare female perspective in figurative painting, and Ibrahim appreciates the clarity of her gaze. \u2014 Jacqui Palumbo, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Works from the museum\u2019s collection that test the boundaries between 1950s-60s abstract expressionism and figurative painting are on view May 13 through Aug. 22. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The spark from those early colorful figurative paintings had been lost. \u2014 Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Interdisciplinary artist Jamilla Okubo is celebrated for her striking figurative paintings that explore the nuances of her identity as an American, Kenyan, and Trinidadian woman. \u2014 Essence , 22 Oct. 2021",
"His figurative paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, and videos appeared in gallery and museum shows here and abroad, and selling them was never a problem. \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 Aug. 2021",
"The literal and figurative growing pains of inexperienced operators are similarly to blame for other common complaints by consumers, the executives acknowledged. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English figuratif \"representing symbolically,\" from Medieval Latin fig\u016br\u0101t\u012bvus, from Latin fig\u016br\u0101tus, past participle of fig\u016br\u0101re \"to shape, make a likeness of, represent\" + -\u012bvus -ive \u2014 more at figure entry 2 ",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194334"
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"verb"
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"definitions":[
": discover , determine",
": solve , fathom"
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"answer",
"break",
"crack",
"dope (out)",
"puzzle (out)",
"resolve",
"riddle (out)",
"solve",
"unravel",
"unriddle",
"work",
"work out"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a book of brainteasers that even a really clever person won't have an easy time figuring out"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224242"
},
"filch":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to steal secretly or casually",
": to steal in a sneaky way"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8filch",
"\u02c8filch"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriate",
"boost",
"heist",
"hook",
"lift",
"misappropriate",
"nick",
"nip",
"pilfer",
"pinch",
"pocket",
"purloin",
"rip off",
"snitch",
"steal",
"swipe",
"thieve"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He filched a pack of gum when no one was looking.",
"too hungry to wait until the party had started, he filched a cookie from the buffet table when no one was looking",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Of all people to filch a flag, Young would be the last you\u2019d finger. \u2014 Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News , 28 July 2021",
"Every week, more stories surface of people who have been accused of stealing or sequestering vaccines, or faking their eligibility to filch a dose. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 11 Mar. 2021",
"The Coyotes, trying desperately to filch a wild-card spot in the West, cut their deficit to 3-2 with Jakob Chychrun\u2019s goal only 26 seconds into the third. \u2014 Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com , 8 Feb. 2020",
"Malicious opportunists can attempt to steal users\u2019 information from public access computers with keystroke loggers or other data filching viruses. \u2014 Leeza Garber, WIRED , 22 Aug. 2019",
"Some employers, meanwhile, may be putting the most positive spin on job openings in a highly competitive environment in which the 3.6% unemployment rate \u2013 a 50-year low -- forces them to filch workers from each other. \u2014 Paul Davidson, USA TODAY , 1 July 2019",
"That was good news because many of the home\u2019s small treasures \u2014 vintage glass door knobs, wall sconces \u2014 hadn\u2019t been filched or damaged. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com , 6 Aug. 2019",
"The amount that Taylor actually filched from the AFDC program was much less than authorities claimed. \u2014 Bryce Covert, The New Republic , 2 July 2019",
"Neither is Jeremy Lamb nor T.J. Warren, the 18-ppg scorer Pritchard filched from Phoenix, along with the 32nd pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, for cash. \u2014 Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star , 30 June 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English",
"first_known_use":[
"1561, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213825"
},
"file":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()",
"transitive verb",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": a tool usually of hardened steel with cutting ridges for forming or smoothing surfaces especially of metal",
": a shrewd or crafty person",
": to rub, smooth, or cut away with or as if with a file",
": defile , corrupt",
": to arrange in order for preservation and reference",
": to place among official records as prescribed by law",
": to send (copy) to a newspaper",
": to return to the office of the clerk of a court without action on the merits",
": to initiate (something, such as a legal action) through proper formal procedure",
": to register as a candidate especially in a primary election",
": to place items in a file",
": to submit documents necessary to initiate a legal proceeding",
": a device (such as a folder, case, or cabinet) by means of which papers are kept in order",
": roll , list",
": a collection of papers or publications usually arranged or classified",
": a collection of related data records (as for a computer)",
": a complete collection of data (such as text or a program) treated by a computer as a unit especially for purposes of input and output",
": in or as if in a file for ready reference",
": single file",
": any of the rows of squares that extend across a chessboard from one player's side to the other player's side",
": to march or proceed in single file",
": powdered young leaves of sassafras used to thicken soups or stews",
": a tool with sharp ridges or teeth for smoothing or rubbing down hard substances",
": to rub, smooth, or cut away with a file",
": to arrange in an orderly way",
": to enter or record officially",
": a device (as a folder, case, or cabinet) for storing papers or records in an orderly way",
": a collection of papers or records kept in a file",
": a collection of data treated as a unit by a computer",
": a row of persons or things arranged one behind the other",
": to walk in a row",
": a tool usually of hardened steel with cutting ridges for forming or smoothing surfaces (as of a tooth)",
": a narrow instrument for shaping fingernails with a fine rough metal or emery surface",
": to submit (a legal document) to the proper office (as the office of a clerk of court) for keeping on file among the records especially as a procedural step in a legal transaction or proceeding",
": record",
": to place (as a document) on file among the records of an office especially by formally receiving and endorsing",
": to return (the documentation in a case) to the records of a clerk of court without any determination of the case",
": to conclude (a case) without a determination on its merits",
": to initiate (a judicial or administrative proceeding) by submitting the proper documents or following proper procedure : bring",
": to register as a candidate especially in a primary election",
": to place items in a file",
": a collection of papers or publications usually arranged or classified",
": the papers that make up the record of a case",
": in or as if in a file for ready reference"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)l",
"f\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101",
"(\u02cc)f\u0113-\u02c8l\u0101",
"\u02c8f\u0113-(\u02cc)l\u0101",
"\u02c8f\u012bl",
"\u02c8f\u012b(\u0259)l"
],
"synonyms":[
"buff",
"grind",
"hone",
"rasp",
"rub",
"sand"
],
"antonyms":[
"column",
"cue",
"line",
"queue",
"range",
"string",
"train"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1) and Verb (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (1)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (2)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (3)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1525, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (3)",
"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (4)",
"1614, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (4)",
"1806, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194123"
},
"fill":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to put into as much as can be held or conveniently contained",
": to supply with a full complement",
": to cause to swell or billow",
": to trim (a sail) to catch the wind",
": to raise the level of with fill",
": to repair the cavities of (teeth)",
": to stop up : obstruct",
": to stop up the interstices, crevices, or pores of (a material, such as cloth, wood, or leather) with a foreign substance",
": feed , satiate",
": satisfy , fulfill",
": make out , complete",
": to draw the playing cards necessary to complete",
": to occupy the whole of",
": to spread through",
": to make full",
": to possess and perform the duties of : hold",
": to place a person in",
": to supply as directed",
": to cover the surface of with a layer of precious metal",
": to become full",
": to take over one's job, position, or responsibilities",
": a full supply",
": a quantity that satisfies or satiates",
": something that fills : such as",
": material used to fill a receptacle, cavity, passage, or low place",
": a bit of instrumental music that fills the pauses between phrases (as of a vocalist or soloist)",
": artificial light used in photography to reduce or eliminate shadows",
": to make or become full",
": to use up all the space or time in",
": to spread through",
": to stop up : plug",
": to do the duties of",
": to hire a person for",
": to supply according to directions",
": to succeed in meeting or satisfying",
": to insert information",
": to provide information",
": to take another's place",
": to increase in size and fullness",
": to complete by providing information",
": all that is wanted",
": material for filling something",
": to repair the cavities of (teeth)",
": to supply as directed"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fil",
"\u02c8fil",
"\u02c8fil"
],
"synonyms":[
"brim",
"charge",
"cram",
"heap",
"jam",
"jam-pack",
"load",
"pack",
"stuff"
],
"antonyms":[
"filler",
"filling",
"padding",
"stuffing",
"wadding"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Speaking of hooning, the GV60\u2019s Active Sound Design (noise-canceling system) offers drivers the choice of three polyphonic soundscapes to fill the sensory void left by combustion engines. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Those who work at the Anganwadis say the service helped fill a void created during pandemic lockdowns. \u2014 Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Join MAC Boys Entertainment, a group that hopes to fill the void of Black representation in the theater world, for one of seven showtimes over two weekends at the Orlando Repertory Theatre. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"Now that the summer\u2019s hottest dating show is over, HBO Max is going to have to quickly fill the void. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 15 June 2022",
"Weak federal policies to encourage investment in solar manufacturing left American companies ill equipped to fill the void. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"For weeks, the state has been debating what to do about major cost inflation that is looming over the soccer stadium project, which was supposed to fill the economic development void left by the 2021 departure of the Pawtucket Red Sox for Worcester. \u2014 Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"The casting will help fill the void created by the departure of former original L&O star Anthony Anderson. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
"Pro Bowl center Alex Mack recently retired, the San Francisco 49ers didn\u2019t draft his potential replacement in April, and head coach Kyle Shanahan indicated Tuesday they aren\u2019t poised to sign a veteran to fill the void. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The news of a free fill -up certainly spread quickly Saturday afternoon when a West Allis church sponsored a gas giveaway at the BP station at 807 W. Atkinson Ave., Milwaukee. \u2014 Bob Dohr, Journal Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
"Whether there are Spidey fans who haven\u2019t yet gotten their fill of catching the hit film on the big screen remains to be seen. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
"The shortest amount of time to work for a fill -up in any state can be found in Massachusetts, where drivers must work 1 hour and 54 minutes to buy their 15 gallons of gas. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 7 June 2022",
"For an average sedan\u2019s 12-gallon tank, the increase amounts to an extra 79 cents per fill -up. \u2014 Erin Cox, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"Anyone with a ticket received a full fill -up, up to $50, of any grade gasoline. \u2014 Hannah Kohut, Chicago Tribune , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Electric cars and heat pumps, for example, will require less maintenance, do away with fill -ups at gas pumps and reduce heating bills. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"Of course, $400 is barely a month of fill -ups for many commuters. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 17 Apr. 2022",
"On March 24, the fill -ups were pumped at about 21 participating gas stations in Chicago and the suburbs, starting at 7 a.m. \u2014 Pioneer Press Staff, chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224115"
},
"fill in":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": someone or something that fills in",
": to enrich (something, such as a design) with detail",
": to give necessary or recently acquired information to",
": to fill a vacancy usually temporarily"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fil-\u02ccin"
],
"synonyms":[
"backup",
"cover",
"designated hitter",
"locum tenens",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"reserve",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute"
],
"antonyms":[
"acquaint",
"advise",
"apprise",
"brief",
"catch up",
"clear",
"clue (in)",
"enlighten",
"familiarize",
"hip",
"inform",
"instruct",
"tell",
"verse",
"wise (up)"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"my friend quickly filled me in on the portion of the movie that I had missed",
"she's only filling in while the regular secretary is on vacation",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Like in the last year everything from upcoming Tiesto singles to Ozzy Osbourne to Maneskin and whatever like fill in the blank pop act, Ava Max. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"For a start, there is a great deal that remains unknown to the public, and Republicans could fill in many of the blank spaces in the record. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 12 June 2022",
"With only a soft check required, the BNPL lenders aim to fill in the gap for anyone with a poor or nonexistent credit history, according (pdf) to researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. \u2014 Nate Dicamillo, Quartz , 7 June 2022",
"Keep in mind that some wildflowers will form clumps and stay put while others will spread, fill in , or even take over a planting area. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"The administration sees China, which has slowed its economy to combat the coronavirus, as weakened and is hoping to fill in some of the void. \u2014 Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
"Turns 1 and 2 are shaped differently from 3 and 4 (the result of a minnow pond that builder Harold Brasington contractually could not fill in ), meaning racers can\u2019t rest easy entering the corners. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 8 May 2022",
"Expansive glass panels fill in the openings where there were freight doors, and steel awnings shade the windows. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Dolan said the Springdale district has hired academic interventionists to help fill in gaps in student skills, particularly in reading. \u2014 Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online , 3 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1917, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1840, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215519"
},
"fillip":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make a filliping motion with",
": to strike or tap with a fillip",
": to project quickly by or as if by a fillip",
": stimulate",
": a blow or gesture made by the sudden forcible straightening of a finger curled up against the thumb",
": a short sharp blow : buffet",
": something tending to arouse or excite: such as",
": stimulus",
": a trivial addition : embellishment",
": a significant and often unexpected development : wrinkle"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi-l\u0259p"
],
"synonyms":[
"amp (up)",
"animate",
"brace",
"energize",
"enliven",
"fire",
"ginger (up)",
"invigorate",
"jazz (up)",
"juice up",
"jump-start",
"liven (up)",
"pep (up)",
"quicken",
"spike",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify",
"zip (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"used a splash of orange-flavored liqueur to fillip the otherwise ordinary cranberry sauce",
"Noun",
"a structural fillip that will add much to the appearance of the building",
"lent a fillip of danger to the sport",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Counterpoint data also shows that almost all Chinese smartphones sold in India are made in India\u2014a fillip to the Modi\u2019s government\u2019s goal of fashioning India as an electronics manufacturing hub. \u2014 Megha Mandavia, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"Investors will also be keenly looking at the dividend as the carrier\u2019s profit gets a fillip from a faster 5G subscriber net addition in June and cost cutting measures. \u2014 Shirley Zhao, Bloomberg.com , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Adding to the gloom, Summers (rightly) worries about the way that ultra-low interest rates do give a fillip to one type of investment: malinvestment . . . \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 13 Nov. 2021",
"Such a move would constitute a fillip to the West but China has already been warm in its diplomatic response to the Taliban. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 3 Sep. 2021",
"Unabating stress levels, mental illness and disease are toxic by-products that linger on as woeful reminders of societies seeking a fillip . \u2014 Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
"While the return to chart dominance for so many local films is a fillip for the Korean production sector, the weekend was one of the weakest of the summer. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 29 Aug. 2021",
"Congress increased benefits by 15% during the pandemic, though this fillip is set to end in September. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 17 Aug. 2021",
"Assembled above, the makings of a modern bedroom with a French fillip , the colorations running the full Carnation range. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 23 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1519, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191224"
},
"film":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a thin skin or membranous covering : pellicle",
": an abnormal growth on or in the eye",
": a thin covering or coating",
": an exceedingly thin layer : lamina",
": a thin flexible transparent sheet (as of plastic) used especially as a wrapping",
": a thin sheet of cellulose acetate or nitrocellulose coated with a radiation-sensitive emulsion for taking photographs",
": movie , motion picture",
": the process, art, or business of making movies",
": to cover with or as if with a film",
": to make a motion picture of or from",
": to become covered or obscured with or as if with a film",
": to make a motion picture",
": a roll of material prepared for taking pictures",
": movie sense 1",
": a thin coating or layer",
": to make a movie",
": to photograph on a film",
": a thin skin or membranous covering : pellicle",
": an abnormal growth on or in the eye",
": an exceedingly thin layer : lamina",
": a thin flexible transparent sheet of cellulose acetate or cellulose nitrate coated with a radiation-sensitive emulsion for taking photographs or making radiographs"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8film",
"Southern also",
"\u02c8film",
"\u02c8film"
],
"synonyms":[
"flick",
"flicker",
"motion picture",
"movie",
"moving picture",
"picture"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"With his latest film 'Top Gun: Maverick' closing in on $1 Billion ticket sales worldwide, actor Miles Teller has earned himself a celebratory drink. \u2014 Adam Morganstern, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"And while Sandler and RT have never been on good terms, his latest film from Netflix, Hustle, is charming both audiences and critics alike. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 20 June 2022",
"Casanova made his film d\u00e9but in 1918, albeit silently. \u2014 Judith Thurman, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"Now Assayas returns to Irma Vep for HBO, loosely adapting his film into an eight-episode limited series airing Monday nights on HBO. \u2014 Mark Peikert, Town & Country , 20 June 2022",
"And just last month, Lee made his directorial debut at Cannes with his film , The Hunt, a spy movie set in the 1980's. \u2014 Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett and director Joseph Kosinski unveiled their new Netflix film Spiderhead at a New York screening at the Paris Theater on Wednesday. \u2014 Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
"The director is sticking to his plan to retire from feature filmmaking after his 10th film , which is next in line. \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"Austin Butler and girlfriend Kaia Gerber made an entrance at the New York City premiere of his film Elvis this week. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The annual Artists Dinner celebrates the creatives who make the awards that film festival winners take home, and was founded by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 June 2022",
"Fans film comedians at their shows and post the material on YouTube or Instagram, giving the public access to performances that people typically pay to see. \u2014 Mitra Ahouraian, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"There will also be special events throughout the summer, such as the Pride Island music festival and film screenings on the Parade Ground in collaboration with Lincoln Center. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"In this episode, UCSC film scholar and Dean of Arts Celine Parre\u00f1as Shimizu shares her personal history as well as her vision for inspiring students to follow their dreams. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"Ticket buyers gave the Jerry Bruckheimer film an A+ on CinemaScore, with more than 70% of the audience over the age of 25 and 55% of viewers over the age of 35. \u2014 Tracy Wright, Fox News , 29 May 2022",
"Someone suggested ripping the rest of the show from YouTube, but audiences at Third Man are typically asked not to film concerts. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
"Mobile phones have long disrupted live performances by ringing at inopportune moments, and have irked artists when people use them to illicitly film their work. \u2014 Matt Stevens, New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"However, after production got underway, Hitchcock was asked to film parts in sound. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 21 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1604, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202325"
},
"filmdom":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the motion-picture industry"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8film-d\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"big screen",
"cinema",
"film",
"filmland",
"filmmaking",
"movie",
"moviemaking",
"pictures",
"screen",
"silver screen"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that will go down in the annals of filmdom as the worst movie ever"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1912, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-092017"
},
"filmland":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": filmdom"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8film-\u02ccland"
],
"synonyms":[
"big screen",
"cinema",
"film",
"filmdom",
"filmmaking",
"movie",
"moviemaking",
"pictures",
"screen",
"silver screen"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a master director who is one of the most revered figures of filmland"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1913, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202338"
},
"filmy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, resembling, or composed of film : gauzy",
": covered with a haze or film",
": very thin and light"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fil-m\u0113",
"\u02c8fil-m\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"cobwebby",
"flimsy",
"frothy",
"gauzy",
"gossamer",
"gossamery",
"insubstantial",
"sleazy",
"unsubstantial"
],
"antonyms":[
"sturdy",
"substantial"
],
"examples":[
"filmy cobwebs covering the entryway to the cellar",
"those filmy curtains don't block out enough light",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Charles Street\u2019s Pennsylvania Station is now wrapped in scaffolding and a dark filmy safety material that makes the building pop out. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun , 11 June 2022",
"Often the bodily contours meld with filmy items of clothing that are fixed in place but seem to ripple. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"On Christmas morning last year, most of the gifts under my family\u2019s tree were adorned in filmy old drugstore wrapping paper: green plaid, snowflakes, Santa Claus. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Dec. 2021",
"A few weeks later, a filmy , green stretch spanned more than 12 miles of Lake Superior from Cornucopia, Wis., to Little Sand Bay, but soon dissipated. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 24 Oct. 2021",
"A few weeks later, a filmy , green stretch spanned more than 12 miles of Lake Superior from Cornucopia, Wisconsin, to Little Sand Bay, but soon dissipated. \u2014 Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com , 15 Oct. 2021",
"The front curtain is electric-blue taffeta, pulled aside to reveal a green velvet grotto, backed by a filmy gauze curtain, drawn in front of a curtain of silver lam\u00e9. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Rockaway Beach, stretched under a sky of filmy clouds, was certainly in a mood last Friday as waves sprouted higher and higher and the squawks of sea gulls were interrupted by the alarming beeps of a weather alert. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Aug. 2021",
"But the textures were a major drag for others: After a few sips, tasters detected the drink left a filmy coating on the roofs of their mouths. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 May 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And until someone does something about it, and until Fox News stops broadcasting its repulsive filth , nothing will change. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 16 May 2022",
"Worries include vermin, theft, filth , and stigmatizing conditions. \u2014 Hillary Chura Hohmann, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The dogs, intrigued by the entrails, give themselves a good roll in the filth . \u2014 Nathaniel Adams, Chron , 26 Apr. 2022",
"There were 35 dogs, 19 cats, two parakeets, a pony, two goats and geese living in filth at the house, most inside, according to the warrant for Connelly\u2019s arrest. \u2014 Christine Dempsey, courant.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"But his filth , absurdity, and sense of seeing things from a different perspective felt ever-present in my smutty way of being in the world. \u2014 Daniel Scheffler, SPIN , 4 May 2022",
"With choreography by Raja Feather Kelly, and dressed in blush-pink streetwear from costume designer Montana Levi Blanco, the ensemble of thoughts are deliciously expressive, reading Usher for filth with a smile. \u2014 Naveen Kumar, Variety , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Tariq Kamil Aqrawi met us that evening wearing a dark navy suit that underscored our filth . \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"There also were two parakeets in a cage in one of the bedrooms which was filled with bird waste and filth , the warrant said, and the general appearance of the house was extremely filthy. \u2014 Christine Dempsey, courant.com , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The 2005 film The Aristocrats documented the history of the joke, which was so filthy that comedians traditionally told it backstage at clubs rather than in the spotlight. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Kevin Owens took a filthy upside-down bump in the turnbuckle that sent him flying onto his back. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"The sidewalks were filthy , filled with homeless tents and a god-awful smell. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 5 June 2022",
"The Magic absorbed the full arsenal, including a filthy dribble move and layup that helped send the game to overtime, a huge 3 in overtime, and a gorgeous behind-the-back pass to Josh Richardson in transition that helped seal it. \u2014 Tom Westerholm, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"But though the universe is filthy with expander graphs, human beings have failed time and again to produce them by hand. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 June 2022",
"The message has resonated in many circles \u2014 in a city angry over tents on its streets, crime on the rise, filthy buses and trains. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
"Now the footbeds bear an imprint of my toes, the soles are slightly worn down, and the webbing is filthy . \u2014 Jakob Schiller, Outside Online , 9 July 2020",
"Investigators and crime scene detectives noted the smaller home was filthy and filled with trash. \u2014 Lynn Larowe, Arkansas Online , 14 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The 2005 film The Aristocrats documented the history of the joke, which was so filthy that comedians traditionally told it backstage at clubs rather than in the spotlight. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Kevin Owens took a filthy upside-down bump in the turnbuckle that sent him flying onto his back. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"The sidewalks were filthy , filled with homeless tents and a god-awful smell. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 5 June 2022",
"The Magic absorbed the full arsenal, including a filthy dribble move and layup that helped send the game to overtime, a huge 3 in overtime, and a gorgeous behind-the-back pass to Josh Richardson in transition that helped seal it. \u2014 Tom Westerholm, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"But though the universe is filthy with expander graphs, human beings have failed time and again to produce them by hand. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 June 2022",
"The message has resonated in many circles \u2014 in a city angry over tents on its streets, crime on the rise, filthy buses and trains. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
"Now the footbeds bear an imprint of my toes, the soles are slightly worn down, and the webbing is filthy . \u2014 Jakob Schiller, Outside Online , 9 July 2020",
"Investigators and crime scene detectives noted the smaller home was filthy and filled with trash. \u2014 Lynn Larowe, Arkansas Online , 14 May 2022"
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"A con man finagled my neighbor out of four hundred dollars.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bouchard\u2019s script, co-written with Jim Dauterive and Nora Smith, isn\u2019t going to bend the characters\u2019 reality and finagle an excuse to send them to Paris, or even Wally World. \u2014 Amy Nicholson, Variety , 23 May 2022",
"The buttons also tend to be larger and easier to finagle with gloves on. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 6 May 2022",
"The critic, who had managed to finagle his way into the Oliviers\u2019 lives despite his harsh critiques, later recalled lying in a guest bed at Notley, the couple\u2019s country home, trying to take a nap, when Vivien entered his room. \u2014 Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Sherman hopes to finagle a new, downtown stadium himself, even if locals are perfectly satisfied with Kauffman Stadium. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Is Mara trying to finagle her own after-hours one-on-one date? \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
"And only people with private insurance will qualify for reimbursements, which are not always easy to finagle . \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Shooting in Manhattan can be notoriously difficult, but Malin was able to finagle permission to shoot at must-see locations like Rockefeller Center and The Plaza Hotel in addition to Bergdorf's and Central Park. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 6 Oct. 2021",
"As professional designers, firms can typically finagle a 15% (or even more) discount on furniture and accessories. \u2014 Kathryn O'shea-evans, House Beautiful , 23 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The implication from Thompson is that amending the Electoral Count Act would be part of the committee\u2019s final report, scheduled to be delivered no earlier than September. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 17 June 2022",
"The panel, which is expected to deliver a final report on its findings later this year, intends for its work to be a record for history of the most violent attack on the Capitol since the War of 1812. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 17 June 2022",
"The panel, which is expected to deliver a final report on its findings later this year, intends for its work to be a record for history of the most violent attack on the Capitol since the War of 1812. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro And, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"The panel, which is expected to deliver a final report on its findings later this year, intends for its work to be a record for history of the most violent attack on the Capitol since the War of 1812. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"The 26-year-old starter was headed into the fourth and final season of his rookie contract, placing him less than a year away from his first shot at free agency and a potentially significant raise in his second contract. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"The 26-year-old starter was headed into the fourth and final season of his rookie contract, placing him less than a year away from his first shot at free agency and a potentially significant raise in his second contract. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 15 June 2022",
"But a day after officials counted an initial batch of more than 100,000 ballots, the identity of the fourth and final participant in the election\u2019s next phase remained uncertain. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 13 June 2022",
"The third season comes to Netflix this summer while the show has already been renewed for the fourth and final season. \u2014 Emily Longeretta, Variety , 12 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Tampa Bay erased series deficits of 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 against Toronto in the first round and 2-0 against the New York Rangers in the Eastern final , and Manson expects the Lightning to show similar resilience Saturday. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"In the 2018 conference final , Tampa Bay bounced back from a 2-0 deficit against Washington to take a 3-2 series lead. \u2014 Tom Layberger, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"The Thunderbirds had lost to Seymour in the Class M final last year. \u2014 Lori Riley, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
"Eid al-Adha is celebrated to mark the end of Hajj, the final of the five pillars of Islam. \u2014 Manal Aman, Woman's Day , 9 June 2022",
"The Aggies wound up with the last laugh early Monday morning, following a 15-9 comeback victory over the Horned Frogs in a regional final at Blue Bell Park. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 6 June 2022",
"The Oregon State Beavers built a big lead early and then rolled to a 12-3 victory over the San Diego Toreros on Saturday night to advance to the Corvallis Regional final of the NCAA baseball tournament. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
"Kevontae Walls-Burdine didn\u2019t reach the final of the long jump, but there was little more the senior could do on the track Friday. \u2014 Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
"The senior catcher helped the Mustangs go 28-8 and reach the regional final . \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 31 May 2022"
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": the close or termination of something: such as",
": the last section of an instrumental musical composition",
": the closing part, scene, or number in a public performance",
": the last and often climactic event or item in a sequence",
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"examples":[
"She sung a very difficult song for the finale .",
"the finale to the festivities was a grand display of fireworks",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That run ended with a loss to left-hander Yusei Kikuchi in the finale of a three-game series in Toronto. \u2014 Ian Harrison, Hartford Courant , 18 June 2022",
"Only the very best goes to the battle royale finale for a chance to win the gold knife and Iron Chef Legend title. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 12 June 2022",
"The scene evolved to the speaking finale , says Kosinski. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
"Little explanation is given to the finale , as little was made as to why Vincent, in Salvador\u2019s debut, acquires super-human powers when in contact with water. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 26 May 2022",
"For those who have cut the cord, here is how to tune in to the season finale and catch up on previous episodes. \u2014 al , 25 May 2022",
"What's more, the two episodes prior to the finale also boast a feature film-like length, with episode seven clocking in at 1 hour and 38 minutes and episode eight at 1 hour and 25 minutes. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 21 May 2022",
"After 12 glorious episodes of the show exploring all corners of Houston's rich food scene and culture, host Padma Lakshmi announced the contestants would be treated to a finale in \u2026 Tucson, Arizona. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 19 May 2022",
"Leading up to the finale , a slew of celebrities are scheduled to stop by and pay tribute to DeGeneres. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022"
],
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"1774, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184239"
},
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"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to put in final or finished form",
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"\u02c8f\u012b-n\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
"\u02c8f\u012b-n\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
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"polish"
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"examples":[
"They are finalizing their divorce this week.",
"We bought our tickets and finalized our vacation plans.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With the summit scheduled to start June 6, the White House has yet to finalize the guest list. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
"The justices have about seven weeks left in their term to finalize their opinions and votes on the Mississippi case, the most consequential of this term, Politico's Josh Gerstein, Alexander Ward, and Ryan Lizza report. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 11 May 2022",
"The Biden administration has yet to finalize its highly capitulatory iteration of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). \u2014 Carine Hajjar, National Review , 21 Apr. 2022",
"According to FiveThirtyEight, Florida is just one of three states that have yet to finalize their maps. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The Browns have yet to finalize plans for Watson's introductory news conference, but it had been expected to take place Friday. \u2014 Nate Ulrich, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
"While the agency has yet to finalize its list of communities to be included in the outreach, Robledo said in a statement that the effort could include Mountain Home. \u2014 Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The council has yet to finalize its redistricting plans, and an annexation proposal has yet to surface. \u2014 al , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Lawmakers have until March 14 to finalize legislation. \u2014 Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star , 1 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1875, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to learn by study, observation, or search : discover",
": to catch in an offense (such as a crime)",
": to ascertain the true character or identity of",
": to discover, learn, or verify something"
],
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"ascertain",
"catch on (to)",
"discover",
"get on (to)",
"hear",
"learn",
"realize",
"see",
"wise (up)"
],
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"examples":[
"that was around the time that I found out I was adopted",
"found out where she lived by checking the phone book",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Stay tuned on the museum\u2019s website to find out the date of the opening party. \u2014 Nadja Sayej, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"For those without access to air conditioning, text or call Michigan 211 or contact your local health department to find out if there is a cooling center nearby. \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
"For others who are curious about what the island is like in the middle of the night, though, there\u2019s really only one way to find out : glamping. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"That means this is also the time of year when TV fans find out which shows are officially renewed, and which ones are canceled. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
"The fastest way to find out about breaking news in your community is by subscribing to our app alerts. \u2014 Jordan Kellogg, The Enquirer , 11 May 2022",
"Still, the girl remained in foster care in Kentucky, and on Feb. 8, Pence held a hearing to find out why. \u2014 Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal , 5 May 2022",
"One way to find out if your local restaurant has an offer is by checking its Facebook page. \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 3 May 2022",
"There is no time to find out , as the movie skips ahead to touching on other fascinating subjects, like the Mardi Gras Indians and their mix of colorful, fancy dress and battle-ready fierceness. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200214"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of one that finds",
": find sense 2",
": small tools and supplies used by an artisan (such as a dressmaker, jeweler, or shoemaker)",
": the result of a judicial examination or inquiry",
": the results of an investigation",
": the decision of a court",
": the results of an investigation",
": a determination resulting from judicial or administrative examination or inquiry (as at trial) especially into matters of fact as embodied in the verdict of a jury or decision of a court, referee, or administrative body or officer",
": a written statement of such determinations \u2014 see also factfinding \u2014 compare decision , holding , opinion , ruling",
": a determination made by the trier of fact as to a factual issue based on the evidence presented in a case",
": a court's determination of the law as applied to a case : conclusion of law",
": a finding that the facts in general support a judgment in favor of one of the parties",
": a finding setting out the ultimate facts upon which the court's judgment is based"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012bn-di\u014b",
"\u02c8f\u012bn-di\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"doom",
"holding",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"ruling",
"sentence"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She published her findings in a medical journal.",
"The evidence supported a finding of unfair bias.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The development came a day after police reported finding traces of blood in the boat of a fisherman who is under arrest as the only suspect in the disappearance. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
"With Monday's finding that an environmental impact statement is not required for Boca Chica, the FAA presumably will now be able to consider a launch license, assuming SpaceX meets the mitigation requirements. \u2014 William Harwood, CBS News , 13 June 2022",
"The development came a day after police reported finding traces of blood in the boat of a fisherman who is under arrest as the only suspect in the disappearance. \u2014 Fabiano Maisonnave, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
"Polster will ultimately determine how much to award the counties following a jury\u2019s finding in November that the pharmacies contributed to the epidemic by doling out millions of prescription opioids with few, if any, safeguards. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"Cheney revealed a bombshell finding uncovered by the committee during its investigation: multiple Republican congressmen sought presidential pardons from Trump for their roles in attempting to overturn the election. \u2014 Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"The decision also impacted a finding in the draft audit report that Braun appeared to receive contributions exceeding the limit, totaling more than $1 million worth of excess. \u2014 Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star , 9 June 2022",
"The decision marked the second time in six months that an incompetence finding led to dropped charges against 33-year-old Corey Ahkivgak, who is accused of having attacked three people since December. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
"Its most telling finding is that an overwhelming majority (91%) of adults 21 years old and over, consume cannabis for health and wellness purposes. \u2014 Iris Dorbian, Forbes , 8 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204335"
},
"finesse":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture",
": skillful handling of a situation : adroit maneuvering",
": the withholding of one's highest card or trump in the hope that a lower card will take the trick because the only opposing higher card is in the hand of an opponent who has already played",
": to make a finesse in playing cards",
": to play (a card) in a finesse",
": to bring about, direct, or manage by adroit maneuvering",
": evade , skirt"
],
"pronounciation":[
"f\u0259-\u02c8nes"
],
"synonyms":[
"adroitness",
"cleverness",
"dexterity",
"sleight"
],
"antonyms":[
"contrive",
"engineer",
"finagle",
"frame",
"machinate",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"mastermind",
"negotiate",
"wangle"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She handled the interview questions with finesse .",
"maneuvered his opponent into checkmate with his customary finesse",
"Verb",
"He managed to finesse a deal through bargaining.",
"She is just trying to finesse the issue.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"To be sure, there\u2019s always a bit of finesse involved in quantifying the damage that could have resulted from something that didn\u2019t actually take place. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 1 June 2022",
"The residential and hospitality work of designer Rodney Lawrence straddles high-end and high-stakes with finesse . \u2014 The Editors Of Elle Decor, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
"Kamui is a 21st century ninja, a shadowy anachronism who pits his ancient skills against high-tech weaponry with brutal finesse . \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 May 2022",
"Kamui is a 21st century ninja, a shadowy anachronism who pits his ancient skills against high-tech weaponry with brutal finesse . \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"Granted, this whole effort is a task that requires a certain degree of finesse . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 28 Apr. 2022",
"There's so much natural sweetness out there\u2013jammy dates, floral pollens, rich cacaos, tangy spices\u2013that bring a variety of flavor and level of finesse to our bars. \u2014 Esha Chhabra, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Her finesse through the expansive solo that opens the slow second movement sustained its melodic body while reveling in what felt like endless space. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Regardless, the recording is a riveting showcase for the orchestra\u2019s power and finesse . \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Local officials are trying to finesse the problem with various training initiates. \u2014 Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Dean and his librettist, Matthew Jocelyn, finesse the problem with a strategy of self-consciousness. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"This ingredient is especially helpful for textured and curly hair types, helping to finesse your curl pattern and keep frizzy dryness at bay. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 May 2022",
"But trying to finesse the risks against rewards is tricky business; one nation\u2019s monetary hawkishness is another\u2019s export advantage. \u2014 WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Hockey was Finland\u2019s salve in such dark times, and Kurri became a national hero with his speed and finesse on ice. \u2014 Michael Hunt, Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
"Producing a massive volume of content in a short period of time tends to finesse out my creativity. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The participants are gathering in Perris on April 7-10 to finesse their formation. \u2014 Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The spa menu is simple but seductive, with a range of customized options, and beauty aficionados can easily finesse that gorgeous glow with makeup, hair and nail services. \u2014 Rona Berg, Devorah Lev-tov, Robb Report , 15 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1742, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222712"
},
"finicky":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards",
": requiring much care, precision, or attentive effort",
": very hard to please : fussy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi-ni-k\u0113",
"\u02c8fi-ni-k\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"choosy",
"choosey",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicking",
"fussbudgety",
"fussy",
"nice",
"old-maidish",
"particular",
"pernickety",
"persnickety",
"picky"
],
"antonyms":[
"undemanding",
"unfastidious",
"unfussy"
],
"examples":[
"My teacher is finicky about grammar.",
"a complicated and finicky recipe",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With the help of his friends, the finicky , devoted suckerfish Walter, and Darya, a rambunctious, deaf orca girl, Vincent must embrace his destiny and take his rightful place in the lineage of Whale Singers. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 5 May 2022",
"This means no extra frills, no finicky requests and no asking for different fixtures. \u2014 Michael Mcmullen, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The only questions are if that will be enough for this Giants squad \u2013 and if finicky fans will find a way to blame him, anyway. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 6 Apr. 2022",
"While newspapers run on deadlines, finicky old contraptions keep their own schedules. \u2014 Nick Yetto, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Sources say Garland\u2019s finicky injury, suffered on Jan. 9 against the Golden State Warriors, is one that will need to be managed throughout the remainder of the season. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Increasingly, however, the stereotypically finicky , humidity-loving flowers have become an affordable grocery-store commodity and a staple of middle-class households in the US. \u2014 Amanda Shendruk, Quartz , 8 Feb. 2022",
"But the finicky process takes about three days and can be done only in labs cleared to handle such pathogens, rendering it impractical. \u2014 NBC News , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Arabica coffee, which is used by Starbucks and other major coffee sellers, is already a finicky crop that requires specific conditions to flourish. \u2014 Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN , 26 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"alteration of finicking ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193232"
},
"finis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": end , conclusion"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi-n\u0259s",
"\u02c8f\u012b-n\u0259s",
"f\u0259-\u02c8n\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"capper",
"close",
"closing",
"conclusion",
"consummation",
"end",
"endgame",
"ending",
"finale",
"finish",
"grand finale",
"homestretch",
"mop-up",
"windup",
"wrap-up"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseline",
"beginning",
"dawn",
"day one",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"opening",
"start"
],
"examples":[
"if the two countries keep up their arms race, the inevitable finis to their rivalry will be their mutual destruction"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182648"
},
"finish":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to come to an end : terminate",
": end sense 1b",
": to come to the end of a course, task, or undertaking",
": to end relations",
": to end a competition in a specified manner or position",
": to bring to an end : terminate",
": to use or dispose of entirely",
": to bring to completion or issue",
": to provide with a finish",
": to put a final coat or surface on",
": to defeat or ruin utterly and finally",
": to bring about the death of",
": something that completes or perfects: such as",
": the fine or decorative work required for a building or one of its parts",
": a finishing material used in painting",
": the final treatment or coating of a surface",
": the taste in the mouth after swallowing a beverage (such as wine)",
": final stage : end",
": the cause of one's ruin",
": the result or product of a finishing process",
": the quality or state of being perfected",
": to bring or come to an end : complete",
": to use up completely",
": to end a competition in a certain position",
": to put a final coat or surface on",
": end entry 1 sense 2 , conclusion",
": the final treatment or coating of a surface or the appearance given by such a treatment"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi-nish",
"\u02c8fi-nish"
],
"synonyms":[
"complete",
"consummate",
"finalize",
"perfect",
"polish"
],
"antonyms":[
"capper",
"close",
"closing",
"conclusion",
"consummation",
"end",
"endgame",
"ending",
"finale",
"finis",
"grand finale",
"homestretch",
"mop-up",
"windup",
"wrap-up"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"After a drop, Rahm was able to make the green on his next shot and went on to birdie the hole to finish his round with a 1-under 69. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"Dress tacos with a bit more dressing and finish with a few drops of hot sauce, a sprinkle of cotija cheese and a sprinkle of chile piquin powder. \u2014 Kathleen Squires, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"However, the new offices have taken longer to finish than expected, and Disney anticipates an opening date of 2026, representing a roughly three-year delay. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Huff also had an RBI double to finish the day 3 for 4 with five RBIs. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 June 2022",
"Those improvements on that end of the court helped the Cavaliers finish with a record of 44-38, doubling their win total from the season prior, and reach the Eastern Conference play-in tournament. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"Senior Neil Zhu led the way for DCC , shooting a 145 over the two days to finish tied for fourth. \u2014 Mason Young, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
"Ballard is one win away from becoming the third softball program in state history to finish with a perfect season. \u2014 Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal , 12 June 2022",
"Offensively, Crockett got her production with a combination of outside shooting \u2014 something Indiana needed badly \u2014 and drives to the basket, at one point attacking Merkle off the dribble for a reverse layup to finish with a team-leading 22 points. \u2014 Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star , 12 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"More than 150 Women Builders contributed time and talent this year to complete finish work on six new homes in National City. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"After a bronze medal finish at the 2011 world championship, Harrison became the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in judo in 2012. \u2014 Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer , 18 June 2022",
"The pigment just glides onto my lips, leaving them with a matte, but never dry finish . \u2014 Angela Trakoshis, Allure , 17 June 2022",
"Gregait saw 2019 come to a sudden finish on July 5, when his car was badly damaged in a feature race wreck. \u2014 Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"The Saints lost their next five games on the way to a 9-8 finish . \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 17 June 2022",
"The Jets, without a playoff appearance since 2010, struggled to a lowly 2-14 finish , but Becton gave up just seven sacks and earned a Pro Football Focus grade of 74.4. \u2014 Jeremiah Holloway, The Courier-Journal , 17 June 2022",
"Get a satin finish with this rich and creamy formula. \u2014 Daisy Maldonado, SELF , 16 June 2022",
"After struggling to a surprising last place finish in 2021, the Twins are back atop the AL Central this year. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1779, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172552"
},
"finished":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": entirely done",
": brought to a completed state",
": provided with a finish : having a final treatment or coating on the surface",
": marked by the highest quality : consummate"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi-nisht"
],
"synonyms":[
"complete",
"completed",
"concluded",
"done",
"down",
"ended",
"over",
"over with",
"terminated",
"through",
"up"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"incomplete",
"ongoing",
"uncompleted",
"undone",
"unfinished"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One major challenge to manufacturing them today is a global shortage of microchips, which has forced some manufacturers to leave almost- finished units sitting in warehouses, waiting for one or two parts to arrive before they can be shipped. \u2014 Anna Phillips, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"The 21-year-old finished 0-for-3 with one walk and one strikeout. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
"The vintage furniture and decor purveyor teamed up with Mejuri to create three limited-edition matte- finished modular art pieces, which also just happen to serve as both the perfect decor and display for your favorite jewelry. \u2014 Concetta Ciarlo, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
"Last year\u2019s Ukrainian entry from Go_A finished fifth overall and second among fans. \u2014 Patrick Caldwell, The New Republic , 13 May 2022",
"Records show Friedman bought the property in its half- finished state for $15 million in 2019, so the sale brings a profit of $9 million. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
"Tran, whose competitive weightlifting journey was featured in a recent Naperville Sun story, finished bronze in his weight class for 50- to 54-year-olds at the April 22 National Masters Weightlifting Championships in Salt Lake City. \u2014 Giles Bruce, Chicago Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Many of the shelves are empty except for half- finished beer bottles or rotting fruit. \u2014 Phil Mccausland, NBC News , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Unknown to many, there is a second, half- finished Mriya fuselage. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220651"
},
"finite":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having definite or definable limits",
": having a limited nature or existence",
": completely determinable in theory or in fact by counting, measurement, or thought",
": less than an arbitrary positive integer and greater than the negative of that integer",
": having a finite number of elements",
": of, relating to, or being a verb or verb form that can function as a predicate or as the initial element of one and that is limited (as in tense, person, and number)",
": having definite limits"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012b-\u02ccn\u012bt",
"\u02c8f\u012b-\u02ccn\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[
"limited"
],
"antonyms":[
"boundless",
"endless",
"illimitable",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"unbounded",
"unlimited"
],
"examples":[
"a finite number of possibilities",
"the earth's finite supply of natural resources",
"the finite human life span",
"a finite verb such as \u201cis\u201d or \u201care\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All the moving parts of a company, especially a large one, are finite and require a high level of attention to detail. \u2014 Kale Goodman, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Just as de Rossi intended, neither the gift nor their presence is finite . \u2014 Kathryn Romeyn, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 May 2022",
"Time is finite , as is the focus of senior advisors and Cabinet secretaries. \u2014 Noah Biermanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"Predictably, as in so many other areas of the economy today, the torrent of global demand has spiked prices for the finite exist- ing supply of top anime titles and production partners. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 May 2022",
"The black hole has no finite size, but there is this abstract size of the event horizon, which is the last point that light can escape. \u2014 Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
"In a race for finite reserves of care, aid groups have warned of the perils of donor fatigue for the world\u2019s most vulnerable. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Also unlike a Picasso, most songs and artists have finite periods of popularity, and thus value; even the biggest decline precipitously as their core audience approaches retirement age. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 21 Apr. 2022",
"One key reason is that gold is a scarce, finite resource. \u2014 Robert Samuels | For Iron Monk Solutions, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, borrowed from Latin f\u012bn\u012btus \"specific, definite, having bounds or limits,\" from past participle of f\u012bn\u012bre \"to mark out the boundaries, limit, put an end to, bring to a close\" \u2014 more at finish entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201727"
},
"fink":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": one who is disapproved of or is held in contempt",
": strikebreaker",
": informer sense 2",
": to give information about another's wrongdoing to an authority : squeal",
": a person who is disliked",
": a person who tattles",
": to tell on : tattle"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi\u014bk",
"\u02c8fi\u014bk"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrayer",
"canary",
"deep throat",
"informant",
"informer",
"nark",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"snitch",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon",
"stoolie",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale",
"whistle-blower"
],
"antonyms":[
"grass (on)",
"inform",
"rat (on)",
"sing",
"snitch",
"split (on)",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"talk",
"tell (on)"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She says her boss is a rotten fink .",
"his own brother turned out to be the fink who ratted them out to the police",
"Verb",
"we never would have been caught if he hadn't finked on us"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"circa 1925, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181954"
},
"fire":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"adjective",
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the phenomenon of combustion manifested in light, flame, and heat",
": one of the four elements of the alchemists",
": burning passion : ardor",
": liveliness of imagination : inspiration",
": fuel in a state of combustion (as on a hearth)",
": a small gas or electric space heater",
": a destructive burning (as of a building)",
": death or torture by fire",
": severe trial or ordeal",
": brilliancy , luminosity",
": the firing of weapons (such as firearms, artillery, or missiles)",
": the bullets, shells, etc., that are discharged",
"\u2014 see also friendly fire \u2014 compare counterfire",
": intense verbal attack or criticism",
": a rapidly delivered series (as of remarks)",
": being consumed by fire : aflame",
": eager , burning",
": exposed to fire from an enemy's weapons",
": under attack",
": to set on fire : kindle",
": ignite",
": to give life or spirit to : inspire",
": to fill with passion or enthusiasm",
": to light up as if by fire",
": to cause to start operating",
": to drive out or away by or as if by fire",
": to dismiss from a position",
": to cause to explode : detonate",
": to propel from or as if from a gun : discharge , launch",
": shoot sense 1b",
": to score (a number) in a game or contest",
": to throw with speed or force",
": to utter with force and rapidity",
": to apply fire or fuel to: such as",
": to process by applying heat",
": to feed or serve the fire of",
": to take fire : kindle , ignite",
": to begin operation : start",
": to operate especially as the result of the application of an electrical impulse",
": to become irritated or angry",
": to become filled with excitement or enthusiasm",
": to discharge a firearm",
": to emit or let fly an object",
": to tend a fire",
": to transmit a nerve impulse",
"finance, insurance, and real estate",
": the light and heat and especially the flame produced by burning",
": fuel that is burning in a controlled setting (as in a fireplace)",
": the destructive burning of something (as a building)",
": the shooting of weapons",
": enthusiasm",
": actively burning",
": exposed to the firing of enemy guns",
": under attack",
": shoot entry 1 sense 2",
": to dismiss from employment",
": excite sense 1 , stir",
": to subject to great heat",
": to set off : explode",
": to set on fire",
": fever or inflammation especially from a disease",
": to cause to transmit a nerve impulse",
": to sear (the leg of a horse) with a hot iron in order to convert a crippling chronic inflammation into an acute inflammation that will stimulate the natural healing responses of the body",
": to transmit a nerve impulse",
"Andrew Zachary 1959\u2013 American geneticist"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)r",
"\u02c8f\u012br",
"\u02c8f\u012b(\u0259)r",
"\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)r"
],
"synonyms":[
"conflagration",
"holocaust",
"inferno"
],
"antonyms":[
"blast",
"discharge",
"loose",
"shoot",
"squeeze off"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The fire is 20% contained, the service said Sunday night, up from 600 acres scorched and 10% contained only hours earlier. \u2014 Michelle Watson And Susannah Cullinane, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"The fire was near the historic 1899 Dunsmuir House, officials said. \u2014 Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 June 2022",
"Eight residents were evacuated and the fire was under control more than an hour later. \u2014 Sophie Reardon, CBS News , 18 June 2022",
"The fire was on the outside of the building at Alderman-Dow Iron and Metal Box Co. at 358 Chapel Street, according to the fire department. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 17 June 2022",
"The house fire was so hot, the lamppost in front of the home is melted and warped. \u2014 Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
"The fire was at about 20,200 acres in size midday Tuesday, according to data from Inciweb. \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 14 June 2022",
"On Sunday, the fire was within 3.5 miles of St. Mary\u2019s, and many people had evacuated. \u2014 Olivia Ebertz, Anchorage Daily News , 13 June 2022",
"That fire was 25 percent contained as of Monday morning. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Get that yellow waistcoat ready and fire up the mic \u2014 Joker is coming back to the stage with some new material. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 8 June 2022",
"Newman, dressed in a biker outfit, rode out on the back of a motorcycle that was part of the pregame festivities designed to fire up Joe Louis Arena during the playoffs. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 5 June 2022",
"However, there is no guarantee that this will prove to be decisive in the end\u2014after all, Grassley will have the chance to fire up his own base by touting his record in helping confirm conservative justices. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
"At the same time, King also knows how to fire up the Warriors by reacting with a passionate celebration following a big strikeout. \u2014 Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune , 30 May 2022",
"With Memorial Day near, many Americans are looking to fire up the grill. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
"And this may not be the last such battle, either: In December 2023, T-Mobile and other wireless companies will be free to fire up a new patch of C-band, even closer to the altimeter frequency. \u2014 Peter Elkind, ProPublica , 26 May 2022",
"After a leadoff walk, Bailey sent a ball to the outfield and let out an audible scream from second base to fire her team up. \u2014 Gabby Hajduk, The Indianapolis Star , 26 May 2022",
"Give this a slight chill and fire up the grill for your steaks, chops or burgers. \u2014 Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post , 12 May 2022"
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": a brilliant meteor that may trail bright sparks",
": the highly luminous cloud of vapor and dust created by a nuclear explosion",
": a highly energetic person"
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"\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)r-\u02ccb\u022fl"
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"The house erupted into a fireball .",
"what this club needs is a fireball who will bring some sorely needed energy and enthusiasm",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Researchers found the nerve effects were not caused by shock wave or heat, but by the electromagnetic pulse produced by the expanding plasma fireball . \u2014 David Hambling, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022",
"The spectacular fireball that consumed the LZ 129 Hindenburg on May 6, 1937, effectively ended the age of airship travel. \u2014 Mark Fischetti, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Earlier that year, the French minister of the interior had sent Jean-Baptiste Biot, a young physicist, to investigate reports of a fireball and a hail of rubble over the town of L\u2019Aigle, in Normandy. \u2014 Chantel Tattoli, Wired , 18 Feb. 2022",
"The fragmentation of the fireball generated an energy equivalent to 3 tons of TNT, NASA said. \u2014 Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Heartbreakingly, witnesses said Tintor was still alive, screaming for help, before she and her beloved golden retriever, Max, were consumed by a fireball . \u2014 Paul Newberry, ajc , 5 Nov. 2021",
"At its peak, the fireball was more than 10 times brighter than a full moon, officials said. \u2014 Stephen Smith, CBS News , 3 May 2022",
"The ensuing fireball would vaporize every person and every structure within a half-mile. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The fireball lit up the night sky like an early sunrise. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"noun"
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"difficulty",
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"accord",
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"consensus",
"harmony",
"unanimity"
],
"examples":[
"The bombing left the city engulfed in a firestorm .",
"His proposal set off a political firestorm .",
"a firestorm of public protest",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The weeks-long trial, which was livestreamed via CourtTV and other platforms, ignited a firestorm on social media. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"Social media ignited a firestorm Tuesday after speculation about the receiver not being on the Longhorns\u2019 online roster. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 18 May 2022",
"However, the wet weather that was forecast didn\u2019t arrive until much later in the afternoon, causing a firestorm on social media as many believed that at least six innings could have been completed without a delay. \u2014 Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com , 2 Oct. 2020",
"More than a decade later, the actor is now facing a firestorm that reignited last week when the image returned to the internet\u2019s consciousness. \u2014 Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"Such a ruling could at once uphold the Mississippi law, gut Roe, and tamp down a political firestorm in an election year. \u2014 Emily Cooke, The New Republic , 6 May 2022",
"The stunning leak of a draft opinion, set off an unexpected firestorm around one of the nation's most divisive culture war issues and simultaneously raised questions about the court's deliberations and its ability to keep those discussions secret. \u2014 Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY , 3 May 2022",
"They were both saved after a media firestorm and public outcry. \u2014 Amanda Peukert, SPIN , 2 May 2022",
"Any criminal charges related to Jan. 6 would trigger a firestorm , thrusting prosecutors back into the partisan crossfire that proved so damaging during the Trump-Russia influence investigation and an email probe of Hillary Clinton. \u2014 Michael Balsamo, BostonGlobe.com , 2 Apr. 2022"
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"1945, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": strong alcoholic liquor"
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"-\u02ccw\u00e4-"
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"alcohol",
"aqua vitae",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"bottle",
"drink",
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"inebriant",
"intoxicant",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"liquor",
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"the bartender recommended a drink made with the local firewater , a potent gin",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Poit\u00edn is often called Irish moonshine, but that implies the crude firewater associated with American Prohibition-era bootleggers. \u2014 Liza Weisstuch, BostonGlobe.com , 23 Feb. 2021",
"The share price of Kweichow Moutai, China\u2019s most exclusive brand of baijiu firewater , continues to soar, hinting at a thirst for luxury tipples among the super-rich. \u2014 The Economist , 23 May 2020",
"The adult beverages are also pure Colombia, from the top-selling Aguila beer to the country\u2019s official spirit, aguardiente ( firewater !), to the sweetest-ever tropical margaritas. \u2014 Allyson Reedy, The Know , 5 Sep. 2019",
"This version incorporates pineapple, allspice, falernum, spicy firewater , and a pinch of the superfood powder known as Blue Majik. \u2014 Brittany Martin, Los Angeles Magazine , 19 Feb. 2018",
"In January, Arcadia Publishing released North Carolina Moonshine, a book about the Tar Heel State\u2019s role in firewater history, covering everything from the NASCAR connection to local moonshining celebrities. \u2014 Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian , 10 Feb. 2017",
"Either is perfect with the grapefruit, lime, agave, firewater bitters and a Taj\u00edn-speckled cucumber slice. \u2014 Michele Parente, sandiegouniontribune.com , 18 Oct. 2017",
"Some say it was created for Sir Frances Drake while the more likely story is that slaves in the Cuban sugar cane fields crafted the drink from a homemade rum called aguadiente (literal translation: firewater ), mint and limes. \u2014 Kevin Hopper, idahostatesman , 18 July 2017"
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"noun"
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": a device for producing a striking display by the combustion of explosive or flammable compositions",
": a display of fireworks",
": a display of temper or intense conflict",
": strong feelings of usually romantic or sexual attraction between two people",
": a spectacular display",
": a device that makes a display of light or noise by the burning of explosive or flammable materials",
": a display of fireworks"
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"examples":[
"Are you going to stay for the fireworks ?",
"We expect a few fireworks during the presidential debate.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As the officer exited his vehicle, the resident set off some type of firework . \u2014 cleveland , 9 June 2022",
"Officers called the Boston police Explosive Ordinance Unit to take custody of the firework , police said. \u2014 Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"Playing a recording of white noise or soft music can help cover some of the firework sounds (and other loud noises like thunder). \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
"Pennies taped to a commercial-grade firework were intended to act like shrapnel, investigators said. \u2014 John Flesher And Ed White, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Pennies taped to a commercial-grade firework were intended to act like shrapnel, investigators said. \u2014 NBC News , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Detectives determined that the items were improvised explosive devices, and not any type of firework that could be purchased legally. \u2014 Alex Groth, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Feb. 2022",
"While extra buses should allow the agency to transport more people quickly, the routes could face delays as police set up barricades for the 9:30 p.m. firework display. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Reuters reported that Sydney in Australia, famous for its New Year firework display, is reportedly considering replacing the pyrotechnics with drones to reduce the risk of bushfires. \u2014 Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com , 31 Mar. 2022"
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"noun"
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": the process of maturing ceramic products by the application of heat"
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"found a flaw in the gun's firing",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In addition to already having a license to carry, staff members who want to become guardians must complete 20 hours at a firing range, 20 hours of classroom training, pass annual psychological exams, and take random drug tests, KSAT reports. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 13 May 2022",
"To be eligible for the program, staff members must undergo 20 hours of classroom training, complete 20 hours at a firing range, pass psychological exams, have a license to carry a firearm, and submit to random drug tests. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 11 May 2022",
"LodeStar Works, based near Philadelphia, provided a demonstration of its current 9 mm handgun prototype at a firing range in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. \u2014 Ken Dilanian, NBC News , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Exceptions include those shooting on a licensed firing range, per the ordinance. \u2014 Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Seven officers arrived on scene within two minutes of the shooter firing in the classroom. \u2014 Travis Caldwell, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"After crashing his grandmother's car and firing shots outside, the gunman entered the school at 11:33 a.m., shooting 100 rounds of ammunition and locking himself inside those classrooms. \u2014 ABC News , 29 May 2022",
"Some ads featured children carrying and firing guns. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
"The gold and silver enamel on the vase\u2019s exterior would have required a final firing in a special kiln, the auction house adds. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2022"
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": not weak or uncertain : vigorous",
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": not easily moved or disturbed : steadfast",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"EV Safe Charge hasn\u2019t announced a firm launch date yet, but plans to put the charging robot into production next year. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 15 June 2022",
"There\u2019s no firm release date as yet, but Among Us VR will arrive this holiday season. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Owens\u2019 campaign has not given a firm commitment or denial for his participation in the Utah Debate Commission\u2019s event scheduled for June 1. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"Absent from the proposal is a firm commitment for when the School Committee will have a new superintendent in place. \u2014 James Vaznis, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"Lewis, a partner at Slater Slater Schulman, said the allegations of abuse among the roughly 200 former foster children represented by the firm date to the 1970s. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"However, this switch has been in the works for a long time, and there's still no firm date for when the second-biggest cryptocurrency will abandon the proof of work model. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 2 May 2022",
"Then again, Marvel never revealed a firm release date for the film. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 2 May 2022",
"Sources indicate that cast and crew had to be given a firm end-of-production date in order to plan for their futures after the show. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"The mandatory disclosure of more firm -specific information has also improved capital allocation across various industries. \u2014 Diane Hoskins, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
"For more firm -looking and radiant skin, this professional-grade pair is tops. \u2014 Megan Mcintyre, Town & Country , 21 Sep. 2021",
"In addition to the CIO, oversight from a sustainability committee that ensures a firm -wide holistic approach and quality control is helpful. \u2014 Robert G. Eccles, Forbes , 19 Sep. 2021",
"After graduating from Yale University in 1949 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in architecture (later converted to a master\u2019s degree according to Jack Jr.,) Bialosky Sr. founded the firm now known as Bialosky Cleveland. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Another prominent original occupant \u2014 the trust company occupied about half the building \u2014 was the Los Angeles law firm now known as O\u2019Melveny & Myers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Sep. 2019",
"Two law firms, Marchena and Graham and the former Broad & Cassel law firm now known as Nelson Mullins received the bulk of the payments. \u2014 Beth Kassab, orlandosentinel.com , 18 Sep. 2019",
"Morse is one of Michigan's most visible attorneys with TV spots and billboard ads that call his personal injury law firm the largest in the state. \u2014 Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press , 3 July 2019",
"Big-name attorney Morse is one of Michigan's most visible attorneys with TV spots and billboard ads that call his personal injury law firm the largest in the state. \u2014 Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Cook until the oysters begin to firm and the butter starts to bubble inside the shells. \u2014 Outside Online , 10 May 2021",
"Combined, the technologies are designed to firm up the skin and improve its appearance and skin texture within a short time. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"Those three steps of applying concealer, blending it in, applying foundation, rubbing it out, and then powdering everything to just firm it down and set it are not required. \u2014 Essence , 21 May 2022",
"More than just makeup, this GH Beauty Award- and test-winning No7 foundation is infused with skincare ingredients like wrinkle-smoothing peptides and vitamins C and E to firm and brighten skin. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 19 May 2022",
"This product works to firm and tighten all the problem areas of our face that are prone to wrinkles, while deeply moisturizing our skin to give a healthy glow and plumpness. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"The final step in the routine is the LED light treatment, which has red light to target fine lines and wrinkles, blue light for acne-prone skin, and infrared to firm and temporarily reduce pain. \u2014 Katie Intner, Harper's BAZAAR , 26 Apr. 2022",
"As its name suggests, the +Retinol Vitamin C Moisturizer combines the effects of these active ingredients to firm , brighten, and smooth skin overnight. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Maggie and Gary firm up their relationship; Regina\u2019s new business gets buoyed by her estranged parents who reconcile for their daughter. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In order to be eligible for the fund, a firm must be at least 51% minority-owned with a goal to create an economic impact in the city, have interest in scaling the business and commit to mentor other developers during the process. \u2014 Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas left the Obama administration in 2016 to join WilmerHale, a powerful firm in D.C. \u2014 Eric Fan, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Rahul Bhonsle, director of Security Risks Asia, a consulting firm in Delhi. \u2014 Shefali Anand, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"In 2020, Leo stepped down as head of the Federalist Society to run CRC Advisors, a right-wing political strategy firm . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"Alameda Research, a digital asset trading firm , sold $88 million in stETH. \u2014 Krisztian Sandor, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"Growth in the tumor, or a firm rather than typically soft texture, are reasons for concern. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
"The final round of the London event attracted an average of 68,761 viewers on YouTube and fewer than 5,000 on Facebook, according to Apex Marketing, a sports and entertainment analytics firm . \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"But Vela resigned to work for a lobbying firm in March, triggering a special election to finish out his term \u2014 and this time, voters in the South Texas district opted for the Republican candidate by more than seven and a half points. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 16 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"EV Safe Charge hasn\u2019t announced a firm launch date yet, but plans to put the charging robot into production next year. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 15 June 2022",
"There\u2019s no firm release date as yet, but Among Us VR will arrive this holiday season. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Owens\u2019 campaign has not given a firm commitment or denial for his participation in the Utah Debate Commission\u2019s event scheduled for June 1. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"Absent from the proposal is a firm commitment for when the School Committee will have a new superintendent in place. \u2014 James Vaznis, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"Lewis, a partner at Slater Slater Schulman, said the allegations of abuse among the roughly 200 former foster children represented by the firm date to the 1970s. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"However, this switch has been in the works for a long time, and there's still no firm date for when the second-biggest cryptocurrency will abandon the proof of work model. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 2 May 2022",
"Then again, Marvel never revealed a firm release date for the film. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 2 May 2022",
"Sources indicate that cast and crew had to be given a firm end-of-production date in order to plan for their futures after the show. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"The mandatory disclosure of more firm -specific information has also improved capital allocation across various industries. \u2014 Diane Hoskins, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
"For more firm -looking and radiant skin, this professional-grade pair is tops. \u2014 Megan Mcintyre, Town & Country , 21 Sep. 2021",
"In addition to the CIO, oversight from a sustainability committee that ensures a firm -wide holistic approach and quality control is helpful. \u2014 Robert G. Eccles, Forbes , 19 Sep. 2021",
"After graduating from Yale University in 1949 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in architecture (later converted to a master\u2019s degree according to Jack Jr.,) Bialosky Sr. founded the firm now known as Bialosky Cleveland. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Another prominent original occupant \u2014 the trust company occupied about half the building \u2014 was the Los Angeles law firm now known as O\u2019Melveny & Myers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Sep. 2019",
"Two law firms, Marchena and Graham and the former Broad & Cassel law firm now known as Nelson Mullins received the bulk of the payments. \u2014 Beth Kassab, orlandosentinel.com , 18 Sep. 2019",
"Morse is one of Michigan's most visible attorneys with TV spots and billboard ads that call his personal injury law firm the largest in the state. \u2014 Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press , 3 July 2019",
"Big-name attorney Morse is one of Michigan's most visible attorneys with TV spots and billboard ads that call his personal injury law firm the largest in the state. \u2014 Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Cook until the oysters begin to firm and the butter starts to bubble inside the shells. \u2014 Outside Online , 10 May 2021",
"Combined, the technologies are designed to firm up the skin and improve its appearance and skin texture within a short time. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"Those three steps of applying concealer, blending it in, applying foundation, rubbing it out, and then powdering everything to just firm it down and set it are not required. \u2014 Essence , 21 May 2022",
"More than just makeup, this GH Beauty Award- and test-winning No7 foundation is infused with skincare ingredients like wrinkle-smoothing peptides and vitamins C and E to firm and brighten skin. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 19 May 2022",
"This product works to firm and tighten all the problem areas of our face that are prone to wrinkles, while deeply moisturizing our skin to give a healthy glow and plumpness. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"The final step in the routine is the LED light treatment, which has red light to target fine lines and wrinkles, blue light for acne-prone skin, and infrared to firm and temporarily reduce pain. \u2014 Katie Intner, Harper's BAZAAR , 26 Apr. 2022",
"As its name suggests, the +Retinol Vitamin C Moisturizer combines the effects of these active ingredients to firm , brighten, and smooth skin overnight. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Maggie and Gary firm up their relationship; Regina\u2019s new business gets buoyed by her estranged parents who reconcile for their daughter. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In order to be eligible for the fund, a firm must be at least 51% minority-owned with a goal to create an economic impact in the city, have interest in scaling the business and commit to mentor other developers during the process. \u2014 Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas left the Obama administration in 2016 to join WilmerHale, a powerful firm in D.C. \u2014 Eric Fan, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Rahul Bhonsle, director of Security Risks Asia, a consulting firm in Delhi. \u2014 Shefali Anand, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"In 2020, Leo stepped down as head of the Federalist Society to run CRC Advisors, a right-wing political strategy firm . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"Alameda Research, a digital asset trading firm , sold $88 million in stETH. \u2014 Krisztian Sandor, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"Growth in the tumor, or a firm rather than typically soft texture, are reasons for concern. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
"The final round of the London event attracted an average of 68,761 viewers on YouTube and fewer than 5,000 on Facebook, according to Apex Marketing, a sports and entertainment analytics firm . \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"But Vela resigned to work for a lobbying firm in March, triggering a special election to finish out his term \u2014 and this time, voters in the South Texas district opted for the Republican candidate by more than seven and a half points. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 16 June 2022"
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"Kelleher\u2019s death isn\u2019t the first this month for the park, which straddles California and Nevada. \u2014 Stella Chan, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"In the very first at-bat of a memorable night at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday, Angels outfielder Taylor Ward hit a shallow fly ball to right-center field. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Police received another call a few hours later at a home on East Hill Road, a short distance from the first . \u2014 Mike Maverdakis, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
"Everything seemed to stem from Thomas\u2019 play in the first . \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 8 June 2022",
"The Camels scored in the top of the first after Greg Vineyard, Evan Clark and Jake Gross all singled to load the bases. \u2014 James Weber, The Enquirer , 5 June 2022",
"The Brewers, who are 14-6 at home this season, take on the San Diego Padres in the first of a four-game series. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
"The Balkan country with ports on the Black Sea was the first in the EU to stop gas imports, but its leaders insist Sofia cannot finish the process immediately without Russian oil. \u2014 Justin Spike, ajc , 31 May 2022",
"This is one of the deadliest school shootings in American history, only second to Sandy Hook Elementary School where a gunman killed 20 first -graders and six adults a decade ago. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
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"On a 1-1 pitch, Baez got a slider and sent it deep into left field for a home run, his fourth of the year and first since May 22. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022",
"Lavelle was first called up to the senior national team in 2017. \u2014 Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer , 18 June 2022",
"Heaps and Wilson first crossed paths when Heaps spent an offseason on the Seahawks roster and then part of the 2016 campaign on the franchise\u2019s practice squad. \u2014 Parker Gabriel, USA TODAY , 18 June 2022",
"The Gloucester first launched as a 50-gun warship in 1654, becoming a Royal Navy vessel in 1660. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"Zembower, who first took office to the District 2 commission seat in 2018, will face Brittany Walker in the Aug. 23 Republican primary. \u2014 Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
"Standing nearby was Draymond Green, Thompson and Curry\u2019s longtime co-conspirator, a pass- first , shoot-last defensive enforcer who\u2019d also struggled during these Finals. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"The Lincoln first struck Burns' vehicle, a gray Pontiac G6. \u2014 Madison Smalstig, The Indianapolis Star , 17 June 2022",
"But in the spring of 1974, within a few weeks of the day when Mike Malley first set Dennis Parada chasing hopes up a Pennsylvania mountain, Malley appeared in his local newspaper for a different reason. \u2014 Chris Heath, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As International Women\u2019s History Month draws to a close, a historical first might be playing out at Helioterra Wines in Southeast Portland. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Bryan Cranston slips into his characters skin- first . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Feb. 2022",
"On the campaign trail, Biden vowed to put a Black woman on the high court, which would be an historic first . \u2014 Ariane De Vogue And Tierney Sneed, CNN , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Biden has vowed to fill the vacancy with an African American woman, which would represent a historic first . \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 27 Jan. 2022",
"New Orleans Pelicans assistant coach Teresa Weatherspoon is drawing out of consideration for the head coach opening with the Phoenix Mercury, The Athletic first reported. \u2014 Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The Athletic first reported that Hammon was nearing a deal with the Aces late Thursday. \u2014 Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News , 31 Dec. 2021",
"At least eight of these political hopefuls, highlighted below, will have the opportunity to be a historic first . \u2014 NBC News , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Gator middle linebacker Ventrell Miller will miss the rest of the season with a torn biceps tendon, The Athletic first reported. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 16 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"High Point University, a private institution, expects to enroll its first class of dental students at the Workman School of Dental Medicine in September 2023. \u2014 Patrick Gleason, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Li then accompanied Hirschfeld on a lecture tour around the world, traveling first class on ships to Indonesia, the Philippines, South Asia, Egypt and beyond. \u2014 Laurie Marhoefer, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 June 2022",
"Both Singapore Airlines and Emirates fly the A380, for example, but the former puts economy and premium economy on the top deck; the latter reserves it for business and first class . \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 21 May 2022",
"JetBlue Airways got top marks for premium economy, business and first class in the J.D. Power 2022 North America Airline Satisfaction Survey and also scored well for economy and basic economy fares. \u2014 Eve Chen, USA TODAY , 11 May 2022",
"Which means that paying extra for legroom \u2014 even if that means an exit row or first class \u2014 is paramount. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"Air savings can be $100 per person for Caribbean sailings, $300 per person for European sailings in economy class and $700 per person for European sailings flying business or first class . \u2014 Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Throughout the pandemic downturn and the travel rebound, United stuck with its long-term strategy of growing business travel revenue, selling seats, upgrades in coach and first class tickets. \u2014 Bill Conerly, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Without a business or first class , the aircraft will target budget travelers, leaving only premium economy for customers who want to spring for a little extra leg room. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 22 Sep. 2021"
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"Omar takes a few paces, then stops, realizing something fishy is going on. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
"To be clear, there's absolutely nothing fishy about the octopus haircut. \u2014 Sara Miranda, Allure , 24 Jan. 2022",
"This line coming in below a touchdown does seem fishy . \u2014 Adam Burke Vsin, Los Angeles Times , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Common wisdom holds that the milk makes catfish taste less fishy , and, in this case, the common wisdom is correct. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 9 Mar. 2022",
"For many Lao immigrants establishing a new business in a new country, the worry was that a Lao menu would be too obscure for American diners \u2014 too bitter, too spicy, too fishy , too salty. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The first land vertebrates inherited from their fishy forebears inner ears, fluid\u2011filled sacs or tubes filled with sensitive hair cells for balance and hearing. \u2014 David George Haskell, Wired , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Fresh fish isn\u2019t supposed to have a fishy flavor or odor. \u2014 Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 24 Oct. 2021",
"If these first episodes were better made, the fact that Whedon\u2019s name leaves a fishy smell on the whole show would be more of a shame. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 9 Apr. 2021"
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": the way clothing fits the wearer",
": the degree of closeness between surfaces in an assembly of parts",
": goodness of fit",
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": a sudden burst or flurry (as of activity)",
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": a sudden but transient attack of a physical disturbance",
": in an impulsive and irregular manner",
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": good enough : suitable for",
": physically healthy",
": made ready",
": a sudden attack or outburst",
": to be the right shape or size",
": to bring to the right shape or size",
": to find room or time for",
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": to be suitable for or to",
": equip",
": the way something fits",
": a sudden violent attack of a disease (as epilepsy) especially when marked by convulsions or unconsciousness : paroxysm",
": a sudden but transient attack of a physical disturbance",
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"\u02c8fit",
"\u02c8fit",
"\u02c8fit"
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"befitting",
"felicitous",
"fitted",
"fitting",
"good",
"happy",
"meet",
"pretty",
"proper",
"right",
"suitable"
],
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"beseem",
"do",
"go",
"serve",
"suit"
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"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b(1)",
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"Noun (1)",
"1823, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"circa 1541, in the meaning defined at sense 3a",
"Noun (3)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190938"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": characterized by fits or paroxysms",
": having an erratic or intermittent character : irregular",
": not regular or steady"
],
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"\u02c8fit-f\u0259l",
"\u02c8fit-f\u0259l"
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"aperiodic",
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"episodical",
"erratic",
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"spotty",
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"constant",
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"habitual",
"periodic",
"regular",
"repeated",
"steady"
],
"examples":[
"He had a few fitful hours of sleep.",
"Several fitful attempts at negotiation have failed.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Its internal logic is fitful and its backstory perfunctory. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 June 2022",
"The war in Ukraine, of course, may derail the country\u2019s slow, fitful progress toward strengthening its own democracy. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Yet on Sunday, viewers will once again be tuning in to see how this year\u2019s edition of the show, a work in perennially fitful progress, measures up to the shining ideal of the motion picture medium and its lustrous trappings. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The enemies of our downstate restorative mode include shallow mouth breathing, insufficient sleep or fitful sleep, and exercising or eating at the wrong times of day. \u2014 Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022",
"Political efforts to end the fighting have been fitful . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Background: Over the last year, Iran and the US have engaged in fitful , indirect talks in Vienna to revive a 2015 nuclear deal that then-President Donald Trump reneged on in 2018. \u2014 Adam Pourahmadi And Bear Hutchison, CNN , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The project \u2014 an expansion of Interstate 49 \u2014 has been debated for decades, forcing the neighborhood into a paralyzing limbo as officials weighed plans and made fitful starts without achieving significant progress. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The fitful shelling had reminded me of the discordant sounds inside a symphony hall when orchestra musicians warm up before a concert. \u2014 Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223929"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being fit",
": the capacity of an organism to survive and transmit its genotype to reproductive offspring as compared to competing organisms",
": the contribution of an allele or genotype to the gene pool of subsequent generations as compared to that of other alleles or genotypes",
": the capacity of an organism to survive and transmit its genotype to reproductively fertile offspring as compared to competing organisms",
": the contribution of an allele or genotype to the gene pool of subsequent generations as compared to that of other alleles or genotypes"
],
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"\u02c8fit-n\u0259s",
"\u02c8fit-n\u0259s"
],
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"health",
"healthiness",
"heartiness",
"robustness",
"sap",
"soundness",
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"wellness",
"wholeness",
"wholesomeness"
],
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"illness",
"sickness",
"unhealthiness",
"unsoundness"
],
"examples":[
"a gymnastics program promoting fitness and agility in school-aged children",
"I have to question the fitness of wearing a bright red dress to a funeral.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What exercise do fitness trackers record most accurately? \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 9 June 2022",
"The watchOS 9 update will allow the Apple Watch to track your heart rate zones, a feature most fitness trackers already offer. \u2014 Francisco Lahoz, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
"Xiaomi has announced the Mi Band 7, the latest in its long-running line of budget fitness trackers. \u2014 Andrew Williams, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Take up to 35% off select Fitbit smartwatches and fitness trackers. \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 20 May 2022",
"Wearables have taken off too: Kid-friendly fitness trackers sport bright snazzy colors. \u2014 Rina Raphael, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"Wearables will change the health care industry Biometric medical devices, which include glucose scanners, palm vein readers, and fitness trackers, are becoming more normalized in American society. \u2014 Amiah Taylor, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
"Even fitness trackers can produce sensitive health information that may be used to incriminate pregnant people. \u2014 Louise Matsakis, NBC News , 11 May 2022",
"Worldwide sales of fitness trackers increased from US$14 billion in 2017 to over $36 billion in 2020. \u2014 David Bassett, The Conversation , 4 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
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"1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223647"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": fit , suitable",
": shaped for a precise fit",
": shaped to conform to the lines of the body"
],
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"\u02c8fi-t\u0259d"
],
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"applicable",
"appropriate",
"apt",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"felicitous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"good",
"happy",
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"pretty",
"proper",
"right",
"suitable"
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"improper",
"inapplicable",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"incongruous",
"indecent",
"infelicitous",
"malapropos",
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"unfitting",
"unhappy",
"unmeet",
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"unsuitable",
"wrong"
],
"examples":[
"He was wearing a fitted shirt.",
"her personality is well fitted to a desk job",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Each set comes with four pillowcases, one flat sheet, and one fitted sheet whose pockets can stretch over mattresses as deep as 16 inches. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 8 June 2022",
"Just note that the fitted sheet isn't as deep as others and may not fit as well on taller mattresses. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
"Each set, which is available in six colors, including icy blue and a charcoal and white design, features a flat sheet, fitted sheet, and two pillowcases, all of which will very likely replace the other options in your linen cabinet. \u2014 Melissa Epifano, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
"As thin as a matchbox and only 3.6 by 2.5 inches, this charger disappears into the pocket of fitted jeans. \u2014 Gabriela Aoun, Outside Online , 10 Nov. 2020",
"The time-saving tricks from One Bed include a fitted sheet with stay-put straps, labels for long and short sides and a split-corner flat sheet that is simple to tuck in without leaving excess fabric. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
"Early Memorial Day Bedding Sales at Amazon Take 56% off this 10-piece bed-in-a-bag set, which includes a comforter, two shams, two decorative pillows, one breakfast pillow, a flat sheet, fitted sheet, and two pillowcases for only $79.95. \u2014 Heath Owens, Good Housekeeping , 5 May 2022",
"The fitted sheet can fit beds that are 16 inches thick, and the flat sheet can fit those that range between 15 and 18 inches thick. \u2014 Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Garner last attended the Oscars in 2018, wearing a royal blue Versace gown featuring a fitted bodice and a sweeping train and cape. \u2014 Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE.com , 27 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
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"1652, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193805"
},
"fix":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make firm, stable, or stationary",
": to give a permanent or final form to: such as",
": to change into a stable compound or available form",
": to kill, harden, and preserve for microscopic study",
": to make the image of (a photographic film) permanent by removing unused salts",
": affix , attach",
": to hold or direct steadily",
": to capture the attention of",
": to set or place definitely : establish",
": to make an accurate determination of : discover",
": assign",
": to set in order : adjust",
": to get ready : prepare",
": repair , mend",
": restore , cure",
": spay , castrate",
": to get even with",
": to influence the actions, outcome, or effect of by improper or illegal methods",
": to become firm, stable, or fixed",
": to get set : be on the verge",
": to direct one's attention or efforts : focus",
": decide , settle",
": a position of difficulty or embarrassment : predicament",
": the position (as of a ship) determined by bearings, observations, or radio",
": a determination of one's position",
": an accurate determination or understanding especially by observation or analysis",
": an act or instance of improper or illegal fixing",
": a supply or dose of something strongly desired or craved",
": a shot of a narcotic",
": fixation",
": something that fixes or restores : solution",
": repair entry 1 sense 1 , mend",
": to make firm or secure",
": to hold or direct steadily",
": to set definitely : establish",
": to get ready : prepare",
": to cause to chemically change into an available and useful form",
": an unpleasant or difficult position",
": something that solves a problem",
": to make firm, stable, or stationary",
": to give a permanent or final form to: as",
": to change into a stable compound or available form",
": to kill, harden, and preserve for microscopic study",
": to hold or direct steadily",
": restore , cure",
": spay , castrate sense 1",
": to direct the gaze or attention : focus , fixate",
": a shot of a narcotic",
": to make firm, stable, or stationary",
": to attach physically",
": to influence the actions, outcome, or effect of by improper or illegal methods"
],
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"\u02c8fiks",
"\u02c8fiks",
"\u02c8fiks"
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"depose",
"deposit",
"dispose",
"emplace",
"lay",
"place",
"position",
"put",
"set",
"set up",
"situate",
"stick"
],
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"bind",
"box",
"catch-22",
"corner",
"dilemma",
"hole",
"impasse",
"jackpot",
"jam",
"mire",
"pickle",
"predicament",
"quagmire",
"rabbit hole",
"rattrap",
"spot",
"sticky wicket",
"swamp"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But that necessary infrastructure is still a long way off, and experts say the critical time to fix the supply-demand imbalance is now. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"And party leaders are eager to continue to fix their diversity problem, with women composing only about 16 percent of the conference and people of color composing 9 percent. \u2014 Catie Edmondson, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"If the room is unusable, let the hotel know and give it a chance to fix the problem. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022",
"However, someone took it upon themselves to fix the problem by adding Moon Knight (Oscar Isaac) to the brilliant airport fight in Captain America: Civil War. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 31 May 2022",
"Ross had surgery in an attempt to fix the problem and missed the 2020 season. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 28 May 2022",
"After centrists in Congress killed his Build Back Better bill aimed at addressing housing affordability, Biden is now finding ways to fix the problem without the legislature\u2019s help. \u2014 Nate Dicamillo, Quartz , 25 May 2022",
"The loss of learning is a huge concern and will take some time to fix . \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
"This year is the time to fix it, before the 2024 campaign begins. \u2014 Tom Daschle, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Mostly, recent results show that while GOP voters remain concerned about 2020 election irregularities, they are focused mostly on a fix and the future. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"First fix public transit so the routes cover were everyone wants to go. \u2014 George Davis, Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
"This 17-ounce electric tea kettle is ideal for those who need a quick, budget-friendly, water-boiling fix . \u2014 Anna Helm Baxter, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
"And there\u2019s a fix for an issue for home automations, where if someone arrived or left, certain automations could fail. \u2014 David Phelan, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Production was halted in November and a stop-sale order was issued as GM and battery supplier LG Energy Solution worked on a fix . \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Elisa Williams, a spokesperson for Oregon\u2019s Department of Human Services, said that the state is working on a fix that will allow hours to be entered electronically. \u2014 Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Apple has confirmed to multiple outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, that the Studio Display webcam's image quality is being affected by a software bug and that the company is working on a fix . \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The good news is that Apple has reportedly started working on a fix as of Sunday. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 17 Jan. 2022"
],
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"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1809, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193139"
},
"fixed":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": securely placed or fastened : stationary",
": nonvolatile",
": formed into a chemical compound",
": not subject to change or fluctuation",
": firmly set in the mind",
": having a final or crystallized form or character",
": recurring on the same date from year to year",
": immobile , concentrated",
": supplied with something (such as money) needed",
": not changing : set",
": firmly placed"
],
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"\u02c8fikst",
"\u02c8fikst"
],
"synonyms":[
"certain",
"determinate",
"final",
"firm",
"flat",
"frozen",
"hard",
"hard-and-fast",
"inexpugnable",
"set",
"settled",
"stable"
],
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"examples":[
"a small mirror fixed to the wall",
"That day remains fixed in my memory.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The rules apply to both mobile and fixed Internet service. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 15 June 2022",
"In response, agencies raised rates to cover fixed costs such as routine maintenance and debt payments. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Apple is reportedly moving from fixed focus and f/2.2 aperture on the iPhone 13 to autofocus and f/1.9 aperture for the selfie cameras of all four iPhone 14 models. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 19 Apr. 2022",
"And this became the function of race: to provide a fixed hierarchy of human difference to justify improper moral and economic behavior. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s a crisis compounded by a severe shortage of beds in emergency shelter spaces and a dire lack of affordable housing supply, especially for those on fixed or low incomes. \u2014 Amy Qin, The Arizona Republic , 2 June 2022",
"Hydrogen is also appealing for applications in places with a complete lack of infrastructure, in addition to reliable fixed routes around places like ports, rail hubs, and airports. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Relying more on solar, wind, and hydro means that more and more of our energy prices become fixed and immune from inflationary pressure, because these resources are not subject to fuel inputs and generate electricity for decades once operational. \u2014 Energy Innovation: Policy And Technology, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"On the other hand, there may be a certain naivety associated with a mind that is too fixed or too rigid. \u2014 Josephine Kant, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from past participle of fixen \"to fix entry 1 \" (or directly from Latin f\u012bxus + -ed -ed entry 2 )",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202546"
},
"fizz":{
"type":"verb",
"definitions":[
"to make a hissing or sputtering sound effervesce",
"to show excitement or exhilaration",
"a hissing sound",
"spirit , liveliness",
"an effervescent beverage",
"to make a hissing or bubbling sound",
"a hissing or bubbling sound",
"a bubbling drink"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8fiz",
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"fizzle",
"hiss",
"sizzle",
"swish",
"whish",
"whiz",
"whizz"
],
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"hiss",
"sizzle",
"swish",
"whish",
"whiz",
"whizz"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"soda pop fizzing in the glass",
"Noun",
"the characteristic fizz of champagne",
"All the fizz was gone from their relationship.",
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"The daisy \u2014 spirit (often brandy), lemon, liquid sweetener, like grenadine, and sometimes fizz \u2014 begat the margarita. \u2014 Liza Weisstuch, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"In that context, judging Fire Island too harshly as a film feels a little ungenerous Director Andrew Ahn (who helmed the microbudget coming-out story Spa Night and the lovely, low-key indie Driveways) aims mostly for function and fizz here. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 31 May 2022",
"Allan Katz and Danielle Crouch designed the original bar program, a collision of tiki updates, martinis stained purple-blue with violet liqueur and a wild fizz employing Angostura bitters, mango nectar, coconut cream and aquafaba. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The favorite, though, is Blitzen 2.0, a prosecco cocktail that pops with ginger and bright lemon, because who doesn\u2019t want fizz at this time of year? \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Other acids, such as those in lemon juice, can also be used to make the dough fizz . \u2014 Science Buddies, Scientific American , 31 Dec. 2015",
"Nathalia Arja brought great sparkle and fizz to the role of Dewdrop, all blinding footwork and flight. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Nov. 2021",
"Source your own holiday fizz by visiting local wineries, like Villa Sandi, that open during the holidays (other than on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31). \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Soda manufacturers can use it to fizz their drinks \u2014 something a Swiss customer of Climeworks did a few years ago when there was a carbonation shortage. \u2014 Michael Birnbaum, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"Some recipes switch nuts, get their fizz from club soda or ginger ale, and incorporate coconut. \u2014 Tom Sietsema, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"Still, the fizz and adulation has nearly always entailed an element of activism. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Indeed for many years the CEOs of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo in Europe were both ESSEC graduates, which must have provided some fizz at alumni reunions! \u2014 Matt Symonds, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s so crushingly expensive; the sense of competition loses its motivating fizz pretty fast. \u2014 Sadie Stein, Town & Country , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Starting with his PhD thesis in 2001, Liger-Belair has focused on the effervescent fizz within and above a glass. \u2014 Nicola Jones, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Dec. 2021",
"As a follow-up to the special report on hard seltzers losing their fizz , the Boston Beer Company (SAM) reported disappointing earnings last week, with the primary cause being the rapid slowdown in hard seltzer sales. \u2014 Bill Stone, Forbes , 24 Oct. 2021",
"Applegate tosses of language like this easily, producing a hugely entertaining fizz of historical rigor and slam-bang lingo, in print and in person. \u2014 Christopher Bonanos, Curbed , 5 Nov. 2021",
"There was little of usual opening-night fizz on view; the usual party was canceled, the media contingent diminished and few showbiz people were present. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 24 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1685, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"fizzle":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": fizz",
": to fail or end feebly especially after a promising start",
": an abortive effort : failure",
": to fail after a good start"
],
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"\u02c8fi-z\u0259l",
"\u02c8fi-z\u0259l"
],
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"fizz",
"hiss",
"sizzle",
"swish",
"whish",
"whiz",
"whizz"
],
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"collapse",
"crash",
"cropper",
"defeat",
"failure",
"nonachievement",
"nonsuccess"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"oozing gobs of grease, a pair of fatty burgers fizzled on the grill",
"Noun",
"the home team's unexpected fizzle in that last game cost them the championship",
"the play was a fizzle , opening and closing the same night",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The consequence is that client/agency relationships that used to last for decades, suddenly fizzle out in 2 to 3 years. \u2014 Avi Dan, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Every so often, an animal would infect a person, that person would spread the virus to some close contacts, and another minor outbreak would form, then fizzle out. \u2014 Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
"Why did this ambitious effort to promote COVID-19 vaccines fizzle out so fast? Anti-vaccine activists were vocal in their opposition, but that was hardly a deciding factor, our friends at Kaiser Health News reported. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"When does Zillow think the housing boom will fizzle out? \u2014 Fortune , 24 May 2022",
"The novel has a halting rhythm, structured as a series of vignettes that sometimes fizzle or introduce dead ends. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The heavy speculation left some investors questioning if markets were in a giant bubble, though some of the excitement has started to fizzle . \u2014 Gunjan Banerji, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2021",
"When your content starts to fizzle , move on to find your next winner. \u2014 Justin Buckley, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Maybe, experts posited many months back, once 60 to 90 percent of people had been infected or vaccinated or both, the virus would run out of viable hosts, and simply fizzle out. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 4 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The big takeaway from the Netflix fizzle is that maybe, just maybe, streaming isn\u2019t all that special a business after all. \u2014 Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 May 2022",
"Tanard Davis, who was signed by the Indianapolis Colts after playing football at University of Miami, saw his NFL career fizzle and moved to Atlanta to pursue a career in law enforcement. \u2014 Joshua Goodman, sun-sentinel.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Tanard Davis, who was signed by the Indianapolis Colts after playing football at University of Miami, saw his NFL career fizzle and moved to Atlanta to pursue a career in law enforcement. \u2014 Joshua Goodman, orlandosentinel.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"After months of big promises about finishing the telecast by 11 p.m. ET, the Oscars were running long, and one key decision after another was yielding something between embarrassment and a fizzle instead of fireworks. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Mar. 2022",
"That was it, an unfortunate and unceremonious end to a run that once held so much promise yet ended with an undeniable fizzle . \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Perhaps his frigid fizzle on Saturday night is a motivator. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Bryan Harsin\u2019s first season at Auburn ended not with a bang, but with a fizzle . \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Given the collective fizzle of the five receivers general manager Ryan Pace drafted before Mooney arrived \u2014 Kevin White, Anthony Miller, Riley Ridley, Javon Wims and Daniel Braverman \u2014 finally landing a draft-and-develop playmaker is a big deal. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 4 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1846, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190452"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": finicky"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi-ni-ki\u014b",
"-k\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"choosy",
"choosey",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicky",
"fussbudgety",
"fussy",
"nice",
"old-maidish",
"particular",
"pernickety",
"persnickety",
"picky"
],
"antonyms":[
"undemanding",
"unfastidious",
"unfussy"
],
"examples":[
"finicking drinkers will find the bar's trendy cocktails far too sweet"
],
"history_and_etymology":"alteration of finical ",
"first_known_use":[
"1661, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-152014"
},
"firth":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": estuary",
": a narrow arm of the sea"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259rth",
"\u02c8f\u0259rth"
],
"synonyms":[
"arm",
"bay",
"bight",
"cove",
"creek",
"embayment",
"estuary",
"fjord",
"fiord",
"gulf",
"inlet",
"loch"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the Firth of Forth in Scotland"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old Norse fj\u01ebrthr \u2014 more at ford ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-182115"
},
"fictional":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, characterized by, or occurring in fiction : invented by the imagination",
": not real or true : made-up"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fik-shn\u0259l",
"-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al",
"\u02c8fik-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al"
],
"synonyms":[
"chimerical",
"chimeric",
"fabulous",
"fanciful",
"fantasied",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"fictitious",
"ideal",
"imaginal",
"imaginary",
"imagined",
"invented",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"mythical",
"mythic",
"notional",
"phantasmal",
"phantasmic",
"phantom",
"pretend",
"unreal",
"visionary"
],
"antonyms":[
"actual",
"existent",
"existing",
"real"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1834, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-000112"
},
"fissure":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting",
": a natural cleft between body parts or in the substance of an organ",
": a break or slit in tissue usually at the junction of skin and mucous membrane",
": a separation or disagreement in thought or viewpoint : schism",
": to break into fissures : cleave",
": crack , divide",
": a narrow opening or crack",
": a natural cleft between body parts or in the substance of an organ: as",
": any of several clefts separating the lobes of the liver",
": any of various clefts between bones or parts of bones in the skull",
": any of the deep clefts of the brain",
": one of those located at points of elevation in the walls of the ventricles \u2014 compare sulcus",
": anterior median fissure",
": posterior median septum",
": a break or slit in tissue usually at the junction of skin and mucous membrane",
": a linear developmental imperfection in the enamel of a tooth"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi-sh\u0259r",
"\u02c8fi-sh\u0259r",
"\u02c8fish-\u0259r,"
],
"synonyms":[
"check",
"chink",
"cleft",
"crack",
"cranny",
"crevice",
"rift",
"split"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a fissure in the Earth's crust",
"a deep fissure in the ice",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The longer-term reality is a wider and deeper fissure dividing NATO and Russia. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 17 May 2022",
"Reports surfaced after the end of the season that there was a fissure in the relationship between Brady and Arians, something Arians dismissed as the duo are set for their third season together. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 27 Mar. 2022",
"English has various equivalent geological terms: alpine-type fissure , alpine cleft, or, most simply, pocket. \u2014 Simon Akam, Outside Online , 8 June 2021",
"The rescuers sent a coastguard down a rope into the fissure to free the stuck pup carefully. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Instead, in the final weeks of the eruption, fractures and a new fissure system split open the side of the volcano. \u2014 K.e.d. Coan, Ars Technica , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The dining room is insulated by walls that are nearly five and a half feet thick, and warmed by the small but functional kitchen, in which a fissure doubles as a natural extractor hood. \u2014 John Malathronas, CNN , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Becky Anderson dissects the fissure between the allies. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Doalty's not talking about a fissure in some surface (the Irish for that is scoilt), nor about a sharp, loud noise (pl\u00e9ascadh), and certainly not about a form of cocaine. \u2014 James Harbeck, The Week , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But where some teams fissure under the weight of unfulfilled expectations, going through that experience collectively made this group even tighter. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 June 2021",
"The statements made by Camille Locht and Jean-Paul Mira fed into a world already fissured by deep-rooted racial and economic discrimination. \u2014 Gale Ure, Quartz Africa , 25 Apr. 2020",
"Even before Saturday\u2019s major aftershock, which fissured more roads and prompted more landslides, Puerto Rico estimated damages from a 6.4-magnitude quake on Tuesday at $110 million. \u2014 Patricia Mazzei, New York Times , 11 Jan. 2020",
"This land is made of igneous rock fissured with gold. \u2014 Juliana Hanle, Scientific American , 18 Nov. 2019",
"An early morning alert issued by the U.S. Geological Survey reported sporadic eruptions from three Kilauea volcano fissures shooting lava 180 feet into the air. \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post , 11 June 2018",
"Over the past week, the lava erupting from Hawaii\u2019s Kilauea volcano fissures advanced through two small residential subdivisions along Kapoho Bay, reaching the Pacific Ocean, and wiping out nearly a hundred homes. \u2014 Alan Taylor, The Atlantic , 6 June 2018",
"The trunk was fissured at the base, creating a seam wide enough to slip into\u2014in other words, an absolutely perfect hiding place. \u2014 David Gilbert, The New Yorker , 4 June 2017",
"This is far from the first time that fissures within the Republican party over immigration have been on public display. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 17 May 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1656, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-040241"
},
"finger":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": any of the five terminating members of the hand : a digit of the forelimb",
": one other than the thumb",
": something that resembles a finger",
": a part of a glove into which a finger is inserted",
": a projecting piece (such as a pawl for a ratchet) brought into contact with an object to affect its motion",
": the breadth of a finger",
": interest , share",
": bird sense 10",
": to touch or feel with the fingers",
": to play (a musical instrument) with the fingers",
": to play (notes, chords, etc.) with a specific fingering",
": to mark the notes of (a music score) as a guide in playing",
": to point out : identify",
": to extend into or penetrate in the shape of a finger",
": to touch or handle something",
": to use the fingers in playing a musical instrument",
": to have a certain fingering",
": to extend in the shape or manner of a finger",
": one of the five divisions of the end of the hand including the thumb",
": something that resembles a finger",
": the part of a glove into which a finger goes",
": to touch with the fingers : handle",
": any of the five terminating members of the hand : a digit of the forelimb",
": one other than the thumb",
": to accuse or identify as guilty"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi\u014b-g\u0259r",
"\u02c8fi\u014b-g\u0259r",
"\u02c8fi\u014b-g\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"distinguish",
"ID",
"identify",
"pinpoint",
"single (out)"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"After the solution conformed around the finger , Takeuchi applied human epidermal keratinocytes to the outside. \u2014 Megan Marples, CNN , 10 June 2022",
"Vaughan made a nice finger -tip grab and was able to stay inbounds for the score with 9.6 seconds left in the half. \u2014 James Weber, The Enquirer , 10 June 2022",
"For the first task, the pooches had to rely on clues from the researchers\u2014such as the direction of their gaze or a pointed finger \u2014to determine which of two bowls had a treat hidden under it. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American , 9 June 2022",
"In the ensuing brawl, Eskridge bit off the tip of an officer\u2019s finger and grabbed his gun. \u2014 Olivia Mitchell, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
"In 2013, an American tourist broke the finger off of a 600-year old statue at the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence. \u2014 Fortune , 9 June 2022",
"Cut the breasts into finger -thick slices with a cleaver or chef\u2019s knife. \u2014 Tse Wei Lim, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
"And the blade which once cut off a neighbor\u2019s finger . \u2014 WSJ , 3 June 2022",
"Of course, there was also a nursery menu to delight; fruity scones, lemon syllabub, strawberries, cucumber finger sandwiches. \u2014 Vogue , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The permafrost around Fairbanks is discontinuous; jagged pieces of it finger north-facing slopes and enfold the low-lying valleys. \u2014 Lois Parshley, Anchorage Daily News , 3 May 2022",
"Bennett compared the prints to finger flutings \u2014 a kind of prehistoric art made by people running their fingers over soft surfaces on cave walls. \u2014 Nicoletta Lanese, Scientific American , 21 Sep. 2021",
"The collections celebrated hand-wrought romance and, yes, tactility\u2014the ability to finger the pearly shell shards on a friend\u2019s Bottega dress IRL. \u2014 Chloe Malle, Vogue , 16 July 2021",
"Danielle escapes to the buffet to finger stale-looking pastries, sandwiches filled with mayonnaise-y salads, gloopy pasta. \u2014 Jocelyn Silver, Vogue , 2 Apr. 2021",
"Auditors pored over his accounts in an attempt to finger him for corruption, an old tactic, but found nothing to justify prosecution. \u2014 John Pomfret, The Atlantic , 25 Jan. 2021",
"Escape to rural roads in the Mazda, finger the paddle shifters in manual mode and it\u2019s a fun box with tight handling and an eager drivetrain. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 19 Sep. 2020",
"As forensic virologists search to uncover the origins of COVID-19, bats have been fingered as a likely source. \u2014 Diya Chacko, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2020",
"Families stalked the produce aisles, fingering cilantro and scallions (scarcities elsewhere), juggling cannisters of Lysol wipes and packages of flour (which had disappeared throughout the city). \u2014 Bryan Washington, The New Yorker , 6 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"circa 1521, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-063816"
},
"fictionalized":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": made into fiction : altered by the addition of fictional elements"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fik-shn\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bzd",
"-sh\u0259-n\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bzd"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1905, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-113812"
},
"fill-in":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": someone or something that fills in":[],
": to enrich (something, such as a design) with detail":[],
": to give necessary or recently acquired information to":[
"I'll fill you in"
],
": to fill a vacancy usually temporarily":[
"interns filled in for regular staffers"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fil-\u02ccin"
],
"synonyms":[
"backup",
"cover",
"designated hitter",
"locum tenens",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"reserve",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute"
],
"antonyms":[
"acquaint",
"advise",
"apprise",
"brief",
"catch up",
"clear",
"clue (in)",
"enlighten",
"familiarize",
"hip",
"inform",
"instruct",
"tell",
"verse",
"wise (up)"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"my friend quickly filled me in on the portion of the movie that I had missed",
"she's only filling in while the regular secretary is on vacation",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Outline the letters with gold paint pens and fill in the outline with a paint pen or gold acrylic paint. \u2014 Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping , 27 June 2022",
"This will let Chrome quickly create, store, and fill in your passwords on any website or within any app on your phone or tablet. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 23 June 2022",
"Jackman, who currently stars as Professor Harold Hill in Meredith Willson's The Music Man on Broadway, added that his standby Max Clayton will fill in for him. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"Even though Novavax lost the race to be first, company executives argue that their shot will help fill in the margins of the pandemic vaccination campaign and play an important role in helping people live alongside the virus into the future. \u2014 Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022",
"Glancing up at the old school scoreboard and watching the seats fill in during the hours before game time, anticipation growing until the first pitch. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"Like in the last year everything from upcoming Tiesto singles to Ozzy Osbourne to Maneskin and whatever like fill in the blank pop act, Ava Max. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"For a start, there is a great deal that remains unknown to the public, and Republicans could fill in many of the blank spaces in the record. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 12 June 2022",
"With only a soft check required, the BNPL lenders aim to fill in the gap for anyone with a poor or nonexistent credit history, according (pdf) to researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. \u2014 Nate Dicamillo, Quartz , 7 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1917, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1840, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162136"
},
"filter":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a porous article or mass (as of paper or sand) through which a gas or liquid is passed to separate out matter in suspension",
": an apparatus containing a filter medium",
": a device or material for suppressing or minimizing waves or oscillations of certain frequencies (as of electricity, light, or sound)",
": a transparent material (such as colored glass) that absorbs light of certain wavelengths or colors selectively and is used for modifying light that reaches a sensitized photographic material",
": something that has the effect of a filter (as by holding back elements or modifying the appearance of something)",
": software for sorting or blocking access to certain online material",
": to subject to the action of a filter",
": to remove by means of a filter",
": to pass or move through or as if through a filter",
": to come or go in small units over a period of time",
": a device or a mass of material (as sand or paper) with tiny openings through which a gas or liquid is passed to remove something",
": a transparent material that absorbs light of some colors and is used for changing light (as in photography)",
": to pass through a filter",
": to remove by means of a filter",
": a porous article or mass (as of paper or sand) through which a gas or liquid is passed to separate out matter in suspension",
": an apparatus containing a filter medium",
": a device or material for suppressing or minimizing waves or oscillations of certain frequencies (as of electricity, light, or sound)",
": a transparent material (as colored glass) that absorbs light of certain wavelengths or colors selectively and is used for modifying light that reaches a sensitized photographic material",
": to subject to the action of a filter",
": to remove by means of a filter",
": to pass or move through or as if through a filter"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fil-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8fil-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8fil-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"screen",
"strain"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Allergy sufferers will love the high filtration bag and HEPA AirClean filter that prevent dust from being released back into the air. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
"With Redken\u2019s Curl Memory Complex made with sugar crystals, moringa oil, and UV filter , your hair will be protected and infused with lightweight moisture. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Each filter absorbs odors effectively for three to four months, and then needs to be replaced. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 28 May 2022",
"Add ground coffee to the moistened filter and slowly pour remaining water over it, making sure to dampen all grounds. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 20 May 2022",
"Respirators such as the N95 and KN95 are designed and tested to meet international standards and filter at least 95% of particles in the air. \u2014 Laura Fisher, Health.com , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Importantly, the car retains its original engine, carburetor, ignition, radiator and shroud, oil cooler and remote filter , brake servo, alternator, four-speed manual transmission and differential and even toolkit. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Wild swings in futures markets complicate business for those who use raw materials and filter into higher prices for consumers on energy, food, lumber and more. \u2014 Ryan Dezember, WSJ , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Which color is used for each filter is down to specialised image processors and artists before the final image is stacked. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Changes made to speed or slow down the economy with interest rates take time to filter into borrowing and spending decisions. \u2014 Nick Timiraos, WSJ , 12 June 2022",
"Climeworks\u2019 technology works by moving large quantities of air over a special chemical that is able to filter out CO\u2082, similar to a magnet attracting iron fillings. \u2014 Time , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Critically, the local public utilities weren\u2019t able to filter the chemicals out. \u2014 Lydia Depillis, ProPublica , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Thanks to a four-stage filtration system, the vacuum is able to filter out dust and particles as small as 0.1 microns, making the air around you cleaner. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
"This technology, coupled with advanced digital and analog processing, makes the EAH-AZ60 able to filter out almost all surrounding sounds. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 17 Oct. 2021",
"The program teaches companies that biased hiring practices can prematurely filter out qualified candidates. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
"Tree roots normally grow just a few inches below the soil\u2019s surface, where air and water can readily filter down to reach them. \u2014 Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"Filippi sees the strong regeneration as a major technology development that can filter down to consumer-grade cars. \u2014 James Morris, Forbes , 7 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1576, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-171138"
},
"five-star":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of first class or quality"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012bv-\u02c8st\u00e4r"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1913, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-175920"
},
"fine":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"transitive verb",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": all right",
": well or healthy : not sick or injured",
": superior in kind, quality, or appearance : excellent",
": very thin in gauge or texture",
": not coarse",
": very small",
": keen",
": very precise or accurate",
": physically trained or hardened close to the limit of efficiency",
": delicate, subtle, or sensitive in quality, perception, or discrimination",
": ornate sense 1",
": marked by or affecting elegance or refinement",
": free from impurity",
": having a stated proportion of pure metal in the composition expressed in parts per thousand",
": finely : such as",
": very well",
": all right",
": with a very narrow margin of time or space",
": a sum imposed as punishment for an offense",
": a forfeiture or penalty paid to an injured party in a civil action",
": a compromise of a fictitious suit used as a form of conveyance of lands",
": end , conclusion",
": in short",
": to impose a fine on : punish by a fine",
": purify , clarify",
": to make finer in quality or size",
": to become pure or clear",
": to become smaller in lines or proportions",
": end",
": a sum of money to be paid as a punishment",
": to punish by requiring payment of a sum of money",
": very good in quality or appearance",
": satisfactory",
": very small or thin",
": made up of very small pieces",
": very well",
": of slight excursion",
": a sum imposed as punishment for an offense \u2014 compare restitution",
": a forfeiture or penalty paid to an injured party in a civil action",
": to impose a fine on : punish by fine"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012bn",
"\u02c8f\u0113-(\u02cc)n\u0101",
"\u02c8f\u012bn",
"\u02c8f\u012bn"
],
"synonyms":[
"dusty",
"floury",
"powdery"
],
"antonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"alright",
"creditably",
"decently",
"good",
"middlingly",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"passably",
"respectably",
"satisfactorily",
"serviceably",
"so-so",
"sufficiently",
"tolerably",
"well"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 7a",
"Adverb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (1)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3",
"Verb (1)",
"circa 1513, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (2)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1740, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192328"
},
"firebug":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": incendiary , pyromaniac"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)r-\u02ccb\u0259g"
],
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"arsonist",
"incendiary",
"torch"
],
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"examples":[
"after the second suspicious fire, police set a trap for the firebug"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1869, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193732"
},
"fiendish":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": perversely diabolical",
": extremely cruel or wicked",
": excessively bad, unpleasant, or difficult"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0113n-dish"
],
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"cacodemonic",
"demoniac",
"demoniacal",
"demonian",
"demonic",
"demonical",
"devilish",
"diabolical",
"diabolic",
"Luciferian",
"satanic"
],
"antonyms":[
"angelic",
"angelical"
],
"examples":[
"He takes a fiendish delight in hurting people.",
"a fiendish delight in playing cruel tricks",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Gutfeld yells in mock outrage, and then grins his expensive, fiendish , but strangely vulnerable grin. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 5 May 2022",
"The new plant near Berlin probably won\u2019t prove so fiendish . \u2014 Stephen Wilmot, WSJ , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Likewise, the Riddler\u2019s manipulation of online conspiracy theorists to build a fanatical following to help execute his fiendish plan to bring Gotham to its knees, which feels all too real. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Deferring to no news event or editorial decision, the lectern longshots were a CNN mainstay, lingering on the lens with a fiendish determination as the network\u2019s overstuffed panels of alleged experts shouted at each other off-screen. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The original show was set on a remote farm in the hills of Ireland where contestants gathered to test their nerve against three fiendish games. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Even Robert Rauschenberg makes a fiendish cameo in the book, asking De Kooning to give him a drawing. \u2014 Jamie Hood, Vulture , 15 Dec. 2021",
"The final installment in John Richardson\u2019s mammoth biography reveals the artist\u2019s fiendish control over his admirers. \u2014 John Banville, The New Republic , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Not to mention adding a fiendish new fashion icon to your Halloween costume vision board! \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194318"
},
"figure":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": a number symbol : numeral , digit",
": arithmetical calculations",
": a written or printed character",
": value especially as expressed in numbers : sum , price",
": digits representing an amount (as of money earned or points scored)",
": a geometric form (such as a line, triangle, or sphere) especially when considered as a set of geometric elements (such as points) in space of a given number of dimensions",
": bodily shape or form especially of a person",
": an object noticeable only as a shape or form",
": the graphic representation of a form especially of a person or geometric entity",
": a diagram or pictorial illustration of textual matter",
": a person, thing, or action representative of another",
": figure of speech",
": an intentional deviation from the ordinary form or syntactical relation of words",
": the form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term",
": an often repetitive pattern or design in a manufactured article (such as cloth) or natural product (such as wood)",
": appearance made : impression produced",
": a series of movements in a dance",
": an outline representation of a form traced by a series of evolutions (as with skates on an ice surface or by an airplane in the air)",
": a prominent personality : personage",
": a short coherent group of notes or chords that may constitute part of a phrase, theme, or composition",
": to represent by or as if by a figure or outline",
": to decorate with a pattern",
": to write figures over or under (the bass) in order to indicate the accompanying chords",
": to indicate or represent by numerals",
": calculate",
": conclude , decide",
": assume",
": regard , consider",
": to appear likely",
": to be or appear important or conspicuous",
": to be involved or implicated",
": to perform a figure in dancing",
": compute , calculate",
": to seem rational, normal, or expected",
": to make sense of something",
": to take into consideration",
": to rely on",
": plan",
": a symbol (as 1, 2, 3) that stands for a number : numeral",
": arithmetic sense 2",
": value or price expressed in figures",
": the shape or outline of something or someone",
": the shape of the body especially of a person",
": an illustration in a printed text",
": pattern entry 1 sense 1",
": a well-known or important person",
": calculate sense 1",
": believe sense 4 , decide",
": to make plans based on",
": to rely on",
": to have in mind",
": to discover or solve by thinking",
": to find a solution for",
": bodily shape or form especially of a person",
": the graphic representation of a form especially of a person",
": a diagram or pictorial illustration of textual matter",
": a person who is representative of or serves as a psychological substitute for someone or something else \u2014 see father figure"
],
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"\u02c8fi-gy\u0259r",
"British and often US",
"\u02c8fi-gy\u0259r",
"\u02c8fig-y\u0259r,"
],
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"digit",
"integer",
"number",
"numeral",
"numeric",
"whole number"
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"choose",
"conclude",
"decide",
"determine",
"name",
"opt",
"resolve",
"settle (on "
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For all of his epic anti-Catholic rants, Money\u2019s deathbed had the figure of the Virgin Mary at its head and a skeleton carved into its footboard. \u2014 Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"While the cost of revenues and operating expenses did increase on an absolute basis, the operating margin remained around the same level as the year-ago figure of 30%. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"The scale of the fruit, moreover, shifts the viewer\u2019s perception of the figure of the friar himself\u2014who, suddenly, appears to be shown on a much larger scale than the trees around him. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
"Tony Blair remains a virtual pariah to this day, David Cameron a figure of open disdain, and Thatcher a source of such continuing hostility that a statue honoring her is egged by protesters. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 6 June 2022",
"She was acquitted, but Lizzie became a tabloid sensation\u2013and the most controversial figure of her time. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 3 June 2022",
"And one of its front panels features the figure of the helmeted warrior Britannia. \u2014 CNN , 3 June 2022",
"An intimate portrait of the relationship between Karel Schwarzenberg, a key figure of the post-November 1989 era, and his daughter Lila Schwarzenberg. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 31 May 2022",
"Atop this 44-foot-high marble sculpture, the figure of Grief hides her face, weeping on the shoulder of History. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Labor organizations figure as the largest donors to G\u00f3mez\u2019 campaign. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"After losing to Kansas in the NCAA championship game, the Tar Heels figure to be the preseason No. 1 in most polls. \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"At the time, the media couldn\u2019t figure Beatlemania out. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 30 May 2022",
"The inflation figure the Commerce Department reported Friday was below the four-decade high of 6.6% set in March. \u2014 NBC News , 27 May 2022",
"The inflation figure the Commerce Department reported Friday was below the four-decade high of 6.6% set in March. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, ajc , 27 May 2022",
"Fraught geopolitics might also figure as a reason to build out a bit more domestic production capacity. \u2014 Justin Lahart, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"Some analysts figure that the 50-year-old is trying to drive down the acquisition price or walk away from the deal altogether. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"Both teams figure to be squarely in the mix this time around, too. \u2014 Parker Gabriel, USA TODAY , 13 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-200537"
},
"fib":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": a trivial or childish lie",
": to tell a fib",
": pummel , beat",
": a lie about something unimportant",
": to tell a lie about something unimportant",
"fibrillation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fib",
"\u02c8fib"
],
"synonyms":[
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fairy tale",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"lie",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"story",
"tale",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"untruth",
"whopper"
],
"antonyms":[
"fabricate",
"lie",
"prevaricate"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"I have to admit that I told a fib when I said I enjoyed the movie.",
"Is she telling fibs again?",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The feature also allows users to see how other health and lifestyle data, like sleep, weight, and exercise might be impacting their A- fib . \u2014 Casey Ross, STAT , 8 June 2022",
"The fib in question was delivered during Vanity Fair's lie detector test series (see the video below). \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
"Just a fib to another FBI official regarding Page\u2019s status as a CIA informant, which the Bureau failed to disclose to the judge. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Rylance, Flynn and Beale are especially gifted at raising an eyebrow just a millimeter high enough to suggest a fib is in progress or adding a microsecond of hesitancy here or there to enhance the effect. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Feb. 2022",
"In the original study, researchers collected ECG patch data from 450 people who were notified, 34% of whom were found to have A- fib . \u2014 Stat Staff, STAT , 30 Sep. 2021",
"The causes of a- fib are not completely understood, but one widespread view is that too much caffeine might trigger it. \u2014 Steven Salzberg, Forbes , 28 June 2021",
"The kid goes into v- fib , and Maggie is needed again. \u2014 Lincee Ray, EW.com , 16 Apr. 2021",
"Over the months, the minor fib has spiraled into Mrs. Doubtfire levels of deception. \u2014 Saahil Desai, The Atlantic , 17 Jan. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Sure, a few may fib more than others, but at some point everyone deceives someone. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Who isn\u2019t going to fib a little and overstate their exercise habits? \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 15 Jan. 2021",
"Surprisingly, 82% of charity and volunteer workers have lied to try and land a job, while 75% in the leisure, sport, and tourism fields fib on their CVs. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 12 Oct. 2021",
"When deployed more widely to sniff out passengers, the dogs may also deter would-be travelers inclined to fib about their coronavirus exposure or infection status. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Sep. 2021",
"But Shachar does sympathize with those tempted to fib about a health problem or use an old address to qualify for a vaccine \u2014 especially when different areas have different rules. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2021",
"Testing is scarcer in poor countries; and autocratic governments (more common in the developing world) are likelier than democracies to fib about figures. \u2014 The Economist , 5 June 2020",
"As far as the food, Pacifico fibbed , advertising crab on the menu/menu board but serving imitation crab. \u2014 David J. Neal, miamiherald , 7 June 2018",
"Survey results will be skewed if the types who do not answer are different from those who do, or if certain types of people are more loth to answer some questions, or more likely to fib . \u2014 The Economist , 24 May 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1611, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (1)",
"1675, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (2)",
"1610, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-200912"
},
"fighter":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that fights : such as",
": warrior , soldier",
": a pugnacious or game individual",
": boxer entry 1 sense 1",
": an airplane of high speed and maneuverability with armament designed to destroy enemy aircraft"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012b-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogface",
"legionary",
"legionnaire",
"man-at-arms",
"regular",
"serviceman",
"soldier",
"trooper",
"warrior"
],
"antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"examples":[
"the debate whether more fighters are needed to bring order to that war-torn country",
"a program at the community center for training local youths as fighters",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Fed, our chief inflation fighter right now, is dealing with a blaze that won't be easily put out by a few rate hikes. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
"The former Kurdish rebel fighter turned Swedish lawmaker has emerged as a central figure in the drama surrounding Sweden and Finland\u2019s historic bid to join NATO. \u2014 Karl Ritter, ajc , 14 June 2022",
"Ronda Rousey is done with mixed martial arts, but there's one fighter that could pull her out of retirement. \u2014 Farah Hannoun, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"Sports all-time earning leaders include two soccer stars, a tennis pro, an NBA center, a prize fighter and a golf legend. \u2014 Matt Craig, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"With just a $5 wager on any fighter to win tonight, FanDuel will return a $200 payout. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 11 June 2022",
"In February, the Office of Naval Research unveiled a study showing that playing first-person shooting games, could actually create a better fighter . \u2014 Pranshu Verma, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"Another British fighter captured by the pro-Russian forces, Andrew Hill, is awaiting trial. \u2014 Bernat Armangue And Yuras Karmanau, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
"The issue revolves around probationary fire fighter Louis Brown, who was hired as a firefighter candidate Feb. 17, according to the complaint filed in Lake Superior Court Civil Division 4. \u2014 Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-202908"
},
"firsthand":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adjective or adverb",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": obtained by, coming from, or being direct personal observation or experience",
": coming right from the original source"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259rst-\u02c8hand",
"\u02c8f\u0259rst-\u02c8hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"direct",
"immediate",
"primary",
"unmediated"
],
"antonyms":[
"indirect",
"secondhand"
],
"examples":[
"He gave a firsthand account of the battle.",
"She draws on firsthand experiences for her novel.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The son of Massachusetts State Police superintendent Christopher Mason is facing possible criminal charges after he was allegedly found drunk in his car with four guns, according to someone with firsthand knowledge of the case. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2022",
"An update on the war in Ukraine, including a firsthand look at its impact on a Ukrainian community, is our first report today. \u2014 CNN , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Plow driver Michael D\u2019Andrea got a firsthand look at the mess on the roads. \u2014 Mark Pratt, ajc , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Over the weekend, some families returned home and got a firsthand look at the damage. \u2014 Ivan Pereira, ABC News , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Layla Ann VanHooser has firsthand knowledge of the darker side of social media. \u2014 Elaisha Stokes, CBS News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Ready for an onslaught: USA TODAY reporters\u2019 firsthand account of war preparations in Lviv, the site of Ukraine\u2019s potential alternative capital if Russian troops captured Kyiv. \u2014 Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
"On Tuesday night, about a dozen family members got a firsthand account of the harrowing experience from Beverly, 69, who had been rescued and airlifted to a Reno hospital hours earlier. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
"However, this firsthand account of the challenges faced, the solutions that were developed, and the risks that were needed to be taken to be successful are enlightening. \u2014 John Lamattina, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1699, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-212030"
},
"fireside":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a place near the fire or hearth",
": home",
": having an informal or intimate quality",
": a place near the hearth",
": home entry 1 sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)r-\u02ccs\u012bd",
"\u02c8f\u012br-\u02ccs\u012bd"
],
"synonyms":[
"abode",
"diggings",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"habitation",
"hearth",
"hearthstone",
"home",
"house",
"lodging",
"pad",
"place",
"quarters",
"residence",
"roof"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"We sat chatting at the fireside .",
"couldn't wait to get off the plane and back to his comfortable fireside",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Their conversations resemble fireside chats, where the past is recounted and visions of the future forged. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"The conference will feature a mix of speed talks, fireside chats, and panels with more than 40 industry leaders. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 23 May 2022",
"The three newcomers, two of whom have played an integral part in the team\u2019s hot start, began the fireside chats to help build camaraderie in the clubhouse, especially among the relievers, whose jobs are volatile by nature. \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
"The Alabama football coach headlined an event marking the 50-day countdown to The World Games 2022 in Birmingham Wednesday, in what was billed as a fireside chat. \u2014 Chase Goodbread, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
"The 50-day countdown celebration will feature a fireside chat with the two Alabama head coaches for football and basketball, joined virtually by Namath, who will participate through video conferencing. \u2014 al , 18 May 2022",
"After the fireside chat, the DEC will host a summer beverage tasting of Anheuser-Busch products, including new products that will be introduced to DEC members. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 13 May 2022",
"Regan\u2019s appearance will be in the form of a fireside chat, Mouthrop said, with a moderator asking questions following by questions from the audience. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Offering a palate of tropical fruits, fine bubbles, and extra dry finish, this prosecco is another option for those seeking a fizzy fireside glass of vino. \u2014 Jillian Dara, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"This isn\u2019t even about the bartering that other states have been doing on social media for the leader of our modern-day 5 p.m. fireside chat-esque coronavirus updates. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 3 Apr. 2020",
"These glowing insects are more than just fireside friends, these critters help get rid of mites and slugs, all while pollinating plants. \u2014 Sara Rodrigues, House Beautiful , 10 May 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
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"Noun",
"1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1871, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-232942"
},
"filmmaking":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the making of motion pictures"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8film-\u02ccm\u0101-ki\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"big screen",
"cinema",
"film",
"filmdom",
"filmland",
"movie",
"moviemaking",
"pictures",
"screen",
"silver screen"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"plans to attend New York University to learn filmmaking",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even so, the performances often rise above the After School Specialness of the filmmaking and its lessons. \u2014 Lisa Kennedy, Variety , 8 June 2022",
"Ahead of Cannes, THR talked with Ko about the ongoing boom in Korean entertainment and how the country\u2019s top studio is working to capitalize on the moment while staying true to the trail- blazing spirit of the Korean filmmaking . \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 May 2022",
"Though the narrative is more straightforward than in Eggers\u2019 previous films, the filmmaking is no less high-end. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s the case here, with lovely people exchanging caresses as the filmmaking elevates their every breathless moment, and their naked bodies offer their own pleasures. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"You\u2019ve been involved in the filmmaking process for decades. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 May 2022",
"Not just in this movie, but in the future of filmmaking . \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 17 May 2022",
"The fire of the character carried into my training, my writing, development and the whole filmmaking process. \u2014 Goldie Chan, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"More audio tapes were found quite by accident during the filmmaking process itself. \u2014 ELLE , 4 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1912, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-035826"
},
"fidget":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": uneasiness or restlessness as shown by nervous movements",
": one that fidgets",
": to move or act restlessly or nervously",
": to cause to move or act nervously",
": to move in a restless or nervous way",
"[ fidget entry 2 ]"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi-j\u0259t",
"\u02c8fi-j\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"edginess",
"fidgetiness",
"flightiness",
"jitteriness",
"jumpiness",
"restiveness",
"skittishness"
],
"antonyms":[
"fiddle",
"jerk",
"jig",
"jiggle",
"squiggle",
"squirm",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"toss",
"twist",
"twitch",
"wiggle",
"wriggle",
"writhe"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He was constantly fidgeting in his chair.",
"small children are likely to fidget in church",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"That\u2019s when the idea came to him to create clothing with fidget toys attached, so they wouldn\u2019t get lost. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"Before the fidget spinner, there was the Tech Deck \u2014 the miniature skateboard everyone played with in middle school during the aughts. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 24 May 2022",
"Refresh for the summer with this pencil case, which combines storage with the hot fidget toy of the moment. \u2014 Selina Tedesco, Good Housekeeping , 5 May 2022",
"The next step is creating a space stocked with fidget toys, Nerf balls, a weighted blanket or a rocking chair. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"This notebook also functions as a fidget toy, with those irresistible popping bubbles on the cover. \u2014 Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping , 9 May 2022",
"And can a fidget spinner be classified as a wheel?). \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The company\u2019s popular fidget toy is a magnetic puzzle cube that can be transformed into 70 unique shapes. \u2014 Anna Tingley, Variety , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Hand2mind, which specializes in classroom toys, doubled down on social and emotional learning in early 2020, Winick said, and the year\u2019s most popular product turned out to be a set of four sensory fidget tubes that sell for $35. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In a brainstorm, toys\u2014such as a magnetic gyro wheel, fidget toys or expandable spheres\u2014can bring out the best thinking. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The need to fidget in class and outside of class likely got a bump during the pandemic, said David Anderson, clinical psychologist at the Child Mind Institute, a non-profit seeking to transform child and adolescent mental health. \u2014 Elissa Strauss, CNN , 29 Dec. 2021",
"There have been a number of studies that find that fidgets or fidgeting help children focus, while other research suggests that fidget toys can lead to poorer educational outcomes. \u2014 Elissa Strauss, CNN , 29 Dec. 2021",
"As for the past two hundred years of intervention, the Office of No will have its hands full revisiting everything from central banking and leaving cryptocurrency alone, to antitrust regulation, to fidget spinners. \u2014 Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Stay grounded, don\u2019t squirm, fidget or look at your phone. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"His hands, police said, started to fidget and shake. \u2014 Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star , 8 June 2021",
"Objects people fidget with include paper clips, USB thumb drives, earbuds and sticky tape. \u2014 Katherine Isbister, The Conversation , 7 May 2021",
"Splatter has more than 30 arms, perfect for the person who loves to twist and fidget . \u2014 Alyssa Newcomb, Fortune , 15 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1674, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1754, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-041221"
},
"finery":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": ornament , decoration",
": dressy or showy clothing and jewels",
": stylish or showy clothes and jewelry"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012bn-r\u0113",
"\u02c8f\u012b-n\u0259-",
"\u02c8f\u012b-n\u0259-r\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"best",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"feather",
"frippery",
"full dress",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"regalia"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She was proud to show off her new evening finery .",
"the guests arrived at the wedding in all their finery",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The combination of luxury and horror is macabre: an immense atrium, with corpses floating in zero gravity in all their finery . \u2014 Tom Shippey, WSJ , 1 Apr. 2022",
"But one thing is certain: It will be attended by Clan Browne in all their tartan finery . \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 15 Feb. 2022",
"There was no finery , no inkling its grounds had once been the playground of American aristocracy. \u2014 Joy Callaway, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
"The chorus, resplendent in colorful vintage finery beneath black face masks, was placed in the balcony box seats instead of on stage. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022",
"The lawsuit \u2014 filed in D.C. Superior Court by one of Quillen\u2019s sons, Parker \u2014 alleges that Gray stole art, jewelry and other finery from Jacqueline Quillen. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Harlem Toile, in all its wit and finery , helps to fill in the visual gaps. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Rihanna and creative director Jahleel Weaver accessorized her Gucci finery with an estate piece from New York fine jewelry atelier Briony Raymond. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Parker wiggles and dips in her floral mother-of-the-bride finery ; Broderick flails in his morning-suit tails. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 1 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":" fine entry 1 + -ery ",
"first_known_use":[
"1647, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-031352"
},
"firstly":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": in the first place : first"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259rst-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"initially",
"originally",
"primarily"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"firstly , gather all the ingredients together",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Answering that question firstly requires an assessment of the damage sustained by the aircraft. \u2014 Jacopo Prisco, CNN , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Here, firstly , is how Netflix\u2019s official summary describes this new series. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 12 Apr. 2022",
"This project was firstly an acceleration of what was meant to be a 2020 review of the digital economy, part of this shortly to become the digitalization of the economy and to broaden it out from simply one sub-sector. \u2014 Tax Notes Staff, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
"But the other thing is that governments have been firstly more focused on revenue as revenue needs have increased. \u2014 Tax Notes Staff, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Zegna\u2019s global mission is deeply rooted in the pioneering vision of the founder Ermenegildo, who firstly understood the importance to develop the brand, respecting nature and enhancing sustainable projects. \u2014 Allyson Portee, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Lost in the discussion \u2014 around a team stocked with new additions \u2014 of Tamar Bates\u2019 long-term potential or Xavier Johnson\u2019s mercurial nature is the old scouting report no longer applies thanks firstly to the most impactful fresh face thus far. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 18 Dec. 2021",
"The Celtics, firstly , finally contained leak outs by defenders after 3-point attempts. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Nov. 2021",
"The country has also framed national policy to support the transition to renewables, firstly by subsidizing costs of EVs by reducing extra costs like VAT and CO2 taxes. \u2014 Ian Palmer, Forbes , 25 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-063727"
},
"firearm":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder",
": a weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)r-\u02cc\u00e4rm",
"\u02c8f\u012br-\u02cc\u00e4rm"
],
"synonyms":[
"arm",
"gun",
"heat",
"piece",
"small arm"
],
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"examples":[
"revolvers, rifles, and other firearms",
"will need a permit to carry a firearm",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cox was charged with criminal possession of a firearm , carrying a pistol without a permit, first- and second-degree threatening and second-degree breach of peace. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
"Ethan Crumbley has also pleaded not guilty to a slew of charges, including four counts of first-degree murder, seven counts of assault with intent to murder, and 12 counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. \u2014 Sonia Moghe, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"Federal charges of civil disorder, unlawful use of explosives and possession of a firearm were dismissed. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 June 2022",
"The 16-year-old boy was additionally charged with possession of a firearm by a person under 18, according to police. \u2014 Mary Helene Hall, ajc , 21 June 2022",
"The officer charged an adult male with improper handling of a firearm in a vehicle, according to a police event report. \u2014 Bruce Geiselman, cleveland , 18 June 2022",
"He was arrested and booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center on one count each of manslaughter and possession of a firearm in a gun-free zone. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, NBC News , 16 June 2022",
"Flores pleaded no contest to being a felon in possession of a firearm in 2021, and prosecutors agreed to drop all other charges, records show. \u2014 Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"The indictment says Demontre Antwon Hackworth, 31, is facing federal firearms charges, including for dealing firearms without a license and making false statements during the purchase of a firearm . \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 14 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1643, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-104951"
},
"finances":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": money or other liquid resources of a government, business, group, or individual",
": the system that includes the circulation of money, the granting of credit, the making of investments, and the provision of banking facilities",
": the science or study of the management of funds",
": the obtaining of funds or capital : financing",
": to raise or provide funds or capital for",
": to furnish with necessary funds",
": to sell something to on credit",
": money available to a government, business, or individual",
": the system that includes the circulation of money, the providing of banks and credit, and the making of investments",
": to provide money for",
": money or other liquid resources of a government, business, group, or individual",
": the system that includes the circulation of money, the granting of credit, the making of investments, and the provision of banking facilities",
": the science or study of the management of funds",
": the obtaining of funds or capital : financing",
": to raise or provide funds or capital for",
": to furnish with necessary funds",
": to sell something to on credit"
],
"pronounciation":[
"f\u0259-\u02c8nan(t)s",
"\u02c8f\u012b-\u02ccnan(t)s",
"f\u012b-\u02c8nan(t)s",
"f\u0259-\u02c8nans",
"\u02c8f\u012b-\u02ccnans"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankroll",
"coffers",
"exchequer",
"fund",
"pocket",
"resources",
"wherewithal"
],
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"bankroll",
"capitalize",
"endow",
"fund",
"stake",
"subsidize",
"underwrite"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Publicly available campaign finance reports show that Reyes\u2019 campaign has paid Mac\u2019s Place a total of $400 over the course of five transactions since April. \u2014 Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"Publix has donated to both Democrats and Republicans, but the company notably gave $100,000 to DeSantis\u2019s political committee last year, campaign finance records show. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"The nine candidates seeking the GOP nomination for governor spent almost $26 million on the race this year, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Alabama Secretary of State's office. \u2014 David Jackson, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"Campaign finance reports show the party\u2019s fundraising has been weak over the past 18 months. \u2014 cleveland , 18 June 2022",
"These distinguishing differences are important to understand whether your product is designed for banking, lending, personal finance management, financial wellness or any other blockchain/fintech product platform. \u2014 Jorge Garcia, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Attorney Marilyn Mosby \u2014 with $600,784 in contributions, according to campaign finance reports. \u2014 Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun , 17 June 2022",
"Kelly Merrick has carved out a moderate niche in the state House, breaking from the GOP minority in exchange for a finance committee co-chair position in her chamber\u2019s largely-Democratic coalition majority. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
"LaCerda brings more than 15 years of experience in alternative asset management finance from his time at BlackRock, Blackstone and KKR. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Barbara Williams reminded that there\u2019s also a branding crisis that needs to be addressed, particularly if the public broadcaster continues to depend on streamers to help finance its shows. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"Differing versions of legislation that would have offered the team lucrative tax incentives to help finance a new Virginia stadium cleared both chambers this year, drawing an unusual bipartisan mix of supporters. \u2014 Sarah Rankin And Stephen Whyno, Baltimore Sun , 9 June 2022",
"Related:Possible development at American Family Field could help finance stadium renovations, Brewers exec says. \u2014 Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
"The city will forgo about $27,000 per year in property taxes in order to help finance the project. \u2014 cleveland , 9 June 2022",
"Reversing the ones for corporations and the wealthy would make the tax system more equitable, and the taxes recovered could help finance the rest of the package. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 1 June 2022",
"Here\u2019s one: To help finance the deal, Musk has already sold around 6% of his Tesla holdings, for $8.5 billion. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 24 May 2022",
"Indian Housing Block Grants are used to help finance affordable housing projects on Indian reservations and tribal areas. \u2014 Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
"A few days after our visit, Ward\u2019s agency sold nearly $800 million in municipal bonds to help finance the $1.9-billion project. \u2014 Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1739, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1866, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105402"
},
"fit (out)":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to supply with necessaries or means : furnish , equip , outfit , prepare",
": outfit"
],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-120146"
},
"fingerprint":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the impression of a fingertip on any surface",
": an ink impression of the lines upon the fingertip taken for the purpose of identification",
": something that identifies: such as",
": a trait, trace, or characteristic revealing origin or responsibility",
": analytical evidence (such as a spectrogram) that characterizes an object or substance",
": the chromatogram or electrophoretogram obtained by cleaving a protein by enzymatic action and subjecting the resulting collection of peptides to two-dimensional chromatography or electrophoresis",
": the base-pair pattern in an individual's DNA obtained by DNA fingerprinting",
": the unique pattern of marks made by pressing the tip of a finger on a surface",
": to obtain fingerprints in order to identify a person",
": the impression of a fingertip on any surface",
": an ink impression of the lines on the fingertip taken for purpose of identification",
": analytical evidence (as a spectrogram) that characterizes an object or substance",
": the chromatogram or electrophoretogram obtained by cleaving a protein by enzymatic action and subjecting the resulting collection of peptides to two-dimensional chromatography or electrophoresis \u2014 compare dna fingerprinting",
": to analyze (as spectrographically or chromatographically) in order to determine uniquely the identifying characteristics, origin, or constitution of",
": the impression of a fingertip on any surface",
": an ink impression of the lines upon the fingertip taken for the purpose of identification (as during the booking procedure following an arrest) \u2014 see also dna fingerprinting"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi\u014b-g\u0259r-\u02ccprint",
"\u02c8fi\u014b-g\u0259r-\u02ccprint",
"-\u02ccprint"
],
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"affection",
"attribute",
"attribution",
"character",
"characteristic",
"criterion",
"diagnostic",
"differentia",
"feature",
"hallmark",
"mark",
"marker",
"note",
"particularity",
"peculiarity",
"point",
"property",
"quality",
"specific",
"stamp",
"touch",
"trait"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Detectives found his fingerprints all over the gun.",
"Everyone has a unique fingerprint .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The hope is that the new fingerprint reader is faster with more reliable performance. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 13 May 2022",
"Within hours the police had recovered the baron\u2019s abandoned Peugeot and the two vehicles used by the kidnappers, but there was not the slightest trace of a fingerprint . \u2014 Tom Sancton, Town & Country , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Sometimes reporters can access metadata \u2014 a kind of digital fingerprint that can reveal where and when something was filmed \u2014 but that isn\u2019t always available or reliable. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Feb. 2022",
"Each one is as unique as a fingerprint , reflecting the diversity of the environment in which they are founded. \u2014 Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"LodeStar Works says on its website that unlike other authentication technologies, such as fingerprint , RFID works reliably indoors and outdoors under all conditions. \u2014 Michelle Shen, USA TODAY , 11 Jan. 2022",
"New tech features available in the GV60 include facial recognition software that can unlock and start the car without a key when combined with fingerprint readers on the door and dashboard of the car. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 30 Sep. 2021",
"That means fingerprint readers on Android, although face unlock tech could also work where available. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 21 May 2021",
"According to Alison Cutlan, a green chemist and co-founder of sustainable pro-microbiome skincare brand Biophile, the skin's microbiome is seeded at birth, unique as a fingerprint , and is in constant communication with its environment and our skin. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 4 Mar. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1737, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-152628"
},
"firmament":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the vault or arch of the sky : heavens",
": basis",
": the field or sphere of an interest or activity"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259r-m\u0259-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue",
"heaven(s)",
"high",
"sky",
"welkin"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"meteors flashing across the firmament",
"the stars in the firmament twinkled ever so brightly",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ray-Bans etching themselves into the cultural firmament . \u2014 Erich Schwartzel, WSJ , 30 May 2022",
"But Heard's lawyers claim that only Depp can be responsible for his star dimming in the Hollywood firmament . \u2014 Ben Finley, ajc , 22 May 2022",
"Elon Musk\u2019s space tourism company sent the Crew-4 astronauts into the firmament on a SpaceX Dragon capsule named Freedom, which is scheduled to dock on the ISS around 8:15 pm ET tonight. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the Comedy Store\u2019s place in the cultural firmament is assured \u2014 as a magnet for talent, a launchpad for careers, and the bustling (if no longer quite as bohemian) artists colony that Shore once envisioned. \u2014 Todd Gilchrist, Variety , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Aseem has achieved modest literary success\u2014enough to make him, in his forties, the go-to authority on the Indian literary firmament , a tastemaker of sorts who hosts get-togethers in his apartment, furnished appropriately with Indian crafts. \u2014 Rafia Zakaria, The New Republic , 5 May 2022",
"Recently, three stars have joined, or rejoined, the firmament . \u2014 Claire Messud, Travel + Leisure , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Murdoch\u2019s network remains a crucial part of the GOP firmament . \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The inspiration for a better future can come from countless sources, and as the pieces below will attest, whether our North Star is fixed in a firmament of scientific fact or utopian fiction isn\u2019t what\u2019s important. \u2014 Peter Hemminger, Longreads , 22 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin firmamentum , from Latin, support, from firmare ",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-184444"
},
"fictitious":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary",
": conventionally or hypothetically assumed or accepted",
": false , assumed",
": not genuinely felt",
": not real",
": of, relating to, or characteristic of a legal fiction",
": false"
],
"pronounciation":[
"fik-\u02c8ti-sh\u0259s",
"fik-\u02c8ti-sh\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"chimerical",
"chimeric",
"fabulous",
"fanciful",
"fantasied",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"fictional",
"ideal",
"imaginal",
"imaginary",
"imagined",
"invented",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"mythical",
"mythic",
"notional",
"phantasmal",
"phantasmic",
"phantom",
"pretend",
"unreal",
"visionary"
],
"antonyms":[
"actual",
"existent",
"existing",
"real"
],
"examples":[
"The characters in the book are all fictitious .",
"She gave a fictitious address on the application.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Murdaugh\u2019s way from Pamela Pinckney\u2019s trust under the false and fictitious guise of unspecific case expenses. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 5 May 2022",
"Also, the vehicle\u2019s plates were fictitious with expired tags. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Hindenburg described the preorders as largely fictitious or nonbinding. \u2014 Ben Foldy, WSJ , 15 June 2021",
"The car the man was driving was also found to have fictitious plates. \u2014 cleveland , 13 May 2022",
"But on one attempt to smuggle an Iraqi into the U.S. illegally through Mexico, the person was fictitious , and Shihab was communicating with the FBI. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 25 May 2022",
"Smith\u2019s fictitious story about knife-wielding panhandlers stoked unfounded fears about people experiencing homelessness, leading to concerns the crime would provoke confrontations. \u2014 Alex Mann, baltimoresun.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"At the 2011 dinner, Obama skewered an unamused Trump \u2014 in his presence \u2014 over Trump's fictitious claims about the then-president's birth certificate. \u2014 Farnoush Amiri And Will Weissert, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022",
"At the 2011 dinner, Obama skewered an unamused Trump \u2014 in his presence \u2014 over Trump\u2019s fictitious claims about the then-president\u2019s birth certificate. \u2014 Mitchell Peters, Billboard , 1 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Medieval Latin fict\u012bcius \"artificial, imaginary, feigned, fraudulent,\" going back to Latin, \"artificial, not natural,\" from fictus, past participle of fingere \"to mold, fashion, make a likeness of, pretend to be\" + -\u012bcius -itious \u2014 more at feign ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1633, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-185539"
},
"fidgetiness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": inclined to fidget",
": making unnecessary fuss : fussy",
": nervous and restless"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi-j\u0259-t\u0113",
"\u02c8fi-j\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"antsy",
"squirmy",
"twitchy",
"wiggly",
"wriggly"
],
"antonyms":[
"motionless",
"still"
],
"examples":[
"He grew more fidgety with each passing hour.",
"I get too fidgety to sit after a few minutes in a waiting room.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At DreamMore, the staff scrambled to distract the adults with no backup plans and the fidgety children whose parents had packed swim trunks but not snowsuits. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The man was very fidgety and could not stop moving around. \u2014 cleveland , 1 May 2022",
"But kids with Down syndrome also have sensory issues or feel fidgety , and many are unable to wear the mask for those or other reasons. \u2014 Theresa Gaffney, STAT , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The temptation is to toss one's fidgety hands in the air and mutter that these debts belong not to us individual Americans but to a faceless federal government. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Editorial Board July 20, Star Tribune , 20 July 2021",
"Certainly not young folks, which explains why a paltry 7 percent of fidgety youth bother tuning in at all, putting it in line with rodeo viewership. \u2014 Ari David Blaff, National Review , 11 July 2021",
"With his shoulder over a barrier, Leung stood on a stool and held an umbrella with one hand as his fidgety pianist fingers tapped on the barrier. \u2014 CNN , 17 June 2021",
"The Puma cruises happily at rapid highway speeds, but the combination of road noise and a fidgety ride makes longer journeys wearing. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 12 May 2021",
"On one recent day, at a Ju\u00e1rez migrant shelter, two Honduran women fed their fidgety toddlers. \u2014 Dallas News , 16 Apr. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1736, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-191359"
},
"filament":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a single thread or a thin flexible threadlike object, process, or appendage (see appendage sense 2 ): such as",
": a tenuous (see tenuous sense 2 ) conductor (as of carbon or metal) made incandescent by the passage of an electric current",
": a cathode (see cathode sense 2 ) in the form of a metal wire in an electron tube",
": a thin and fine elongated constituent part of a gill (see gill entry 2 sense 1 )",
": an elongated thin series of cells attached one to another or a very long thin cylindrical single cell (as of some algae, fungi, or bacteria)",
": the anther-bearing stalk of a stamen \u2014 see flower illustration",
": a fine thread",
": a fine wire (as in a light bulb) that is made to glow by the passage of an electric current",
": the stalk of a plant stamen that bears the anther",
": a single thread or a thin flexible threadlike object, process, or appendage",
": an elongated thin series of cells attached one to another or a very long thin cylindrical single cell (as of some algae, fungi, or bacteria)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi-l\u0259-m\u0259nt",
"\u02c8fi-l\u0259-m\u0259nt",
"\u02c8fil-\u0259-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"bristle",
"fiber",
"hair",
"thread"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"algae covered with tiny filaments",
"the cable was made up of fine filaments twisted together",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Craigie focuses on the filament , creating latticework songs with precise details that strike the listener like a pinprick. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 1 June 2022",
"The quarter-size monitor sticks to your shoulder for two weeks at a time via a circular adhesive patch, with a tiny filament that painlessly pierces your skin. \u2014 Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"Use cold or warm water. Avoid hot water, which can break down the filament in your pillows. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 9 May 2022",
"McNamara and her co-authors found different melanosome shapes in Tupandactylus\u2019s skin and in two types of the fluffy, featherlike filament structures along its skull, implying the colors in each would have been different from one another. \u2014 Riley Black, Scientific American , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Incandescent lights, which have been around since the 1800s, heat a wire filament to a specific temperature that then generates light, according to a description on the Light Bulbs Unlimited website. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022",
"On Tuesday, the Biden administration increased federal efficiency standards for lightbulbs, effectively consigning the century-old incandescent lightbulb\u2014the type with a luminating filament \u2014to U.S. history. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Technologies is among the manufacturers now developing 3D printers specifically for metal filament . \u2014 Carolyn Schwaar, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Simulation of our thoughts to describe an architectural material printed on flexible black TPU filament . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 21 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French, from Medieval Latin filamentum , from Late Latin filare to spin \u2014 more at file ",
"first_known_use":[
"1594, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-214933"
},
"fixable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make firm, stable, or stationary",
": to give a permanent or final form to: such as",
": to change into a stable compound or available form",
": to kill, harden, and preserve for microscopic study",
": to make the image of (a photographic film) permanent by removing unused salts",
": affix , attach",
": to hold or direct steadily",
": to capture the attention of",
": to set or place definitely : establish",
": to make an accurate determination of : discover",
": assign",
": to set in order : adjust",
": to get ready : prepare",
": repair , mend",
": restore , cure",
": spay , castrate",
": to get even with",
": to influence the actions, outcome, or effect of by improper or illegal methods",
": to become firm, stable, or fixed",
": to get set : be on the verge",
": to direct one's attention or efforts : focus",
": decide , settle",
": a position of difficulty or embarrassment : predicament",
": the position (as of a ship) determined by bearings, observations, or radio",
": a determination of one's position",
": an accurate determination or understanding especially by observation or analysis",
": an act or instance of improper or illegal fixing",
": a supply or dose of something strongly desired or craved",
": a shot of a narcotic",
": fixation",
": something that fixes or restores : solution",
": repair entry 1 sense 1 , mend",
": to make firm or secure",
": to hold or direct steadily",
": to set definitely : establish",
": to get ready : prepare",
": to cause to chemically change into an available and useful form",
": an unpleasant or difficult position",
": something that solves a problem",
": to make firm, stable, or stationary",
": to give a permanent or final form to: as",
": to change into a stable compound or available form",
": to kill, harden, and preserve for microscopic study",
": to hold or direct steadily",
": restore , cure",
": spay , castrate sense 1",
": to direct the gaze or attention : focus , fixate",
": a shot of a narcotic",
": to make firm, stable, or stationary",
": to attach physically",
": to influence the actions, outcome, or effect of by improper or illegal methods"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fiks",
"\u02c8fiks",
"\u02c8fiks"
],
"synonyms":[
"depose",
"deposit",
"dispose",
"emplace",
"lay",
"place",
"position",
"put",
"set",
"set up",
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"stick"
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"bind",
"box",
"catch-22",
"corner",
"dilemma",
"hole",
"impasse",
"jackpot",
"jam",
"mire",
"pickle",
"predicament",
"quagmire",
"rabbit hole",
"rattrap",
"spot",
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"swamp"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The underlying problem is a shortage of oil and refineries that produce gas, a challenge a tax holiday cannot necessarily fix . \u2014 Matthew Daly, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"The underlying problem is a shortage of oil and refineries that produce gas, a challenge a tax holiday cannot necessarily fix . \u2014 Josh Boak, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"The underlying problem is a shortage of oil and refineries that produce gas, a challenge a tax holiday cannot necessarily fix . \u2014 Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"The underlying problem is a shortage of oil and refineries that produce gas, a challenge a tax holiday cannot necessarily fix . \u2014 Josh Boak, Anchorage Daily News , 22 June 2022",
"State officials, who license and regulate residential treatment facilities, have done little to fix the problems, an investigation by ProPublica and THE CITY found. \u2014 ProPublica , 9 June 2022",
"Only after Cook hauled in Uber\u2019s CEO and threatened to pull Uber\u2019s app from its store\u2014Apple\u2019s most popular app at the time\u2014did Uber\u2019s CEO relent and fix the problems. \u2014 Ken Gude, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"But not to worry, WSJ\u2019s Joanna Stern has tips to fix those problems and more. \u2014 Angus Loten, WSJ , 6 June 2022",
"Biden admitting his inability to fix intractable problems might be honest, but it\u2019s also a political problem in and of itself for a President whose leadership has increasingly come into question. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"While iSO 16 beta 2 fixes the edited iMessages issue, there\u2019s no fix for deleting messages. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 23 June 2022",
"For people with harder-to- fix problems, that time can stretch up to three years. \u2014 Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"O\u2019Donnell said that fix dramatically changed the company\u2019s profit margins. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"Ford says the fix involves replacing the shift bushing and adding a protective cap over the shift cable bushing. \u2014 Joe Lorio, Car and Driver , 15 June 2022",
"Lesser said one fix is for the government to offer better incentives to create more supplier momentum. \u2014 Kristine Gill, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
"An obvious fix would be to stop litter from reaching the bayou in the first place. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"The government now pays 50% of the cost to repair electronic and electrical devices, up to \u20ac200 ($211) per fix . \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 June 2022",
"Skin brightening serums: If your skin needs an antioxidant fix , a skin brightening serum is best. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022"
],
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"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1809, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-093206"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": of a kind appropriate to the situation : suitable",
": an action or act of one that fits",
": a trying on of clothes which are in the process of being made or altered",
": something used in fitting up : accessory",
": a small often standardized part",
": appropriate entry 1 , suitable",
": a small part that goes with something larger"
],
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"\u02c8fi-ti\u014b",
"\u02c8fi-ti\u014b"
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"applicable",
"appropriate",
"apt",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"felicitous",
"fit",
"fitted",
"good",
"happy",
"meet",
"pretty",
"proper",
"right",
"suitable"
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"improper",
"inapplicable",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"incongruous",
"indecent",
"infelicitous",
"malapropos",
"misbecoming",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unbeseeming",
"unfit",
"unfitting",
"unhappy",
"unmeet",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"wrong"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"It was a fitting end to their rivalry.",
"it is only fitting that you should be the one to take her back to the airport since she flew out to see you",
"Noun",
"I have a fitting for my wedding dress this afternoon.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The pleasure and the sadness are inextricable, which seems fitting , given how closely aesthetic bliss and moral despair were entwined in Sassoon\u2019s own art. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"This seems especially fitting in the U.S., which has more children living with single parents than any other country, according to Pew Research. \u2014 Laura Forman, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"His 10-year deal with the Chiefs seems fitting for one of the league's true superstars. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Which is fitting , considering the line between our real and virtual lives is getting blurrier every day. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 27 May 2022",
"Tannehill doesn\u2019t think the reaction was fitting , and Willis hasn\u2019t seemed bothered by his new teammate\u2019s words. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 25 May 2022",
"Perhaps nothing is more fitting when observing Arbor Day\u2019s 150th national anniversary than teaching children how to plant a tree. \u2014 Beth Mlady, cleveland , 19 May 2022",
"Pham\u2019s timing for the new role is fitting , given that May is Asian-American and Pacific Islander heritage month. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
"The dress\u2019s night out at the Met Gala was only fitting . \u2014 Cady Lang, Time , 3 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As for the rest of Spears\u2019 jewelry, the singer made her final selections at her final dress fitting . \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 11 June 2022",
"While Quinn was not invited to the awards show, other Selling Sunset stars will be in attendance, including Heather Rae Young who shared a sneak peek on Instagram during a dress fitting on Tuesday. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
"There's been much ink spilled over tears at a bridesmaid dress fitting for the 2018 royal wedding. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Now, Kathy and Paris share a virtual mother-daughter fitting room, too. \u2014 Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
"White heads back to Chicago for her fourth and final fitting this week, at which point the two will finalize the flow of the dress\u2019s transformations \u2014 four so far, and counting. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"Her costar Ashley Park accompanied her to the fitting , adding a creative touch to ensure the day was unforgettable. \u2014 Alex Cramer, PEOPLE.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Apply sealant to the fitting , then tighten it onto your barrel. \u2014 Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Seeing Natalie\u2019s reaction to the final fitting brought me so much joy. \u2014 Eni Subair, Vogue , 8 Feb. 2022"
],
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"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-094711"
},
"finance":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": money or other liquid resources of a government, business, group, or individual",
": the system that includes the circulation of money, the granting of credit, the making of investments, and the provision of banking facilities",
": the science or study of the management of funds",
": the obtaining of funds or capital : financing",
": to raise or provide funds or capital for",
": to furnish with necessary funds",
": to sell something to on credit",
": money available to a government, business, or individual",
": the system that includes the circulation of money, the providing of banks and credit, and the making of investments",
": to provide money for",
": money or other liquid resources of a government, business, group, or individual",
": the system that includes the circulation of money, the granting of credit, the making of investments, and the provision of banking facilities",
": the science or study of the management of funds",
": the obtaining of funds or capital : financing",
": to raise or provide funds or capital for",
": to furnish with necessary funds",
": to sell something to on credit"
],
"pronounciation":[
"f\u0259-\u02c8nan(t)s",
"\u02c8f\u012b-\u02ccnan(t)s",
"f\u012b-\u02c8nan(t)s",
"f\u0259-\u02c8nans",
"\u02c8f\u012b-\u02ccnans"
],
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"bankroll",
"coffers",
"exchequer",
"fund",
"pocket",
"resources",
"wherewithal"
],
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"bankroll",
"capitalize",
"endow",
"fund",
"stake",
"subsidize",
"underwrite"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Publicly available campaign finance reports show that Reyes\u2019 campaign has paid Mac\u2019s Place a total of $400 over the course of five transactions since April. \u2014 Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"Publix has donated to both Democrats and Republicans, but the company notably gave $100,000 to DeSantis\u2019s political committee last year, campaign finance records show. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"The nine candidates seeking the GOP nomination for governor spent almost $26 million on the race this year, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Alabama Secretary of State's office. \u2014 David Jackson, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"Campaign finance reports show the party\u2019s fundraising has been weak over the past 18 months. \u2014 cleveland , 18 June 2022",
"These distinguishing differences are important to understand whether your product is designed for banking, lending, personal finance management, financial wellness or any other blockchain/fintech product platform. \u2014 Jorge Garcia, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Attorney Marilyn Mosby \u2014 with $600,784 in contributions, according to campaign finance reports. \u2014 Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun , 17 June 2022",
"Kelly Merrick has carved out a moderate niche in the state House, breaking from the GOP minority in exchange for a finance committee co-chair position in her chamber\u2019s largely-Democratic coalition majority. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
"LaCerda brings more than 15 years of experience in alternative asset management finance from his time at BlackRock, Blackstone and KKR. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Barbara Williams reminded that there\u2019s also a branding crisis that needs to be addressed, particularly if the public broadcaster continues to depend on streamers to help finance its shows. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"Differing versions of legislation that would have offered the team lucrative tax incentives to help finance a new Virginia stadium cleared both chambers this year, drawing an unusual bipartisan mix of supporters. \u2014 Sarah Rankin And Stephen Whyno, Baltimore Sun , 9 June 2022",
"Related:Possible development at American Family Field could help finance stadium renovations, Brewers exec says. \u2014 Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
"The city will forgo about $27,000 per year in property taxes in order to help finance the project. \u2014 cleveland , 9 June 2022",
"Reversing the ones for corporations and the wealthy would make the tax system more equitable, and the taxes recovered could help finance the rest of the package. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 1 June 2022",
"Here\u2019s one: To help finance the deal, Musk has already sold around 6% of his Tesla holdings, for $8.5 billion. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 24 May 2022",
"Indian Housing Block Grants are used to help finance affordable housing projects on Indian reservations and tribal areas. \u2014 Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
"A few days after our visit, Ward\u2019s agency sold nearly $800 million in municipal bonds to help finance the $1.9-billion project. \u2014 Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1739, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1866, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-101745"
},
"finally":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": after a prolonged time : at the end of period of time",
": as the last act or occurrence in a series : in the end : eventually",
": by way of conclusion : as the last point",
": in the end : ultimately",
": in a final manner : in a way that does not allow change"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012b-n\u1d4al-\u0113",
"\u02c8f\u012bn-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"eventually",
"someday",
"sometime",
"sooner or later",
"ultimately",
"yet"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-102714"
},
"fierceness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": violently hostile or aggressive in temperament",
": given to fighting or killing : pugnacious",
": marked by unrestrained zeal or vehemence",
": extremely vexatious, disappointing, or intense",
": furiously active or determined",
": wild or menacing in appearance",
": having or expressing bold confidence or style",
": likely to attack",
": having or showing very great energy or enthusiasm",
": wild or threatening in appearance",
": characterized by extreme force, intensity, or anger"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8firs",
"\u02c8firs"
],
"synonyms":[
"fell",
"ferocious",
"grim",
"savage",
"vicious"
],
"antonyms":[
"gentle",
"mild",
"unaggressive"
],
"examples":[
"He was killed in a fierce battle.",
"The proposal has faced fierce opposition.",
"The two teams have had a fierce rivalry for many years.",
"He's admired for his fierce independence.",
"You could see the fierce determination in her eyes.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"From school days on, Shelley was a political activist, a fierce opponent of local tyrannies and, more broadly, the collaboration of king, state, and Church. \u2014 Susan J. Wolfson, The Atlantic , 18 June 2022",
"McMahon, who didn\u2019t directly address any of these allegations, has been known to rally WWE\u2019s fanbase against outside forces when under fierce criticism or scrutiny. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
"At the same time, the close alliance that Mr. Thompson appears to have forged with Ms. Cheney has softened his reputation as a fierce partisan reluctant to work with Republicans. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"This roadblock shunts fierce high-altitude winds and storminess to the north over Canada and the Great Lakes, with sunshine and high pressure building in to the south. \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Their yellow bills gape, and their fierce black and yellow eyes shine. \u2014 Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
"Like other abelisaurids, the dinosaur had a fierce bulldog-like face. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 June 2022",
"Lopez also had fierce discussions with NFL executives over getting additional time to have a noteworthy finale with the two musicians on stage at once. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
"During the same decade, evidence of Squalicorax, a fierce Cretaceous period shark, was found, particularly from teeth marks infixed in prehistoric reptiles, including dinosaurs. \u2014 al , 14 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English fiers , from Anglo-French fer, fers, fiers , from Latin ferus wild, savage; akin to Greek th\u0113r wild animal",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-105103"
},
"fixation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act, process, or result of fixing, fixating , or becoming fixated : such as",
": a persistent concentration of libidinal energies upon objects characteristic of psychosexual stages of development preceding the genital stage",
": stereotyped behavior (as in response to frustration)",
": an obsessive or unhealthy preoccupation or attachment",
": the act, process, or result of fixing, fixating , or becoming fixated : as",
": the act or an instance of focusing the eyes upon an object",
": a persistent concentration of libidinal energies upon objects characteristic of psychosexual stages of development preceding the genital stage",
": stereotyped behavior (as in response to frustration)",
": an obsessive or unhealthy preoccupation or attachment",
": the immobilization of the parts of a fractured bone especially by the use of various metal attachments"
],
"pronounciation":[
"fik-\u02c8s\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"fik-\u02c8s\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"fetish",
"fetich",
"id\u00e9e fixe",
"mania",
"obsession",
"preoccupation",
"prepossession"
],
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"examples":[
"their weight is an unfortunate fixation for many teenagers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For instance, a new technology combining chemical fixation and vitrification permits perfect ultrastructural preservation of the brain. \u2014 Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"The West\u2019s fixation on the war in Ukraine stands in contrast with its tacit disregard for the situation in Afghanistan. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
"And while there is some talk of some letter of support that Ana\u2019s friends are intending to get smuggled out of the country into Chiriac\u2019s hands, that is all background buzz to Ana\u2019s singleminded fixation on her relationship woes. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 30 May 2022",
"Often a mother\u2019s own fixation on such darker themes is written off, trivialized as old news or pathologized as postpartum depression. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"This fixation has had three important consequences. \u2014 Bjorn Lomborg, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022",
"So far, the White House and Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee have stood up for Raskin, saying Republicans\u2019 fixation on this part of her record is a ploy to stall her nomination indefinitely. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"For the vast majority of Americans, any fixation on the short-term ebb and flow of stock prices \u2014 especially daily price changes \u2014 may even be financially unhealthy. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 26 Jan. 2022",
"But memorialization soon became a fixation on both sides of the Atlantic. \u2014 Mattie Kahn, The Atlantic , 5 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English fixacioun \"(in alchemy) reduction of a volatile substance to a form not alterable by fire or another agent of change,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin f\u012bx\u0101ti\u014dn-, f\u012bx\u0101ti\u014d, from f\u012bx\u0101re \"to so reduce a volatile substance\" (verbal derivative of Latin f\u012bxus \"firmly established, unchangeable\") + Latin -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of action nouns; in psychological senses after German Fixation or Fixierung \u2014 more at fix entry 1 ",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-113508"
},
"fig":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun",
"noun ()"
],
"definitions":[
": an oblong or pear-shaped syconium fruit of a tree (genus Ficus ) of the mulberry family",
": a tree bearing figs : a ficus tree",
": a widely cultivated tree ( F. carica ) that produces edible figs \u2014 see also strangler fig , weeping fig \u2014 compare banyan , peepul , rubber plant",
": a worthless trifle : the least bit",
": dress , array",
"figurative; figuratively; figure",
": a sweet fruit that is oblong or shaped like a pear and is often eaten dried",
": an oblong or pear-shaped fruit that is a syconium",
": the edible fruit of a widely cultivated tree ( Ficus carica ) that has laxative qualities",
": any of a genus ( Ficus ) of trees of the mulberry family that produce figs",
"figure"
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"\u02c8fig",
"\u02c8fig",
"\u02c8fig"
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"beans",
"bubkes",
"bupkes",
"bupkus",
"continental",
"damn",
"darn",
"durn",
"diddly",
"diddly-squat",
"doodley-squat",
"doodly-squat",
"ghost",
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"lick",
"modicum",
"rap",
"squat",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"whit",
"whoop"
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
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"Noun (1)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun (2)",
"1835, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-173135"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": securely or solidly fixed in place",
": not weak or uncertain : vigorous",
": having a solid or compact structure that resists stress or pressure",
": not subject to change or revision",
": not subject to price weakness : steady",
": not easily moved or disturbed : steadfast",
": well-founded",
": indicating firmness or resolution",
": in a firm manner : steadfastly , fixedly",
": to make secure or fast : tighten",
": to make solid or compact",
": to put into final form : settle",
": to give additional support to : strengthen",
": to become firm : harden",
": to recover from a decline : improve",
": the name or title under which a company transacts business",
": a partnership of two or more persons that is not recognized as a legal person distinct from the members composing it",
": a business unit or enterprise",
": having a solid compact texture",
": strong sense 1 , vigorous",
": not likely to be changed",
": not easily moved or shaken : faithful",
": showing certainty or determination",
": to make or become hard or solid",
": to make more secure or strong",
": to put into final form",
": business sense 2",
": the name or title under which a company transacts business",
": a partnership of two or more persons that is not recognized as a legal person distinct from the members composing it",
": a business unit or enterprise"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259rm",
"\u02c8f\u0259rm"
],
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"forceful",
"hearty",
"iron",
"lusty",
"robust",
"solid",
"stout",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"vigorous"
],
"antonyms":[
"concrete",
"congeal",
"freeze",
"harden",
"indurate",
"set",
"solidify"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"EV Safe Charge hasn\u2019t announced a firm launch date yet, but plans to put the charging robot into production next year. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 15 June 2022",
"There\u2019s no firm release date as yet, but Among Us VR will arrive this holiday season. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Owens\u2019 campaign has not given a firm commitment or denial for his participation in the Utah Debate Commission\u2019s event scheduled for June 1. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"Absent from the proposal is a firm commitment for when the School Committee will have a new superintendent in place. \u2014 James Vaznis, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"Lewis, a partner at Slater Slater Schulman, said the allegations of abuse among the roughly 200 former foster children represented by the firm date to the 1970s. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"However, this switch has been in the works for a long time, and there's still no firm date for when the second-biggest cryptocurrency will abandon the proof of work model. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 2 May 2022",
"Then again, Marvel never revealed a firm release date for the film. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 2 May 2022",
"Sources indicate that cast and crew had to be given a firm end-of-production date in order to plan for their futures after the show. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"The mandatory disclosure of more firm -specific information has also improved capital allocation across various industries. \u2014 Diane Hoskins, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
"For more firm -looking and radiant skin, this professional-grade pair is tops. \u2014 Megan Mcintyre, Town & Country , 21 Sep. 2021",
"In addition to the CIO, oversight from a sustainability committee that ensures a firm -wide holistic approach and quality control is helpful. \u2014 Robert G. Eccles, Forbes , 19 Sep. 2021",
"After graduating from Yale University in 1949 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in architecture (later converted to a master\u2019s degree according to Jack Jr.,) Bialosky Sr. founded the firm now known as Bialosky Cleveland. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Another prominent original occupant \u2014 the trust company occupied about half the building \u2014 was the Los Angeles law firm now known as O\u2019Melveny & Myers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Sep. 2019",
"Two law firms, Marchena and Graham and the former Broad & Cassel law firm now known as Nelson Mullins received the bulk of the payments. \u2014 Beth Kassab, orlandosentinel.com , 18 Sep. 2019",
"Morse is one of Michigan's most visible attorneys with TV spots and billboard ads that call his personal injury law firm the largest in the state. \u2014 Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press , 3 July 2019",
"Big-name attorney Morse is one of Michigan's most visible attorneys with TV spots and billboard ads that call his personal injury law firm the largest in the state. \u2014 Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Cook until the oysters begin to firm and the butter starts to bubble inside the shells. \u2014 Outside Online , 10 May 2021",
"Combined, the technologies are designed to firm up the skin and improve its appearance and skin texture within a short time. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"Those three steps of applying concealer, blending it in, applying foundation, rubbing it out, and then powdering everything to just firm it down and set it are not required. \u2014 Essence , 21 May 2022",
"More than just makeup, this GH Beauty Award- and test-winning No7 foundation is infused with skincare ingredients like wrinkle-smoothing peptides and vitamins C and E to firm and brighten skin. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 19 May 2022",
"This product works to firm and tighten all the problem areas of our face that are prone to wrinkles, while deeply moisturizing our skin to give a healthy glow and plumpness. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"The final step in the routine is the LED light treatment, which has red light to target fine lines and wrinkles, blue light for acne-prone skin, and infrared to firm and temporarily reduce pain. \u2014 Katie Intner, Harper's BAZAAR , 26 Apr. 2022",
"As its name suggests, the +Retinol Vitamin C Moisturizer combines the effects of these active ingredients to firm , brighten, and smooth skin overnight. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Maggie and Gary firm up their relationship; Regina\u2019s new business gets buoyed by her estranged parents who reconcile for their daughter. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In order to be eligible for the fund, a firm must be at least 51% minority-owned with a goal to create an economic impact in the city, have interest in scaling the business and commit to mentor other developers during the process. \u2014 Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas left the Obama administration in 2016 to join WilmerHale, a powerful firm in D.C. \u2014 Eric Fan, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Rahul Bhonsle, director of Security Risks Asia, a consulting firm in Delhi. \u2014 Shefali Anand, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"In 2020, Leo stepped down as head of the Federalist Society to run CRC Advisors, a right-wing political strategy firm . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"Alameda Research, a digital asset trading firm , sold $88 million in stETH. \u2014 Krisztian Sandor, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"Growth in the tumor, or a firm rather than typically soft texture, are reasons for concern. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
"The final round of the London event attracted an average of 68,761 viewers on YouTube and fewer than 5,000 on Facebook, according to Apex Marketing, a sports and entertainment analytics firm . \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"But Vela resigned to work for a lobbying firm in March, triggering a special election to finish out his term \u2014 and this time, voters in the South Texas district opted for the Republican candidate by more than seven and a half points. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Adverb, and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adverb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1744, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-181319"
},
"firlot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of various old Scottish units of dry capacity equal to \u00b9/\u2084 boll or from \u00b9/\u2082 to 1\u00b9/\u2082 Winchester bushels",
": a container of one firlot capacity"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi(\u0259)rl\u0259t",
"\u02c8f\u0259r-"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English ferlot , from Old Norse fj\u014drthi hlotr fourth part, from fj\u014drthi fourth + hlotr part; akin to Old English f\u0113ortha fourth and Old English hlot lot",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-191347"
},
"firkin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a small wooden vessel or cask",
": any of various British units of capacity usually equal to \u00b9/\u2084 barrel"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259r-k\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"butt",
"cask",
"hogshead",
"keg",
"kilderkin",
"pipe",
"puncheon",
"rundlet",
"runlet",
"tun"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the innkeeper opened up a firkin of his special ale for the weary travelers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Artwork will be displayed in The Loft alongside a fiery firkin keg. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 Feb. 2021",
"Clendaniel will be tapping a firkin of 2014 Sloth imperial Belgian-style stout cask-conditioned with blackberries to start the show. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2020",
"Streetside has challenged six local teams to use firkins as a vessel in which to rest the brewery\u2019s delicious Demogorgon stout on a variety of adjuncts (nutella and strawberry, anyone?). \u2014 Matt Koesters, Cincinnati.com , 13 Mar. 2020",
"Meet the artist and sip on a firkin during the opening reception at 5 p.m. On view through August. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 1 Aug. 2019",
"The artist will be there to tap a firkin of Sloth Imperial Belgian Stout cask-conditioned with tart cherries soaked in cabernet to kick things off. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2019",
"Also look for Riverwest Stein, Eastside Dark, IPA, New Grist Pilsner and a daily firkin from Lakefront. \u2014 Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 May 2018",
"For the uninitiated, firkins are traditionally wooden casks that hold some of the most interesting beer going these days, so come thirsty. \u2014 Nick Vadala, Philly.com , 31 May 2018",
"Sample unique, locally brewed firkin beers, as well as traditional beers from local brewers. \u2014 Michelle Jenkins, idahostatesman , 26 Jan. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, ultimately from Middle Dutch veerdel fourth, from veer four; akin to Old English f\u0113ower \u2014 more at four ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-212824"
},
"fire (up)":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to start (something) by lighting a fire",
": to cause (something) to start working",
": to fill (someone) with energy or enthusiasm"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-001558"
},
"fiord":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-141304"
},
"find":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to come upon often accidentally : encounter",
": to meet with (a particular reception)",
": to come upon by searching or effort",
": to discover by study or experiment",
": to obtain by effort or management",
": attain , reach",
": to discover by the intellect or the feelings : experience",
": to perceive (oneself) to be in a certain place or condition",
": to gain or regain the use or power of",
": to bring (oneself) to a realization of one's powers or of one's proper sphere of activity",
": provide , supply",
": to furnish (room and board) especially as a condition of employment",
": to determine and make a statement about",
": to determine a case judicially by a verdict",
": to criticize unfavorably",
": an act or instance of finding",
": something found: such as",
": a valuable discovery",
": a person whose ability proves to be unexpectedly good",
": to come upon by chance",
": to come upon or get by searching, study, or effort",
": to make a decision about",
": to know by experience",
": to gain or regain the use of",
": to become aware of being in a place, condition, or activity",
": to criticize in an unfavorable way",
": to learn by studying, watching, or searching",
": a usually valuable item or person found",
": to come upon accidentally or through effort",
": to make a judicial determination regarding",
"\u2014 compare decide , hold",
": to make a judicial determination"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012bnd",
"\u02c8f\u012bnd"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertain",
"descry",
"detect",
"determine",
"dig out",
"dig up",
"discover",
"dredge (up)",
"ferret (out)",
"find out",
"get",
"hit (on ",
"hunt (down ",
"learn",
"locate",
"nose out",
"root (out)",
"rout (out)",
"rummage",
"run down",
"scare up",
"scout (up)",
"track (down)",
"turn up"
],
"antonyms":[
"discovery"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Investigators tried to ping his phone for location and tried to access the vehicle's system for GPS data but didn't find any. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
"At the same time, employers still can\u2019t find enough workers for many types of jobs. \u2014 Katherine Bindley, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
"Find @JeIIy & @iamsannay in this sea of Featured Creators AND find them at #VCUS22 this June! \u2014 Morgan Sung, NBC News , 22 June 2022",
"Following Allison's decision to press the big red button, an elevator door opens, and the remaining members of the gang find themselves in Obsidian Memorial Park. \u2014 Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 June 2022",
"Committee business is conducted via email because its executive members can\u2019t find time to meet as a group. \u2014 Mark Settle, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Individuals and families living with limited household budgets \u2014 working low-wage jobs or living on disability support \u2014 simply can\u2019t find housing prices that fit within their budgets. \u2014 Jim Vargas, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"There was a report of shots fired in the 300 block of Sherman Avenue on June 15 but responding officers did not find anything. \u2014 Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"The Pride would not find near as much success for the remainder of the match as Portland\u2019s defense locked down and its attack exploded. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Beyond demolishing the notion of bacteria being microscopic, the find challenges long-standing ideas about the nature of life on our planet. \u2014 Sumeet Kulkarni, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Ian Bartoszek, a wildlife biologist and python project manager with Conservancy of Southwest Florida, disclosed to Fox News Digital just how major a find this was for the Everglades region, given that the python is the heaviest on record. \u2014 Fox News , 23 June 2022",
"The find makes the vessel one of only three Manila galleons identified on the North American West Coast, as well as one of just three in the world with surviving wood pieces, per the Oregon Coast Beach Connection. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"On June 13, an Oakhurst Lane resident woke up to quite an interesting find . \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
"But for a gift-shop find that truly upends expectations of what the Black Forest has to offer, head 5 miles south to the town of Hornberg, home of the Schwarzw\u00e4lder Pilzlehrschau mushroom school. \u2014 Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"One notable find from the archives is a demo tape from May 1965 that Reed mailed to himself but never opened up. \u2014 Fred Sahai, Billboard , 16 June 2022",
"As for this latest find , one of the volunteers working on the excavation was a retired biochemist from South Wales named Dylan Herbert, who initially viewed the stone as just another piece of rubble. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 15 June 2022",
"Researchers compare the surprising find to coming across missing puzzle pieces. \u2014 Michael Hill, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1802, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-142834"
},
"fior dell'alpi":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a yellow colored Italian liqueur containing a twig encrusted with crystallized sugar inside its bottle"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)f\u0113\u02cc\u022frde\u02c8lal(\u02cc)p\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Italian, literally, flower of the alps",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-142952"
},
"finical":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": finicky"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi-ni-k\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"choosy",
"choosey",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finicking",
"finicky",
"fussbudgety",
"fussy",
"nice",
"old-maidish",
"particular",
"pernickety",
"persnickety",
"picky"
],
"antonyms":[
"undemanding",
"unfastidious",
"unfussy"
],
"examples":[
"a newspaper who's old-fashionedly finical about proper grammar"
],
"history_and_etymology":"probably from fine entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1592, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-145624"
},
"filler":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()"
],
"definitions":[
": one that fills : such as",
": a substance added to a product (as to increase bulk, weight, viscosity, opacity, or strength)",
": a composition used to fill the pores and grain especially of a wood surface before painting or varnishing",
": a piece used to cover or fill in a space between two parts of a structure",
": tobacco used to form the core of a cigar",
": material used to fill extra space in a column or page of a newspaper or magazine or to increase the size of a work (such as a book)",
": a pack of paper for a loose-leaf notebook",
": a sound, word, or phrase (such as \"you know?\") used to fill pauses in speaking",
"a monetary subunit of the forint \u2014 see forint at Money Table",
": a material used for filling"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi-l\u0259r",
"\u02c8fi-\u02ccler",
"\u02c8fi-l\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"fill",
"filling",
"padding",
"stuffing",
"wadding"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (2)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"1904, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-152856"
},
"fiercely":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": in a fierce or vehement manner",
": to a high degree : very"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8firs-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The tobacco industry, which is sure to be fiercely opposed to such a drastic change in its products, could challenge a final regulation in court. \u2014 Laurie Mcginley, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2022",
"The tobacco industry, which is sure to be fiercely opposed to such a drastic change in its products, could challenge a final regulation in court. \u2014 Laurie Mcginley, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"And opposition by the governor helped kill a legislative attempt to expand government\u2019s role in health insurance that the industry fiercely opposed. \u2014 Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant , 21 June 2022",
"Those qualms followed previous arguments from Reilly that the gambling complex will attract crime and congestion and is fiercely opposed by his constituents in River North. \u2014 Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"But it was fiercely opposed by many parents of younger deaf children like Cohen, as well as L.A. mayoral candidate Rick Caruso, whose daughter is hard of hearing. \u2014 Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"But the two main Orthodox bodies in Ukraine have both fiercely opposed the Russian invasion. \u2014 Peter Smith, ajc , 23 Apr. 2022",
"In the nineteen-tens, when cars were becoming commonplace in the United States, their right to dominate the road was fiercely contested. \u2014 Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
"More recently, such meetings, as well as the potentially even snoozier school-board gatherings, have sometimes become miniature but fiercely contested battlegrounds in the country\u2019s seemingly endless culture wars. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 19 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-163304"
},
"fit (in":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"as in go , stay"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-165941"
},
"fit (in ":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"as in go , stay"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-184913"
},
"filling":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an act or instance of filling",
": something used to fill a cavity, container, or depression",
": something that completes: such as",
": the yarn interlacing the warp in a fabric",
": yarn for the shuttle",
": a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches",
": a substance used to fill something else",
": material (as gold or amalgam) used to fill a cavity in a tooth",
": simple sporadic lymphangitis of the leg of a horse commonly due to overfeeding and insufficient exercise"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi-li\u014b",
"\u02c8fi-li\u014b",
"\u02c8fil-i\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"fill",
"filler",
"padding",
"stuffing",
"wadding"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a filling for a tooth",
"pies that need more filling",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Notice the habanero heat in the pork filling of the Chinese steamed bun? \u2014 Tom Sietsema, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
"For depth of flavor, Kir Jensen roasts the pecans and hazelnuts before adding them to the filling . \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Fold the edges of the dough over the filling , pleating the dough as necessary to make a 2- to 3-inch border. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2021",
"The torte was a complicated affair, involving a meringue and a custard filling , and the whole thing was showered with toasted, slivered almonds. \u2014 Emily Heil, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Designed for back, side, and stomach sleepers, the pillows are stuffed with polyester filling . \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 15 May 2022",
"This special features the diner\u2019s signature Belgian waffle infused with homemade chocolate, stuffed with chocolate cheesecake filling , topped with fresh-cut strawberries, chocolate sauce, cream cheese icing and sprinkled with powdered sugar. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 2 May 2022",
"Despite the rain that day, a steady stream of customers stopped by for fat wedges of coconut cake with tart lemon filling , ample slices of yellow cake frosted with chocolate, and classic sweet potato pie. \u2014 Lou Bustamante, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The goal was to create a perfect split every single time: one side a clean cookie, the other side with all the filling . \u2014 Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-185309"
},
"fie":{
"type":[
"interjection"
],
"definitions":[
"Definition of fie \u2014 used to express disgust or disapproval"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012b"
],
"synonyms":[
"ah",
"aha",
"come on",
"indeed",
"my word",
"no",
"pshaw",
"well",
"what",
"why"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fie ! you expect me to believe that sorry excuse?",
"fie on anyone who disagrees!"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English fi , from Anglo-French",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-193820"
},
"filled soap":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a soap from which the water and glycerol have not been removed by salting out or to which an adulterant that is not necessarily an inactive one has been added"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-195133"
},
"filled":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to put into as much as can be held or conveniently contained",
": to supply with a full complement",
": to cause to swell or billow",
": to trim (a sail) to catch the wind",
": to raise the level of with fill",
": to repair the cavities of (teeth)",
": to stop up : obstruct",
": to stop up the interstices, crevices, or pores of (a material, such as cloth, wood, or leather) with a foreign substance",
": feed , satiate",
": satisfy , fulfill",
": make out , complete",
": to draw the playing cards necessary to complete",
": to occupy the whole of",
": to spread through",
": to make full",
": to possess and perform the duties of : hold",
": to place a person in",
": to supply as directed",
": to cover the surface of with a layer of precious metal",
": to become full",
": to take over one's job, position, or responsibilities",
": a full supply",
": a quantity that satisfies or satiates",
": something that fills : such as",
": material used to fill a receptacle, cavity, passage, or low place",
": a bit of instrumental music that fills the pauses between phrases (as of a vocalist or soloist)",
": artificial light used in photography to reduce or eliminate shadows",
": to make or become full",
": to use up all the space or time in",
": to spread through",
": to stop up : plug",
": to do the duties of",
": to hire a person for",
": to supply according to directions",
": to succeed in meeting or satisfying",
": to insert information",
": to provide information",
": to take another's place",
": to increase in size and fullness",
": to complete by providing information",
": all that is wanted",
": material for filling something",
": to repair the cavities of (teeth)",
": to supply as directed"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fil",
"\u02c8fil",
"\u02c8fil"
],
"synonyms":[
"brim",
"charge",
"cram",
"heap",
"jam",
"jam-pack",
"load",
"pack",
"stuff"
],
"antonyms":[
"filler",
"filling",
"padding",
"stuffing",
"wadding"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Speaking of hooning, the GV60\u2019s Active Sound Design (noise-canceling system) offers drivers the choice of three polyphonic soundscapes to fill the sensory void left by combustion engines. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Those who work at the Anganwadis say the service helped fill a void created during pandemic lockdowns. \u2014 Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Join MAC Boys Entertainment, a group that hopes to fill the void of Black representation in the theater world, for one of seven showtimes over two weekends at the Orlando Repertory Theatre. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"Now that the summer\u2019s hottest dating show is over, HBO Max is going to have to quickly fill the void. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 15 June 2022",
"Weak federal policies to encourage investment in solar manufacturing left American companies ill equipped to fill the void. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"For weeks, the state has been debating what to do about major cost inflation that is looming over the soccer stadium project, which was supposed to fill the economic development void left by the 2021 departure of the Pawtucket Red Sox for Worcester. \u2014 Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"The casting will help fill the void created by the departure of former original L&O star Anthony Anderson. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
"Pro Bowl center Alex Mack recently retired, the San Francisco 49ers didn\u2019t draft his potential replacement in April, and head coach Kyle Shanahan indicated Tuesday they aren\u2019t poised to sign a veteran to fill the void. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The news of a free fill -up certainly spread quickly Saturday afternoon when a West Allis church sponsored a gas giveaway at the BP station at 807 W. Atkinson Ave., Milwaukee. \u2014 Bob Dohr, Journal Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
"Whether there are Spidey fans who haven\u2019t yet gotten their fill of catching the hit film on the big screen remains to be seen. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
"The shortest amount of time to work for a fill -up in any state can be found in Massachusetts, where drivers must work 1 hour and 54 minutes to buy their 15 gallons of gas. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 7 June 2022",
"For an average sedan\u2019s 12-gallon tank, the increase amounts to an extra 79 cents per fill -up. \u2014 Erin Cox, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"Anyone with a ticket received a full fill -up, up to $50, of any grade gasoline. \u2014 Hannah Kohut, Chicago Tribune , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Electric cars and heat pumps, for example, will require less maintenance, do away with fill -ups at gas pumps and reduce heating bills. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"Of course, $400 is barely a month of fill -ups for many commuters. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 17 Apr. 2022",
"On March 24, the fill -ups were pumped at about 21 participating gas stations in Chicago and the suburbs, starting at 7 a.m. \u2014 Pioneer Press Staff, chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"The glass was filled/full to the brim ."
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"noun"
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"\u02c8fist-\u02ccfu\u0307l"
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"hundred",
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"pile",
"plateful",
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"plentitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
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"scads",
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"shipload",
"sight",
"slew",
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"stack",
"store",
"ton",
"truckload",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth",
"yard"
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"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"handful",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"mouthful",
"nip",
"ounce",
"peanuts",
"pinch",
"pittance",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace"
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"examples":[
"She has won a fistful of awards.",
"repairing the roof is going to cost a fistful of money",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tender chunks of chicken pack the golden broth, gently herby and crammed with a fistful of carrots, celery, onion and egg noodles. \u2014 Tom Sietsema, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
"The Jazz were built around the early development of Rudy Gobert and the addition of Mitchell, each of whom has shown general improvement over the past fistful of years, as the team added and subtracted a few pieces here and there around them. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Consumers have enjoyed the upper hand in the last year and a half, with a fistful of money, a pick of jobs, and great bargaining power. \u2014 Medora Lee, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
"Tender chunks or shreds of chicken packed the container of golden broth, gently herby and crammed with a fistful of sliced carrots, celery, onion and egg noodles. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The real fun started when E.J. threw a fistful of brightly colored tulle scarves, meant to emulate butterfly wings, into the gaggle of squealing children. \u2014 Laura Newberrystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Her gloved hand holds a fistful of sunflowers \u2013 a symbol of solidarity. \u2014 Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 Mar. 2022",
"When Aaron Donald took to the postgame podium after helping lead the Los Angeles Rams to an NFL championship, he was joined by his 8-year-old daughter, Jaeda, who was still clutching a fistful of confetti. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
"That protein is joined by a trio of shredded cheeses, pico de gallo, creamy sauces and a fistful of crispy french fries before getting tightly wrapped and tossed on a griddle to crisp up the exterior of the tortilla. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Jan. 2022"
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"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-224127"
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"noun"
],
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": fire engine"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-233102"
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"fill a niche":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
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": to provide something that certain kinds of people want to buy":[
"This product fills a niche in the market."
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162324"
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"noun"
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": the capacity (as of a military unit) to deliver effective fire on a target",
": effective fire",
": effective power or force",
": the scoring ability of a team or player"
],
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"\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)r-\u02ccpau\u0307(-\u0259)r"
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"energy",
"force",
"horsepower",
"might",
"muscle",
"potence",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"sinew",
"strength",
"vigor"
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"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
],
"examples":[
"The army didn't have the firepower to defeat the invaders.",
"right now the President doesn't have the political firepower to push his programs through Congress",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Amid the ongoing arms race around name, image and likeness in college football, USC didn\u2019t exactly burst out of the gates flaunting its NIL firepower . \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Fighting continued on Tuesday in the streets of Severodonetsk, the city in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine where Russia is now concentrating its firepower . \u2014 Isabel Coles, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"Moscow has focused most of its firepower on the Donbas after Ukraine pushed its troops back from Kyiv and Ukraine\u2019s second-biggest city, Kharkiv. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 6 June 2022",
"Johnson and all his firepower made just one birdie in his first-round 73 and made just three birdies in his second-round 73. \u2014 Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY , 21 May 2022",
"Without those two bats in the middle of the lineup, the Orioles lack much of their firepower , something that had begun to show this month after an April in which Baltimore plated 62 runs, the second fewest in the majors. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 14 May 2022",
"The group, called Conservative Nebraska, in recent weeks redirected its firepower at Lindstrom, as the state senator\u2019s campaign gained more traction. \u2014 Paul Steinhauser, Fox News , 11 May 2022",
"It had, by common consensus, been summarily dispatched at Anfield last week, its limitations exposed by the depth of Liverpool\u2019s resources and the scope of its firepower and the sheer gravity of J\u00fcrgen Klopp\u2019s team. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"The Thorns pummeled the Kansas City Current 3-0 in a display of both their offensive firepower and tactical excellence under new coach Rhian Wilkinson. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Apr. 2022"
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"1871, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"idiom"
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"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to trim a sail to catch the wind",
": to proceed on the course especially after being brought up in the wind"
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"1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"noun"
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": a clay pot filled with combustibles formerly used as a missile in war",
": a vessel used in eastern Asian cuisine for cooking foods in broth at the table",
": the food cooked in it"
],
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"intransitive verb"
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": to become excessively or affectedly dainty or refined in speech or manner : put on airs",
": to dawdle about"
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"adjective"
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"-ld"
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"type":[
"verb"
],
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": to move quickly : hasten",
": to be lively or frisky",
": jerk , twitch",
": fidget , fuss",
": beat , strike , chastise , conquer",
": to get dishonestly : contrive , cheat"
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"history_and_etymology":"Middle English ferken , from Old English fercian to convey, bring, proceed; akin to Old English faran to go, travel",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-050225"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": measures and practices directed toward the prevention and suppression of destructive fires"
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"noun"
],
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": hollandaise sauce with tomato puree added"
],
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"\u02c8f\u0113g|"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-063711"
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"noun"
],
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": the quality or state of being faithful",
": accuracy in details : exactness",
": the degree to which an electronic device (such as a record player, radio, or television) accurately reproduces its effect (such as sound or picture)",
": loyalty",
": accuracy",
": the quality or state of being faithful or loyal",
": loyalty to one's spouse in refraining from adultery and sometimes in submitting to a spouse's reasonable sexual desires"
],
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"f\u0259-\u02c8de-l\u0259-t\u0113",
"f\u012b-",
"f\u0259-\u02c8de-l\u0259-t\u0113",
"f\u012b-",
"f\u0259-\u02c8de-l\u0259-t\u0113, f\u012b-"
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"allegiance",
"attachment",
"commitment",
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"devotion",
"faith",
"faithfulness",
"fastness",
"fealty",
"loyalty",
"piety",
"steadfastness",
"troth"
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"disloyalty",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"inconstancy",
"infidelity",
"perfidiousness",
"perfidy",
"treachery",
"unfaithfulness"
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"examples":[
"Yet as Reardon emphasizes early on, fidelity to facts was never the point. The same dinner with friends could appear over and over in Fisher's published work, rejiggered each time to make a different point. \u2014 Laura Shapiro , New York Times Book Review , 12 Dec. 2004",
"It is a world familiar to all children, and it is this fidelity to child life that gives resonance to Hoffmann's tale and makes it an extraordinary work of art. \u2014 Maurice Sendak , Caldecott & Co. , 1988",
"Chaucer's patient Griselda proved her fidelity to her husband by resisting the prodigious reasons he gave her for being unfaithful. \u2014 B. F. Skinner , Beyond Freedom and Dignity , 1971",
"music with much higher fidelity than on cassettes",
"they have never wavered in their fidelity to the cause of freedom",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But rural and high-poverty schools may need more time, support and coaching to implement programs with fidelity , experts say. \u2014 Rebecca Griesbach | Rgriesbach@al.com, al , 20 May 2022",
"This distrust is understandable, to a degree: Fantasy can be engineered with as much fidelity as reality; the dissemination of misinformation is ineradicable. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Again, managing this problem produced gates with a fidelity of 99.5 percent, well above the threshold needed for error correction. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Mounted on a tower, the x-band sensor would provide high- fidelity tracking of all air traffic, as well as electronic identification to distinguish between incoming missiles and routine objects such as civilian planes. \u2014 Jason Sherman, Scientific American , 2 June 2022",
"These Bose headphones feature the high- fidelity sound quality the audio brand has become known and loved for and are complete with active noise cancelation. \u2014 Dale Arden Chong, Men's Health , 31 May 2022",
"By 2015 its products were no longer high- fidelity for modest prices. \u2014 Zenger News, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"This coupe's high- fidelity steering offers terrific feedback, which helps its driver confidently probe the limits of adhesion (0.95 g on our test car's 18-inch Michelin Pilot Sport 4 summer tires). \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 28 Apr. 2022",
"With a \u200bbuilt-in Bluetooth 5.2 module, microphone, and two high- fidelity speakers, the sound quality is crystal clear, perfect for listening to music, white noise, or even nature sounds. \u2014 EW.com , 21 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English fidelite , borrowed from Middle French fidelit\u00e9, borrowed from Latin fid\u0113lit\u0101t-, fid\u0113lit\u0101s, from fid\u0113lis \"faithful, loyal, trustworthy\" (from fid\u0113- , stem of fid\u0113s \"trust, belief, faith\" + -lis, denominal suffix of appurtenance) + -it\u0101t-, -it\u0101s -ity ",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a usually foliated ornament forming an upper extremity especially in Gothic architecture",
": a crowning ornament or detail (such as a decorative knob)"
],
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"\u02c8fi-n\u0113-\u0259l"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One finial , or spire top, plummeted hundreds of feet into a shrub below, while two others also broke off their spires. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Anyone who helps return the Napoleonic eagle finial will receive a separate $100,000 reward. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Apr. 2021",
"The racks were so tall in one corner that the finial of an ornate chandelier cleared it by inches. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2021",
"On the Mulan tower, architectural elements like a cherry blossom motif, jade ornamentation, and crossed golden spears symbolize Mulan\u2019s fearless warrior spirit\u2014and the dragon Mushu playfully stands atop her tower, using her finial as a gong. \u2014 Todd Plummer, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 22 Dec. 2020",
"The Frozen tower, for instance, features an icy blue shingled roof reminiscent of Elsa\u2019s magical powers and is topped with a three-dimensional snowflake finial . \u2014 Todd Plummer, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 22 Dec. 2020",
"Callahan regards his work re-carving the old finial crafted by one of the cathedral\u2019s early carvers as a valuable learning experience. \u2014 Marjorie Hunt, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 July 2020",
"On September 29, 1990, exactly 83 years after the laying of the foundation stone, Alonso was given the great honor of setting the cathedral\u2019s last stone: the final grand finial on the southwest tower. \u2014 Marjorie Hunt, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 July 2020",
"Over the door a limestone balcony has a stone railing with balusters and finials . \u2014 Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press , 9 May 2020"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-081903"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": perversely diabolical",
": extremely cruel or wicked",
": excessively bad, unpleasant, or difficult"
],
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"\u02c8f\u0113n-dish"
],
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"cacodemonic",
"demoniac",
"demoniacal",
"demonian",
"demonic",
"demonical",
"devilish",
"diabolical",
"diabolic",
"Luciferian",
"satanic"
],
"antonyms":[
"angelic",
"angelical"
],
"examples":[
"He takes a fiendish delight in hurting people.",
"a fiendish delight in playing cruel tricks",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Gutfeld yells in mock outrage, and then grins his expensive, fiendish , but strangely vulnerable grin. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 5 May 2022",
"The new plant near Berlin probably won\u2019t prove so fiendish . \u2014 Stephen Wilmot, WSJ , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Likewise, the Riddler\u2019s manipulation of online conspiracy theorists to build a fanatical following to help execute his fiendish plan to bring Gotham to its knees, which feels all too real. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Deferring to no news event or editorial decision, the lectern longshots were a CNN mainstay, lingering on the lens with a fiendish determination as the network\u2019s overstuffed panels of alleged experts shouted at each other off-screen. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The original show was set on a remote farm in the hills of Ireland where contestants gathered to test their nerve against three fiendish games. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Even Robert Rauschenberg makes a fiendish cameo in the book, asking De Kooning to give him a drawing. \u2014 Jamie Hood, Vulture , 15 Dec. 2021",
"The final installment in John Richardson\u2019s mammoth biography reveals the artist\u2019s fiendish control over his admirers. \u2014 John Banville, The New Republic , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Not to mention adding a fiendish new fashion icon to your Halloween costume vision board! \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 Oct. 2021"
],
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"1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"noun ()",
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"verb",
"verb ()"
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": all right",
": well or healthy : not sick or injured",
": superior in kind, quality, or appearance : excellent",
": very thin in gauge or texture",
": not coarse",
": very small",
": keen",
": very precise or accurate",
": physically trained or hardened close to the limit of efficiency",
": delicate, subtle, or sensitive in quality, perception, or discrimination",
": ornate sense 1",
": marked by or affecting elegance or refinement",
": free from impurity",
": having a stated proportion of pure metal in the composition expressed in parts per thousand",
": finely : such as",
": very well",
": all right",
": with a very narrow margin of time or space",
": a sum imposed as punishment for an offense",
": a forfeiture or penalty paid to an injured party in a civil action",
": a compromise of a fictitious suit used as a form of conveyance of lands",
": end , conclusion",
": in short",
": to impose a fine on : punish by a fine",
": purify , clarify",
": to make finer in quality or size",
": to become pure or clear",
": to become smaller in lines or proportions",
": end",
": a sum of money to be paid as a punishment",
": to punish by requiring payment of a sum of money",
": very good in quality or appearance",
": satisfactory",
": very small or thin",
": made up of very small pieces",
": very well",
": of slight excursion",
": a sum imposed as punishment for an offense \u2014 compare restitution",
": a forfeiture or penalty paid to an injured party in a civil action",
": to impose a fine on : punish by fine"
],
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"\u02c8f\u012bn",
"\u02c8f\u0113-(\u02cc)n\u0101",
"\u02c8f\u012bn",
"\u02c8f\u012bn"
],
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"dusty",
"floury",
"powdery"
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"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"alright",
"creditably",
"decently",
"good",
"middlingly",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"passably",
"respectably",
"satisfactorily",
"serviceably",
"so-so",
"sufficiently",
"tolerably",
"well"
],
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"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 7a",
"Adverb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (1)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3",
"Verb (1)",
"circa 1513, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (2)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1740, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-111735"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": aspidium"
],
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"\u00a6f\u012blik\u02c8smas",
"\u00a6filik\u02c8sm\u00e4s"
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"Definition of figary variant of fegary"
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"Definition of fineable variant spelling of finable"
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"fish":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
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"definitions":[
": an aquatic animal",
": any of numerous cold-blooded strictly aquatic craniate vertebrates that include the bony fishes and usually the cartilaginous and jawless fishes and that have typically an elongated somewhat spindle-shaped body terminating in a broad caudal (see caudal sense 2 ) fin, limbs in the form of fins when present at all, and a 2-chambered heart by which blood is sent through thoracic gills to be oxygenated",
": the flesh of fish used as food",
": a person who is caught or is wanted (as in a criminal investigation)",
": fellow , person",
": sucker sense 5a",
": something that resembles a fish: such as",
": pisces sense 1",
": pisces sense 2a",
": torpedo sense 1b",
": a person who is in an unnatural or uncomfortable sphere or situation",
": concerns or interests to pursue",
": one that does not belong to a particular class or category",
": to attempt to catch fish",
": to seek something by roundabout means",
": to search for something underwater",
": to engage in a search by groping or feeling",
": to try to catch fish in",
": to fish with : use (something, such as a boat, a net, or bait) in fishing",
": to go fishing for",
": to pull or draw as if fishing",
": to make a choice between alternatives",
": any of a large group of vertebrate animals that live in water, breathe with gills, and usually have fins and scales",
": an animal that lives in water",
": to catch or try to catch fish",
": to search for something by or as if by feeling",
"Hamilton 1808\u20131893 American statesman"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fish",
"\u02c8fish",
"\u02c8fish"
],
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"baby",
"being",
"bird",
"bod",
"body",
"character",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"creature",
"customer",
"devil",
"duck",
"egg",
"face",
"guy",
"head",
"human",
"human being",
"individual",
"life",
"man",
"mortal",
"party",
"person",
"personage",
"scout",
"slob",
"sort",
"soul",
"specimen",
"stiff",
"thing",
"wight"
],
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"feel",
"fumble",
"grope",
"scrabble"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"We're having fish for dinner.",
"he's rather an odd fish",
"Verb",
"We spent the afternoon fishing for trout.",
"They fished the stream all morning.",
"She was fishing around in her purse for her keys.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Fortunately, there are plenty of things in the sea besides fish \u2014such as plastic water bottles, old tires, and books that have fallen off cargo ships. \u2014 Allegra Hyde, The New Yorker , 24 June 2022",
"What\u2019s believed to be the world\u2019s largest freshwater fish , a giant stingray, was caught by a fisherman June 13 in the Mekong River in Cambodia. \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"The menu is stocked with crab cakes, Caesar salad, fish , pricy cuts of meat. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"Still, Beavis and Butt-head's blushes with modern technology are memorable and refreshing\u2014all without overdoing any fish -out-of-water gags. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 22 June 2022",
"Fried fish , shrimp, oysters and crab claws, plus hush puppies and a side, for a princely $13.50. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
"By contrast, consuming fruits, vegetables, legumes, steel-cut oats and foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids (such as fish , seafood, nuts and seeds), which keep blood sugar level, is associated with improvements in acne. \u2014 Stacey Colino, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"And while tart cherries can be hard to come by, pistachios, oily fish , eggs, and milk also contain melatonin. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 21 June 2022",
"Complaints associated with labeling are usually filed by activists with the USDA or the FDA (Federal Drug Administration) as the USDA regulates meat, poultry, and liquid egg products whereas the FDA oversees dairy, fish , and shell eggs. \u2014 Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"And many lower-river residents don\u2019t own the gear required to fish right now. \u2014 Olivia Ebertz, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"On the brink of extinction decades ago, the chub has come back in modest numbers thanks to fish biologists and other scientists and engineers. \u2014 Brittany Peterson And John Flesher, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"On the brink of extinction decades ago, the chub has come back in modest numbers thanks to fish biologists and other scientists and engineers. \u2014 CBS News , 15 June 2022",
"During his spring conversation with George, Johnson said the all-star forward had discussed finding time to fish together. \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 29 July 2021",
"That said, in most years, the overall best time to fish Minnesota lakes is right now. \u2014 Star Tribune , 5 June 2021",
"Managers said the best time of year to fish for pikeminnows is early fall. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 Sep. 2020",
"Only the Indigenous can legally fish in their territories. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
"Only the Indigenous can legally fish in their territories. \u2014 Fabiano Maisonnave, ajc , 13 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Noun and Verb",
"Middle English, from Old English fisc ; akin to Old High German fisc fish, Latin piscis"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-135326"
},
"find/take shelter":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to go somewhere for cover and protection from danger, bad weather, etc."
],
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-143812"
},
"fire walking":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun,"
],
"definitions":[
": the ceremony or ordeal of walking barefooted through fire, over a bed of embers, or over hot stones"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-153513"
},
"fixedness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": securely placed or fastened : stationary",
": nonvolatile",
": formed into a chemical compound",
": not subject to change or fluctuation",
": firmly set in the mind",
": having a final or crystallized form or character",
": recurring on the same date from year to year",
": immobile , concentrated",
": supplied with something (such as money) needed",
": not changing : set",
": firmly placed"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fikst",
"\u02c8fikst"
],
"synonyms":[
"certain",
"determinate",
"final",
"firm",
"flat",
"frozen",
"hard",
"hard-and-fast",
"inexpugnable",
"set",
"settled",
"stable"
],
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"examples":[
"a small mirror fixed to the wall",
"That day remains fixed in my memory.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The rules apply to both mobile and fixed Internet service. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 15 June 2022",
"In response, agencies raised rates to cover fixed costs such as routine maintenance and debt payments. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Apple is reportedly moving from fixed focus and f/2.2 aperture on the iPhone 13 to autofocus and f/1.9 aperture for the selfie cameras of all four iPhone 14 models. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 19 Apr. 2022",
"And this became the function of race: to provide a fixed hierarchy of human difference to justify improper moral and economic behavior. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s a crisis compounded by a severe shortage of beds in emergency shelter spaces and a dire lack of affordable housing supply, especially for those on fixed or low incomes. \u2014 Amy Qin, The Arizona Republic , 2 June 2022",
"Hydrogen is also appealing for applications in places with a complete lack of infrastructure, in addition to reliable fixed routes around places like ports, rail hubs, and airports. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Relying more on solar, wind, and hydro means that more and more of our energy prices become fixed and immune from inflationary pressure, because these resources are not subject to fuel inputs and generate electricity for decades once operational. \u2014 Energy Innovation: Policy And Technology, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"On the other hand, there may be a certain naivety associated with a mind that is too fixed or too rigid. \u2014 Josephine Kant, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English, from past participle of fixen \"to fix entry 1 \" (or directly from Latin f\u012bxus + -ed -ed entry 2 )"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-160347"
},
"fill cap":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a metal cap screwed on the top of the pipe through which a fuel-oil tank is filled"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-160617"
},
"fist hatchet":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": hand ax sense 1"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-162409"
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"fine aggregate":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": that portion of the aggregate used in concrete that is smaller than about \u00b3/\u2081\u2086 inch"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-171843"
},
"findspot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the place where an archaeological object has been found"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"find entry 2 + spot"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-185033"
},
"fire up":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to start (something) by lighting a fire",
": to cause (something) to start working",
": to fill (someone) with energy or enthusiasm"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-212830"
},
"fire polishing":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the process of reheating glassware in order to impart a smooth or brilliant surface"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-212924"
},
"fireproof":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": proof against or resistant to fire",
": to make fireproof",
": not easily burned : made safe against fire"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)r-\u02ccpr\u00fcf",
"\u02c8f\u012br-\u02c8pr\u00fcf"
],
"synonyms":[
"incombustible",
"noncombustible",
"nonflammable",
"noninflammable"
],
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"burnable",
"combustible",
"flammable",
"ignitable",
"ignitible",
"inflammable"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"remember to store valuable papers in a fireproof box",
"Verb",
"The building was not fireproofed .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Earthquake-proof, fireproof , eco-friendly, and as close to the original architecture as possible: Those priorities drove nearly every decision in the couple's renovation. \u2014 Katy Kiick Condon And Leila Nichols, Better Homes & Gardens , 15 June 2022",
"In a launch video presenting the fireproof book, Atwood tries and fails to burn a prototype with a flamethrower. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 June 2022",
"The fireproof version is being auctioned by Sotheby's New York on Wednesday with a high estimate of $100,000. \u2014 Megan C. Hills, CNN , 7 June 2022",
"An overwhelming majority of its buildings were mostly wood, even those that claimed to be fireproof , with exteriors painted to look like stone or marble. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"Margaret Atwood\u2019s 1985 dystopian novel was made of fireproof materials and is being sold at auction. \u2014 Joseph Pisani, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"So maybe a fireproof tome is exactly what\u2019s needed in this moment. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 24 May 2022",
"In the wake of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, in which more than seventeen thousand buildings were destroyed and nearly a hundred thousand people left homeless, local officials expanded requirements to use fireproof materials in the downtown area. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"No plant is fireproof , but many are difficult to ignite. \u2014 oregonlive , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Ditto California, which invested in renewables rather than fireproof its grid and now is beyond out-of-state rescue. \u2014 WSJ , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Homeowners seeking to better fireproof their properties can enlist Fire Maps, which uses drones to create 3D images of houses and terrain to pinpoint vulnerabilities. \u2014 Kevin T. Dugan, Fortune , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Officials have called on residents to fireproof their homes and businesses, and more communities are participating in the national Firewise program, which aims to reduce wildfire risks. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 June 2021",
"The cathedral's massive limestone vaults, designed to fireproof the building's interior, largely held up under the collapse of the burning roof. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 25 Nov. 2020",
"The very fact that firefighting is publicly funded decreases the incentive for WUI residents to fireproof their properties. \u2014 Elizabeth Weil, ProPublica , 2 Oct. 2020",
"Rising premiums are pricing people out of their homes despite efforts to fireproof their properties. \u2014 Carter Evans, CBS News , 1 Nov. 2019",
"Even as California\u2019s utilities do more to fireproof their lines and transformers, state officials say, the safest course during periods of high heat, dryness and winds may be to turn off power to some lines. \u2014 Julie Cart, The Mercury News , 30 Aug. 2019",
"Additional legislation in Sacramento seeks to fireproof the state\u2019s energy infrastructure. \u2014 Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com , 17 June 2018"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1610, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1841, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-214910"
},
"fiddle about":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to spend time in activity that does not have a real purpose"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-222325"
},
"fifty-two":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"pronoun, plural in construction"
],
"definitions":[
": being one more than 51 in number",
"\u2014 see Table of Numbers",
": 52 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated",
": two and fifty : four times 13",
": 52 units or objects",
": a group or set of 52",
": the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 52",
": the 52d in a set or series"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\"",
"\""
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-230538"
},
"fin colter":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a colter having a fin-shaped hanging knife"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-000802"
},
"fifty-three":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"pronoun, plural in construction"
],
"definitions":[
": being one more than 52 in number",
"\u2014 see Table of Numbers",
": 53 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated",
": three and 50",
": 53 units or objects",
": a group or set of 53",
": the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 53",
": the 53d in a set or series"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\"",
"\""
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-003230"
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"fire polish":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make (glassware) smooth, gloss, or brilliant in appearance by reheating in the process of manufacture",
": the smoothness or brilliancy of surface imparted to glassware by fire polishing"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\""
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-005212"
},
"firing tread":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": banquette tread"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-020327"
},
"fifty-third":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": being number 53 in a countable series",
"\u2014 see Table of Numbers",
": being one of 53 equal parts into which something is divisible",
": number 53 in a countable series",
": the quotient of a unit divided by 53 : one of 53 equal parts of something"
],
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"\""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-023201"
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"fiorin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": redtop sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012b\u0259r\u0259\u0307n",
"\u02c8f\u0113\u0259-"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Irish Gaelic fiorthann wheat grass"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-044042"
},
"firebrand":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a piece of burning wood",
": one that creates unrest or strife (as in aggressively promoting a cause) : agitator"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)r-\u02ccbrand"
],
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"agitator",
"demagogue",
"demagog",
"exciter",
"fomenter",
"incendiary",
"inciter",
"instigator",
"kindler",
"provocateur",
"rabble-rouser"
],
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"examples":[
"a firebrand who urged crowds to riot during the blackouts",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The 18th-century preacher Henry Sacheverell was a firebrand who was also, more simply, a brand. \u2014 The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
"John Brown Gun Club was founded in the spirit of the 18th-century firebrand and Torrington native, a white man who went to his death defending the abolitionist cause. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 2 May 2022",
"The evidence of a party that has embraced self-radicalization is dismaying former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who, many years ago, was considered something of a conservative firebrand himself as a young GOP congressman. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 17 Nov. 2021",
"In the nine months since, however, Tuberville has surprised people by declining to play the role of MAGA firebrand . \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Back in Georgia, firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene won her Republican primary, shrugging off challengers who complained Greene was giving the party a bad name by engaging in Holocaust denial and other headline-grabbing, bombastic behavior. \u2014 Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"He is disliked by many of the 7.7 million voters who backed the left-wing firebrand Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon in the first-round, leading Macron to woo left-leaning voters and ethnic minorities in the campaign\u2019s final week. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The embattled firebrand of a U.S. Representative did well on his home turf in north Alabama, winning in Madison and Limestone counties - each in the Huntsville metro area - as well as in neighboring Morgan County. \u2014 Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al , 25 May 2022",
"Prosperity and fertility will come, and the former Irish firebrand has ascended to country squire \u2014 for those who consider that a rise. \u2014 Thelma Adams, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-045349"
},
"firebox":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a chamber (as of a furnace or steam boiler) that contains a fire",
": a box containing an apparatus for transmitting an alarm to a fire station"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)r-\u02ccb\u00e4ks"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The firebox is typically covered by metal that spans the length of the grill, so food cooks over indirect heat versus an open flame like charcoal grills and gas grills. \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
"It's designed with a multipanel firebox to help prevent cracks, as well as an air-lift hinge lid topped with a vent. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 13 May 2022",
"Dimensions in kits for mantels and columns start outside the surround, not the firebox , although that\u2019s not always clear in the illustrations that accompany online offerings. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Moore\u2019s theatrical eye can also be seen in one of the guest bedrooms, which has a fireplace with glossy pink tile surrounding the firebox . \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Some are scrawled on things as small as firebox , while others fill building walls. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Aug. 2021",
"Each 600-pound steel pit includes a double-walled firebox , 42-inch cook chamber with a water pan shelf and cooking grate, and a removable smokestack that reaches more than six feet high. \u2014 Andy Wang, Robb Report , 4 Aug. 2021",
"Once the firebox is clean, rinse it out with a garden hose. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Popular Mechanics , 23 Apr. 2021",
"With the grill grates and flavorizer bars are removed, the inside of the firebox is exposed and ready to be cleaned. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Popular Mechanics , 23 Apr. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1735, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a baleen whale ( Balaenoptera physalus ) that may attain a length of over 70 feet (21 meters) and is found chiefly in subtropical to arctic and antarctic waters worldwide"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Newport Beach reports seeing 200 common dolphins and two fin whales on May 22, and one fin whale , 300 common dolphins and 200 offshore bottlenose dolphins on May 21. \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"Given the fin whale \u2019s life span of around 90 years, the memory of that threat may still affect their collective behavior, such as avoiding gathering in large groups. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The acoustic library is already being used by researchers at the University of Concepci\u00f3n in Chile to compare blue and fin whale vocalizations over time and at different sites. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Preliminary necropsy results show that a young fin whale that beached itself and died at Cape Henlopen State Park last week was riddled with parasites. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 28 June 2016",
"In addition, the carcasses of a pygmy sperm whale and a fin whale also have been found ashore. \u2014 Winston Gieseke, USA TODAY , 25 May 2021",
"So far in 2021, 10 gray whales, one pygmy sperm whale and one fin whale were reported dead on San Francisco Bay Area shores, according to the California Academy of Sciences. \u2014 Vanessa Arredondo, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 May 2021",
"Pushed and pulled by competing winds and currents in the Pacific, the carcass of an endangered fin whale recently struck by an Australian warship drifted back toward shore and washed up in Huntington Beach, making for an imposing, putrid spectacle. \u2014 Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 May 2021",
"At least one 55-foot fin whale died of tar poisoning, and health officials slapped a temporary ban on seafood from the area. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1885, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-070004"
},
"fingery":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": branching like or resembling fingers"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi\u014bg(\u0259)r\u0113",
"-ri"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-111729"
},
"fille de joie":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": prostitute"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6f\u0113d\u0259\u00a6zhw\u00e4"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, literally, pleasure girl"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-111805"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": material used to make something fireproof",
": the act of making something fireproof : the act of protecting something using fireproof materials"
],
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"\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)r-\u02ccpr\u00fc-fi\u014b"
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"first_known_use":[
"1838, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-152946"
},
"fistfight":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a usually spontaneous fight with bare fists"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fist-\u02ccf\u012bt"
],
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"examples":[
"A fistfight broke out in the stands.",
"He often gets into fistfights .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The shooting began when a fistfight between three men turned into an exchange of gunfire about a block away from where Dukes-Hill and Whittington were, police said Thursday. \u2014 Christine Fernando, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
"Three people were killed and 12 others were wounded after a fistfight ended in gunfire on the city\u2019s South Street around 11:30 p.m., officials said. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
"Police say Isaac\u2019s daughter shot Rodgers while the two women were having a fistfight at the Jernigan Gardens apartment complex. \u2014 Crist\u00f3bal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
"Wylie\u2019s friend and the 16-year-old allegedly squared off in a fistfight , which lasted only a few moments. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Several action set pieces are teased, including a sniper battle during a desert storm, a fistfight in a nightclub and a chase atop a moving train. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 23 May 2022",
"In 1978, Murray and Chevy Chase, the SNL castmate he was hired to replace, got into a fistfight when Chase returned to the show as a guest host. \u2014 NBC News , 2 May 2022",
"At one point during a debate, Mandel and Gibbons nearly got into a fistfight . \u2014 Rachel Scott, ABC News , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Humility, empathy, a willingness to admit mistakes \u2014 these are the things that stop Jobu Tubaki from destroying the multiverse, not a cosmic fistfight . \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 15 Apr. 2022"
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"first_known_use":[
"1603, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-161015"
},
"fintech":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": products and companies that employ newly developed digital and online technologies in the banking and financial services industries",
": a business that uses or creates such technologies"
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"\u02c8fin-\u02cctek"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"short for financial technology"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1971, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-161625"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": word accent occurring regularly on a specified syllable of a word or on a syllable which is specified in terms of vowel length or consonant combinations in the word",
": word accent occurring on the same syllable in derivative and inflectional forms of a root or stem"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-163303"
},
"fisetin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a yellow crystalline flavone pigment C 15 H 10 O 6 obtained from the wood of various trees or shrubs (as fustet or sumac)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"f\u0259\u0307\u02c8zet\u1d4an"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"German, from fiset- (in fisetholz , wood from a species of fustic) + -in"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-210722"
},
"filius populi":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": filius nullius"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6f\u0113l\u0113\u0259\u02c8sp\u022fp\u0259\u02ccl\u0113"
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin, son of the people"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-214610"
},
"fiercen":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to become fierce or fiercer"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8firs\u1d4an",
"-i\u0259s-"
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"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-233011"
},
"fiorite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an opal occurring near hot springs in grayish or whitish incrustations that sometimes are fibrous and pearly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"f\u0113\u02c8\u014dr\u02cc\u012bt"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Santa Fiora , Tuscany, Italy, its locality + English -ite"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-011304"
},
"find out about":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to become aware of (something)"
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-043717"
},
"find acceptance":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to be accepted or approved of"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-084841"
},
"fink out":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": back out , cop out"
],
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"synonyms":[
"back down",
"back off",
"back out",
"cop out",
"renege"
],
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"examples":[
"I can't believe you'd fink out on me and leave me to go to the party alone!"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1956, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-140123"
},
"finch falcon":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": falconet sense 2"
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-181659"
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"fiendly":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or befitting a fiend : fiendish"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-dl\u0113",
"-dli"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English feendly, fiendly , from Old English f\u0113ondlic, f\u012bendlic , from f\u0113ond, f\u012bend fiend + -lic -ly"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-194253"
},
"fine and dandy":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
"Definition of fine and dandy informal \u2014 used to express agreement or approval That's just fine and dandy with me."
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-213426"
},
"fig banana":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a small plump tropical American banana having a flavor somewhat like a fig"
],
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-221015"
},
"firebrat":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a wingless insect ( Thermobia domestica ) related to the silverfish and found in warm moist places"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)r-\u02ccbrat"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1891, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-175721"
},
"fidepromission":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun,"
],
"definitions":[
": contract of guaranty or suretyship under Roman law by stipulation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccf\u012bd\u0113pr\u014d\u02c8mish\u0259n"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Late Latin fidepromission-, fidepromissio , from fidepromissus (past participle of fidepromittere to give surety, from Latin fide \u2014ablative of fides faith, trust\u2014+ promittere to promise) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-200352"
},
"fiddle around":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to spend time in activity that does not have a real purpose"
],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-202622"
},
"firebote":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the right of a tenant to take from the land occupied by him a reasonable amount of wood for maintaining fires in his house and in the houses of his servants",
": the wood or fuel used for this purpose"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English firbote , from fir, fire + bote boot (profit)"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-203224"
},
"fiduciary relation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the relation that is declared by a court to exist between parties to a transaction when the court desires to hold the offending party responsible to prevent unjust enrichment as though he were in fact a trustee for the other",
": the relation existing when one person justifiably reposes confidence, faith, and reliance in another whose aid, advice, or protection is sought in some matter : the relation existing when good conscience requires one to act at all times for the sole benefit and interests of another with loyalty to those interests : the relation by law existing between certain classes of persons (as confidential advisor and the one advised; executors or administrators and legatees or heirs; conservators and wards, trustees, or beneficiaries; partners, joint adventurers, corporate directors or officers and stockholders; majority and minority stockholders; factors, agents, or brokers and principals; attorneys and clients; promoters and stock subscribers; mutual savings banks or investment corporations and their depositors or investors; receivers, trustees in bankruptcy, or assignees in insolvency and creditors)"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-210833"
},
"fire-tube boiler":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a boiler in which water surrounds the tubes through which hot gases pass from the furnace to the stack"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-210952"
},
"fire point":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the lowest temperature at which a volatile combustible substance continues to burn in air after its vapors have been ignited (as when heating is continued after the flash point has been determined) \u2014 compare ignition temperature"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-080807"
},
"fire boss":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one who examines a coal mine to determine whether firedamp is present, to search for fires caused by blasting, and to check on the general safety of the mine"
],
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"synonyms":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-082909"
},
"find appealing":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to be attracted to or pleased by : like"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-104118"
},
"firing table":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a table giving the elements of standard trajectories for a particular gun and type of ammunition and for effects produced by conditions (as of temperature or wind) that are not standard"
],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-130213"
},
"fill-dike":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": february fill-dike"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-133259"
},
"figuring":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a number symbol : numeral , digit",
": arithmetical calculations",
": a written or printed character",
": value especially as expressed in numbers : sum , price",
": digits representing an amount (as of money earned or points scored)",
": a geometric form (such as a line, triangle, or sphere) especially when considered as a set of geometric elements (such as points) in space of a given number of dimensions",
": bodily shape or form especially of a person",
": an object noticeable only as a shape or form",
": the graphic representation of a form especially of a person or geometric entity",
": a diagram or pictorial illustration of textual matter",
": a person, thing, or action representative of another",
": figure of speech",
": an intentional deviation from the ordinary form or syntactical relation of words",
": the form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term",
": an often repetitive pattern or design in a manufactured article (such as cloth) or natural product (such as wood)",
": appearance made : impression produced",
": a series of movements in a dance",
": an outline representation of a form traced by a series of evolutions (as with skates on an ice surface or by an airplane in the air)",
": a prominent personality : personage",
": a short coherent group of notes or chords that may constitute part of a phrase, theme, or composition",
": to represent by or as if by a figure or outline",
": to decorate with a pattern",
": to write figures over or under (the bass) in order to indicate the accompanying chords",
": to indicate or represent by numerals",
": calculate",
": conclude , decide",
": assume",
": regard , consider",
": to appear likely",
": to be or appear important or conspicuous",
": to be involved or implicated",
": to perform a figure in dancing",
": compute , calculate",
": to seem rational, normal, or expected",
": to make sense of something",
": to take into consideration",
": to rely on",
": plan",
": a symbol (as 1, 2, 3) that stands for a number : numeral",
": arithmetic sense 2",
": value or price expressed in figures",
": the shape or outline of something or someone",
": the shape of the body especially of a person",
": an illustration in a printed text",
": pattern entry 1 sense 1",
": a well-known or important person",
": calculate sense 1",
": believe sense 4 , decide",
": to make plans based on",
": to rely on",
": to have in mind",
": to discover or solve by thinking",
": to find a solution for",
": bodily shape or form especially of a person",
": the graphic representation of a form especially of a person",
": a diagram or pictorial illustration of textual matter",
": a person who is representative of or serves as a psychological substitute for someone or something else \u2014 see father figure"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi-gy\u0259r",
"British and often US",
"\u02c8fi-gy\u0259r",
"\u02c8fig-y\u0259r,"
],
"synonyms":[
"digit",
"integer",
"number",
"numeral",
"numeric",
"whole number"
],
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"choose",
"conclude",
"decide",
"determine",
"name",
"opt",
"resolve",
"settle (on "
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Her lissom figure is emphasized by narrow tree trunks and the slender legs of horse ridden through the forest. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The Seawolves ski team reached its fundraising figure of $628,000 in fewer than five months and was reinstated in mid-January 2021. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"If instead the yield on the 10-year Treasury security this year averages its current 3.25 percent figure , taxpayers would pay an additional $32 billion in interest, according to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 19 June 2022",
"However, its competitive balance figure of 190 from last fall keeps it in Division II. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"In the clip, Spears is wearing her off-the-shoulder Versace wedding gown, beautifully tailored to her figure , with a thigh-high slit and a long train. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 12 June 2022",
"The three-time world champion figure skater is releasing a memoir, to be followed by a children's book, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal. \u2014 Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"Needless to say, her figure is less than desirable. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 June 2022",
"In the early 1950s, Newton teenager Tenley Albright, a talented figure skater, used to practice her spins there. \u2014 Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Directors suggest a mood or a feeling, and Foley artists are left to figure it out. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"Every year, one organization tries to figure it out. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"Five is more confused than ever and walks off, seemingly to go figure a few things out. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
"Then there\u2019s Nia Akins (1:58.82) and Sage Hurta (1:59.59), rising young pros who figure into the dogfight for second and third place. \u2014 Brian Metzler, Outside Online , 22 June 2022",
"Espinoza has said police took five days to tell her an officer shot Andre, leaving her to figure it out herself using news articles about the incident. \u2014 Safia Samee Ali, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
"Hopefully the people that get paid to make those decisions figure that out. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"Hopefully, the people that get paid to make those decisions figure that out. \u2014 Dave Clark, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
"If there\u2019s a little partnering stumble, everyone goes over to help figure it out. \u2014 Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post , 10 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Noun",
"Middle English, \"shape, form, likeness, symbol, design, written character,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin fig\u016bra \"shape, form, outward appearance, likeness, nonliteral form of speech,\" from fig-, variant stem of fingere \"to mold, fashion, make a likeness of, pretend to be\" + -\u016bra -ure \u2014 more at feign",
"Verb",
"Middle English figuren \"to shape, represent symbolically, prefigure,\" borrowed from Anglo-French figurer, borrowed from Latin fig\u016br\u0101re \"to shape, form, make a likeness of, represent,\" verbal derivative of fig\u016bra \"shape, figure entry 1 \""
],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-140330"
},
"fist cods":{
"type":[
"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
],
"definitions":[
": a slaughterhouse worker who removes the hide from the rear legs of lambs and calves and curries calf carcasses"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"fist entry 2 + cods (testes)"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-142716"
},
"fink on":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to tell someone about the bad behavior or criminal activity of (another person)"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-165121"
},
"fireplug":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": hydrant"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)r-\u02ccpl\u0259g"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Not bad for a 5-9, 165-pound fireplug from southeastern Massachusetts. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 Oct. 2021",
"The son of an immigrant junk dealer, Mr. Asner had a fireplug build, jowly countenance and workingman\u2019s semblance that are not traditionally considered the raw materials of stardom. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Aug. 2021",
"Butler was a fireplug of man, with glasses and a thick neck, wearing a sharply creased dress white uniform that seemed to almost gleam under the courtroom\u2019s fluorescent lights. \u2014 T. Christian Miller, ProPublica , 20 Dec. 2019",
"But even after the city began distributing sprinkler caps in the 1950s to reduce the amount of wasted water, fireplugs continued to be opened illegally, becoming a source of tension and sometimes violence. \u2014 Jeff Giles, New York Times , 19 Aug. 2019",
"A fireplug of a man, Sandnes chased down the ball and threw a perfect spiral back to Bray from about 35 yards, prompting a round of hoots and cheers from impressed players. \u2014 Eric Olson, The Seattle Times , 19 Aug. 2017",
"The few that stand out \u2014 Mr. Hall\u2019s fireplug , Topher Grace\u2019s glib fixer \u2014 make the labored introductions superfluous. \u2014 A. O. Scott, New York Times , 25 May 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1713, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-174003"
},
"fides facta":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a ceremony in Teutonic law required for the making of a binding contract except in cases of bailment and consisting of making faith with a gage and pledge"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccf\u0113\u02ccd\u0101\u02c8sf\u00e4kt\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Medieval Latin, literally, assurance given"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-181727"
},
"fiesta":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": festival",
": a saint's day celebrated in Spain, Latin America, and the Philippines with processions and dances",
": a celebration especially in Spain and Latin America that commemorates a saint"
],
"pronounciation":[
"f\u0113-\u02c8e-st\u0259",
"f\u0113-\u02c8e-st\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[
"carnival",
"celebration",
"fest",
"festival",
"festivity",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"gala",
"jubilee"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the city's Latinos have a series of fiestas throughout the summer",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Last Saturday, like many days here in early June, was a softball fiesta . \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"When Villanueva finally arrived at his victory fiesta through a back door, the crowd roared. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"The feast turned into a fiesta with a DJ who was able to get guests up on their feet and dancing during the evening. \u2014 Vogue , 12 May 2022",
"May 5, which is a much bigger celebration in the U.S. than in Mexico, commemorates the 1862 Battle of Puebla, but has grown into a larger fiesta honoring Mexican culture stateside. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 5 May 2022",
"Looking for a body wash without a strong floral or tropical fiesta scent? \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The two-day fiesta features live music and dance from the area's best Latino performers, as well as food vendors and for the first time a Latino job fair. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 4 May 2022",
"The family fiesta features performances by Mario Santiago Band, Mariachis, Mexico Lindo Dancers, and Masflowband. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 4 May 2022",
"And that trunk would look just right filled with ice and your favorite beverages when there's a fiesta in the making out at the moontower. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 4 May 2022"
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"Spanish, from Latin festa \u2014 more at feast"
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"1844, in the meaning defined above"
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": a straggling annual Californian herb ( Nemophila aurita ) with deep purple or violet flowers"
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"transitive verb"
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"A con man finagled my neighbor out of four hundred dollars.",
"let me look at my schedule and see if I can't finagle a visit to the museum",
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"Bouchard\u2019s script, co-written with Jim Dauterive and Nora Smith, isn\u2019t going to bend the characters\u2019 reality and finagle an excuse to send them to Paris, or even Wally World. \u2014 Amy Nicholson, Variety , 23 May 2022",
"The buttons also tend to be larger and easier to finagle with gloves on. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 6 May 2022",
"The critic, who had managed to finagle his way into the Oliviers\u2019 lives despite his harsh critiques, later recalled lying in a guest bed at Notley, the couple\u2019s country home, trying to take a nap, when Vivien entered his room. \u2014 Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Sherman hopes to finagle a new, downtown stadium himself, even if locals are perfectly satisfied with Kauffman Stadium. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Is Mara trying to finagle her own after-hours one-on-one date? \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
"And only people with private insurance will qualify for reimbursements, which are not always easy to finagle . \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Shooting in Manhattan can be notoriously difficult, but Malin was able to finagle permission to shoot at must-see locations like Rockefeller Center and The Plaza Hotel in addition to Bergdorf's and Central Park. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 6 Oct. 2021",
"As professional designers, firms can typically finagle a 15% (or even more) discount on furniture and accessories. \u2014 Kathryn O'shea-evans, House Beautiful , 23 Sep. 2021"
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"perhaps alteration of fainaigue to renege"
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": being number 56 in a countable series",
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": a plate of metal fixed to the keel of a shallow boat to provide lateral resistance usually supplemented by a cigar-shaped bulb of lead to provide stability",
": a long narrow and shallow ship (as a yacht) fitted with a fin keel and lead bulb",
": a yacht with shallow body carried down in an extension of wood or metal which in turn carries a metal keel"
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": ammunition in which the projectile is permanently attached to a case that contains the primer and the propellant in distinction from separate-loading ammunition"
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": a bar-shaped form of pressed figs",
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": one of a group of persons among the Cahita, Mayo, and Yaqui responsible for the conduct of a fiesta"
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"\u02ccf\u0113\u0259\u02c8ste(\u02cc)r\u014d"
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"Mexican Spanish, from Spanish fiesta + -ero -er (from Latin -arius )"
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"noun"
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": one that fills in (as colors, designs, materials)",
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": any of several largely greenish yellow Australian orioles (genus Sphecotheres ) that feed chiefly on figs and other fruits"
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": a loom feeler that actuates a stop motion when filling yarn breaks or is not properly laid"
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": soda water sense 2a"
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"find approval/favor":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-085349"
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"fixative":{
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"adjective",
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": something that fixes or sets: such as",
": a substance added to a perfume especially to prevent too rapid evaporation",
": a substance used to fix living tissue",
": a varnish used especially for the protection of drawings (as in pastel or charcoal)",
": a substance used to fix living tissue"
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"\u02c8fik-s\u0259-tiv",
"\u02c8fik-s\u0259t-iv"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"from fixative, adjective, \"serving to fix,\" borrowed from New Latin f\u012bx\u0101t\u012bvus, from Medieval Latin f\u012bx\u0101tus, past participle of f\u012bx\u0101re \"to reduce a volatile substance (in alchemy)\" (in New Latin, \"to fix\") + Latin -\u012bvus -ive \u2014 more at fixation"
],
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"circa 1859, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091505"
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"filler man":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a tobacco worker who places filler leaves on trays so that air can circulate among them and dry them to the proper moisture content for use in cigars"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-092300"
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"fiduciary heir":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": an heir in Roman Dutch law who takes the property subject to its passing to another (as the fideicommissary heir) on fulfillment of certain conditions"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-101529"
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"first name":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": the name that stands first in one's full name"
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"Christian name",
"forename",
"given name",
"prename"
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"examples":[
"Children at the school call their teachers by their first names .",
"the parents still haven't picked a first name for the baby",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Corrections & Clarifications: In an earlier version of the article, Morris Garfinkle's first name was incorrect. \u2014 Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic , 9 June 2022",
"The first name on the 2022 Atlantic storm list is Alex. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 2 June 2022",
"And the very first name that was brought up to play my father was Javier Bardem. \u2014 Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Jan. 2022",
"When the investigators asked him if anyone else associated with the company might talk, the first name that popped into his mind was Billy Birge. \u2014 Brendan I. Koerner, Wired , 12 Oct. 2021",
"The first name out of his mouth was \u2026 Kalani Sitake. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 Sep. 2021",
"Should the first name be a short, to-the-point name, or should the moniker be long and lilting? \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
"Epicenter was the first name drawn and assigned the No. 8 post in the nine-horse field and made the 6-5 morning-line favorite. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"Each episode\u2019s title is the first name of the Ukrainian telling their story. \u2014 Andy Meek, Forbes , 14 May 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-111410"
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"firing step":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a ledge or board along the front wall of a trench used to stand on when firing"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-111508"
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"fire wall":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a wall constructed to prevent the spread of fire",
": computer hardware or software that prevents unauthorized access to private data (as on a company's local area network or intranet) by outside computer users (as of the Internet)"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The chief said the wooden stick-frame construction also likely helped the fire move quickly, but said the fire wall between the homes did its job and likely accounted for the other family being able to escape without injury. \u2014 Danielle Camilli, USA TODAY , 27 Dec. 2021",
"V\u00e9ra stood as the fire wall between Vladimir Nabokov and Humbert Humbert. \u2014 Stacy Schiff, The New Yorker , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Your teammate can cast a fire wall to herd opponents into your lightning death tube. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 16 Sep. 2020",
"According to the February consent decree with the FCC, TeleQuality in 2015 and 2016 offered rural health care providers free routers and fire walls to induce them to select the company as their broadband provider. \u2014 Patrick Danner, ExpressNews.com , 14 May 2020",
"And virtual private networks, which had long been used to circumvent the fire wall , are becoming increasingly unstable amid Beijing\u2019s crackdown on the tool in recent years. \u2014 Jane Li, Quartz , 2 Oct. 2019",
"Yogi was near the fire wall when a tangle of wires fell from above, knocking him off balance. \u2014 Sean Flynn, Esquire , 9 Mar. 2017",
"Wahlen said the building at 1214 VFW Parkway is a loss, but a fire wall saved the adjoining building at 1216 VFW Parkway. \u2014 John Hilliard And Felicia Gans, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2018",
"The wall in question was a fire wall owned by the city, left exposed after a Woolworth building was torn down by the city's Downtown Development Authority to make room for the Festival Square, Eustice said. \u2014 Bryce Airgood, Detroit Free Press , 6 July 2018"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"circa 1666, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-121008"
},
"fi fa":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
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"definitions":[
"fieri facias",
"fieri facias"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-121033"
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"fireproofing tile":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": tile for use as a protection against fire for structural members"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-125639"
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"figure caster":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": astrologer":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105726"
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"fioritura":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": ornament sense 5":[]
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"f\u0113-\u02cc\u022fr-\u0259-\u02c8tu\u0307r-\u0259"
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"borrowed from Italian, \"flowering, bloom, flourishing, embellishing notes,\" from fiorito, past participle of fiorire \"to flower, flourish\" (going back to Vulgar Latin *fl\u014dr\u012bre ) + -ura -ure \u2014 more at flourish entry 1":""
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"1836, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105926"
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"fiedlerite":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a lead mineral Pb 3 (OH) 2 Cl 4 that is probably a hydroxychloride and occurs in colorless monoclinic crystals":[]
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"\u02c8f\u0113dl\u0259\u02ccr\u012bt"
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"German fiedlerit , from Karl G. Fiedler \u20201853 German mine commissioner + German -it -ite":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112333"
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"figeater":{
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112420"
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"fiduciary contract":{
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112432"
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"fidge":{
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"verb"
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"definitions":{
": fidget":[]
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"\u02c8fij"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"probably alteration of English dialect fitch , from Middle English fichen":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1575, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112645"
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"adverb"
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": with a meaning that is metaphorical rather than literal":[
"Speaking of panic, I recently ran into ( figuratively , not literally) a friend who was ranting about giant \"bees\" digging holes in his lawn.",
"\u2014 Ron Kujawski",
"Poor small-town America. During the last gasps of this fevered election, pollsters, zealous campaign foot soldiers and reporters are kicking down its doors, figuratively speaking \u2026",
"\u2014 Doug Colligan"
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": in a way intended to represent the form or figure of something or someone having objective reality : in a way that is not purely abstract":[
"Franz Kline, who had always painted figuratively , made his breakthrough in 1949 when he looked at one of his sketches in a Bell-Opticon magnifier, and saw the rough, thrusting horizontals and verticals that became the basis of his new abstract style.",
"\u2014 Calvin Tomkins"
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"\u02c8fi-g(y)\u0259-r\u0259-tiv-l\u0113"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112837"
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"noun"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Scottish Gaelic f\u0113ile-beag , from f\u0113ileadh kilt + beag little; akin to Old Irish becc, bec small, Welsh bach":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113426"
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"noun"
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"administrative area of eastern Scotland between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth area 509 square miles (1319 square kilometers), population 365,198":[]
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"\u02c8f\u012bf"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"She had been abducted while walking home from practice with her school\u2019s fife -and-drum team in 1968. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2021",
"American fife and drum blues has been popular in the hill country of Mississippi and Tennessee for decades. \u2014 Lici Beveridge, USA Today , 17 Feb. 2021",
"Steven Taskovics, 58, a re-enactor from Framingham, Mass., plays the fife in the Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes & Drums, a group that marches in costume and performs Revolutionary War-era music. \u2014 Cameron Mcwhirter, WSJ , 1 Apr. 2021",
"Hill Country Blues guitarist Jessie Mae Hemphill came from a musical family and struck out on her own after many years performing in north Mississippi fife and drum bands. \u2014 Lici Beveridge, USA Today , 17 Feb. 2021",
"Calvin Jackson was an innovator, known for incorporating fife and drum blues as well as funk and soul into hill country blues for a musical signature that was his own. \u2014 Lici Beveridge, USA Today , 17 Feb. 2021",
"The fife and drum corps is missing in action (because blowing air is a no-no), but new walking tours have been introduced to keep guests warm outside by moving around. \u2014 Vicky Hallett, Washington Post , 23 Nov. 2020",
"An original member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, an old-time string band from North Carolina, Dom Flemons is a singer-songwriter who also plays the banjo, fife , guitar, harmonica, percussion, quills, rhythm bones... \u2014 Country Living Staff, Country Living , 12 June 2020",
"For an unmarked fife like yours, an auction sale might return $100-$150. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Jan. 2020"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"German Pfeife pipe, fife, from Old High German pf\u012bfa , from Vulgar Latin *pipa pipe \u2014 more at pipe":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1539, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113557"
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"noun",
"verb"
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"definitions":{
": a gesture in which two people bump their fists together (as in greeting or celebration)":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Webb Simpson, the 2012 U.S. Open champion and a PGA Tour stalwart, approached Mickelson with a wide smile and offered a fist bump . \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"Alden Lee, 6, after getting his first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, gets a fist bump from nurse Pedro Elizarraraz at Children's Hospital Arcadia Speciality Care Center onJan. \u2014 CBS News , 16 June 2022",
"A little after noon on Thursday, Jabari Smith and Orlando Magic coach Jamahl Mosley gave each other a fist bump at the AdventHealth Practice Facility inside Amway Center. \u2014 Khobi Price, Orlando Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
"Stricker made a birdie from the bunker on 17 that put him at 20 under for the first time, receiving a congratulatory fist bump from Alker. \u2014 John Zenor, Hartford Courant , 15 May 2022",
"As his core players checked out with 48.3 seconds left on the game clock Thursday night, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr gave them a fist bump and a nod. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 June 2022",
"The 25-year-old turned to the baby and quickly gave him a fist bump before going on to score a massive 31 points in the first half. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Curry gave Spellman a fist bump and the two started chatting with Brandon nearby holding a box while mom captured the scene with her phone. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Gatorade had the dynamic coolers -- with a wild, energetic design that depicts turquoise and magenta arms meeting in a fist bump . \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 20 Feb. 2022"
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"Maddon\u2019s departure leaves Minasian as next in line for the firing squad . \u2014 Dylan Hern\u00e1ndez, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"The state\u2019s highest court on Wednesday issued a temporary stay blocking the state from carrying out what was set to be its first-ever firing squad execution. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022",
"On Wednesday, the South Carolina Supreme Court issued a temporary stay blocking the state from carrying out what was set to be its first-ever firing squad execution. \u2014 CBS News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"South Carolina\u2019s highest court on Wednesday issued a temporary stay blocking the state from carrying out what was set to be its first-ever firing squad execution. \u2014 Fox News , 20 Apr. 2022",
"And, the Marshall Project's Maurice Chamass discusses why one South Carolina prisoner on death row is opting for a firing squad execution. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 19 Apr. 2022",
"In the case of a firing squad execution, three volunteer prison workers will train their rifles on the prisoner's heart. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Executions there had been paused until the state was able to accommodate the firing squad option. \u2014 Shawna Mizelle, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
"He is scheduled to be executed by a firing squad of three members with rifles on April 29. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022"
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"The city has also approved a balanced $53 million budget, including salary increases and a new fire truck , as well as a large street sweeping contract despite concerns the company is gouging taxpayers. \u2014 Blake Nelsonstaff Reporter, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 June 2022",
"The nearest fire truck , located on Main Street, was tied up on a medical call at the time. \u2014 Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"Open for exploration were a police car, city dump truck, fire truck , U.S. Postal Service vehicle, Berea City School District bus, excavator, Cuyahoga County Public Library delivery truck, Army National Guard vehicles and more. \u2014 Beth Mlady, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
"The man shoved the firefighter against a fire truck , injuring him, and continued toward the woman inside, according to the news release. \u2014 John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star , 4 June 2022",
"Is Kim\u2019s high-scale activism ultimately akin to a ride to school in a fire truck for the spectacle of it? \u2014 Vogue , 19 May 2022",
"Engine 27 was driving southbound on Hillcrest Drive, responding to a structure fire off of Culebra Road, when a silver sedan speeding down Quill Drive struck the fire truck . \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The protesters set fire to one of the buses and turned back a fire truck that rushed to douse it. \u2014 Krishan Francis, ajc , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Three fire engines, a water tender, a fire truck and a medic were assigned to the blaze with a total of 20 fire personnel on the scene. \u2014 City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Feb. 2022"
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"Delaney Park, better known as the Park Strip, was first cleared as a firebreak in 1917 and has served as parkland ever since. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 19 June 2022",
"So the avenue provided the firebreak that saved the city. \u2014 Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Nov. 2021",
"When the sheriff told the family to leave, Mike stayed to create a firebreak and spray down the house. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 July 2021",
"Many of the roads selected are single-lane, primitive and unmaintained, cleared almost 100 years ago for timber haul or firebreak roads. \u2014 Bill Pollnow, Star Tribune , 2 June 2021",
"For your first burn, light the edge of the downwind firebreak so that the flames creep slowly into the wind. \u2014 Will Brantley, Field & Stream , 17 Mar. 2021",
"Some divisions fought fires nowhere near the firebreak . \u2014 Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Nov. 2020",
"The world\u2019s biggest firebreak , a nearly 800-mile line cut into the western slope of the Sierra Nevada during the Great Depression, once protected California\u2019s forests from the state\u2019s ceaseless infernos. \u2014 Anna Buchmann, SFChronicle.com , 20 Nov. 2020",
"The firebreak will clear about 35 feet of dead vegetation and invasive trees from rear property lines across 2,300 feet and will allow easier access for firefighters near the San Diego River. \u2014 Karen Pearlman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Oct. 2020"
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"a collector of fine art",
"She studies painting in the department of fine arts .",
"We saw the sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts .",
"the fine art of gourmet cooking",
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"The Futureverse Foundation is committed to funding artists who will create powerful works to be transformed into these crypto assets, proving that fine art has a home in the next iteration of the internet, often called Web 3.0. \u2014 Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"Fetterman had purchased his first fine art photograph a few years earlier, shortly after moving to Los Angeles in 1979. \u2014 Claudia Eller, Variety , 17 June 2022",
"An article on Monday about fine art inspired by the sport of basketball misstated the middle name of an artist who built a bronze sculpture of the arm of the Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Currently on offer: custom jewelry that will allow shoppers to participate in the design process, fine art sculptures, and the chance to book intimate portrait sessions photographed by Mohammed on his Fujifilm X-T4 camera. \u2014 Andr\u00e9-naquian Wheeler, Vogue , 14 June 2022",
"As a fine art student at Howard University, Butler studied the work of Romare Bearden and was taught by Elizabeth Catlett, Jeff Donaldson, Lois Mailou Jones, and Earnie Barnes. \u2014 Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
"How can a fine art jewelry brand engage with the digitization of creative and business practices? \u2014 Stephan Rabimov, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"It was purchased on Tuesday by Amy Cappellazzo, the former head of Sotheby\u2019s global fine art division, who left the auction house last year, Reuters reported. \u2014 Chantal Da Silva, NBC News , 18 May 2022",
"Baker has a bachelor\u2019s of fine art degree in photography from Indiana State University, and is working toward a master\u2019s of liberal arts degree in journalism from Harvard. \u2014 Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022"
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"\u201cThey lost.\u201d \u201cI figured as much.\u201d",
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"Her lissom figure is emphasized by narrow tree trunks and the slender legs of horse ridden through the forest. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The Seawolves ski team reached its fundraising figure of $628,000 in fewer than five months and was reinstated in mid-January 2021. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"If instead the yield on the 10-year Treasury security this year averages its current 3.25 percent figure , taxpayers would pay an additional $32 billion in interest, according to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 19 June 2022",
"However, its competitive balance figure of 190 from last fall keeps it in Division II. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"In the clip, Spears is wearing her off-the-shoulder Versace wedding gown, beautifully tailored to her figure , with a thigh-high slit and a long train. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 12 June 2022",
"The three-time world champion figure skater is releasing a memoir, to be followed by a children's book, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal. \u2014 Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"Needless to say, her figure is less than desirable. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 June 2022",
"In the early 1950s, Newton teenager Tenley Albright, a talented figure skater, used to practice her spins there. \u2014 Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Directors suggest a mood or a feeling, and Foley artists are left to figure it out. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"Every year, one organization tries to figure it out. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"Five is more confused than ever and walks off, seemingly to go figure a few things out. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
"Then there\u2019s Nia Akins (1:58.82) and Sage Hurta (1:59.59), rising young pros who figure into the dogfight for second and third place. \u2014 Brian Metzler, Outside Online , 22 June 2022",
"Espinoza has said police took five days to tell her an officer shot Andre, leaving her to figure it out herself using news articles about the incident. \u2014 Safia Samee Ali, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
"Hopefully the people that get paid to make those decisions figure that out. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"Hopefully, the people that get paid to make those decisions figure that out. \u2014 Dave Clark, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
"If there\u2019s a little partnering stumble, everyone goes over to help figure it out. \u2014 Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post , 10 June 2022"
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"Middle English figuren \"to shape, represent symbolically, prefigure,\" borrowed from Anglo-French figurer, borrowed from Latin fig\u016br\u0101re \"to shape, form, make a likeness of, represent,\" verbal derivative of fig\u016bra \"shape, figure entry 1 \"":"Verb"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Israeli military said three suspects hurled a firebomb at forces operating near the barrier, who responded with live fire. \u2014 Joseph Krauss, ajc , 2 June 2022",
"Police said a firebomb thrown by one of the protesters set a carpet outside the mosque on fire, but it was quickly extinguished. \u2014 Ilan Ben Zion, ajc , 20 Apr. 2022",
"On the cover was an image of a parched desert landscape, a nuclear firebomb , three men wearing hazmat suits, and a crumbling Statue of Liberty. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The Israeli military said its forces shot a Palestinian who threw a firebomb at them. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Prosecutors said the homemade firebomb consisted of a five-gallon Scepter fuel tank filled with gasoline and pages from a Christian religious pamphlet that were used as a wick. \u2014 Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
"She has been charged with using a firebomb , a third degree felony. \u2014 Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com , 27 Sep. 2021",
"The same bombers had previously tossed a firebomb into an ROTC classroom at the university. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Late on Friday, someone threw a firebomb at an Arab family\u2019s home in the Ajami neighborhood of Tel Aviv, striking two children. \u2014 Time , 15 May 2021"
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