dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/st_mw.json

{
  "Stone Age":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the first known period of prehistoric human culture characterized by the use of stone tools \u2014 compare mesolithic , neolithic , paleolithic",
      ": a stage in a human institution or field of endeavor regarded as primitive, outmoded, or obsolete",
      ": of, relating to, or resembling the culture of the Stone Age especially in the use of stone implements",
      ": primitive, outmoded, or unsophisticated (as in ideas or technology) by currently accepted standards",
      ": the oldest period in which human beings are known to have existed : the age during which stone tools were used"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "antiquated",
      "archaic",
      "dated",
      "d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
      "demoded",
      "fossilized",
      "kaput",
      "kaputt",
      "medieval",
      "mediaeval",
      "moribund",
      "mossy",
      "moth-eaten",
      "neolithic",
      "Noachian",
      "obsolete",
      "out-of-date",
      "outdated",
      "outmoded",
      "outworn",
      "pass\u00e9",
      "prehistoric",
      "prehistorical",
      "rusty",
      "superannuated"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Stone Age attitudes about the raising of children."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191705"
  },
  "Sturm und Drang":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a late 18th century German literary movement characterized by works containing rousing action and high emotionalism that often deal with the individual's revolt against society",
      ": turmoil"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccshtu\u0307rm-u\u0307nt-\u02c8dr\u00e4\u014b",
      "\u02ccstu\u0307rm-",
      "-\u0259nt-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disquiet",
      "ferment",
      "fermentation",
      "restiveness",
      "restlessness",
      "turmoil",
      "uneasiness",
      "unquietness",
      "unrest"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "calm",
      "ease",
      "peace",
      "peacefulness",
      "quiet",
      "tranquillity",
      "tranquility"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "in a year filled with corporate Sturm und Drang , the company was headed by no fewer than three different CEOs"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"German, literally, storm and stress, from Sturm und Drang (1776), drama by Friedrich von Klinger \u20201831 German novelist and dramatist",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191548"
  },
  "Stagyrite":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of Stagyrite variant spelling of stagirite"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-162019"
  },
  "St\u00e5hlberg":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "1865\u20131952 Finnish statesman"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u022fl-\u02ccb\u0259rg",
      "-\u02ccber-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-191637"
  },
  "Stilicho":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Flavius circa 365\u2013408 Roman general and statesman"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sti-li-\u02cck\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-232638"
  },
  "Sterkfontein ape-man":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an extinct southern African anthropoid ( Australopithecus transvaalensis or Plesianthropus transvaalensis ) known from numerous parts of skulls, teeth, and other skeletal fragments recovered from cave bone breccia"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sterkf\u0259n\u02cct\u0101n-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"from Sterkfontein , farm near Johannesburg, South Africa, where the specimens were found",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-092255"
  },
  "Stachyurus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small genus (coextensive with the family Stachyuraceae of the order Parietales) of Asiatic shrubs and trees having regular tetramerous flowers in long drooping racemes and small globose fruits"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccstak\u0259\u0307\u02c8yu\u0307r\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from Greek stachys + New Latin -urus ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-121139"
  },
  "Stachytarpheta":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a genus of chiefly tropical plants (family Verbenaceae) with solitary axillary flowers \u2014 see jamaica vervain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccstak\u0259\u0307t\u00e4r\u02c8f\u0113t\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Greek stachys + New Latin -tarpheta (probably irregular from Greek tarpheia , feminine of tarphys thick; perhaps akin to Greek thrombos lump"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-130110"
  },
  "Stromateidae":{
    "type":[
      "adjective or noun",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a large family of chiefly small marine fishes (such as the harvest fish and the dollarfish) having a short compressed body, smooth scales, feeble spines, and a series of toothlike processes in the esophagus behind the pharyngeal bones that with a few related forms constitutes a distinct suborder of Percomorphi"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccstr\u014dm\u0259\u02c8t\u0113\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Stromateus , type genus (from Greek str\u014dmateus bed covering, a fish marked with patchwork colors, from str\u014dmat-, str\u014dma bed covering) + -idae"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-131857"
  },
  "Staunton":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "independent city in northwest central Virginia population 23,746"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stan-t\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-205518"
  },
  "Stoph":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Willi 1914\u20131999 prime minister of East Germany (1976\u201389)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sht\u022ff",
      "\u02c8st\u022ff"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-222317"
  },
  "Stir-up Sunday":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the last Sunday before Advent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "so called from the first words of the Anglican collect for the day, \"Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people\""
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-023623"
  },
  "State College":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a college that is financially supported by a state government, often specializes in a branch of technical or professional education, and often forms part of the state university",
      "borough in central Pennsylvania northeast of Altoona population 42,034"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "She\u2019s one of 150 young Ohioans to win a $10,000 scholarship toward the in- state college or university of her choice. \u2014 Jake Zuckerman, The Enquirer , 13 June 2022",
      "She\u2019s one of 150 young Ohioans to win a $10,000 scholarship toward the in- state college or university of her choice. \u2014 cleveland , 13 June 2022",
      "On Sunday night\u2019s episode of 60 Minutes, successful Chicago businessman Pete Kadens explained how his charity, Hope Chicago, would cover the cost of in- state college tuition for thousands of underprivileged students and their parents. \u2014 Kevin Clark, Essence , 23 May 2022",
      "Massachusetts institutions for higher learning are not fans of in- state college betting. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
      "No other state college or university has seen cumulative gains greater than $10.8 million, according to a Democrat-Gazette analysis of productivity funding data provided by the state Division of Higher Education. \u2014 Jaime Adame, Arkansas Online , 16 May 2022",
      "Teacher salaries are up, residents can go to an in- state college tuition-free, moms will get medical care for a year after childbirth, and criminal justice initiatives are being funded to reduce urban violence. \u2014 Morgan Lee And Mead Gruver, Anchorage Daily News , 16 May 2022",
      "And providing in- state college tuition rates to some high school graduates in the state who lack legal residency could be considered, the report said. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "State Democrats met on Tuesday to discuss plans to ease the debt burden on borrowers by up to $5,000 each year, so long as the borrower attended a state college or university and has lived in Connecticut for at least five years. \u2014 Seamus Mcavoy, courant.com , 9 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1806, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-053335"
  },
  "Stourbridge":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "town in the West Midlands, west central England, west of Birmingham population 63,000"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stau\u0307(-\u0259)r-(\u02cc)brij",
      "\u02c8st\u022fr-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-102904"
  },
  "Stinnes":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Hugo 1870\u20131924 German industrialist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8shti-n\u0259s",
      "\u02c8sti-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-135452"
  },
  "Stiglitz":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Joseph Eugene 1943\u2013 American economist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sti-\u02ccglits"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-200131"
  },
  "Stundism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the religious movement of the Stundists or their principles and practices"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s(h)tu\u0307n\u02ccdiz\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Russian shtundizm , from shtunda + -izm -ism"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-051100"
  },
  "Stalin":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Joseph 1879\u20131953",
      "Soviet leader",
      "\u2014 see brasov",
      "\u2014 see donetsk",
      "\u2014 see varna"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4-l\u0259n",
      "\u02c8sta-",
      "-\u02ccl\u0113n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-054819"
  },
  "Steuben":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Baron Friedrich Wilhelm (Ludolf Gerhard Augustin) von 1730\u20131794 Prussian-born general in American Revolution"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00fc-b\u0259n",
      "\u02c8sty\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8sht\u022fi-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-090635"
  },
  "Sterling Heights":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "city in southeastern Michigan north of Detroit population 129,699"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259r-li\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-172006"
  },
  "Sterlitamak":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "city on the Belaya River in eastern Russia in Europe which produces cement, chemicals, and synthetic rubber from locally available raw materials population 273,450"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccster-li-t\u0259-\u02c8m\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-201625"
  },
  "Stour":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": strong , hardy",
      ": stern , harsh",
      ": battle , conflict",
      ": tumult , uproar",
      ": dust , powder",
      "river 47 miles (76 kilometers) long in southeastern England flowing east between Essex and Suffolk into the North Sea",
      "river 55 miles (88 kilometers) long in Dorset and Hampshire, southern England, flowing southeast into the Avon River",
      "river 40 miles (64 kilometers) long in Kent, southeastern England, flowing northeast into the North Sea",
      "river 20 miles (32 kilometers) long in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, central England, flowing northwest into the Avon River",
      "river 20 miles (32 kilometers) long in west central England flowing south into the Severn River"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stu\u0307r",
      "\u02c8stu\u0307r",
      "\u02c8stau\u0307r",
      "\u02c8stau\u0307-\u0259r",
      "\u02c8st\u022fr",
      ""
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Adjective",
      "Middle English stor , from Old English st\u014dr ; akin to Old High German stuori large, Russian stary\u012d old, Old English standan to stand",
      "Noun",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French estur, estour , of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German sturm storm, battle \u2014 more at storm"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-014849"
  },
  "Stundist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one of a Russian denomination of Protestants originating about 1860 under German influence and emphasizing evangelical piety"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-d\u0259\u0307st"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Russian shtundist , from shtunda Stundism, body of Stundists (from German stunde lesson, hour, from Old High German stunta point in time, hour) + -ist ; from their meetings for Bible study or prayer"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-174746"
  },
  "Stagonospora":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a large cosmopolitan genus of imperfect fungi (family Sphaeropsidaceae) having oblong several-septate hyaline pycniospores and including some forms that cause leaf diseases of economic plants"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccstag\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4sp\u0259r\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Greek stagon-, stag\u014dn drop (from stazein to drip) + New Latin -o- + -spora"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-175617"
  },
  "Staudinger equation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an equation for determining the molecular weight of polymeric materials that utilizes the viscosity of solutions of the polymer at definite concentrations"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s(h)tau\u0307di\u014b\u0259(r)-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "after Hermann Staudinger \u20201965 German chemist"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-192706"
  },
  "Stettinius":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Edward Reilly 1900\u20131949 American financier and statesman"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "st\u0259-\u02c8ti-n\u0113-\u0259s",
      "ste-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-202332"
  },
  "Strongsville":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "city southwest of Cleveland in northeastern Ohio population 44,750"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u022f\u014bz-\u02ccvil"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-125838"
  },
  "Stalinism":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun or adjective",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the political, economic, and social principles and policies associated with Stalin",
      ": the theory and practice of communism developed by Stalin from Marxism-Leninism and marked especially by rigid authoritarianism, widespread use of terror, and often emphasis on Russian nationalism"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m",
      "\u02c8sta-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1927, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-134006"
  },
  "Staudinger":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Hermann 1881\u20131965 German chemist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8shtau\u0307-di\u014b-\u0259r",
      "\u02c8stau\u0307-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-144443"
  },
  "Stettiner Haff":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "large lagoon on the coast of Pomerania between northeastern Germany and northwestern Poland into which the Oder River empties"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "shte-\u02c8t\u0113-n\u0259r-\u02c8h\u00e4f"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-155810"
  },
  "Struensee":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Johann Friedrich 1737\u20131772 Graf Struensee Danish (German-born) physician and politician"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8shtr\u00fc-\u0259n-\u02ccz\u0101",
      "\u02c8str\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-161555"
  },
  "Stahlian":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of or relating to G. E. Stahl or his doctrine of animism",
      ": an adherent of G. E. Stahl and his doctrines"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4l\u0113\u0259n",
      "-ly\u0259n",
      "\""
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Adjective",
      "Georg Ernst Stahl \u20201734 German physician and chemist + English -ian , adjective suffix",
      "Noun",
      "Georg E. Stahl \u20201734 + English -ian , noun suffix"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-175500"
  },
  "Stomoisia":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a large genus of herbs (family Lentibulariaceae) widely distributed on wet shores and having rootlike bladder-bearing branches, minute or scalelike leaves, and racemose or solitary irregular often spurred mostly yellow flowers \u2014 compare bladderwort"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "st\u0259\u02c8m\u022fis\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, perhaps from stom- + Greek oisos agnus castus + New Latin -ia"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-194236"
  },
  "Stockholm tar":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": pine tar used in shipbuilding and in the manufacture of cordage"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-012930"
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      "noun"
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      "noun"
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      ": the quality, state, or degree of being stable : such as",
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      ": the property of a body that causes it when disturbed from a condition of equilibrium or steady motion to develop forces or moments that restore the original condition",
      ": resistance to chemical change or to physical disintegration",
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      "the country's political and economic stability",
      "Test the platform for stability before using it.",
      "There are some questions about the applicant's mental stability .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "When the Soviet system finally collapsed in 1991, the result was not stability but a decade of near-anarchy. \u2014 Robert D. Kaplan, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
      "While size isn't a deal-breaker or -maker, stability is. \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
      "Fellow 33-year-old Eduardo Escobar has been merely league average offensively, but stability and respected veteran vibes have been sufficient at third base. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
      "And yet Putin\u2019s actions have been so brutal that the burden of proof lies with those cautioning that stability is beneficial. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 24 May 2022",
      "Particularly for women, there is so much pressure to be caretakers, to be the stability . \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 20 May 2022",
      "That stability , even during turbulent times, is what prompted Bender to focus on dollar stores when starting his real estate career in the middle of the 2008 financial crisis. \u2014 Lauren Debter, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
      "The Emmys telecast airs on a different network every year in a four-network wheel, but there has been far more stability in its show producers lately. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 6 May 2022",
      "Economic stability is especially fragile for mothers living in states with weak social safety nets, Miller said. \u2014 Martha C. White, NBC News , 5 May 2022"
    ],
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215502"
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      "noun",
      "verb"
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      ": to make stable , steadfast, or firm",
      ": to hold steady: such as",
      ": to maintain the stability of (something, such as an airplane) by means of a stabilizer",
      ": to limit fluctuations of",
      ": to establish a minimum price for",
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      ": to make or become unlikely to change suddenly or greatly",
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      ": to become stable"
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      "\u02c8st\u0101-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Unlike other front-loaded, leg-dominant exercises\u2014think goblet squats\u2014the weight positioning forces you to stabilize your entire frame. \u2014 Jeff Tomko, Men's Health , 7 June 2022",
      "Cedillo described the city\u2019s strategy as a groundbreaking way to preserve affordable housing, one that will stabilize the situation for Hillside Villa\u2019s tenants. \u2014 David Zahniserstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
      "The cabinet on May 10 directed the finance ministry to disburse some $2 million to implement a project to stabilize sand dunes, Iraqi News Agency reported. \u2014 Kasha Patel, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "It was filed as the state Legislature prepares to convene for a special session next week to look at ways to stabilize Florida\u2019s property insurance market. \u2014 Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
      "Meanwhile, in November, government officials from European nations including France and Italy met to discuss ways to stabilize Libya and deter refugees and migrants from attempting to cross the Mediterranean. \u2014 Kenneth R. Rosen, The New Republic , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The Biden administration recently signed an executive order telling federal agencies to study the problem because the crypto market lacks the consumer protections that stabilize this type of investment and deter its use by criminals. \u2014 The Editors, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Mayor Lumumba's short-term goal for the city is to identify a means to stabilize Jackson's water treatment facilities and pinpoint solutions to repair them. \u2014 Maya Brown, CNN , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Drinking alcohol can affect blood sugar levels, which could be why your body craves food during a hangover, but eating unhealthy foods is not a healthy way to stabilize blood sugar, Chavarria adds. \u2014 Kimberly Hickok, Popular Mechanics , 17 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1861, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213831"
  },
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      ": a building in which domestic animals are sheltered and fed",
      ": such a building having stalls or compartments",
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      ": the racing cars of one owner",
      ": group , collection",
      ": to put or keep in a stable",
      ": to dwell in or as if in a stable",
      ": firmly established : fixed , steadfast",
      ": not changing or fluctuating : unvarying",
      ": permanent , enduring",
      ": steady in purpose : firm in resolution",
      ": not subject to insecurity or emotional illness : sane , rational",
      ": placed so as to resist forces tending to cause motion or change of motion",
      ": designed so as to develop forces that restore the original condition when disturbed from a condition of equilibrium or steady motion",
      ": not readily altering in chemical makeup or physical state",
      ": not spontaneously radioactive",
      ": a building in which horses are housed and cared for",
      ": to put or keep in a stable",
      ": not easily changed or affected",
      ": not likely to change suddenly or greatly",
      ": lasting",
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      ": not subject to insecurity or emotional illness",
      ": not readily altering in chemical makeup or physical state",
      ": not spontaneously radioactive"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The entertainment giant also has a stable of 38 lobbyists in Tallahassee that includes former Republican House Speakers Dean Cannon and Larry Cretul, according to legislative records. \u2014 Skyler Swisher, orlandosentinel.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Arizona has a stable of bigs that also contain the perimeter. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "In February 2019, Spotify bought podcast production company Gimlet, which had a sizable stable of shows. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "In a time when networks have a small stable of reliable performers, TLC has multiple shows that have been on for 6-plus seasons. \u2014 Sandra Gonzalez, CNN , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "The Ravens have a stable of mediocre runners after injuries to Dobbins and Edwards. \u2014 Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com , 9 Oct. 2021",
      "Leonine adds Hyperbole to its growing stable of television and film production companies. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
      "Lukas closed his stable in California and made do from Kentucky with a compact group of 50 horses. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
      "The diverse successes of his stable are more important to him than one race. \u2014 Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun , 6 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "On Wednesday, King\u2019s Home unveiled a new barn to stable its 11 horses on a farm near Chelsea. \u2014 al , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Grooms went home to small, mortgaged homes so that Gem might stable her horse, and horses would be broken so that Gem might ride. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Baffert will temporarily not be allowed to stable any horses at Belmont Park, Aqueduct Racetrack and Saratoga Race Course or run any of his horses at the New York Racing Association\u2019s tracks. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 May 2021",
      "Additionally, the location where trainers stable their horse matters. \u2014 Andre Toran, The Courier-Journal , 26 Apr. 2021",
      "The economy needs to stable out after these COVID issues. \u2014 David M. Drucker, Washington Examiner , 12 Apr. 2021",
      "As each day brings a new sign of the airline industry\u2019s domestic resurgence, the latest was provided by Fitch Ratings, which revised the rating outlook for Charlotte Douglas International Airport to stable from negative. \u2014 Ted Reed, Forbes , 7 Apr. 2021",
      "Taking these factors into account, Moody\u2019s changed its rating for the real estate firm from negative to stable in November last year. \u2014 Prathamesh Mulye, Quartz , 5 Apr. 2021",
      "The paper found Robinson\u2019s great lifetime causes congenial: devotion to the British Empire and a belief that only the United Kingdom and the United States could guide the world to stable peace and prosperity. \u2014 Howard Schneider, WSJ , 26 Nov. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Nearly two years ago, Powell\u2019s Fed adopted a new framework for approaching its mandate from Congress to support full employment while maintaining stable prices. \u2014 Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
      "Attitudes on whether Americans think Trump is responsible for the attack on the U.S. Capitol remain relatively stable . \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 19 June 2022",
      "The original error was traced back to the spring of 2021, when one pallet of the sealant was delivered to a school district food warehouse mistakenly at the same time as four pallets of shelf- stable milk, the district said. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 18 June 2022",
      "Both spacecraft were designed to be stable platforms for their vidicon cameras, which used red, green and blue filters to produce full-color images. \u2014 Tim Folger, Scientific American , 18 June 2022",
      "With Russia more financially stable than many in the West had hoped, Putin has been unafraid of shutting the gas valve to Europe. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 18 June 2022",
      "That lead is small \u2014 about three points \u2014 but stable . \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 18 June 2022",
      "We\u2019re set up with a very talented and stable management team, both in terms of the baseball ops department, but the business side. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun , 18 June 2022",
      "Costa Rica has been a longtime stable force in a region often known for upheaval. \u2014 Fox News , 17 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
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      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170500"
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      ": one of a series of positions or stations one above the other : step",
      ": the height of the surface of a river above an arbitrary zero point",
      ": a raised platform",
      ": the part of a theater on which the acting takes place and which often includes the wings",
      ": the acting profession : the theater as an occupation or activity",
      ": soundstage",
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      ": the small platform of a microscope on which an object is placed for examination",
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      ": the distance between two stopping places on a road",
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      ": one of the distinguishable periods of growth and development of a plant or animal",
      ": a period or phase in the course of a disease",
      ": the degree of involvement or severity of a disease",
      ": one passing through a (specified) stage",
      ": an element or part of an electronic device (such as an amplifier)",
      ": one of two or more sections of a rocket that have their own fuel and engine",
      ": in or into the acting profession",
      ": to produce (something, such as a play) on a stage",
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      ": to determine the phase or severity of (a disease) based on a classification of established symptomatic criteria",
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      ": intended to represent a type or stereotype",
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      ": the theatrical profession or art",
      ": a place where something important happens",
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      ": to produce or show to others on or as if on the stage",
      ": a period or step in a process, activity, or development: as",
      ": one of the distinguishable periods of growth and development of a plant or animal",
      ": a period or phase in the course of a disease",
      ": the degree of involvement or severity of a disease",
      ": one of two or more operations performed at different times but constituting a single procedure",
      ": any of the four degrees indicating depth of general anesthesia",
      ": the small platform of a microscope on which an object is placed for examination",
      ": to determine the phase or severity of (a disease) based on a classification of established symptomatic criteria",
      ": to evaluate (a patient) to determine the phase, severity, or progression of a disease"
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      "mount",
      "offer",
      "present"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Livestock exhibits, stage shows, carnival rides, midway games, food, entertainment and more. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 19 June 2022",
      "To punctuate the occasion, three men marched onto his dynamic stage and shot off confetti cannons, sending streamers and pieces of white confetti glittering through the packed stadium. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 June 2022",
      "There was a youth stage area where kids were sharing their music, for example. \u2014 Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 June 2022",
      "The powerful vacuum has a three- stage cleaning design and can be controlled via a phone app. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 18 June 2022",
      "Stephanie McMahon and her husband, Paul Levesque, a former professional wrestler who uses the stage name Triple H., are among its members. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 17 June 2022",
      "Digital stage features a lineup of curated concerts, talks, performances and arts education events. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
      "The Netflix movie is based not only on Dahl's book, but on the 2011 West End musical, which brought the adventures of Matilda to life on stage punctuated by catchy original songs. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
      "But it's been quite the journey for Toscano-Anderson to get to the NBA's biggest stage . \u2014 Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Many history buffs, wearing military and civilian clothes from the period, also came to stage a reenactment of the events. \u2014 Jeff Schaeffer, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
      "Many history buffs, wearing military and civilian clothes from the period, also came to stage a reenactment of the events. \u2014 Sylvie Corbet And Jeff Schaeffer, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022",
      "Many history buffs, wearing military and civilian clothes from the period, also came to stage a reenactment of the events. \u2014 Sylvie Corbet And Jeff Schaeffer, Chicago Tribune , 6 June 2022",
      "For its part, the local host committee has to come up with the funds to stage the event, including a financial guarantee to cover any shortfalls. \u2014 Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
      "The controversy comes after Netflix faced significant backlash last year over a Dave Chappelle special that included controversial jokes about transgender people, which led employees at the streamer to stage a walkout. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 24 May 2022",
      "In the capital, Islamabad, security forces braced for the worst, locking down much of the city as a defiant Khan called for supporters to stage demonstrations countrywide. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Deaf West, Vend\u00f4me and Path\u00e9 are currently out to stage directors, composers and writers for the musical project. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "That group, now known as the Fled Collective, is being given funding by the Flea to stage its own programming in the theater\u2019s TriBeCa space. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "As his pre- stage prep, Michaels pops on his headphones and heads to the backstage stairs. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
      "The Dixie Fire Collaborative has embarked on a multi- stage process to gather community input and create an architectural plan for the downtown. \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
      "The Lilly drug showed promise in slowing cognitive and functional decline in patients in a small, mid- stage clinical study, and larger studies are under way to confirm its safety and efficacy. \u2014 Peter Loftus, WSJ , 3 May 2022",
      "For All, a multi- stage virtual bike tour that will raise funds for the Doctors Without Borders COVID-19 relief fund. \u2014 Maren Larsen, Outside Online , 9 Apr. 2020",
      "Out, the Australasian touring colossus whose multi- stage , single-day format became the template for alternative rock festivals across a generation, has died at the age of 64. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "In the years since, Diggins, 30, became the first American to win the Tour de Ski \u2013 a multi- stage event that is modeled off of cycling's Tour de France. \u2014 Tom Schad, USA TODAY , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "The process of launching an R&D office is multi- stage and complex. \u2014 Dmitry Ovcharenko, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "Avi Eyal is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Entr\u00e9e Capital, which funds multi- stage startups and companies. \u2014 Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1879, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1824, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183933"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
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      ": so great as to cause one to stagger : astonishing , overwhelming"
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      "sublime",
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    "examples":[
      "The storm caused a staggering amount of damage.",
      "the staggering scope of the new construction on campus",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The array of offerings available during a four-day stretch was staggering . \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "The amount of legacy infrastructure, overhead, paperwork and multilayered distribution that has accumulated around this simple promise is staggering . \u2014 Jamie Hale, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "The by-the-numbers look at its amenities is staggering , from 35 fields for soccer, lacrosse and football to 41 pickleball courts. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 24 May 2022",
      "Since receiving my first set of hearing aids, the advancements in technology have been staggering . \u2014 Annie Lane, oregonlive , 23 May 2022",
      "On the season, the Bengals offensive line allowed a staggering 55 sacks. \u2014 Fortune , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "Anderson ranks second on the team with 92 tackles, which includes a staggering 15\u00bd sacks. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Courier-Journal , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Anderson ranks second on the team with 92 tackles, which includes a staggering 15\u00bd sacks. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 19 Dec. 2021",
      "The cost of the COVID-19 pandemic is staggering , in terms of both human life and and economic activity. \u2014 Time , 7 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1565, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220158"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
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      ": so great as to cause one to stagger : astonishing , overwhelming"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sta-g(\u0259-)ri\u014b"
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      "amazing",
      "astonishing",
      "astounding",
      "awesome",
      "awful",
      "eye-opening",
      "fabulous",
      "marvelous",
      "marvellous",
      "miraculous",
      "portentous",
      "prodigious",
      "stunning",
      "stupendous",
      "sublime",
      "surprising",
      "wonderful",
      "wondrous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The storm caused a staggering amount of damage.",
      "the staggering scope of the new construction on campus",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The array of offerings available during a four-day stretch was staggering . \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "The amount of legacy infrastructure, overhead, paperwork and multilayered distribution that has accumulated around this simple promise is staggering . \u2014 Jamie Hale, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "The by-the-numbers look at its amenities is staggering , from 35 fields for soccer, lacrosse and football to 41 pickleball courts. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 24 May 2022",
      "Since receiving my first set of hearing aids, the advancements in technology have been staggering . \u2014 Annie Lane, oregonlive , 23 May 2022",
      "On the season, the Bengals offensive line allowed a staggering 55 sacks. \u2014 Fortune , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "Anderson ranks second on the team with 92 tackles, which includes a staggering 15\u00bd sacks. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Courier-Journal , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Anderson ranks second on the team with 92 tackles, which includes a staggering 15\u00bd sacks. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 19 Dec. 2021",
      "The cost of the COVID-19 pandemic is staggering , in terms of both human life and and economic activity. \u2014 Time , 7 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1565, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170453"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
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      ": of or characteristic of the stage",
      ": marked by pretense or artificiality : theatrical"
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      "an artificial and stagy manner",
      "a motivational speaker whose stagy presentations motivate some listeners to head for the nearest exit",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "All good but drifting into stagy with a tad too much branding. \u2014 Freep.com , 8 May 2020",
      "But the overture is long, and the episode turns stagy and exaggerated. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Mar. 2020",
      "One result of the coincidence was the emergence of a new kind of actress, emoting vividly in a stagy accent acquired somewhere between Bryn Mawr and Broadway. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 29 Jan. 2020",
      "Yet her characterization of Bernadette feels a mite strenuous \u2014 stagy , in the wrong way, as opposed to film-y in the right, Linklater way. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 15 Aug. 2019",
      "There\u2019s a pandering, stagy political debate and too many Big Messages wrapped in tearful professions. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 25 Nov. 2019",
      "Yet her characterization of Bernadette feels a mite strenuous \u2014 stagy , in the wrong way, as opposed to film-y in the right, Linklater way. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 15 Aug. 2019",
      "Yet her characterization of Bernadette feels a mite strenuous \u2014 stagy , in the wrong way, as opposed to film-y in the right, Linklater way. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 15 Aug. 2019",
      "Yet her characterization of Bernadette feels a mite strenuous \u2014 stagy , in the wrong way, as opposed to film-y in the right, Linklater way. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 15 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1856, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214152"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
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      ": marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober , grave"
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    ],
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      "Adjective",
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      "everyone was surprised by the racy joke from the usually staid professor",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Still, a veteran media executive recently bemoaned to me the lack of a new generation of young hotshots to take the studio mantle, a frequent complaint in the often staid film business. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
      "Traditionally staid law practices increasingly want to be more things to more clients, particularly in the competitive risk and compliance space. \u2014 Richard Vanderford, WSJ , 28 May 2022",
      "Sure, when compared to these blockbuster match-ups, the women\u2019s singles competition this year has felt a little more staid . \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 28 May 2022",
      "Their volatility makes a fruit fly\u2019s flight path seem staid . \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 11 May 2022",
      "For too long, a kind of staid and beige approach has been taken that suggests older people have few real demands. \u2014 Adi Gaskell, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "The snappy tweets do occasionally draw pushback from critics who think the AEC should be more staid , or even silent. \u2014 Frances Vinall, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
      "During the musical\u2019s initial run, die-hards often showed up to performances in costumes, another rarity in the staid world of Broadway. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Companies such as Vantage Point and Sisu VR, part of a small cottage industry offering virtual-reality trainings, say these scenarios are a novel offering for employees and freshen up staid corporate trainings. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022"
    ],
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      "Adjective",
      "1557, in the meaning defined above"
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      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
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      ": marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober , grave"
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      "unsmiling",
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      "jocular",
      "joking",
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      "ludic",
      "playful"
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      "Adjective",
      "a staid and solemn businessman",
      "everyone was surprised by the racy joke from the usually staid professor",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Still, a veteran media executive recently bemoaned to me the lack of a new generation of young hotshots to take the studio mantle, a frequent complaint in the often staid film business. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
      "Traditionally staid law practices increasingly want to be more things to more clients, particularly in the competitive risk and compliance space. \u2014 Richard Vanderford, WSJ , 28 May 2022",
      "Sure, when compared to these blockbuster match-ups, the women\u2019s singles competition this year has felt a little more staid . \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 28 May 2022",
      "Their volatility makes a fruit fly\u2019s flight path seem staid . \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 11 May 2022",
      "For too long, a kind of staid and beige approach has been taken that suggests older people have few real demands. \u2014 Adi Gaskell, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "The snappy tweets do occasionally draw pushback from critics who think the AEC should be more staid , or even silent. \u2014 Frances Vinall, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
      "During the musical\u2019s initial run, die-hards often showed up to performances in costumes, another rarity in the staid world of Broadway. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Companies such as Vantage Point and Sisu VR, part of a small cottage industry offering virtual-reality trainings, say these scenarios are a novel offering for employees and freshen up staid corporate trainings. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022"
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      "Adjective",
      "1557, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182524"
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      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
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      ": to suffuse with color",
      ": discolor , soil",
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      ": to bring discredit on",
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      ": to receive a stain",
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      ": a preparation (as of dye or pigment) used in staining : such as",
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      ": a dye or mixture of dyes used in microscopy to make visible minute and transparent structures, to differentiate tissue elements, or to produce specific chemical reactions",
      ": to soil or discolor especially in spots",
      ": to use something (as a dye) to change the color of",
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      ": disgrace entry 1",
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      ": a mark of guilt or disgrace : stigma",
      ": something (as a dye) used in staining",
      ": to cause discoloration of",
      ": to color by processes affecting chemically or otherwise the material itself",
      ": to receive a stain",
      ": a discolored spot or area (as on the skin or teeth) \u2014 see port-wine stain",
      ": a preparation (as of dye or pigment) used in staining something",
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      "blemish",
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      "mar",
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      "spoil",
      "taint",
      "tarnish",
      "touch",
      "vitiate"
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      "blot",
      "brand",
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      "slur",
      "smirch",
      "smudge",
      "spot",
      "stigma",
      "taint"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The darker hue was less likely to stain , and also slenderizing. \u2014 Susan Shapiro, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
      "The comforter is made from microfiber, and the brand notes the design is fade-proof and stain resistant. \u2014 Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens , 12 May 2022",
      "Grubby hands can easily stain a touch-latch door, warns Ms. Mathison. \u2014 Alice Welsh Doyle, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
      "Since this particular cabin has such large windows, adding siding might not be the best option, so consider putting exterior paint or stain into your Amazon cart, too. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 7 May 2022",
      "The reverse side of this towel is completely white, which may stain more quickly when used repeatedly on sand or grass. \u2014 Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "In our tests, the bamboo was comfortable to cut on, was easy to clean and didn't stain . \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "These materials are the easiest to wipe clean and typically don't stain . \u2014 Rebecca Carhart, Travel + Leisure , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "It's usually recommended that people avoid certain foods and beverages that could stain or discolor the veneers like coffee, tea, or red wine, the ADA says. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Repetition like the echo or the shadow of the echo or the stain of the shadow of the echo. \u2014 Ilana Luna, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "Blue colours are the stain of nucleus, and HTLV-1 is integrated into the genome in the nucleus. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
      "King was stripped of his olive green uniform; there was a blood stain under his head; and even though he was not shot below the abdomen, the photographer included his genitals in the frame. \u2014 Alexa Mills, Washington Post , 28 May 2021",
      "Continue dabbing and blotting until the stain is gone. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 9 May 2022",
      "Though more rustic in nature, the beams\u2019 color aligns with the dark stain of the custom, quarter-sawn white oak cabinetry that Modern Heritage designed and crafted in its Scarborough, Maine, workshop. \u2014 Marni Elyse Katz, House Beautiful , 5 May 2022",
      "Blue colours are the stain of nucleus, and HTLV-1 is integrated into the genome in the nucleus. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 5 May 2022",
      "In a classic of the lobbying genre, progressive law professor Noah Feldman devoted a long Bloomberg essay last August to telling Justice Brett Kavanaugh that saving Roe is his best chance to remove the stain of his confirmation fight. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 3 May 2022",
      "Those who remained in the U.S. would have the ability to reapply for visas without the stain of the case clouding their chances. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1557, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173955"
  },
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    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to suffuse with color",
      "discolor , soil",
      "taint sense 3",
      "to bring discredit on",
      "to color (something, such as wood, glass, or cloth) by processes affecting chemically or otherwise the material itself",
      "to receive a stain",
      "a soiled or discolored spot",
      "a natural spot of color contrasting with the ground",
      "a taint of guilt stigma",
      "a preparation (as of dye or pigment) used in staining such as",
      "a dye or pigment capable of penetrating the pores of wood",
      "a dye or mixture of dyes used in microscopy to make visible minute and transparent structures, to differentiate tissue elements, or to produce specific chemical reactions",
      "to soil or discolor especially in spots",
      "to use something (as a dye) to change the color of",
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      "disgrace entry 1",
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      "a mark of guilt or disgrace stigma",
      "something (as a dye) used in staining",
      "to cause discoloration of",
      "to color by processes affecting chemically or otherwise the material itself",
      "to receive a stain",
      "a discolored spot or area (as on the skin or teeth) \u2014 see port-wine stain",
      "a preparation (as of dye or pigment) used in staining something",
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      "mar",
      "poison",
      "spoil",
      "taint",
      "tarnish",
      "touch",
      "vitiate"
    ],
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      "brand",
      "onus",
      "slur",
      "smirch",
      "smudge",
      "spot",
      "stigma",
      "taint"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "The darker hue was less likely to stain , and also slenderizing. \u2014 Susan Shapiro, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
      "The comforter is made from microfiber, and the brand notes the design is fade-proof and stain resistant. \u2014 Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens , 12 May 2022",
      "Grubby hands can easily stain a touch-latch door, warns Ms. Mathison. \u2014 Alice Welsh Doyle, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
      "Since this particular cabin has such large windows, adding siding might not be the best option, so consider putting exterior paint or stain into your Amazon cart, too. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 7 May 2022",
      "The reverse side of this towel is completely white, which may stain more quickly when used repeatedly on sand or grass. \u2014 Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "In our tests, the bamboo was comfortable to cut on, was easy to clean and didn't stain . \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "These materials are the easiest to wipe clean and typically don't stain . \u2014 Rebecca Carhart, Travel + Leisure , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "It's usually recommended that people avoid certain foods and beverages that could stain or discolor the veneers like coffee, tea, or red wine, the ADA says. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Repetition like the echo or the shadow of the echo or the stain of the shadow of the echo. \u2014 Ilana Luna, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "Blue colours are the stain of nucleus, and HTLV-1 is integrated into the genome in the nucleus. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
      "King was stripped of his olive green uniform; there was a blood stain under his head; and even though he was not shot below the abdomen, the photographer included his genitals in the frame. \u2014 Alexa Mills, Washington Post , 28 May 2021",
      "Continue dabbing and blotting until the stain is gone. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 9 May 2022",
      "Though more rustic in nature, the beams\u2019 color aligns with the dark stain of the custom, quarter-sawn white oak cabinetry that Modern Heritage designed and crafted in its Scarborough, Maine, workshop. \u2014 Marni Elyse Katz, House Beautiful , 5 May 2022",
      "Blue colours are the stain of nucleus, and HTLV-1 is integrated into the genome in the nucleus. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 5 May 2022",
      "In a classic of the lobbying genre, progressive law professor Noah Feldman devoted a long Bloomberg essay last August to telling Justice Brett Kavanaugh that saving Roe is his best chance to remove the stain of his confirmation fight. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 3 May 2022",
      "Those who remained in the U.S. would have the ability to reapply for visas without the stain of the case clouding their chances. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1557, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": free from stain or stigma",
      ": highly resistant to stain or corrosion",
      ": made from materials resistant to stain",
      ": tableware made of stainless steel"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101n-l\u0259s"
    ],
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      "antiseptic",
      "chaste",
      "clean",
      "fair",
      "immaculate",
      "pristine",
      "spick-and-span",
      "spic-and-span",
      "spotless",
      "squeaky-clean",
      "unsoiled",
      "unstained",
      "unsullied"
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      "besmirched",
      "dirty",
      "filthy",
      "foul",
      "grubby",
      "smirched",
      "soiled",
      "spotted",
      "stained",
      "sullied",
      "unclean",
      "uncleaned"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "nothing less than a perfectly stainless sheet of parchment would do for a diploma",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "As years advanced, other materials like stainless and glass were used. \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
      "Glass and stainless -steel are often the defaults in the world of bar tools, so change things up a bit this Father\u2019s Day with a colorful mixing glass from French-American designer Sophie Lou Jacobsen. \u2014 Helena Madden, ELLE Decor , 26 May 2022",
      "The kitchen has a stainless farmhouse sink, brass fixtures, stone counters and island, and a herringbone tile backsplash that evokes sea glass. \u2014 Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
      "BruTrek\u2019s stainless -steel French press is double-wall vacuum insulated, so even late risers can grab a hot cup of joe. \u2014 Evan Green, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
      "The latter references the very first Phantom wheel and is available in polished stainless or black lacquer. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 12 May 2022",
      "The kitchen is any chef\u2019s dream, with stainless -steel appliances and black granite counters. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 20 May 2022",
      "Existing black appliances were replaced with stainless -steel ones. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
      "This single-burner grill is built to handle the rugged conditions of travel cooking, with steel-rod fold-out legs and two substantial clasps securing its stainless -steel lid. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Speaking of luxury sparklers, the priceless gift of time gets the Herm\u00e8s treatment in this stainless still Swiss timepiece boasting a mother-of-pearl dial that\u2019s finished with diamonds and an alligator strap. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
      "But truly personalized products, available in finishes that extend beyond stainless or the standard black and white, are now accessible to a cross section of buyers who are defined as mid-tier. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The move to stainless also has beneficial health effects. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "For appliance finishes, standard stainless is the overwhelming favorite, with nearly three in four renovating homeowners choosing this option, up by three percentage points from the previous year. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "For an easy-to-clean option with a modern look, Solomon suggests this stainless Joseph Joseph utensil holder ($19.99, target.com). \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "And stainless steel remains the top choice for appliances, in 70% of new kitchens, followed by black stainless at 10%. \u2014 Kim Palmer, Star Tribune , 22 Jan. 2021",
      "Today\u2019s stainless are nearly as slick and smooth as the best chrome-moly with the bonus of minimizing rust. \u2014 Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life , 2 Nov. 2020",
      "Our experts dubbed it the best of the best thanks to the fact that the pots and pans are made of durable stainless , are easy to handle, and conduct heat evenly for better cooking. \u2014 Amanda Tarlton, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "circa 1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1953, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202650"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": tasteless or unpalatable from age",
      ": tedious from familiarity",
      ": impaired in legal force or effect by reason of being allowed to rest without timely use, action, or demand",
      ": impaired in vigor or effectiveness",
      ": to make stale",
      ": to make common : cheapen",
      ": to become stale",
      ": urinate",
      ": urine of a domestic animal (such as a horse)",
      ": having lost a good taste or quality through age",
      ": used or heard so often as to be dull",
      ": not so strong, energetic, or effective as before",
      ": impaired in legal effect or force by reason of not being used, acted upon, or demanded in a timely fashion"
    ],
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      "\u02c8st\u0101l"
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      "banal",
      "clich\u00e9",
      "cliche",
      "clich\u00e9d",
      "cobwebby",
      "commonplace",
      "hack",
      "hackney",
      "hackneyed",
      "moth-eaten",
      "musty",
      "obligatory",
      "shopworn",
      "stereotyped",
      "threadbare",
      "timeworn",
      "tired",
      "trite",
      "well-worn"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "fresh",
      "new",
      "novel",
      "original",
      "unclich\u00e9d",
      "unhackneyed"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "a room filled with stale smoke",
      "viewers were bored by the stale story lines of the new crop of sitcoms",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Layers of stale bread, Gruy\u00e8re, Parmesan and onion soup are baked to near dissolution. \u2014 Joshua David Stein, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Sometimes thickened with pieces of stale crusty bread, sometimes brightened by a squeeze of a lemon, sometimes made creamy with yogurt or topped with olives, there are infinite ways to enjoy it. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "On at least two occasions in Kabul, petty thieves were paraded around the streets to shame them, handcuffed, with their faces painted or with stale bread stuffed in their mouths. \u2014 Kathy Gannon, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Oct. 2021",
      "In the other, stale bread was hung from their necks or stuffed in their mouth. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "In the other, stale bread was hung from their necks or stuffed in their mouth. \u2014 Kathy Gannon, chicagotribune.com , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Place a slice of stale bread in each bowl and pour the soup over it. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "And if some of the revelations are inevitably a little stale , all are richly seasoned. \u2014 Anna Mundow, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The films\u2019 new details are haphazardly added, disappointingly stale , and ultimately unnecessary. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Blinkie\u2019s Donut Emporium, owned by a Cambodian American father-daughter duo, offers handmade donuts daily, always closing at noon so their selection never stales . \u2014 Theo Stroomer, National Geographic , 5 June 2019",
      "The product has staled compared to the previous standards. \u2014 Mac Engel, star-telegram , 27 Jan. 2018",
      "Set collection is a particularly satisfying mechanism but one that stales easily; Fabled Fruit tweaks the formula in every game to bypass that problem. \u2014 Nate Anderson, Ars Technica , 24 Nov. 2017",
      "Petty theft, Clifton Boulevard: Police were called to CVS Pharmacy about 2 a.m. Oct. 12 on a report of a man staling body wash items and leaving in a car. \u2014 Bruce Geiselman, cleveland.com , 22 Oct. 2017",
      "While the bread is staling , combine blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, sugar and lemon juice in a large saucepan over low heat. \u2014 Robin Mather, Detroit Free Press , 8 July 2017",
      "Time may have withered her, to misquote Shakespeare, but custom will never stale this mother\u2019s infinite, and exasperating, variety. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 20 Jan. 2016",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Blinkie\u2019s Donut Emporium, owned by a Cambodian American father-daughter duo, offers handmade donuts daily, always closing at noon so their selection never stales . \u2014 Theo Stroomer, National Geographic , 5 June 2019",
      "The product has staled compared to the previous standards. \u2014 Mac Engel, star-telegram , 27 Jan. 2018",
      "Set collection is a particularly satisfying mechanism but one that stales easily; Fabled Fruit tweaks the formula in every game to bypass that problem. \u2014 Nate Anderson, Ars Technica , 24 Nov. 2017",
      "Petty theft, Clifton Boulevard: Police were called to CVS Pharmacy about 2 a.m. Oct. 12 on a report of a man staling body wash items and leaving in a car. \u2014 Bruce Geiselman, cleveland.com , 22 Oct. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But Vikings players and fans ask: How exactly will this 2022 outfit differ from its previous edition that some called stale and insufficiently aggressive? \u2014 Jori Epstein, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
      "That would be almond croissants, in which a nut paste is spread and baked into stale or day-old pastries. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Dec. 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",
      "The first bite crunched into the burger\u2019s onion rings and thick pretzel bun, which was a cut above Wendy\u2019s usual signature, stale -to-the-touch buns. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 10 Nov. 2020",
      "As the supply of equities shrinks, developed nations from the U.S. to Japan are turning stale . \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Sep. 2019",
      "Did McCarthy\u2019s offense get stale in Green Bay at the end? \u2014 Dallas News , 14 Jan. 2020",
      "This manner of breaking down the fourth wall feels stale from the start. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Nov. 2019",
      "And though the future looks bright, even that trope feels stale . \u2014 Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com , 3 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (1)",
      "1599, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Verb (2)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1548, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213239"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
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      ": a compartment for a domestic animal in a stable or barn",
      ": a space marked off for parking a motor vehicle",
      ": a seat in the chancel of a church with back and sides wholly or partly enclosed",
      ": a church pew",
      ": a front orchestra seat in a theater",
      ": a booth, stand, or counter at which articles are displayed for sale",
      ": a protective sheath for a finger or toe",
      ": a small compartment",
      ": one with a toilet or urinal",
      ": to put into or keep in a stall",
      ": install sense 2",
      ": to bring to a standstill : block",
      ": mire",
      ": to cause (an engine) to stop usually inadvertently",
      ": to cause (an aircraft or airfoil) to go into a stall",
      ": to come to a standstill (as from mired wheels or engine failure)",
      ": to experience a stall in flying",
      ": the condition of an airfoil or aircraft in which excessive angle of attack causes disruption of airflow with attendant loss of lift",
      ": a ruse to deceive or delay",
      ": to play for time : delay",
      ": to hold off, divert, or delay by evasion or deception",
      ": a compartment for one animal in a stable or barn",
      ": a booth, stand, or counter where business may be carried on or articles may be displayed for sale",
      ": a seat in a church choir : a church pew",
      ": a small enclosed private compartment",
      ": to distract attention or make excuses to gain time",
      ": to stop or cause to stop usually by accident",
      ": to put or keep in a stall"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u022fl",
      "\u02c8st\u022fl"
    ],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb (1)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1916, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (3)",
      "1846, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1903, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214613"
  },
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    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "stomping ground"
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    "synonyms":[
      "hangout",
      "haunt",
      "purlieu",
      "rendezvous",
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      "stomping ground"
    ],
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    "examples":[
      "if she isn't at home, you can usually find her at the local library, her favorite stamping ground",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That story began on June 23, 2018, when celebrating members of the Wild Boars soccer team entered Tham Luang, a favorite stamping ground , not realizing that the fast-approaching monsoon season was about to get an early start. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "But e-commerce is for now their main stamping ground . \u2014 Telis Demos, WSJ , 22 Aug. 2021",
      "Greece\u2019s banking sector has been a stamping ground for international investors since the country\u2019s emergence from crippling bailout programs and years of economic turmoil. \u2014 Margot Patrick, WSJ , 9 June 2021",
      "Each has its own strong personality, stamping ground and cat frenemies. \u2014 Star Tribune , 27 Aug. 2020",
      "Once a stamping ground where rugged, able stuntmen such as Cliff made an all-American genre staple, the place is now a decaying gynocracy where hippie chicks laze about all day. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 13 Dec. 2019",
      "There\u2019d also be a pit stop in neighboring Harpswell, a stamping ground of hers as a girl. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Oct. 2019",
      "Thursday marked his first game at his old stamping grounds . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Aug. 2019",
      "Joined by New Orleans drummer Doug Belote, Woodward and Hunter play a series of gigs around Hunter\u2019s former stamping grounds , kicking off Aug. 8 at the Mission District\u2019s Make Out Room. \u2014 Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News , 5 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "1786, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "stand-in":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": someone employed to occupy an actor's place while lights and camera are readied",
      ": substitute",
      ": to act as a stand-in",
      ": to be in a specially favored position with"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stand-\u02ccin"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "backup",
      "cover",
      "designated hitter",
      "fill-in",
      "locum tenens",
      "pinch hitter",
      "relief",
      "replacement",
      "reserve",
      "sub",
      "substitute"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cover",
      "fill in",
      "pinch-hit",
      "step in",
      "sub",
      "substitute",
      "take over"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "she will be standing in for the regular teacher for a week"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "circa 1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1904, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205312"
  },
  "stand-up":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": erect , upright",
      ": stiffened to stay upright without folding over",
      ": performed in, performing in, or requiring a standing position",
      ": of, relating to, performing, or being a monologue of jokes, gags, or satirical comments delivered usually while standing alone on a stage or in front of a camera",
      ": marked by a high degree of personal integrity or loyalty",
      ": stand-up comedy",
      ": a performer of such comedy",
      ": a television broadcast in which the reporter or narrator faces the camera with the scene of the story in the background",
      ": to rise to a standing position",
      ": to remain sound and intact under stress, attack, or close scrutiny",
      ": to fail to keep an appointment with",
      ": to defend against attack or criticism",
      ": to meet fairly and fully",
      ": to face boldly",
      ": to be best man or maid of honor for at a wedding ceremony"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stand-\u02cc\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "decent",
      "ethical",
      "honest",
      "honorable",
      "just",
      "noble",
      "principled",
      "respectable",
      "righteous",
      "upright",
      "upstanding"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "fly",
      "hold up",
      "pass",
      "wash"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "a hypothesis that won't stand up to close analysis",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But this funding would have meant nothing without the coalition of workers, ordinary citizens and businesses that were willing to stand up to Boudin and to the city\u2019s political and media establishment. \u2014 Michael Bernick, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "The family alleged the producers hired Sloan to stand up to Knight\u2019s violence and then negligently managed him. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
      "President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Ukrainians to stand up and defend their country. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Calling things by their names is essential to stand up to evil. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Hannity host asks, urging Russian officials to stand up to President Vladimir Putin. \u2014 Fox News , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Anonymous has decided to stand up to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "And Ukraine\u2019s leaders because more ostentatiously pro-Ukrainian and more willing to stand up to Putin\u2019s bullying. \u2014 Michael A. Cohen, The New Republic , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Threatening to stand up to the federal government is a familiar tactic in the Utah Republican playbook. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1971, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204705"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a conspicuous object (such as a banner) formerly carried at the top of a pole and used to mark a rallying point especially in battle or to serve as an emblem",
      ": a long narrow tapering flag that is personal to an individual or corporation and bears heraldic devices",
      ": the personal flag of the head of a state or of a member of a royal family",
      ": an organization flag carried by a mounted or motorized military unit",
      ": banner sense 1",
      ": something established by authority, custom, or general consent as a model or example : criterion",
      ": something set up and established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, weight, extent, value, or quality",
      ": the fineness and legally fixed weight of the metal used in coins",
      ": the basis of value in a monetary system",
      ": a structure built for or serving as a base or support",
      ": a shrub or herb grown with an erect main stem so that it forms or resembles a tree",
      ": a fruit tree grafted on a stock that does not induce dwarfing",
      ": the upper, large, often lobed petal of a papilionaceous flower (as of a pea or bean plant) : banner sense 6 , vexillum sense 3 \u2014 compare keel entry 2 sense 2b , wing entry 1 sense 2e(2)",
      ": one of the three inner usually erect and incurved petals of an iris \u2014 compare fall entry 2 sense 3f",
      ": a musical composition (such as a song) that has become a part of the standard repertoire",
      ": a vehicle with a manual transmission : manual",
      ": constituting or conforming to a standard especially as established by law or custom",
      ": sound and usable but not of top quality",
      ": regularly and widely used, available, or supplied",
      ": well-established and very familiar",
      ": having recognized and permanent value",
      ": substantially uniform and well established by usage in the speech and writing of the educated and widely recognized as acceptable",
      ": something set up as a rule for measuring or as a model",
      ": the personal flag of the ruler of a state",
      ": an upright support",
      ": a figure used as a symbol by an organized body of people",
      ": used as or matching a model or rule to compare against",
      ": regularly and widely used",
      ": widely known and accepted to be of good and permanent value",
      ": something set up or established by an authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, weight, extent, value, or quality",
      ": constituting or conforming to a standard especially as established by law or custom",
      ": something established by authority, custom, or general consent as a model, example, or point of reference",
      ": something established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, weight, extent, value, or quality",
      ": the basis of value in a monetary system"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stan-d\u0259rd",
      "\u02c8stan-d\u0259rd",
      "\u02c8stan-d\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bar",
      "barometer",
      "benchmark",
      "criterion",
      "gold standard",
      "grade",
      "mark",
      "measure",
      "metric",
      "par",
      "touchstone",
      "yardstick"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "average",
      "common",
      "commonplace",
      "cut-and-dried",
      "cut-and-dry",
      "everyday",
      "garden-variety",
      "normal",
      "ordinary",
      "prosaic",
      "routine",
      "run-of-the-mill",
      "standard-issue",
      "unexceptional",
      "unremarkable",
      "usual",
      "workaday"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "By modern standards , the house is just too small.",
      "This book is the standard by which all others must be judged.",
      "Adjective",
      "a window of standard width",
      "The movie was a pretty standard romantic comedy.",
      "The word is considered standard .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The wireless Bluetooth transmission uses the latest 5.1 iteration of the wireless standard and has a range extending up to 100 feet or 30 meters. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "The parliament said the introduction of a common charging standard should help consumers save as much as $267 million and reduce electronic waste by about 11,000 tons each year. \u2014 Kim Mackrael, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
      "Apple and other smartphone makers will be required to support USB-C as part of a single charging standard for mobile devices across the European Union by as early as the fall of 2024 under a new law announced Tuesday by EU officials. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 7 June 2022",
      "But elimination of the Sullivan standard would be catastrophic for the press and journalists in the United States. \u2014 Fabio Bertoni, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
      "France is also upgrading Greece's supporting fleet of Mirage 2000s, and Athens is procuring a fleet of at least 24 4.5-generation Dassault Rafale jets of the latest F3R standard , which are more advanced than any jet in the Turkish arsenal. \u2014 Paul Iddon, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "The use of psychedelic treatments is not currently part of the standard of care for treatment of mental health conditions at Veterans Hospitals, according to Randal Noller, a spokesman for the Veterans Affairs Department. \u2014 New York Times , 21 May 2022",
      "Because the threat isn\u2019t caused by a traditional bug or error in either the Bluetooth specification or an implementation of the standard , there\u2019s no CVE designation used to track vulnerabilities. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 19 May 2022",
      "Automakers agreed to make some sort of back seat alert standard in cars by 2025. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 4 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The standard warranty for a prosthetic knee is three years. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
      "But in the upside-down world of today's Republican Party and Michigan politics, few standard guidelines apply. \u2014 Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press , 10 June 2022",
      "The Federal Managers Association is pushing Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco to implement a standard screening process across all law enforcement agencies the Justice Department controls. \u2014 Hannah Rappleye, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
      "The Special Edition also comes standard with the larger 8.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system that costs extra on the Premium. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 10 June 2022",
      "Moshfegh became ill with Cat Scratch Fever, and was too sick to be on her feet all day at a standard job. \u2014 Sophie Kemp, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
      "Another frequent number is 7.62, the standard diameter of AK-47 cartridges. \u2014 Brian Contrerasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "Close shadowing and radioed warnings are part of the standard response. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
      "For instance, the standard cost for Medicare's Part B jumped 14.5% to $170.10 per month in early 2022, an increase of $21.60, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 9 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182218"
  },
  "standing":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": not yet cut or harvested",
      ": upright on the feet or base : erect",
      ": not flowing : stagnant",
      ": remaining at the same level, degree, or amount for an indeterminate period",
      ": continuing in existence or use indefinitely",
      ": established by law or custom",
      ": not movable",
      ": done from a standing position",
      ": a place to stand in : location",
      ": a position from which one may assert or enforce legal rights and duties",
      ": length of service or experience especially as determining rank, pay, or privilege",
      ": position or condition in society or in a profession",
      ": good reputation",
      ": position relative to a standard of achievement or to achievements of competitors",
      ": a listing of the standings of individuals or teams (as in a league)",
      ": maintenance of position or condition : duration",
      ": erect entry 1",
      ": done while standing",
      ": not flowing : stagnant",
      ": remaining at the same level or amount until canceled",
      ": permanent",
      ": length of existence or service",
      ": position entry 1 sense 5 , status",
      ": continuing in existence, use, or effect indefinitely",
      ": the status of being qualified to assert or enforce legal rights or duties in a judicial forum because one has a sufficient and protectable interest in the outcome of a justiciable controversy and usually has suffered or is threatened with actual injury",
      ": a principle requiring that a party have standing in order to justify the exercise of the court's remedial powers"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stan-di\u014b",
      "\u02c8stan-di\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "immobile",
      "nonmoving",
      "static",
      "stationary"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "class",
      "dignity",
      "fashion",
      "quality",
      "rank",
      "state"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Joey Votto, pinch-hitting with two runners on base and two outs in the ninth inning and drawing a standing ovation from the crowd of 21,147, flew out to the warning track for the final out. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 18 June 2022",
      "The Elvis cast and director Baz Luhrmann got a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival following the screening, with Presley congratulating Butler for honoring her late husband. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 June 2022",
      "The audience responded with a standing ovation for Cook. \u2014 cleveland , 15 June 2022",
      "After giving up the two-out double, Mikolas left to a standing ovation after throwing a career-high 129 pitches. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "Its results drew a standing ovation at a key cancer conference in Chicago earlier this month. \u2014 David Wainer, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
      "Guests had the pleasure of witnessing and participating in Ren\u00e9's brand progression, which ended with a standing ovation. \u2014 Corein Carter, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "Workers organizing for a union at Amazon\u2019s Bessemer fulfillment center received a standing ovation this morning before the AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 13 June 2022",
      "Both received a standing ovation from the room at the Commissary on the Fox lot in Century City. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Signs of heat stress in cattle include heavy breathing, open-mouth breathing, spending more time standing and restlessness, Michael Kleinhenz, assistant professor of beef production medicine at Kansas State University, said in an email to USA TODAY. \u2014 Christine Fernando, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
      "One place that elites clearly should be panicking is the party's standing with Latino voters, a bedrock constituency for Democrats. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 15 June 2022",
      "Whatever the reasons, the trial likely resulted in Heard having a lower standing with the general public than Depp. \u2014 Tom Spiggle, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "Under Japan's penal code, insults are defined as publicly demeaning someone's social standing without referring to specific facts about them or a specific action, according to a spokesperson from the Ministry of Justice. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 14 June 2022",
      "Open basement doors reveal a putrid stew of trash and standing water. \u2014 Alan Judd, ajc , 13 June 2022",
      "The two princes have increasingly taken the lead in decisions like this, especially over perceptions about the royal family's public image and standing are concerned. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
      "Attendees gave the screening a standing ovation, after which Citizens United's JT Mastranadi took questions from the crowd. \u2014 Will Steakin, ABC News , 13 June 2022",
      "The extreme rightward shift of the Supreme Court has already begun to erode the court\u2019s public standing . \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221619"
  },
  "standoffish":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": somewhat cold and reserved"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "stand-\u02c8\u022f-fish"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aloof",
      "antisocial",
      "asocial",
      "buttoned-up",
      "cold",
      "cold-eyed",
      "cool",
      "detached",
      "distant",
      "dry",
      "frosty",
      "offish",
      "remote",
      "standoff",
      "unbending",
      "unclubbable",
      "unsociable"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cordial",
      "friendly",
      "sociable",
      "social",
      "warm"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She tends to be a bit standoffish with strangers.",
      "she proved to be simply shy, not standoffish",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Those who know Carman have described him as aloof or standoffish . \u2014 Hartford Courant , 10 May 2022",
      "Atkins, who is extremely reserved by nature, seemed disinterested at first, maybe even a bit standoffish . \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Current and former neighbors in Wisconsin described him as gruff, standoffish and prone to losing his temper. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "By contrast, critics without sympathy for this sort of performance have accused Gl\u00fcck of a standoffish self-obsession, a lack of interest in making the reader feel at home in her private domain. \u2014 Anahid Nersessian, The New York Review of Books , 8 Jan. 2022",
      "Kruger has the moxie to play Marie as a standoffish neurotic, Nyong\u2019o creates an unusually emotional hacker, and Cruz, as the one who\u2019s more devoted to her family than to global realpolitik, proves the sweetest of wild cards. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "The graphic tees are gone, so too are the shirtless male models, standoffish sales associates, and sizes that topped out at a women's 10. \u2014 Fortune , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "Few neighbors wanted to speak on the record about the family, but several said the Toebbes were standoffish , more likely to ignore waves than to return them. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Oct. 2021",
      "Employees were instructed to be standoffish and aloof, to only speak to customers if spoken to first. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1860, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215703"
  },
  "standout":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that is prominent or conspicuous especially because of excellence",
      ": to appear as if in relief : project",
      ": to be prominent or conspicuous",
      ": to steer away from shore",
      ": to be stubborn in resolution or resistance"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stand-\u02ccau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre",
      "cause celebre",
      "celeb",
      "celebrity",
      "figure",
      "icon",
      "ikon",
      "light",
      "luminary",
      "megastar",
      "name",
      "notability",
      "notable",
      "notoriety",
      "personage",
      "personality",
      "somebody",
      "star",
      "superstar",
      "VIP"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bag",
      "balloon",
      "beetle",
      "belly",
      "billow",
      "bulge",
      "bunch",
      "jut",
      "overhang",
      "poke",
      "pooch",
      "pouch",
      "pout",
      "project",
      "protrude",
      "start",
      "stick out",
      "swell"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She is a standout among the available candidates.",
      "All the cameras we tested were good, but there was no real standout .",
      "Verb",
      "the relief figures stand out from the wall quite strikingly",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Smith \u2014 the son of late OSU standout Will Smith Sr. \u2014 is rated as the nation\u2019s No. 459 player and No. 57 defensive lineman in the class. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 1 June 2022",
      "Some of the other standout add-ons include five amber LED lights on the roof, a retractable awning, a two-person ground tent, and an onboard air compressor. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 19 May 2022",
      "Lively also reflected on some of her standout off-screen moments. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 9 May 2022",
      "Normani and her standout look for the 2022 Met Gala ahead. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 2 May 2022",
      "Following his 1973 standout Cyborg \u2014 released on the German label Cosmic Couriers \u2014 Schulze and his labelmates formed the Krautrock supergroup Cosmic Jokers and their eponymous debut album. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Worthy was one of the few standout players from last season. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Booth and Gordon made better plays at the top of the route, using their standout quick-twitch athleticism and burst. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "But those who know the University of Notre Dame-bound standout best point to humility and motivation to compete as driving forces. \u2014 Douglas Clark Usa Today Ventures Events, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1928, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220638"
  },
  "standpat":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "stubbornly conservative resisting or opposing change",
      "to play one's hand as dealt in draw poker without drawing",
      "to oppose or resist change"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8stan(d)-\u02c8pat",
    "synonyms":[
      "archconservative",
      "brassbound",
      "button-down",
      "buttoned-down",
      "conservative",
      "die-hard",
      "hidebound",
      "mossbacked",
      "old-fashioned",
      "old-line",
      "old-school",
      "orthodox",
      "paleoconservative",
      "reactionary",
      "traditional",
      "traditionalistic",
      "ultraconservative",
      "unprogressive"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "broad-minded",
      "large-minded",
      "liberal",
      "nonconservative",
      "nonconventional",
      "nonorthodox",
      "nontraditional",
      "open-minded",
      "progressive",
      "unconventional",
      "unorthodox"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "the standpat chefs were having none of this low-calorie stuff that the food police were pushing",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "With Edmonds now moving on, Arizona could look to find a No.2 back behind Conner in free agency or next month\u2019s draft or could stand pat . \u2014 Bob Mcmanaman, The Arizona Republic , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Unable to come to a unanimous decision on the structure and facing an impending deadline, the group chose to stand pat . \u2014 Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to stand pat , though some economists now expect more rate hikes this year following pre-election spending plans outlined in the recent budget. \u2014 Fortune , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Executive vice president Art\u016bras Karni\u0161ovas cited chemistry as a key factor in the front office\u2019s decision to stand pat at the trade deadline Thursday, urging the team to focus on molding their roster. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "But Philadelphia should stand pat here, especially if in position to select Lloyd. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The team\u2019s decisions to stand pat with its backcourt at the trade deadline and not bite in the buyout market were marked changes. \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "The clock ticked toward 3 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, and the Cleveland Cavaliers remained active, looking at the possibility of a last-minute acquisition to bolster their lineup before ultimately opting to stand pat . \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "The Suns look like a team primed to make an appearance in the NBA finals again this season and look like a team that can probably stand pat at the trade deadline. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 9 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1904, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1882, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "staple":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a usually U-shaped fastener: such as",
      ": a metal loop both ends of which are driven into a surface to hold the hook, hasp, or bolt of a lock, secure a rope, or fix a wire in place",
      ": a small wire both ends of which are driven through layers of thin and easily penetrable material (such as paper) and usually clinched to hold the layers together",
      ": a usually metal surgical fastener used to hold layers of tissue together (as in the closure of an incision)",
      ": to provide with or secure by staples",
      ": a town used as a center for the sale or exportation of commodities in bulk",
      ": a place of supply : source",
      ": a chief commodity or production of a place",
      ": a commodity for which the demand is constant",
      ": something having widespread and constant use or appeal",
      ": the sustaining or principal element : substance",
      ": raw material",
      ": textile fiber (such as wool and rayon) of relatively short length that when spun and twisted forms a yarn rather than a filament",
      ": the length of a piece of such textile fiber",
      ": used, needed, or enjoyed constantly usually by many individuals",
      ": produced regularly or in large quantities",
      ": principal , chief",
      ": a short thin wire with bent ends that is punched through papers and squeezed to hold them together or punched through thin material to fasten it to a surface",
      ": a piece of metal shaped like a U with sharp points to be driven into a surface to hold something (as a hook, rope, or wire)",
      ": to fasten with staples",
      ": a chief product of business or farming of a place",
      ": something that is used widely and often",
      ": the chief part of something",
      ": much used, needed, or enjoyed usually by many people",
      ": principal entry 1 , chief",
      ": a usually U-shaped and typically metal surgical fastener used to hold layers of tissue together (as in the closure of an incision)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101-p\u0259l",
      "\u02c8st\u0101-p\u0259l",
      "\u02c8st\u0101-p\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "I stapled the pages in the upper left corner.",
      "Adjective",
      "such staple items as flour and sugar",
      "That's a staple plot in mystery novels.",
      "staple crops like wheat, rice, or sugarcane"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211201"
  },
  "star":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a natural luminous body visible in the sky especially at night",
      ": a self-luminous gaseous spheroidal celestial body of great mass which produces energy by means of nuclear fusion reactions",
      ": a planet or a configuration of the planets that is held in astrology to influence one's destiny or fortune",
      ": a waxing or waning fortune or fame",
      ": destiny",
      ": a conventional figure with five or more points that represents a star",
      ": asterisk",
      ": an often star-shaped ornament or medal worn as a badge of honor, authority, or rank or as the insignia of an order",
      ": one of a group of conventional stars used to place something in a scale of value",
      ": something resembling a star",
      ": the principal member of a theatrical or operatic company who usually plays the chief roles",
      ": a highly publicized theatrical or motion-picture performer",
      ": an outstandingly talented performer",
      ": a person who is preeminent in a particular field",
      ": to play the most prominent or important role in a movie, play, etc.",
      ": to feature (a performer) in the most prominent or important role",
      ": to perform outstandingly",
      ": to mark with a star as being superior or preeminent in some way",
      ": to mark with an asterisk",
      ": to sprinkle or adorn with or as if with stars",
      ": of, relating to, or being a star",
      ": of outstanding excellence : preeminent",
      ": any of the heavenly bodies except planets which are visible at night and look like fixed points of light",
      ": a figure or object with five or more points that represents or suggests a star in the sky",
      ": a very talented or popular performer",
      ": a planet that is believed in astrology to influence someone's life",
      ": the principal member of a theater or opera company",
      ": to mark with a star or an asterisk as being special or very good",
      ": to present in the role of a star",
      ": to play the most important role",
      ": to perform in an outstanding manner",
      ": being favored or very popular",
      ": being of outstanding excellence"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4r",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "luminary",
      "sphere",
      "sun"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "astral",
      "starry",
      "stellar"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Below, have a closer look at how the star got ready for the 2022 Tony Awards. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 13 June 2022",
      "On June 9 the pop star attended Britney Spears\u2019s intimate wedding to Sam Asghari wearing a blue jumpsuit and matching eyeshadow look. \u2014 Whitney Perry, Glamour , 13 June 2022",
      "In the most recent training video on his Instagram, the Uncharted star gave his followers a look at his leg day workout, performing an intense-looking set of leg extensions which gave his already-large quads an impressive pump. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 13 June 2022",
      "Some fans, however, also expressed concerns in the comments and elsewhere on social media about why the country star waited so long to come forward about his condition. \u2014 Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
      "The pop star married her longtime boyfriend in an intimate, at-home wedding last Thursday. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 June 2022",
      "And Kelsea Ballerini, the Hole In The Bottle star wore a shimmery black jumpsuit with silver and gold accents. \u2014 Allyson Portee, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
      "Allen, the former Oregon Ducks star in track and football who signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in April, hit the finish line in 12.84 seconds to beat Grant Holloway, who was second in 13.06. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 June 2022",
      "In at least one case, the star seemingly made the decision for the Celtics. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The first 2022 weekend, announced in April, will take place Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 and will star Vedder, Stevie Nicks and Pink. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
      "The movie musical will also star Taraji P. Henson as Shug Avery as well as Corey Hawkins and H.E.R. \u2014 Michael Gioia, PEOPLE.com , 12 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s one of the many qualities coach Kliff Kingsbury admires about the 6-foot, 232-pound outside linebacker and special teams star from tiny Lake in the Hills, Illinois. \u2014 Bob Mcmanaman, The Arizona Republic , 9 June 2022",
      "The Acolyte, which will reportedly star Amandla Stenberg, takes place during The High Republic era. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 8 June 2022",
      "Cincinnati Bengals star wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase stopped by The Enquirer's studio on Tuesday for a new episode of the Bengals Beat Podcast hosted by beat reporter Kelsey Conway. \u2014 Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer , 1 June 2022",
      "Instead, the studio is developing two potential sequels, one a female-centric adventure that would star Margot Robbie. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 31 May 2022",
      "Danish actress Amanda Collin, who most recently starred in Ridley Scott\u2019s HBO Max drama series Raised by Wolves, will co- star alongside Mikkelsen. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
      "Joanie Lauer, who performed as Chyna, would go on and star as a wrestler competing against primarily male competitors. \u2014 al , 19 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Ben Affleck and Matt Damon\u2019s upcoming movie about the sports marketing executive who relentlessly pursued basketball legend Michael Jordan in the mid-\u201980s has added a troupe of all- star actors to its line-up. \u2014 Angelique Jackson, Variety , 10 June 2022",
      "The document also included an intriguing comment attributed to Marquez, who pleaded guilty to bribery conspiracy and is expected to be a star witness for prosecutors at McClain\u2019s trial in September on the ComEd charges. \u2014 Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune , 24 May 2022",
      "And there's one friend who truly understands her situation: Emily in Paris co- star Lily Collins. \u2014 Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
      "In the end, Howard performed her scenes in a chair on a soundstage, but still got banged up enough that co- star Chris Pratt begged her to post on Twitter the aftermath pictures taken by a makeup artist. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
      "But there\u2019s a good story to be told about two men on The First Lady, specifically creator Aaron Cooley and co- star Kiefer Sutherland. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 June 2022",
      "Which is how star Cillian Murphy also described the season. \u2014 Men's Health , 10 June 2022",
      "Series writer and co- star Brett Goldstein told the UK's Sunday Times that the Emmy-winning Apple TV+ comedy was always going to be just three seasons. \u2014 Marianne Garvey, CNN , 7 June 2022",
      "After several public appeals for information, the non-profit teamed up with Tonka\u2019s former co- star Cumming to offer a $20,000 reward for anyone who could help them locate Tonka, which led to his discovery. \u2014 Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone , 4 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1592, in the meaning defined at sense 4",
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170824"
  },
  "star-crossed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": not favored by the stars : ill-fated"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4r-\u02cckr\u022fst"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "hapless",
      "hard-luck",
      "ill-fated",
      "ill-starred",
      "jinxed",
      "luckless",
      "snakebit",
      "snakebitten",
      "unfortunate",
      "unhappy",
      "unlucky"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "fortunate",
      "happy",
      "lucky"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1597, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214406"
  },
  "starch":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to stiffen with or as if with starch",
      "a white odorless tasteless granular or powdery complex carbohydrate (C 6 H 10 O 5 ) x that is the chief storage form of carbohydrate in plants, is an important foodstuff, and is used also in adhesives and sizes, in laundering, and in pharmacy and medicine",
      "a stiff formal manner formality",
      "resolute vigor",
      "a white odorless tasteless substance that is the chief form in which carbohydrates are stored in plants, is an important component of many foods (as rice and bread), and has various uses (as for stiffening clothes)",
      "to stiffen with starch",
      "a white odorless tasteless granular or powdery complex carbohydrate (C 6 H 10 O 5 ) x that is the chief storage form of carbohydrate in plants, is an important foodstuff, has demulcent and absorbent properties, and is used in pharmacy especially as a dusting powder and as a constituent of ointments and pastes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8st\u00e4rch",
    "synonyms":[
      "beans",
      "bounce",
      "brio",
      "dash",
      "drive",
      "dynamism",
      "energy",
      "esprit",
      "gas",
      "get-up-and-go",
      "ginger",
      "go",
      "gusto",
      "hardihood",
      "juice",
      "life",
      "moxie",
      "oomph",
      "pep",
      "punch",
      "sap",
      "snap",
      "verve",
      "vigor",
      "vim",
      "vinegar",
      "vitality",
      "zing",
      "zip"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "lethargy",
      "listlessness",
      "sluggishness",
      "torpidity"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He starches the collars of his shirts.",
      "Noun",
      "a middle-aged woman who has retained the starch of youth",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "Readers wrote in or telephoned with their domestic queries, which could be anything from how to remove a stain from a carpet to how to starch a shirt collar or how to butcher a chicken \u2014 anything to do with running a home. \u2014 Annabel Abbs, Good Housekeeping , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "Over time, the convents became famous as keepers of wondrous secret recipes for exquisite pastries generally made from sugar and egg yolks (which were leftovers from the whites used to starch their habits). \u2014 Rick Steves, chicagotribune.com , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "From the moment it is picked, the sugar in corn begins to convert to starch , decreasing its natural sweetness. \u2014 Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press , 11 Sep. 2021",
      "The sugar in these sweeter hybrids does not convert to starch as rapidly as the standard hybrids. \u2014 Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune , 22 July 2021",
      "The sugars in sweet corn turn to starch rapidly and refrigeration helps to slow this process. \u2014 Patricia S York, Southern Living , 2 June 2021",
      "Cousins of one-pot meals, sheet-pan suppers combine vegetables, protein and starch in a single piece of cookware, but offer a larger canvas to compose a range of shapes and colors. \u2014 Genevieve Ko New York Times, Star Tribune , 7 Apr. 2021",
      "Cousins of one-pot meals, sheet-pan suppers combine vegetables, protein and starch in a single piece of cookware, but offer a larger canvas to compose a range of shapes and colors. \u2014 Genevieve Ko New York Times, Star Tribune , 7 Apr. 2021",
      "Cousins of one-pot meals, sheet-pan suppers combine vegetables, protein and starch in a single piece of cookware, but offer a larger canvas to compose a range of shapes and colors. \u2014 Genevieve Ko New York Times, Star Tribune , 7 Apr. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Living Proof's Perfect Hair Day Advanced Clean Dry Shampoo is made with powders like rice starch to absorb all those oils and debris. \u2014 Angela Trakoshis, Allure , 21 June 2022",
      "The liners inside each box are made from recycled paper and corn starch and are now certified 100% curbside recyclable by the Sustainable Packaging Coalition. \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-cpt, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
      "Extracted from the root of cassava, tapioca flour (or tapioca starch ) is one of the best cornstarch substitutes for puddings and sweet sauces. \u2014 Antara Sinha, Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 June 2022",
      "Oh, and the sugars can also be linked into starch and cellulose structures that are essential to plant development. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 10 June 2022",
      "In Japanese, hoku hoku is an expression for dishes that are textured, flavorful, warm and starch -laden; no matter the variety, korokke fit the bill. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
      "Unlike old powders that used talc and caused serious side effects, this product uses tapioca starch . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
      "In climacteric fruit, starch continues to be turned into sugar, improving texture and flavor, according to the Michigan State University Extension, which offers extremely helpful charts on all these categories. \u2014 Becky Krystal, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
      "Simple and effective, oat milk works to soothe and protect the scalp, while corn and rice starch cleanse and silica absorbs excess dirt, oil and odor. \u2014 The Editors, Town & Country , 31 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "starchy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": containing, consisting of, or resembling starch",
      ": formal , stiff",
      ": like or containing starch",
      ": containing, consisting of, or resembling starch"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4r-ch\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4r-ch\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4r-ch\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ceremonious",
      "correct",
      "decorous",
      "formal",
      "nice",
      "proper",
      "punctilious",
      "stiff",
      "stiff-necked",
      "stilted"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "casual",
      "easygoing",
      "informal",
      "laid-back",
      "unceremonious"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a starchy and demanding teacher",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Reserve 1 cup of the starchy pasta water, then drain the bucatini and return it to the pot. \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
      "And in an era where carbs have been villainized, the notion that plants could serve as a replacement for starchy noodles has moved many a mountain of zoodles, courgetti, and spaghetti squash. \u2014 Chihiro Tomioka, Bon App\u00e9tit , 20 May 2022",
      "The starchy root has enough naturally occurring cyanide to kill a human being. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
      "Many members of the plant kingdom take to smoke fabulously, too, especially starchy -sweet root vegetables and fibrous produce like asparagus and summer squash. \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 27 May 2022",
      "To maintain a certain breeziness in his navy suits, Mr. Kagan buttons up a chambray shirt instead of a staunchly starchy one. \u2014 Jamie Waters, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
      "After all, satisfyingly starchy meals are never far away with this essential skill in your back pocket. \u2014 Audrey Bruno, SELF , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Classic risotto is made with starchy medium-grain Italian rice, such as Arborio or carnaroli. \u2014 Christopher Kimball, USA TODAY , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Prison Blues is an American workwear brand selling starchy blue jeans and rigid trucker jackets for around $50. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 13 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1633, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211855"
  },
  "starry":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": adorned with stars",
      ": star-studded",
      ": of, relating to, or consisting of stars : stellar",
      ": shining like stars : sparkling",
      ": having parts arranged like the rays of a star : stellate",
      ": as high as or seemingly as high as the stars",
      ": starry-eyed",
      ": full of stars",
      ": shining like stars",
      ": having parts arranged like a star"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4r-\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4r-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "astral",
      "star",
      "stellar"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the starry light of the firmament on a clear night",
      "had the starry idea the Western military forces would waltz in there and put an end to rivalries that have been raging for hundreds of years",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That\u2019s partly because juries sometimes assume a starry American movie doesn\u2019t need the extra recognition, and also because Gray\u2019s resolutely old-fashioned classical storytelling can draw indifference and scorn as well as admiration. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
      "Next, hop on a vaportetto (that's a water bus for the uninitiated) and make your way to Gallerie dell'Accademia, where the starry British artist Anish Kapoor has a show that runs until October. \u2014 Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN , 14 May 2022",
      "Something wicked\u2014and very special\u2014came to Broadway last week, as a starry new production of Macbeth finally opened at the Longacre Theatre. \u2014 Vogue , 4 May 2022",
      "Dust off your flower crowns: Coachella has revealed another massively starry line-up for 2022, with Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, and Kanye West all set to headline. \u2014 Amel Mukhtar, Vogue , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "Kenneth Branagh captains a starry new adaptation of an Agatha Christie murder mystery, with Gal Gadot and Armie Hammer as newlyweds and a killer loose on their honeymoon abroad. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "There\u2019s still much to appreciate, but fans of the starry Netflix version can probably sit this one out. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Other species, like the starry smooth-hound and tope sharks, were also found in the Thames river. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "By some estimates that pollution \u2014 artificial light that shines up into the atmosphere, dulling all those starry nights \u2014 amounts to a waste of energy worth as much as $3 billion. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193155"
  },
  "start":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to move suddenly and violently spring",
      "to react with a sudden brief involuntary movement",
      "to issue with sudden force",
      "to come into being, activity, or operation",
      "to protrude or seem to protrude",
      "to become loosened or forced out of place",
      "to begin a course or journey",
      "to range from a specified initial point",
      "to begin an activity or undertaking",
      "to begin work",
      "to be a participant in a game or contest",
      "to be in the starting lineup",
      "to cause to leave a place of concealment flush",
      "startle , alarm",
      "to bring up for consideration or discussion",
      "to bring into being",
      "to cause to become loosened or displaced",
      "to begin the use of",
      "to cause to move, act, or operate",
      "to cause to enter a game or contest",
      "to put in the starting lineup",
      "to care for or train during the early stages of growth and development",
      "to do or experience the first stages or actions of",
      "to make trouble",
      "at the beginning initially",
      "in any event",
      "a sudden involuntary bodily movement or reaction",
      "a brief and sudden action or movement",
      "a sudden capricious impulse or outburst",
      "a beginning of movement, activity, or development",
      "head start",
      "a place of beginning",
      "the act or an instance of being a competitor in a race or a member of a starting lineup in a game",
      "strategic arms reduction talks",
      "to begin an activity",
      "to come or bring into being or action",
      "to begin to move toward a particular place or in a particular direction",
      "to cause to move, act, or operate",
      "to give a sudden twitch or jerk (as in surprise)",
      "to stick out or seem to stick out",
      "a sudden twitching or jerking movement",
      "a beginning of movement, action, or development",
      "a brief act, movement, or effort",
      "a place of beginning (as of a race)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8st\u00e4rt",
    "synonyms":[
      "bolt",
      "jump",
      "startle"
    ],
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      "alpha",
      "baseline",
      "beginning",
      "birth",
      "commencement",
      "dawn",
      "day one",
      "genesis",
      "get-go",
      "git-go",
      "inception",
      "incipience",
      "incipiency",
      "kickoff",
      "launch",
      "morning",
      "nascence",
      "nascency",
      "onset",
      "outset",
      "threshold"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "At Park \u2018N Go, online rates start at $8.99 a day and the company provides free shuttles to and from the airport. \u2014 David Lyons, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
      "But many photographers start out with street style and try to pivot to other types of photography backstage, ad jobs, studio work, et cetera. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 15 June 2022",
      "Under the schedule the school committee approved last year, Newton North and South high school students start class at 9 a.m. and are released at 3 45 p.m. four days a week, with an early dismissal on Tuesdays. \u2014 Seamus Webster, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "The bundle deals start at $9.99 a month, which gives you access to Showtime as well as the Essential plan for Paramount Plus. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 14 June 2022",
      "My mornings start around 6 a.m. with meditation or a workout. \u2014 Lenora E. Houseworth, Allure , 14 June 2022",
      "Republicans start becoming a lot more skeptical that courts should intervene. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
      "Tickets start at $30, and influential conservative groups including Heritage Action and Tea Party Patriots Action have already participated in previous summits. \u2014 Will Steakin, ABC News , 13 June 2022",
      "The Guardians start a nine-game road trip on Tuesday night in Denver against the Rockies. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Before the start of the 2022 season, for example, some of the leagues\u2019 top prospects were cut because of limited roster spots on WNBA teams. \u2014 Melanie Anzidei, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
      "All major broadcast networks broke away from regular programing to carry Biden\u2019s remarks at 7 30 p.m. EDT, before the start of primetime shows. \u2014 Will Weissert, Zeke Miller, Anchorage Daily News , 3 June 2022",
      "The Steelers have not yet announced plans to replace Tuitt before the start of the upcoming NFL season. \u2014 Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022",
      "The jersey appeared on the landmark statue under mysterious circumstances right before the start of the Stanley Cup Finals. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
      "Before the start , catcher Omar Narv\u00e1ez playfully offered a reality check for the southpaw. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
      "The index typically hits a high seven months before the start of a recession. \u2014 Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "Baltimore\u2019s charter requires a budget to be passed five days before the start of the new fiscal year, further limiting the City Council\u2019s power. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 2 June 2022",
      "Oregon State suffered an enormous blow before the start of the Women\u2019s College World Series as the school announced that pitcher Mariah Mazon is out for Thursday\u2019s opener against Florida. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "start (up)":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or an instance of setting in operation or motion",
      ": a fledgling business enterprise"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4rt-\u02cc\u0259p"
    ],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220039"
  },
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    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": to move suddenly and violently : spring",
      ": to react with a sudden brief involuntary movement",
      ": to issue with sudden force",
      ": to come into being, activity, or operation",
      ": to protrude or seem to protrude",
      ": to become loosened or forced out of place",
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      ": to range from a specified initial point",
      ": to begin an activity or undertaking",
      ": to begin work",
      ": to be a participant in a game or contest",
      ": to be in the starting lineup",
      ": to cause to leave a place of concealment : flush",
      ": startle , alarm",
      ": to bring up for consideration or discussion",
      ": to bring into being",
      ": to cause to become loosened or displaced",
      ": to begin the use of",
      ": to cause to move, act, or operate",
      ": to cause to enter a game or contest",
      ": to put in the starting lineup",
      ": to care for or train during the early stages of growth and development",
      ": to do or experience the first stages or actions of",
      ": to make trouble",
      ": at the beginning : initially",
      ": in any event",
      ": a sudden involuntary bodily movement or reaction",
      ": a brief and sudden action or movement",
      ": a sudden capricious impulse or outburst",
      ": a beginning of movement, activity, or development",
      ": head start",
      ": a place of beginning",
      ": the act or an instance of being a competitor in a race or a member of a starting lineup in a game",
      "strategic arms reduction talks",
      ": to begin an activity",
      ": to come or bring into being or action",
      ": to begin to move toward a particular place or in a particular direction",
      ": to cause to move, act, or operate",
      ": to give a sudden twitch or jerk (as in surprise)",
      ": to stick out or seem to stick out",
      ": a sudden twitching or jerking movement",
      ": a beginning of movement, action, or development",
      ": a brief act, movement, or effort",
      ": a place of beginning (as of a race)"
    ],
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      "\u02c8st\u00e4rt",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4rt",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4rt"
    ],
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      "bolt",
      "jump",
      "startle"
    ],
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      "alpha",
      "baseline",
      "beginning",
      "birth",
      "commencement",
      "dawn",
      "day one",
      "genesis",
      "get-go",
      "git-go",
      "inception",
      "incipience",
      "incipiency",
      "kickoff",
      "launch",
      "morning",
      "nascence",
      "nascency",
      "onset",
      "outset",
      "threshold"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "At Park \u2018N Go, online rates start at $8.99 a day and the company provides free shuttles to and from the airport. \u2014 David Lyons, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
      "But many photographers start out with street style and try to pivot to other types of photography: backstage, ad jobs, studio work, et cetera. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 15 June 2022",
      "Under the schedule the school committee approved last year, Newton North and South high school students start class at 9 a.m. and are released at 3:45 p.m. four days a week, with an early dismissal on Tuesdays. \u2014 Seamus Webster, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "The bundle deals start at $9.99 a month, which gives you access to Showtime as well as the Essential plan for Paramount Plus. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 14 June 2022",
      "My mornings start around 6 a.m. with meditation or a workout. \u2014 Lenora E. Houseworth, Allure , 14 June 2022",
      "Republicans start becoming a lot more skeptical that courts should intervene. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
      "Tickets start at $30, and influential conservative groups including Heritage Action and Tea Party Patriots Action have already participated in previous summits. \u2014 Will Steakin, ABC News , 13 June 2022",
      "The Guardians start a nine-game road trip on Tuesday night in Denver against the Rockies. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Before the start of the 2022 season, for example, some of the leagues\u2019 top prospects were cut because of limited roster spots on WNBA teams. \u2014 Melanie Anzidei, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
      "All major broadcast networks broke away from regular programing to carry Biden\u2019s remarks at 7:30 p.m. EDT, before the start of primetime shows. \u2014 Will Weissert, Zeke Miller, Anchorage Daily News , 3 June 2022",
      "The Steelers have not yet announced plans to replace Tuitt before the start of the upcoming NFL season. \u2014 Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022",
      "The jersey appeared on the landmark statue under mysterious circumstances right before the start of the Stanley Cup Finals. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
      "Before the start , catcher Omar Narv\u00e1ez playfully offered a reality check for the southpaw. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
      "The index typically hits a high seven months before the start of a recession. \u2014 Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "Baltimore\u2019s charter requires a budget to be passed five days before the start of the new fiscal year, further limiting the City Council\u2019s power. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 2 June 2022",
      "Oregon State suffered an enormous blow before the start of the Women\u2019s College World Series as the school announced that pitcher Mariah Mazon is out for Thursday\u2019s opener against Florida. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194113"
  },
  "startling":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": causing momentary fright, surprise, or astonishment",
      ": causing a moment of fright or surprise"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4rt-li\u014b",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4r-t\u1d4al-i\u014b"
    ],
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      "amazing",
      "astonishing",
      "astounding",
      "blindsiding",
      "dumbfounding",
      "dumfounding",
      "eye-opening",
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      "jarring",
      "jaw-dropping",
      "jolting",
      "shocking",
      "stunning",
      "stupefying",
      "surprising"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unsurprising"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Startling new evidence came to light during the trial.",
      "He made a startling discovery.",
      "It is a city of startling contrasts.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The vitriol of Gendron\u2019s alleged screeds and the brutality of his attack are nonetheless startling \u2014a warning about the prospect of more politicized violence in the country\u2019s near future. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 22 May 2022",
      "Tuesday\u2019s primary elections were a political junkie\u2019s delight, featuring surprising upsets, startling rebukes and razor-thin margins. \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
      "The difference is quite startling , with version 2.0 picking up on the movements much more cleanly. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Though the numbers are startling to many in China, where covid outbreaks were quickly eliminated until the emergence of the new more contagious variants last year. \u2014 Jane Li, Quartz , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The difference was startling to everyone when Gonz\u00e1lez arrived at Camelback Ranch in March. \u2014 Jorge Castillostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Our son had been too weak to support himself, so her development was really startling to watch. \u2014 refinery29.com , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "The sweater selection itself was uncontroversial, yet the color, a shade of pink traditionally reserved for teen girl diaries and baby girl onesies, was still startling when worn by a hunk. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "Broaden it to include the entire tournament, and the numbers are even more startling . \u2014 Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY , 1 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1609, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172850"
  },
  "state":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": mode or condition of being",
      ": condition of mind or temperament",
      ": a condition of abnormal tension or excitement",
      ": a condition or stage in the physical being of something",
      ": any of various conditions characterized by definite quantities (as of energy, angular momentum, or magnetic moment) in which an atomic system may exist",
      ": social position",
      ": high rank",
      ": elaborate or luxurious style of living",
      ": formal dignity : pomp",
      ": a body of persons constituting a special class in a society : estate sense 3",
      ": the members or representatives of the governing classes assembled in a legislative body",
      ": a person of high rank (as a noble)",
      ": a politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory",
      ": one that is sovereign",
      ": the political organization of such a body of people",
      ": a government or politically organized society having a particular character",
      ": the operations or concerns of the government of a country",
      ": one of the constituent units of a nation having a federal government",
      ": The United States of America",
      ": the territory of a state",
      ": to set by regulation or authority",
      ": to express the particulars of especially in words : report",
      ": to express in words",
      ": manner or condition of being",
      ": a body of people living in a certain territory under one government : the government of such a body of people",
      ": one of the divisions of a nation having a federal government",
      ": to express especially in words",
      ": to set by rule, law, or authority",
      ": mode or condition of being: as",
      ": condition of mind or temperament",
      ": a condition or stage in the physical being of something",
      ": a politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory",
      ": one that is sovereign",
      ": the political organization that has supreme civil authority and political power and serves as the basis of government \u2014 see also compelling state interest at interest sense 3a , separation of church and state",
      ": a government or politically organized society having a particular character",
      ": the operations or concerns of the government of a country : the sphere of administration and supreme political power of a country (as in international relations)",
      ": one of the constituent units of a nation having a federal government",
      ": one of the fifty such units comprising the great part of the U.S. \u2014 see also state law",
      ": the territory of a state"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101t",
      "\u02c8st\u0101t",
      "\u02c8st\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "commonwealth",
      "country",
      "land",
      "nation",
      "sovereignty",
      "sovranty"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "articulate",
      "clothe",
      "couch",
      "express",
      "formulate",
      "phrase",
      "put",
      "say",
      "word"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "There are semantic memories, or memories of facts, like the names for different varieties of apples, or the capital of your home state . \u2014 Vanessa Lobue, Scientific American , 10 June 2022",
      "The initiative provides experiences allowing Michiganders to enjoy and explore what their state has to offer. \u2014 Liliana Webb, Detroit Free Press , 10 June 2022",
      "At the same time, the administration has tried to convince Americans that Mr. Biden has a plan to pull the economy out of its current state , which is frustrating consumers and weighing heavily on his poll numbers. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
      "Chambers explained his confliction by noting his home state of Louisiana ranks 18th for gun ownership, 50th in crime, and 48th in education. \u2014 Essence , 10 June 2022",
      "To participate in the program, physicians must sign an agreement with their state 's VFC program. \u2014 ABC News , 10 June 2022",
      "Partner with your colleagues to baseline yourself against the model in an honest assessment of your present state . \u2014 Jay Goldman, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "This is simple: children and families living in our high-cost state need more resources to survive and thrive. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
      "The move comes after its home state of Washington adopted a law earlier this year requiring such disclosures on job postings starting next year. \u2014 Lauren Weber, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The rules state that NIL isn\u2019t supposed to be used to induce recruits to come to a school. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
      "Finally, many shaving creams clearly state that they are formulated specifically for sensitive skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
      "To state that a talent, a soul and a force of nature such as Judy Garland comes along just once per century misses the mark, twice. \u2014 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
      "With mounting pressure to take action, real estate developers and investors can no longer state their good intentions around ESG and announce a sustainability goal for 30 years into the future. \u2014 Diane Hoskins, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
      "International agreements for refugees and asylum seekers clearly state that admissions should be based on need. \u2014 Jane Hong, The Conversation , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The study rules state that at least 21 cases are needed to formally determine effectiveness, and Pfizer promised an update as soon as more data is available. \u2014 Lauran Neergaard, Chicago Tribune , 23 May 2022",
      "The study rules state that at least 21 cases are needed to formally determine effectiveness, and Pfizer promised an update as soon as more data is available. \u2014 Lauran Neergaard, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
      "The study rules state that at least 21 cases are needed to formally determine effectiveness, and Pfizer promised an update as soon as more data is available. \u2014 Lauran Neergaard, ajc , 23 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195458"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by lofty or imposing dignity",
      ": haughty , unapproachable",
      ": impressive in size or proportions",
      ": impressive in size or dignity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101t-l\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u0101t-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "august",
      "dignified",
      "distingu\u00e9",
      "distinguished",
      "imposing",
      "portly",
      "solemn",
      "staid"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "flighty",
      "frivolous",
      "giddy",
      "goofy",
      "silly",
      "undignified"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the governor watched with stately aloofness as his wife charmed the party guests",
      "a stately dowager in an evening gown",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There is a sophisticated civilization in every one of these stately trees. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
      "The town is proud of its stately oak trees, and of its status as the Honey Capital of the World, an honor proclaimed at the 1900 World\u2019s Fair in Paris, celebrating the local, and particularly sweet, guajillo honey. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 26 May 2022",
      "After a tornado leveled much of downtown Dec. 10, the service \u2014 which took place in a parking lot between the remnants of the two buildings \u2014 doubled as a farewell to their once- stately sanctuaries. \u2014 Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "Hardwood flooring is one of the most popular flooring options for homeowners and was once a staple of stately homes. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 13 May 2022",
      "Heritage Hill dates to the early 1840s when barons of the Michigan city\u2019s furniture, lumber, railroad and other businesses began building stately homes in some 60 styles, including Greek Revival, Shingle Style and Queen Anne. \u2014 Seth Schwartz, WSJ , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The garden at Kenwood House, a stately home in Hampstead Heath that is now open to the public. \u2014 Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
      "The Egerton is housed in a stately , red-brick Victorian townhouse overlooking private gardens. \u2014 Sherrie Nachman, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "Kyaw Moe Tun, for example, continues to work as the country\u2019s envoy to the UN, arriving every day at Myanmar\u2019s stately six-story townhouse on the edge of Central Park from his official residence, an apartment nearby. \u2014 Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic , 6 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193354"
  },
  "stately":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by lofty or imposing dignity",
      ": haughty , unapproachable",
      ": impressive in size or proportions",
      ": impressive in size or dignity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101t-l\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u0101t-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "august",
      "dignified",
      "distingu\u00e9",
      "distinguished",
      "imposing",
      "portly",
      "solemn",
      "staid"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "flighty",
      "frivolous",
      "giddy",
      "goofy",
      "silly",
      "undignified"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the governor watched with stately aloofness as his wife charmed the party guests",
      "a stately dowager in an evening gown",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There is a sophisticated civilization in every one of these stately trees. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
      "The town is proud of its stately oak trees, and of its status as the Honey Capital of the World, an honor proclaimed at the 1900 World\u2019s Fair in Paris, celebrating the local, and particularly sweet, guajillo honey. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 26 May 2022",
      "After a tornado leveled much of downtown Dec. 10, the service \u2014 which took place in a parking lot between the remnants of the two buildings \u2014 doubled as a farewell to their once- stately sanctuaries. \u2014 Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "Hardwood flooring is one of the most popular flooring options for homeowners and was once a staple of stately homes. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 13 May 2022",
      "Heritage Hill dates to the early 1840s when barons of the Michigan city\u2019s furniture, lumber, railroad and other businesses began building stately homes in some 60 styles, including Greek Revival, Shingle Style and Queen Anne. \u2014 Seth Schwartz, WSJ , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The garden at Kenwood House, a stately home in Hampstead Heath that is now open to the public. \u2014 Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
      "The Egerton is housed in a stately , red-brick Victorian townhouse overlooking private gardens. \u2014 Sherrie Nachman, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "Kyaw Moe Tun, for example, continues to work as the country\u2019s envoy to the UN, arriving every day at Myanmar\u2019s stately six-story townhouse on the edge of Central Park from his official residence, an apartment nearby. \u2014 Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic , 6 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200411"
  },
  "static":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adjective combining form",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion",
      ": of or relating to bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium",
      ": showing little change",
      ": characterized by a lack of movement, animation, or progression",
      ": producing an effect of repose or quiescence",
      ": standing or fixed in one place : stationary",
      ": stored in a tank but not under pressure",
      ": of, relating to, or producing stationary charges of electricity : electrostatic",
      ": of, relating to, or caused by radio static",
      ": noise produced in a radio or television receiver by atmospheric or various natural or man-made electrical disturbances",
      ": the electrical disturbances producing this noise",
      ": heated opposition or criticism",
      ": of or relating to a position or state",
      ": inhibiting the growth of",
      ": noise produced in a radio or television receiver by atmospheric or electrical disturbances",
      ": showing little change or action",
      ": of or relating to charges of electricity (as those produced by friction) that do not flow",
      ": characterized by a lack of movement or change",
      ": electrostatic"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sta-tik",
      "\u02c8sta-tik",
      "\u02c8stat-ik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "immobile",
      "nonmoving",
      "standing",
      "stationary"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "mobile",
      "movable",
      "moveable",
      "moving",
      "nonstationary"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "the static installation of the statue in that niche means that no one will ever see its back, which is also of interest",
      "Noun",
      "There was so much static on the radio we couldn't hear the broadcast.",
      "He was getting a lot of static about his decision.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "But most residents were still static , and the images irritated some Weibo users. \u2014 Han Zhang, The New Yorker , 7 June 2022",
      "As life inside bombed-out Kharkiv gradually returns to normal, the ISW said fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in the city\u2019s northeast is static , with neither side launching major attacks. \u2014 Andrew Jeong, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
      "The town now is split between Ukrainian and Russian zones, lines that have been static for weeks. \u2014 Sudarsan Raghavan, Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022",
      "Overall, the pace of US wage growth has been static : 6% in April, based on a three-month moving average, unchanged from March, according to data from the Atlanta Federal Reserve. \u2014 Nate Dicamillo, Quartz , 12 May 2022",
      "The counter argument is that while baseball is static , and attendance remains in decline, in part because of the 82-game schedule, any concert only comes to town at best once annually. \u2014 Eric Fuller, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
      "Movement was the very essence of cinema, while being static has its own obvious virtues. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The length and width mean the carpet itself is vast, so that stars are usually photographed walking, rather than static . \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 31 May 2022",
      "The lines of communications between the Guardians pitchers and hitters are still experiencing static . \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 22 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Switching from static to interactive content will yield a consistent, and often staggering, increase in conversion rates. \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Drones are controlled through radio signals, which opponents can jam by broadcasting static . \u2014 The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
      "Your best friend in fighting static may be in your laundry room. \u2014 Catharine Malzahn, Good Housekeeping , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "For straighter hair, the Dyson also excelled with one pass, leaving no static at low temperatures of 365 degrees. \u2014 PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "According to Taheri, the system\u2019s random losses of energy, as well as its encroaching noise (a bit like your television heating up and displaying static in the movie-watching analogy), actually boosted its stability. \u2014 Karmela Padavic-callaghan, Scientific American , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "The atmosphere on campus is heavy with racist static : Gail discovers a ceramic mammy doll in the master\u2019s house, and also an archival photo of an august white family with a Black maid in the background. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Over the static of the phone, Marcus heard a faint yell in the background from Manuel, barely hanging onto consciousness. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "The result, in this case, was hard to make out; the black-and-white image reminded me of television static . \u2014 James Somers, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-231327"
  },
  "stature":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": natural height (as of a person) in an upright position",
      ": quality or status gained by growth, development, or achievement",
      ": a person's height",
      ": quality or fame gained (as by growth or development)",
      ": natural height (as of a person) in an upright position"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sta-ch\u0259r",
      "\u02c8sta-ch\u0259r",
      "\u02c8stach-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "altitude",
      "elevation",
      "height",
      "inches"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The university has grown in stature during her time as president.",
      "a man of surprisingly great stature",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Yet the fracas over the flag tells a broader story about how much hopes for peace with the Palestinians have diminished and about the stature of the fifth of Israelis who are Palestinian. \u2014 Tia Goldenberg, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
      "Many actors have lent their talents to the act of changing this\u2014but few characters have risen to the stature and success of Omar Little, the gay Black man who wielded a pistol against his enemies in The Wire. \u2014 Michael Arceneaux, Essence , 24 May 2022",
      "But state legislators don\u2019t have the same stature as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. \u2014 J.d. Flynn, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
      "Harry's House, Styles' third album, is a pop album because of the stature of its star. \u2014 Maura Johnston, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
      "But Zelensky \u2014 who has come to be seen a hero in Ukraine and beyond \u2014 has the stature to sell an unpalatable agreement. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Teacher of the Year Award and Christa McAuliffe Ambassador for Education Program which is intended to promote the importance of quality education and enhance the stature of teachers. \u2014 Natalia Jaramillo, orlandosentinel.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "The stature of cinema is ideas, splendor and scope. \u2014 Tim Gray, Variety , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "The success or failure of Reels will offer a tantalizing window into the current stature of Facebook, illustrating whether corporate know-how and deep pockets can overcome losing that ephemeral aura of cool. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 23 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French estature, stature , from Latin statura , from status , past participle of stare to stand \u2014 more at stand ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224147"
  },
  "staunchness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": steadfast in loyalty or principle",
      ": watertight , sound",
      ": strongly built : substantial",
      ": to check or stop the flowing of",
      ": to stop the flow of blood from (a wound)",
      ": to stop or check in its course",
      ": to make watertight : stop up",
      ": allay , extinguish",
      ": strongly built : substantial",
      ": loyal , steadfast"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u022fnch",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4nch",
      "\u02c8st\u022fnch",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4nch",
      "\u02c8st\u022fnch",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4nch"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "constant",
      "dedicated",
      "devoted",
      "devout",
      "down-the-line",
      "faithful",
      "fast",
      "good",
      "loyal",
      "pious",
      "steadfast",
      "steady",
      "true",
      "true-blue"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disloyal",
      "faithless",
      "false",
      "fickle",
      "inconstant",
      "perfidious",
      "recreant",
      "traitorous",
      "treacherous",
      "unfaithful",
      "untrue"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "She is a staunch advocate of women's rights.",
      "He's a staunch believer in the value of regular exercise.",
      "I'm one of his staunchest supporters.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Zeldin, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, spent much of the past year crisscrossing New York, securing the support of county and local GOP committees. \u2014 Paul Steinhauser, Fox News , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Robinson initially supported the 1960 presidential campaign of Sen. Hubert Humphrey, a Minnesota Democrat and staunch ally of the civil rights movement. \u2014 Peter Dreier, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Jacobs made the remarks \u2014 a contradiction to the Republican party's staunch stance on gun laws \u2014 during a news conference on Friday. \u2014 Minyvonne Burke, NBC News , 28 May 2022",
      "But late in his Vatican career, Mr. Sodano\u2019s church legacy was tarnished by his staunch championing of the Rev. Marcial Maciel, the deceased Mexican founder of the Legion of Christ, a religious order, who was later revealed to be a pedophile. \u2014 Frances D'emilio, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
      "Trump remained a staunch backer of Cawthorn even as other Republicans distanced themselves. \u2014 Nicholas Reimann, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "In order to implement economic sanctions against any country, the EU needs approval from all 27 of its member states \u2014 and the current proposals have already met staunch resistance from Hungary\u2019s right-wing leader, Orb\u00e1n. \u2014 Chloe Taylor, Fortune , 6 May 2022",
      "And one of the biggest threats to reproductive freedom will unintentionally come from its staunch defenders in the European Union. \u2014 Albert Fox Cahn, Wired , 18 May 2022",
      "The two leading Democratic candidates are Tina Kotek, a staunch liberal and former speaker of the state House, versus Tobias Read, the state treasurer who has positioned himself as a moderate. \u2014 Marc Levy, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204433"
  },
  "stay":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large strong rope usually of wire used to support a mast":[],
      ": guy entry 2":[],
      ": to secure upright with or as if with stays":[],
      ": to incline (a mast) forward, aft, or to one side by the stays":[],
      ": to go about : tack":[],
      ": to stop going forward : pause":[],
      ": to stop doing something : cease":[],
      ": to continue in a place or condition : remain":[
        "stayed up all night",
        "went for a short vacation but stayed on for weeks",
        "stay put till I come back"
      ],
      ": to stand firm":[],
      ": to take up residence : lodge":[],
      ": to keep even in a contest or rivalry":[
        "stay with the leaders"
      ],
      ": to call a poker bet without raising":[],
      ": to be in waiting or attendance":[],
      ": to wait for : await":[],
      ": to stick or remain with (a race, a trial of endurance, etc.) to the end":[
        "\u2014 usually used in the phrase stay the course"
      ],
      ": to remain during":[
        "stayed the whole time"
      ],
      ": to stop or delay the proceeding or advance of by or as if by interposing an obstacle : halt":[],
      ": to check the course of (something, such as a disease)":[],
      ": allay , pacify":[
        "stayed tempers"
      ],
      ": to quiet the hunger of temporarily":[],
      ": the action of halting : the state of being stopped":[],
      ": a stopping or suspension of procedure or execution by judicial or executive order":[],
      ": self-control , moderation":[],
      ": a residence or sojourn in a place":[],
      ": capacity for endurance":[],
      ": one that serves as a prop : support":[],
      ": a thin firm strip (as of plastic) used for stiffening a garment or part (such as a shirt collar)":[],
      ": a corset stiffened with bones":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ],
      ": to provide physical or moral support for : sustain":[],
      ": to fix on something as a foundation":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for stay Verb (2) defer , postpone , suspend , stay mean to delay an action or proceeding. defer implies a deliberate putting off to a later time. deferred buying a car until spring postpone implies an intentional deferring usually to a definite time. the game is postponed until Saturday suspend implies temporary stoppage with an added suggestion of waiting until some condition is satisfied. business will be suspended while repairs are underway stay often suggests the stopping or checking by an intervening agency or authority. the governor stayed the execution",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English st\u00e6g ; akin to Old Norse stag stay":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French estei -, estai -, stem of ester to stand, stay, from Latin stare \u2014 more at stand":"Verb",
      "Middle English, from Middle French estaie , of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch stake pole, Middle Low German stak post, stake pole \u2014 more at stake":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1627, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1536, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161331"
  },
  "steadfast":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": firmly fixed in place : immovable",
      ": not subject to change",
      ": firm in belief, determination, or adherence : loyal",
      ": not changing : resolute",
      ": loyal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sted-\u02ccfast",
      "also",
      "\u02c8sted-\u02ccfast"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "constant",
      "dedicated",
      "devoted",
      "devout",
      "down-the-line",
      "faithful",
      "fast",
      "good",
      "loyal",
      "pious",
      "staunch",
      "stanch",
      "steady",
      "true",
      "true-blue"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disloyal",
      "faithless",
      "false",
      "fickle",
      "inconstant",
      "perfidious",
      "recreant",
      "traitorous",
      "treacherous",
      "unfaithful",
      "untrue"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He was steadfast in his support of the governor's policies.",
      "a steadfast supporter of women's rights",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Unlike Johnson, most other golfers have remained steadfast to their commitments to the PGA Tour, including Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm. \u2014 Derek Saul, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "But he's set in his ways, and steadfast about that. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 5 May 2022",
      "Lucille, on the other hand, was much more steadfast and precise. \u2014 ELLE , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "The Red Hook sunsets remain the most spectacular in the city, and the Statue of Liberty stands steadfast and visible in the harbor. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "His support was among the most visible, the most steadfast and the most enduring. \u2014 Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "Despite this, Anhed\u00f6nia is steadfast in saying that there is much more to come from Ethel Cain. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 12 May 2022",
      "But Indianapolis, led by the conviction and patience of general manager Chris Ballard, has been steadfast in its approach. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The United States has been steadfast in its refusal to become directly involved in the Russo-Ukrainian War ... and for good reason. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 29 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English stedefast , from Old English stedef\u00e6st , from stede + f\u00e6st fixed, fast",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222412"
  },
  "steadiness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": direct or sure in movement : unfaltering",
      ": firm in position : fixed",
      ": keeping nearly upright in a seaway",
      ": showing little variation or fluctuation : stable , uniform",
      ": not easily disturbed or upset",
      ": constant in feeling, principle, purpose, or attachment",
      ": dependable",
      ": not given to dissipation : sober",
      ": to make or keep steady",
      ": to become steady",
      ": in a steady manner : steadily",
      ": on the course set",
      ": one that is steady",
      ": a boyfriend or girlfriend with whom one goes steady",
      ": firmly fixed in position",
      ": direct or sure in action",
      ": lasting or continuing over time",
      ": not easily upset",
      ": reliable",
      ": to make, keep, or become steady"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ste-d\u0113",
      "\u02c8ste-d\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "constant",
      "dedicated",
      "devoted",
      "devout",
      "down-the-line",
      "faithful",
      "fast",
      "good",
      "loyal",
      "pious",
      "staunch",
      "stanch",
      "steadfast",
      "true",
      "true-blue"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disloyal",
      "faithless",
      "false",
      "fickle",
      "inconstant",
      "perfidious",
      "recreant",
      "traitorous",
      "treacherous",
      "unfaithful",
      "untrue"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "However, the company witnessed a steady rise in its revenue per share, driven by a rise in sales and a drop in its outstanding share count. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "His totals are among the most steady in the game, by season\u2019s end. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
      "Such figures underscore how much riskier retirement is today than for previous generations of workers, the vast majority of whom had employer-provided pensions that legally entitled them to a steady monthly payout after leaving the workforce. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 17 June 2022",
      "The good news is that, for the most part, the timeline has been straight and steady . \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 17 June 2022",
      "Ferrari sold more than 11,000 cars last year, a record that followed eight years of steady increases, broken only by a small decline in 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic. \u2014 Eric Sylvers, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Bring the water to a boil and reduce the heat to maintain a steady simmer. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "But Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com, predicts rates will hold steady . \u2014 Kathy Orton, Anchorage Daily News , 16 June 2022",
      "Nearly all the economists polled by Reuters had expected the SNB to keep rates steady . \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 16 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Eugene Scalia, then the labor secretary, discussed with colleagues right after the attack the need to steady the administration, according to three people familiar with the conversations. \u2014 Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
      "Eugene Scalia, then the labor secretary, discussed with colleagues right after the attack the need to steady the administration, according to three people familiar with the conversations. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
      "With the mask, users can blow up balloons, hold their breath to steady a toy gun, and do several other things. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 1 June 2022",
      "Sanders is accused of taking deliberate aim and shooting victims while using his free hand to steady his weapon, which was outfitted with a switch to fire automatically, Murphy added. \u2014 William Lee, Chicago Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "Jumping into action, a passenger \u2014 identified by Today as passenger Darren Harrison \u2014 climbed into the front seat of the plane, removed the pilot, and helped steady the aircraft. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 12 May 2022",
      "Those issues would emerge again after the half, just as USC seemed to steady its shaky start. \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "After the Gators opened the half with a 7-2 run, Tshiebwe scored seven unanswered points to steady the Wildcats. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "This is the busiest week of earnings reporting season, and the parade of companies delivering better profits than expected for the last quarter continued to grow Tuesday, helping to steady the market somewhat. \u2014 Stan Choe, Star Tribune , 27 Oct. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "The system worked great in busy traffic, staying steady around corners at 75 mph and smoothly changing lanes on its own. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 10 May 2022",
      "Jensen\u2019s Schoenstein thinks that\u2019s unlikely for steady -growing Microsoft. \u2014 Anne Sraders, Fortune , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "Like a steady -flowing river, WANs deliver continuous service, even during peak hours. \u2014 David Joosten, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "Zucchini also contains magnesium, another important mineral that helps keep heart rhythm steady . \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Good Housekeeping , 28 Apr. 2021",
      "Will colleges struggling to hold their enrollments steady become even less selective? \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 10 Mar. 2021",
      "Then in his early 20s, Beasley had already landed a touring gig as part of Sergio M\u00e9ndes\u2019 band but was trying to work his way into steady -paying studio sessions. \u2014 Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2021",
      "Staying steady through waves of uncertainty is kind of her superpower. \u2014 Macaela Mackenzie, Glamour , 27 May 2020",
      "However, Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 index held steady , gaining 1.9% by midday Monday. \u2014 Elaine Kurtenbach, USA TODAY , 23 Mar. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But the Scenic Eclipse's cutting-edge oversize stabilizers held her steady . \u2014 Christopher P. Baker, Travel + Leisure , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Lue has had the steady of hand of starting point guard Reggie Jackson to help steer the Clippers along with center Ivica Zubac. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Keeping the price steady could help in an economy that's still dealing with the ongoing pandemic, but Xbox's strategy is less focused on selling new hardware than Sony's (SNE). \u2014 Shannon Liao, CNN , 9 Sep. 2020",
      "Officials voted to hold their benchmark rate steady in a range between 1.5% and 1.75% at the meeting after cutting it by a quarter percentage point at each of its previous three meetings. \u2014 Nick Timiraos, WSJ , 3 Jan. 2020",
      "As slack vanishes, job growth slows, the employment rate reaches full-employment levels, and wage growth steadies at rates consistent with productivity growth. \u2014 Edward P. Lazear, WSJ , 18 June 2019",
      "Production eventually steadies , but at much lower levels. \u2014 Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post , 10 Nov. 2019",
      "Opening the annual session of China\u2019s legislature on Tuesday, Premier Li Keqiang laid out plans to fend off risks in the economy and keep the nation\u2019s jobless rate steady . \u2014 Lingling Wei, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2019",
      "The break-even rate refers to the amount of monthly payroll gains needed to keep the jobless rate steady . \u2014 Michael S. Derby, WSJ , 14 Nov. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
      "Adverb",
      "circa 1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1792, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221329"
  },
  "steal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to take the property of another wrongfully and especially as a habitual or regular practice",
      ": to come or go secretly, unobtrusively, gradually, or unexpectedly",
      ": to steal or attempt to steal a base",
      ": to take or appropriate without right or leave and with intent to keep or make use of wrongfully",
      ": to take away by force or unjust means",
      ": to take surreptitiously or without permission",
      ": to appropriate to oneself or beyond one's proper share : make oneself the focus of",
      ": to move, convey, or introduce secretly : smuggle",
      ": to accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner",
      ": to seize, gain, or win by trickery, skill, or daring",
      ": to reach (a base) safely solely by running and usually catching the opposing team off guard",
      ": to gain an advantage on unobserved",
      ": to grab attention from another especially by anticipating an idea, plan, or presentation",
      ": to claim credit for another's idea",
      ": the act or an instance of stealing",
      ": a fraudulent or questionable political deal",
      ": bargain sense 2",
      ": to take and carry away (something that belongs to another person) without permission and with the intention of keeping",
      ": to come or go quietly or secretly",
      ": to draw attention away from others",
      ": to take or get secretly or in a tricky way",
      ": to reach the next base safely in baseball by running to it when the ball has not been hit in play",
      ": to take (as a ball or puck) from another player",
      ": to take something from a situation",
      ": the act or an instance of stealing",
      ": bargain entry 1 sense 2",
      ": abnormal circulation characterized by deviation (as through collateral vessels or by backward flow) of blood to tissues where the normal flow of blood has been cut off by occlusion of an artery",
      ": to take or appropriate without right or consent and with intent to keep or make use of \u2014 see also robbery , theft"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0113l",
      "\u02c8st\u0113l",
      "\u02c8st\u0113l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "appropriate",
      "boost",
      "filch",
      "heist",
      "hook",
      "lift",
      "misappropriate",
      "nick",
      "nip",
      "pilfer",
      "pinch",
      "pocket",
      "purloin",
      "rip off",
      "snitch",
      "swipe",
      "thieve"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bargain",
      "buy",
      "deal",
      "pennyworth",
      "snip"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But the more critical tug-of-war Chewy needs to win is the fight to hold on to its customers, and to fight off the competitors who want to steal them. \u2014 Joan Verdon, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "Meanwhile, hotel staff reportedly got rid of the number sign for that particular room after at least one person tried to steal it. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 23 May 2022",
      "In just one week the scanner detected a lighter; several types of drugs, including 84 oxycodone pills; and a ring swallowed by a man in an attempt to steal it from a jewelry store, jail officials said. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 6 May 2022",
      "With the proper tools, thieves can cut through the exhaust pipes leading into and out of the converter and steal it. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 4 May 2022",
      "Land grabbers and squatters invaded and burned land to steal it. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Sometimes, guns are left in plain view inside vehicles and thieves break the windows to steal them. \u2014 Zusha Elinson, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "All that tension finally comes to a head in episode 4, when Steven and Layla break into a tomb Arthur is excavating and discover the voice of Ammit and steal it right before Harrow can. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Republicans and Democrats say converter thefts are a growing problem around the state as thieves, motivated by quick profits, continue to steal them. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Miller picked up her fifth foul with 5:15 left in the fourth and was forced out of the game with 11 points, one steal and two turnovers. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "The 6-foot-5 junior led the Generals with 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds and had a block and one steal . \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Arkansas' 76-57 victory at Mizzou Arena with 12 points, a season-high 11 rebounds, one assist and one steal in 36 minutes. \u2014 Bob Holt, Arkansas Online , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Baldwin's first half was a mixed bag \u2013 16 minutes and eight points on 3-for-8 shooting (0 for 4 from beyond the arc) with four rebounds, an assist and a steal . \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "Byrd went pointless, missing all three of his shots, and compiled two assists, one rebound and one steal . \u2014 Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com , 8 Jan. 2022",
      "Bradley was 3 for 3 with an assist and a steal in the final 4:30 ... \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "Johnson left the game with five points on 2-of-4 shooting, five rebounds, one assist and one steal in 15 minutes. \u2014 Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "In just eight minutes, Garuba scored 4 points, grabbed two rebounds, had one steal and blocked two shots. \u2014 Rahat Huq, Chron , 21 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222339"
  },
  "stealthy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": slow, deliberate, and secret in action or character",
      ": intended to escape observation : furtive",
      ": designed to produce a very weak radar return",
      ": done in a sly or secret manner"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stel-th\u0113",
      "\u02c8stel-th\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "furtive",
      "shady",
      "shifty",
      "slippery",
      "sly",
      "sneaking",
      "sneaky"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the stealthy movements of the crocodile",
      "cats are among the stealthiest of stalkers",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Merging a rich, thorny character study, a tale of two frenemies, a dysfunctional family comedy and an immersive tour of the Portland, Ore., art scene, this forthcoming A24 release has many stealthy ambitions and nails every one of them. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
      "Some of these stealthy viruses have been evolving alongside us as long as humans have been around. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
      "Some of these stealthy viruses have been evolving alongside us as long as humans have been around. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 5 May 2022",
      "Both sides have drawn lessons from Russia\u2019s failed advance in late February on Kyiv, where a 40-mile-long convoy of Russian armor was smashed by stealthy Ukrainian anti-tank teams and precise artillery and drone strikes. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 May 2022",
      "The stealthy trip reflected the increasingly ambitious U.S. goal. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 1 May 2022",
      "Dust mites, those stealthy home invaders that can wage a merciless war on our health. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The resemblance is entirely due to the aircraft\u2019s need to be stealthy in all aspects, and the same principles of radar evasion from the 1980s, when the B-2A was developed, still hold today. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 26 May 2022",
      "Those authorities added that the Kremlin was using the malware to wage stealthy hacks of its adversaries. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184219"
  },
  "steam":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a vapor arising from a heated substance",
      ": the invisible vapor into which water is converted when heated to the boiling point",
      ": the mist formed by the condensation on cooling of water vapor",
      ": water vapor kept under pressure so as to supply energy for heating, cooking, or mechanical work",
      ": the power so generated",
      ": active force : power , momentum",
      ": normal force",
      ": pent-up emotional tension",
      ": steamer sense 2a",
      ": travel by or a trip in a steamer",
      ": to give out as fumes : exhale",
      ": to apply steam to",
      ": to expose to the action of steam (as for softening or cooking)",
      ": to rise or pass off as vapor",
      ": to give off steam or vapor",
      ": to move or travel by the agency of steam",
      ": to move or proceed with energy or force",
      ": to be angry : boil",
      ": the vapor into which water is changed when heated to the boiling point",
      ": steam or the heat or power produced by it when kept under pressure",
      ": the mist formed when water vapor cools",
      ": driving force : power",
      ": to give off steam or vapor",
      ": to rise or pass off as steam",
      ": to move or travel by or as if by the power of steam",
      ": to expose to steam (as for cooking)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0113m",
      "\u02c8st\u0113m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "boil",
      "burn",
      "foam",
      "fume",
      "rage",
      "rankle",
      "seethe",
      "sizzle",
      "storm"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The features of the spa include a steam room, sauna, massage room, reading room, a variety of pools and a fitness studio. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 6 June 2022",
      "The new space features pink velvet couches, a gym equipped with a steam shower and an orange pool table among other over-the-top amenities for its agents. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 5 June 2022",
      "Couples can choose a VIP suite that has its own private sauna, steam shower and a relaxation area. \u2014 Sherrie Nachman, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Upstairs, the primary suite tacks on a steam shower and stone tub. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Seven bedrooms are en suite, and the primary bedroom offers two closets, a steam shower and a stone bath. \u2014 Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The primary bathroom features a steam shower, rain shower and stunning natural agate gemstone countertops and a bench. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "This six-bedroom house outside Chicago features an indoor sports court with scoreboard and a locker room with steam shower. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Waterworks tile in the bathrooms, a wine storage room, a golf simulator room, an elevator, an indoor basketball court, a steam shower, locker rooms and a massage room. \u2014 Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Sandra Dadles\u2019 chainmail Northcoast Armor & Jewelry to steam punk lamps by Ron Thorpe. \u2014 cleveland , 6 June 2022",
      "When frying foods, water content acts as a sort of temperature buffer, drawing heat energy from the oil to convert it to steam and evaporate. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
      "In the rugged mountains of Germany's Westphalia region, bakers steam loaves of dense rye for up to 24 hours, while a round of Armenian lavash made from wheat turns blistered and brown after 30 seconds inside a tandoor oven. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
      "All state semifinal and final games will steam live online for a fee at NFHS Network. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel , 4 May 2022",
      "Foam quality is also superlative, and the machine is quick to steam and demonstrates a quick recovery time between drinks. \u2014 PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "For example, diesel often fires steam boilers used in chemical plants and textile factories, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. \u2014 Ronald D. White, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
      "There\u2019s also a juice bar and steam shower, as well as a conservatory with a retractable roof that houses the indoor chemical-free pool. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The Nevada Northern features a 56-acre rail yard and steam train excursions on more than 30 miles of track in and around Ely. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193502"
  },
  "steam up":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make angry or excited : arouse"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "anger",
      "enrage",
      "incense",
      "inflame",
      "enflame",
      "infuriate",
      "ire",
      "mad",
      "madden",
      "outrage",
      "rankle",
      "rile",
      "roil",
      "tick off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "delight",
      "gratify",
      "please"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "finding yet another mistaken charge on his hospital bill really steamed him up"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1922, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173521"
  },
  "steaming":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a vapor arising from a heated substance",
      ": the invisible vapor into which water is converted when heated to the boiling point",
      ": the mist formed by the condensation on cooling of water vapor",
      ": water vapor kept under pressure so as to supply energy for heating, cooking, or mechanical work",
      ": the power so generated",
      ": active force : power , momentum",
      ": normal force",
      ": pent-up emotional tension",
      ": steamer sense 2a",
      ": travel by or a trip in a steamer",
      ": to give out as fumes : exhale",
      ": to apply steam to",
      ": to expose to the action of steam (as for softening or cooking)",
      ": to rise or pass off as vapor",
      ": to give off steam or vapor",
      ": to move or travel by the agency of steam",
      ": to move or proceed with energy or force",
      ": to be angry : boil",
      ": the vapor into which water is changed when heated to the boiling point",
      ": steam or the heat or power produced by it when kept under pressure",
      ": the mist formed when water vapor cools",
      ": driving force : power",
      ": to give off steam or vapor",
      ": to rise or pass off as steam",
      ": to move or travel by or as if by the power of steam",
      ": to expose to steam (as for cooking)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0113m",
      "\u02c8st\u0113m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "boil",
      "burn",
      "foam",
      "fume",
      "rage",
      "rankle",
      "seethe",
      "sizzle",
      "storm"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The features of the spa include a steam room, sauna, massage room, reading room, a variety of pools and a fitness studio. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 6 June 2022",
      "The new space features pink velvet couches, a gym equipped with a steam shower and an orange pool table among other over-the-top amenities for its agents. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 5 June 2022",
      "Couples can choose a VIP suite that has its own private sauna, steam shower and a relaxation area. \u2014 Sherrie Nachman, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Upstairs, the primary suite tacks on a steam shower and stone tub. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Seven bedrooms are en suite, and the primary bedroom offers two closets, a steam shower and a stone bath. \u2014 Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The primary bathroom features a steam shower, rain shower and stunning natural agate gemstone countertops and a bench. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "This six-bedroom house outside Chicago features an indoor sports court with scoreboard and a locker room with steam shower. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Waterworks tile in the bathrooms, a wine storage room, a golf simulator room, an elevator, an indoor basketball court, a steam shower, locker rooms and a massage room. \u2014 Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Sandra Dadles\u2019 chainmail Northcoast Armor & Jewelry to steam punk lamps by Ron Thorpe. \u2014 cleveland , 6 June 2022",
      "When frying foods, water content acts as a sort of temperature buffer, drawing heat energy from the oil to convert it to steam and evaporate. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
      "In the rugged mountains of Germany's Westphalia region, bakers steam loaves of dense rye for up to 24 hours, while a round of Armenian lavash made from wheat turns blistered and brown after 30 seconds inside a tandoor oven. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
      "All state semifinal and final games will steam live online for a fee at NFHS Network. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel , 4 May 2022",
      "Foam quality is also superlative, and the machine is quick to steam and demonstrates a quick recovery time between drinks. \u2014 PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "For example, diesel often fires steam boilers used in chemical plants and textile factories, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. \u2014 Ronald D. White, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
      "There\u2019s also a juice bar and steam shower, as well as a conservatory with a retractable roof that houses the indoor chemical-free pool. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The Nevada Northern features a 56-acre rail yard and steam train excursions on more than 30 miles of track in and around Ely. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221221"
  },
  "steel":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "commercial iron that contains carbon in any amount up to about 1.7 percent as an essential alloying constituent, is malleable when under suitable conditions, and is distinguished from cast iron by its malleability and lower carbon content",
      "an instrument or implement of or characteristically of steel such as",
      "a thrusting or cutting weapon",
      "an instrument (such as a fluted round rod with a handle) for sharpening knives",
      "a piece of steel for striking sparks from flint",
      "a quality (such as hardness of mind or spirit) that suggests steel",
      "the steel manufacturing industry",
      "shares of stock in steel companies",
      "to overlay, point, or edge with steel",
      "to cause to resemble steel (as in looks or hardness)",
      "to fill with resolution or determination",
      "made of steel",
      "of or relating to the production of steel",
      "resembling steel",
      "a hard and tough metal made by treating iron with great heat and mixing carbon with it",
      "an item (as a sword) made of steel",
      "to fill with courage or determination",
      "made of steel"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0113l",
      "\u02c8st\u0113l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blade",
      "brand",
      "sword"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bear up",
      "buck up",
      "buoy (up)",
      "cheer (up)",
      "chirk (up)",
      "embolden",
      "encourage",
      "hearten",
      "inspire",
      "inspirit"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "She was raised by a dad who worked at a steel mill and a stay-at-home mom\u2014not the kind of person who would ever call herself a feminist, Drake says. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 15 June 2022",
      "Similar conditions existed for weeks at a steel mill in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol before a civilian evacuation was arranged and the defending troops were ordered by Ukrainian military commanders to stand down. \u2014 John Leicester, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
      "Frazier grew up in the 1980s in Braddock, Penn., an old steel mill town that also had to contend with lead contamination. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "The Ukrainian fighters' dogged defense of the steel mill frustrated the Kremlin's objective of quickly capturing Mariupol and tied down Russian forces in the strategic port city. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 7 June 2022",
      "Dozens of Ukrainian fighters killed at the Azovstal steel mill have been returned to Ukraine by Russian occupiers in the city of Mariupol. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
      "But one band of fighters held out for weeks in a steel mill complex in the southern city of Mariupol, tying down significant Russian forces before the survivors surrendered this month. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "Ukrainian forces have remained in the basement of a steel mill for several weeks. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 21 May 2022",
      "Russian authorities have threatened to put some of the steel mill\u2019s defenders on trial for alleged war crimes and put them on trial. \u2014 Elena Becatoros, Chicago Tribune , 21 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "Vaccinating kids now, de St. Maurice told me, will steel them against what is inevitably on the horizon. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
      "In the Permian Basin, the sprawling oil-rich region in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, drillers are facing long delays and steep competition for everything from roughnecks to steel to fracking pumps. \u2014 Collin Eaton, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "And get emotional support to steel you against the naysayers. \u2014 Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica , 10 May 2022",
      "Perhaps the brutal road upcoming road swing to Boston, Chicago and Toronto will again steel their resolve. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "China\u2019s top leaders, apparently aware that a loss of morale in Shanghai could undermine its insistence on a zero-covid policy, often speak of the need for residents and officials to steel themselves against the temptation to give in. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Mother\u2019s Day is one of the Arboretum\u2019s busiest days, so steel yourself for crowds and difficult parking. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Biden used his speech to defend liberal democracy and the NATO military alliance, while saying that Europe must steel itself for a long fight against Russian aggression. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "The end of the Warsaw speech will be the most memorable line from an address that widely called for democracies to steel themselves against the threat of autocracies in the years and decades to come. \u2014 Maegan Vazquez And Kyle Feldscher, CNN , 26 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-165911"
  },
  "steep":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "lofty , high",
      "making a large angle with the plane of the horizon",
      "mounting or falling precipitously",
      "being or characterized by a rapid and intensive decline or increase",
      "extremely or excessively high",
      "a precipitous place",
      "to soak in a liquid at a temperature under the boiling point (as for softening, bleaching, or extracting an essence)",
      "to cover with or plunge into a liquid (as in bathing, rinsing, or soaking)",
      "to saturate with or subject thoroughly to (some strong or pervading influence)",
      "to undergo the process of soaking in a liquid",
      "the state or process of being steeped",
      "a bath or solution in which something is steeped",
      "having a very sharp slope almost straight up and down",
      "too great or high",
      "to soak in a hot liquid",
      "to fill with or involve deeply"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8st\u0113p",
    "synonyms":[
      "abrupt",
      "bold",
      "precipitous",
      "sheer"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "endue",
      "indue",
      "imbue",
      "inculcate",
      "infuse",
      "ingrain",
      "engrain",
      "inoculate",
      "invest",
      "suffuse"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1555, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "stellar":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of or relating to the stars : astral",
      ": composed of stars",
      ": of or relating to a theatrical or film star",
      ": principal , leading",
      ": outstanding"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ste-l\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "astral",
      "star",
      "starry"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the rate of stellar expansion",
      "The movie has a stellar cast.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "SoundAsleep makes high-quality air mattresses that check boxes across the board for comfort, quality, and ease of setup\u2014and this one is a particularly stellar value. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 15 June 2022",
      "Dominguez had a stellar college career with the Cardinals, earning Big East Player of the Year honors in 2009 and co-Player of the Year accolades in 2008. \u2014 Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal , 14 June 2022",
      "The Celtics played stellar defense against Stephen Curry but had no answer for Andrew Wiggins. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "The Browns had really stellar attendance throughout their OTAs this offseason, and throughout the NFL when players show up for those optional practices, coaches will oftentimes cancel mandatory minicamp sessions all together. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
      "As noted in our stellar Billboard cover story earlier this year, Posty doesn\u2019t seem to care about the numbers this go-round. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 14 June 2022",
      "Tapioca flour is a stellar thickening agent, but be careful about overdoing it. \u2014 Antara Sinha, Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 June 2022",
      "As the host of the 2022 Tony Awards in New York City last night, Ariana DeBose needed several stellar outfit options. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 13 June 2022",
      "Five renowned stellar Iron Chefs \u2014 Marcus Samuelsson, Gabriela C\u00e1mara, Curtis Stone, Dominique Crenn and Ming Tsai \u2014 are back to vie with seven buzz-worthy challenger chefs for the ultimate title: Iron Legend. \u2014 Laura Manske, Forbes , 12 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Late Latin stellaris , from Latin stella star \u2014 more at star ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214752"
  },
  "stench":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": stink",
      ": a characteristic repugnant quality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stench"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "funk",
      "reek",
      "stink"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "aroma",
      "fragrance",
      "perfume"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the stench of rotting meat",
      "we finally discovered the dead rat that was causing the stench in the basement",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Michael Sussmann trial is over, but the stench lingers. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
      "Eyewitnesses spoke of the stench of death stalking the streets as early summer temperatures rise. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
      "New coach Doug Pederson and a handful of players said this past week that the team has a long way to go to rid itself of Meyer\u2019s stench . \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
      "Residents said the neighborhood was frequently filled with dust and stench from the site. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
      "Complaints of a rotten-egg stench began Oct. 3 and eventually came from thousands of people in at least a half-dozen communities in the area. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "The pleasant angelic visage bequeathing powers to Alice reeks of a demonic stench . \u2014 Robert Daniels, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2021",
      "Flight attendants referred to it as the Nasty, Nelson remembered, because the galley was so tiny that the trash piled up and the stench lingered. \u2014 Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "But now the stench has become too strong to ignore. \u2014 Harper Simon, SPIN , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English stenc ; akin to Old English stincan to emit a smell \u2014 more at stink ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184834"
  },
  "stenchful":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": stink",
      ": a characteristic repugnant quality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stench"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "funk",
      "reek",
      "stink"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "aroma",
      "fragrance",
      "perfume"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the stench of rotting meat",
      "we finally discovered the dead rat that was causing the stench in the basement",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Michael Sussmann trial is over, but the stench lingers. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
      "Eyewitnesses spoke of the stench of death stalking the streets as early summer temperatures rise. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
      "New coach Doug Pederson and a handful of players said this past week that the team has a long way to go to rid itself of Meyer\u2019s stench . \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
      "Residents said the neighborhood was frequently filled with dust and stench from the site. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
      "Complaints of a rotten-egg stench began Oct. 3 and eventually came from thousands of people in at least a half-dozen communities in the area. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "The pleasant angelic visage bequeathing powers to Alice reeks of a demonic stench . \u2014 Robert Daniels, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2021",
      "Flight attendants referred to it as the Nasty, Nelson remembered, because the galley was so tiny that the trash piled up and the stench lingered. \u2014 Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "But now the stench has become too strong to ignore. \u2014 Harper Simon, SPIN , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English stenc ; akin to Old English stincan to emit a smell \u2014 more at stink ",
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      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173155"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
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      ": extremely loud"
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      "plangent",
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      "ringing",
      "roaring",
      "slam-bang",
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      "gentle",
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    "examples":[
      "the professor's stentorian voice was enough to keep even the drowsiest student awake",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Vocal standouts included M\u00e1t\u00e9 S\u00f3lyom-Nagy\u2019s rugged Figaro, Florence Losseau\u2019s spicy Cherubino, and Kakhaber Shavidze\u2019s stentorian Bartolo. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "The stentorian bass Franz-Josef Selig made a robust, good-natured Daland. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Mar. 2020",
      "Unfortunately, Pressley\u2019s stentorian affect detracts from the authenticity of the dialogue between Washington and his contemporaries, undermining Coe\u2019s argument that the founders were people too, just like us. \u2014 Tatiana Schlossberg, New York Times , 29 Apr. 2020",
      "His replacement as the Dutchman, Evgeny Nikitin, was monochromatic and stentorian , and his steely bass-baritone expressed none of the Dutchman\u2019s anguish or mystery. \u2014 Heidi Waleson, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2020",
      "On the eve of the game\u2019s release, one fan stitched together a trailer, backed by a stentorian soundtrack, highlighting the variety of media that had been created. \u2014 Simon Parkin, The New Yorker , 19 Feb. 2020",
      "Sadly, Roberto Alagna, as Samson, started out the night wobbly and stentorian , and despite some moments of ringing power, his tenor shredded audibly as the night progressed, concluding with a painful yelp. \u2014 Heidi Waleson, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2018",
      "Showerman is the least effective actor in the bunch, affecting a stentorian voice and officious manner that come across as parodic. \u2014 Donna Freedman, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Oct. 2019",
      "The transition to these new tones had been masked, so the tragic-hued change came as a gentle surprise, all the more effective for having being delivered without any obvious, stentorian announcement. \u2014 Seth Colter Walls, New York Times , 30 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1605, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174616"
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      ": one of a series of structures consisting of a riser and a tread",
      ": a ladder rung",
      ": an advance or movement made by raising the foot and bringing it down elsewhere",
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      ": a short distance",
      ": the height of one stair",
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      ": a degree, grade, or rank in a scale",
      ": a stage in a process",
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      "\u2014 see also step out",
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      ": to be on one's way : leave",
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      ": to press down with the foot",
      ": to come as if at a single step",
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      ": to move (the foot) in any direction : set",
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      ": to go through the steps of (something) : perform",
      ": to make (something) erect by fixing the lower end in a step",
      ": to measure (something) by steps",
      ": to provide (something) with steps",
      ": to make steps in (something)",
      ": to construct or arrange (something) in or as if in steps",
      ": related by virtue of a remarriage (as of a parent) and not by blood",
      ": a movement made by lifting one foot and putting it down in another spot",
      ": a rest or place for the foot in going up or down : stair",
      ": a combination of foot and body movements in a repeated pattern",
      ": manner of walking",
      ": footprint",
      ": the sound of a footstep",
      ": the space passed over in one step",
      ": a short distance",
      ": the height of one stair",
      ": course entry 1 sense 2",
      ": one of a series of actions taken to achieve something",
      ": a stage in a process",
      ": a level, grade, or rank in a scale or series",
      ": the distance from one tone of a musical scale or one note on a musical staff to another that is one tone away (",
      ") or two tones away (",
      ")",
      ": to move in a particular way or direction by lifting one foot and putting it down in another spot",
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      ": to go on foot : walk",
      ": to move quickly",
      ": to put or press the foot on or in",
      ": to come or move as if at a step by the foot",
      ": to measure by steps",
      ": to increase the amount, speed, or intensity of"
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      "expedient",
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      "ambulate",
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      "hoof (it)",
      "leg (it)",
      "pad",
      "traipse",
      "tread",
      "walk"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Freshness is paramount at every step , Svetlik says. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "The great inflation of the 1970s, in contrast, persisted for more than a decade, with many false dawns, because politicians at every step preferred to accommodate inflation rather than fight it. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
      "Managers want insights into every step of their supply chain to better forecast the future. \u2014 Jake Medwell, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
      "At every step of the way, the college focuses on Alma's distinctiveness, including the one-on-one attention a student at Alma receives, a key selling point. \u2014 Freep.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Every step of the way for Montoyo, the soundtrack has been salsa. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
      "Gibbons himself was involved in every step of the design process, ensuring these boots have a heavy dose of his signature style. \u2014 Josh Max, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "As Jakins\u2019 team began editing the film, Jakins said, the board members weighed in every step of the way. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "To be clear, everyone is on their own personal and professional journey to get this right, and there is considerable nuance involved in every step . \u2014 Lisa Osborne Ross For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 8 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "That led me to step into the lead vocalist slot for Kicks. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 6 June 2022",
      "Gonzaga floor general Andrew Nembhard has the college seasoning (22 years old) to possibly step into an immediate backup point guard role as a rookie. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 25 May 2022",
      "Lyre\u2019s seemed to step into the NA space at the right moment. \u2014 Kate Dingwall, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "To step into the part as Candy, Biel is nearly unrecognizable in a short curly wig and large glasses. \u2014 Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022",
      "But what motivates midcareer professionals \u2013 often now married, with children, and with their former military lives receding into memory \u2013 to drop everything and step into the trenches of another nation\u2019s fight? \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 May 2022",
      "Who was more nervous to step into the ring, you or Bob? \u2014 Jordan Moreau, Variety , 9 May 2022",
      "Yet on Saturday, Biden is planning to step into a tuxedo and into an underground ballroom for the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner \u2014 the first time a sitting president has attended since 2016. \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Enter a brave little dynamo named Beanie Feldstein, who has dared to step into the part in the first Broadway revival, directed by Michael Mayer. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181517"
  },
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      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
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      "come over",
      "drop by",
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      "run in",
      "stop (by ",
      "visit"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "I just stepped in to say hi on my way to class.",
      "couldn't find anyone to step in for me so that I could take a break from my caregiving duties"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1921, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161548"
  },
  "step out":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to go away from a place usually for a short distance and for a short time",
      "to go or march at a vigorous or increased pace",
      "die",
      "to lead an active social life",
      "to be unfaithful"
    ],
    "pronounciation":null,
    "synonyms":[
      "cheat",
      "philander",
      "screw around"
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    "examples":[
      "if she catches him stepping out on her, she'll divorce him without a moment's hesitation",
      "my greedy relatives are only being nice to me because they expect me to step out any time now"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to increase, augment, or advance especially by one or more steps",
      ": to increase (a voltage) by means of a transformer",
      ": to make the effort required to provide information, make a claim, volunteer, etc.",
      "\u2014 see also step up to the plate",
      ": to succeed in meeting a challenge (as by increased effort or improved performance)",
      ": to undergo an increase",
      ": to receive a promotion",
      ": an increase or advance (as in size or amount) and especially one that is gradual or incremental"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8step-\u02cc\u0259p"
    ],
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      "accentuate",
      "amp (up)",
      "amplify",
      "beef (up)",
      "boost",
      "consolidate",
      "deepen",
      "enhance",
      "heighten",
      "intensify",
      "magnify",
      "redouble",
      "strengthen"
    ],
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      "accretion",
      "accrual",
      "addendum",
      "addition",
      "augmentation",
      "boost",
      "expansion",
      "gain",
      "increase",
      "increment",
      "more",
      "plus",
      "proliferation",
      "raise",
      "rise",
      "supplement",
      "uptick"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "candidates stepping up their campaigns as election day draws near",
      "stepped up the pace to catch up with the others",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Besieged by injuries to veteran starters, there are opportunities for others to step up in their absence. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "In many cases, parents are looking for both employers and the federal government to step up . \u2014 Megan Leonhardt, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
      "The number of monkeypox cases detected world-wide has surpassed 1,000, as public-health authorities step up their response to the outbreak. \u2014 Denise Roland, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
      "Dorval said it\u2019s important for groups like hers to step up as these camps are put up for sale. \u2014 al , 4 June 2022",
      "This has provided an opportunity for nonprofits to step up and lead the charge in pairing talent with purpose. \u2014 Jono Anzalone, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s where Wallace, the No. 8-ranked prospect in the class of 2022 according to the 247Sports Composite, will be needed to step up . \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 31 May 2022",
      "There used to be serious politicians who would step up and speak out against these kinds of things. \u2014 NBC News , 15 May 2022",
      "Brooks makes an impact With Green limiting Jackson's scoring, the Grizzlies needed other scorers to step up . \u2014 Damichael Cole, USA TODAY , 14 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1902, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2",
      "Noun",
      "1879, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192127"
  },
  "step-down":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to withdraw from one's position or occupation : retire , resign",
      ": to lower (a voltage) by means of a transformer",
      ": to decrease or reduce (something) especially by one or more steps",
      ": a decrease or reduction (as in size or amount) and especially one that is gradual or incremental",
      ": serving to decrease voltage",
      ": providing or offering a reduced level of care or service",
      ": providing an intermediate level of care and monitoring especially for patients transitioning out of intensive care",
      ": providing or offering a reduced level of care or service",
      ": providing an intermediate level of care and monitoring especially for patients transitioning out of intensive care",
      ": a decrease or reduction in size or amount"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8step-\u02ccdau\u0307n",
      "\u02c8step-\u02ccdau\u0307n"
    ],
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      "abatement",
      "decline",
      "decrease",
      "decrement",
      "dent",
      "depletion",
      "depression",
      "diminishment",
      "diminution",
      "drop",
      "drop-off",
      "fall",
      "falloff",
      "loss",
      "reduction",
      "shrinkage"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "boost",
      "enlargement",
      "gain",
      "increase",
      "increment",
      "raise",
      "rise",
      "step-up",
      "uptick"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Sources close to Sandberg told the Journal the review has bothered her but did not contribute to her decision to step down from the company. \u2014 Madeline Halpert, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "The couple is visiting the UK together for the first time since their relocation to California following their decision to step down as senior members of the royal family in 2020. \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 3 June 2022",
      "This morning, Toby Emmerich informed his team of his decision to step down as chairman of Warner Bros. Pictures Group and launch his own production company. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 1 June 2022",
      "Before the coronavirus pandemic canceled college sports in March 2020, Knight announced her decision to step down at the end of the season. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 25 May 2022",
      "The failure of the IoT software business may have also played a role in Segars\u2019 decision to step down after more than eight years as CEO. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
      "Responding to questions via email Monday evening, Scott's spokesman Aaron Sadler indicated that the mayor was not behind Humphrey's decision to step down . \u2014 Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online , 3 May 2022",
      "The Queen's 2019 Christmas broadcast was the final straw for Harry and Meghan in their decision to step down as senior working royals. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The decision for Emmert, 69, to step down was mutual between him and the NCAA Board of Governors, according to the statement. \u2014 CBS News , 26 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1875, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "1905, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170720"
  },
  "step-up":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to increase, augment, or advance especially by one or more steps",
      ": to increase (a voltage) by means of a transformer",
      ": to make the effort required to provide information, make a claim, volunteer, etc.",
      "\u2014 see also step up to the plate",
      ": to succeed in meeting a challenge (as by increased effort or improved performance)",
      ": to undergo an increase",
      ": to receive a promotion",
      ": an increase or advance (as in size or amount) and especially one that is gradual or incremental"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8step-\u02cc\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "accentuate",
      "amp (up)",
      "amplify",
      "beef (up)",
      "boost",
      "consolidate",
      "deepen",
      "enhance",
      "heighten",
      "intensify",
      "magnify",
      "redouble",
      "strengthen"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accretion",
      "accrual",
      "addendum",
      "addition",
      "augmentation",
      "boost",
      "expansion",
      "gain",
      "increase",
      "increment",
      "more",
      "plus",
      "proliferation",
      "raise",
      "rise",
      "supplement",
      "uptick"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "candidates stepping up their campaigns as election day draws near",
      "stepped up the pace to catch up with the others",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Besieged by injuries to veteran starters, there are opportunities for others to step up in their absence. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "In many cases, parents are looking for both employers and the federal government to step up . \u2014 Megan Leonhardt, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
      "The number of monkeypox cases detected world-wide has surpassed 1,000, as public-health authorities step up their response to the outbreak. \u2014 Denise Roland, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
      "Dorval said it\u2019s important for groups like hers to step up as these camps are put up for sale. \u2014 al , 4 June 2022",
      "This has provided an opportunity for nonprofits to step up and lead the charge in pairing talent with purpose. \u2014 Jono Anzalone, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s where Wallace, the No. 8-ranked prospect in the class of 2022 according to the 247Sports Composite, will be needed to step up . \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 31 May 2022",
      "There used to be serious politicians who would step up and speak out against these kinds of things. \u2014 NBC News , 15 May 2022",
      "Brooks makes an impact With Green limiting Jackson's scoring, the Grizzlies needed other scorers to step up . \u2014 Damichael Cole, USA TODAY , 14 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1902, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2",
      "Noun",
      "1879, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221253"
  },
  "steps":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a rest for the foot in ascending or descending such as",
      "one of a series of structures consisting of a riser and a tread",
      "a ladder rung",
      "an advance or movement made by raising the foot and bringing it down elsewhere",
      "a combination of foot or foot and body movements constituting a unit or a repeated pattern",
      "manner of walking stride",
      "footprint sense 1",
      "the sound of a footstep",
      "the space passed over in one step",
      "a short distance",
      "the height of one stair",
      "course , way",
      "a degree, grade, or rank in a scale",
      "a stage in a process",
      "a frame on a ship designed to receive an upright shaft",
      "a block supporting the heel of a mast",
      "an action, proceeding, or measure often occurring as one in a series",
      "a steplike offset or part usually occurring in a series",
      "the interval between two adjacent notes in a musical scale",
      "step aerobics",
      "a slight lead in or as if in a race",
      "with each foot moving to the same time as the corresponding foot of others or in time to music",
      "in harmony or agreement",
      "not in step",
      "to move by raising the foot and bringing it down elsewhere or by moving each foot in succession",
      "dance",
      "to go on foot walk",
      "\u2014 see also step out",
      "advance , proceed",
      "to be on one's way leave",
      "\u2014 see also step aside , step down",
      "to move briskly",
      "to press down with the foot",
      "to come as if at a single step",
      "to extend by or as if by a stairstep",
      "to take (a pace, etc.) by moving the feet in succession",
      "to move (the foot) in any direction set",
      "to traverse (something) on foot",
      "to go through the steps of (something) perform",
      "to make (something) erect by fixing the lower end in a step",
      "to measure (something) by steps",
      "to provide (something) with steps",
      "to make steps in (something)",
      "to construct or arrange (something) in or as if in steps",
      "related by virtue of a remarriage (as of a parent) and not by blood",
      "a movement made by lifting one foot and putting it down in another spot",
      "a rest or place for the foot in going up or down stair",
      "a combination of foot and body movements in a repeated pattern",
      "manner of walking",
      "footprint",
      "the sound of a footstep",
      "the space passed over in one step",
      "a short distance",
      "the height of one stair",
      "course entry 1 sense 2",
      "one of a series of actions taken to achieve something",
      "a stage in a process",
      "a level, grade, or rank in a scale or series",
      "the distance from one tone of a musical scale or one note on a musical staff to another that is one tone away (",
      ") or two tones away (",
      ")",
      "to move in a particular way or direction by lifting one foot and putting it down in another spot",
      "dance entry 1 sense 1",
      "to go on foot walk",
      "to move quickly",
      "to put or press the foot on or in",
      "to come or move as if at a step by the foot",
      "to measure by steps",
      "to increase the amount, speed, or intensity of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8step",
    "synonyms":[
      "expedient",
      "means",
      "measure",
      "move",
      "shift"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ambulate",
      "foot (it)",
      "hoof (it)",
      "leg (it)",
      "pad",
      "traipse",
      "tread",
      "walk"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Freshness is paramount at every step , Svetlik says. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "The great inflation of the 1970s, in contrast, persisted for more than a decade, with many false dawns, because politicians at every step preferred to accommodate inflation rather than fight it. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
      "Managers want insights into every step of their supply chain to better forecast the future. \u2014 Jake Medwell, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
      "At every step of the way, the college focuses on Alma's distinctiveness, including the one-on-one attention a student at Alma receives, a key selling point. \u2014 Freep.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Every step of the way for Montoyo, the soundtrack has been salsa. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
      "Gibbons himself was involved in every step of the design process, ensuring these boots have a heavy dose of his signature style. \u2014 Josh Max, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "As Jakins\u2019 team began editing the film, Jakins said, the board members weighed in every step of the way. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "To be clear, everyone is on their own personal and professional journey to get this right, and there is considerable nuance involved in every step . \u2014 Lisa Osborne Ross For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 8 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "That led me to step into the lead vocalist slot for Kicks. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 6 June 2022",
      "Gonzaga floor general Andrew Nembhard has the college seasoning (22 years old) to possibly step into an immediate backup point guard role as a rookie. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 25 May 2022",
      "Lyre\u2019s seemed to step into the NA space at the right moment. \u2014 Kate Dingwall, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "To step into the part as Candy, Biel is nearly unrecognizable in a short curly wig and large glasses. \u2014 Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022",
      "But what motivates midcareer professionals \u2013 often now married, with children, and with their former military lives receding into memory \u2013 to drop everything and step into the trenches of another nation\u2019s fight? \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 May 2022",
      "Who was more nervous to step into the ring, you or Bob? \u2014 Jordan Moreau, Variety , 9 May 2022",
      "Yet on Saturday, Biden is planning to step into a tuxedo and into an underground ballroom for the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner \u2014 the first time a sitting president has attended since 2016. \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Enter a brave little dynamo named Beanie Feldstein, who has dared to step into the part in the first Broadway revival, directed by Michael Mayer. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "sterile":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "noun,"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores",
      ": failing to produce or incapable of producing offspring",
      ": incapable of germinating",
      ": neither perfect nor pistillate",
      ": unproductive of vegetation",
      ": free from living organisms and especially pathogenic microorganisms",
      ": lacking in stimulating emotional or intellectual quality : lifeless",
      ": not able to produce fruit, crops, or offspring : not fertile",
      ": free from living germs",
      ": failing to produce or incapable of producing offspring",
      "\u2014 compare infertile",
      ": free from living organisms and especially microorganisms"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ster-\u0259l",
      "chiefly British",
      "\u02c8ster-\u0259l",
      "\u02c8ster-\u0259l,"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "barren",
      "fruitless",
      "impotent",
      "infertile",
      "unfruitful"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "fat",
      "fertile",
      "fruitful"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a sterile dressing for a wound",
      "sterile couples sometimes choose to adopt needy children",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And who would know the best about a sterile environment? \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
      "Debuting on stage with her was BAB, a robot Taylor painstakingly taught to inject stem cells into the chambers of ghost hearts inside a sterile environment. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 1 June 2022",
      "Coming down hard when projects flop can crush people's spirits, leading to a sterile work environment. \u2014 Ludwig Melik, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "They are meant to feel less sterile and more like home. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 12 May 2022",
      "On its face, injecting Morbius into the sterile , all-too-clean confines of the MCU should accomplish similar aims. \u2014 Robert Daniels, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Some of us are even looking forward to returning to our offices and escaping the sterile , one-dimensional jail cell of screens and video conferences. \u2014 William Falk, The Week , 31 May 2021",
      "The Biden administration's drug control strategy includes expanding access to the overdose reversal drug naloxone, fentanyl test strips and sterile needles. \u2014 Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY , 11 May 2022",
      "Tech gifts don\u2019t have to be sterile or overly technical. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 7 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English steryle , from Latin sterilis ; akin to Goth stairo barren animal, Sanskrit star\u012b sterile cow",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185517"
  },
  "stew":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a utensil used for boiling",
      ": a hot bath",
      ": brothel",
      ": a district of brothels",
      ": fish or meat usually with vegetables prepared by stewing",
      ": a heterogeneous mixture",
      ": a state of heat and congestion",
      ": a state of excitement, worry, or confusion",
      ": to boil slowly or with simmering heat",
      ": to become cooked by stewing",
      ": to swelter especially from confinement in a hot or stuffy atmosphere",
      ": to be in a state of suppressed agitation, worry, or resentment",
      ": flight attendant",
      ": a dish of usually meat with vegetables prepared by slow boiling",
      ": a state of excitement, worry, or confusion",
      ": to boil slowly : simmer",
      ": to become excited or worried"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00fc",
      "\u02c8sty\u00fc",
      "\u02c8st\u00fc",
      "\u02c8sty\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "boil",
      "coddle",
      "parboil",
      "poach",
      "simmer"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The meat still needs to stew .",
      "a can of stewed tomatoes",
      "She's been stewing over what he said for days."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1970, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193221"
  },
  "stewardship":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the office, duties, and obligations of a steward",
      ": the conducting, supervising, or managing of something",
      ": the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00fc-\u0259rd-\u02ccship",
      "\u02c8sty\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8st(y)u\u0307rd-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "administration",
      "care",
      "charge",
      "conduct",
      "control",
      "direction",
      "governance",
      "government",
      "guidance",
      "handling",
      "intendance",
      "management",
      "operation",
      "oversight",
      "presidency",
      "regulation",
      "running",
      "superintendence",
      "superintendency",
      "supervision"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "generally the dean left the day-to-day stewardship of the college to the assistant dean",
      "she believes that stewardship of the environment is everyone's responsibility",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "David is a member of the Cerro Negro Forest Council, which manages a community thinning project in the Carson National Forest that is based on the tenets of acequia stewardship . \u2014 Alicia Inez Guzm\u00e1n For Searchlight Nm, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
      "In her careful response, Black sidestepped defensiveness to focus on transnational values\u2014the importance of universal stewardship of the planet. \u2014 Claudia Kalb, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 May 2022",
      "Such unusual or large one-time awards are drawing more attention, said Caitlin McSherry, director of investment stewardship at the investment manager Neuberger Berman. \u2014 Theo Francis, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "Fighting vaccine and mask mandates is a big part of LePage\u2019s critique of Mills\u2019 stewardship . \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Totaling as much as $81 million, the funding through the two major oil-producing states has qualified support from land stewardship advocates who don't usually side with the petroleum industry. \u2014 Mead Gruver, Star Tribune , 12 Nov. 2020",
      "Many of the sites the Culpeper Battlefields State Park will include are already open to the public, under the stewardship of the battlefield trust or other organizations. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
      "Give us your take on how these four years have gone in terms of fixing what was horribly broken under the stewardship of Joseph Berrios. \u2014 The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022",
      "The statue and its plinth will be reinstalled at the Cross Keys Battlefield in Harrisonburg, Virginia, under the stewardship of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation, according to a council statement. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213557"
  },
  "stick":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a woody piece or part of a tree or shrub: such as",
      ": a usually dry or dead severed shoot, twig, or slender branch",
      ": a cut or broken branch or piece of wood gathered for fuel or construction material",
      ": a long slender piece of wood or metal: such as",
      ": a club or staff used as a weapon",
      ": walking stick",
      ": an implement used for striking or propelling an object in a game",
      ": something used to force compliance",
      ": a baton symbolizing an office or dignity",
      ": a person entitled to bear such a baton",
      ": a piece of the materials composing something (such as a building)",
      ": any of various implements resembling a stick in shape, origin, or use: such as",
      ": composing stick",
      ": an airplane lever operating the elevators and ailerons",
      ": the gearshift lever of an automobile",
      ": something prepared (as by cutting, molding, or rolling) in a relatively long and slender often cylindrical form",
      ": person , chap",
      ": a dull, inert, stiff, or spiritless person",
      ": remote usually rural districts regarded especially as backward, dull, or unsophisticated : boondocks",
      ": an herbaceous stalk resembling a woody stick",
      ": mast entry 1 sense 1",
      ": yard entry 1 sense 4",
      ": a piece of furniture",
      ": a number of bombs arranged for release from a bombing plane in a series across a target",
      ": a number of parachutists dropping together",
      ": a marijuana cigarette",
      ": punishment or the threat of punishment used to force compliance or cooperation",
      ": criticism , abuse",
      ": to hit or propel (something, such as a hockey puck) with a stick",
      ": to pierce with something pointed : stab",
      ": to kill by piercing",
      ": to push or thrust so as or as if to pierce",
      ": to fasten by thrusting in",
      ": impale",
      ": push , thrust",
      ": to put or set in a specified place or position",
      ": to furnish with things fastened on by or as if by piercing",
      ": to attach by or as if by causing to adhere to a surface",
      ": to compel to pay especially by trickery",
      ": overcharge",
      ": to halt the movement or action of",
      ": baffle , stump",
      ": cheat , defraud",
      ": to saddle with something disadvantageous or disagreeable",
      ": to execute (a landing) flawlessly in gymnastics",
      ": to hold to something firmly by or as if by adhesion:",
      ": to become fixed in place by means of a pointed end",
      ": to become fast by or as if by miring or by gluing or plastering",
      ": to remain in a place, situation, or environment",
      ": to hold fast or adhere resolutely : cling",
      ": to remain effective",
      ": to keep close in a chase or competition",
      ": to become blocked, wedged, or jammed",
      ": balk , scruple",
      ": to find oneself baffled",
      ": to be unable to proceed",
      ": project , protrude",
      ": to irritate, nag at, or obsess one",
      ": to treat harshly or unfairly",
      ": to make oneself vulnerable by taking a risk",
      ": to maintain one's position especially in face of opposition",
      ": infatuated with",
      ": a thrust with a pointed instrument : stab",
      ": delay , stop",
      ": impediment",
      ": adhesive quality or substance",
      ": a cut or broken branch or twig",
      ": a long thin piece of wood",
      ": walking stick sense 1",
      ": something like a stick in shape or use",
      ": to push into or through",
      ": to stab or pierce with something pointed",
      ": to put in place by or as if by pushing",
      ": to push out, up, into, or under",
      ": to put in a specified place or position",
      ": to remain in a place, situation, or environment",
      ": to halt the movement or action of",
      ": baffle",
      ": to burden with something unpleasant",
      ": to fix or become fixed in place by or as if by gluing",
      ": to cling or cause to cling",
      ": to become blocked or jammed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stik",
      "\u02c8stik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (1)",
      "1937, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (2)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1637, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182018"
  },
  "stick out":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to jut out : project":[],
      ": to be prominent or conspicuous":[],
      ": to be persistent (as in a demand or an opinion)":[],
      ": endure , last entry 1":[
        "\u2014 often used with it stuck it out to the end"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "bag",
      "balloon",
      "beetle",
      "belly",
      "billow",
      "bulge",
      "bunch",
      "jut",
      "overhang",
      "poke",
      "pooch",
      "pouch",
      "pout",
      "project",
      "protrude",
      "stand out",
      "start",
      "swell"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "no feet sticking out in the aisles, please",
      "managed to stick out the whole race despite her bad knee",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Are there any moments being in the studio during the making of good kid that stick out to you most? \u2014 Neena Rouhani, Billboard , 10 June 2022",
      "The 47th season seemed to be middle-of-the-road compared to former years, but the dominant showing of male performers in contrast to the female ones seemed to stick out more so this time around. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 8 June 2022",
      "Sagittarius moon people are usually the loudest or rowdiest ones of the bunch and tend to stick out like sore thumbs in group settings. \u2014 Glamour , 31 May 2022",
      "Fluent in Japanese and determined not to stick out as the uncouth American, Jake keeps his nose to the ground and immerses himself in the city\u2019s culture. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Of course a product can afford to be similar when an industry is just starting its transition to EVs, as the pressure to stick out in the competitive field is much lower, with fewer rivals. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "And the parts of a satellite that do stick out , like antennas and solar panels, tend to be too fragile to grab. \u2014 Kurt Kleiner, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "What made the vault stick out too was how well the Utes did on the other events to put themselves right in the middle of the fight for the title. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Large wooden keys stick out from the carillon\u2019s keyboard. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1640, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-155358"
  },
  "stick-to-itiveness":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dogged perseverance : tenacity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "stik-\u02c8t\u00fc-\u0259-tiv-n\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "decidedness",
      "decision",
      "decisiveness",
      "determination",
      "determinedness",
      "firmness",
      "granite",
      "purposefulness",
      "resoluteness",
      "resolution",
      "resolve"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hesitation",
      "indecision",
      "indecisiveness",
      "irresoluteness",
      "irresolution",
      "vacillation"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"from the phrase stick to it ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1859, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213941"
  },
  "sticky wicket":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a difficult or delicate problem or situation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "bind",
      "box",
      "catch-22",
      "corner",
      "dilemma",
      "fix",
      "hole",
      "impasse",
      "jackpot",
      "jam",
      "mire",
      "pickle",
      "predicament",
      "quagmire",
      "rabbit hole",
      "rattrap",
      "spot",
      "swamp"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "It's a bit of a sticky wicket .",
      "She was on a sticky wicket when she saw her friend steal the fund-raiser money."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1950, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175107"
  },
  "stiff":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "not easily bent rigid",
      "lacking in suppleness or flexibility",
      "impeded in movement",
      "drunk sense 1a",
      "firm , resolute",
      "stubborn , unyielding",
      "proud",
      "marked by reserve or decorum",
      "lacking in ease or grace stilted",
      "hard fought",
      "exerting great force",
      "forceful , vigorous",
      "potent",
      "of a dense or glutinous consistency thick",
      "harsh , severe",
      "arduous , rugged",
      "not easily heeled over by an external force (such as the wind)",
      "expensive , steep",
      "in a stiff manner stiffly",
      "to an extreme degree severely",
      "close enough to the hole for an easy putt in golf",
      "corpse",
      "vagrant , tramp",
      "a member of the working class",
      "a blue-collar worker",
      "person",
      "a stodgy or excessively decorous person",
      "flop , failure",
      "to refuse to pay or tip",
      "cheat",
      "stick sense 7a",
      "snub sense 3",
      "to fail commercially",
      "not easily bent",
      "not easily moved",
      "firm and not changeable",
      "not friendly, relaxed, or graceful in manner",
      "powerful , strong",
      "not flowing easily thick",
      "severe sense 3",
      "hard to do or deal with difficult",
      "lacking in suppleness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8stif",
    "synonyms":[
      "inflexible",
      "rigid",
      "stiffened",
      "unyielding"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bones",
      "cadaver",
      "carcass",
      "corpse",
      "corpus",
      "corse",
      "relics",
      "remains"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "When I got out of bed this morning my back was stiff as a board .",
      "Beat the egg whites until they are stiff .",
      "Noun",
      "That poor stiff never gets a break.",
      "They have the kind of luxuries the average working stiff can't afford.",
      "Verb",
      "the actress has a reputation for stiffing the press at red-carpet events",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "Republican Maya Flores is hoping to flip the seat but faces stiff competition from Democrat Dan Sanchez. \u2014 Dylan Wells, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "While there are no minimums or maximums per position within a single College Football Hall of Fame class, Weddle faces stiff competition among the other six defensive backs on the ballot. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022",
      "Meta faces stiff competition in the AR/VR hardware race, as Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and others angle to pioneer the market. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
      "Luria is serving her second term in office and faces stiff competition for a third in a district that leans Republican. \u2014 Farnoush Amiri And Kevin Freking, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
      "Tonight\u2019s Hell in a Cell broadcast faced stiff competition from Game 2 of the NBA Finals. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Changing up their kicking game became imperative this offseason, especially since in the AFC North the Browns face some stiff competition at the position. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
      "The Russian warnings have come as the invasion has met unexpectedly stiff Ukrainian resistance and has exposed weaknesses in Russia\u2019s conventional armed forces. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "While that might have been the result of stiff competition from flashier new cabinets like Street Fighter II, Atari blamed the performance on the game's trackball controls. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 26 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adverb",
      "But so far Brill has gotten stiff -armed by social media platforms. \u2014 Jeffrey M. O'brien, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
      "But the Auburn running back stiff -armed the Bucs and signed with Major League Baseball\u2019s Kansas City Royals. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Dogs go through stages in their life, just as people do, as is obvious to anyone who has watched their stiff -legged companion rouse themselves to go for one more walk. \u2014 James Gorman, Star Tribune , 14 Nov. 2020",
      "Montgomery found a wide crease between right guard James Daniels and right tackle Germain Ifedi, cut back and burst through the hole, stiff -arming former Chicago Bears first-round pick Leonard Floyd and racing into the secondary. \u2014 Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com , 18 Sep. 2021",
      "Thomas drew a loud response from the crowd after breaking loose for a 28-yard carry and stiff -arming an opponent late in the third quarter. \u2014 J.c. Carnahan, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Aug. 2021",
      "That\u2019s piling up postseason wins, stiff -arming adversity and grinding through against the best mound minders in baseball. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 June 2021",
      "Fifty years ago, Germans goose-stepped in exacting regimentation, stiff -armed salutes sanctifying der Fuhrer. \u2014 Bob Larsen, SPIN , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "American consumers and workers aren\u2019t the only ones being stiff -armed. \u2014 William N. Walker And Stanton D. Anderson, WSJ , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "If the Emmy Drama Roundtable proves anything, it\u2019s that even the stars of TV\u2019s buzziest shows are familiar with the indignities of the working stiff . \u2014 Jay L. Clendenin, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
      "Dodgers star Mookie Betts got the day off Wednesday because of a stiff lower back but is expected to play Friday vs. Washington. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 8 Apr. 2021",
      "While the Chargers stagger around as if stiff -arming last call, the Los Angeles Rams clinched another playoff spot on Sunday by beating the Minnesota Vikings, 30-23. \u2014 Jay Paris, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "Ultimately, his stiff -arm during a touchdown run during the Sooners\u2019 2017 Bedlam victory was the choice. \u2014 Ryan Aber, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "The traditional stiff -arm salute was dropped in the 1940s in favor of the hand over the heart to avoid analogies to the Nazi salute. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "More than 50,000 fans at San Diego Stadium witnessed the stiff -legged, 28-year-old QB ambling downfield, Dec. 2. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Nov. 2021",
      "Again, an opponent that has little desire to fight a nuclear war with the U.S. may nevertheless rely on its nuclear forces to stiff -arm an American conventional response. \u2014 Caitlin Talmadge, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "After that score, Moore stood shell-shocked in front of her goal before slowly turning and trudging stiff -legged up the field. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "The history of mergers and acquisitions is filled with ruthless corporate raiders, bruising wars of words and people trying to stiff each other. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
      "Egg whites are beaten to stiff peaks and then fine almond flour, powdered sugar, and flavorings are folded into the meringue carefully to avoid deflation and dry pockets. \u2014 Kate Kassin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "In another medium bowl, beat heavy cream to stiff peaks, then fold into mascarpone mixture. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Fortunately, fashion now offers many unstuffy alternatives to stiff Oxfords. \u2014 Jamie Waters, WSJ , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "Boston\u2019s Kevin McHale stiff armed him in the neck area, leaving Rambis flat on his back. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "They stiff -armed national indifference and late-game theatrics that begged for cardiologists on speed dial. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Dec. 2021",
      "It\u2019s visually very military inspired, with large heavily padded shoulders, using weighty fabrics and stiff internal canvas. \u2014 Allyson Portee, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "That helped open a crease for Allen, who was able to stiff -arm a defender and bounce to the outside. \u2014 Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adverb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1950, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "stiff-necked":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": haughty , stubborn",
      ": formal , stilted"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stif-\u02c8nekt"
    ],
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      "arrogant",
      "assumptive",
      "bumptious",
      "cavalier",
      "chesty",
      "haughty",
      "high-and-mighty",
      "high-handed",
      "high-hat",
      "highfalutin",
      "hifalutin",
      "huffish",
      "huffy",
      "imperious",
      "important",
      "lofty",
      "lordly",
      "masterful",
      "overweening",
      "peremptory",
      "pompous",
      "presuming",
      "presumptuous",
      "pretentious",
      "self-asserting",
      "self-assertive",
      "sniffy",
      "supercilious",
      "superior",
      "toplofty",
      "toploftical",
      "uppish",
      "uppity"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "humble",
      "lowly",
      "modest",
      "unarrogant",
      "unpretentious"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191938"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": not easily bent : rigid",
      ": lacking in suppleness or flexibility",
      ": impeded in movement",
      ": drunk sense 1a",
      ": firm , resolute",
      ": stubborn , unyielding",
      ": proud",
      ": marked by reserve or decorum",
      ": lacking in ease or grace : stilted",
      ": hard fought",
      ": exerting great force",
      ": forceful , vigorous",
      ": potent",
      ": of a dense or glutinous consistency : thick",
      ": harsh , severe",
      ": arduous , rugged",
      ": not easily heeled over by an external force (such as the wind)",
      ": expensive , steep",
      ": in a stiff manner : stiffly",
      ": to an extreme degree : severely",
      ": close enough to the hole for an easy putt in golf",
      ": corpse",
      ": vagrant , tramp",
      ": a member of the working class",
      ": a blue-collar worker",
      ": person",
      ": a stodgy or excessively decorous person",
      ": flop , failure",
      ": to refuse to pay or tip",
      ": cheat",
      ": stick sense 7a",
      ": snub sense 3",
      ": to fail commercially",
      ": not easily bent",
      ": not easily moved",
      ": firm and not changeable",
      ": not friendly, relaxed, or graceful in manner",
      ": powerful , strong",
      ": not flowing easily : thick",
      ": severe sense 3",
      ": hard to do or deal with : difficult",
      ": lacking in suppleness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stif",
      "\u02c8stif",
      "\u02c8stif"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "inflexible",
      "rigid",
      "stiffened",
      "unyielding"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bones",
      "cadaver",
      "carcass",
      "corpse",
      "corpus",
      "corse",
      "relics",
      "remains"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "When I got out of bed this morning my back was stiff as a board .",
      "Beat the egg whites until they are stiff .",
      "Noun",
      "That poor stiff never gets a break.",
      "They have the kind of luxuries the average working stiff can't afford.",
      "Verb",
      "the actress has a reputation for stiffing the press at red-carpet events",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Republican Maya Flores is hoping to flip the seat but faces stiff competition from Democrat Dan Sanchez. \u2014 Dylan Wells, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "While there are no minimums or maximums per position within a single College Football Hall of Fame class, Weddle faces stiff competition among the other six defensive backs on the ballot. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022",
      "Meta faces stiff competition in the AR/VR hardware race, as Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and others angle to pioneer the market. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
      "Luria is serving her second term in office and faces stiff competition for a third in a district that leans Republican. \u2014 Farnoush Amiri And Kevin Freking, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
      "Tonight\u2019s Hell in a Cell broadcast faced stiff competition from Game 2 of the NBA Finals. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Changing up their kicking game became imperative this offseason, especially since in the AFC North the Browns face some stiff competition at the position. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
      "The Russian warnings have come as the invasion has met unexpectedly stiff Ukrainian resistance and has exposed weaknesses in Russia\u2019s conventional armed forces. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "While that might have been the result of stiff competition from flashier new cabinets like Street Fighter II, Atari blamed the performance on the game's trackball controls. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 26 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "But so far Brill has gotten stiff -armed by social media platforms. \u2014 Jeffrey M. O'brien, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
      "But the Auburn running back stiff -armed the Bucs and signed with Major League Baseball\u2019s Kansas City Royals. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Dogs go through stages in their life, just as people do, as is obvious to anyone who has watched their stiff -legged companion rouse themselves to go for one more walk. \u2014 James Gorman, Star Tribune , 14 Nov. 2020",
      "Montgomery found a wide crease between right guard James Daniels and right tackle Germain Ifedi, cut back and burst through the hole, stiff -arming former Chicago Bears first-round pick Leonard Floyd and racing into the secondary. \u2014 Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com , 18 Sep. 2021",
      "Thomas drew a loud response from the crowd after breaking loose for a 28-yard carry and stiff -arming an opponent late in the third quarter. \u2014 J.c. Carnahan, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Aug. 2021",
      "That\u2019s piling up postseason wins, stiff -arming adversity and grinding through against the best mound minders in baseball. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 June 2021",
      "Fifty years ago, Germans goose-stepped in exacting regimentation, stiff -armed salutes sanctifying der Fuhrer. \u2014 Bob Larsen, SPIN , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "American consumers and workers aren\u2019t the only ones being stiff -armed. \u2014 William N. Walker And Stanton D. Anderson, WSJ , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "If the Emmy Drama Roundtable proves anything, it\u2019s that even the stars of TV\u2019s buzziest shows are familiar with the indignities of the working stiff . \u2014 Jay L. Clendenin, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
      "Dodgers star Mookie Betts got the day off Wednesday because of a stiff lower back but is expected to play Friday vs. Washington. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 8 Apr. 2021",
      "While the Chargers stagger around as if stiff -arming last call, the Los Angeles Rams clinched another playoff spot on Sunday by beating the Minnesota Vikings, 30-23. \u2014 Jay Paris, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "Ultimately, his stiff -arm during a touchdown run during the Sooners\u2019 2017 Bedlam victory was the choice. \u2014 Ryan Aber, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "The traditional stiff -arm salute was dropped in the 1940s in favor of the hand over the heart to avoid analogies to the Nazi salute. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "More than 50,000 fans at San Diego Stadium witnessed the stiff -legged, 28-year-old QB ambling downfield, Dec. 2. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Nov. 2021",
      "Again, an opponent that has little desire to fight a nuclear war with the U.S. may nevertheless rely on its nuclear forces to stiff -arm an American conventional response. \u2014 Caitlin Talmadge, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "After that score, Moore stood shell-shocked in front of her goal before slowly turning and trudging stiff -legged up the field. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The history of mergers and acquisitions is filled with ruthless corporate raiders, bruising wars of words and people trying to stiff each other. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
      "Egg whites are beaten to stiff peaks and then fine almond flour, powdered sugar, and flavorings are folded into the meringue carefully to avoid deflation and dry pockets. \u2014 Kate Kassin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "In another medium bowl, beat heavy cream to stiff peaks, then fold into mascarpone mixture. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Fortunately, fashion now offers many unstuffy alternatives to stiff Oxfords. \u2014 Jamie Waters, WSJ , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "Boston\u2019s Kevin McHale stiff armed him in the neck area, leaving Rambis flat on his back. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "They stiff -armed national indifference and late-game theatrics that begged for cardiologists on speed dial. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Dec. 2021",
      "It\u2019s visually very military inspired, with large heavily padded shoulders, using weighty fabrics and stiff internal canvas. \u2014 Allyson Portee, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "That helped open a crease for Allen, who was able to stiff -arm a defender and bounce to the outside. \u2014 Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adverb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1950, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202857"
  },
  "stifle":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to withhold from circulation or expression",
      "to cut off (the voice, the breath, etc.)",
      "deter , discourage",
      "muffle",
      "smother",
      "to kill by depriving of oxygen suffocate",
      "to be or become unable to breathe easily",
      "the joint next above the hock in the hind leg of a quadruped (such as a horse or dog) corresponding to the human knee \u2014 see horse illustration",
      "to cause or have difficulty in breathing",
      "to keep in check by effort",
      "the joint next above the hock in the hind leg of a quadruped (as a horse) corresponding to the knee in humans"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8st\u012b-f\u0259l",
    "synonyms":[
      "choke",
      "smother",
      "strangle",
      "suffocate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "Like Neil Young, who said leaving Spotify wasn\u2019t an attempt to stifle Rogan\u2019s freedom of speech, Gay said the decision to leave Spotify is not about censorship. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "Republicans are eager to win control of both chambers of Congress, which would stifle Biden\u2019s legislative agenda and open the door to a litany of congressional investigations of his administration. \u2014 Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY , 4 May 2022",
      "In the past, corporate leaders were able to convince some Republican politicians that contentious social policy bills would stifle economic activity in their states. \u2014 Steve Contorno, CNN , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "Holloway wrote that tobacco companies handed out free cigarettes in Black housing projects and even donated to civil rights organizations in order to stifle criticism from within the Black community. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 2 May 2022",
      "The combination of the law\u2019s intentional vagueness and severity is meant to stifle criticism of the Russian invasion. \u2014 Stanislav Budnitsky, The Conversation , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Human rights groups and some governments have cited concern over China\u2019s mass detention of ethnic Uyghurs in the northwestern region of Xinjiang and its efforts to stifle criticism in Hong Kong. \u2014 Kim Mackrael, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Anger and anxiety over the Shanghai lockdown, now in its fourth week, has posed a rare challenge for China\u2019s powerful propaganda apparatus, which is central to the Communist Party\u2019s ability to stifle dissent. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The move to outlaw Navalny's movement is part of a sweeping and unprecedented crackdown under Putin to stifle dissent that has intensified in recent months. \u2014 Patrick Reevell, ABC News , 9 June 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Even in a country that is known to stifle dissent, hundreds of demonstrators came out in St. Petersburg on Thursday, at great personal risk, to protest Putin\u2019s invasion. \u2014 Philip Klein, National Review , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "And the pressure to stifle outbreaks can make officials overzealous, prioritizing adherence to the rules no matter the cost. \u2014 Chris Buckley, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "And the pressure to stifle outbreaks can make officials overzealous, prioritizing adherence to the rules no matter the cost. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "But Commissioner Kelly Moden said granny flats have too much potential to help solve the local housing shortage for the city to potentially stifle construction. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "The principles are a response to concerns raised by app developers and lawmakers, who say app stores run by Apple Inc. and others take an unfairly large cut of digital revenues and stifle competition. \u2014 Ryan Tracy, WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "His dramatic 11-yard sack earlier in the fourth quarter helped stifle a drive by Batavia (10-1). \u2014 Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com , 6 Nov. 2021",
      "Critics said that change aimed to stifle shareholders\u2019 voices. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "Red Lines offers vivid examples from around the world indicating the many ways governments, religious authorities, economic interests and others conspire to stifle dissent and silence cartoonists. \u2014 Rob Salkowitz, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1513, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2b",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162621"
  },
  "still":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "biographical name",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": devoid of or abstaining from motion",
      ": sedentary",
      ": not effervescent",
      ": of, relating to, or being a static photograph as contrasted with a motion picture",
      ": designed for taking still photographs",
      ": engaged in taking still photographs",
      ": uttering no sound : quiet",
      ": subdued , muted",
      ": calm , tranquil",
      ": free from noise or turbulence",
      ": to become motionless or silent : quiet",
      ": allay , calm",
      ": to put an end to : settle",
      ": to arrest the motion of",
      ": silence",
      ": without motion",
      ": always , continually",
      ": in a progressive manner : increasingly",
      ": in spite of that : nevertheless",
      ": even sense 1b",
      ": yet sense 1a",
      ": quiet , silence",
      ": a static photograph",
      ": a photograph of actors or scenes of a motion picture for publicity or documentary purposes",
      ": distill",
      ": distillery",
      ": apparatus used in distillation comprising either the chamber in which the vaporization is carried out or the entire equipment",
      ": having no motion",
      ": making no sound : quiet",
      ": free from noise and commotion",
      ": to make or become motionless or silent",
      ": to calm or make less intense",
      ": without motion",
      ": up to this or that time",
      ": nevertheless",
      ": even entry 2 sense 2",
      ": in addition",
      ": quiet entry 1 , silence",
      ": a device used in making alcoholic liquors",
      "Andrew Taylor 1828\u20131917 American founder of osteopathy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stil",
      "\u02c8stil",
      "\u02c8stil"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "arcadian",
      "calm",
      "hushed",
      "peaceful",
      "placid",
      "quiet",
      "restful",
      "serene",
      "stilly",
      "tranquil"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "motionlessly",
      "quiet",
      "quietly"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
      "Adverb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (1)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (2)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174358"
  },
  "stillness":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "devoid of or abstaining from motion",
      "sedentary",
      "not effervescent",
      "of, relating to, or being a static photograph as contrasted with a motion picture",
      "designed for taking still photographs",
      "engaged in taking still photographs",
      "uttering no sound quiet",
      "subdued , muted",
      "calm , tranquil",
      "free from noise or turbulence",
      "to become motionless or silent quiet",
      "allay , calm",
      "to put an end to settle",
      "to arrest the motion of",
      "silence",
      "without motion",
      "always , continually",
      "in a progressive manner increasingly",
      "in spite of that nevertheless",
      "even sense 1b",
      "yet sense 1a",
      "quiet , silence",
      "a static photograph",
      "a photograph of actors or scenes of a motion picture for publicity or documentary purposes",
      "distill",
      "distillery",
      "apparatus used in distillation comprising either the chamber in which the vaporization is carried out or the entire equipment",
      "having no motion",
      "making no sound quiet",
      "free from noise and commotion",
      "to make or become motionless or silent",
      "to calm or make less intense",
      "without motion",
      "up to this or that time",
      "nevertheless",
      "even entry 2 sense 2",
      "in addition",
      "quiet entry 1 , silence",
      "a device used in making alcoholic liquors",
      "Andrew Taylor 1828\u20131917 American founder of osteopathy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8stil",
    "synonyms":[
      "arcadian",
      "calm",
      "hushed",
      "peaceful",
      "placid",
      "quiet",
      "restful",
      "serene",
      "stilly",
      "tranquil"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "motionlessly",
      "quiet",
      "quietly"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
      "Adverb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (1)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (2)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "stilly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": in a calm manner : quietly":[],
      ": still , quiet":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sti-l\u0113",
      "\u02c8stil-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "arcadian",
      "calm",
      "hushed",
      "peaceful",
      "placid",
      "quiet",
      "restful",
      "serene",
      "still",
      "tranquil"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "boisterous",
      "clamorous",
      "clattery",
      "deafening",
      "loud",
      "noisy",
      "raucous",
      "rip-roaring",
      "roistering",
      "romping",
      "rowdy",
      "tumultuous",
      "unquiet",
      "uproarious",
      "woolly",
      "wooly"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "bats taking flight in the stilly summer evening",
      "dipping my paddle into the stilly water, I began canoeing across the pond"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "still entry 4 + -y entry 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
      "1722, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163233"
  },
  "stimulant":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an agent (such as a drug) that produces a temporary increase of the functional activity or efficiency of an organism or any of its parts",
      ": stimulus",
      ": an alcoholic beverage",
      ": something (as a drug) that makes the body or one of its parts temporarily more active",
      ": stimulus sense 1",
      ": stimulating or tending to stimulate",
      ": an agent (as a drug) that produces a temporary increase of the functional activity or efficiency of an organism or any of its parts",
      ": stimulus sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stim-y\u0259-l\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8sti-my\u0259-l\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8stim-y\u0259-l\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "boost",
      "encouragement",
      "goad",
      "impetus",
      "impulse",
      "incentive",
      "incitation",
      "incitement",
      "instigation",
      "momentum",
      "motivation",
      "provocation",
      "spur",
      "stimulus",
      "yeast"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "counterincentive",
      "disincentive"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The movie was a stimulant to discussion.",
      "the relaxed zoning regulations should serve as a stimulant for development in the area",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The pleasures of a mild stimulant such as caffeine can be harmless or even beneficial, but the pleasures of amphetamines can be deadly. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Restrict the Internet Overuse of smartphones and social media can be likened to overuse of alcohol, tobacco, gambling or any other highly addictive stimulant . \u2014 WSJ , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Her mix of psychotropic pills shifted, expanded: antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, an antidepressant, a benzodiazepine for anxiety, a stimulant for attention deficit. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
      "Wellbutrin, known generically as bupropion, is an aminoketone antidepressant or a dopamine reuptake inhibitor, whereas Adderall, known generically as dextroamphetamine/amphetamine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant . \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "He got hooked on the stimulant Ritalin and is accused of using heavier drugs. \u2014 Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Meth, a stimulant primarily manufactured in Mexico and distributed throughout the United States, can lead to heart attacks, strokes and other fatal complications. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Use of stimulant drugs like cocaine among Black people may also be exposing some to fentanyl, which sometimes contaminates other drug supplies, health experts say. \u2014 Julie Wernau, WSJ , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "During that same time period, noncocaine stimulant overdoses nearly tripled, in part due to meth use. \u2014 NBC news , 11 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1728, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223251"
  },
  "stimulate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to excite to activity or growth or to greater activity : animate , arouse",
      ": to function as a physiological stimulus to",
      ": to arouse or affect by a stimulant (such as a drug)",
      ": to act as a stimulant or stimulus",
      ": to make active or more active : arouse",
      ": to act on as a bodily stimulus or stimulant",
      ": to excite to activity or growth or to greater activity",
      ": to function as a physiological stimulus to (as a nerve or muscle)",
      ": to arouse or affect by a stimulant (as a drug)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stim-y\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
      "\u02c8sti-my\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
      "-\u02ccl\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amp (up)",
      "animate",
      "brace",
      "energize",
      "enliven",
      "fillip",
      "fire",
      "ginger (up)",
      "invigorate",
      "jazz (up)",
      "juice up",
      "jump-start",
      "liven (up)",
      "pep (up)",
      "quicken",
      "spike",
      "vitalize",
      "vivify",
      "zip (up)"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "damp",
      "dampen",
      "deaden",
      "dull",
      "kill"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "A raise in employee wages might stimulate production.",
      "The economy was not stimulated by the tax cuts.",
      "a hormone that stimulates the growth of muscle tissue",
      "Their discussion stimulated him to research the subject more.",
      "He was stimulated by their discussion.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the end, if companies can deliver great customer experience without violating customer privacy, their clients will be inclined to advocate for the brand and stimulate growth. \u2014 Vijay Sundaram, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "The Hair Lab Strengthening Shampoo Support your hair with a dynamic shampoo that can cleanse the hair and stimulate hair growth. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
      "To make the process cost- and time-efficient, women take drugs to stimulate the growth of more than one egg at a time. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
      "The deep massage is said to stimulate hair growth, keeping it thick and sleek. \u2014 Varsha Patel, refinery29.com , 10 May 2022",
      "Even as inflation has soared, the Fed's benchmark rate is in a range of just 0.25% to 0.5%, a level low enough to stimulate growth. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, ajc , 2 May 2022",
      "Even as inflation has soared, the Fed\u2019s benchmark rate is in a range of just 0.25% to 0.5%, a level low enough to stimulate growth. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 2 May 2022",
      "Now analysts expect that time to end, with central banks pulling back from their efforts to stimulate economic growth by holding rates ultralow and buying bonds. \u2014 Julia-ambra Verlaine, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "This one does contain acetyl tetrapeptide-3, a peptide made of four amino acids, which has been shown to stimulate hair growth, according to cosmetic chemist Ginger King. \u2014 Allure , 16 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin stimulatus , past participle of stimulare , from stimulus goad; perhaps akin to Latin stilus stem, stylus \u2014 more at style ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1566, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204021"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to excite to activity or growth or to greater activity : animate , arouse",
      ": to function as a physiological stimulus to",
      ": to arouse or affect by a stimulant (such as a drug)",
      ": to act as a stimulant or stimulus",
      ": to make active or more active : arouse",
      ": to act on as a bodily stimulus or stimulant",
      ": to excite to activity or growth or to greater activity",
      ": to function as a physiological stimulus to (as a nerve or muscle)",
      ": to arouse or affect by a stimulant (as a drug)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stim-y\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
      "\u02c8sti-my\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
      "-\u02ccl\u0101t"
    ],
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      "amp (up)",
      "animate",
      "brace",
      "energize",
      "enliven",
      "fillip",
      "fire",
      "ginger (up)",
      "invigorate",
      "jazz (up)",
      "juice up",
      "jump-start",
      "liven (up)",
      "pep (up)",
      "quicken",
      "spike",
      "vitalize",
      "vivify",
      "zip (up)"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "damp",
      "dampen",
      "deaden",
      "dull",
      "kill"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "A raise in employee wages might stimulate production.",
      "The economy was not stimulated by the tax cuts.",
      "a hormone that stimulates the growth of muscle tissue",
      "Their discussion stimulated him to research the subject more.",
      "He was stimulated by their discussion.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the end, if companies can deliver great customer experience without violating customer privacy, their clients will be inclined to advocate for the brand and stimulate growth. \u2014 Vijay Sundaram, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "The Hair Lab Strengthening Shampoo Support your hair with a dynamic shampoo that can cleanse the hair and stimulate hair growth. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
      "To make the process cost- and time-efficient, women take drugs to stimulate the growth of more than one egg at a time. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
      "The deep massage is said to stimulate hair growth, keeping it thick and sleek. \u2014 Varsha Patel, refinery29.com , 10 May 2022",
      "Even as inflation has soared, the Fed's benchmark rate is in a range of just 0.25% to 0.5%, a level low enough to stimulate growth. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, ajc , 2 May 2022",
      "Even as inflation has soared, the Fed\u2019s benchmark rate is in a range of just 0.25% to 0.5%, a level low enough to stimulate growth. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 2 May 2022",
      "Now analysts expect that time to end, with central banks pulling back from their efforts to stimulate economic growth by holding rates ultralow and buying bonds. \u2014 Julia-ambra Verlaine, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "This one does contain acetyl tetrapeptide-3, a peptide made of four amino acids, which has been shown to stimulate hair growth, according to cosmetic chemist Ginger King. \u2014 Allure , 16 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin stimulatus , past participle of stimulare , from stimulus goad; perhaps akin to Latin stilus stem, stylus \u2014 more at style ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1566, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210704"
  },
  "stimulus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something that rouses or incites to activity: such as",
      ": incentive",
      ": stimulant sense 1",
      ": an agent (such as an environmental change) that directly influences the activity of a living organism or one of its parts (as by exciting a sensory organ or evoking muscular contraction or glandular secretion)",
      ": something that stirs or urges to action",
      ": an influence that acts usually from outside the body to partly change bodily activity (as by exciting a receptor or sense organ)",
      ": stimulant sense 1",
      ": an agent (as an environmental change) that directly influences the activity of living protoplasm (as by exciting a sensory organ or evoking muscular contraction or glandular secretion)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stim-y\u0259-l\u0259s",
      "\u02c8sti-my\u0259-l\u0259s",
      "\u02c8stim-y\u0259-l\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "boost",
      "encouragement",
      "goad",
      "impetus",
      "impulse",
      "incentive",
      "incitation",
      "incitement",
      "instigation",
      "momentum",
      "motivation",
      "provocation",
      "spur",
      "stimulant",
      "yeast"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "counterincentive",
      "disincentive"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The pay raise was a stimulus for production.",
      "Heat and light are physical stimuli .",
      "The dog responded to the stimulus of the ringing bell.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The pandemic-era boom times for small business included a surge in entrepreneurship facilitated by the popularity of working from home, more free time, and federal stimulus checks. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 11 June 2022",
      "Many Americans have streamed back into a favorable labor market, but others are still caring for children, fearful of COVID, switching careers or living off federal stimulus checks or other aid. \u2014 Paul Davidson, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022",
      "Biden did help juice inflation with a round of stimulus checks in March 2021. \u2014 David Goldman, CNN , 31 May 2022",
      "Some of them used government stimulus checks to launch their new ventures. \u2014 Rohit Arora, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "Government programs designed to buoy struggling Americans during the first phase of the pandemic included federal stimulus checks and expanded child tax credits for parents in the form of monthly cash payments. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 25 May 2022",
      "The head of the nation\u2019s biggest bank said the recent drop in Americans\u2019 savings rate hadn\u2019t altered his view that the government\u2019s pandemic stimulus is still padding consumers\u2019 wallets. \u2014 David Benoit, WSJ , 1 June 2022",
      "About two weeks later, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the money the government is spending on stimulus and covid relief shouldn\u2019t be a problem. \u2014 Mike Madden And Rachel Siegel, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
      "Some investors who were flush with Covid stimulus cash last year and chased meme stocks like GameStop (GME) and AMC (AMC) may now be less bullish on individual stocks. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 31 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1684, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201400"
  },
  "sting":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to prick painfully: such as",
      ": to pierce or wound with a poisonous or irritating process",
      ": to affect with sharp quick pain or smart",
      ": to cause to suffer acutely",
      ": overcharge , cheat",
      ": to wound one with or as if with a sting",
      ": to feel a keen burning pain or smart",
      ": to cause such pain",
      ": the act of stinging",
      ": the thrust of a stinger into the flesh",
      ": a wound or pain caused by or as if by stinging",
      ": stinger sense 2",
      ": a sharp or stinging element, force, or quality",
      ": an elaborate confidence game",
      ": such a game worked by undercover police in order to trap criminals",
      ": to prick painfully usually with a sharp or poisonous stinger",
      ": to suffer or affect with sharp quick burning pain",
      ": to hurt emotionally",
      ": an act of pricking painfully usually with a sharp or poisonous stinger",
      ": a wound or burning pain caused by the pricking of the skin with a stinger",
      ": emotional pain",
      ": stinger",
      ": to prick painfully: as",
      ": to pierce or wound with a poisonous or irritating process",
      ": to affect with sharp quick pain",
      ": to feel or cause a keen burning pain or smart",
      ": the act of stinging",
      ": the thrust of a stinger into the flesh",
      ": a wound or pain caused by or as if by stinging",
      ": stinger sense 1",
      ": an elaborate confidence game",
      ": such a game worked by undercover police in order to catch criminals"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sti\u014b",
      "\u02c8sti\u014b",
      "\u02c8sti\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "gouge",
      "overcharge",
      "soak",
      "surcharge"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bunco",
      "bunko",
      "con",
      "fiddle",
      "flimflam",
      "fraud",
      "hustle",
      "scam",
      "shell game",
      "swindle"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "That allowed Bader to reach, and with two outs Goldschmidt made the mistake sting by socking a two-run homer to left. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
      "The sound design of the premiere, which uses the baby\u2019s screaming almost as a horror movie sting in and of itself, is perfectly cringe-inducing, imbuing every one of Lynskey\u2019s pointed sighs with more and more existential dread. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 5 May 2022",
      "Camarena lent Edgardo a sweetness and softness that only made his heartache sting more sharply in his showstopping final aria. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Knowing reductions were coming, Thelander said, hasn\u2019t made the reality sting any less. \u2014 Ian James, The Arizona Republic , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "Almost any politician, activist or reporter who has questioned Harris has felt the group\u2019s sting . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Apr. 2021",
      "The partner and parents of a man killed in 2020 by Clark County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies during an undercover drug sting filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit this week against the agency and deputies involved. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 May 2022",
      "Link had already been identified by the Tribune as the unnamed senator who wore a wire on then-state Rep. Luis Arroyo of Chicago as part of an FBI sting -- a case that led to Arroyo\u2019s resignation and conviction on bribery charges. \u2014 Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune , 13 May 2022",
      "Legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored across the globe all while being targeted in an undercover sting operation lead by the Federal Department of Narcotics. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 13 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The sting of having a job pulled out from underneath a candidate's feet is far more than just financial, though. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
      "The sting of the aside is the implied contrast with what\u2019s come before, in the poem\u2019s leisurely middle books. \u2014 Catherine Nicholson, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
      "The sting of the exchange was formative \u2014 a pain that would affect his career path. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "And while the sting of some initial investment dilution isn\u2019t nothing, the pain of missing out on the next Uber or Airbnb burns into the memory of any VC. \u2014 Zain Jaffer, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The sting was part of a wide-ranging political corruption investigation that has toppled a number of politicians and operatives in Chicago\u2019s west and southwest suburbs. \u2014 Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "But an Olympic medal is an Olympic medal, and the sting of fourth place is no different. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Feb. 2022",
      "For the second year in a row, basketball fans in New York have felt the sting of disappointed dreams. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "The theory is that every California taxpayer has felt the sting of inflation and is deserving of relief, the lawmakers said. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172949"
  },
  "stinger":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that stings",
      ": a sharp blow or remark",
      ": a sharp organ (as of a bee, scorpion, or stingray ) that is usually connected with a poison gland or otherwise adapted to wound by piercing and injecting a poison",
      ": a cocktail usually consisting of brandy and white cr\u00e8me de menthe",
      ": a usually sports-related injury of the brachial plexus marked by a painful burning sensation that radiates from the neck down the arm and is often accompanied by weakness or numbness of the affected area",
      ": a short scene that appears during or after the closing credits of a movie or TV program",
      ": a sharp part of an animal (as a bee or scorpion) that is used to wound and often poison prey or an enemy",
      ": a sharp organ (as of a wasp, bee, scorpion, or stingray ) that is usually connected with a poison gland or otherwise adapted to wound by piercing and injecting a poison",
      ": a usually sports-related injury of the brachial plexus marked by a painful burning sensation that radiates from the neck down the arm and is often accompanied by weakness or numbness of the affected area"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sti\u014b-\u0259r",
      "\u02c8sti\u014b-\u0259r",
      "\u02c8sti\u014b-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bang",
      "bash",
      "bat",
      "beat",
      "belt",
      "biff",
      "blow",
      "bop",
      "box",
      "buffet",
      "bust",
      "chop",
      "clap",
      "clip",
      "clout",
      "crack",
      "cuff",
      "dab",
      "douse",
      "fillip",
      "hack",
      "haymaker",
      "hit",
      "hook",
      "knock",
      "larrup",
      "lash",
      "lick",
      "pelt",
      "pick",
      "plump",
      "poke",
      "pound",
      "punch",
      "rap",
      "slam",
      "slap",
      "slug",
      "smack",
      "smash",
      "sock",
      "spank",
      "stripe",
      "stroke",
      "swat",
      "swipe",
      "switch",
      "thud",
      "thump",
      "thwack",
      "wallop",
      "welt",
      "whack",
      "wham",
      "whop",
      "whap"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the stinger of a bee",
      "in the eighth round he delivered a stinger that knocked his opponent flat",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Ward, who came in batting .367, has a neck stinger that is keeping him from throwing. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
      "Udoka said after the game that Smart had rolled his ankle and Tatum had a shoulder stinger . \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
      "And a stinger and wrist injury a year ago with the Suns. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Tatum then went to the locker room after suffering a shoulder stinger , and Brown kept charging. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2022",
      "The defensive player of the year, was hit twice in his thigh and briefly left the game after also suffering a right shoulder stinger . \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 3 May 2022",
      "Their names are listed in the small-type credits, after the first stinger scene and before the second one. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
      "The spring jig and blade bait fishing for walleye around Western Lake Erie\u2019s reef complexes off Camp Perry and the Toussaint River has been very good, with purple, black or green hair jigs with a stinger hook the top tactic. \u2014 cleveland , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The size of an Oculus Quest, the scanner has twin eyepieces and a metal camera nozzle that looks like a long stinger . \u2014 Steven Levy, Wired , 14 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185431"
  },
  "stingy":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "not generous or liberal sparing or scant in using, giving, or spending",
      "meanly scanty or small",
      "not generous",
      "very small in amount"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8stin-j\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "cheap",
      "chintzy",
      "close",
      "closefisted",
      "mean",
      "mingy",
      "miserly",
      "niggard",
      "niggardly",
      "parsimonious",
      "penny-pinching",
      "penurious",
      "pinching",
      "pinchpenny",
      "spare",
      "sparing",
      "stinting",
      "tight",
      "tightfisted",
      "uncharitable",
      "ungenerous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bounteous",
      "bountiful",
      "charitable",
      "freehanded",
      "generous",
      "liberal",
      "munificent",
      "openhanded",
      "unsparing",
      "unstinting"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The company was too stingy to raise salaries.",
      "until his redemption, Ebenezer Scrooge is the classic example of a very stingy , heartless miser",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But as the Mercury\u2019s stingy defense would have it, the Dream\u2019s hot shooting wasn\u2019t able to rev back up again as the team missed its last shot when the clock expired. \u2014 Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic , 10 June 2022",
      "Seminole has been stingy on defense, allowing only 5.5 points per game so far this season. \u2014 Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com , 29 Sep. 2021",
      "Some of the federal prisons hardest hit by the pandemic were strikingly stingy with Covid-19 drugs in the early pandemic. \u2014 Nicholas Florko, STAT , 9 May 2022",
      "The Howard County co-champs will be downright stingy with senior goalie Tyler Gladstone bringing special qualities to the cage and UMBC-bound defenseman Casey Pung another standout in the back. \u2014 Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Cox has been stingy with his vetoes in his one year in office, rejecting just four of the 499 bills that have crossed his desk. \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "Gaulier is even stingy with compliments for his most successful alumni. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "Rich nations have also been somewhat stingy with their investments in COVAX, the World Health Organization initiative to get vaccines to low-income countries. \u2014 Karen Kaplan Science And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "For now, the company has been stingy with details about the third campaign. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 14 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps from English dialect *stinge , noun, sting; akin to Old English stingan to sting",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1659, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "stink up":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause to stink or be filled with a stench"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1941, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184704"
  },
  "stinkard":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a mean or contemptible person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8sti\u014b-k\u0259rd",
    "synonyms":[
      "bastard",
      "beast",
      "bleeder",
      "blighter",
      "boor",
      "bounder",
      "bugger",
      "buzzard",
      "cad",
      "chuff",
      "churl",
      "clown",
      "creep",
      "cretin",
      "crud",
      "crumb",
      "cur",
      "dirtbag",
      "dog",
      "fink",
      "heel",
      "hound",
      "jerk",
      "joker",
      "louse",
      "lout",
      "pill",
      "rat",
      "rat fink",
      "reptile",
      "rotter",
      "schmuck",
      "scum",
      "scumbag",
      "scuzzball",
      "skunk",
      "sleaze",
      "sleazebag",
      "sleazeball",
      "slime",
      "slimeball",
      "slob",
      "snake",
      "so-and-so",
      "sod",
      "stinker",
      "swine",
      "toad",
      "varmint",
      "vermin"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "that stinkard asked his wife for a divorce while she was dying from cancer"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1600, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "stinker":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an offensive or contemptible person",
      ": one that stinks",
      ": something of very poor quality",
      ": dud sense 2a",
      ": any of several large petrels that have an offensive odor",
      ": something extremely difficult"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sti\u014b-k\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bastard",
      "beast",
      "bleeder",
      "blighter",
      "boor",
      "bounder",
      "bugger",
      "buzzard",
      "cad",
      "chuff",
      "churl",
      "clown",
      "creep",
      "cretin",
      "crud",
      "crumb",
      "cur",
      "dirtbag",
      "dog",
      "fink",
      "heel",
      "hound",
      "jerk",
      "joker",
      "louse",
      "lout",
      "pill",
      "rat",
      "rat fink",
      "reptile",
      "rotter",
      "schmuck",
      "scum",
      "scumbag",
      "scuzzball",
      "skunk",
      "sleaze",
      "sleazebag",
      "sleazeball",
      "slime",
      "slimeball",
      "slob",
      "snake",
      "so-and-so",
      "sod",
      "stinkard",
      "swine",
      "toad",
      "varmint",
      "vermin"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He is a dirty little stinker .",
      "a real stinker of a performance",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The bullpen stinker also squandered a solid outing by Garrett Whitlock. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
      "Even good teams will sometimes come up with a stinker and lose to inferior clubs that should throttle. \u2014 Bob Mcmanaman, The Arizona Republic , 12 May 2022",
      "The colt opened his 3-year-old campaign with a stinker \u2013 running seventh at the Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes on Feb. 5. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 7 May 2022",
      "But life\u2019s a stinker , and cancer eventually canceled his magic touch. \u2014 Longreads , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "But instead of building upon their showing at the Nets, the Blazers followed up with a complete stinker at the Pacers, a franchise equally interested in losing ballgames in order to secure a higher draft pick. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "Better than last year \u2014 an easy target \u2014 and maybe the best in the last 10 years, but still a stinker . \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "But that doesn\u2019t mean even one of the most bankable stars in Hollywood is immune from the odd stinker or two. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "The pull to correct the wrongs of a real stinker of a series finale caused showrunner Clyde Phillips to bring Dexter back to life. \u2014 Kelly Mcclure, Vulture , 7 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175801"
  },
  "stinking":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "strong and offensive to the sense of smell",
      "offensively drunk",
      "contemptible , lousy",
      "to an extreme degree"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8sti\u014b-ki\u014b",
    "synonyms":[
      "fetid",
      "foul",
      "frowsty",
      "frowsy",
      "frowzy",
      "funky",
      "fusty",
      "malodorous",
      "musty",
      "noisome",
      "rank",
      "reeking",
      "reeky",
      "ripe",
      "smelly",
      "stenchy",
      "stinky",
      "strong"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "achingly",
      "almighty",
      "archly",
      "awful",
      "awfully",
      "badly",
      "beastly",
      "blisteringly",
      "bone",
      "colossally",
      "corking",
      "cracking",
      "damn",
      "damned",
      "dang",
      "deadly",
      "desperately",
      "eminently",
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      "especially",
      "ever",
      "exceedingly",
      "exceeding",
      "extra",
      "extremely",
      "fabulously",
      "fantastically",
      "far",
      "fiercely",
      "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",
      "such",
      "super",
      "supremely",
      "surpassingly",
      "terribly",
      "that",
      "thumping",
      "too",
      "unco",
      "uncommonly",
      "vastly",
      "very",
      "vitally",
      "way",
      "whacking",
      "wicked",
      "wildly"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Put out that stinking cigar.",
      "came home from their trip to find stinking garbage that had been left in the kitchen",
      "Adverb",
      "a huge, showy house that screams, \u201cWe're stinking rich!\u201d",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "This is about a team with a top-10 payroll whose GM committed too stinking much of it to dogs that can\u2019t, or won\u2019t, pull the sled. \u2014 Sean Keeler, The Denver Post , 22 Dec. 2019",
      "Muttaiah said the man inside the stinking manhole was working without any safety equipment \u2014 no gloves, no shoes, no supplemental oxygen. \u2014 Joanna Slater, Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2019",
      "GothamGetty Images Aren't expectant parents Jenna Dewan and Steve Kazee just so stinking cute? \u2014 Emily Dixon, Marie Claire , 3 Dec. 2019",
      "Second, the Huskies covered the spread as the favorite one stinking time? \u2014 Mike Anthony, courant.com , 29 Aug. 2019",
      "The area included a stinking heap years of goat dung in layers up to a foot thick. \u2014 Michael Greshko, National Geographic , 28 Aug. 2019",
      "Man, that\u2019s one crazy set of numbers, not to mention a stinking pile of horse manure, as the two long-revered defenders continue to make one sensational play after another . . \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com , 19 July 2019",
      "But his mechanics were already pretty stinking good. \u2014 Robert Klemko, SI.com , 15 July 2019",
      "Eventually, more fat, oil, and grease congeal onto the mess and build up into giant stinking globs. \u2014 National Geographic , 16 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adverb",
      "1887, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "stinky":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to emit a strong offensive odor",
      ": to be offensive",
      ": to be in bad repute",
      ": to possess something to an offensive degree",
      ": to be extremely bad or unpleasant",
      ": a strong offensive odor : stench",
      ": a public outcry against something : fuss",
      ": to give off or cause to have a strong unpleasant smell",
      ": to be very bad or unpleasant",
      ": a strong unpleasant smell"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sti\u014bk",
      "\u02c8sti\u014bk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "reek"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "funk",
      "reek",
      "stench"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The food is good at that restaurant, but the service stinks .",
      "Having a root canal stinks .",
      "Noun",
      "People raised a stink about the new law.",
      "He kicked up a stink about the way he'd been treated.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "That said, it\u2019s comforting to see that there are new cars available for that price that don\u2019t stink . \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 June 2021",
      "Atlanta hits Carolina with an intradivision broadside that the Panthers are going to have to really stink to get the No. 1 pick in 2023. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Their thorns can puncture vehicles tires and their blooms stink , Long said. \u2014 Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Chiefs' coaches were brilliant; OT rules stink Aaron Rodgers' next team? \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "After having been interned for a few days, the ships began to stink . \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "The Times\u2019 Louis Sahag\u00fan details the disaster \u2014 plus the industry recklessness, official neglect and other factors that contribute to flooding and stink . \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Stop shoe stink at the source with Zorpads Shoe Inserts ($10 for 2 pairs). \u2014 Christina Poletto, Better Homes & Gardens , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Here\u2019s why Kamala Harris\u2019 California poll numbers stink . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Some users say lining them with paper towels also soaks up liquid that can raise a stink . \u2014 James Rainey, Los Angeles Times , 26 Dec. 2021",
      "Third: The political stink may cause hypertension and nosebleeds. \u2014 Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
      "Simply swipe onto clean, dry underarms in the morning to unlock your stink -free potential. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
      "Plus, it's infused with gold (yes, really) to fend off stink . \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 2 May 2022",
      "After several days of raising a revolting stink , the Rollins College greenhouse is beginning to smell refreshing again as its second corpse plant ceases its deathly odor and begins to close. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Turns out that the lasting stink of bong water spilled onto the carpet is not the only danger to smoking marijuana through a tall tube cooled by water at its base. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Blossoming tendrils of flowering jasmine put out enough scent to overpower, for a moment, the stink of gas leaf blowers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Winning in Cameron Indoor\u2014putting a stink on K Day\u2014was bliss for Tar Heel fans. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201046"
  },
  "stinting":{
    "type":"noun (1)",
    "definitions":[
      "a period of time spent at a particular activity",
      "a definite quantity of work assigned",
      "restraint , limitation",
      "to be sparing or frugal",
      "stop , desist",
      "to restrict with respect to a share or allowance",
      "to limit within certain boundaries",
      "to put an end to stop",
      "any of several small sandpipers (genus Calidris )",
      "to be stingy or sparing",
      "an amount of work given",
      "a period of time spent at a particular activity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8stint",
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2",
      "Noun (2)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "stipple":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to engrave by means of dots and flicks",
      ": to make by small short touches (as of paint or ink) that together produce an even or softly graded shadow",
      ": to apply (something, such as paint) by repeated small touches",
      ": speckle , fleck",
      ": production of gradation of light and shade in graphic art by stippling small points, larger dots, or longer strokes",
      ": an effect produced in this way"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sti-p\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blotch",
      "dapple",
      "dot",
      "fleck",
      "freckle",
      "marble",
      "mottle",
      "pepper",
      "shoot",
      "speck",
      "speckle",
      "splotch",
      "spot",
      "sprinkle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "the sunlight falling through the lace curtain stippled her face",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "And so on a chilly February weeknight, Bedrick began by showing examples of low-cost products that can help with makeup basics, like a brow tint pen, eyeliner pot, contour palette, stipple sponge, and liquid black eyeliner. \u2014 Alaina Demopoulos, Allure , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Martha Ulrich shivered in the harsh February cold, her bare legs stippled with goosebumps. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Feb. 2020",
      "Kenturah Davis\u2019 2015 self-portrait was made using an ink stippling technique. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 22 Oct. 2019",
      "The terrifying time was stippled with the ordinary and the joyous. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 Oct. 2019",
      "Curliss recommends the following Colorblends varieties, available at colorblends.com: Flamenco Queen: Big white blooms brushed and stippled with red. \u2014 Karen Dardick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Sep. 2019",
      "Compare stippling the pages with water spots, unable to put your arms down, with balancing an ashtray on the rim of the tub, unable to put one arm down. \u2014 Garnett Kilberg Cohen, The New Yorker , 25 Aug. 2019",
      "The sedan\u2019s rear driver\u2019s door was stippled with multiple bullet holes, and both windows on that side were shot out. \u2014 Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com , 14 Sep. 2019",
      "Kardashian mixed the two products together on the back of her hand with a Kabuki brush and then quickly stippled it all over her face. \u2014 Bella Cacciatore, Glamour , 16 Aug. 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Stage three required more silicone cheeks, chin, neck, back of neck, lips and stretch and stipple to age around her eyes, forehead and furrow. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "The surface of the lake, roused to a salt-and-pepper stipple by the rain, was devoid of sailboats or swimmers. \u2014 John Bowe, Travel + Leisure , 5 June 2021",
      "With the iron heated, carefully press the tip into the plastic of the handle repeatedly to cover it with stipples . \u2014 Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life , 19 Nov. 2019",
      "The 26-year-old tenor saxophonist has set most of these original compositions at a medium-fast tempo, and her saxophone stipples and scampers, gesturing toward the influence of the alto saxophonist Steve Lehman. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2018",
      "Pro Tip: To quickly cover dark circles, stipple (a.k.a. \u2014 Amber Kallor, Marie Claire , 28 Apr. 2017",
      "A third left an entrance wound surrounded by gunpowder stipple at the base of his skull and an exit wound in his left cheek. \u2014 John Branch, New York Times , 7 Apr. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "circa 1762, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1837, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202446"
  },
  "stitch":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a local sharp and sudden pain especially in the side",
      ": one in-and-out movement of a threaded needle in sewing, embroidering, or suturing",
      ": a portion of thread left in the material or suture left in the tissue after one stitch",
      ": a least bit especially of clothing",
      ": a single loop of thread or yarn around an implement (such as a knitting needle or crochet hook)",
      ": a stitch or series of stitches formed in a particular way",
      ": in a state of uncontrollable laughter",
      ": to fasten, join, or close with or as if with stitches",
      ": to make, mend, or decorate with or as if with stitches",
      ": to unite by means of staples",
      ": sew",
      ": one in-and-out movement of a threaded needle in sewing or in closing a wound : a portion of thread left after one such movement",
      ": a single loop of thread or yarn around a tool (as a knitting needle or crochet hook)",
      ": a type or style of stitching",
      ": a sudden sharp pain especially in the side",
      ": to fasten or join by sewing",
      ": to make, mend, or decorate by or as if by sewing",
      ": sew sense 2",
      ": a local sharp and sudden pain especially in the side",
      ": one in-and-out movement of a threaded needle in suturing",
      ": a portion of a suture left in the tissue after one stitch",
      ": to fasten, join, or close with stitches"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stich",
      "\u02c8stich",
      "\u02c8stich"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ache",
      "pain",
      "pang",
      "prick",
      "shoot",
      "smart",
      "sting",
      "throe",
      "tingle",
      "twinge"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "darn",
      "sew",
      "suture"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Cross stitch this witch in advance for an oh-sew chic Halloween decor gift. \u2014 Kaitlin Madden, Good Housekeeping , 1 June 2022",
      "So telling a story about how a stitch in time saves nine, for instance, will likely be more effective in motivating people to adopt a new preventive maintenance system than simply relaying facts. \u2014 Andy Bird, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Missing a stitch or doing one awkwardly could cause a catastrophic complication for a patient. \u2014 Meredith Cohn, Baltimore Sun , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "The brand compensates its team of 450 artisans by the stitch for garments that can easily require thousands of stitches. \u2014 Eunica Escalante, Vogue , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The robot completes about a stitch a minute, a conservative pace slightly slower than a human surgeon. \u2014 Meredith Cohn, Baltimore Sun , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Square arms, stitch detailing, and a gray, brass, or silver finish on the legs lend this piece a dash of old Hollywood glam. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "However, for a limited time, PEOPLE readers can score $50 off a pair of the Natalie Sling flats in petal calf, gold saffiano, and black stitch textile. \u2014 Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "No stitch has popped, no campfire has melted any part of them, and no water has ever gotten through the membrane. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The 1986 style of hard camera cuts to stitch together a shot-down bogey are done. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 24 May 2022",
      "That forces Madison Avenue to stitch together groups of consumers a little at a time \u2014 a Hulu binge here, a 10 p.m. watch there. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 19 May 2022",
      "In both cases, detectives used city cameras to stitch together the suspects\u2019 movements. \u2014 Libor Janystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "At the same time, there is a lot of federal legislation that's on the table to try to stitch together a more uniform approach to consumer privacy protection. \u2014 Billee Howard, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
      "Still, analysts feared that Ukraine was poised to lose Mariupol, a strategic prize that would allow Moscow to stitch together a land corridor connecting Russia, Crimea and areas farther west. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
      "The Batman shouldn\u2019t exist to cut further wounds into Gotham, but to stitch it back together, to reckon with the many ways in which the flesh of the city is torn and sew it up. \u2014 Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "During a COVID-19-related day care closure in August, the single mom could only stitch together help from relatives for some of the time. \u2014 Sally Ho And Josh Boak, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "Would a paramedic be able to stitch up somebody who just had their spleen removed in the back of an ambulance? \u2014 Clarissa Cruz, EW.com , 10 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224004"
  },
  "stock":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a store or supply accumulated or available",
      "the inventory of goods of a merchant or manufacturer",
      "the equipment, materials, or supplies of an establishment",
      "livestock",
      "the proprietorship element in a corporation usually divided into shares and represented by transferable certificates",
      "a portion of such stock of one or more companies",
      "stock certificate",
      "a supporting framework or structure such as",
      "a device for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the feet or feet and hands can be locked",
      "the wooden part by which a shoulder arm is held during firing",
      "the butt of an implement (such as a whip or fishing rod)",
      "bitstock , brace",
      "a long beam on a field gun forming the third support point in firing",
      "the frame or timbers holding a ship during construction",
      "the descendants of one individual family , lineage",
      "a compound organism",
      "the original (such as a person, race, or language) from which others derive source",
      "an infraspecific group usually having unity of descent",
      "a related group of languages",
      "a language family",
      "liquid in which meat, fish, or vegetables have been simmered that is used as a basis for soup, gravy, or sauce",
      "raw material from which something is manufactured",
      "paper used for printing",
      "the portion of a pack of cards not distributed to the players at the beginning of a game",
      "confidence or faith placed in someone or something",
      "an estimate or evaluation of something",
      "the estimation in which someone or something is held",
      "the main stem of a plant trunk",
      "a plant or plant part united with a scion in grafting and supplying mostly underground parts to a graft",
      "a plant from which slips or cuttings are taken",
      "the production and presentation of plays by a stock company",
      "stock car sense 1",
      "the crosspiece of an anchor \u2014 see anchor illustration",
      "the part of a tally formerly given to the creditor in a transaction",
      "a debt or fund due (as from a government) for money loaned at interest",
      "capital or a debt or fund bearing interest in perpetuity and not ordinarily redeemable as to principal",
      "a supply of capital funds",
      "money or capital invested or available for investment or trading",
      "any of a genus ( Matthiola ) of Old World herbs or subshrubs of the mustard family with racemes of usually sweet-scented flowers",
      "a wide band or scarf worn about the neck especially by some clergymen",
      "a dull, stupid, or lifeless person",
      "something without life or consciousness",
      "stump",
      "a log or block of wood",
      "on hand in the store and ready for delivery",
      "having no more on hand completely sold out",
      "to procure or keep a stock of",
      "to provide with stock or a stock supply",
      "to fit to or with a stock",
      "to graze (livestock) on land",
      "to make (a domestic animal) pregnant",
      "to put in stock or supplies",
      "to send out new shoots",
      "commonly used or brought forward standard",
      "kept regularly in stock",
      "employed in handling, checking, or taking care of the stock of merchandise on hand",
      "kept for breeding purposes brood",
      "devoted to the breeding and rearing of livestock",
      "used or intended for livestock",
      "used in herding livestock",
      "of or relating to a stock company",
      "the whole supply or amount on hand",
      "a wooden frame with holes to hold the feet or the feet and hands once used to punish a wrongdoer publicly",
      "the wooden part by which a rifle or shotgun is held against the shoulder during firing",
      "the source from which others descend ancestry",
      "farm animals livestock , cattle",
      "a part ownership in a business that can be traded independently",
      "liquid in which meat, fish, or vegetables have been simmered",
      "on hand in the store and available for purchase",
      "to provide with or get supplies especially for future use",
      "to get or keep a supply of",
      "kept regularly in supply especially for sale",
      "commonly used standard",
      "a population, colony, or culture of organisms used for scientific research or medical purposes",
      "the equipment, materials, or supplies of a business",
      "a store or supply accumulated",
      "the inventory of the goods of a merchant or manufacturer",
      "the ownership element in a corporation usually divided into shares and represented by transferable certificates",
      "the certificate evidencing ownership of one or more shares of stock",
      "the stock that a corporation may issue under its charter including both common and preferred stock",
      "the outstanding shares of a joint stock company considered as an aggregate",
      "capitalization sense 4",
      "a class of stock whose holders share in company profits (as through dividends) on a pro rata basis, may vote for directors and on important matters such as mergers, and may have limited access to information not publicly available",
      "preferred stock whose holders are entitled to the payment of cumulative dividends as well as current dividends before common stockholders are paid",
      "stock issued by a growth company",
      "stock that may be purchased in a margin account",
      "stock issued with no par value which may be carried for corporate accounting purposes as part of the capital stock or as part of the capital surplus to the extent allowed by law",
      "the stock of a small company not listed on a major exchange and traditionally selling at less than a dollar a share",
      "a class of corporate stock whose holders are guaranteed payment of dividends and a share of asset distribution before the holders of common stock but are usually denied voting rights",
      "stock that is reacquired and held by the issuing company (as to increase the market value of traded shares)",
      "stock (as common stock) entitling the holder to vote in matters of corporate governance",
      "stock issued with a par value greater than the value of the underlying assets"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8st\u00e4k",
    "synonyms":[
      "blood",
      "clan",
      "family",
      "folks",
      "house",
      "kin",
      "kindred",
      "kinfolk",
      "kinfolks",
      "kinsfolk",
      "line",
      "lineage",
      "people",
      "race",
      "tribe"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "conventional",
      "current",
      "customary",
      "going",
      "popular",
      "prevailing",
      "prevalent",
      "standard",
      "usual"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "That was when Beyond Meat stock was hovering near $100 a share. \u2014 Chloe Sorvino, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
      "Household wealth fell for the first time in two years in the most recent quarter, in large part because of a $3 trillion plunge in the stock values, Federal Reserve data shows. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
      "Household wealth fell for the first time in two years in the most recent quarter, in large part because of a $3 trillion plunge in the stock values, Federal Reserve data shows. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
      "Household wealth fell for the first time in two years in the most recent quarter, in large part because of a $3 trillion plunge in the stock values, Federal Reserve data shows. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
      "To some degree, the crash in cryptocurrencies is tied to the sharp drops in stock indexes \u2014 investors are shedding their riskier investments, like digital currencies, and fleeing to safer assets, like bonds. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 17 June 2022",
      "Prospective first-time homebuyers have had a rough go of it lately, entering the housing market amid soaring prices, dwindling housing stock , and intense competition. \u2014 Trey Williams, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
      "Scotty Gardner and his dad, Scott, split the victories in the two 25-lap street stock features. \u2014 Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune , 17 June 2022",
      "Since September, Snap's stock has plunged more than 85% from an all-time high above $83 to just over $12 as of midday Friday. \u2014 Clare Duffy, CNN , 17 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "Those two chicks, Sunny and Moon, grew to adulthood and led Stewart and his wife, Kaysle Brooks, to build an 8-by-8-foot coop and stock it with more chickens. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 6 June 2022",
      "Don't hesitate to also stock her up with essential oil blends from the brand. \u2014 Isis Briones, House Beautiful , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "At that point, his cell number was on every label of Yellowbird, and an interested party at the grocery giant, still in its pre-Amazon period, wanted to stock it at the flagship Austin store. \u2014 Chris O'connell, Chron , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The two-week Florida sales tax holiday, a time to stock up on hurricane supplies without paying a sales tax, begins Saturday. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
      "Club member or not, its time to stock up on Vera Bradley\u2019s classic products -- handbags, housewares, clothing and more. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022",
      "There's nothing quite as versatile or timeless as a classic T-shirt, and right now's a good time to stock up. \u2014 Jessica Leigh Mattern, PEOPLE.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Zero-waste stores stock all-natural products that are good for the environment, reduce waste, and give men and women access to high-quality products. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022",
      "As a painter, his aplomb is singular, however stock his subjects friends and family, forest and sea, great expanses of sky that go on all but forever. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "And the reassuringly stock characters require no special actorly finesse to bring to life. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 27 Mar. 2020",
      "Anne Carpenter, an owner of an Ace Hardware store in Berkeley, said the retailer doesn\u2019t usually stock air conditioners. \u2014 Melia Russell, SFChronicle.com , 11 June 2019",
      "The Red Branch production directed by Stephanie Lynn Williams features an endearing cast whose performances make potentially stock characters spring to life. \u2014 Mike Giuliano, Columbia Flier , 23 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 14b",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 5",
      "Adjective",
      "1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1b"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "stockade":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense",
      ": an enclosure or pen made with posts and stakes",
      ": an enclosure in which prisoners are kept",
      ": to fortify or surround with a stockade",
      ": a line of strong posts set in the ground to form a defense",
      ": an enclosure usually formed by posts pounded into the ground"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "st\u00e4-\u02c8k\u0101d",
      "st\u00e4-\u02c8k\u0101d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bastille",
      "big house",
      "bridewell",
      "brig",
      "calaboose",
      "can",
      "clink",
      "cooler",
      "coop",
      "guardroom",
      "hock",
      "hold",
      "hoosegow",
      "jail",
      "jailhouse",
      "joint",
      "jug",
      "lockup",
      "nick",
      "pen",
      "penitentiary",
      "pokey",
      "prison",
      "quod",
      "slam",
      "slammer",
      "stir",
      "tolbooth"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "prisoners of war confined in a stockade",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In the middle of this expanse, a stockade , where sheep were gathered at night to protect them from bears and coyotes, had collapsed. \u2014 Thomas Mcguane, The New Yorker , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Anthony set sail for New Amsterdam in 1629, and before long acquired a large farm just north of the city stockade at Wall Street, along with a reputation as one of the most quarrelsome characters in a town full of them. \u2014 Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times , 3 Dec. 2019",
      "Epstein served 3 1/2 months locked down at the stockade before he was granted work release, which was approved in consultation with Epstein\u2019s high-powered legal staff, Gauger said. \u2014 Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com , 18 July 2019",
      "But, according to a 2016 NPR article on the Leesburg Stockade, their parents were billed to cover the expenses for the girls\u2019 time in the stockade . \u2014 Jessica Feierman And Ashley C. Sawyer, Teen Vogue , 4 Oct. 2019",
      "Records released this month show Epstein was given an array of special privileges, from an unlocked cell in a special wing of the stockade , to a work-release schedule of six days a week, up to 12 hours per day, at a West Palm Beach office building. \u2014 Marc Freeman, sun-sentinel.com , 23 Aug. 2019",
      "Visitors tour the stockade , the Russian Orthodox chapel and a windmill like the one used by the settlers. \u2014 Graham Bowley, New York Times , 6 Oct. 2019",
      "The initial agreement stipulated that Epstein leave the stockade only to work in his office or visit the doctor. \u2014 Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com , 19 Aug. 2019",
      "Epstein wound up spending 13 months in the stockade during 2008-2009 as part of his plea deal. \u2014 Marc Freeman, sun-sentinel.com , 17 Aug. 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Epstein spent 13 months in the Palm Beach County stockade during 2008-09 as part of a plea deal widely criticized as being too lenient. \u2014 Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com , 10 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1677, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212720"
  },
  "stodgy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having a rich filling quality : heavy",
      ": moving in a slow plodding way especially as a result of physical bulkiness",
      ": boring , dull",
      ": extremely old-fashioned : hidebound",
      ": drab",
      ": dowdy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4-j\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "arid",
      "boring",
      "colorless",
      "drab",
      "dreary",
      "drudging",
      "dry",
      "dull",
      "dusty",
      "flat",
      "heavy",
      "ho-hum",
      "humdrum",
      "jading",
      "jejune",
      "leaden",
      "mind-numbing",
      "monochromatic",
      "monotonous",
      "numbing",
      "old",
      "pedestrian",
      "ponderous",
      "slow",
      "stale",
      "stuffy",
      "stupid",
      "tame",
      "tedious",
      "tiresome",
      "tiring",
      "uninteresting",
      "wearisome",
      "weary",
      "wearying"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "absorbing",
      "engaging",
      "engrossing",
      "gripping",
      "interesting",
      "intriguing",
      "involving",
      "riveting"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the sitcom was offbeat and interesting in its first season, but has since become predictable and stodgy",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Since 2018, the Recording Academy has attempted to reform its stodgy reputation with the creation of a diversity and inclusion task force and efforts to create a more transparent voting process. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
      "Their storied rise in the 1980s was cast as villains to the Boston Celtics and drawn in simple strokes: the cool, Black team standing in the path of the stodgy , white one. \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Stokes, a devastating match-winner with bat and ball, plays with aggression and his innate attacking instincts could desperately provide a tonic for a stodgy England team lacking confidence. \u2014 Tristan Lavalette, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Ever since Dutch master Johan Cruyff brought that philosophy to Catalonia in the 1970s, winning with stodgy play has been considered to be a betrayal. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Generally speaking, the 2022 Grammys found the Recording Academy continuing its efforts to buck any lingering perceptions of themselves as a stodgy , old-school institution. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Case dubbed the venture Quantum Computer Services, a rather stodgy name that was rebranded as America Online in 1991. \u2014 Michelle Delgado, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 May 2022",
      "Anyone who feels the Grammy Awards can be stodgy today might want to consider how far the show has come since the 1990s. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "The wonton soup would fare far better without the stodgy , surprisingly sweet dumplings. \u2014 Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1854, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185744"
  },
  "stoical":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. holding that the wise man should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submissive to natural law",
      ": one apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain",
      ": of, relating to, or resembling the Stoics or their doctrines",
      ": not affected by or showing passion or feeling",
      ": firmly restraining response to pain or distress"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u014d-ik",
      "\u02c8st\u014d-ik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "forbearing",
      "long-suffering",
      "patient",
      "tolerant",
      "uncomplaining"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "complaining",
      "fed up",
      "impatient",
      "kvetching",
      "kvetchy",
      "protesting"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Jenner, typically the most stoic of the Kardashian-Jenners, completely lost her cool. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 14 May 2022",
      "Inspired by Minhwa, a traditional Korean folk art, the brilliant creations awed the most stoic of fashion arbiters. \u2014 Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "But this isn\u2019t a staid, academic philosopher\u2014not a stoic . \u2014 Willing Davidson, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
      "Anthony was the bad boy in season 1, in many ways the shagging, chaotic, antithesis of the stoic , simmering Duke. \u2014 Holly Thomas, CNN , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "The short, scrawny boy was bullied, driving him to take up judo and sambo, a Soviet martial art that teaches participants to remain stoic even in the face of great pain. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "Hulking, life-size statues of aliens and stoic , faceless Spartan soldiers stand vigil over the treasures, highlighted by a true-to-lore, 7-foot-2 recreation of the Chief himself. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2020",
      "As for my grandfather, the stoic fa\u00e7ade slowly melted away. \u2014 Michael Roppolo, CBS News , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "If contemporaries like Bud Grant and Tom Landry epitomized the archetype of coach as sideline stoic , Madden served as their counterweight. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "David Benner has been the calm, stoic , unflappable PR guy for the Indiana Pacers for nearly three decades. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Heard, who was stoic in the courtroom as the verdict was read, said she was heartbroken. \u2014 Denise Lavoie, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
      "Heard, who was stoic in the courtroom as the verdict was read, said she was heartbroken. \u2014 Denise Lavoie, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
      "Read full article Heard, who was stoic in the courtroom as the verdict was read, said she was heartbroken. \u2014 Denise Lavoie, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
      "Perhaps the lesson Anna learned was to be stoic and keep the full breadth of her emotions to herself. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
      "The shooting rocked the nation, prompting a normally stoic President Barack Obama to tear up at a news conference. \u2014 Bryan Anselm/redux For Cnn, CNN , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Normally stoic , my two younger partners were whining about the cold. \u2014 Outside Online , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "Queen Elizabeth remained as stoic as ever as the divorces of three out of her four children played out publicly throughout the '90s. \u2014 Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com , 16 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201153"
  },
  "stolid":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional",
      ": having or showing little or no feeling"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4-l\u0259d",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4-l\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blank",
      "catatonic",
      "deadpan",
      "empty",
      "expressionless",
      "impassive",
      "inexpressive",
      "numb",
      "vacant"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "demonstrative",
      "expressive"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She remained stolid during the trial.",
      "the butler responded to the duchess's constant demands with stolid indifference",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The ideology behind Bush\u2019s war may have been cooked up in the stolid bureaucratic world of think-tank Washington. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
      "His Barry is stolid and irreparably damaged, a tragic antihero who longs for connection and forgiveness but lacks the moral center to deserve either. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Pozharskaya has a natural intensity that the film, with all its stolid sincerity, could have used more of. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "That\u2019s because the stolid , long-suffering Vic seems to tolerate her infidelity, rather than lose her to divorce. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Roxanne, a lover of poetry, craves love letters, but the stolid Christian is no writer. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Melissa Jacques gives Margaret a stolid steadiness that grounds the proceedings in essential ways. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "One example was the Jewish playwright Carl Sternheim, whose satires of the stolid German middle class, banned by the Nazis, were undergoing a revival in the early sixties. \u2014 Max Norman, The New Yorker , 20 Nov. 2021",
      "Not ugly, nor intentionally stolid , nor contorted into awkward shapes, as her friend Degas often painted them. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin stolidus dull, stupid",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1600, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192902"
  },
  "stomach":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a saclike expansion of the digestive tract of a vertebrate that is located between the esophagus and duodenum and typically consists of a simple often curved sac with an outer serous covering, a strong muscular wall that contracts rhythmically, and an inner mucous membrane lining that contains gastric glands",
      ": one of the compartments making up the stomach of a ruminant animal (such as a cow or sheep)",
      ": the part of the body that contains the stomach : belly , abdomen",
      ": a cavity in an invertebrate animal that is analogous to a stomach",
      ": desire for food caused by hunger : appetite",
      ": inclination , desire",
      ": courage , guts",
      ": spirit , valor",
      ": pride",
      ": spleen , resentment",
      ": to bear without overt reaction or resentment : put up with",
      ": to take offense at",
      ": the pouch into which food passes from the esophagus for mixing and digestion before passing to the small intestine",
      ": the part of the body that contains the stomach : abdomen",
      ": desire entry 2 sense 1 , liking",
      ": to bear patiently : put up with",
      ": a saclike expansion of the digestive tract of a vertebrate communicating anteriorly with the esophagus and posteriorly with the duodenum and being typically a simple often curved sac with an outer serous coat, a strong complex muscular wall that contracts rhythmically, and a mucous lining membrane that contains gastric glands",
      ": one of the compartments of a ruminant stomach",
      ": a cavity in an invertebrate animal that is analogous to a stomach",
      ": the part of the body that contains the stomach : belly , abdomen"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259-m\u0259k",
      "-mik",
      "\u02c8st\u0259-m\u0259k",
      "\u02c8st\u0259m-\u0259k, -ik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abdomen",
      "belly",
      "breadbasket",
      "gut",
      "solar plexus",
      "tummy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abide",
      "absorb",
      "accept",
      "bear",
      "bide",
      "brook",
      "countenance",
      "endure",
      "go",
      "hack",
      "handle",
      "meet",
      "pocket",
      "stand",
      "stick out",
      "support",
      "sustain",
      "sweat out",
      "take",
      "tolerate",
      "wear"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She has problems with her stomach .",
      "I've had enough to eat. My stomach is full.",
      "He was lying on his stomach .",
      "Verb",
      "I could barely stomach the smell.",
      "I can't stomach raw onions.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Using the tip of the knife, reach inside the crab and remove the stomach . \u2014 Ann Maloney, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
      "After a gig in Philadelphia, Notaro was hospitalized, with internal bleeding, and had to have stomach surgery. \u2014 Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "Additionally, NSAIDs can lead to serious gastrointestinal damage, including bleeding, ulceration, and fatal perforation of the stomach and intestine. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 3 June 2022",
      "The strains are effective in treating stomach irritation caused by esophageal reflux and bacterial overgrowths. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 June 2022",
      "All of those medicines, as well as nizatidine (Axid), are called histamine 2 blockers, and all are good choices for occasional stomach upset from excess acid reflux. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 2 June 2022",
      "Helicobacter pylori bacteria reside in the stomach and small intestines of at least 30% of the population. \u2014 Joshua Cohen, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Speak to his stomach and sense of adventure with Universal Yums\u2018 monthly subscription. \u2014 Nicole Charky-chami, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 May 2022",
      "Interviews this week with Republican senators revealed little stomach for the sort of sprawling bill that Florida Republicans passed in 2018. \u2014 Mike Debonis, Anchorage Daily News , 30 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Schools with billionaire boosters can stomach spending millions for unproven recruits in the name of an SEC title. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "But my light-sleeping partner can\u2019t stomach a night with no Zzs. \u2014 Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "The Rams were still in the running for a high playoff seed as well, and McVay couldn't stomach going 0-2 to Kingsbury in the same year. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "But there is a chance the Fed overdoes it by raising rates faster than the economy, or financial markets, can stomach . \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 31 Dec. 2021",
      "And neither the government nor the people can stomach another round of severe pandemic restrictions. \u2014 Glen Retief, The New Republic , 18 Dec. 2021",
      "But instead, taxpayers, employers, and workers have continued to stomach higher health care premiums. \u2014 Bob Herman, STAT , 14 May 2022",
      "Body Politic\u2019s V\u00e1zquez told me, and some are willing to stomach a bit of risk. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
      "That depends on how much volatility an investor is willing to stomach , Prof. Lettau says. \u2014 Mark Hulbert, WSJ , 7 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)",
      "Verb",
      "1523, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221008"
  },
  "stomachache":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": pain in or in the region of the stomach",
      ": pain in or in the region of the stomach"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259-m\u0259k-\u02cc\u0101k",
      "-mik-",
      "-\u02cc\u0101k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bellyache",
      "collywobbles"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Eating too much food will give you a stomachache .",
      "Side effects include gas, bloating, and stomachache .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Music class, where we were expected to sing solos, gave me a stomachache . \u2014 Vogue , 31 May 2022",
      "One day, Maria gets a terrible stomachache and goes to the emergency room. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The boy came into the nurse\u2019s office that day complaining of a stomachache . \u2014 Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Sep. 2021",
      "Because of social stigmas about gender an mental illness, individuals may think that IBS is little more than a nervous stomachache or passing discomfort. \u2014 Laken Brooks, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "For those who try the frozen honey trend only once, nutrition experts said, major ramifications aren't likely, aside from a stomachache . \u2014 NBC News , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "Just thinking about how embarrassing that will be is enough to give me a stomachache . \u2014 Annie Lane, oregonlive , 20 Mar. 2021",
      "Rarely sick before a stomachache kept her home from school for three days in October, the Bloomington, Ill., eighth-grader was hit by a headache in January that still hasn\u2019t loosened its grip. \u2014 Elizabeth Cooney, STAT , 12 June 2021",
      "Including the punitive stomachache ruined the effect. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1744, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223621"
  },
  "stomping ground":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a favorite or habitual resort",
      ": familiar territory"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "hangout",
      "haunt",
      "purlieu",
      "rendezvous",
      "resort",
      "stamping ground"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The mall was their stomping ground .",
      "a major part of the fun of alumni weekend is visiting the old stomping grounds",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Surprisingly, former teen idol Miranda Cosgrove led the charge by making a stylish return to her old stomping ground . \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Your father-in-law is going to love this custom portrait that'll transport him to a favorite childhood home or old stomping ground . \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The venue \u2014 known for being the stomping ground for reggaeton, Latin music\u2019s biggest genre \u2014 was about to be graced by Panama\u2019s most popular artist, whose ballads and surprise performances would captivate the 18,000 attendees throughout the night. \u2014 Katelina Eccleston, Rolling Stone , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Hollywood studios are stopping the release of films, while Europe is no longer a nearby stomping ground but an ever-more-inaccessible universe, brimming with anger at Russians. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Poshmark, frequented by a slightly older buyer, sees itself as not merely a selling tool but also as a social stomping ground . \u2014 Patricia Marx, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "Now, working on Ifill's old stomping ground , Hays is proud to help her idol's legacy continue. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Back in Billy Napier\u2019s North Georgia stomping ground , the Bulldogs\u2019 first national title since 1980 was met with joyous celebration. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "That\u2019s because this cozy apr\u00e9s hang has a long and storied history in Aspen life, including, among other things, being the former stomping ground of one of Aspen\u2019s most notorious residents, Hunter S. Thompson. \u2014 Michelle Gross, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1854, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183029"
  },
  "stone":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "biographical name ()",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a concretion of earthy or mineral matter:",
      ": such a concretion of indeterminate size or shape",
      ": rock",
      ": a piece of rock for a specified function: such as",
      ": a building block",
      ": a paving block",
      ": a precious stone : gem",
      ": gravestone",
      ": grindstone",
      ": whetstone",
      ": a surface upon which a drawing, text, or design to be lithographed is drawn or transferred",
      ": something resembling a small stone: such as",
      ": calculus sense 3a",
      ": the hard central portion of a drupaceous fruit (such as a peach)",
      ": a hard stony seed (as of a date)",
      ": any of various units of weight",
      ": an official British unit equal to 14 pounds (6.3 kilograms)",
      ": curling stone",
      ": a round playing piece used in various games (such as backgammon or go)",
      ": a stand or table with a smooth flat top on which to impose or set type",
      ": in or into a permanent and unchangeable state",
      ": to hurl stones at",
      ": to kill by pelting with stones",
      ": to make hard or insensitive to feeling",
      ": to face, pave, or fortify with stones",
      ": to remove the stones or seeds of (a fruit)",
      ": to rub, scour, or polish with a stone",
      ": to sharpen with a whetstone",
      ": entirely , utterly",
      ": of, relating to, or made of stone",
      ": absolute , utter",
      ": earth or mineral matter hardened in a mass : rock",
      ": a piece of rock coarser than gravel",
      ": gem sense 1",
      ": a stony mass that sometimes forms in certain organs of the body",
      ": the seed of a fruit (as a peach) in its hard case",
      ": an English measure of weight equaling 14 pounds (about 6.3 kilograms)",
      ": to throw stones at",
      ": to remove the stony seeds of",
      ": relating to or made of stone",
      ": completely , totally",
      ": calculus sense 1",
      ": any of various units of weight",
      ": an official British unit equal to 14 pounds (6.3 kilograms)",
      "Harlan Fiske 1872\u20131946 American jurist; chief justice U.S. Supreme Court (1941\u201346)",
      "Irving 1903\u20131989 originally surname Tennenbaum American writer",
      "Lucy 1818\u20131893 American suffragist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u014dn",
      "\u02c8st\u014dn",
      "\u02c8st\u014dn",
      "\u02c8st\u014dn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "gravestone",
      "headstone",
      "monument",
      "tombstone"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "edge",
      "grind",
      "hone",
      "sharpen",
      "strop",
      "whet"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Select a concise palette of natural materials, including wood, stone , and glass. \u2014 Elizabeth Sweet, Better Homes & Gardens , 14 June 2022",
      "Splashes of stone and bright yellow accents mark the exterior. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
      "Marble, stone and hardwood floors are found throughout, and the blue-agate bar is a true showstopper. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 13 June 2022",
      "Craftsman homes used natural products, including wood, stone and brick, with a focus on multiple small rooms that were meant to be more versatile than the formal spaces of earlier Victorian homes. \u2014 Alina Dizik, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
      "The home features carvings in wood, metal, and stone . \u2014 Brianna Griff, Chron , 8 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",
      "There was lots of discussion and some historical framing around the first brick stone thrown at Stonewall and the historical significance of that. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022",
      "Measuring 73 miles in length, the defensive fortification\u2014made primarily from stone and turf\u2014spanned the width of present-day northern England, with forts and observation towers occupied by Roman soldiers built along the way. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The Paiute Indians who long ago called this area home believed that these thin spires of rock were once an entire race called the Legend People, who were turned to stone for bad deeds by Coyote. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 26 May 2020",
      "There\u2019s no extradiegetic sound at all \u2014 just the forest\u2019s chirping melodies and the rustling and chopping and hammering of insects, birds, wind in leaves, stone on wood. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Much of the technology was developed for use by the U.S. military in Iraq as part of a project dubbed Gorgon Stare after the mythical Greek monster that could turn men to stone with a glance. \u2014 Todd Richmond, ajc , 3 Nov. 2021",
      "Played by the underwhelming Gemma Chan, Sirse is a Sino-English anthropologist who can turn things to stone or to dust. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 31 Oct. 2021",
      "And the superb Baryshnikov somehow turns his body to stone , ending the colloquy. \u2014 Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books , 14 May 2020",
      "Gorgon Medusa can Turn you to stone just by Looking your way. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "And the symmetry was beautifully designed: the former handmaids (and maybe Marthas) arranged in a perfect circle around him, just as they\u2019d been trained to do when told to stone and kill one of their own kind. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, Vulture , 16 June 2021",
      "The Medusa of Greek mythology turned opponents to stone with a glance. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 4 June 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Lovely wet- stone minerality melds with delicate white blossoms as the wine opens, with Asian citrus\u2014along the lines of yuzu or Buddha\u2019s hand\u2014joining up with white nectarine aromas. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Over 30 pieces are available for sale by Hopi jeweler Charles Loloma, with prices expected to rise up to $60,000 for a multi- stone and gold cuff (top), the peaks and ridges of which call to mind the landscapes of his native Arizona. \u2014 Kate Matthams, Forbes , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "Hints of jasmine float over notes of apple, green melon, and lime, with a lovely wet- stone quality underneath. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 5 July 2021",
      "Like the name indicates, a multi- stone ring has multiple stones that compete for attention, which can be a good thing. \u2014 Jennifer Prince, Southern Living , 8 June 2021",
      "White blossom aromas are touched by a salty sea breeze mixed with grapefruit and wet- stone minerality. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 17 May 2021",
      "Hints of honeysuckle float above lemon, fresh herbs and wet- stone minerality on the nose, with beautiful ripe stone fruit, grapefruit and guava following on the palate. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 26 Apr. 2021",
      "Instead, a curved, gently sloped, stone path landscaped with shrubs, leads from the driveway to the front door. \u2014 Sally A. Downey, Philly.com , 5 Feb. 2018",
      "Stone tools, animal bones and evidence of fire were also found within the same layer at the site. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 7 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adverb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195034"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a short distance"
    ],
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      "ace",
      "hair",
      "hairbreadth",
      "hairsbreadth",
      "hairline",
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      "country mile",
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      "mile"
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    "examples":[
      "the cottage is a stone's throw from the beach",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Olympos Lodge, a boutique hotel on the Mediterranean coast, is also a stone's throw from Mt. Olympos, another Lycian city. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Centrally located in the sixth district (a stone's throw from Vienna's world-class museums), this 91-room property is like an explosion of Belle \u00c9poque exuberance filtered through the lens of Wes Anderson. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Just a stone's throw from the center of Todos Santos, guests of Jazamango are greeted by a long, lush green driveway flanked by an orchard which leads to its beautiful open dining space. \u2014 William Curtis, Travel + Leisure , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "Nestled in a valley northeast of Beijing, a stone's throw from the Great Wall, the boulder-like Chapel of Sound looks as if it were carved from the landscape itself. \u2014 CNN , 3 Oct. 2021",
      "This year\u2019s Super Bowl is in Inglewood, a stone's throw from Los Angeles International Airport, and that means it\u2019s a probable loss from a tax standpoint for players and coaches of both teams \u2014 and a win for California. \u2014 Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Wine buffs will love this new boutique hotel in the heart of the Burgundy wine region, just a stone's throw away from some of the most famous Grand Cru vineyards. \u2014 Kris Fordham, CNN , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "The manmade Emerald Beach is one of Okinawa's more stunning and sits only a stone's throw from Okinawa's famous Churaumi Aquarium. \u2014 David Mcelhenney, CNN , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "Plans called for colleges, housing, restaurants and entertainment venues to pepper the property, which is a stone's throw from Mesa Community College. \u2014 Joshua Bowling, The Arizona Republic , 12 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1581, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210521"
  },
  "stone-blind":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
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      ": totally blind",
      ": totally blind"
    ],
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      "\u02c8st\u014dn-\u02c8bl\u012bnd",
      "\u02c8st\u014dn-\u02c8bl\u012bnd"
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      "blind",
      "eyeless",
      "sightless",
      "visionless"
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      "sighted"
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220429"
  },
  "stoned":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": drunk sense 1a",
      ": being under the influence of a drug (such as marijuana) taken especially for pleasure : high",
      ": being drunk or under the influence of a drug (as marijuana) taken especially for pleasure : high"
    ],
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      "\u02c8st\u014dnd",
      "\u02c8st\u014dnd"
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      "blasted",
      "blitzed",
      "bombed",
      "high",
      "hopped-up",
      "loaded",
      "ripped",
      "spaced-out",
      "spaced",
      "strung out",
      "wasted",
      "wiped out",
      "zonked",
      "zonked-out"
    ],
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      "sober",
      "straight"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He was stoned on pot.",
      "They got stoned at the party.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Carucci, Dickerson and others in the real estate market said the property likely is owned by one of Kittler\u2019s wealthy clients, who now, like Brady and Gisele once did, has use the yoga studio, a stoned carport with space for up to 20 cars and a gym. \u2014 Josh Peter, USA TODAY , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Unfortunately, amateur recording equipment of the era was difficult to sneak past security, let alone operate properly, and your average Floyd fan was a stoned teenager. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 6 July 2021",
      "In the film, Seth Rogen\u2019s immature, stoned character must rally, rather quickly, to become a partner and father. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2021",
      "Janicza Bravo\u2019s Zola was one of the first movie casualties of the pandemic, premiering at Sundance all the way back in January of 2020 to a stoned and adoring midnight audience before disappearing from A24\u2019s slate for a year and a half. \u2014 Rachel Handler, Vulture , 30 June 2021",
      "The stoned attention span perfectly matches the length of each vignette, in which Attenborough\u2019s soothing, avuncular voice guides you through a simple story about animal life. \u2014 Emma Marris, The Atlantic , 12 Apr. 2021",
      "The stoned , nightmare sequence clearly comes from the imagination of someone safe, successful, and unafraid \u2014 but who follows today\u2019s seditious fashion. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 3 Mar. 2021",
      "If the sound of California cool jazz as presented by players such as Baker and Gerry Mulligan was informed by a gentler, more stoned approach than the New York center, Budd took that approach to the extreme. \u2014 Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times , 9 Dec. 2020",
      "Opponents fear children will be lured into use, roads will become drag strips for stoned drivers and widespread consumption will spike health care costs. \u2014 Michael R. Blood, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1952, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223724"
  },
  "stoney":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "abounding in or having the nature of stone rocky",
      "insensitive to pity or human feeling obdurate",
      "manifesting no movement or reaction dumb , expressionless",
      "fearfully gripping petrifying",
      "consisting of or made of stones",
      "stone broke",
      "full of stones",
      "hard as or like stone",
      "insensitive sense 1 , unfeeling"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8st\u014d-n\u0113",
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      "affectless",
      "callous",
      "case-hardened",
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      "desensitized",
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      "heartless",
      "indurate",
      "inhuman",
      "inhumane",
      "insensate",
      "insensitive",
      "ironhearted",
      "merciless",
      "obdurate",
      "pachydermatous",
      "pitiless",
      "remorseless",
      "ruthless",
      "slash-and-burn",
      "soulless",
      "stonyhearted",
      "take-no-prisoners",
      "thick-skinned",
      "uncharitable",
      "unfeeling",
      "unmerciful",
      "unsparing",
      "unsympathetic"
    ],
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      "charitable",
      "compassionate",
      "humane",
      "kindhearted",
      "kindly",
      "merciful",
      "sensitive",
      "softhearted",
      "sympathetic",
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      "warm",
      "warmhearted"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She gave him a stony stare.",
      "the judge's stony demeanor didn't raise the defendant's hopes for a more lenient sentence",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Such trees, gnarly and stout, can live for hundreds of years on the harsh, stony landscape of the higher elevations. \u2014 Robert O'harrow Jr., Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
      "Gagosian\u2019s concerns were echoed by several curators known to write widely on Basquiat\u2019s work, who have greeted the Orlando museum\u2019s show with a stony public silence. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Martha returns to work just three weeks later with no explanation, just cool, stony defiance. \u2014 Justin Chang Film Critic, Los Angeles Times , 6 Jan. 2021",
      "Additionally, Itokawa was a bright, stony object, with a very different history and scientific potential from dark, carbonaceous asteroids such as Bennu. \u2014 Dante S. Lauretta, Scientific American , 1 Aug. 2016",
      "Located roughly 10 miles north of the town of Strawberry in Coconino National Forest, the stony peninsula juts out over the eastern edge of Fossil Springs Wilderness. \u2014 Mare Czinar, azcentral , 29 May 2020",
      "The senators watched, with stony faces, as Mr. Schiff spoke. \u2014 Lindsay Wise, WSJ , 16 Jan. 2020",
      "Outbreaks of stony coral tissue loss disease, first noticed off Miami in 2014, have spread as far as Cozumel, the Caribbean region, and have baffled marine biologists. \u2014 sun-sentinel.com , 11 Dec. 2019",
      "Outbreaks of stony coral tissue loss disease, first noticed off Miami in 2014, have spread as far as Cozumel, the Caribbean region, and have baffled marine biologists. \u2014 USA TODAY , 11 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
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    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "abounding in or having the nature of stone rocky",
      "insensitive to pity or human feeling obdurate",
      "manifesting no movement or reaction dumb , expressionless",
      "fearfully gripping petrifying",
      "consisting of or made of stones",
      "stone broke",
      "full of stones",
      "hard as or like stone",
      "insensitive sense 1 , unfeeling"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8st\u014d-n\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "affectless",
      "callous",
      "case-hardened",
      "cold-blooded",
      "compassionless",
      "desensitized",
      "hard",
      "hard-boiled",
      "hard-hearted",
      "heartless",
      "indurate",
      "inhuman",
      "inhumane",
      "insensate",
      "insensitive",
      "ironhearted",
      "merciless",
      "obdurate",
      "pachydermatous",
      "pitiless",
      "remorseless",
      "ruthless",
      "slash-and-burn",
      "soulless",
      "stonyhearted",
      "take-no-prisoners",
      "thick-skinned",
      "uncharitable",
      "unfeeling",
      "unmerciful",
      "unsparing",
      "unsympathetic"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "charitable",
      "compassionate",
      "humane",
      "kindhearted",
      "kindly",
      "merciful",
      "sensitive",
      "softhearted",
      "sympathetic",
      "tender",
      "tenderhearted",
      "warm",
      "warmhearted"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She gave him a stony stare.",
      "the judge's stony demeanor didn't raise the defendant's hopes for a more lenient sentence",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Such trees, gnarly and stout, can live for hundreds of years on the harsh, stony landscape of the higher elevations. \u2014 Robert O'harrow Jr., Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
      "Gagosian\u2019s concerns were echoed by several curators known to write widely on Basquiat\u2019s work, who have greeted the Orlando museum\u2019s show with a stony public silence. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Martha returns to work just three weeks later with no explanation, just cool, stony defiance. \u2014 Justin Chang Film Critic, Los Angeles Times , 6 Jan. 2021",
      "Additionally, Itokawa was a bright, stony object, with a very different history and scientific potential from dark, carbonaceous asteroids such as Bennu. \u2014 Dante S. Lauretta, Scientific American , 1 Aug. 2016",
      "Located roughly 10 miles north of the town of Strawberry in Coconino National Forest, the stony peninsula juts out over the eastern edge of Fossil Springs Wilderness. \u2014 Mare Czinar, azcentral , 29 May 2020",
      "The senators watched, with stony faces, as Mr. Schiff spoke. \u2014 Lindsay Wise, WSJ , 16 Jan. 2020",
      "Outbreaks of stony coral tissue loss disease, first noticed off Miami in 2014, have spread as far as Cozumel, the Caribbean region, and have baffled marine biologists. \u2014 sun-sentinel.com , 11 Dec. 2019",
      "Outbreaks of stony coral tissue loss disease, first noticed off Miami in 2014, have spread as far as Cozumel, the Caribbean region, and have baffled marine biologists. \u2014 USA TODAY , 11 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unfeeling , cruel"
    ],
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      "\u02c8st\u014d-n\u0113-\u02cch\u00e4r-t\u0259d"
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      "affectless",
      "callous",
      "case-hardened",
      "cold-blooded",
      "compassionless",
      "desensitized",
      "hard",
      "hard-boiled",
      "hard-hearted",
      "heartless",
      "indurate",
      "inhuman",
      "inhumane",
      "insensate",
      "insensitive",
      "ironhearted",
      "merciless",
      "obdurate",
      "pachydermatous",
      "pitiless",
      "remorseless",
      "ruthless",
      "slash-and-burn",
      "soulless",
      "stony",
      "stoney",
      "take-no-prisoners",
      "thick-skinned",
      "uncharitable",
      "unfeeling",
      "unmerciful",
      "unsparing",
      "unsympathetic"
    ],
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      "charitable",
      "compassionate",
      "humane",
      "kindhearted",
      "kindly",
      "merciful",
      "sensitive",
      "softhearted",
      "sympathetic",
      "tender",
      "tenderhearted",
      "warm",
      "warmhearted"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a less stonyhearted person would not have been so indifferent to the dying man's pleas for forgiveness"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1567, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173507"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees",
      ": to stand or walk with a forward inclination of the head, body, or shoulders",
      ": yield , submit",
      ": to descend from a superior rank, dignity, or status",
      ": to lower oneself morally",
      ": to move down from a height : alight",
      ": to fly or dive down swiftly usually to attack prey",
      ": debase , degrade",
      ": to bend (a part of the body) forward and downward",
      ": an act of bending the body forward",
      ": a temporary or habitual forward bend of the back and shoulders",
      ": the descent of a bird especially on its prey",
      ": a lowering of oneself",
      ": a porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda at a house door",
      ": to bend down or over",
      ": to stand or walk with the head and shoulders bent forward",
      ": to do something that is petty, deceitful, or morally wrong",
      ": a forward bend of the head and shoulders",
      ": a porch, platform, or stairway at the entrance of a house or building"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00fcp",
      "\u02c8st\u00fcp"
    ],
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      "condescend",
      "deign"
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    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "She stooped down to hug the child.",
      "He had to stoop to pick it up.",
      "He tends to stoop as he walks.",
      "He really did that? I didn't think he could stoop so low."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1571, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1755, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184653"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to close by filling or obstructing",
      ": to hinder or prevent the passage of",
      ": to get in the way of : be wounded or killed by",
      ": to close up or block off (an opening) : plug",
      ": to make impassable : choke , obstruct",
      ": to cover over or fill in (a hole or crevice)",
      ": to cause to give up or change a course of action",
      ": to keep from carrying out a proposed action : restrain , prevent",
      ": to cause to cease : check , suppress",
      ": discontinue",
      ": to deduct or withhold (a sum due)",
      ": to instruct one's bank to refuse (payment) or refuse payment of (something, such as a check)",
      ": to arrest the progress or motion of : cause to halt",
      ": parry",
      ": to check by means of a weapon : bring down , kill",
      ": to beat in a boxing match by a knockout",
      ": defeat",
      ": baffle , nonplus",
      ": to change the pitch of (something, such as a violin string) by pressing with the finger",
      ": to change the pitch of (a wind instrument) by closing one or more finger holes or by thrusting the hand or a mute into the bell",
      ": to hold an honor card and enough protecting cards to be able to block (a bridge suit) before an opponent can run many tricks",
      ": to cease activity or operation",
      ": to come to an end especially suddenly : close , finish",
      ": to cease to move on : halt",
      ": pause , hesitate",
      ": to break one's journey : stay",
      ": remain",
      ": to make a brief call : drop in",
      ": to become choked : clog",
      ": cessation , end",
      ": a pause or breaking off in speech",
      ": a graduated set of organ pipes of similar design and tone quality",
      ": a corresponding set of vibrators or reeds of a reed organ",
      ": stop knob",
      ": a means of regulating the pitch of a musical instrument",
      ": something that impedes, obstructs, or brings to a halt : impediment , obstacle",
      ": the aperture of a camera lens",
      ": a marking of a series (as of f-numbers) on a camera for indicating settings of the diaphragm",
      ": a drain plug : stopper",
      ": a device for arresting or limiting motion",
      ": the act of stopping : the state of being stopped : check",
      ": a halt in a journey : stay",
      ": a stopping place",
      ": any of several punctuation marks",
      ": a pause or break in a verse that marks the end of a grammatical unit",
      ": an order stopping payment (as of a check or note) by a bank",
      ": stop order",
      ": a consonant characterized by complete closure of the breath passage in the course of articulation \u2014 compare continuant",
      ": a depression in the face of an animal at the junction of forehead and muzzle",
      ": a function of an electronic device that stops a recording",
      ": serving to stop : designed to stop",
      ": to cease moving especially temporarily or for a purpose",
      ": to halt the movement or progress of",
      ": to keep from doing something",
      ": to come or bring (something) to an end",
      ": to cease operating or functioning",
      ": to close or block up or become closed or blocked up : plug",
      ": to take time",
      ": end entry 1 sense 2 , finish",
      ": the act of bringing or coming to a halt : the state of being stopped",
      ": a halt in a journey : stay",
      ": a stopping place",
      ": something that delays, blocks, or brings to a halt",
      ": stopper , plug",
      ": a set of organ pipes of one tone quality : a control knob for such a set",
      ": to cause to halt",
      ": to subject to a legal stop",
      ": to cease activity or motion",
      ": an act or instance of stopping",
      ": a temporary detention that constitutes a limited seizure of a person for the purpose of inquiry or investigation and that must be based on reasonable suspicion \u2014 see also terry stop \u2014 compare arrest"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4p",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break",
      "break off",
      "break up",
      "can",
      "cease",
      "cut off",
      "cut out",
      "desist (from)",
      "discontinue",
      "drop",
      "end",
      "give over",
      "halt",
      "knock off",
      "lay off",
      "leave off",
      "pack (up ",
      "quit",
      "shut off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "layover",
      "stopover"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Another individual tried to stop him from fleeing and was also punched in the face. \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
      "Crawford also claimed that ABC News, which was named as a defendant in the lawsuit, had received complaints from women about Corn\u2019s alleged abuses going back at least a decade but did nothing to stop him. \u2014 Corky Siemaszko, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
      "Polarizing because of his massive wealth, Caruso also energized some voters to back other candidates to stop him from getting 50% in the primary and winning outright. \u2014 Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
      "The meeting of regional leaders comes as several thousand migrants on Tuesday walked through southern Mexico \u2014 the largest migrant caravan of the year \u2014 with local authorities showing no signs yet of trying to stop them. \u2014 Elliot Spagat, ajc , 8 June 2022",
      "Like real life, where taking down a seller on one street corner does not stop them from finding a new location, the fight against online counterfeit has to be broader than one store. \u2014 Carolina Milanesi, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "Cassadi Colbert, a former USA women\u2019s volleyball player, also contended that university officials knew of the harassment and abuse but did nothing to stop it in her lawsuit filed late last month in Mobile federal court. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
      "Don\u2019t let your fear or negative thoughts stop you from taking an exciting leap of faith. \u2014 Christian Anderson (trust'n), Rolling Stone , 7 June 2022",
      "The ultimate battle is to stop them gaining full control and turning people into slaves to the system. \u2014 Emiliano De Pablos, Variety , 6 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The drive still came up short, however, as a third-down stop by the Panthers led to a 36-yard field goal miss by kicker Austin Jones. \u2014 Chandler Engelbrecht, Detroit Free Press , 11 June 2022",
      "To many Black motorists, there is no such thing as a routine traffic stop . \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 11 June 2022",
      "Another Secret Service agent initiated a stop soon after and identified Grabinski by his Illinois state ID. \u2014 Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
      "Two shows at Toronto's Scotiabank Arena and a stop at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. on his 2022 Justice World Tour were rescheduled. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
      "The extension, delayed by nearly four years because of construction issues, could open in late fall or winter, providing the first rail stop to Washington Dulles International Airport. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "Following a maiden voyage that included a stop in the UK, the owners dropped anchor at the Monaco Grand Prix two weeks ago, before heading off on a Mediterranean cruising itinerary. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 10 June 2022",
      "The North Carolina Department of Public Safety released police dashcam footage of a traffic stop that turned deadly when a state trooper shot and killed a man who allegedly pulled out a gun. \u2014 ABC News , 9 June 2022",
      "Take a duck boat ride over land and water and make a stop to see the Witches Gulch. \u2014 Ridah Syed, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The years of recording and non- stop touring started to catch up with them. \u2014 Daniel Kohn, SPIN , 2 June 2022",
      "The non- stop commercials for the primary Senate campaign were vicious, cynical and focused on tapping into the basest emotions of voters. \u2014 cleveland , 14 May 2022",
      "The non- stop [00:09:00] controversies that were coming out of there. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The draft has been quite intriguing thus far, with a non- stop frenzy of trading activity shaking up the draft order and adding even more unpredictability to an event already impossible to accurately project. \u2014 Alex Kay, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Hutchinson, who has a non- stop motor, was also a two-time team captain in Ann Arbor \u2013 and should help establish the kind of culture coach Dan Campbell and the Lions are seeking. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "As one of the biggest music festivals in the world, Coachella draws hundreds of thousands of music lovers for two weekends of non- stop tunes from some of the best artists in the industry. \u2014 Ellise Shafer, Variety , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The facilities also generate non- stop noise from cooling equipment. \u2014 Andy Peters, ajc , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The rechargeable battery promises up to six hours of non- stop karaoke (or auditory torture). \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "1594, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193008"
  },
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    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
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      ": to visit someone briefly"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192307"
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      ": to visit someone briefly"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203333"
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      "phrasal verb"
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      ": to stay up at night"
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184039"
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    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to close by filling or obstructing",
      "to hinder or prevent the passage of",
      "to get in the way of be wounded or killed by",
      "to close up or block off (an opening) plug",
      "to make impassable choke , obstruct",
      "to cover over or fill in (a hole or crevice)",
      "to cause to give up or change a course of action",
      "to keep from carrying out a proposed action restrain , prevent",
      "to cause to cease check , suppress",
      "discontinue",
      "to deduct or withhold (a sum due)",
      "to instruct one's bank to refuse (payment) or refuse payment of (something, such as a check)",
      "to arrest the progress or motion of cause to halt",
      "parry",
      "to check by means of a weapon bring down , kill",
      "to beat in a boxing match by a knockout",
      "defeat",
      "baffle , nonplus",
      "to change the pitch of (something, such as a violin string) by pressing with the finger",
      "to change the pitch of (a wind instrument) by closing one or more finger holes or by thrusting the hand or a mute into the bell",
      "to hold an honor card and enough protecting cards to be able to block (a bridge suit) before an opponent can run many tricks",
      "to cease activity or operation",
      "to come to an end especially suddenly close , finish",
      "to cease to move on halt",
      "pause , hesitate",
      "to break one's journey stay",
      "remain",
      "to make a brief call drop in",
      "to become choked clog",
      "cessation , end",
      "a pause or breaking off in speech",
      "a graduated set of organ pipes of similar design and tone quality",
      "a corresponding set of vibrators or reeds of a reed organ",
      "stop knob",
      "a means of regulating the pitch of a musical instrument",
      "something that impedes, obstructs, or brings to a halt impediment , obstacle",
      "the aperture of a camera lens",
      "a marking of a series (as of f-numbers) on a camera for indicating settings of the diaphragm",
      "a drain plug stopper",
      "a device for arresting or limiting motion",
      "the act of stopping the state of being stopped check",
      "a halt in a journey stay",
      "a stopping place",
      "any of several punctuation marks",
      "a pause or break in a verse that marks the end of a grammatical unit",
      "an order stopping payment (as of a check or note) by a bank",
      "stop order",
      "a consonant characterized by complete closure of the breath passage in the course of articulation \u2014 compare continuant",
      "a depression in the face of an animal at the junction of forehead and muzzle",
      "a function of an electronic device that stops a recording",
      "serving to stop designed to stop",
      "to cease moving especially temporarily or for a purpose",
      "to halt the movement or progress of",
      "to keep from doing something",
      "to come or bring (something) to an end",
      "to cease operating or functioning",
      "to close or block up or become closed or blocked up plug",
      "to take time",
      "end entry 1 sense 2 , finish",
      "the act of bringing or coming to a halt the state of being stopped",
      "a halt in a journey stay",
      "a stopping place",
      "something that delays, blocks, or brings to a halt",
      "stopper , plug",
      "a set of organ pipes of one tone quality a control knob for such a set",
      "to cause to halt",
      "to subject to a legal stop",
      "to cease activity or motion",
      "an act or instance of stopping",
      "a temporary detention that constitutes a limited seizure of a person for the purpose of inquiry or investigation and that must be based on reasonable suspicion \u2014 see also terry stop \u2014 compare arrest"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8st\u00e4p",
    "synonyms":[
      "break",
      "break off",
      "break up",
      "can",
      "cease",
      "cut off",
      "cut out",
      "desist (from)",
      "discontinue",
      "drop",
      "end",
      "give over",
      "halt",
      "knock off",
      "lay off",
      "leave off",
      "pack (up ",
      "quit",
      "shut off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "layover",
      "stopover"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "Another individual tried to stop him from fleeing and was also punched in the face. \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
      "Crawford also claimed that ABC News, which was named as a defendant in the lawsuit, had received complaints from women about Corn\u2019s alleged abuses going back at least a decade but did nothing to stop him. \u2014 Corky Siemaszko, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
      "Polarizing because of his massive wealth, Caruso also energized some voters to back other candidates to stop him from getting 50% in the primary and winning outright. \u2014 Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
      "The meeting of regional leaders comes as several thousand migrants on Tuesday walked through southern Mexico \u2014 the largest migrant caravan of the year \u2014 with local authorities showing no signs yet of trying to stop them. \u2014 Elliot Spagat, ajc , 8 June 2022",
      "Like real life, where taking down a seller on one street corner does not stop them from finding a new location, the fight against online counterfeit has to be broader than one store. \u2014 Carolina Milanesi, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "Cassadi Colbert, a former USA women\u2019s volleyball player, also contended that university officials knew of the harassment and abuse but did nothing to stop it in her lawsuit filed late last month in Mobile federal court. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
      "Don\u2019t let your fear or negative thoughts stop you from taking an exciting leap of faith. \u2014 Christian Anderson (trust'n), Rolling Stone , 7 June 2022",
      "The ultimate battle is to stop them gaining full control and turning people into slaves to the system. \u2014 Emiliano De Pablos, Variety , 6 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "The drive still came up short, however, as a third-down stop by the Panthers led to a 36-yard field goal miss by kicker Austin Jones. \u2014 Chandler Engelbrecht, Detroit Free Press , 11 June 2022",
      "To many Black motorists, there is no such thing as a routine traffic stop . \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 11 June 2022",
      "Another Secret Service agent initiated a stop soon after and identified Grabinski by his Illinois state ID. \u2014 Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
      "Two shows at Toronto's Scotiabank Arena and a stop at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. on his 2022 Justice World Tour were rescheduled. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
      "The extension, delayed by nearly four years because of construction issues, could open in late fall or winter, providing the first rail stop to Washington Dulles International Airport. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "Following a maiden voyage that included a stop in the UK, the owners dropped anchor at the Monaco Grand Prix two weeks ago, before heading off on a Mediterranean cruising itinerary. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 10 June 2022",
      "The North Carolina Department of Public Safety released police dashcam footage of a traffic stop that turned deadly when a state trooper shot and killed a man who allegedly pulled out a gun. \u2014 ABC News , 9 June 2022",
      "Take a duck boat ride over land and water and make a stop to see the Witches Gulch. \u2014 Ridah Syed, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "The years of recording and non- stop touring started to catch up with them. \u2014 Daniel Kohn, SPIN , 2 June 2022",
      "The non- stop commercials for the primary Senate campaign were vicious, cynical and focused on tapping into the basest emotions of voters. \u2014 cleveland , 14 May 2022",
      "The non- stop [00 09 00] controversies that were coming out of there. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The draft has been quite intriguing thus far, with a non- stop frenzy of trading activity shaking up the draft order and adding even more unpredictability to an event already impossible to accurately project. \u2014 Alex Kay, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Hutchinson, who has a non- stop motor, was also a two-time team captain in Ann Arbor \u2013 and should help establish the kind of culture coach Dan Campbell and the Lions are seeking. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "As one of the biggest music festivals in the world, Coachella draws hundreds of thousands of music lovers for two weekends of non- stop tunes from some of the best artists in the industry. \u2014 Ellise Shafer, Variety , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The facilities also generate non- stop noise from cooling equipment. \u2014 Andy Peters, ajc , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The rechargeable battery promises up to six hours of non- stop karaoke (or auditory torture). \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "1594, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "store":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lay away , accumulate",
      ": furnish , supply",
      ": to stock against a future time",
      ": to place or leave in a location (such as a warehouse, library, or computer memory) for preservation or later use or disposal",
      ": to provide storage room for : hold",
      ": something that is stored or kept for future use",
      ": articles (as of food) accumulated for some specific object and drawn upon as needed : stock , supplies",
      ": something that is accumulated",
      ": a source from which things may be drawn as needed : a reserve fund",
      ": storage",
      ": value , importance",
      ": a large quantity, supply, or number : abundance",
      ": storehouse , warehouse",
      ": memory sense 4",
      ": a business establishment where usually diversified goods are kept for retail sale",
      "\u2014 compare shop",
      ": in readiness : in preparation",
      ": of, relating to, kept in, or used for a store",
      ": purchased from a store as opposed to being natural or homemade : manufactured , ready-made",
      ": to place or leave something in a location (as a warehouse, library, or computer memory) for later use, disposal, or safekeeping",
      ": to bring together or collect as a supply",
      ": to provide with what is needed : supply",
      ": a place where goods are sold : shop",
      ": a large quantity, supply, or number",
      ": something collected and kept for future use",
      ": ready entry 1 sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u022fr",
      "\u02c8st\u022fr"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "keep",
      "put up",
      "reposit",
      "stow"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cache",
      "deposit",
      "hoard",
      "reserve"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Huizar told him to take the money home and store it in a safe, Esparza said. \u2014 David Zahniserstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
      "Be sure to store it in an airtight container away from any humidity (not in the fridge). \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 17 June 2022",
      "To top it all off, the 29-piece kit comes with a triangular detail sander, sanding pads, several types of oscillating blades, and a carrying case to store it all. \u2014 James Fitzgerald, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
      "Like with the flashlight, take the batteries out and store them with the radio. \u2014 Matt Jancer, Wired , 12 June 2022",
      "Then, just seal it up and store it in your bigger Ziploc bag. \u2014 Hannah Singleton, SELF , 8 June 2022",
      "Actually remember those passwords, or store them safely. \u2014 Cordilia James, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
      "The next step is to unify all of that relevant data and compile it into structured rows and columns in something as simple as an Excel document or store it in a data lake or data warehouse. \u2014 Anand Mahurkar, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "The cat is equipped with three levels of solar panels that generate clean energy and store it in the battery pack onboard. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 2 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "If the first few months of 2022 are any indication of what the rest of the year has in store , the amount of capital at play hasn\u2019t slowed down. \u2014 Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "Prices at the gas pump and in the grocery store continue to rise. \u2014 Rachel Siegel, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "Hitting the road, Carter eventually sold every coat in the store . \u2014 Brandon Drenon, The Indianapolis Star , 20 June 2022",
      "However, clients are welcome to propose their own designs to Messenger after purchasing their shoes in- store (Belgian Shoes, it should be noted, does not offer e-commerce). \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 19 June 2022",
      "The push comes weeks after another racial attack in Buffalo, New York, where a white man killed 10 Black shoppers in a grocery store . \u2014 Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY , 18 June 2022",
      "Honestly, Nevermind album isn\u2019t the only surprise the OVO boss has in store this year. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 17 June 2022",
      "On Thursday, tampons from all major brands were available on websites for Target Corp. and Walmart Inc., both for in- store pickup and delivery, though some variants were sold out. \u2014 Sharon Terlep, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "More hot weather will return by the start of next week, with highs in the low, then in the upper 90s in store . \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 16 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Motor vehicle sales were down 1.9%, and volatile non- store retail sales, or online sales, fell sharply at 6.4%. \u2014 CBS News , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Bose began selling direct-to-consumer hearing aids for $849 a pair via its website and a limited number of other non- store channels last year. \u2014 Amara Omeokwe, WSJ , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "Many of the new businesses were concentrated in the non- store retail sector, which includes e-commerce, truck transportation, and accommodation and food services. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 29 June 2021",
      "The group expects that online and other non- store sales, which are included in the total, will increase between 11% and 15%. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Dec. 2021",
      "Included in the total are online and non- store sales, NRF projects an increase between 11% and 15% totaling between $218.3 billion and $226.2 billion. \u2014 Brad Adgate, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "For instance, a third of the increase in new business applications came from non- store retailers\u2014a direct result of the shift to remote interactions between businesses and customers. \u2014 Emily Barone, Time , 22 July 2021",
      "In addition, non- store retailers were up 25.9% from February last year, while food services and drinking places were down 17% from last year. \u2014 Kristin Larson, Forbes , 16 Mar. 2021",
      "Even though the Baltimore County center\u2019s movie theater, Regal Hunt Valley, has been closed since March of last year, Greenberg Gibbons\u2019 plans have progressed, including the signing of several non- store tenants. \u2014 baltimoresun.com , 18 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185700"
  },
  "store-bought":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": store sense 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u022fr-\u02ccb\u022ft"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bought",
      "mass-produced",
      "off-the-peg",
      "off-the-rack",
      "off-the-shelf",
      "ready-made",
      "store"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bespoke",
      "bespoken",
      "custom",
      "customized",
      "custom-made",
      "tailored",
      "tailor-made"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1876, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161755"
  },
  "storm":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a disturbance of the atmosphere marked by wind and usually by rain, snow, hail, sleet, or thunder and lightning",
      ": a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail",
      ": wind having a speed of 64 to 72 miles (103 to 117 kilometers) per hour",
      ": whole gale \u2014 see Beaufort Scale Table",
      ": a serious disturbance of any element of nature",
      ": a disturbed or agitated state",
      ": a sudden or violent commotion",
      ": a heavy discharge of objects (such as missiles)",
      ": a tumultuous outburst",
      ": paroxysm sense 2",
      ": a sudden heavy influx or onset",
      ": the sudden and often dangerous onset, increase, or worsening of the symptoms of a disease \u2014 see also cytokine storm , thyroid storm",
      ": a violent assault on a defended position",
      ": storm window",
      ": by or as if by employing a bold swift frontal movement especially with the intent of defeating or winning over quickly",
      ": in a remarkable or energetic fashion",
      ": to blow with violence",
      ": to rain, hail, snow, or sleet vigorously",
      ": to attack by storm",
      ": to be in or to exhibit a violent passion : rage",
      ": to rush about or move impetuously, violently, or angrily",
      ": to attack, take, or win over by storm",
      ": a heavy fall of rain, snow, or sleet often with strong winds",
      ": a serious disturbance of any element of nature",
      ": a strong outburst",
      ": a violent attack on a defended position",
      ": to blow hard and rain, snow, or sleet heavily",
      ": to make a sudden mass attack against",
      ": to feel or express angry feelings : rage",
      ": to rush about violently or angrily",
      ": the sudden and often dangerous onset, increase, or worsening of the symptoms of a disease \u2014 see also cytokine storm , thyroid storm"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u022frm",
      "\u02c8st\u022frm",
      "\u02c8st\u022f(\u0259)rm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "squall",
      "tempest"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bristle",
      "fume",
      "rage"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "As of Saturday morning, the storm system was located 35 miles northeast of Naples, Florida, and was moving northeast at 18 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. \u2014 Christine Fernando, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
      "The forecast calls for sunny skies and temperatures a few degrees above normal \u2014 in the mid-80s \u2014 across northern Utah on Friday, And then a storm system from the Pacific Northwest will move in Friday night, and temperatures will drop. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 May 2022",
      "However, that opens the door for the next storm system to come in from the west, offering the chance of showers and storms Thursday afternoon into early Friday. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
      "The National Weather Service/Miami issued a special warning for Coral Springs, Pompano Beach, Sunrise, Deerfield Beach and Boca Raton about the storm system, which is accompanied by torrential rains and high winds. \u2014 Sun Sentinel , 20 May 2022",
      "In October, Mammoth Mountain kicked off its season a few weeks early thanks to an unusually robust storm system that dumped a blanket of snow on the resort. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
      "There have been numerous records set from the Great Lakes to Texas, we have been spared the heat as that pesky storm system that was off the coastline kept the warmth from reaching Eastern Massachusetts. \u2014 Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
      "Who and when the severe weather strikes is dependent on the evolution of the storm system moving through the Central US. \u2014 Derek Van Dam, CNN , 12 May 2022",
      "The launch was initially delayed due to a large storm system meandering across the Ohio Valley and through the Northeast. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 5 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Russian forces continued to storm the steel plant on Sunday, the fighters said. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2022",
      "An ongoing thread of the January 6 investigation has been speculation over which Republican groups were involved in encouraging Stop the Steal protesters to storm the Capitol. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 6 May 2022",
      "After sending their first eight batters to the plate without reaching base, the Wolverines had seven of their next 10 batters reach while scoring five runs to storm back from an early 1-0 deficit. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 4 June 2022",
      "And the wrong way is to scream, threaten and storm off. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022",
      "Western arms have been critical to Ukraine\u2019s success in stymieing Russia\u2019s much larger and better-equipped military, thwarting its effort to storm the capital, and forcing Moscow to shift its focus to the industrial Donbas region in the east. \u2014 John Leicester And Frank Jordans, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
      "The review follows revelations that officers waited for about an hour to storm the classrooms where the gunman had barricaded himself, despite the fact that children inside were calling 911 begging for help. \u2014 Anumita Kaur, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "Agatha, which made landfall with top sustained winds of 105 miles per hour, was the most powerful May storm ever to come ashore during the Pacific hurricane season. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 1 June 2022",
      "Help was not on the way for close to an hour, according to various reports, despite pleas from parents to storm the school. \u2014 Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune , 31 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222836"
  },
  "stormy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": relating to, characterized by, or indicative of a storm",
      ": marked by turmoil or fury",
      ": relating to or affected by a storm",
      ": displaying anger and strong emotions",
      ": having alternating exacerbations and remissions of symptoms"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u022fr-m\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u022fr-m\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u022fr-m\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bang-bang",
      "blood-and-guts",
      "convulsive",
      "cyclonic",
      "explosive",
      "ferocious",
      "fierce",
      "furious",
      "hammer-and-tongs",
      "hot",
      "knock-down, drag-out",
      "knock-down-and-drag-out",
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      "rabid",
      "rough",
      "tempestuous",
      "tumultuous",
      "turbulent",
      "violent",
      "volcanic"
    ],
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      "nonviolent",
      "peaceable",
      "peaceful"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The weather was cold and stormy .",
      "Their relationship was very stormy .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On Thursday evening, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a ground stop at Logan due to stormy weather along the East Coast. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
      "Guru Buffett puts enormous store in a having a good financial plan, both to survive the stormy times and benefit from the sunny days. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 11 May 2022",
      "Russian officials claimed the ship accidentally caught fire, causing a damaging munitions explosion, and then sank in stormy seas while being towed to port. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "They'll be particularly heightened when the Moon sextiles Uranus in your communications sector, creating some stormy seas where everyone else is concerned. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "The stormy weather had fortuitously vacated the area about an hour or so earlier. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "When looking back to 2021, the only issue was stormy weather, which caused the district to cancel one film screening. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Another day of stormy weather has played out for much of Alabama on Easter Sunday. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "The nation's other stormy spot early this week will be in the Northwest, the National Weather Service said. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 18 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171808"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": strong of character: such as",
      ": brave , bold",
      ": firm , determined",
      ": obstinate , uncompromising",
      ": physically or materially strong:",
      ": sturdy , vigorous",
      ": staunch , enduring",
      ": sturdily constructed : substantial",
      ": forceful",
      ": violent",
      ": bulky in body : fat",
      ": broad in proportion to length : large in diameter",
      ": a very dark, full-bodied ale with a distinctive malty flavor that is typically brewed with unmalted roasted barley",
      ": a fat person",
      ": a clothing size designed for the large figure",
      ": of strong character : brave , determined",
      ": of a strong or lasting sort : sturdy , tough",
      ": having a large body with much fat",
      ": wide and usually thick"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stau\u0307t",
      "\u02c8stau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cast-iron",
      "hard",
      "hard-bitten",
      "hardened",
      "hardy",
      "inured",
      "rugged",
      "strong",
      "sturdy",
      "tough",
      "toughened",
      "vigorous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "delicate",
      "nonhardy",
      "soft",
      "tender",
      "weak"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "He has a stout heart.",
      "His lawyer put up a stout defense in court.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Maximum towing capacity is a stout 9020 to 9520 pounds, depending on the model. \u2014 Drew Dorian, Car and Driver , 8 June 2022",
      "Packing a stout 222 pounds on his frame and boasting a 7-foot wingspan, Griffin has the strength and power to attack the paint as well. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 8 June 2022",
      "At the rear, OLED taillights and four stout tailpipes distinguish the S8 from the A8. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 3 June 2022",
      "The Suns are having their way against their defense that was so stout in the regular season and in the first round versus the Utah Jazz. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 5 May 2022",
      "Service head coach Dan Rufner credited the both goalies for their stout play throughout the game but especially in the scoreless second half. \u2014 Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "In the run game, Johnson is surprisingly stout , sheds blocks and finishes play after play. \u2014 Rob Reischel, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The dug-in defensive positions taken recently by some Russian forces near Kyiv indicate a recognition of the surprisingly stout Ukrainian resistance. \u2014 Robert Burns, ajc , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Our defense was very stout and didn\u2019t give up any more points. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Sep. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Such trees, gnarly and stout , can live for hundreds of years on the harsh, stony landscape of the higher elevations. \u2014 Robert O'harrow Jr., Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
      "Double Astral is a delightfully murky stout brewed with copious amounts of Maverick Chocolate and aged in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels. \u2014 Matt Koesters, The Enquirer , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The newest brewery in the Portland beer scene has taken over the 15-barrel brewhouse and has produced its first beers \u2013 offering up a handful of initial styles ranging from a pilsner, to hazy and West Coast IPAs, and a coffee milk stout . \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "This robust winter milk stout at Goodwood Brewing is brewed with Cholaca \u2014 the liquified form of cocoa. \u2014 Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "Expect Golden State\u2019s stout defense to keep Doncic in check tonight and below this generous prop total. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 18 May 2022",
      "Mike Budenholzer, a two-time NBA coach of the year, has kept the Bucks\u2019 defense stout despite the absence of versatile wing Khris Middleton, who is out with a knee injury. \u2014 Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 May 2022",
      "His stout resume of twenty-somethings includes Juice WRLD, Lil Uzi Vert, Nardo Wick, 42 Dugg, and more. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 10 May 2022",
      "In another medium bowl, combine the stout , wine, butter, oil, preserves, molasses, vanilla, egg and a pinch of salt. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183448"
  },
  "stoutness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": strong of character: such as",
      ": brave , bold",
      ": firm , determined",
      ": obstinate , uncompromising",
      ": physically or materially strong:",
      ": sturdy , vigorous",
      ": staunch , enduring",
      ": sturdily constructed : substantial",
      ": forceful",
      ": violent",
      ": bulky in body : fat",
      ": broad in proportion to length : large in diameter",
      ": a very dark, full-bodied ale with a distinctive malty flavor that is typically brewed with unmalted roasted barley",
      ": a fat person",
      ": a clothing size designed for the large figure",
      ": of strong character : brave , determined",
      ": of a strong or lasting sort : sturdy , tough",
      ": having a large body with much fat",
      ": wide and usually thick"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stau\u0307t",
      "\u02c8stau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cast-iron",
      "hard",
      "hard-bitten",
      "hardened",
      "hardy",
      "inured",
      "rugged",
      "strong",
      "sturdy",
      "tough",
      "toughened",
      "vigorous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "delicate",
      "nonhardy",
      "soft",
      "tender",
      "weak"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "He has a stout heart.",
      "His lawyer put up a stout defense in court.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Maximum towing capacity is a stout 9020 to 9520 pounds, depending on the model. \u2014 Drew Dorian, Car and Driver , 8 June 2022",
      "Packing a stout 222 pounds on his frame and boasting a 7-foot wingspan, Griffin has the strength and power to attack the paint as well. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 8 June 2022",
      "At the rear, OLED taillights and four stout tailpipes distinguish the S8 from the A8. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 3 June 2022",
      "The Suns are having their way against their defense that was so stout in the regular season and in the first round versus the Utah Jazz. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 5 May 2022",
      "Service head coach Dan Rufner credited the both goalies for their stout play throughout the game but especially in the scoreless second half. \u2014 Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "In the run game, Johnson is surprisingly stout , sheds blocks and finishes play after play. \u2014 Rob Reischel, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The dug-in defensive positions taken recently by some Russian forces near Kyiv indicate a recognition of the surprisingly stout Ukrainian resistance. \u2014 Robert Burns, ajc , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Our defense was very stout and didn\u2019t give up any more points. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Sep. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Such trees, gnarly and stout , can live for hundreds of years on the harsh, stony landscape of the higher elevations. \u2014 Robert O'harrow Jr., Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
      "Double Astral is a delightfully murky stout brewed with copious amounts of Maverick Chocolate and aged in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels. \u2014 Matt Koesters, The Enquirer , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The newest brewery in the Portland beer scene has taken over the 15-barrel brewhouse and has produced its first beers \u2013 offering up a handful of initial styles ranging from a pilsner, to hazy and West Coast IPAs, and a coffee milk stout . \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "This robust winter milk stout at Goodwood Brewing is brewed with Cholaca \u2014 the liquified form of cocoa. \u2014 Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "Expect Golden State\u2019s stout defense to keep Doncic in check tonight and below this generous prop total. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 18 May 2022",
      "Mike Budenholzer, a two-time NBA coach of the year, has kept the Bucks\u2019 defense stout despite the absence of versatile wing Khris Middleton, who is out with a knee injury. \u2014 Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 May 2022",
      "His stout resume of twenty-somethings includes Juice WRLD, Lil Uzi Vert, Nardo Wick, 42 Dugg, and more. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 10 May 2022",
      "In another medium bowl, combine the stout , wine, butter, oil, preserves, molasses, vanilla, egg and a pinch of salt. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200142"
  },
  "stow":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "geographical name",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": house , lodge",
      ": to put away for future use : store",
      ": to lock up for safekeeping : confine",
      ": to dispose in an orderly fashion : arrange , pack",
      ": load",
      ": to put aside : stop",
      ": crowd",
      ": to eat or drink up",
      ": to put away : store",
      ": load entry 2 sense 1",
      ": to hide on a vehicle (as a ship) in order to travel without paying or being seen",
      "John 1525\u20131605 English historian and antiquarian",
      "city in northeastern Ohio northeast of Akron population 34,837"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u014d",
      "\u02c8st\u014d",
      "\u02c8st\u014d",
      "\u02c8st\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "keep",
      "put up",
      "reposit",
      "store"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He stowed his gear in a locker.",
      "Luggage may be stowed under the seat.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Best of all, the zippered hip belt pocket is large enough to stow your cell phone. \u2014 Hannah Singleton, SELF , 19 May 2022",
      "As the energy dwindles, the managers will begin to shut down the spacecraft\u2019s instruments and stow its mechanical arm. \u2014 Kenneth Chang, New York Times , 17 May 2022",
      "The backpack is less expensive than other options on the market and even has bungee straps on top for extra storage, a great spot to stow sunscreen or granola bars. \u2014 Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens , 11 May 2022",
      "One frame feature in particular made the Domane stand out from the pack: the down tube features a removable cover that allows the rider to stow repair essentials and a rainjacket inside the carbon frame. \u2014 Josh Patterson, Outside Online , 18 May 2020",
      "This three-tier end table includes industrial-style wire storage baskets to stow books, decor, toys, and other items. \u2014 Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The fetch rover will find these samples and, like a cosmic game of pick-up-sticks, grab them, stow them, and then return them to the lander. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "To stow it away as a subfolder in the CIO\u2019s portfolio is a mistake, and excluding CSOs from top-level discussions is a risk in and of itself. \u2014 Endre Walls, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Safe deposit boxes have been added for visitors to stow their phones, ensuring privacy. \u2014 Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, to place, from stowe place, from Old English st\u014dw ; akin to Old Frisian st\u014d place, Greek stylos pillar \u2014 more at steer ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194229"
  },
  "straight":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": free from curves, bends, angles, or irregularities":[
        "straight hair",
        "straight timber"
      ],
      ": generated by a point moving continuously in the same direction and expressed by a linear equation":[
        "a straight line",
        "the straight segment of a curve"
      ],
      ": lying along or holding to a direct or proper course or method":[
        "a straight thinker"
      ],
      ": candid , frank":[
        "a straight answer"
      ],
      ": coming directly from a trustworthy source":[
        "a straight tip on the horses"
      ],
      ": having the elements in an order":[
        "the straight sequence of events"
      ],
      ": consecutive":[
        "12 straight days"
      ],
      ": having the cylinders arranged in a single straight line":[
        "a straight 8-cylinder engine"
      ],
      ": plumb , vertical":[
        "the picture isn't quite straight"
      ],
      ": exhibiting honesty and fairness":[
        "straight dealing"
      ],
      ": free from extraneous matter : unmixed":[
        "straight whiskey"
      ],
      ": marked by no exceptions or deviations in support of a principle or party":[
        "votes a straight Democratic ticket"
      ],
      ": having a fixed price for each regardless of the number sold":[],
      ": not deviating from an indicated pattern":[
        "writes straight humor",
        "a straight -A student"
      ],
      ": not using or under the influence of drugs or alcohol":[],
      ": of, relating to, or characterized by sexual or romantic attraction to or between people of the opposite sex : heterosexual sense 1a":[],
      ": of, relating to, or involving sexual activity between individuals of the opposite sex : heterosexual sense 1b":[],
      ": being the only form of remuneration":[
        "on straight commission"
      ],
      ": in a straight manner":[
        "came straight home from work"
      ],
      ": straighten":[],
      ": something that is straight: such as":[],
      ": a straight line or arrangement":[],
      ": a true or honest report or course":[],
      ": a sequence (as of shots, strokes, or moves) resulting in a perfect score in a game or contest":[],
      ": first place at the finish of a horse race : win":[],
      ": a poker hand containing five cards in sequence but not of the same suit \u2014 see poker illustration":[],
      ": a person who adheres to conventional attitudes and mores":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "direct",
      "linear",
      "right",
      "straightaway",
      "straightforward"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dead",
      "direct",
      "directly",
      "due",
      "plumb",
      "plump",
      "right",
      "straightway"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "She has long, straight hair.",
      "The flagpole is perfectly straight .",
      "The picture isn't quite straight .",
      "We sat in the airport for five straight hours.",
      "Adverb",
      "She walked straight up to him and slapped him in the face.",
      "The tunnel goes straight through the mountain.",
      "The library is straight ahead.",
      "He was so drunk he couldn't walk straight .",
      "She sat with her legs straight out.",
      "The tree fell straight down.",
      "The car went straight off the road.",
      "She told him straight to his face that she hated him.",
      "Pine trees stood straight along the path.",
      "Sit up straight and don't slouch.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Devin Williams recorded the save in the ninth inning as the Reds dropped their fourth straight game before welcoming the Los Angeles Dodgers in to town. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 19 June 2022",
      "Taijuan Walker retired 18 in a row and pitched into the seventh inning, Francisco Lindor homered for the second straight game and the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins 3-2 on Saturday. \u2014 Scott Orgera, Hartford Courant , 18 June 2022",
      "Taijuan Walker retired 18 in a row and pitched into the seventh inning, Francisco Lindor homered for the second straight game and the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins 3-2 Saturday. \u2014 Scott Orgera, Sun Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
      "Jarren Duran, in his third straight game atop the lineup, kickstarted the offense in electrifying fashion by working the count full and smashing a liner off the fence in straightaway center for a triple. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
      "Atlanta hit back-to-back homers Tuesday night for the third straight game, this time doing it twice. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 15 June 2022",
      "Atlanta hit back-to-back homers for the third straight game, this time doing it twice. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 14 June 2022",
      "Then came a double into the right-center field gap, his second straight game with a two-bagger. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 11 June 2022",
      "Lidstrom connected from the blue line, marking the fourth straight game the Wings had beaten Ron Hextall or Garth Snow with a long shot. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "One inning later, after Castillo got his dramatic final out, second baseman Jonathan India crushed a 421-foot homer to straight -away center field that gave the Reds a big enough lead to survive a seventh-inning comeback by the Cubs. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 29 June 2022",
      "As always, founder Alan Sprints was in the brewpub greeting customers, who turned out to get a last tap pour of beer straight from the source. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 June 2022",
      "Pick up some bright red tomatoes for a salad, homemade soap, vegetables for a delicious dinner or fresh bread straight from the oven at your local market. \u2014 Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant , 24 June 2022",
      "Craft coffee, specialty teas and pastries straight from New Orleans. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 23 June 2022",
      "Ahead, get inspired by over fifty small laundry rooms straight from our favorite designers. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 22 June 2022",
      "Vocaster Studio Packs take the guesswork out of building a home studio by providing everything needed to begin recording high-quality podcasts straight away. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Developing a mature and comprehensive third-party cyber risk management program does not happen straight away. \u2014 David Breg, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "The dimensions: 330 down the LF line, 403 to straight away center and 335 to the right-field foul pole. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 16 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English streght, straight , from past participle of strecchen to stretch \u2014 more at stretch":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161730"
  },
  "straight-out":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "forthright , blunt",
      "outright , thoroughgoing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8str\u0101t-\u02c8au\u0307t",
    "synonyms":[
      "absolute",
      "all-out",
      "arrant",
      "blank",
      "blooming",
      "bodacious",
      "categorical",
      "categoric",
      "clean",
      "complete",
      "consummate",
      "crashing",
      "damn",
      "damned",
      "dead",
      "deadly",
      "definite",
      "downright",
      "dreadful",
      "fair",
      "flat",
      "flat-out",
      "out-and-out",
      "outright",
      "perfect",
      "plumb",
      "profound",
      "pure",
      "rank",
      "regular",
      "sheer",
      "simple",
      "stark",
      "stone",
      "thorough",
      "thoroughgoing",
      "total",
      "unadulterated",
      "unalloyed",
      "unconditional",
      "unmitigated",
      "unqualified",
      "utter",
      "very"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "straighten (up":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make (something) organized or tidy : to put (something) in order",
      ": to move the body to an upright position",
      ": to improve in behavior"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201612"
  },
  "straighten (up)":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make (something) organized or tidy : to put (something) in order",
      ": to move the body to an upright position",
      ": to improve in behavior"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202735"
  },
  "straightway":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a direct course : directly",
      ": right away , immediately , straightaway",
      ": straightaway"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u0101t-\u02c8w\u0101",
      "-\u02ccw\u0101",
      "\u02c8str\u0101t-\u02ccw\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bang",
      "directly",
      "forthwith",
      "headlong",
      "immediately",
      "incontinently",
      "instantaneously",
      "instanter",
      "instantly",
      "now",
      "PDQ",
      "plumb",
      "presently",
      "promptly",
      "pronto",
      "right",
      "right away",
      "right now",
      "right off",
      "straight off",
      "straightaway"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "straightway , the decorator told us that the old couch had to go",
      "disgusted by his coworker's offensive e-mail, he marched straightway to the boss's office to lodge a complaint"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200907"
  },
  "strain":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lineage , ancestry",
      ": a group of presumed common ancestry with clear-cut physiological but usually not morphological distinctions",
      ": a specified infraspecific group (such as a stock, line, or ecotype)",
      ": kind , sort",
      ": inherited or inherent character, quality, or disposition",
      ": trace , streak",
      ": tune , air",
      ": a passage of verbal or musical expression",
      ": a stream or outburst of forceful or impassioned speech",
      ": the tenor, pervading note, burden, or tone of an utterance or of a course of action or conduct",
      ": mood , temper",
      ": to draw tight : cause to fit firmly",
      ": to stretch to maximum extension and tautness",
      ": to exert (oneself, one's senses, etc.) to the utmost",
      ": to injure by overuse, misuse, or excessive pressure",
      ": to cause a change of form or size in (a body) by application of external force",
      ": to squeeze or clasp tightly: such as",
      ": hug",
      ": to compress painfully : constrict",
      ": to cause to pass through a strainer : filter",
      ": to remove by straining",
      ": to stretch beyond a proper limit",
      ": to squeeze out : extort",
      ": to make violent efforts : strive",
      ": to pull against resistance",
      ": to contract the muscles forcefully in attempting to defecate",
      ": to pass through or as if through a strainer",
      ": to make great difficulty or resistance : balk",
      ": to go beyond a usual, accepted, or proper limit or rule",
      ": an act of straining or the condition of being strained : such as",
      ": bodily injury from excessive tension, effort, or use",
      ": one resulting from a wrench or twist and involving undue stretching of muscles or ligaments",
      ": excessive or difficult exertion or labor",
      ": excessive physical or mental tension",
      ": a force, influence, or factor causing such tension",
      ": deformation of a material body under the action of applied forces",
      ": an unusual reach, degree, or intensity : pitch",
      ": a strained interpretation of something said or written",
      ": a group of closely related living things that look similar but possess one or more unique characteristics",
      ": a quality or disposition that runs through a family or group",
      ": a small amount : trace",
      ": melody sense 2 , tune",
      ": to stretch or be stretched, pulled, or used to the limit",
      ": to stretch beyond a proper limit",
      ": to try very hard : make a great effort",
      ": to injure or be injured by too much or too hard use or effort",
      ": to press or pass through a strainer : filter",
      ": to pour off liquid from by using a strainer",
      ": great worry and concern or physical effort",
      ": something that causes great worry and concern or physical effort",
      ": bodily injury resulting from too much use or from a wrench or twist that stretches muscles and ligaments",
      ": a force that pulls or stretches something to its limit : stress",
      ": a group of presumed common ancestry with clear-cut physiological but usually not morphological distinctions",
      ": to exert (as oneself) to the utmost",
      ": to injure by overuse, misuse, or excessive pressure",
      ": to cause a change of form or size in (a body) by application of external force",
      ": to cause to pass through a strainer",
      ": to contract the muscles forcefully in attempting to defecate",
      ": an act of straining or the condition of being strained : as",
      ": excessive physical or mental tension",
      ": a force, influence, or factor causing such tension",
      ": bodily injury from excessive tension, effort, or use",
      ": one resulting from a wrench or twist and involving undue stretching of muscles or ligaments",
      "\u2014 compare sprain",
      ": deformation of a material body under the action of applied forces"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u0101n",
      "\u02c8str\u0101n",
      "\u02c8str\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "pull",
      "rack",
      "stretch",
      "wrench"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "I strained my back trying to lift the couch.",
      "Too much computer work strains the eyes.",
      "He strained a muscle in his leg.",
      "His muscles strained under the heavy weight."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1558, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224740"
  },
  "strained":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": done or produced with excessive effort",
      ": pushed by antagonism near to open conflict",
      ": showing the effects of worry and concern",
      ": not easy or natural",
      ": not friendly or relaxed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u0101nd",
      "\u02c8str\u0101nd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "affected",
      "artificial",
      "assumed",
      "bogus",
      "contrived",
      "factitious",
      "fake",
      "false",
      "feigned",
      "forced",
      "mechanical",
      "mock",
      "phony",
      "phoney",
      "plastic",
      "pretended",
      "pseudo",
      "put-on",
      "sham",
      "simulated",
      "spurious",
      "unnatural"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "artless",
      "genuine",
      "natural",
      "spontaneous",
      "unaffected",
      "uncontrived",
      "unfeigned",
      "unforced"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He made a strained attempt at being polite.",
      "I took the complaint manager's strained smile to mean I wasn't a welcome sight.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "When Anni gets too strained , Ashi is there to cool her down. \u2014 Gabby Hajduk, The Indianapolis Star , 11 June 2022",
      "Francis has been using a wheelchair for a month due to strained ligaments in his right knee that have made walking and standing difficult and painful. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 10 June 2022",
      "But Stephen Curry lifted the whole Golden State Warriors organization onto his shoulders, ignored his strained left foot, and carried the team to a 107-97 victory. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 June 2022",
      "Practitioners tend to feel strained when other members of the organization don\u2019t understand security. \u2014 James Carder, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "Mahurin exhales slowly before answering the doctor\u2019s question, letting out a strained laugh. \u2014 USA Today , 9 June 2022",
      "All shootings, but particularly mass shootings motivated by hate, call to mind the stretched and strained fabric of American democratic life. \u2014 Lenny Cioe, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
      "At the same time, a changing environment, strained health systems, and a lack of disease monitoring are creating dangerous opportunities for new viruses to emerge and spread. \u2014 Melody Schreiber, The New Republic , 7 June 2022",
      "But Francis has been hobbled by the strained ligaments in his right knee that have made walking painful and difficult. \u2014 Fox News , 5 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1542, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171958"
  },
  "strait(s)":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a comparatively narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water",
      ": isthmus",
      ": a narrow space or passage",
      ": a situation of perplexity or distress",
      ": causing distress : difficult",
      ": limited as to means or resources",
      ": strict , rigorous",
      ": narrow",
      ": limited in space or time",
      ": closely fitting : constricted , tight",
      ": in a close or tight manner",
      ": a narrow channel connecting two bodies of water",
      ": a situation of difficulty or distress"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u0101t",
      "\u02c8str\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "channel",
      "narrows",
      "neck",
      "sound"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Her campaign is in desperate straits .",
      "The company is in desperate financial straits .",
      "The economy is in dire straits .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Across the strait , the CCP took power and established the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Beijing. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, Nectar Gan And Steven Jiang, CNN , 24 May 2022",
      "Turkey is in talks to open a route for Ukrainian grain exports to leave the country\u2019s Black Sea ports and travel through the Bosphorus strait running through Turkey, an anonymous senior Turkish official told Reuters. \u2014 Derek Saul, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "Less than a decade ago, ties seemed to be on the mend as the two sides -- separated by a strait that is fewer than 80 miles (128 kilometers) wide at its narrowest point -- deepened economic, cultural and even political engagements. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, Nectar Gan And Steven Jiang, CNN , 24 May 2022",
      "Desecheo Island is located in the Mona Passage, a potentially dangerous strait that separates the islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 12 May 2022",
      "The strait itself remains as neutral as the sky, ever-changing, ever-unreliable, like some people-pleasing friend aware of the pressures of having to be everything to everyone. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
      "While engagement across the strait had once increased, the election of President Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party triggered animosity from Beijing. \u2014 Kimmy Yam, NBC News , 18 May 2022",
      "Far less commercially developed than its big cousin Mallorca just across a Balearic Sea strait in the Mediterranean, Menorca surprises at every turn. \u2014 John Oseid, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "The island banned flights from across the strait in January 2020, immediately after the virus was detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. \u2014 Time , 6 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "This has infuriated Beijing, spurring it to unleash more pressure on Taiwan and sending cross- strait relations on a downward spiral. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, Nectar Gan And Steven Jiang, CNN , 24 May 2022",
      "The culture Clark cultivated in City Hall stood in stark contrast to that of his predecessor, a strait -laced conservative who was often escorted to work by a police detail. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 May 2022",
      "Nunzio was next, the son who was so strait -laced that his brothers referred to him as Bob Dole, the U.S. senator from Kansas. \u2014 Kevin Armstrong, New York Times , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "Japan\u2019s new boldness reflects its wariness of China\u2019s growing assertiveness as well as of worsening cross- strait relations between China and Taiwan, said the Japanese official. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Thousands braved the cold and wind to witness Harry Houdini free himself of a strait -jacket while suspended in the air over the intersection of Crocket and Navarro in downtown San Antonio. \u2014 San Antonio Express-News , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "And with it, the number of cross- strait extraditions have also plummeted. \u2014 Wayne Chang And Nectar Gan, CNN , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "But to Beijing, the offer is a major provocation that risks escalating both cross- strait and US-China relations, Nectar Gan and Ben Westcott write. \u2014 Kara Fox, CNN , 9 June 2021",
      "Notice, too, how Xi blames Taiwan for cross- strait tensions even as his air force violates Taiwanese airspace with impunity. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 20 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c",
      "Adjective",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
      "Adverb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182152"
  },
  "strand":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the land bordering a body of water : shore , beach",
      ": to run, drive, or cause to drift onto a strand : run aground",
      ": to leave in a strange or an unfavorable place especially without funds or means to depart",
      ": to leave (a base runner) on base at the end of an inning in baseball",
      ": to become stranded",
      ": stream",
      ": sea",
      ": fibers or filaments twisted, plaited, or laid parallel to form a unit for further twisting or plaiting into yarn, thread, rope, or cordage",
      ": one of the wires twisted together or laid parallel to form a wire rope or cable",
      ": something (such as a molecular chain) resembling a strand",
      ": an element (such as a yarn or thread) of a woven or plaited material",
      ": a threadlike piece of natural or synthetic material",
      ": an elongated or twisted and plaited body resembling a rope",
      ": one of the elements interwoven in a complex whole",
      ": to break a strand of (a rope) accidentally",
      ": to form (something, such as a rope) from strands",
      ": to play out, twist, or arrange in a strand",
      ": the land bordering a body of water : shore , beach",
      ": to run, drive, or cause to drift from the water onto land",
      ": to leave in a strange or unfavorable place especially without any way of leaving",
      ": one of the fibers, threads, strings, or wires twisted or braided to make a cord, rope, or cable",
      ": something long or twisted like a rope",
      ": something (as a molecular chain) resembling a thread"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8strand",
      "\u02c8strand",
      "\u02c8strand"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (1)",
      "1621, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (3)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191559"
  },
  "strange":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": different from what is usual, ordinary, or expected : odd",
      ": not before known, heard, or seen : unfamiliar",
      ": not entirely comfortable or well : uncomfortable , ill at ease",
      ": discouraging familiarities : reserved , distant",
      ": unaccustomed sense 2",
      ": not native to or naturally belonging in a place : of external origin, kind, or character",
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of another country : foreign",
      ": a fundamental quark that has an electric charge of \u2212\u00b9/\u2083 and a measured energy of approximately 150 MeV",
      ": the flavor characterizing this particle",
      ": unfamiliar sense 1",
      ": different from what is usual, normal, or expected",
      ": not relaxed : uneasy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u0101nj",
      "\u02c8str\u0101nj"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bizarre",
      "bizarro",
      "cranky",
      "crazy",
      "curious",
      "eccentric",
      "erratic",
      "far-out",
      "funky",
      "funny",
      "kinky",
      "kooky",
      "kookie",
      "odd",
      "off-kilter",
      "off-the-wall",
      "offbeat",
      "out-of-the-way",
      "outlandish",
      "outr\u00e9",
      "peculiar",
      "quaint",
      "queer",
      "queerish",
      "quirky",
      "remarkable",
      "rum",
      "screwy",
      "spaced-out",
      "wacky",
      "whacky",
      "way-out",
      "weird",
      "weirdo",
      "wild"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "But this is underselling the unctuous texture, and the brininess, and the strange and compelling savoriness of fish nearly transformed into something else entirely. \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "But over the next 20 minutes, something strange but not entirely unexpected happened: The crowd began to murmur in admiration and appreciation as Curry sank 136 of 190 shots, including 46 of 72 3-pointers, a few of them from just inside halfcourt. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
      "But what\u2019s strange is how quietly those abuses have crept back into the system and are now ignored. \u2014 Jane Greenway Carr, CNN , 12 June 2022",
      "These reasons range from the strange editing and direction to the plot itself, which is riddled with plot holes and bizarre narrative choices. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
      "As pride month gets underway around the world, and LGBTQ communities take stock of accomplishments and challenges, Ukraine\u2019s is contending with a strange new reality. \u2014 Max Bearak, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "Getting Mexibbean open amid COVID has been a long, strange trip too. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 10 June 2022",
      "Choosing between your physical health or your hair seems like a strange debate to some. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 10 June 2022",
      "Join us for a rewatch of the first true summer of Hollywood's strange new millennium. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 10 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4b",
      "Noun",
      "1974, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212255"
  },
  "stratagem":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy",
      ": a cleverly contrived trick or scheme for gaining an end",
      ": skill in ruses or trickery",
      ": a clever trick or plan"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stra-t\u0259-j\u0259m",
      "-\u02ccjem",
      "\u02c8stra-t\u0259-j\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "artifice",
      "device",
      "dodge",
      "fetch",
      "flimflam",
      "gambit",
      "gimmick",
      "jig",
      "juggle",
      "knack",
      "play",
      "ploy",
      "ruse",
      "scheme",
      "shenanigan",
      "sleight",
      "trick",
      "wile"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "tried various stratagems to get the cat into the carrier, but the feisty feline was wise to them all",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Since returning to power in 2010, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has deliberately increased Hungary\u2019s reliance on Russian imports as a political stratagem . \u2014 Ariel Cohen, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
      "The old stratagem , devised in childhood: not wanting to exclude myself from the cultural access whites had; not wanting to look damaged by what had been offered grudgingly or compensatorily. \u2014 Margo Jefferson, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "This stratagem typically involves an attempt to dupe victims into visiting a fraudulent site that claims to offer payment services, discounts, investment opportunities, loans, etc. \u2014 David Balaban, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "The first stratagem of the racist is to quote the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. \u2014 John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "Written by co\u2013executive producer Coleman Herbert, this episode employs the tricky but effective stratagem of walking backward through one of the show\u2019s major revelations: How did Roxanne pull off such a huge grift? \u2014 Devon Maloney, Vulture , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "But her refusal to communicate don\u2019t offer these theoretical voters any argument to consider or guidestar to follow, which diminishes the effectiveness of this stratagem . \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Armed with the insight, Jill tries and fails to rouse him from his slumbers (a sly and symbolic stratagem , involving the family dog). \u2014 Richard Brod, The New Yorker , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "These laws require unions to represent all employees in a unionized workplace without requiring them to pay union dues, a cynical stratagem aimed at depriving unions of financial resources. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 20 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Italian stratagemma , from Latin strategema , from Greek strat\u0113g\u0113ma , from strat\u0113gein to be a general, maneuver, from strat\u0113gos general, from stratos camp, army (akin to Latin stratus , past participle, spread out) + agein to lead \u2014 more at stratum , agent ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193408"
  },
  "stray":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a domestic animal that is wandering at large or is lost",
      ": a person or thing that strays",
      ": the act of going astray",
      ": wander : such as",
      ": to wander from company, restraint, or proper limits",
      ": to roam about without fixed direction or purpose",
      ": to move in a winding course : meander",
      ": to move without conscious or intentional effort",
      ": to become distracted from an argument or train of thought",
      ": to wander accidentally from a fixed or chosen route",
      ": err , sin",
      ": having strayed or escaped from a proper or intended place",
      ": occurring at random or sporadically",
      ": not serving any useful purpose : unwanted",
      ": a domestic animal (as a cat or dog) that is lost or has no home",
      ": to wander from a group or from the proper place : roam",
      ": to go off from a direct or chosen route or the right course",
      ": to become distracted from a topic or train of thought",
      ": lost or having no home",
      ": not in the proper or intended place",
      ": occurring here and there : random"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u0101",
      "\u02c8str\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "err",
      "fall",
      "offend",
      "sin",
      "transgress",
      "trespass",
      "wander"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "aimless",
      "arbitrary",
      "catch-as-catch-can",
      "desultory",
      "erratic",
      "haphazard",
      "helter-skelter",
      "hit-or-miss",
      "random",
      "scattered",
      "slapdash"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Both of her cats were strays that she found wandering in the neighborhood.",
      "Verb",
      "The airplane strayed off course.",
      "our straying son swears he's returned to the straight and narrow",
      "Adjective",
      "stray sightings of UFO's, none of which have been rigorously analyzed by scientists",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Toronto is likely to have some answers for the problems FCC posed last weekend, but too much Cincinnati turnover personnel-wise or in regard to tactics could see the club stray too far from its ideals. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 3 May 2022",
      "She was picked up as a stray in the Imperial Valley. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
      "His in-laws are constantly on the lookout for a stray can. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
      "The Coopers also saw projects that were designed specifically to address future living needs that stray from traditional design principles and that also offer a new point of view. \u2014 Jennifer Castenson, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Reynolds served two stints as an assistant prosecutor beginning in 1980, with a 1994-2011 hiatus in civil practice with Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker, PLLC, specializing in claims of dairy herds stricken by power line stray voltage. \u2014 Joe Swickard, Detroit Free Press , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Perseverance is troubleshooting its own issues right now in the form of some pesky stray pebbles that have prevented the rover from storing its seventh sample, collected initially on December 29. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Phoenix first arrived at the rescue as a stray in November 2020, malnourished, covered in fleas, and missing fur. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Lucky was a stray and had been taken in by neighbors of ours in Conroe. \u2014 Annette Mcgivney, Outside Online , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The board\u2019s decisions are meant to be binding, meaning Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not allowed to stray from the board\u2019s rulings, though the company is not bound by any recommendations made by the Oversight Board. \u2014 J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
      "Thompson is quick enough to deal with Horford on the perimeter and will not be as tempted to stray . \u2014 Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
      "According to Maryann Tebben, an annual index measures the number of jambon-beurres purchased compared with the annual number of hamburgers, lest the country stray too far from its roots. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022",
      "There\u2019s little chance that Switzerland will stray further from its neutrality: Its government has already asked Germany not to pass along Swiss military equipment to Ukraine. \u2014 Jamey Keaten, ajc , 15 May 2022",
      "After Shanghai\u2019s leaders were criticized for being too slow to react as infections there soared, officials are unlikely to stray from the zero-Covid playbook of quickly applying stringent measures, even with low levels of infections. \u2014 Rachel Liang, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
      "But the norms of pedagogy have always regulated classroom speech: Students don\u2019t have the right to interrupt or to go on too long or to stray from the subject. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Romney\u2019s decision to stray from the party line in opposition to Jackson earned him scorn from fellow Republicans. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Some experts hope these at-home products will encourage younger women to stray from more invasive procedures like Botox or face lifts. \u2014 Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "At least one person was injured while fleeing from the scene, according to the police department, and multiple vehicles were hit by stray bullets. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 27 May 2022",
      "Damage apparently caused by stray bullets at Hair World Salon last week. \u2014 Deon J. Hampton, NBC News , 16 May 2022",
      "Porter said that innocent victims can be injured by stray bullets in the cross-fire. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Worried that the canine was a stray dog in trouble, the passerby dialed 911 and asked for rescuers to come and check on the pet. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "On Saturday, the owner's of Bae's Baekery \u2014 Griffin and Abigail McGreevy \u2014spotted a stray dog running down the interstate in early morning traffic, the humane society said in a Thursday social media post. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "In that same episode, the guys go to Mexico and in the background a stray dog started humping another. \u2014 Derek Lawrence, EW.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "According to the sheriff\u2019s office, Animal Services Officer Brandon Levin received a call on Feb. 10 saying a stray dog had been dropped off on a rural property outside Stockton. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "The San Joaquin County Sheriff\u2019s Office received a call about a stray dog that had been dropped off on a rural property just outside Stockton, California, on Feb. 10. \u2014 Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News , 20 Feb. 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 above",
      "Adjective",
      "1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200006"
  },
  "streak":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a line or mark of a different color or texture from the ground stripe",
      "the color of the fine powder of a mineral obtained by scratching or rubbing against a hard white surface and constituting an important distinguishing character",
      "inoculum implanted in a line on a solid medium",
      "any of numerous virus diseases of plants (such as tobacco and corn) resembling mosaic but usually producing at least some linear markings",
      "a narrow band of light",
      "a lightning bolt",
      "a slight admixture trace",
      "a brief run (as of luck)",
      "a consecutive series",
      "a narrow layer (as of fat)",
      "an act or instance of streaking",
      "to make streaks on or in",
      "to move swiftly rush",
      "to have a streak (as of winning or outstanding performances)",
      "to run naked through a public place",
      "a line or mark of a different color or texture from its background",
      "a narrow band of light",
      "an amount of a quality",
      "a short series of something",
      "to make or have a line or mark of color in or on",
      "to move swiftly rush",
      "a usually irregular line or stripe \u2014 see primitive streak",
      "inoculum implanted (as with a needle drawn across the surface) in a line on a solid medium",
      "to implant (inoculum) in a line on a solid medium"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8str\u0113k",
    "synonyms":[
      "band",
      "bar",
      "stripe"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "band",
      "bar",
      "stripe"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He left streaks where he wiped the glass.",
      "The miners had streaks of coal dust on their faces.",
      "a streak of 11 straight victories",
      "Verb",
      "A shooting star streaked across the sky.",
      "A skateboarder streaked past us.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Anthony Rizzo capped the Yankees\u2019 eight-run fifth inning with a grand slam off the facing of the third deck in right, and New York extended its winning streak to eight with a 12-3 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. \u2014 Ian Harrison, ajc , 18 June 2022",
      "Xander Bogaerts extended his hitting streak to a season-long 10 games on Friday night ... \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
      "Rosario\u2019s first homer of the season extended his hitting streak to nine games. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
      "Golden State extended its streak of winning a playoff game on the road to 27 series, and this victory was much-needed. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
      "Rafael Devers homered and drove in two runs as the Red Sox extended their winning streak to four and got back to .500 (27-27) for the first time since April 22. \u2014 Michael Wagaman, Hartford Courant , 6 June 2022",
      "Cody Bellinger and Chris Taylor hit their sixth home runs and Trea Turner extended his hitting streak to 26 games by going two for four with an RBI. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "Ketel Marte's two-run home run in the top of the fifth broke a 3-3 tie, and extended his hitting streak to 15 games. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 3 June 2022",
      "The performances extended Hamilton\u2019s winning streak to eight and raised its record to 12-4. \u2014 Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel , 10 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "Dodgers starter Tyler Anderson did the heaviest lifting, extending his scoreless innings streak over the last month to 26 by posting six more zeros against the second-highest-scoring club in the major leagues. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "There are quiet droning passages interrupted by slivers of voice, and busy riffs that streak like marbling. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
      "The SpaceX Crew Dragon will streak back into the atmosphere while traveling at more than 22 times the speed of sound, putting the astronauts through intense G-forces as the final portion of their descent begins. \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 5 May 2022",
      "New Orleans\u2019 streak without a first-rounder from the SEC is the longest in the NFL. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The scoreless draw between the U.S. and Mexico last Thursday in Estadio Azteca was the third draw in as many qualifying cycles between the two border rivals in Mexico and ran the Americans\u2019 unbeaten streak versus Mexico to four games. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Hopeful for publicity for his pornography website, Zdorovetskiy persuaded Andrade to streak in the pink swimsuit with the site\u2019s name on the front. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Burns, Josh Matheny, Tomer Frankel and Rafael Miroslaw set an IU record of 3 00.95 in the 400 medley, extending the Hoosiers\u2019 streak to seven in a row. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "Danbury has been dominant in the sport, winning 21 of the last 25 Class LL titles, with only Xavier and Newtown disrupting the Hatters\u2019 streak over the last quarter century. \u2014 Lori Riley, courant.com , 25 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1576, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "stream":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a body of running water (such as a river or creek) flowing on the earth",
      ": any body of flowing fluid (such as water or gas)",
      ": a steady succession (as of words or events)",
      ": a constantly renewed or steady supply",
      ": a continuous moving procession",
      ": digital data (such as audio or video material) that is continuously delivered one packet at a time and is usually intended for immediate processing or playback",
      ": an unbroken flow (as of gas or particles of matter)",
      ": a ray of light",
      ": a prevailing attitude or group",
      ": a dominant influence or line of development",
      ": track sense 5c",
      ": to flow in or as if in a stream",
      ": to leave a bright trail",
      ": to exude a bodily fluid profusely",
      ": to become wet with a discharge of bodily fluid",
      ": to trail out at full length",
      ": to pour in large numbers",
      ": to emit freely or in a stream",
      ": to display (something, such as a flag) by waving",
      ": to transfer (digital data, such as audio or video material) in a continuous stream especially for immediate processing or playback: such as",
      ": to watch a video on a streaming service",
      ": to broadcast a video for others to watch on a stream",
      ": a body of water (as a brook or river) flowing on the earth",
      ": a flow of liquid or gas",
      ": a steady series (as of words or events) following one another",
      ": to flow in or as if in a stream",
      ": to give out a bodily fluid in large amounts",
      ": to become wet with flowing liquid",
      ": to trail out at full length",
      ": to pour, enter, or arrive in large numbers",
      ": to transfer (data, as music or videos) in a continuous stream especially to be played immediately",
      ": an unbroken current or flow (as of water, a bodily fluid, or a gas) \u2014 see bloodstream , midstream"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u0113m",
      "\u02c8str\u0113m",
      "\u02c8str\u0113m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "pour"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Organizers say anyone who can\u2019t make it to the march can find a live- stream on the group\u2019s social media accounts. \u2014 Ellie Silverman, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
      "According to the Akron Beacon Journal, the rare Black Finite rookie card of Jones was found in a box of Panini Prizm Football cards that Johnny opened during a live stream on June 3. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Recasting is common, including even mid- stream in ongoing film franchises and TV series. \u2014 Mark Hughes, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "The premier will live stream on Philo, which offers a free trial. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 10 June 2022",
      "These days, that total immersion in their environment also gives them a front row seat to the way the warming climate is upending fishing calendars, altering stream systems and threatening their sport. \u2014 Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
      "The series will air on the IFC cable channel and stream on Sundance Now. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
      "Currently, Microsoft/Bethesda is the only console maker that's committed to a live stream during Summer Game Fest. \u2014 Jordan Minor, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
      "Li, known as the \u2018Lipstick King', was promoting Viennetta, a British brand of ice cream made by Unilever, via live stream using a layered cake decorated with Oreo cookies and a chocolate stick, modestly resembling the shape of a tank. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 6 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Philo allows for users to stream over 60 channels live and on demand for only $25 a month. \u2014 al , 11 June 2022",
      "As tears stream down Starlight's face, Homelander urges her to forget about trying to take him down, or Hughie will be next. \u2014 Alex Raiman, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
      "These Arabic animation pics will stream exclusively on Shahid VIP as Shahid originals. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 6 June 2022",
      "The film will stream exclusively on Hulu starting July 1. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 3 June 2022",
      "TikTok is launching a subscription comedy series, hosted by the creator Jericho Mencke, that will stream exclusively on the company\u2019s live video platform. \u2014 J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 June 2022",
      "Like the original 1883, the follow-up limited series 1883: The Bass Reeves Story will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 29 May 2022",
      "The virtual ceremony will stream at 6:30 pm ET exclusively on A2IM\u2019s YouTube channel. \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 23 May 2022",
      "Of course, because of Marvel\u2019s Netflix shows (which are now available to stream exclusively on Disney Plus after the rights reverted), Kingpin will always be linked to Daredevil. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 17 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203328"
  },
  "streamer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a flag that streams in the wind",
      ": pennant",
      ": any long narrow wavy strip resembling or suggesting a banner floating in the wind",
      ": banner sense 2",
      ": one that streams digital data (see stream entry 2 sense transitive 3 )",
      ": a long extension of the solar corona visible only during a total solar eclipse",
      ": aurora borealis",
      ": a flag that floats or moves in the wind : pennant",
      ": a long narrow strip (as of ribbon or paper) that is often hung for decoration",
      ": aurora borealis"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u0113-m\u0259r",
      "\u02c8str\u0113-m\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "banderole",
      "banderol",
      "banner",
      "colors",
      "ensign",
      "flag",
      "guidon",
      "jack",
      "pendant",
      "pendent",
      "pennant",
      "pennon",
      "standard"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "streamers in the team's colors hung from the top of the stadium",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In his report, Harrigan then also pointed to challenges for consumers, which could affect the streamer \u2019s subscriber trends, and Netflix\u2019s image. \u2014 Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
      "Overall, Roku believes that content providers can benefit from deploying different strategies to market to various streamer behaviors. \u2014 Chris Morris, Variety , 8 June 2022",
      "Maria Creveling, better known as Remilia, was a professional U.S. Twitch streamer who received gender confirmation surgery from an unnamed Thai surgeon in 2018. \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022",
      "This is why plenty of Hollywood insiders were not shocked at all to see Apple TV Plus race ahead of Netflix this year to become the first streamer to win a Best Picture Oscar. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 3 June 2022",
      "What are the benefits of just releasing it yourself, outside of a major streamer ? \u2014 Mike Postalakis, SPIN , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Holland guided the streamer \u2019s initial push into original content, often choosing high-end and expensive series like House of Cards. \u2014 Fortune , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Another competitor is Apple TV+, which beat Netflix to become the first streamer to win Best Picture at the 2022 Oscars. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Slated to premiere on the streamer in 2023, Maestro will also star Carey Mulligan, Jeremy Strong, Matt Bomer and Maya Hawke. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 31 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205411"
  },
  "streamlet":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small stream"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u0113m-l\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beck",
      "bourn",
      "bourne",
      "brook",
      "brooklet",
      "burn",
      "creek",
      "gill",
      "rill",
      "rivulet",
      "run",
      "runlet",
      "runnel"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the raging brook of last spring is a mere streamlet now that it's July"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1552, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194541"
  },
  "streamline":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "the path of a particle in a fluid relative to a solid body past which the fluid is moving in smooth flow without turbulence",
      "a contour designed to minimize resistance to motion through a fluid (such as air)",
      "a smooth or flowing line designed as if for decreasing air resistance",
      "to design or construct with a streamline",
      "to bring up to date modernize",
      "to put in order organize",
      "to make simpler or more efficient"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8str\u0113m-\u02ccl\u012bn",
    "synonyms":[
      "simplify"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "complex",
      "complexify",
      "complicate",
      "perplex",
      "sophisticate"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The manufacturer has streamlined the car's design.",
      "The business is looking for ways to streamline production.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "Digital transformation efforts further give companies the opportunity to slash costs, streamline their processes and stay abreast of changing consumer attitudes and behaviors. \u2014 Guy Courtin, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "The legislation targeting oligarchs would streamline ongoing efforts to find and confiscate bank accounts, property and other assets from the Russian moguls. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The supplier risk and sustainability solution will streamline the collection of key ESG and risk data from suppliers that exist inside Workday's platform by using the company\u2019s Financial Management and Strategic Sourcing applications. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The charter amendment would streamline three types of projects those that are 100% affordable; those catering to teachers; and those that include 15% more below-market-rate units than is required under the city\u2019s affordable housing requirements. \u2014 J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "For retailers, that means the labor market has reached a competitive fever pitch, pushing some companies to streamline their recruiting processes and embrace artificial intelligence at a faster pace, recruiters said. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Some of the changes for these Maryland hospitals give them greater flexibility to streamline processes, delay some surgical procedures to preserve bed capacity and redeploy staff or rapidly move them between departments according to needs. \u2014 Paulina Firozi And Paulina Villegas, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Despite attempts to streamline processes and improve coordination in recent years, the situation remains difficult. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "While providing some relief to individuals, some lawmakers and organizations are calling for additional changes to streamline processes and prevent further confusion. \u2014 Sarah Ewall-wice, CBS News , 31 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1868, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1913, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "street":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a thoroughfare especially in a city, town, or village that is wider than an alley or lane and that usually includes sidewalks",
      "the part of a street reserved for vehicles",
      "a thoroughfare with abutting property",
      "the people occupying property on a street",
      "a promising line of development or a channeling of effort",
      "a district (such as Wall Street or Fleet Street) identified with a particular profession",
      "the people who work in such a district",
      "an environment (as in a depressed neighborhood or section of a city) of poverty, dereliction, or crime",
      "idle, homeless, or out of a job",
      "out of prison at liberty",
      "suited to one's abilities or taste",
      "of or relating to the streets such as",
      "adjoining or giving access to a street",
      "carried on or taking place in the street",
      "living or working on the streets",
      "located in, used for, or serving as a guide to the streets",
      "performing in or heard on the street",
      "suitable for wear or use on the street",
      "not touching the ground",
      "of, relating to, or characteristic of the street environment",
      "retail",
      "a public road especially in a city, town, or village",
      "the people living along a street"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8str\u0113t",
    "synonyms":[
      "arterial",
      "artery",
      "avenue",
      "boulevard",
      "carriageway",
      "drag",
      "drive",
      "expressway",
      "freeway",
      "high road",
      "highway",
      "pass",
      "pike",
      "road",
      "roadway",
      "route",
      "row",
      "thoroughfare",
      "thruway",
      "trace",
      "turnpike",
      "way"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "They live on a busy street .",
      "You should look both ways before crossing the street .",
      "The police car cruised up the street .",
      "Many of our customers walk in off the street without having heard of us before.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Across the street from the Choices clinic is a billboard for Life Choices, a pregnancy crisis center that does not offer abortions. \u2014 Bracey Harris, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
      "Baltimore authorities this week are investigating two separate fires on the same block - one at a house where a Pride flag was set on fire, and another across the street at a home decorated for Pride, according to local news reports. \u2014 Hannah Allam, Anchorage Daily News , 19 June 2022",
      "During the talks in Vienna, Malley communicated with Iranian negotiators by sending messages through European intermediaries from a hotel across the street . \u2014 Lara Jakes, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
      "My grandfather owned a tailor and dry cleaning shop at East 70th and Lexington Ave., across the street from League Park. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 18 June 2022",
      "The Liberty Hotel across the street , owned by close friends of the Ebersols, renamed the presidential suite for him. \u2014 Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
      "In October, a teen was shot across the street from North Little Rock High School's campus while attempting to buy a gun, sending the school into a lockdown. \u2014 Neal Earley, Arkansas Online , 18 June 2022",
      "Baltimore authorities this week are investigating two separate fires on the same block \u2014 one at a house where a Pride flag was set on fire, and another across the street at a home decorated for Pride, according to local news reports. \u2014 Hannah Allam, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
      "The hearings are taking place in the Cannon House Office Building, another congressional building located directly across the street from the Longworth building. \u2014 Faris Tanyos, CBS News , 17 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "Cleveland police are cracking down on riders of dirt bikes, ATVs and other non- street -legal vehicles, but their new tactics have already been tested in other big U.S. cities. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 31 May 2022",
      "One such operation over the weekend resulted in the seizure of 15 non- street -legal vehicles and the issuance of 30-plus citations. \u2014 Courtney Astolfi, cleveland , 23 May 2022",
      "Earlier this month, the Georgia Department of Public Safety coordinated with state and local law enforcement agencies for the 40th wave of its crime suppression and anti- street racing initiative. \u2014 John Spink, ajc , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "The tree removal is part of a multi- street paving program planned by the city. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "The late King of Pop has enough tunes in his bag for anyone to serenade sweetly under the covers, but for Pink Sweat$, this song proves that the icon was able to keep it street while being sweet. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 28 May 2021",
      "Among the possibilities, Schiemer said, don't expect any more Project One\u2013style non- street -legal projects. \u2014 Jens Meiners, Car and Driver , 3 Apr. 2021",
      "Cyber Branch There were a lot of mistakes that could be made in setting up a site like this that someone who wasn't very street smart could easily make. \u2014 CBS News , 10 Nov. 2020",
      "In April, the city sent a strong message to joyriders by crushing more than 30 non- street legal dirt bikes and quads in a car compactor. \u2014 Rebecca Lurye, courant.com , 16 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "streetwalker":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": prostitute",
      ": one who solicits in the streets \u2014 compare call girl"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u0113t-\u02ccw\u022f-k\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bawd",
      "call girl",
      "cocotte",
      "courtesan",
      "drab",
      "hooker",
      "hustler",
      "prostitute",
      "sex worker",
      "tart",
      "whore"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the streetwalkers and adult movie theaters that once populated the tenderloin have been replaced by upscale shoppers and expensive restaurants and boutiques",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Midnight Cowboy\u2013looking streetwalker offers back-alley back scratches for $11 a pop. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 11 Aug. 2021",
      "And at one unfortunate point, someone suggested that instead of being employed as one of Santa\u2019s helpers, the character ultimately played by Zooey Deschanel should be a streetwalker . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Dec. 2020",
      "The sequence comes at a crucial point for the streetwalker played by Roberts, who\u2019s been given a Pygmalion glow-up and a trip to the San Francisco Opera by Richard Gere\u2019s wealthy corporate raider. \u2014 Kyle Buchanan, New York Times , 24 Mar. 2020",
      "An American loves a Paris streetwalker while flying for France in World War I. (NR) 1 hr. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Oct. 2019",
      "From his teens onward, Simenon had enjoyed the company of prostitutes, and there\u2019s rarely an unsympathetic streetwalker , call girl, bar girl, dance-hall girl, mistress, or courtesan to be found in his books. \u2014 Vince Passaro, Harper's magazine , 22 July 2019",
      "Stan steps out on his wife (Kate Mara) and children by hiring a streetwalker , Angel (Indya Moore), who's also a transgender woman, competes in the balls, and yearns for the kind of home and security most anybody else craves. \u2014 Kristi Turnquist, OregonLive.com , 10 June 2018",
      "There is an internet dating episode, a school bully episode, a scene in which a streetwalker is taken to a fancy restaurant. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, latimes.com , 3 Apr. 2018",
      "At these Winter Games, however, few ice skating costumes have looked like outtakes from a streetwalker \u2019s trousseau. \u2014 Guy Trebay, New York Times , 21 Feb. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1591, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173755"
  },
  "strengthen":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make stronger",
      ": to become stronger",
      ": to make, grow, or become stronger or more powerful"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stre\u014b(k)-th\u0259n",
      "\u02c8stren(t)-",
      "\u02c8stre\u014b-th\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beef (up)",
      "fortify",
      "harden",
      "toughen"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "debilitate",
      "enervate",
      "enfeeble",
      "weaken"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Gohh hopes these efforts collectively establish and strengthen bonds between the next generation of theater makers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "The bank asked more than 260 investors managing about $750 billion in assets whether the economy would strengthen . \u2014 WSJ , 14 June 2022",
      "Particle is a men\u2019s shampoo line that is scientifically engineered to stimulate hair growth and strengthen the hair from root to tip. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 June 2022",
      "The hawkish expectations would strengthen if today's U.S. inflation report shows heady price growth in May. \u2014 Omkar Godbole, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "Perform this routine daily or a few times a week to loosen up and strengthen your feet, ankles, and calves. \u2014 Stephanie Mansour, CNN , 9 June 2022",
      "Purple pigments keep gray hair bright, while silk proteins strengthen against breakage. \u2014 Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 June 2022",
      "McConaughey urged Congress to not wait any longer, arguing that such a move by lawmakers would promote more responsible gun ownership and, in doing so, strengthen the Second Amendment. \u2014 Brian Bennett, Time , 7 June 2022",
      "But others think this incident could actually strengthen the community. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 7 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171954"
  },
  "strenuous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": vigorously active : energetic",
      ": fervent , zealous",
      ": marked by or calling for energy or stamina : arduous",
      ": showing or requiring much energy and effort",
      ": very active : energetic"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stren-y\u0259-w\u0259s",
      "\u02c8stren-y\u0259-w\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aggressive",
      "assertive",
      "dynamic",
      "emphatic",
      "energetic",
      "forceful",
      "full-blooded",
      "muscular",
      "resounding",
      "vehement",
      "vigorous",
      "violent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nonassertive",
      "nonemphatic",
      "unemphatic"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Avoid all strenuous exercise until the sprain heals.",
      "Today has been a very strenuous day.",
      "The proposal has faced strenuous opposition.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Avoid dehydrating drinks like alcohol or caffeine Check on relatives, neighbors, the elderly and those without access to air conditioning. Avoid strenuous outdoor activities. \u2014 Hannah Brock, The Indianapolis Star , 14 June 2022",
      "Botanicals Swim and Sport Shampoo is a miracle worker for anyone who is engaged in strenuous activities. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
      "Both sweet and tart cherries are rich in antioxidants and vitamin C, with burgeoning research suggesting that cherries also help the body recover after strenuous exercise. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
      "During strenuous exercise, RER can increase to about 1.1, due to the way the body buffers against lactate buildup. \u2014 Christine Byrne, Outside Online , 30 May 2022",
      "The strenuous trail, which takes hikers up to the summits of the Black Balsam Knob and Tennent Mountain in western North Carolina, is considered difficult even in good weather. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "The rocky, strenuous trail has little shade and no water sources aside from some small creeks, Baird said. \u2014 Fox News , 24 June 2021",
      "Trail by strenuous trail, vista by staggering vista\u2014even masked at all times, even in brutally harsh heat\u2014Big Bend was inciting me to something verging on euphoria. \u2014 Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure , 25 Apr. 2021",
      "Hill\u2019s team combined the results of 14 studies with a total of 303 subjects, looking at recovery from strenuous exercise. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 9 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin strenuus ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201825"
  },
  "strenuously":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": vigorously active : energetic",
      ": fervent , zealous",
      ": marked by or calling for energy or stamina : arduous",
      ": showing or requiring much energy and effort",
      ": very active : energetic"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stren-y\u0259-w\u0259s",
      "\u02c8stren-y\u0259-w\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aggressive",
      "assertive",
      "dynamic",
      "emphatic",
      "energetic",
      "forceful",
      "full-blooded",
      "muscular",
      "resounding",
      "vehement",
      "vigorous",
      "violent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nonassertive",
      "nonemphatic",
      "unemphatic"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Avoid all strenuous exercise until the sprain heals.",
      "Today has been a very strenuous day.",
      "The proposal has faced strenuous opposition.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Avoid dehydrating drinks like alcohol or caffeine Check on relatives, neighbors, the elderly and those without access to air conditioning. Avoid strenuous outdoor activities. \u2014 Hannah Brock, The Indianapolis Star , 14 June 2022",
      "Botanicals Swim and Sport Shampoo is a miracle worker for anyone who is engaged in strenuous activities. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
      "Both sweet and tart cherries are rich in antioxidants and vitamin C, with burgeoning research suggesting that cherries also help the body recover after strenuous exercise. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
      "During strenuous exercise, RER can increase to about 1.1, due to the way the body buffers against lactate buildup. \u2014 Christine Byrne, Outside Online , 30 May 2022",
      "The strenuous trail, which takes hikers up to the summits of the Black Balsam Knob and Tennent Mountain in western North Carolina, is considered difficult even in good weather. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "The rocky, strenuous trail has little shade and no water sources aside from some small creeks, Baird said. \u2014 Fox News , 24 June 2021",
      "Trail by strenuous trail, vista by staggering vista\u2014even masked at all times, even in brutally harsh heat\u2014Big Bend was inciting me to something verging on euphoria. \u2014 Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure , 25 Apr. 2021",
      "Hill\u2019s team combined the results of 14 studies with a total of 303 subjects, looking at recovery from strenuous exercise. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 9 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin strenuus ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183058"
  },
  "stretch (out)":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a system of industrial operation in which workers are required to do extra work with slight or with no additional pay":[],
      ": the act of stretching out : the state of being stretched out":[],
      ": an economizing measure that spreads a limited quantity over a larger field than originally intended: such as":[],
      ": a slackening of production schedules so that a quantity of goods will be produced over a longer period than initially planned":[],
      ": a restructuring of a loan repayment schedule over an extended period of time":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8strech-\u02ccau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1930, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-160712"
  },
  "stretchy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to extend (one's limbs, one's body, etc.) in a reclining position",
      ": to reach out : extend",
      ": to extend in length",
      ": to fell with or as if with a blow",
      ": to cause the limbs of (a person) to be pulled especially in torture",
      ": to draw up (one's body) from a cramped, stooping, or relaxed position",
      ": to pull taut",
      ": to enlarge or distend especially by force",
      ": to extend or expand as if by physical force",
      ": strain",
      ": to cause to reach or continue (as from one point to another or across a space)",
      ": to amplify or enlarge beyond natural or proper limits",
      ": to expand (as by improvisation) to fulfill a larger function",
      ": to extend (a hit) to an extra base usually by fast or daring running",
      ": to become extended in length or breadth or both : spread",
      ": to extend over a continuous period",
      ": to become extended without breaking",
      ": to extend one's body or limbs",
      ": to lie down at full length",
      ": to go beyond what is strictly warranted in making a claim or concession",
      ": to extend the legs",
      ": to take a walk in order to relieve stiffness caused by prolonged sitting",
      ": an exercise of something (such as the understanding or the imagination) beyond ordinary or normal limits",
      ": an extension of the scope or application of something",
      ": the extent to which something may be stretched",
      ": the act of stretching : the state of being stretched",
      ": the position of a pitcher standing sideways to home plate so as to keep a runner close to a base",
      ": an extent in length or area",
      ": a continuous period of time",
      ": a walk to relieve fatigue",
      ": a term of imprisonment",
      ": either of the straight sides of a racecourse",
      ": homestretch",
      ": a final stage (as of a contest or season)",
      ": the capacity for being stretched : elasticity",
      ": a stretch limousine",
      ": easily stretched : elastic",
      ": longer than the standard size",
      ": to reach out : extend , spread",
      ": to pull or draw out in length or width or both : expand , enlarge",
      ": to extend (as the body) in a flat position",
      ": to extend the body or limbs",
      ": to pull tight",
      ": to cause to reach or continue",
      ": exaggerate",
      ": to become extended without breaking",
      ": to extend over a continuous period",
      ": the act of extending or drawing out beyond ordinary or normal limits",
      ": the ability to be pulled or drawn out in length or width or both",
      ": the act or an instance of stretching the body or one of its parts",
      ": a continuous extent in length, area, or time",
      ": to extend in length",
      ": to enlarge or distend especially by force",
      ": to become extended in length or breadth",
      ": to extend one's body or limbs",
      ": the act of stretching : the state of being stretched"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8strech",
      "\u02c8strech",
      "\u02c8strech"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "color",
      "elaborate (on)",
      "embellish",
      "embroider",
      "exaggerate",
      "hyperbolize",
      "magnify",
      "pad"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "breadth",
      "distance",
      "expanse",
      "expansion",
      "extent",
      "field",
      "length",
      "plain",
      "reach",
      "sheet",
      "spread",
      "waste"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Leveraging this approach, brands get a bigger bang for their buck to stretch valuable content across multiple channels to broaden their reach and work more efficiently. \u2014 Jodi Amendola, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "The record flooding was caused by a combination of heavy rainfall and snowmelt from high elevations over the weekend in the Beartooth and Absaroka mountain ranges, which stretch across the Montana-Wyoming state line. \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe And Claudia Dominguez, CNN , 16 June 2022",
      "All marveled at the size of the system, which appeared to stretch across a large swath of the horizon. \u2014 Dan Carson, Chron , 24 May 2022",
      "Using telescopes powerful enough to stretch our perception across unfathomable distances, astronomers have made a cosmic postcard: the first-ever picture of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 12 May 2022",
      "The dining room offers big picture windows but snag a seat outside if possible, either on the covered deck or at the back-side View Bar where big vistas stretch across the entire Verde Valley. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 6 May 2022",
      "While some fences stretch across several acres, other older enclosures are about the size of an apartment. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "The stoppage, first reported by Reuters, would potentially mean a temporary loss in daily production volume of around 2,000 cars and would stretch across Wednesday and Thursday. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "But with the self-driving unit chewing through hundreds of millions of dollars a year, others at the Advanced Technologies Group heard Uber wanted to stretch labor costs across more miles. \u2014 Lauren Smiley, Wired , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "During a public meeting Thursday, Joel Anderson said dozens of small living quarters on an empty stretch of land could both assist people who needed help and give law enforcement legal cover to force the homeless off streets. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
      "Profit was 29% higher than in the same period a year earlier, making Trafigura a winner from a stretch of massive volatility in energy and metal prices. \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
      "In its strictest sense, stagflation refers to a stretch of rising unemployment coupled with sharply increasing prices. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
      "The Red Lobster site is on a stretch of Mayfair Road between the Mayfair mall complex, which includes the Renaissance Milwaukee West Hotel that opened in 2020, and the Mayfair Collection mixed-use development. \u2014 Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
      "And though mk opened on an out-of-the-way stretch of Franklin Street, people showed up in droves. \u2014 Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "The three-episode documentary series begins with the case of a missing 13-year-old girl and expands to examine a stretch of Oregon\u2019s U.S. Highway 20 where many women and girls went missing or were raped or murdered between the 1970s and 1990s. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 9 June 2022",
      "Goldsmith is a participant in a local adopt-a-trail program, contributing $3,000 annually to maintain and improve a 1-mile stretch of trail in the public forest on the northern side of the lake. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "This little stretch of pricey real estate comes with plenty of beachfront property, though there\u2019s no ocean view. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Backing now expands stretch goals that include more materials for the game and special Q&A access to people connected to the films in the Cinematic Adventures slate. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Roberts said the team is trying to be cautious with the future Hall of Famer, keeping one eye on the stretch run of the season while deciding how to proceed. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
      "The flowy dress is made with non- stretch fabric and available in multiple colors, including pink and black. \u2014 Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
      "Made of ultra- stretch denim, Frame\u2019s best-selling Le Palazzo jeans (available in other colors) have a high-rise fit designed for comfort. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Great expanses of cracking mud, half a mile wide, stretch beyond the river banks, devoid of a single plant or blade of grass. \u2014 Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 May 2022",
      "Morrison\u2019s vocals stretch and bend words; her voice is delicate yet strong, and moves with ease between a vulnerable croon and the wail of hurt. \u2014 Marjua Estevez, refinery29.com , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The starting point in our last collection was the idea of bringing the idea of motion back into the cut of the clothes, using stretch materials for example or ways of cutting that allow and celebrate movement. \u2014 Tiziana Cardini, Vogue , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The artist strives not to collect the most toys, rack up virtual kills or race to the jackpot square but simply to be in the game, map its corners, make time stretch \u2014 and maybe figure out a way to hack this world, change the rules and free us all. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "1954, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221323"
  },
  "stricture":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage",
      ": the narrowed part",
      ": a constriction of the breath passage in the production of a speech sound",
      ": something that closely restrains or limits : restriction",
      ": an adverse criticism : censure",
      ": an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage (as from inflammation, cancer, or the formation of scar tissue)",
      ": the narrowed part"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8strik-ch\u0259r",
      "\u02c8strik-ch\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "censure",
      "commination",
      "condemnation",
      "denunciation",
      "excoriation",
      "objurgation",
      "rebuke",
      "reprimand",
      "reproach",
      "reproof",
      "riot act"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "citation",
      "commendation",
      "endorsement",
      "indorsement"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the church's strictures on the morals and mores of contemporary society",
      "the new zoning strictures effectively make further development along the riverfront commercially unviable",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Yet almost three years later, the site still hosts numerous listings that appear to violate this stricture . \u2014 Brian Contrerasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "Many publications, including this one, have a general stricture against, say, using or mentioning the F-word. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Apparently, in his home islands, a religious stricture forbade the harming of worms. \u2014 Hampton Sides, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "The government\u2019s stricture on the publication of terrifying books proved pointless, there being plenty of terror to be read on the streets. \u2014 Benjamin Wallace-well, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "Abiding by the District\u2019s stricture that no more than 50 people gather, the arts center gave over the Opera House to a concert filled to only 2 percent of the auditorium\u2019s capacity. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Sep. 2020",
      "Iran has also broken nearly every stricture of the pact since the U.S. departure. \u2014 Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner , 19 Aug. 2020",
      "Since then, Iran has increasingly violated the original strictures of the deal. \u2014 Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner , 5 June 2020",
      "The five books that Zink has published since 2014 are defined by a fervent restlessness, a desire to ignore the strictures that usually confine the contemporary novel. \u2014 Andrew Martin, The New York Review of Books , 13 May 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Late Latin strictura , from Latin strictus , past participle",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205102"
  },
  "strife":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": bitter sometimes violent conflict or dissension",
      ": an act of contention : fight , struggle",
      ": exertion or contention for superiority",
      ": earnest endeavor",
      ": bitter and sometimes violent disagreement"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u012bf",
      "\u02c8str\u012bf"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "conflict",
      "disaccord",
      "discord",
      "discordance",
      "discordancy",
      "disharmony",
      "dissension",
      "dissention",
      "dissent",
      "dissidence",
      "dissonance",
      "disunion",
      "disunity",
      "division",
      "friction",
      "infighting",
      "inharmony",
      "schism",
      "variance",
      "war",
      "warfare"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accord",
      "agreement",
      "concord",
      "concordance",
      "harmony",
      "peace"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "in order to avoid family strife , the children spend equal time during the holidays with both of their grandmothers",
      "bitter strife between the two political factions",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But Jackson insisted there was no strife between coach and player. \u2014 Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022",
      "The father-son strife and cavernous distance between Rex and Nate, lightly hinted at early on, are nonexistent by the climax \u2014 though there was no opportunity for either to heal from their division. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Valhalla, coming to Netflix this Friday, takes place 100 years later to tell the beginning of the end of the Vikings, when Greenlanders set foot on the shores of England amid religious strife between the pagan Vikings and their Christian brethren. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "The gymnastics brouhaha involved a member of the team purportedly using the N-word on multiple occasions, leading to strife between competitors and coaches with differing views on how to respond. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "Jackson said Barr was concerned that the tribes and the state had no effective communications, which led to strife between the governments. \u2014 Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "Most of the heroes of the jungle war that ended years-long civil strife and launched Museveni's presidency have since died or been retired from the army, putting authority in the hands of young military officers who see Kainerugaba as their leader. \u2014 Rodney Muhumuza, ajc , 8 May 2022",
      "The eastern African country was embroiled in civil strife at the time. \u2014 Chron , 1 May 2022",
      "Richardson and Olmsted sensed an opportunity to put their stamp on an America that was rebuilding after horrendous civil strife . \u2014 Richard Horan, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English strif , from Anglo-French estrif, estri , of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch striden to fight, Old High German str\u012btan to quarrel \u2014 more at stride ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202014"
  },
  "strike (out)":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an out in baseball resulting from a batter's being charged with three strikes",
      ": to enter upon a course of action",
      ": to set out vigorously",
      ": to make an out in baseball by a strikeout",
      ": to finish bowling a string with consecutive strikes",
      ": to bowl three strikes in the last frame",
      ": fail sense 2c",
      ": to retire (someone) by a strikeout",
      ": an out in baseball that results from a batter getting three strikes during a turn at bat"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u012bk-\u02ccau\u0307t",
      "\u02c8str\u012bk-\u02ccau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bomb",
      "collapse",
      "crater",
      "fail",
      "flame out",
      "flop",
      "flunk",
      "fold",
      "founder",
      "miss",
      "tank",
      "wash out"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "click",
      "come off",
      "deliver",
      "go",
      "go over",
      "pan out",
      "succeed",
      "work out"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "their joint venture in Las Vegas struck out , and they hurriedly dissolved the partnership",
      "struck out all references to indecent matters",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Bieber still managed to record his 700th career strikeout in the fourth inning, becoming the 28th player in franchise history to reach the mark, the first since Trevor Bauer in 2018. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
      "Zache recorded her 17th strikeout of the night before inducing a shallow pop fly to center to end the inning. \u2014 Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star , 11 June 2022",
      "Javier B\u00e1ez, who signed a six-year, $140 million contract in December, received plenty of boos from the crowd after his strikeout in the fifth inning. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 11 June 2022",
      "Barnett recorded his 10th strikeout with the previous at-bat. \u2014 Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al , 5 June 2022",
      "The pitcher did it herself, firing three consecutive strikes to retire Northwestern\u2019s all-time home run leader, celebrating her most important strikeout of the night with a ferocious fist pump and yell. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "The right-hander dominated the St. Louis Cardinals over seven innings, recording his 500th career strikeout along the way as the Milwaukee Brewers earned a split of their four-game series at Busch Stadium with an 8-0 victory on Sunday afternoon. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 May 2022",
      "Hager walked off the mound with a smile, and retained the ball from his first major league strikeout . \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 29 May 2022",
      "Kolby Somers gave up a two-run single that brought the tying run to the plate with two outs but closed out the win with his third strikeout in 1.0 inning of work. \u2014 James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 21 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In six innings of play, the Kennedy batters didn\u2019t strike out a single time. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
      "But McMillan then recorded a strike out end the inning. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 24 May 2022",
      "Outfielder Thomas Chiappetti came on to get the last out on a strike out . \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022",
      "After a George Springer walk in the third, Gim\u00e9nez took a throw from catcher Luke Maile and gunned out Springer at first base for a strike out , throw out double play to end the inning. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 8 May 2022",
      "The Lady Airedales blasted two Waldron pitchers for 13 hits and did not have a batter strike out . \u2014 Henry Apple, Arkansas Online , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Janie Reed tripled to right center with one out in the U.S. home first but was thrown out trying to score on a strike out /wild pitch. \u2014 Emily Adams, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2021",
      "Burnes is the first pitcher since at least 1901 to strike out 40 without a walk in a four-game stretch. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 Apr. 2021",
      "Greene became the second starter in MLB history to allow eight runs and also strike out seven batters in fewer than three full innings. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 5 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1887, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1707, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212017"
  },
  "striking":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": attracting attention or notice through unusual or conspicuous qualities",
      ": attracting attention : remarkable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u012b-ki\u014b",
      "\u02c8str\u012b-ki\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "arresting",
      "bodacious",
      "bold",
      "brilliant",
      "catchy",
      "commanding",
      "conspicuous",
      "dramatic",
      "emphatic",
      "eye-catching",
      "flamboyant",
      "grabby",
      "kenspeckle",
      "marked",
      "noisy",
      "noticeable",
      "prominent",
      "pronounced",
      "remarkable",
      "showy",
      "splashy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "inconspicuous",
      "unemphatic",
      "unflamboyant",
      "unnoticeable",
      "unobtrusive",
      "unremarkable",
      "unshowy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The poverty of the city is striking .",
      "There is a striking resemblance between the girls.",
      "an actress known for her striking good looks",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The suspect's car drove directly into an unmarked Ford Explorer driven by Upole, striking front bumper to front bumper, court records state. \u2014 Julie E. Greene, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
      "Ecuador's statistics are particularly striking , with homicides climbing by 84.4% in the past year, according to the country's National Institute of Statistics and Census. \u2014 Daniela Mohor W. For Cnn, CNN , 4 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s also a variety of color options \u2014 the rose gold is particularly striking . \u2014 Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
      "The inside of the car is cramped, as all Countach cabins are, but the white leather and black motif is definitely striking . \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 27 May 2022",
      "In the Washington region and nationally, the trend is most striking in higher-income inner suburbs, where more residents have computer-centric jobs suited to remote work and money to spare. \u2014 Katherine Shaver, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "The most striking : pink and green leopard-print robes. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "No shouldering, holding, pushing, striking , or tripping is allowed. \u2014 Bob Hill, The Courier-Journal , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "There is no evidence that the Ukrainian government promotes Nazi ideology, and the claim is particularly striking as President Zelensky is Jewish and lost family members in the Holocaust. \u2014 Tara Law, Time , 25 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1725, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210507"
  },
  "string":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "a cord usually used to bind, fasten, or tie",
      "something that resembles a string",
      "a cord (such as a tendon or ligament) of an animal body",
      "a plant fiber (such as a leaf vein)",
      "the gut, wire, or nylon cord of a musical instrument",
      "the stringed instruments of an orchestra",
      "the players of such instruments",
      "the gut, wire, or cord of a racket or shooting bow",
      "a group of objects threaded on a string",
      "a series of things arranged in or as if in a line",
      "a sequence of like items (such as bits, characters, or words)",
      "a group of business properties scattered geographically",
      "the animals and especially horses belonging to or used by one individual",
      "a means of recourse expedient",
      "a group of players ranked according to skill or proficiency",
      "succession sense 3a",
      "one of the inclined sides of a stair supporting the treads and risers",
      "balkline sense 1",
      "the action of lagging for break in billiards",
      "line sense 13",
      "contingent conditions or obligations",
      "control , domination",
      "a hypothetical one-dimensional object that is infinitely thin but has a length of 10 \u221233 centimeters, that vibrates as it moves through space, and whose mode of vibration manifests itself as a subatomic particle",
      "subject to one's influences",
      "to equip with strings",
      "to tune the strings of",
      "to make tense key up",
      "to thread on or as if on a string",
      "to thread with objects",
      "to tie, hang, or fasten with string",
      "to put together (words, ideas, etc.) like objects threaded on a string",
      "to hang by the neck",
      "to remove the strings of",
      "to extend or stretch like a string",
      "to set out in a line or series",
      "to move, progress, or lie in a string",
      "to form into strings",
      "lag sense 3",
      "of or relating to stringed musical instruments",
      "a thin cord used to bind, fasten, or tie",
      "something that resembles a string",
      "the gut, wire, or plastic cord of a musical instrument that vibrates to produce a tone when touched",
      "the stringed instruments of an orchestra",
      "a group, series, or line of things threaded on a string or arranged as if strung together",
      "a series of events which follow each other in time",
      "requirements that are connected with something",
      "to provide with strings",
      "thread entry 2 sense 4",
      "to tie, hang, or fasten with string",
      "to set or stretch out in a line",
      "to remove the tough fibers of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stri\u014b",
      "\u02c8stri\u014b"
    ],
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      "cable",
      "cord",
      "lace",
      "lacing",
      "line",
      "rope",
      "wire"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "concatenate",
      "thread"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Andrew Wiggins, whom the Warriors landed in a string of moves that traces to Kevin Durant\u2019s departure for Brooklyn, smothered Tatum functionally taking the Celtics\u2019 leading scorer out of the game. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "Tampa Bay\u2019s first title in this string came against the Dallas Stars in 2020. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
      "Amid his $44 billion bid to buy Twitter Inc., Mr. Musk voiced his political views in a string of tweets on Wednesday. \u2014 Omar Abdel-baqui And Alex Leary, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "But Celsius\u2019s liquidity issues are just the latest in a string of troubles stinging the company. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
      "Their lineup forged a two-run lead in the sixth inning Thursday, but a series of leverage relievers couldn\u2019t hold it as Oakland fell 8-4 to the Guardians, the latest deflation in a string of defeats. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 June 2022",
      "Saturday\u2019s shooting is the latest in a string of incidents dating back to the Aug. 28, 2019, daytime shooting of Antonio Parra outside a barbershop in the city\u2019s Stockyards neighborhood. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
      "Larry Jo Taylor, 25, is one of three men police say were involved in a string of home invasions on the city's north side during a Tuesday morning in November 2015. \u2014 Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star , 6 June 2022",
      "Drivers in San Antonio were met Monday with another all-time high price as the average for a gallon of regular gasoline hit $4.50, the latest in a string of records as prices continue to climb toward $5. \u2014 Diego Mendoza-moyers, San Antonio Express-News , 6 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "Getting its start in the early 1920s, string bands in Appalachia and other mountain cities began to record and were marketed to specific types of people. \u2014 Allyson Portee, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
      "Residents and their advocates repeatedly applied for permits to build houses and string power lines. \u2014 Shira Rubin, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
      "Frisell\u2019s music of the past three decades draws on those early steel- string years to a striking degree. \u2014 Paul Elie, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
      "The first floor includes a large communal study space and opens into a courtyard with an outdoor barbecue, string lights and palm planters. \u2014 Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Punch a hole in the top of each star and then thread string through the holes. \u2014 Charlyne Mattox, Country Living , 6 June 2022",
      "Probation was interrupted when the pandemic shut down performances in March 2020, and again when concerts resumed with almost exclusively string repertory, since those players could remain masked, while brasses and winds could not. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
      "The person you were supposed to admire\u2014the president!\u2014was a nepotism hire who could barely string a sentence together. \u2014 Marisa Kabas, The New Republic , 20 May 2022",
      "Republicans often paint Biden as old and out of touch, not able to string together a coherent sentence. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "In their attempt to mimic the Beatles, the band employed new instrumentation and sounds, including the Mellotron, theremin, African rhythms, guitar loops, radio static and string arrangements from future Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones. \u2014 William Goodman, Billboard , 8 Dec. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-165907"
  },
  "string along":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to keep waiting",
      ": deceive , fool",
      ": go along , agree"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "bamboozle",
      "beguile",
      "bluff",
      "buffalo",
      "burn",
      "catch",
      "con",
      "cozen",
      "deceive",
      "delude",
      "dupe",
      "fake out",
      "fool",
      "gaff",
      "gammon",
      "gull",
      "have",
      "have on",
      "hoax",
      "hoodwink",
      "hornswoggle",
      "humbug",
      "juggle",
      "misguide",
      "misinform",
      "mislead",
      "snooker",
      "snow",
      "spoof",
      "suck in",
      "sucker",
      "take in",
      "trick"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "undeceive"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the student succeeded in stringing even his teachers along with his tales of family hardships",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Paxton has maintained his innocence and legal watchdogs remain baffled as to his ability to string along the legal process. \u2014 Dan Carson, Chron , 6 June 2022",
      "Here\u2019s my argument: When times were fat\u2014like, six months ago\u2014auto makers could afford to pad the bill and string along consumers with new features. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 29 May 2020",
      "Small white lights strung along the ceiling evoke a starry sky. \u2014 Eric Velasco, al , 4 May 2020",
      "The ski area resembles a vast white curtain strung along six high peaks, trails plummeting for 3,000 vertical feet among the folds and ripples. \u2014 Cindy Hirschfeld, New York Times , 18 Feb. 2020",
      "Fairy lights were strung along the outside the church, and small plastic tealights were handed out at the door. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Jan. 2020",
      "The three dams operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are a critical part of a complex hydroelectric network strung along the Columbia and Snake rivers in Oregon, Washington and Idaho that powers the entire region. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Oct. 2019",
      "By no means is this a team-friendly approach, but Prescott probably has received the advice to exhibit patience in a cap-growing world and appreciate the high reward, low risk in stringing along the Cowboys. \u2014 Calvin Watkins, Dallas News , 3 Mar. 2020",
      "My favorite place on Earth is up a rutted dirt road that strings along a creek in southwest Colorado. \u2014 Peter Heller, Outdoor Life , 17 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1914, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224217"
  },
  "stripe":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stroke or blow with a rod or lash",
      ": to make stripes on or variegate with stripes",
      ": a line or long narrow section differing in color or texture from parts adjoining",
      ": a textile design consisting of lines or bands against a plain background",
      ": a fabric with a striped design",
      ": a narrow strip of braid or embroidery usually in the shape of a bar, arc, or chevron that is worn (as on the sleeve of a military uniform) to indicate rank or length of service",
      ": a distinct variety or sort : type",
      ": to make stripes on",
      ": a line or long narrow section differing in color or appearance from the background",
      ": a piece of material often with a special design worn (as on a sleeve) to show military rank or length of service"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u012bp",
      "\u02c8str\u012bp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "band",
      "bar",
      "streak"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "the children carefully striped the paper with red and blue paint"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181904"
  },
  "stroke":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to rub gently in one direction",
      ": caress",
      ": to flatter or pay attention to in a manner designed to reassure or persuade",
      ": the act of striking",
      ": a blow with a weapon or implement",
      ": a single unbroken movement",
      ": one of a series of repeated or to-and-fro movements",
      ": a controlled swing intended to hit a ball or shuttlecock",
      ": a striking of the ball",
      ": such a stroke charged to a player as a unit of scoring in golf",
      ": a sudden action or process producing an impact",
      ": an unexpected result",
      ": sudden impairment or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion that is caused by rupture or obstruction (as by a clot) of a blood vessel supplying the brain, and is accompanied by permanent damage of brain tissue",
      ": one of a series of propelling beats or movements against a resisting medium",
      ": a rower who sets the pace for a crew",
      ": a vigorous or energetic effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished",
      ": a delicate or clever touch in a narrative, description, or construction",
      ": heartbeat",
      ": the movement in either direction of a mechanical part (such as a piston) having a reciprocating motion",
      ": the distance of such movement",
      ": the sound of a bell being struck",
      ": the specific time indicated by or as if by such a sound",
      ": an act of stroking or caressing",
      ": a mark or dash made by a single movement of an implement",
      ": one of the lines of a letter of the alphabet",
      ": all at once",
      ": to mark with a short line",
      ": to cancel by drawing a line through",
      ": to set the stroke for (a rowing crew)",
      ": to set the stroke for the crew of (a rowing boat)",
      ": to hit, kick, or shoot (a ball) with a smooth movement",
      ": to execute a stroke",
      ": to row at a certain number of strokes a minute",
      ": to rub gently in one direction",
      ": the act of striking : blow",
      ": one of a series of repeated movements (as in swimming or rowing)",
      ": a sudden serious illness caused by the breaking or blocking of an artery in the brain",
      ": the sound of striking (as of a clock or bell)",
      ": the hitting of a ball in a game (as golf or tennis)",
      ": a sudden or unexpected example",
      ": a single movement or the mark made by a single movement of a brush, pen, or tool",
      ": a sudden action or process that results in something being struck",
      ": effort by which something is done or the results of such effort",
      ": sudden impairment or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion that is caused by rupture or obstruction (as by a clot) of a blood vessel supplying the brain and is accompanied by permanent damage of brain tissue"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u014dk",
      "\u02c8str\u014dk",
      "\u02c8str\u014dk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bang",
      "bash",
      "bat",
      "beat",
      "belt",
      "biff",
      "blow",
      "bop",
      "box",
      "buffet",
      "bust",
      "chop",
      "clap",
      "clip",
      "clout",
      "crack",
      "cuff",
      "dab",
      "douse",
      "fillip",
      "hack",
      "haymaker",
      "hit",
      "hook",
      "knock",
      "larrup",
      "lash",
      "lick",
      "pelt",
      "pick",
      "plump",
      "poke",
      "pound",
      "punch",
      "rap",
      "slam",
      "slap",
      "slug",
      "smack",
      "smash",
      "sock",
      "spank",
      "stinger",
      "stripe",
      "swat",
      "swipe",
      "switch",
      "thud",
      "thump",
      "thwack",
      "wallop",
      "welt",
      "whack",
      "wham",
      "whop",
      "whap"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "More than 1 million Americans have their first heart attack or stroke each year, statistics from the American Heart Association show. \u2014 Isabella Cueto, STAT , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "In major new guidance, an influential physician task force no longer recommends daily aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke among people 60 and older. \u2014 Bydr. Chineze Akusoba, ABC News , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "All participants were free of cancer, coronary heart disease and stroke at the start of the studies and completed dietary questionnaires every four years over a 30-year period. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Los Angeles residents have received warnings about the health risks of wildfire smoke, which can cause lung damage and worsen cardiovascular problems like heart disease and stroke with heavy or long-term exposure. \u2014 Kyla Thomas, The Conversation , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "By either metric, AMR would have been a leading cause of death in 2019, the researchers said, ranking third (after ischaemic heart disease and stroke ) for associated deaths and 12th for deaths in which resistance was directly responsible. \u2014 Robert Hart, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Either way, none of these ladies are throwing out their stilettos to stroke egos. \u2014 Essence , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Being female and having a relatively high HDL level are protective; however, depending on your blood pressure reading, your risk of having a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years is between 20% and 30%. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "To keep the economy running, China must stroke its neighbors rather than slap them. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Van Hollen, who returned to the Senate to vote Monday, spent a week in the hospital last month after the stroke . \u2014 Meagan Flynn, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
      "Skip Rizzo, director of the Medical Virtual Reality Group at the University of California's Institute for Creative Technologies, thinks leg tracking is useful for certain applications, such as when using VR for rehabilitation after a stroke . \u2014 Rachel Metz, CNN , 12 May 2022",
      "But there\u2019s some suggestive evidence from research on teaching people how to walk again after a stroke . \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Latterly, he was dogged by ill health and remained mostly in hospital from 2016, after a second stroke . \u2014 Vivienne Chow, Variety , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "But the National Aphasia Association said complete recovery is unlikely if symptoms remain two or three months after a stroke . \u2014 NBC News , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Aphasia typically occurs after a stroke or head injury, but can also develop gradually due to a slow-growing brain tumor or a disease that causes degenerative damage. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Chron , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Aphasia typically occurs after a stroke or head injury, but can also develop gradually due to a slow-growing brain tumor or a disease that causes degenerative damage. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The condition typically develops quickly after a stroke or brain injury, but can also come about more slowly if patients are dealing with a brain tumor or neurological disease. \u2014 Courtney Vinopal, Quartz , 30 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1597, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190309"
  },
  "stroll":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to go from place to place in search of work or profit",
      ": to walk in a leisurely or idle manner : ramble",
      ": to walk at leisure along or about",
      ": to walk in a leisurely manner",
      ": a leisurely walk"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u014dl",
      "\u02c8str\u014dl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amble",
      "hike",
      "perambulate",
      "ramble",
      "saunter",
      "tramp",
      "tromp"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "They strolled along the street looking in the store windows.",
      "We strolled the streets of the village.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Take a walk, go to the park, stroll the beach, do some deep thinking to create your pros and cons lists, put this away for a week and then revisit it. \u2014 Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone , 3 June 2022",
      "Walk 25 acres of production fields or stroll through two acres of display gardens. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
      "The Fayetteville Area Trails have some beautiful views, or take an easy .2 miles stroll to the cascading Sandstone Falls on the New River. \u2014 Andrea Reeves, The Enquirer , 1 June 2022",
      "Buddy Sip and stroll side by side with these handy reusable bamboo-fiber cups, which are ideal for coffee during a companionable morning walk. \u2014 Katharine K. Zarrella And Rebecca Malinsky, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
      "Roughly 60 students in various modes of casual college dress\u2014T-shirts, shorts, sneakers\u2014 stroll in unhurriedly, picking up and unpacking their instruments from the cases lining the walls, chatting, and finding their seats. \u2014 Nathaniel Adams, Chron , 26 May 2022",
      "Miguel Cabrera was set to stroll to the plate and fans rose to their feet and roared, hoping to witness his 3,000th hit. \u2014 Larry Lage, Hartford Courant , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Walk 25 acres of production fields or stroll through two acres of display gardens. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022",
      "His home\u2019s Ring camera captured the incident and Murphy\u2019s casual reaction and cautious stroll back to his garage. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel , 9 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably from German dialect strollen ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1668, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223137"
  },
  "strong":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "having or marked by great physical power",
      "having moral or intellectual power",
      "having great resources (as of wealth or talent)",
      "of a specified number",
      "striking or superior of its kind",
      "effective or efficient especially in a specified direction",
      "forceful , cogent",
      "not mild or weak extreme , intense such as",
      "rich in some active agent",
      "high in chroma",
      "ionizing freely in solution",
      "magnifying by refracting greatly",
      "flagrant",
      "moving with rapidity or force",
      "ardent , zealous",
      "not easily injured or disturbed solid",
      "not easily subdued or taken",
      "well established firm",
      "not easily upset or nauseated",
      "having an offensive or intense odor or flavor rank",
      "tending toward steady or higher prices",
      "of, relating to, or being a verb that is inflected by a change in the root vowel (such as strive, strove , striven ) rather than by regular affixation",
      "retaining a greater number of distinctions in case, number and gender",
      "in a strong or forceful manner",
      "having great power in the muscles",
      "healthy sense 1",
      "not easy to injure, overcome, or resist solid",
      "enthusiastic , zealous",
      "moving with speed and force",
      "having much of some quality intense",
      "having a great deal of power",
      "of a specified number",
      "persuasive",
      "well established firm",
      "having a powerful action or effect",
      "very noticeable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8str\u022f\u014b",
    "synonyms":[
      "brawny",
      "muscular",
      "rugged",
      "sinewy",
      "stalwart",
      "stout"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "delicate",
      "feeble",
      "frail",
      "weak",
      "weakling",
      "wimpy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "an athlete with strong muscles",
      "He's as strong as an ox .",
      "The table should be strong enough to survive the trip.",
      "The builder added supports to make the walls stronger .",
      "He'll return to work when he's feeling a little stronger .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "The magnets are strong and your devices click right into place. \u2014 Anthony Karcz, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "Although the early days of the pandemic brought about job losses and lockdowns, the recovery had been strong \u2014and government stimulus programs bolstered Americans' savings rates and disposable income. \u2014 Megan Leonhardt, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
      "Right-hander Zac Gallen turned in seven strong innings, overcoming a rocky start. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
      "The two were together on and off for \u2014 hold on to your hats \u2014 10 years in the early aughts, and the chemistry between them is still strong . \u2014 Essence , 15 June 2022",
      "Consumer spending and industrial-production data have been strong all year. \u2014 Charley Grant, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "Plus, the long range performance of the fund has been strong , Bronner noted, including a 22 percent return last fiscal year. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 14 June 2022",
      "While the economy is strong now, a slump that erases some of the recent solid progress in the job market would be bad news for President Biden, whose approval ratings have already swooned amid inflation\u2019s rise. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
      "Reviews for the Smile\u2019s debut album have been strong , with an aggregate score of 86 on Metacritic. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 13 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adverb",
      "On a recent Friday, that designation seemed to be holding strong Aspiring influencers posed on the red staircase above the TKTS booth that sells discounted Broadway tickets, framed by screaming billboards. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
      "In down ballot contests, women did strong in certain areas of the state, particularly fast-growing Baldwin County. \u2014 al , 25 May 2022",
      "The Covid vaccines, while holding up strong against hospitalization and death, offer little protection against long Covid, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature Medicine. \u2014 Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News , 25 May 2022",
      "In the past, the book-selling empire, with 600 outposts across all 50 states, was seen by many readers, writers and book lovers as strong -arming publishers and gobbling up independent stores in its quest for market share. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Magical handbooks from the time show that Greco-Egyptian magicians used fragrance extensively in their rituals, even scented inks, and doctors believed strong -smelling plant species to be more medically effective than others. \u2014 Britta Ager, The Conversation , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "Swift signaled her relationship with her boyfriend of over five years, Joe Alwyn, is still going strong earlier today. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Compromise is essential to avoid strong -arming anyone into doing your bidding! \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "When a companion sniffed at the idea of my ordering mackerel crudo, an eavesdropping minder swooped in with a taste of the starter \u2014 and sold the naysayer on the strong -tasting fish lashed with fruity olive oil. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adverb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "strong-arm":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having or using undue force",
      ": to use force on : assault",
      ": bully , intimidate",
      ": to rob by force"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u022f\u014b-\u02c8\u00e4rm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blackjack",
      "bogart",
      "browbeat",
      "bulldoze",
      "bully",
      "bullyrag",
      "cow",
      "hector",
      "intimidate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1897, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1903, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202856"
  },
  "strongbox":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a strongly made chest or case for money or valuables"
    ],
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      "\u02c8str\u022f\u014b-\u02ccb\u00e4ks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "coffer",
      "safe",
      "safe-deposit box"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "keeps her jewelry in a strongbox"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1684, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201511"
  },
  "strongly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a strong manner",
      ": to a strong or emphatic extent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u022f\u014b-l\u0113"
    ],
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      "dynamically",
      "energetically",
      "explosively",
      "firmly",
      "forcefully",
      "forcibly",
      "hard",
      "mightily",
      "muscularly",
      "powerfully",
      "roundly",
      "stiffly",
      "stoutly",
      "strenuously",
      "sturdily",
      "vigorously"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "feebly",
      "gently",
      "softly",
      "weakly"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Killingworth Board of Selectmen passed a resolution strongly supporting preservation of the property. \u2014 Tom Condon, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
      "Now an attorney in private practice, Skeels signed a pair of sworn declarations in the Dell\u2019Anno case last year after a meeting with Price during which Price strongly suggested Skeels tailor his testimony to benefit the city. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
      "This strongly suggests that despite an endemic lack of trust, New Yorkers really want basic reforms. \u2014 John Zogby, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "Proof of vaccination required, mask strongly suggested. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
      "While the country coped strongly with the virus, disease control measures isolated the country and caused uncomfortably long lockdowns in Auckland, its biggest city and principal film-making hub. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 10 June 2022",
      "Ahead of this week's primary, House Majority PAC launched a TV spot and a digital ad painting Mathys as the Republican most strongly aligned with Trump, and highlighting David Valadao\u2019s impeachment vote. \u2014 Ben Kamisar, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
      "Both the idea of forgiving shades and the multi-tasking appeal were qualities that resonated strongly with me. \u2014 Chloe Valentine Toscano, Allure , 9 June 2022",
      "Although the minutes from the Fed\u2019s meeting last month strongly point to at least a half-percent interest rate hike in June, it won\u2019t be known until the central bank meets next week. \u2014 Fortune , 9 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225332"
  },
  "stropped":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": strap :",
      ": a short rope with its ends spliced to form a circle",
      ": a usually leather band for sharpening a razor",
      ": to sharpen (a razor) on a strop"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u00e4p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "edge",
      "grind",
      "hone",
      "sharpen",
      "stone",
      "whet"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blunt",
      "dull"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "at the museum they showed us how men used to strop razors with leather bands before the days of disposable blades",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Some sharpeners also include a ceramic honing rod or leather strop . \u2014 Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics , 23 Feb. 2021",
      "That said, straight razor fans with impeccable skill and the diligence to keep this very sharp instrument away from pets and kids will doubtless appreciate the ability to replace the blade instead of using a strop . \u2014 Popular Science , 16 Mar. 2020",
      "Jurgen Klopp, meanwhile, looked back at his winger throwing a strop on the bench behind him and shrugged it off with a chuckle. \u2014 SI.com , 16 Sep. 2019",
      "To remove the burr, use a leather strop , one of rubberized cork or softwood with a polishing compound on its surface. \u2014 Josh Donald, Popular Mechanics , 17 Nov. 2017",
      "Lay the knife over the strop \u2019s face and draw it backward. \u2014 Josh Donald, Popular Mechanics , 17 Nov. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The Department of Transportation said the policy was in response to Beijing's refusal to allow a resumption of flights to China by U.S. carriers that stropped flying to China due to U.S. coronavirus restrictions. \u2014 Harold Maass, TheWeek , 4 June 2020",
      "Sometimes a leafy twig is selected, and before this can be used the chimpanzee has to strop off the leaves. \u2014 National Geographic , 17 Apr. 2019",
      "There\u2019s little thunder, no off-piste mental excursions, no sense of a writer stropping his razor. \u2014 New York Times , 9 July 2018",
      "Sometimes a leafy twig is selected, and before this can be used the chimpanzee has to strop off the leaves. \u2014 National Geographic , 17 Apr. 2019",
      "There\u2019s little thunder, no off-piste mental excursions, no sense of a writer stropping his razor. \u2014 New York Times , 9 July 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1837, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173925"
  },
  "struggle":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make strenuous or violent efforts in the face of difficulties or opposition",
      ": to proceed with difficulty or with great effort",
      ": contest , strife",
      ": a violent effort or exertion : an act of strongly motivated striving",
      ": tussle sense 1",
      ": to make a great effort to do or achieve something or to overcome someone or something",
      ": to move with difficulty or with great effort",
      ": a difficult or violent effort",
      ": fight entry 2 sense 1 , contest"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u0259-g\u0259l",
      "\u02c8str\u0259-g\u0259l"
    ],
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      "blunder",
      "bumble",
      "flog",
      "flounder",
      "limp",
      "lumber",
      "plod",
      "stumble",
      "trudge"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "battle",
      "fight",
      "fray",
      "scrabble",
      "throes"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "This has exciting ramifications for players in the logistics industry who typically struggle with delivering parcels or packages in peak traffic conditions. \u2014 Nitin Rakesh, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "Pamela Alexander, known nationally for her commitment to improving the lives of those who struggle , especially in her native Detroit, has left Ford Motor Co. to take an influential job in New York City. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2022",
      "More compelling are those who struggle to maintain their dignity as construction intrudes on their memories and their persistent labors to create art. \u2014 Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
      "Many people who struggle with acne have oily skin, and adding more moisturizing products to their skin can cause more blemishes and blackheads. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "The common thread among mass shootings such as the one that just occurred in Uvalde, Texas, appears to be young males who struggle to find a place in society. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 29 May 2022",
      "Fortunately, the ever-evolving beauty industry has invented a secret tool for those who, like me, struggle with a nail-biting or cuticle-picking habit: the structured gel manicure. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 29 May 2022",
      "Patients have also shared feeling targeted, especially our patients with undocumented status who also struggle with the constant fear of being deported. \u2014 Jonah Valdezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
      "This story was reported by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers the lives of people around the world who struggle to live freely or fairly. \u2014 Anastasia Moloney, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Maldonado talked about her struggle to afford the $54 weekly health-care premium for her and her son. \u2014 Greg Jaffe, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
      "The most important words about our struggle and our grief. \u2014 Nik Popli, Time , 9 June 2022",
      "The move comes after producers and distributors sounded alarm bells about their struggle to get audiences back into movie theaters. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 3 May 2022",
      "Walker has been open about his long struggle with mental illness and acknowledged violent urges. \u2014 Sudhin Thanawala, ajc , 2 May 2022",
      "It's been about my struggle with addiction and drinking. \u2014 Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Before describing the drama in Australia, Depp had gone into detail about his struggle to detox from the opiate Roxicodone while on his private island with his doctor, his nurse and his then-wife. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Just a few months ago, Jada Pinkett Smith opened up publicly about her struggle with an autoimmune disorder called alopecia, or hair loss. \u2014 Nina Shapiro, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Smith has been open about her struggle with alopecia, though TMZ reports Rock was not aware of this. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 28 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185356"
  },
  "strung out":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": physically debilitated (as from long-term drug addiction)",
      ": addicted to a drug",
      ": intoxicated or stupefied from drug use"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "blasted",
      "blitzed",
      "bombed",
      "high",
      "hopped-up",
      "loaded",
      "ripped",
      "spaced-out",
      "spaced",
      "stoned",
      "wasted",
      "wiped out",
      "zonked",
      "zonked-out"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "sober",
      "straight"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "stars strung out across the galaxy",
      "she seems to have been strung out for most of the 1960s",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Residents said Russian troops seemed high on power or strung out with fear. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Residents said Russian troops seemed high on power or strung out with fear. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Samuelsen is a prominent Native leader in the Bristol Bay region who began fishing as a boy with setnets strung out from shore. \u2014 Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News , 29 July 2021",
      "As The School for Good Mothers opens, single mom Frida Liu is strung out from working full-time while simultaneously caring for her 18-month-old daughter, Harriet. \u2014 Kate Knibbs, Wired , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "And only one broke the tape each race, with the rest strung out far around the track. \u2014 Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online , 18 June 2019",
      "When the Pogues were invited to open six shows for Bob Dylan in 1989, MacGowan failed to show because he was holed up in a friend\u2019s apartment in London, strung out like a kite. \u2014 Caine O'rear, Rolling Stone , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "All of them were unequivocal in their belief that government intervention is needed because people living on the street are often too strung out and traumatized to make clearheaded decisions for themselves. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "Parents \u2014 already overworked and strung out from a never-ending pandemic \u2014 already have a million ways to keep tabs on their kids browsing. \u2014 Kevin T. Dugan, Fortune , 30 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1959, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210023"
  },
  "stubby":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": abounding with stubs",
      ": resembling a stub : being short and thick",
      ": being short and thickset : squat",
      ": being short, broad, or blunt (as from use or wear)",
      ": short and thick like a stub"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259-b\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u0259-b\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chunky",
      "dumpy",
      "heavyset",
      "squat",
      "squatty",
      "stocky",
      "stout",
      "stumpy",
      "thickset"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "hands with thick stubby fingers",
      "My dog has a short stubby tail.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "My car had a six-speed manual transmission with a nice stubby shifter. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 22 May 2022",
      "The debris bag has a stubby collar on it that clicks into place where the blower tube was located. \u2014 Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The shifter is like that of the regular Prius, a stubby little lever that moves through an unusual double-J pattern. \u2014 Joe Lorio, Car and Driver , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "My arms and legs looked stubby while my neck looked long and skinny. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
      "Fresh goat cheese, deeply flavorful Blenheim apricots (tangier and sweeter than Turkish apricots) and stubby , rich Marcona almonds are worth using here, because in a recipe this simple, the flavors are really noticeable. \u2014 Magdalena O'neal, Sunset Magazine , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "The utility of the bed is unquestionable, even given its stubby 4.5-foot length. \u2014 Drew Dorian, Car and Driver , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "The European-spec version that VW debuted on Wednesday takes several design cues from the classic Type 2 Microbus of the \u201950s and \u201960s, including its stubby proportions, rounded shape and the option of a two-tone color scheme. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Unlike the elongate, coiled tubes in our inner ears, these early versions were stubby and populated only with cells sensitive to low\u2011frequency sounds. \u2014 David George Haskell, Wired , 8 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205601"
  },
  "studied":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": carefully considered or prepared : thoughtful",
      ": knowledgeable , learned",
      ": produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation : calculated"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259-d\u0113d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "advised",
      "calculated",
      "considered",
      "deliberate",
      "knowing",
      "measured",
      "reasoned",
      "thought-out",
      "thoughtful",
      "weighed"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "casual",
      "unadvised",
      "uncalculated",
      "unconsidered",
      "unstudied"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She gave a studied response.",
      "He viewed us with a studied indifference.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Tom\u2019s angry scenes with his mother, frustration met with studied forbearance, have a ring of truth about them. \u2014 Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
      "But if her more than 40-year quest to understand a little- studied hormone ends well, that could change. \u2014 Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
      "Chapman, at best, stood on the margins of the deep, complex, and much- studied relationship between Garrison and Douglass. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Coltrane\u2019s study cast some midwinter light on the Alaska porcupine, perhaps the least- studied mammal in the state. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Jan. 2022",
      "Discovered in 2009, the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite is among the most studied sites in the world. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Fewer than 10 percent of parasite species have even been given names, much less studied in any detail. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Males, who\u2019s studied police for decades, wanted to know what the data said. \u2014 Joshua Sharpe, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Roman\u2019s studied imperfectionism lowers the threshold for emulation, creating a strong sense of intimacy with her fans. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 13 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210147"
  },
  "study":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a state of contemplation : reverie",
      ": application of the mental faculties to the acquisition of knowledge",
      ": such application in a particular field or to a specific subject",
      ": careful or extended consideration",
      ": a careful examination or analysis of a phenomenon, development, or question",
      ": the published report of such a study",
      ": a building or room devoted to study or literary pursuits",
      ": purpose , intent",
      ": a branch or department of learning : subject",
      ": the activity or work of a student",
      ": an object of study or deliberation",
      ": something attracting close attention or examination",
      ": a person who learns or memorizes something (such as a part in a play)",
      ": a literary or artistic production intended as a preliminary outline, an experimental interpretation, or an exploratory analysis of specific features or characteristics",
      ": a musical composition for the practice of a point of technique",
      ": to engage in study",
      ": to undertake formal study of a subject",
      ": meditate , reflect",
      ": endeavor , try",
      ": to read in detail especially with the intention of learning",
      ": to engage in the study of",
      ": plot , design",
      ": to consider attentively or in detail",
      ": to make an effort to learn about something by reading, investigating, or memorizing",
      ": to give close attention to",
      ": the act of making an effort to learn by reading, practicing, or memorizing",
      ": a careful investigation or examination of something",
      ": a room especially for study, reading, or writing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259-d\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u0259-d\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "delving",
      "disquisition",
      "examen",
      "examination",
      "exploration",
      "inquest",
      "inquiry",
      "inquisition",
      "investigation",
      "probation",
      "probe",
      "probing",
      "research"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bone (up)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In Connecticut, according to a 2016 legislative study , the largest source of greenhouse gases is the transportation sector, at 38%. \u2014 Tom Condon, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
      "Obviously, not all hallucinogenic experiences are positive, so nearly every study on psychedelic drugs has included therapists trained to intercede if a trip turns bad and maximize the outcome if the trip is good. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 11 June 2022",
      "Future topics will include physical and emotional health, cognition and how to build study habits and communication skills. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
      "And the study is among several since the 1990s that show the negative economic impact when women have unplanned births. \u2014 Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
      "The decision was made after a paint study was returned, showing how problematic the color scheme was. \u2014 Sara Cook, Kathryn Watson, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
      "The study , titled Digital Access to Arts and Culture, was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 10 June 2022",
      "The study was based on more than 135,000 observations gathered by citizen scientists for the North American Butterfly Association. \u2014 Denise Chow, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
      "In April, federal regulators signed off on an initial environmental study for identifying the corridor for a new bridge crossing. \u2014 Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun , 10 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Esther is going on to Manchester Community College to study psychology and math. \u2014 Steve Smith, Hartford Courant , 9 June 2022",
      "But, being able to study their atmospheres more in-depth could tell us even more. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 31 May 2022",
      "Alex wants to become a doctor, while Dane wants to study engineering and physics, their mother said. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
      "When relatives in the U.S. suggested Renuka get married to an NRI (Non-Resident Indian) in order to be able to study abroad more easily, her parents faltered. \u2014 Katherine Singh, refinery29.com , 18 May 2022",
      "Genevieve Marnon, a spokeswoman for Right to Life of Michigan, which is not a party to the lawsuit, said the group wants to study the court opinion before commenting. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 17 May 2022",
      "Scientists will need to study further before being able to determine its location and the nature of its source. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 11 May 2022",
      "During the pandemic, the family relocated to a larger city within Texas, leaving behind bullies, and the teen found acceptance from new schoolmates who know her only as Chloe, someone who loves theater and wants to study genetics. \u2014 Sandy West, PEOPLE.com , 11 May 2022",
      "People are going to study this movie for years and years. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 6 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230306"
  },
  "stuff":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "materials, supplies, or equipment used in various activities such as",
      "military baggage",
      "personal property",
      "material to be manufactured, wrought, or used in construction",
      "a finished textile suitable for clothing",
      "wool or worsted material",
      "literary or artistic production",
      "writing, discourse, talk, or ideas of little value trash",
      "an unspecified material substance or aggregate of matter",
      "something (as a drug or food) consumed or introduced into the body by humans",
      "a matter to be considered",
      "a group or scattering of miscellaneous objects or articles",
      "nonphysical unspecified material",
      "fundamental material substance",
      "subject matter",
      "special knowledge or capability",
      "spin imparted to a thrown or hit ball to make it curve or change course",
      "the movement of a baseball pitch out of its apparent line of flight the liveliness of a pitch",
      "dunk shot",
      "to fill by packing things in cram",
      "to fill to satiety surfeit",
      "to prepare (meat or vegetables) by filling or lining with a stuffing",
      "to fill (something, such as a cushion) with a soft material",
      "to fill out the skin of (an animal) for mounting",
      "to fill by intellectual effort",
      "to pack full of something immaterial",
      "to fill or block up (something, such as nasal passages)",
      "to cause to enter or fill thrust",
      "to put (a ball, a puck, etc.) into a goal forcefully from close range",
      "to stop (a ballcarrier) abruptly in a football game",
      "materials, supplies, or equipment that people need or use",
      "writing, speech, sounds, actions, or ideas of little value",
      "something mentioned or understood but not named",
      "basic part of something substance",
      "to force into something thrust",
      "to fill by packing or crowding things in cram",
      "overeat , gorge",
      "to fill with a stuffing",
      "to block up congest",
      "to choke or block up (as nasal passages)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8st\u0259f",
    "synonyms":[
      "capability",
      "credentials",
      "goods",
      "qualification"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "block",
      "bung",
      "dam",
      "fill",
      "pack",
      "plug",
      "stop"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "But then some trippy dream stuff happens and the ultimate use of the Colt 1911 changes. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 13 June 2022",
      "This kind of content moderation approach could differ somewhat from Facebook\u2019s algorithmic-feed model of years past, in which people could frequently stumble across stuff that's inflammatory. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
      "People who know the game swear that Snell\u2019s stuff remains electric. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s all about finding a way to battle through stuff . \u2014 Cj Peters, The Indianapolis Star , 12 June 2022",
      "The big guys with stuff around their waist and things. \u2014 Jessica Gresko, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
      "People trying to get stuff for free that they\u2019re otherwise supposed to pay for is nothing new. \u2014 John Warner, Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
      "There are a lot of unconscious forces that are running through us that include childhood and trauma, intergenerational stuff , and culture. \u2014 Kovie Biakolo, ELLE , 11 June 2022",
      "The big guys with stuff around their waist and things. \u2014 Mark Sherman And Jessica Gresko, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "Anything can go inside to stuff the shortcrust pastry, as long as it's been previously cooked. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Worry about lockout effects created a temporary expansion of the former rule and a three-week delay for the latter, enabling clubs, for now, to stuff as many arms as can fit in a bullpen. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Of Alabama\u2019s top-12 prospects, seven can stuff the run and rush the pocket. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Generously stuff each cavity with the herb mix and cook with the tops face down, and adjust cooking time to 20 to 30 minutes. \u2014 Naoki Nitta, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "The Patriots have several players that can stuff the stat sheet, but J-Town needs to make sure Ralston doesn't get another clutch-time opportunity. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "The cause is an intriguing story line that has nothing to do with whether the Dallas\u2019 secondary will intercept a Jimmy Garoppolo pass or if the 49ers\u2019 defense can stuff the Cowboys\u2019 run game. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Jan. 2022",
      "Skratch Labs always makes both sweet and savory cakes that the riders can stuff into jersey pockets. \u2014 Outside Online , 22 May 2015",
      "Meantime, Google keeps rolling out one new feature after another to stuff into the product. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 6 Apr. 2022"
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      "the stuffed shirts in this organization don't seem to realize that without new blood our extinction is inevitable"
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      "It's very stuffy in here.",
      "She had a stuffy nose.",
      "I had a stuffy feeling in my head.",
      "the stuffiest members of that exclusive club",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This is partially due to the textured bamboo cover, which is a naturally wicking fabric that adds breathability to vent away stuffy air. \u2014 Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 June 2022",
      "But there\u2019s also another argument: for the nude as art, for the nude as autonomy, for the nude as a riposte to the stuffy traditions of art history. \u2014 Tom Rasmussen, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
      "The foam is infused with gel to prevent a hot, stuffy feel. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 9 May 2022",
      "As if all the years of his education, and his hard graft in medical school, could have been meant to end in that ghastly bedsit, or in a stuffy flat in Purley! \u2014 Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "On paper, that might sound as stuffy as, well, a debate over whether erections can be feminist. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Philip English imagines a stuffy British bureaucrat parking his posterior on that seat and arguing that humans could never have descended from apes. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Although a simple white button-down shirt might remind you of a stuffy waiter uniform, an oversized version is trendy and cool. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Good old-fashioned baking soda can help bust up musty smells in stuffy spaces. \u2014 Christina Poletto, Better Homes & Gardens , 2 Mar. 2022"
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      "1798, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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      "noun"
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      ": an obstacle to progress",
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      "Lack of funds is a major stumbling block to the project.",
      "My plans hit a stumbling block .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But tax policy presented a major stumbling block to an agreement. \u2014 Laura Vozzella, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "Now, as European Union member states struggle to agree on the terms of an oil embargo to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, the Schwedt refinery has become the major stumbling block in Germany\u2019s effort to sever its reliance on Russian oil. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
      "Currently Hungary remains the biggest stumbling block to a European oil embargo. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 2 May 2022",
      "The tax threshold has been a major stumbling block . \u2014 John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "The biggest stumbling block for the issuance of a digital dollar may be the stance by the Federal Reserve not to proceed with a CBDC without clear support from the executive branch and from Congress, in the form of a specific authorizing law. \u2014 Vipin Bharathan, Forbes , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "The biggest stumbling block was deciding when the benefits should kick in. \u2014 Kavita Kumar, Star Tribune , 31 July 2021",
      "Opponents say bilingual instruction is a burden for parents and a stumbling block for deaf children, who already lack the passive exposure to language that hearing babies get every day. \u2014 Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
      "The lack of a common standard is another stumbling block . \u2014 Simon Hill, Wired , 8 Jan. 2022"
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      "1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201358"
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      ": causing astonishment or disbelief",
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      ": unusually lovely or attractive : striking"
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      "Researchers have made a stunning discovery.",
      "Our room had a stunning view of the lake.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "From amateur Francis Ouimet\u2019s stunning victory in the 1913 US Open to the US team\u2019s boisterous Ryder Cup triumph in 1999, the course has been the backdrop for some of the most exciting golf in the last century and a half. \u2014 Barbara Matson, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
      "Witkos, 57, has served for the past two decades \u2014 starting with a stunning upset in 2002 of seven-term Rep. Jesse Stratton in Canton. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 23 May 2022",
      "Canyon Crest Academy\u2019s tennis team pulled off a stunning upset Saturday afternoon, knocking off No. 1-seeded Irvine University 4-3 to win the Southern California Boys Regional Championship at the Claremont Club. \u2014 Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 May 2022",
      "In 2021, Fisher became the first one of Saban\u2019s many former assistants who have gone on to become head coaches elsewhere to defeat his old boss, when heroics from the Aggies\u2019 third-string quarterback sealed a stunning 41-38 comeback victory. \u2014 Laine Higgins, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
      "Perrin added that Leon is scheduled to return Friday with six mounts at Belterra Park in Cincinnati and additional weekend rides at Churchill Downs in Louisville among many requests after his stunning victory. \u2014 Gary B. Graves, Baltimore Sun , 12 May 2022",
      "Kentucky Derby 2022 winner Rich Strike appeared to have plenty left in the tank after his stunning upset victory in the 148th Run for the Roses on Saturday. \u2014 Brooks Holton, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
      "Kentucky Derby 2022 winner Rich Strike appeared to have plenty left in the tank after his stunning upset victory in the 148th Run for the Roses on Saturday. \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 9 May 2022",
      "It was driven by the independent Amazon Labor Union, an upstart effort with no formal ties to national labor organizations, and was led by current and former Amazon workers, who organized the stunning victory. \u2014 Rachel Lerman, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Apr. 2022"
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      "1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172600"
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      ": to make stupid , groggy, or insensible",
      ": astonish , astound",
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      "stupefied by the ruling that he could not compete because he missed the qualifying age by two days",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The larger and more populated Grand Bahama Island also took a direct hit from Dorian, leaving some areas destroyed and survivors stupefied . \u2014 Kirk Semple, New York Times , 6 Sep. 2019",
      "Trout has won it twice over the last five years, and his numbers are just stupefying enough to water down the generational talents that sit just below him on the list of the game\u2019s top players. \u2014 Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News , 21 Sep. 2019",
      "The watching world had been stupefied by trials in Moscow when foremost Communists pleaded guilty to crimes of treason they could not possibly have committed. \u2014 David Pryce-jones, National Review , 22 Aug. 2019",
      "Chestnut, 36, is regarded, and rightly so, as the king of stupefying stomach-stuffing. \u2014 John Horgan, The Mercury News , 7 Aug. 2019",
      "The set also felt Chicago, with a powerhouse band that included Sen Morimoto and Nnamdi Ogbonnaya (who teamed up for a stupefying set at Pitchfork 2018), lending that Chicago family feel that makes this\u2019s city\u2019s music scene so charming. \u2014 Kevin Williams, chicagotribune.com , 20 July 2019",
      "Later in the day, Turkish authorities were stupefied . \u2014 Summer Said, WSJ , 22 Oct. 2018",
      "In an episode of Marc Maron\u2019s podcast that underlined how far the ground had shifted (and moved the ground even farther), Wong whipped out a breast pump during her interview and proceeded to stupefy the famous conversationalist. \u2014 Chloe Schama, Vogue , 22 May 2018",
      "The volume of debris hauled away by the litter brigades is stupefying : more than 70 tons in 2014 alone. \u2014 Gilles Mingasson, Smithsonian , 29 May 2017"
    ],
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      ": to make stupid , groggy, or insensible",
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      "stupefied by the ruling that he could not compete because he missed the qualifying age by two days",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The larger and more populated Grand Bahama Island also took a direct hit from Dorian, leaving some areas destroyed and survivors stupefied . \u2014 Kirk Semple, New York Times , 6 Sep. 2019",
      "Trout has won it twice over the last five years, and his numbers are just stupefying enough to water down the generational talents that sit just below him on the list of the game\u2019s top players. \u2014 Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News , 21 Sep. 2019",
      "The watching world had been stupefied by trials in Moscow when foremost Communists pleaded guilty to crimes of treason they could not possibly have committed. \u2014 David Pryce-jones, National Review , 22 Aug. 2019",
      "Chestnut, 36, is regarded, and rightly so, as the king of stupefying stomach-stuffing. \u2014 John Horgan, The Mercury News , 7 Aug. 2019",
      "The set also felt Chicago, with a powerhouse band that included Sen Morimoto and Nnamdi Ogbonnaya (who teamed up for a stupefying set at Pitchfork 2018), lending that Chicago family feel that makes this\u2019s city\u2019s music scene so charming. \u2014 Kevin Williams, chicagotribune.com , 20 July 2019",
      "Later in the day, Turkish authorities were stupefied . \u2014 Summer Said, WSJ , 22 Oct. 2018",
      "In an episode of Marc Maron\u2019s podcast that underlined how far the ground had shifted (and moved the ground even farther), Wong whipped out a breast pump during her interview and proceeded to stupefy the famous conversationalist. \u2014 Chloe Schama, Vogue , 22 May 2018",
      "The volume of debris hauled away by the litter brigades is stupefying : more than 70 tons in 2014 alone. \u2014 Gilles Mingasson, Smithsonian , 29 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English stupifien , modification of Latin stupefacere , from stup\u0113re to be astonished + facere to make, do \u2014 more at do ",
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      "a person with stupendous wealth",
      "the stupendous engineering feats achieved by the ancient Romans",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "What Lurhmann grasps is that the Vegas years, in their white-suited glitz way, were trailblazing and stupendous \u2014 and that Col. Parker, in his greedy way, was a showbiz visionary for booking Elvis into that setting. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 25 May 2022",
      "The two-and-a-half-hour tour ($102 per person) unfolds on a plucky Pinzgauer, an Austrian 4WD transport, and rewards you with views and waterfalls including stupendous if deceptively named Dry Falls. \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "To rip the bandage off quickly: Feldstein is not stupendous . \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Change in women\u2019s labor force participation, occupations, and earnings have been stupendous since 1900. \u2014 Jonathan Wai, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "And without a stupendous Fanny to thrill and distract, the musical\u2019s manifold faults become painfully evident. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "But the total response has been the provision of stupendous defensive armaments and intelligence, logistical, and humanitarian support, and repudiation of Putin and isolation the Russian economy. \u2014 WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The car\u2019s creator, J. Philip Erie, is said to have spent $30,000 to develop the one-off \u2014 a stupendous equivalent to about a million bucks today. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Especially against China\u2019s record of stupendous past growth, this low figure effectively announces that policy has taken a wrong turn. \u2014 Milton Ezrati, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin stupendus , gerundive of stup\u0113re ",
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      "What Lurhmann grasps is that the Vegas years, in their white-suited glitz way, were trailblazing and stupendous \u2014 and that Col. Parker, in his greedy way, was a showbiz visionary for booking Elvis into that setting. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 25 May 2022",
      "The two-and-a-half-hour tour ($102 per person) unfolds on a plucky Pinzgauer, an Austrian 4WD transport, and rewards you with views and waterfalls including stupendous if deceptively named Dry Falls. \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "To rip the bandage off quickly: Feldstein is not stupendous . \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Change in women\u2019s labor force participation, occupations, and earnings have been stupendous since 1900. \u2014 Jonathan Wai, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "And without a stupendous Fanny to thrill and distract, the musical\u2019s manifold faults become painfully evident. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "But the total response has been the provision of stupendous defensive armaments and intelligence, logistical, and humanitarian support, and repudiation of Putin and isolation the Russian economy. \u2014 WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The car\u2019s creator, J. Philip Erie, is said to have spent $30,000 to develop the one-off \u2014 a stupendous equivalent to about a million bucks today. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Especially against China\u2019s record of stupendous past growth, this low figure effectively announces that policy has taken a wrong turn. \u2014 Milton Ezrati, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022"
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      "What Lurhmann grasps is that the Vegas years, in their white-suited glitz way, were trailblazing and stupendous \u2014 and that Col. Parker, in his greedy way, was a showbiz visionary for booking Elvis into that setting. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 25 May 2022",
      "The two-and-a-half-hour tour ($102 per person) unfolds on a plucky Pinzgauer, an Austrian 4WD transport, and rewards you with views and waterfalls including stupendous if deceptively named Dry Falls. \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "To rip the bandage off quickly: Feldstein is not stupendous . \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Change in women\u2019s labor force participation, occupations, and earnings have been stupendous since 1900. \u2014 Jonathan Wai, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "And without a stupendous Fanny to thrill and distract, the musical\u2019s manifold faults become painfully evident. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "But the total response has been the provision of stupendous defensive armaments and intelligence, logistical, and humanitarian support, and repudiation of Putin and isolation the Russian economy. \u2014 WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The car\u2019s creator, J. Philip Erie, is said to have spent $30,000 to develop the one-off \u2014 a stupendous equivalent to about a million bucks today. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Especially against China\u2019s record of stupendous past growth, this low figure effectively announces that policy has taken a wrong turn. \u2014 Milton Ezrati, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022"
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      "unintelligent",
      "unsmart",
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      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "bubblehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
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      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
      "cuddy",
      "cuddie",
      "deadhead",
      "dim bulb",
      "dimwit",
      "dip",
      "dodo",
      "dolt",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dullard",
      "dum-dum",
      "dumbbell",
      "dumbhead",
      "dummkopf",
      "dummy",
      "dunce",
      "dunderhead",
      "fathead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "Surely no one in America is stupid enough to fall for this. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 31 May 2022",
      "Chris The thing is it, this is stupid because the teachers don\u2019t want guns. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
      "There are at least three kinds of stupid at work here. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "My clothes were wrong, my jokes were stupid , other kids didn\u2019t like me. \u2014 Ed Kressy, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
      "Trump isn\u2019t the only politician who has ever believed that allowing rivers to flow into oceans is stupid . \u2014 David Owen, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
      "VarietyThe Hollywood Reporter Daniel Radcliffe will dare to be stupid in his latest film. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 3 May 2022",
      "The Ham & Eggers\u2019 deforestation of Ocean Beach is stupid , even for them, and failure to inform residents was/is inexcusable. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Frankly, Strand\u2019s actions here are still less stupid than much of what\u2019s come before. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "But those options continue to be out of reach for the majority of those who are afflicted with this stupid , infuriating skin condition. \u2014 Megan Mcintyre, refinery29.com , 9 June 2022",
      "Somebody who is dyslexic sometimes has this fear of being perceived as [ stupid ]. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "But right now, there\u2019s a whole lot of stupid \u2014Keizer has it right about that. \u2014 David Treuer, Harper's Magazine , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "In the final analysis, there are few things in tech that bring out the stupid to quite the degree that Apple does. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 17 June 2021",
      "The two camps trade insults regularly on the platform, with people on opposing sides calling each other stupid or worse. \u2014 Rong Xiaoqing, Curbed , 23 May 2021",
      "Others who wouldn't give their name called the mask mandate stupid or worse. \u2014 Sonia Chopra, The Enquirer , 8 July 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "circa 1641, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1640, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "stupidity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the quality or state of being stupid":[],
      ": a stupid idea or act":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "styu\u0307-",
      "stu\u0307-\u02c8pi-d\u0259-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "boneheadedness",
      "brainlessness",
      "denseness",
      "density",
      "dim-wittedness",
      "doltishness",
      "dopiness",
      "dorkiness",
      "dullness",
      "dulness",
      "dumbness",
      "fatuity",
      "foolishness",
      "gormlessness",
      "mindlessness",
      "oafishness",
      "obtuseness",
      "senselessness",
      "simpleness",
      "slowness",
      "stupidness",
      "thickness",
      "vacuity",
      "weak-mindedness",
      "witlessness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "braininess",
      "brightness",
      "brilliance",
      "cleverness",
      "intelligence",
      "keenness",
      "quickness",
      "quick-wittedness",
      "sharpness",
      "smartness"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "I was shocked by the stupidity of their decision.",
      "the stupidity of the dialogue between the two romantic leads had movie audiences giggling uncontrollably",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Mike Judge-verse has long toyed with the inherent comedy of utter stupidity . \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 22 June 2022",
      "So much stupidity coming out of this administration. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
      "New Yorkers are not alone in paying a high price for the stupidity and cowardice of Andrew Cuomo. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Intelligent stupidity is at the core of every story ever told. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "In a world where so much wealth is concentrated in the hands of so few, that stupidity can be a sort of comfort. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "That male stupidity is the center of the play, not race. \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "There are few things more American than simultaneously beholding the skill of the bakers and the stupidity of the conceit. \u2014 Ryan Craig, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Fossil fuels will remain for decades a currency of global power, and Russia\u2019s invasion highlights the stupidity of being broke. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-160752"
  },
  "stupidness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": slow of mind : obtuse":[],
      ": given to unintelligent decisions or acts : acting in an unintelligent or careless manner":[],
      ": lacking intelligence or reason : brutish":[],
      ": dulled in feeling or sensation : torpid":[
        "still stupid from the sedative"
      ],
      ": marked by or resulting from unreasoned thinking or acting : senseless":[
        "a stupid decision"
      ],
      ": lacking interest or point":[
        "a stupid event"
      ],
      ": vexatious , exasperating":[
        "the stupid car won't start"
      ],
      ": a stupid person":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sty\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8st\u00fc-p\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "airheaded",
      "birdbrained",
      "bonehead",
      "boneheaded",
      "brain-dead",
      "brainless",
      "bubbleheaded",
      "chuckleheaded",
      "dense",
      "dim",
      "dim-witted",
      "doltish",
      "dopey",
      "dopy",
      "dorky",
      "dull",
      "dumb",
      "dunderheaded",
      "empty-headed",
      "fatuous",
      "gormless",
      "half-witted",
      "knuckleheaded",
      "lamebrain",
      "lamebrained",
      "lunkheaded",
      "mindless",
      "oafish",
      "obtuse",
      "opaque",
      "pinheaded",
      "senseless",
      "simple",
      "slow",
      "slow-witted",
      "soft",
      "softheaded",
      "thick",
      "thickheaded",
      "thick-witted",
      "unintelligent",
      "unsmart",
      "vacuous",
      "weak-minded",
      "witless"
    ],
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      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "bubblehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
      "clodpoll",
      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
      "cuddy",
      "cuddie",
      "deadhead",
      "dim bulb",
      "dimwit",
      "dip",
      "dodo",
      "dolt",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dullard",
      "dum-dum",
      "dumbbell",
      "dumbhead",
      "dummkopf",
      "dummy",
      "dunce",
      "dunderhead",
      "fathead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for stupid Adjective stupid , dull , dense , crass , dumb mean lacking in power to absorb ideas or impressions. stupid implies a slow-witted or dazed state of mind that may be either congenital or temporary. stupid students just keeping the seats warm stupid with drink dull suggests a slow or sluggish mind such as results from disease, depression, or shock. monotonous work that leaves the mind dull dense implies a thickheaded imperviousness to ideas. too dense to take a hint crass suggests a grossness of mind precluding discrimination or delicacy. a crass , materialistic people dumb applies to an exasperating obtuseness or lack of comprehension. too dumb to figure out what's going on",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "She angrily described her boss as a stupid old man.",
      "He had a stupid expression on his face.",
      "I'm not stupid enough to fall for that trick.",
      "Why are you being so stupid ?",
      "It was stupid of me to try to hide this from you.",
      "We were stupid to wait so long before we made a decision.",
      "I did some pretty stupid things when I was young.",
      "Two glasses of wine are enough to make me stupid .",
      "I was stupid with fatigue.",
      "Noun",
      "a genius at math, but a total stupid when it came to his love life",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The book features not a single public official\u2014policeman, jailer, judge\u2014who is not either stupid or corrupt or both. \u2014 Joan Acocella, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "Surely no one in America is stupid enough to fall for this. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 31 May 2022",
      "Chris: The thing is it, this is stupid because the teachers don\u2019t want guns. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
      "There are at least three kinds of stupid at work here. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "My clothes were wrong, my jokes were stupid , other kids didn\u2019t like me. \u2014 Ed Kressy, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
      "Trump isn\u2019t the only politician who has ever believed that allowing rivers to flow into oceans is stupid . \u2014 David Owen, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
      "VarietyThe Hollywood Reporter Daniel Radcliffe will dare to be stupid in his latest film. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 3 May 2022",
      "The Ham & Eggers\u2019 deforestation of Ocean Beach is stupid , even for them, and failure to inform residents was/is inexcusable. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But those options continue to be out of reach for the majority of those who are afflicted with this stupid , infuriating skin condition. \u2014 Megan Mcintyre, refinery29.com , 9 June 2022",
      "Somebody who is dyslexic sometimes has this fear of being perceived as [ stupid ]. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "But right now, there\u2019s a whole lot of stupid \u2014Keizer has it right about that. \u2014 David Treuer, Harper's Magazine , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "In the final analysis, there are few things in tech that bring out the stupid to quite the degree that Apple does. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 17 June 2021",
      "The two camps trade insults regularly on the platform, with people on opposing sides calling each other stupid or worse. \u2014 Rong Xiaoqing, Curbed , 23 May 2021",
      "Others who wouldn't give their name called the mask mandate stupid or worse. \u2014 Sonia Chopra, The Enquirer , 8 July 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French stupide , from Latin stupidus , from stup\u0113re to be numb, be astonished \u2014 more at type entry 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1641, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "1640, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162255"
  },
  "stupor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility",
      ": a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impaired consciousness",
      ": a state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock : daze",
      ": a condition of being not alert or able to think normally",
      ": a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility",
      ": a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impaired consciousness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00fc-p\u0259r",
      "\u02c8sty\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8st\u00fc-p\u0259r",
      "\u02c8sty\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8st(y)\u00fc-p\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "hebetude",
      "languor",
      "lassitude",
      "lethargy",
      "listlessness",
      "torpor"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "vigor",
      "vim",
      "vitality",
      "vivacity"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He fell into a drunken stupor .",
      "in a stupor of fatigue",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Some members of the media began debating this week whether showing pictures of these dead children could shake America out of its stupor . \u2014 Monica Hesse, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
      "The effect is unexpected enough to startle anyone out of a political stupor , and serves to make the protagonist in question immediately identifiable and memorable. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
      "Although Toyotomi died in a delirious stupor in 1598, subsequent shoguns continued his purges. \u2014 Rob Goss, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
      "Even after shaking off its hibernation stupor and focusing its gaze on Pieciul, the animal proceeded slowly, plodding toward him on broad paws that flattened the snow and claws that clung easily to the crust layer below. \u2014 Caroline Van Hemert, Outside Online , 11 Aug. 2021",
      "In New York, where landlords typically move to evict more people than in any other city in the nation, the housing courts sat in an unusual stupor for some two years. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022",
      "While Carolyn decoded a notebook on Lars that could take her one step closer to the Twelve, Eve was off drinking herself into a stupor . \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "Instead of jolting them out of a stupor , this kind of response blocks real interrogation of what motivates white people to engage in these attempts at public humiliation. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Carol bingedrinks herself into a stupor and Dieter (Pascal) grows weirdly close with his virtual workout instructor (Daisy Ridley). \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 1 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin, from stup\u0113re ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190717"
  },
  "stygian":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of or relating to the river Styx",
      ": extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sti-j(\u0113-)\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "caliginous",
      "dark",
      "darkened",
      "darkish",
      "darkling",
      "darksome",
      "dim",
      "dimmed",
      "dusk",
      "dusky",
      "gloomy",
      "lightless",
      "murky",
      "obscure",
      "obscured",
      "pitch-black",
      "pitch-dark",
      "pitchy",
      "rayless",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "unlit"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "brightened",
      "brilliant",
      "illuminated",
      "illumined",
      "light",
      "lit",
      "lighted",
      "lightsome",
      "lucent",
      "lucid",
      "luminous"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "lost in the stygian reaches of the deep forest"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin stygius , from Greek stygios , from Styg-, Styx Styx",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212125"
  },
  "stylish":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having style",
      ": conforming to current fashion",
      ": having style : fashionable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u012b-lish",
      "\u02c8st\u012b-lish"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "\u00e0 la mode",
      "a la mode",
      "au courant",
      "chic",
      "cool",
      "exclusive",
      "fashionable",
      "fresh",
      "happening",
      "hip",
      "in",
      "modish",
      "sharp",
      "smart",
      "snappy",
      "supercool",
      "swell",
      "swish",
      "trendy",
      "voguish"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dowdy",
      "out",
      "outmoded",
      "styleless",
      "unchic",
      "uncool",
      "unfashionable",
      "unmodish",
      "unstylish"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even though some of the younger guys were in beat-up tank tops and dad hats (OK, and sporting Submariners), their trunks were uniformly stylish . \u2014 Jason Diamond, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
      "Our list has options that will meet all of those needs, including flat pairs that go well with summer dresses, heeled sandals, Amazon picks and options that are stylish yet super comfortable. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
      "Guided by the design philosophy that swimwear should be stylish and functional, Dkoko focuses on sporty yet sweet bikinis and one-pieces. \u2014 Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure , 1 June 2022",
      "This bin was designed by product engineers who wanted to create a compost bin that was equal parts stylish , easy to use, and convenient. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 28 May 2022",
      "The main drawback reviewers noted was the lack of stability on uneven surfaces and rougher terrain, but otherwise this option is a stylish and functional choice. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Woman's Day , 12 May 2022",
      "The versatile bag is both stylish and functional for everyday use. \u2014 Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "The design is timeless, stylish , and functional but true to the home\u2019s original character. \u2014 Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "With three simple summery colors, this kiddie pool is stylish without being over-the-top. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 26 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1785, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171324"
  },
  "stymie":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u012b-m\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "clog",
      "cramp",
      "embarrass",
      "encumber",
      "fetter",
      "hamper",
      "handcuff",
      "handicap",
      "hinder",
      "hobble",
      "hog-tie",
      "hold back",
      "hold up",
      "impede",
      "inhibit",
      "interfere (with)",
      "manacle",
      "obstruct",
      "shackle",
      "short-circuit",
      "tie up",
      "trammel"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "aid",
      "assist",
      "facilitate",
      "help"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Progress on the project has been stymied by lack of money.",
      "the raging blizzard stymied the rescuers' attempts to find the stranded mountain climbers",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Trail turn assist, a feature Ford introduced on the Bronco last year, allowed the Expedition Timberline to get in and out of jams that would stymie its competitors. \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 26 May 2022",
      "Critics of the proposal say the rules are overly restrictive and would stymie the growth of charter schools, whose 3.6 million students are largely Black and Hispanic. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
      "The idea reflected Ukraine\u2019s ability to stymie a larger, better-armed Russian military, which has surprised many who had anticipated a much quicker end to the conflict. \u2014 Elena Becatoros And Jon Gambrell, Anchorage Daily News , 11 May 2022",
      "As Europe tries to stymie Moscow\u2019s war effort in Ukraine by weaning itself off Russia\u2019s oil, Middle Eastern nations appear to be the only producers with enough capacity to compensate. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 9 May 2022",
      "Legal observers, however, expect Trump\u2019s attorneys to fight to delay and stymie the proceedings at every turn. \u2014 Tamar Hallerman, ajc , 2 May 2022",
      "Corn held near the highest in a decade, with investors weighing an increasingly gloomy outlook for supplies as the war in Ukraine continues to stymie planting, harvesting and exports in the major grain shipper. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The men were arrested in October 2020 amid talk of raising $4,000 for an explosive that could blow up a bridge and stymie police after a kidnapping, according to trial evidence. \u2014 CBS News , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Parts of Shanghai have been locked down for weeks in an effort to stymie the virus but, last week, officials imposed a citywide lockdown on the entire population as case numbers continue to climb. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 4 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Scots stimie, stymie to obstruct a golf shot by interposition of the opponent's ball",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1902, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205254"
  },
  "straggler":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to wander from the direct course or way : rove , stray",
      ": to trail off from others of its kind",
      ": a straggling group (as of persons or objects)",
      ": to walk or move in a slow and disorderly way",
      ": to move away or spread out from others of the same kind"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stra-g\u0259l",
      "\u02c8stra-g\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The children straggled in from outside.",
      "People straggled off the train.",
      "She straggled behind the rest of the group.",
      "Branches straggled out and blocked the path.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In the longer races, some competitors would straggle to the finish line well after Heiden had won and departed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Separated from their family and each other, each boy found a way to straggle home on his own. \u2014 Mujib Mashal, New York Times , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "These best-guess first estimates are often refined as responses straggle in from more of the 697,000 establishments surveyed each month, including major employers, government agencies and a rotating cast of small businesses. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "Other jurisdictions have also been working out how to handle employees who straggle or refuse to follow vaccination mandates. \u2014 Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "As the students straggle in, those who are about to lead the service gather for a quick prayer, standing on the basketball court near the corner three-point line. \u2014 Freep.com , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "The architecture of the new buildings \u2014 the final pair, including a tower with a skate park out front, will straggle along a few years from now \u2014 is a case study in working creatively within severe constraints. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Curbed , 30 June 2021",
      "The middle seat has become a critical issue for airlines as coronavirus-wary leisure travelers straggle back onto planes. \u2014 Justin Bachman, Bloomberg.com , 22 Oct. 2020",
      "The move comes as lawmakers straggle back to Washington for an abbreviated preelection session, as hopes are dimming for another coronavirus relief bill \u2014 or much else. \u2014 Andrew Taylor, chicagotribune.com , 8 Sep. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Cloistered from civilization by a steep 900-foot climb over loose and jutting rock, the glade goes unseen by most everyone but a straggle of hikers on the Appalachian Trail, the 2,180-mile footpath carved into the roofs of 14 eastern states. \u2014 Earl Swift, Outside Online , 2 Sep. 2015",
      "The next spring the vine leafed out solidly and there, somewhere in the foliage, hung one thin straggle of purple flowers. \u2014 Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 June 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1865, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-114442"
  },
  "stir":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause an especially slight movement or change of position of",
      ": to disturb the quiet of : agitate",
      ": to disturb the relative position of the particles or parts of especially by a continued circular movement",
      ": to mix by or as if by stirring",
      ": bestir , exert",
      ": to bring into notice or debate : raise",
      ": to rouse to activity : evoke strong feelings in",
      ": to call forth (something, such as a memory) : evoke",
      ": provoke",
      ": to make a slight movement",
      ": to begin to move (as in rousing)",
      ": to shift to another location : budge",
      ": to begin to be active",
      ": to be active or busy",
      ": to pass an implement through a substance with a circular movement",
      ": to be able to be stirred",
      ": a state of disturbance, agitation, or brisk activity",
      ": widespread notice and discussion : impression",
      ": a slight movement",
      ": a stirring movement",
      ": prison",
      ": to make or cause to make a usually slight movement or change of position",
      ": to make active",
      ": to mix, dissolve, or move about by making a circular movement in",
      ": to cause to arise or take place",
      ": a state of upset or activity",
      ": a slight movement",
      ": the act of making circular movements in"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259r",
      "\u02c8st\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agitate",
      "churn",
      "swirl",
      "wash",
      "whirl"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun (1)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1851, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-115135"
  },
  "stimulating":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": producing stimulation: such as",
      ": enjoyably exciting or interesting",
      ": acting as a stimulant : producing increased energy or alertness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stim-y\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101-ti\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "breathtaking",
      "charged",
      "electric",
      "electrifying",
      "exciting",
      "exhilarating",
      "exhilarative",
      "galvanic",
      "galvanizing",
      "hair-raising",
      "heart-stopping",
      "inspiring",
      "intoxicating",
      "kicky",
      "mind-bending",
      "mind-blowing",
      "mind-boggling",
      "rip-roaring",
      "rousing",
      "stirring",
      "thrilling"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unexciting"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1645, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-123946"
  },
  "stump":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed",
      ": a rudimentary or vestigial bodily part",
      ": the part of a plant and especially a tree remaining attached to the root after the trunk is cut",
      ": a remaining part : stub",
      ": one of the pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a cricket wicket",
      ": a place or occasion for public speaking (as for a cause or candidate)",
      ": the circuit followed by a maker of such speeches",
      ": to reduce to a stump : trim",
      ": dare , challenge",
      ": to frustrate the progress or efforts of : baffle",
      ": to clear (land) of stumps",
      ": to travel over (a region) making political speeches or supporting a cause",
      ": to walk over heavily or clumsily",
      ": stub sense 3",
      ": to walk heavily or clumsily",
      ": to go about making political speeches or supporting a cause",
      ": a short thick roll of leather, felt, or paper usually pointed at both ends and used for shading or blending a drawing in crayon, pencil, charcoal, pastel, or chalk",
      ": to tone or treat (a drawing) with a stump",
      ": the part of a tree that remains in the ground after the tree is cut down",
      ": the part of something (as a tooth or a pencil) that remains after the rest has been removed, lost, or worn away : stub",
      ": perplex , baffle",
      ": to walk or walk over heavily, stiffly, or clumsily as if with a wooden leg",
      ": the basal portion of a bodily part (as a limb) remaining after the rest is removed",
      ": a rudimentary or vestigial bodily part"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259mp",
      "\u02c8st\u0259mp",
      "\u02c8st\u0259mp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb (1)",
      "1581, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1778, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1807, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-132135"
  },
  "starry-eyed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": regarding an object or a prospect in an overly favorable light",
      ": characterized by dreamy, impracticable, or utopian thinking : visionary"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4r-\u0113-\u02cc\u012bd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "idealist",
      "idealistic",
      "quixotic",
      "quixotical",
      "romantic",
      "starry",
      "utopian",
      "visionary"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "clear-eyed",
      "clear-sighted"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1824, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-141814"
  },
  "stasis":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun combining form"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid or semifluid: such as",
      ": slowing of the current of circulating blood",
      ": reduced motility of the intestines with retention of feces",
      ": a state of static balance or equilibrium : stagnation",
      ": a state or period of stability during which little or no evolutionary change in a lineage occurs",
      ": stoppage : slowing",
      ": stable state",
      ": a slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid or semifluid",
      ": as",
      ": slowing of the current of circulating blood",
      ": reduced motility of the intestines with retention of feces"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101-s\u0259s",
      "\u02c8sta-",
      "\u02c8st\u0101-s\u0259s",
      "\u02c8stas-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "balance",
      "counterpoise",
      "equilibration",
      "equilibrium",
      "equipoise",
      "poise"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disequilibration",
      "disequilibrium",
      "imbalance",
      "nonequilibrium",
      "unbalance"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The country is in economic stasis .",
      "His art was characterized by bursts of creativity followed by long periods of stasis .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Infallibility leads to perfection and perfection is a state of stasis . \u2014 Jed Gottlieb, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
      "For all the autobiographical details that Holleran\u2019s protagonists have in common with their creator, their sense of stasis , of having accomplished nothing with their lives, depends on a crucial omission. \u2014 Garth Greenwell, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "Really, what are the businesses that have ever been elevated by an embrace of stasis ? \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
      "Part of what happens in \u2018Conversations With Friends\u2019 is that all these things come to shift her from that position of stasis . \u2014 Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
      "At a time when values and norms are in flux in almost every sector of society, the campus, by outward appearance, promises stasis . \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
      "This tug-of-war between stasis and movement animates the entire piece. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
      "This numerical prophecy of quieter, slower growth, even stasis , is consistent with the null results from traditional SETI searches as well as the rare, unorthodox Dysonian searches of Wright, Annis and a few others. \u2014 Lee Billings, Scientific American , 17 Apr. 2015",
      "After two years of stasis , downtown San Francisco is slowly coming back to life. \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1745, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-143159"
  },
  "stripped":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove clothing, covering, or surface matter from",
      ": to deprive of possessions",
      ": to divest of honors, privileges, or functions",
      ": to remove extraneous or superficial matter from",
      ": to remove furniture, equipment, or accessories from",
      ": to make bare or clear (as by cutting or grazing)",
      ": to finish a milking of by pressing the last available milk from the teats",
      ": to remove cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco)",
      ": to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves)",
      ": to tear or damage the thread of (a separable part or fitting)",
      ": to separate (components) from a mixture or solution",
      ": to press eggs or milt out of (a fish)",
      ": to remove (a subcutaneous vein) by means of a surgical instrument",
      ": to take off clothes",
      ": to remove one's clothes gradually piece by piece in a seductive or provocative manner especially to the accompaniment of music : to perform a striptease",
      ": peel sense 1",
      ": a long narrow piece of a material",
      ": a long narrow area of land or water",
      ": airstrip",
      ": a commercially developed area especially along a highway",
      ": comic strip",
      ": striptease",
      ": to remove clothes : undress",
      ": to remove a covering or surface layer from",
      ": to make bare or clear",
      ": to take away all duties, honors, or special rights",
      ": to remove all the contents (as equipment or accessories) from",
      ": to tear or damage the thread of (as a screw or bolt)",
      ": a long narrow piece or area",
      ": to remove (a vein) by means of a stripper",
      ": to divide (a debt security) into separately traded securities entitling the owner usually to either principal or interest alone from the obligation",
      ": a security traded separately from another after stripping",
      ": a derivative mortgage-backed security created by the segregation of cash flow from the underlying mortgages or other mortgage-backed securities and entitling the investor to a specified percentage (as 100 percent) of the interest or principal paid",
      ": a Treasury security that entitles the investor usually to payment of interest or principal exclusively and that is registered in a Federal Reserve bank under a federal program that provides for such separate trading of the components of U.S. Treasury obligations \u2014 compare zero-coupon bond at bond sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8strip",
      "\u02c8strip",
      "\u02c8strip"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disrobe",
      "unclothe",
      "undress"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "list",
      "ribbon",
      "slip"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But earlier this year, Hickok led a vote to strip power from the MDC, which the descendants had organized as their official representative. \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
      "In mid-January, 2022, Consuelo Porras, at the Public Ministry, moved directly against Aif\u00e1n, filing two requests to strip her of judicial immunity from prosecution. \u2014 Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The Legislature, backed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, will also most certainly pass HB5, which would strip Disney of special protections from social media regulations approved last year and now tied up in court. \u2014 Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Last year New Mexico Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, a Democrat, helped strip language from her party\u2019s reconciliation bill that would have levied the first-ever royalties on hardrock mining for critical minerals like lithium. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The House voted 20-17 on Thursday to strip the money from a state budget line item for settlements. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "Torchio on Thursday broke up a pass on the first play of a seven-on-seven passing drill and Wohler later made a nice play to strip the ball from Franklin for another incompletion. \u2014 Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Now Ramos is one of several lawmakers proposing to strip the word \u2014 a slur aimed at Indigenous women \u2014 from the name of more than 100 places across the state. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "The Trump administration, which argued TPS was extended longer than appropriate for a temporary program, moved to end several country designations, threatening to strip deportation protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S. \u2014 Camilo Montoya-galvez, CBS News , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Officers were able to disable the truck with a spike strip , causing Lopez to crash. \u2014 Ed Lavandera And Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN , 9 June 2022",
      "An unusual bird had made its nest in a grassy strip outside Homewood-Flossmoor High School between an athletic field and a parking lot. \u2014 Bill Jones, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "In 2016, Apple introduced new MacBook Pro designs that featured a thin OLED strip just above the keyboard. \u2014 Brian Westover, PCMAG , 7 June 2022",
      "City leaders dug out part of Humboldt Parkway, a historic and scenic green strip that connected the city\u2019s park system, for the highway\u2019s route. \u2014 Jacob Bogage, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
      "Using kitchen shears or a sharp knife, cut the crab across the face to remove the eyes and lower mouth, about a 1/4-inch strip . \u2014 Ann Maloney, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
      "Renderings of the east-facing fa\u00e7ade showed a vertical line of programmable lights running up and down a strip in the center of the building. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 3 June 2022",
      "Tucked in a tiny retail strip on Dunlavy Street, La Guadalupana is the go-to spot in Montrose for breakfast with a little bit of spice. \u2014 Marialuisa Rincon, Chron , 25 May 2022",
      "The vehicle was eventually disabled with a spike strip near the CHP Border Patrol checkpoint near the Orange County line, according to Wisniewski. \u2014 Emily Alvarengacommunity Reporter, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-151413"
  },
  "station":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the place or position in which something or someone stands or is assigned to stand or remain",
      ": any of the places in a manufacturing operation at which one part of the work is done",
      ": equipment used usually by one person for performing a particular job",
      ": the act or manner of standing : posture",
      ": a stopping place: such as",
      ": a regular stopping place in a transportation route",
      ": the building connected with such a stopping place : depot sense 3",
      ": one of the stations of the cross",
      ": a post or sphere of duty or occupation",
      ": a stock farm or ranch especially of Australia or New Zealand",
      ": standing , rank",
      ": a place for specialized observation and study of scientific phenomena",
      ": a place established to provide a public service: such as",
      ": fire station",
      ": police station",
      ": a branch post office",
      ": gas station",
      ": a complete assemblage of radio or television equipment for transmitting or receiving",
      ": the place in which such a station is located",
      ": to assign to or set in a station or position : post entry 7",
      ": a regular stopping place (as on a bus, train, or subway line) : depot",
      ": a place for specialized observation or for a public service",
      ": a collection of or the place that contains radio or television equipment for transmitting or receiving",
      ": position entry 1 sense 5 , rank",
      ": the place or position where a person or thing stands or is assigned to stand or remain",
      ": a post or area of duty",
      ": to assign to or set in a post or position : post",
      ": the place at which someone is positioned or is assigned to remain",
      ": the act or manner of standing : posture",
      ": a place established to provide a service \u2014 see aid station"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02c8st\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02c8st\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "position",
      "post",
      "quarter"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "detail",
      "post"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Standing near where the future Michigan City train station will be, Michael Noland, president of the South Shore Line, said the attendees are in an active construction zone. \u2014 Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
      "He was transported to the station \u2019s parking lot for a transfer to Cleveland. \u2014 cleveland , 19 June 2022",
      "The crowd spilled into the street behind the station . \u2014 Grace Tooheystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 June 2022",
      "At the conclusion of the broadcast, viewers were asked to call the station with comments. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 19 June 2022",
      "Butterflies also adorned the faces and arms of people who stopped by the face paint station . \u2014 Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic , 18 June 2022",
      "Metroway, the 16Y Columbia Pike-Farragut Square bus line that runs between Barcroft and the McPherson Square station \u2014 which will add extra service during the project \u2014 and Virginia Railway Express. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
      "In southern Assam\u2019s Haflong town, the railway station was underwater and flooded rivers deposited mud and silt along the rail tracks. \u2014 Julhas Alam And Wasbir Hussain, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
      "The light station occupies 10 acres in the northwest quadrant of the island, according to the Bakers Island Light Station\u2019s website. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In front of Kemp and his pals, the Chargers will station such hearties as their two splendid tackles, Ron Mix (245) and Ernie Wright (264), plus hard-knocking Sam DeLuca (240), a reserve tackle last year, now a guard. \u2014 Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Aug. 2021",
      "Turner said union members continue to station people outside mining locations, honoring the restraining order while continuing a picketing presence. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "SailGP has set up grandstands on the shoreline at the St. Francis Yacht Club and is offering spots aboard ferries that will station alongside the racecourse. \u2014 Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Belarus is even changing its constitution to allow Russia to station nuclear weapons on its soil. \u2014 Jason Fields, The Week , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "The Olympic body's call also applied to athletes and official from Belarus, which has abetted Russia's invasion by allowing its territory to be used to station troops and launch military attacks. \u2014 Graham Dunbar, ajc , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Its request also included athletes from Belarus, which has allowed Russia to station troops and launch attacks from its territory. \u2014 Tom Schad, USA TODAY , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "The Olympic body\u2019s call also applied to athletes and official from Belarus, which has abetted Russia\u2019s invasion by allowing its territory to be used to station troops and launch military attacks. \u2014 Graham Dunbar, chicagotribune.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "The Olympic body\u2019s call also applied to athletes and officials from Belarus, which has abetted Russia\u2019s invasion by allowing its territory to be used to station troops and launch military attacks. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1685, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-180632"
  },
  "stuffed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": materials, supplies, or equipment used in various activities: such as",
      ": military baggage",
      ": personal property",
      ": material to be manufactured, wrought, or used in construction",
      ": a finished textile suitable for clothing",
      ": wool or worsted material",
      ": literary or artistic production",
      ": writing, discourse, talk, or ideas of little value : trash",
      ": an unspecified material substance or aggregate of matter",
      ": something (as a drug or food) consumed or introduced into the body by humans",
      ": a matter to be considered",
      ": a group or scattering of miscellaneous objects or articles",
      ": nonphysical unspecified material",
      ": fundamental material : substance",
      ": subject matter",
      ": special knowledge or capability",
      ": spin imparted to a thrown or hit ball to make it curve or change course",
      ": the movement of a baseball pitch out of its apparent line of flight : the liveliness of a pitch",
      ": dunk shot",
      ": to fill by packing things in : cram",
      ": to fill to satiety : surfeit",
      ": to prepare (meat or vegetables) by filling or lining with a stuffing",
      ": to fill (something, such as a cushion) with a soft material",
      ": to fill out the skin of (an animal) for mounting",
      ": to fill by intellectual effort",
      ": to pack full of something immaterial",
      ": to fill or block up (something, such as nasal passages)",
      ": to cause to enter or fill : thrust",
      ": to put (a ball, a puck, etc.) into a goal forcefully from close range",
      ": to stop (a ballcarrier) abruptly in a football game",
      ": materials, supplies, or equipment that people need or use",
      ": writing, speech, sounds, actions, or ideas of little value",
      ": something mentioned or understood but not named",
      ": basic part of something : substance",
      ": to force into something : thrust",
      ": to fill by packing or crowding things in : cram",
      ": overeat , gorge",
      ": to fill with a stuffing",
      ": to block up : congest",
      ": to choke or block up (as nasal passages)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259f",
      "\u02c8st\u0259f",
      "\u02c8st\u0259f"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "capability",
      "credentials",
      "goods",
      "qualification"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "block",
      "bung",
      "dam",
      "fill",
      "pack",
      "plug",
      "stop"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But then some trippy dream stuff happens and the ultimate use of the Colt 1911 changes. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 13 June 2022",
      "This kind of content moderation approach could differ somewhat from Facebook\u2019s algorithmic-feed model of years past, in which people could frequently stumble across stuff that's inflammatory. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
      "People who know the game swear that Snell\u2019s stuff remains electric. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s all about finding a way to battle through stuff . \u2014 Cj Peters, The Indianapolis Star , 12 June 2022",
      "The big guys with stuff around their waist and things. \u2014 Jessica Gresko, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
      "People trying to get stuff for free that they\u2019re otherwise supposed to pay for is nothing new. \u2014 John Warner, Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
      "There are a lot of unconscious forces that are running through us that include childhood and trauma, intergenerational stuff , and culture. \u2014 Kovie Biakolo, ELLE , 11 June 2022",
      "The big guys with stuff around their waist and things. \u2014 Mark Sherman And Jessica Gresko, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Anything can go inside to stuff the shortcrust pastry, as long as it's been previously cooked. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Worry about lockout effects created a temporary expansion of the former rule and a three-week delay for the latter, enabling clubs, for now, to stuff as many arms as can fit in a bullpen. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Of Alabama\u2019s top-12 prospects, seven can stuff the run and rush the pocket. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Generously stuff each cavity with the herb mix and cook with the tops face down, and adjust cooking time to 20 to 30 minutes. \u2014 Naoki Nitta, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "The Patriots have several players that can stuff the stat sheet, but J-Town needs to make sure Ralston doesn't get another clutch-time opportunity. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "The cause is an intriguing story line that has nothing to do with whether the Dallas\u2019 secondary will intercept a Jimmy Garoppolo pass or if the 49ers\u2019 defense can stuff the Cowboys\u2019 run game. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Jan. 2022",
      "Skratch Labs always makes both sweet and savory cakes that the riders can stuff into jersey pockets. \u2014 Outside Online , 22 May 2015",
      "Meantime, Google keeps rolling out one new feature after another to stuff into the product. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 6 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-182521"
  },
  "strict":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": stringent in requirement or control",
      ": severe in discipline",
      ": inflexibly maintained or adhered to",
      ": rigorously conforming to principle or a norm or condition",
      ": exact , precise",
      ": of narrow erect habit of growth",
      ": tight , close",
      ": intimate",
      ": narrow",
      ": not to be avoided or ignored : requiring obedience",
      ": strongly enforcing rules and discipline",
      ": kept with great care : absolute",
      ": carefully observing something (as a rule or principle)",
      ": exact entry 1 , precise",
      ": characterized by narrowness : not demonstrating a broad or liberal view",
      ": firm or rigid in requirement or control",
      ": severe in discipline",
      ": inflexibly maintained or adhered to",
      ": rigorously conforming to a principle or norm or condition",
      ": not requiring fault \u2014 see also strict liability at liability sense 2b"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8strikt",
      "\u02c8strikt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "accurate",
      "authentic",
      "exact",
      "faithful",
      "precise",
      "right",
      "true",
      "veracious"
    ],
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      "corrupt",
      "corrupted",
      "false",
      "imprecise",
      "inaccurate",
      "inauthentic",
      "inexact",
      "loose",
      "unfaithful"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Her parents aren't very strict .",
      "He insists on strict adherence to the rules.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hong Kong adheres to a zero-covid strategy like mainland China, and put its residents under strict lockdown for much of the pandemic. \u2014 Tiffany Ap, Quartz , 13 June 2022",
      "Shanghai, the country's most populous metropolis with 25 million residents, had been under a strict two-month lockdown until recently. \u2014 Laura He, CNN , 13 June 2022",
      "Shanghai, China\u2019s biggest city and its economic capital was officially allowed to reopen on June 1, 2022 after weeks of strict lockdown that had caused significant hardship. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 5 June 2022",
      "Tens of thousands of Shanghai residents flooded city parks and malls on the first day of a national holiday in China, as the city sought to regain normalcy after a strict two-month lockdown. \u2014 Rachel Liang, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
      "But that schedule was apparently slowed by the Covid pandemic, which forced the city of Shanghai, where the vessel is being constructed, into a strict lockdown, Mr. Funaiole said. \u2014 Gordon Lubold, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
      "Shanghai, China\u2019s largest city with a population of 25 million people, is ending its strict Covid lockdown after two months. \u2014 NBC News , 31 May 2022",
      "However, the strict lockdown forced the restaurant industry across the globe to close their cafes, QSR\u2019s as well as dine-in services and shift to the digital medium of ordering, payment adn pick-up. \u2014 Gary Occhiogrosso, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "Shanghai\u2019s 25 million residents got some good news Monday: The number of people still under strict lockdown has fallen below 1 million. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English stricte , from Latin strictus , from past participle of stringere to bind tight \u2014 more at strain ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-185037"
  },
  "styleless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adjective combining form or adverb combining form",
      "noun",
      "noun,",
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    "definitions":[
      ": a particular manner or technique by which something is done, created, or performed",
      ": a distinctive manner of expression (as in writing or speech)",
      ": a distinctive manner or custom of behaving or conducting oneself",
      ": a particular mode of living",
      ": a distinctive quality, form, or type of something",
      ": the state of being popular : fashion",
      ": fashionable elegance",
      ": beauty, grace, or ease of manner or technique",
      ": a convention with respect to spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and typographic arrangement and display followed in writing or printing",
      ": stylus",
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      ": the filiform usually elongated part of the pistil bearing a stigma at its apex \u2014 see flower illustration",
      ": a slender elongated process (such as a bristle) on an animal",
      ": designation , title",
      ": to give a particular style to: such as",
      ": to give a particular shape to (hair)",
      ": to design and make (something, such as clothing) in a particular style or for a particular purpose",
      ": to wear (something, such as an article of clothing) as part of a particular fashion look (see look entry 2 sense 2c )",
      ": to select and arrange the clothing, hair, makeup, etc. of (someone) to create a particular fashion look",
      ": to decorate (something, such as a room) in a particular way",
      ": to call or designate by an identifying term : name",
      "\u2014 see also self-styled",
      ": being in the style of",
      ": a particular form or design of something",
      ": a way of speaking or writing",
      ": an individual way of behaving or doing something",
      ": a method, manner, or quality that is felt to be very respectable, fashionable, or proper : fashion",
      ": an easy and graceful manner",
      ": the narrow middle part of the pistil of a flower",
      ": to design and make in a known or new style",
      ": to give a special shape to someone's hair",
      ": to identify by some descriptive term : call"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u012b(-\u0259)l",
      "\u02c8st\u012bl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fashion",
      "locution",
      "manner",
      "mode",
      "phraseology",
      "tone",
      "vein"
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      "baptize",
      "call",
      "christen",
      "clepe",
      "denominate",
      "designate",
      "dub",
      "entitle",
      "label",
      "name",
      "nominate",
      "term",
      "title"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Casey Johnson is one of today\u2019s top regional talents, someone whose work ethic and usually clean style would impress Wisconsin\u2019s stock car greats who barnstormed when the Mile was at its vibrant peak a couple of generations ago. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 19 June 2022",
      "Javi) for style tips, inspirations, and other recommendations. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 18 June 2022",
      "After playing with color in a head-to-toe baby pink suit, the Duchess of Cambridge channeled classic royal style for an appearance with Prince William at the Royal Ascot today. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 18 June 2022",
      "At the spring 2023 menswear shows, they\u2019re being worn with power suits and summer dresses, adding a bit of sun protection and style . \u2014 Irene Kim, Vogue , 18 June 2022",
      "With summer temperatures hitting record highs this week, there's no better time to invest in lightweight and breezy dresses that deliver on comfort and style . \u2014 Sanah Faroke, PEOPLE.com , 18 June 2022",
      "Dubbed as Joys of Summer, the sunny style presentation was crafted with seaside soirees, excursions around the city, and picnics under the sun in mind. \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
      "Smit-McPhee plays country singer Jimmie Rodgers Snow, the son of Hank Snow, who is seen as wanting to imitate Elvis\u2019 more flamboyant style , unlike his distressed father. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 17 June 2022",
      "The Sox were two wins from rolling into the World Series before all their hitting just disappeared \u2026 Jayson Tatum style . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Opt to style them with sandals and a T-shirt for afternoon picnics or with heels and a breezy blouse for alfresco dinners. \u2014 Brittany Vanderbill, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022",
      "In a past life Stevo Johnson, a charter school teacher, helped style Mary J. Blige. \u2014 Jacob Bogage, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
      "The thicker barrel is perfect for that bouncy, mega-volume look\u2013or to style curtain bangs. \u2014 ELLE , 3 June 2022",
      "Some of the struggles that women with curly hair face in Indonesia face are quite similar to those around the world \u2014 including in the United States \u2014 like a lack of access to salons and hair stylists that can style and treat natural hair textures. \u2014 Jada Jackson, Allure , 23 May 2022",
      "Those transitioning to cottagecore from modern farmhouse or contemporary looks should keep their open shelves, but re- style them. \u2014 Amanda Lauren, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "Each Thursday morning, Norma Matthews and her twin sister Edith Antoncecchi carefully style their hair and sometimes put on coordinating outfits. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Duchess Kate has long been known to pull older pieces from her wardrobe to style anew. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 May 2022",
      "No Time to Die, when the production\u2019s wardrobe stylist tapped Barton Perreira to style Craig in the film. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 14 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6",
      "Verb",
      "1570, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-190513"
  },
  "studiedly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": carefully considered or prepared : thoughtful",
      ": knowledgeable , learned",
      ": produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation : calculated"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259-d\u0113d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "advised",
      "calculated",
      "considered",
      "deliberate",
      "knowing",
      "measured",
      "reasoned",
      "thought-out",
      "thoughtful",
      "weighed"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "casual",
      "unadvised",
      "uncalculated",
      "unconsidered",
      "unstudied"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She gave a studied response.",
      "He viewed us with a studied indifference.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Tom\u2019s angry scenes with his mother, frustration met with studied forbearance, have a ring of truth about them. \u2014 Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
      "But if her more than 40-year quest to understand a little- studied hormone ends well, that could change. \u2014 Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
      "Chapman, at best, stood on the margins of the deep, complex, and much- studied relationship between Garrison and Douglass. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Coltrane\u2019s study cast some midwinter light on the Alaska porcupine, perhaps the least- studied mammal in the state. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Jan. 2022",
      "Discovered in 2009, the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite is among the most studied sites in the world. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Fewer than 10 percent of parasite species have even been given names, much less studied in any detail. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Males, who\u2019s studied police for decades, wanted to know what the data said. \u2014 Joshua Sharpe, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Roman\u2019s studied imperfectionism lowers the threshold for emulation, creating a strong sense of intimacy with her fans. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 13 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-191722"
  },
  "sturdy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": firmly built or constituted : stout",
      ": hardy",
      ": sound in design or execution : substantial",
      ": marked by or reflecting physical strength or vigor",
      ": firm , resolute",
      ": rugged , stable",
      ": firmly built or made",
      ": strong and healthy in body : robust",
      ": resolute",
      ": gid"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259r-d\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u0259r-d\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u0259rd-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cast-iron",
      "hard",
      "hard-bitten",
      "hardened",
      "hardy",
      "inured",
      "rugged",
      "stout",
      "strong",
      "tough",
      "toughened",
      "vigorous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "delicate",
      "nonhardy",
      "soft",
      "tender",
      "weak"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a dog with a strong sturdy build",
      "it took a sturdy person to endure the life of a pioneer",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The bottom two-thirds is a sturdy , innerspring mattress, while the top comfort layer is genuine memory foam. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 10 June 2022",
      "Installation is versatile as well: It can be hung from a stand, a sturdy structure or straight from your ceiling. \u2014 Abigail Bailey, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
      "Clip this fan on to an umbrella or stroller, carry it in your hand, or fold the handle down and place it on a sturdy surface. \u2014 Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
      "Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. \u2014 Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star , 8 June 2022",
      "For hundreds of years, the Khasis of Meghalaya have manipulated the aerial roots of the rubber fig tree (Ficus elastica) to build sturdy bridges, known in the Khasi language as jingkieng jri. \u2014 Anne Pinto-rodrigues, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
      "As sturdy and dynamic as movie executives come, her job encompassed a wide portfolio of day-to-day management. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 8 June 2022",
      "Keep in Mind: This may not be as sturdy as non-collapsible rain barrels. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 8 June 2022",
      "Reviewers love how sturdy this set is compared to similar options from competitors. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 21 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, brave, stubborn, from Anglo-French esturdi stunned, from past participle of esturdir to stun, from Vulgar Latin *exturdire , from Latin ex- + Vulgar Latin *turdus simpleton, from Latin turdus thrush \u2014 more at thrush ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-201632"
  },
  "stub":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": stump sense 2",
      ": a short piece remaining on a stem or trunk where a branch has been lost",
      ": something made or worn to a short or blunt shape",
      ": a pen with a short blunt nib",
      ": a short blunt part left after a larger part has been broken off or used up",
      ": something cut short or stunted",
      ": a small part of a leaf (as of a checkbook) attached to the spine for memoranda of the contents of the part torn away",
      ": the part of a ticket returned to the user",
      ": to grub up by the roots",
      ": to clear (land) by grubbing out rooted growth",
      ": to hew or cut down (a tree) close to the ground",
      ": to extinguish (something, such as a cigarette) by crushing",
      ": to strike (one's foot or toe) against an object",
      ": a short part remaining after the rest has been removed or used up",
      ": a small part of a larger piece of printed paper (as a check or ticket) kept as a record of the purpose of the paper",
      ": to strike (as the toe) against an object"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259b",
      "\u02c8st\u0259b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "end",
      "fag end",
      "leftover",
      "oddment",
      "remainder",
      "remnant",
      "scrap"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Hold onto your ticket stub in case you leave the theater and want to come back in again.",
      "an ashtray full of cigarette stubs",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "When a voter checks in at the polls, the machines are supposed to verify the person is in the correct location and scan and record the stub number for that person\u2019s ballot. \u2014 Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland , 3 May 2022",
      "Health care workers who are now eligible must bring a employer ID or pay stub to their appointment. \u2014 Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press , 29 Jan. 2021",
      "Most settled on a squalid stub of a street, near the former city center, called Calle de los Negros. \u2014 Michael Luo, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
      "But not one of the cars has been in the lot on the western-most stub of Frankfort Avenue longer than Anthony Calhoun\u2019s Camaro. \u2014 Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "So, before dawn on a Friday in February, the pair set out through the slush to conquer that stub of concrete on the fringes of the city limits, pausing only to take a few photos and return a runaway shopping cart to a Walmart corral. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "The previous record was $264,000 set in December for the stub of the same Bulls game. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "After the game, Mike threw away his torn ticket stub and put the unused ticket in the folder holding his sports memories: a ticket to a 1983 Baltimore Orioles World Series game, Final Four tickets, Frozen Four tickets. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Or, there\u2019s the cutting method, when 2- to-8-inch cuttings are taken from the mother plant and arrive looking like a plant stub (as in, no roots). \u2014 Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Make sure to include your tax bill stub with your check. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "The city that never sleeps has always had a strong illicit cannabis market and adult-use legalization is unlikely to stub it out anytime soon. \u2014 Will Yakowicz, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-003925"
  },
  "stratum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a bed or layer artificially made",
      ": a sheetlike mass of sedimentary rock or earth of one kind lying between beds of other kinds",
      ": a region of the sea or atmosphere that is analogous to a stratum of the earth",
      ": a layer of tissue",
      ": a layer in which archaeological material (such as artifacts, skeletons, and dwelling remains) is found on excavation",
      ": a part of a historical or sociological series representing a period or a stage of development",
      ": a socioeconomic level of society comprising persons of the same or similar status especially with regard to education or culture",
      ": one of a series of layers, levels, or gradations in an ordered system",
      ": a statistical subpopulation",
      ": layer entry 1 sense 1",
      ": a layer of tissue",
      ": a statistical subpopulation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u0101-t\u0259m",
      "\u02c8stra-",
      "\u02c8str\u0101-t\u0259m",
      "\u02c8stra-",
      "\u02c8str\u0101t-\u0259m",
      "\u02c8strat-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "caste",
      "class",
      "estate",
      "folk",
      "gentry",
      "order"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the lower strata of society have been hit especially hard by this economic downturn",
      "the level of writing in that pop novel is several strata beneath that of serious fiction",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Extra musicians in the boxes next to the stage create antiphonal effects around the audience; electronics provide creepiness for the ghost scenes and others, while a chorus of eight singers in the pit adds an additional stratum of sound. \u2014 Heidi Waleson, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
      "Italian capitalists relied on a stratum of national opinion-makers who would gently signal the need for reforms, while otherwise keeping the political imagination of Italians in acceptable bounds. \u2014 Thomas Meaney, The New Republic , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "My lack of prowess on the very things that define New York\u2019s social stratum meant that I was often ostracized from the insular Wall Street circle. \u2014 Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Joe Keller had just joined the foggy stratum of the hundreds or maybe thousands of people who\u2019ve gone missing on our federal public lands. \u2014 Jon Billman, Outside Online , 13 Mar. 2017",
      "The event caps off a particularly tumultuous year for the stratum of rap on which both Kanye and Drake reside. \u2014 Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "The excavations shed light on a stratum of society and way of life that is still little known. \u2014 Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "In this stratum of high-but-not-highest-end architecture, various degrees of structural complexity and an assortment of different programs are all packed into plain boxes distinguished by a few half-hearted accents. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Curbed , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "At the same time, a different stratum of Amazon's empire presented another set of unruly vulnerabilities. \u2014 Will Evans, Wired , 18 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from Latin, spread, bed, from neuter of stratus , past participle of sternere to spread out \u2014 more at strew ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-004405"
  },
  "stride":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to stand astride",
      ": to move with or as if with long steps",
      ": to take a very long step",
      ": bestride , straddle",
      ": to step over",
      ": to move over or along with or as if with long measured steps",
      ": a cycle of locomotor movements (as of a horse) completed when the feet regain the initial relative positions",
      ": the distance traversed in a stride",
      ": the most effective natural pace : maximum competence or capability",
      ": a long step",
      ": an act of striding",
      ": a stage of progress : advance",
      ": a manner of striding",
      ": stride piano",
      ": without interference with regular activities",
      ": without emotional reaction",
      ": to walk or run with long even steps",
      ": a long step or the distance covered by such a step",
      ": a step forward : advance",
      ": a way of walking"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u012bd",
      "\u02c8str\u012bd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "file",
      "march",
      "pace",
      "parade"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "If an opposing batter would get a hit, Fidrych would often stride around the perimeter of the mound, sometimes talking, sometimes gesturing to no one in particular. \u2014 Demetria Gallegos, WSJ , 14 May 2022",
      "American maestro Michael Mann, resulting in gun battles where tough guys stride into danger without so much as flinching while high-caliber bullets slam through steel around them. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 19 May 2022",
      "The word is derived from the French enjamber, to straddle or stride over, and ultimately from jambe, or leg. \u2014 Brad Leithauser, WSJ , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Tanned people in sharp suits and stylish dresses stride inside, past rows of TV cameras and stage lights and into the posh hotel\u2019s ballroom. \u2014 Chase Peterson-withorn, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "For more than a decade, elite tennis players, golfers, and track and field athletes have relied on it to improve their serve, swing, or stride . \u2014 Gordy Megroz, Outside Online , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Rock allowed a man four inches taller\u2014one of the most recognized and popular men on the planet \u2013to stride up to him, on a stage before millions of eyeballs live and smack him across the face like an unwelcome alien. \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Researchers concluded the greatest improvement in peak force, percent at VO2 max, and stride rate in the 8\u201312-second group. \u2014 Lukus Klawitter, Outside Online , 27 July 2020",
      "The Forerunner 45 uses satellite tracking to precisely track all your distance, pace, and stride lengths. \u2014 Gear Team, Wired , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The 32-year-old lefty came into the season with a 34-38 career record and 4.53 ERA, but has found his stride with the Dodgers. \u2014 Joe Reedy, ajc , 4 June 2022",
      "Back in Gainesville, the softball and baseball teams have found their stride after stumbling at times throughout the season. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel Podcasts, Orlando Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
      "The company has especially found its stride on mobile. \u2014 Beth Kindig, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
      "As the sun was setting over Ibiza last Saturday, the party at Ushua\u00efa was just hitting its stride . \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
      "If vehicles like the Kia Telluride, Sorrento and Soul have proven anything, it\u2019s that Kia is hitting its stride . \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 14 May 2022",
      "The veteran Bulldogs are on a five-game winning streak and may be hitting their stride . \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Rublev, who won an Olympic mixed doubles gold medal alongside fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at the Tokyo Games last summer, is hitting stride in impressive fashion. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Jones really found his stride late in the season, scoring in double figures in Xavier's last 11 games. \u2014 Adam Baum, The Enquirer , 6 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-004621"
  },
  "straight off":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": at once : immediately"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "bang",
      "directly",
      "forthwith",
      "headlong",
      "immediately",
      "incontinently",
      "instantaneously",
      "instanter",
      "instantly",
      "now",
      "PDQ",
      "plumb",
      "presently",
      "promptly",
      "pronto",
      "right",
      "right away",
      "right now",
      "right off",
      "straightaway",
      "straightway"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I told her straight off that I was not going to do that.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the bottom of the third inning on Saturday at PNC Park, Cincinnati Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson left the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates after a foul tip went straight off his facemask. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 14 May 2022",
      "Corrin\u2019s dress was, naturally, straight off the runway. \u2014 Vogue , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Usually the best part of it is the stuff that comes straight off the top of your head. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Liz and David Nicolai, a librarian and a mechanical engineer, brought her nacho fixings and queso straight off the stove. \u2014 Julia O'malley, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "To wit, several of the night's biggest looks were straight off the runway. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "All of it unfolds in a phantasmagorical reality that could come straight off a 1970s prog-rock album cover. \u2014 James Poniewozik, New York Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "CB2, Crate & Barrel, and Floyd are just some of the brands offered on Fernish, a furniture rental start-up whose mid-century-slash-Scandinavian aesthetic seems straight off of Instagram. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Instead of screaming into the lake, the ball took a favorable bounce straight off the crown of the first cut and bounded down the fairway. \u2014 Steve Dimeglio, The Arizona Republic , 7 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1841, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-010537"
  },
  "stead":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the office, place, or function ordinarily occupied or carried out by someone or something else",
      ": advantage",
      ": locality , place",
      ": to be of avail to : help",
      ": the place usually taken or duty carried out by the person or thing mentioned",
      ": to be useful or helpful to someone or something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sted",
      "\u02c8sted"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "advantage",
      "better",
      "bulge",
      "catbird seat",
      "drop",
      "edge",
      "high ground",
      "inside track",
      "jump",
      "pull",
      "upper hand",
      "vantage",
      "whip hand"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disadvantage",
      "drawback",
      "handicap",
      "liability",
      "minus",
      "penalty",
      "strike"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a summer internship will stand you in good stead when applying to college",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "After Morris\u2019 sudden death in February due to a pulmonary embolism, Blue Heart leaders wrestled with how to move the foundation forward in his stead . \u2014 Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
      "Gone is the legendary, labor-intensive bing bread, but in its stead are seasonal Korean pancakes, a quieter dining room and two chefs ready and raring to go. \u2014 Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
      "In the most notable defection, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sent lower-ranking officials in his stead . \u2014 Stefano Pozzebon, CNN , 8 June 2022",
      "Jubilee festivities from home, with various other members of the Windsor clan appearing at events across the UK in her stead . \u2014 Hayley Maitland, Vogue , 4 June 2022",
      "Then-President Trump skipped the summit\u2019s previous session, in 2018 in Lima, Peru, sending Vice President Mike Pence in his stead . \u2014 Soudi Jim\u00e9nez, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "South head coach Taylor Nerland wanted to give his regular starting pitcher, Isaac Johnson an extra day of rest and was confident in Invanoff\u2019s ability to come through in his stead . \u2014 Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
      "Riebeling-Nunez was able to turn her life around, get sober and, ultimately, reunify her family \u2014 with the support of Sara and Tony Iagmin, the couple who took her kids in and raised them in her stead . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 May 2022",
      "This time, in her stead , Prince Charles will be the first heir to the throne in modern history to star at the main ceremonial event of the parliamentary year. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Rhodes stead , opposite of third-year cornerback Rock Ya-Sin. \u2014 Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star , 11 Sep. 2021",
      "In the security forces\u2019 stead , the government has once more looked to local militias to fill the gaps, a move reminiscent of the chaotic and ethnically divided civil war of the 1990s that many Afghans now fear will return. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Aug. 2021",
      "The festivities come at a time when residents in Seabrook are steading themselves for big changes when construction begins for the expansion of Texas 146. \u2014 Jaimy Jones, Houston Chronicle , 31 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3",
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-011154"
  },
  "strip":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to remove clothing, covering, or surface matter from":[],
      ": to deprive of possessions":[],
      ": to divest of honors, privileges, or functions":[],
      ": to remove extraneous or superficial matter from":[
        "a prose style stripped to the bones"
      ],
      ": to remove furniture, equipment, or accessories from":[
        "strip a ship for action"
      ],
      ": to make bare or clear (as by cutting or grazing)":[],
      ": to finish a milking of by pressing the last available milk from the teats":[
        "strip a cow"
      ],
      ": to remove cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco)":[],
      ": to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves)":[],
      ": to tear or damage the thread of (a separable part or fitting)":[],
      ": to separate (components) from a mixture or solution":[],
      ": to press eggs or milt out of (a fish)":[],
      ": to remove (a subcutaneous vein) by means of a surgical instrument":[],
      ": to take off clothes":[
        "\u2026 anxious to find the young man who stripped down to his boxer shorts and jumped in the river to save her dog.",
        "\u2014 Mike Byrne"
      ],
      ": to remove one's clothes gradually piece by piece in a seductive or provocative manner especially to the accompaniment of music : to perform a striptease":[],
      ": peel sense 1":[],
      ": a long narrow piece of a material":[],
      ": a long narrow area of land or water":[],
      ": airstrip":[],
      ": a commercially developed area especially along a highway":[],
      ": comic strip":[],
      ": striptease":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8strip"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disrobe",
      "unclothe",
      "undress"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "list",
      "ribbon",
      "slip"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He stripped himself down to his underwear.",
      "The prisoners were stripped naked .",
      "She gets paid to dance and strip at the club.",
      "They stripped the table and refinished it.",
      "They stripped the room when they left.",
      "The building had been completely stripped of its original woodwork.",
      "Noun",
      "a small strip of cloth",
      "the half-mile strip of road",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Applegate also helped Fonseca track down more than 100 specific trucks or cars to steal, strip or both. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 June 2022",
      "Organic sales, which strip out the effects of divestitures, rose 9%. \u2014 Will Feuer, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
      "Instagram is also the place where celebrities, entertainers, and influencers strip down and get comfortable. \u2014 Seventeen Editors, Seventeen , 7 June 2022",
      "Regular body washes can dry out and even strip the skin of natural oils. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "In his letter Thursday, Abdullah rejected Hamzah\u2019s action, saying only the king had the authority to grant and strip titles, according to the Jordanian constitution. \u2014 Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "Wells said their resolution could help offset pushback from homeless advocates, who argue the proposal could strip people of civil liberties. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 May 2022",
      "The sounding rocket campaign\u2019s aim is to determine whether the high-radiation environment around nearby sunlike stars would strip any potentially earthlike planets of their atmospheres on timescales of only a few million years. \u2014 Bruce Dorminey, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
      "This is because sulfates can strip your hair of its natural oils while parabens might irritate your scalp and cause further dryness and breakage. \u2014 Daisy Maldonado, SELF , 9 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The Arkansas Senate Ethics Committee on Monday recommended the full Senate strip Sens. \u2014 Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online , 27 June 2022",
      "The rear end has a darker light strip between its LED taillights as well. \u2014 Michael Taylor, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "Chin, a 27-year-old Chinese immigrant, was at the Fancy Pants Tavern strip club in the Detroit enclave of Highland Park for his bachelor party on June 19, 1982, when a fight erupted. \u2014 Fox News , 16 June 2022",
      "Chin, a 27-year-old Chinese immigrant, was at the Fancy Pants Tavern strip club in the Detroit enclave of Highland Park for his bachelor party on June 19, 1982, when a fight erupted. \u2014 Corey Williams, ajc , 16 June 2022",
      "In 1985, cartoonist Alison Bechdel drew a sequence in her strip Dykes to Watch Out For that depicted a pair of women walking by a movie theater. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
      "Armed with nothing but a Chanel Purse, a pair of Louboituns, her good looks and keen financial knowledge, a transient choosing to be known as Autumn Night works her way to center stage at The Pynk, a local strip joint. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 2 June 2022",
      "Under a plan to revitalize the Riegart Square strip center in downtown Fairfield, curb cuts would be reduced from 14 to four on the east side of Pleasant Avenue. \u2014 Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer , 29 May 2022",
      "The first is peeling a strip from its waxed paper sheet. \u2014 CNN , 26 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English strepen, strippen , from Old English -str\u012bepan ; akin to Old High German stroufen to strip":"Verb",
      "probably alteration of stripe entry 3":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-160851"
  },
  "stretch":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to extend (one's limbs, one's body, etc.) in a reclining position",
      ": to reach out : extend",
      ": to extend in length",
      ": to fell with or as if with a blow",
      ": to cause the limbs of (a person) to be pulled especially in torture",
      ": to draw up (one's body) from a cramped, stooping, or relaxed position",
      ": to pull taut",
      ": to enlarge or distend especially by force",
      ": to extend or expand as if by physical force",
      ": strain",
      ": to cause to reach or continue (as from one point to another or across a space)",
      ": to amplify or enlarge beyond natural or proper limits",
      ": to expand (as by improvisation) to fulfill a larger function",
      ": to extend (a hit) to an extra base usually by fast or daring running",
      ": to become extended in length or breadth or both : spread",
      ": to extend over a continuous period",
      ": to become extended without breaking",
      ": to extend one's body or limbs",
      ": to lie down at full length",
      ": to go beyond what is strictly warranted in making a claim or concession",
      ": to extend the legs",
      ": to take a walk in order to relieve stiffness caused by prolonged sitting",
      ": an exercise of something (such as the understanding or the imagination) beyond ordinary or normal limits",
      ": an extension of the scope or application of something",
      ": the extent to which something may be stretched",
      ": the act of stretching : the state of being stretched",
      ": the position of a pitcher standing sideways to home plate so as to keep a runner close to a base",
      ": an extent in length or area",
      ": a continuous period of time",
      ": a walk to relieve fatigue",
      ": a term of imprisonment",
      ": either of the straight sides of a racecourse",
      ": homestretch",
      ": a final stage (as of a contest or season)",
      ": the capacity for being stretched : elasticity",
      ": a stretch limousine",
      ": easily stretched : elastic",
      ": longer than the standard size",
      ": to reach out : extend , spread",
      ": to pull or draw out in length or width or both : expand , enlarge",
      ": to extend (as the body) in a flat position",
      ": to extend the body or limbs",
      ": to pull tight",
      ": to cause to reach or continue",
      ": exaggerate",
      ": to become extended without breaking",
      ": to extend over a continuous period",
      ": the act of extending or drawing out beyond ordinary or normal limits",
      ": the ability to be pulled or drawn out in length or width or both",
      ": the act or an instance of stretching the body or one of its parts",
      ": a continuous extent in length, area, or time",
      ": to extend in length",
      ": to enlarge or distend especially by force",
      ": to become extended in length or breadth",
      ": to extend one's body or limbs",
      ": the act of stretching : the state of being stretched"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8strech",
      "\u02c8strech",
      "\u02c8strech"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "color",
      "elaborate (on)",
      "embellish",
      "embroider",
      "exaggerate",
      "hyperbolize",
      "magnify",
      "pad"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "breadth",
      "distance",
      "expanse",
      "expansion",
      "extent",
      "field",
      "length",
      "plain",
      "reach",
      "sheet",
      "spread",
      "waste"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Leveraging this approach, brands get a bigger bang for their buck to stretch valuable content across multiple channels to broaden their reach and work more efficiently. \u2014 Jodi Amendola, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "The record flooding was caused by a combination of heavy rainfall and snowmelt from high elevations over the weekend in the Beartooth and Absaroka mountain ranges, which stretch across the Montana-Wyoming state line. \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe And Claudia Dominguez, CNN , 16 June 2022",
      "All marveled at the size of the system, which appeared to stretch across a large swath of the horizon. \u2014 Dan Carson, Chron , 24 May 2022",
      "Using telescopes powerful enough to stretch our perception across unfathomable distances, astronomers have made a cosmic postcard: the first-ever picture of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 12 May 2022",
      "The dining room offers big picture windows but snag a seat outside if possible, either on the covered deck or at the back-side View Bar where big vistas stretch across the entire Verde Valley. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 6 May 2022",
      "While some fences stretch across several acres, other older enclosures are about the size of an apartment. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "The stoppage, first reported by Reuters, would potentially mean a temporary loss in daily production volume of around 2,000 cars and would stretch across Wednesday and Thursday. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "But with the self-driving unit chewing through hundreds of millions of dollars a year, others at the Advanced Technologies Group heard Uber wanted to stretch labor costs across more miles. \u2014 Lauren Smiley, Wired , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "That was the longest stretch of his career, and Mahle was solid again versus the Dodgers despite matching his career-high by allowing 12 hits. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 22 June 2022",
      "But Albrecht argues that calling Zume\u2019s setup a pizza robot was always a stretch . \u2014 Sam Deanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "Pearls as business casual might be a stretch , but unembellished statement collars could work for the average workplace. \u2014 Todd Plummer, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Recently there was a months-long stretch when there was no resource coordinator manager for SOAR, which meant money that was supposed to be used for programming was never spent, and the direction of his work was unclear, Singleton said. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
      "The longest winning streak in the majors this season is Atlanta\u2019s best stretch since the team won 14 consecutive games from July 26 to Aug. 9, 2013. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 15 June 2022",
      "The down decade for the stock market following the 2000 bursting of the dot-com bubble was a notoriously brutal stretch , but stocks have often been able to regain their highs within a few years. \u2014 Stan Choe And Alex Veiga, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 June 2022",
      "The down decade for the stock market following the 2000 bursting of the dot-com bubble was a notoriously brutal stretch , but stocks have often been able to regain their highs within a few years. \u2014 CBS News , 14 June 2022",
      "There's a small stretch of Stevens Avenue in the Deering Center neighborhood that's not to be missed. \u2014 Erinne Magee, Travel + Leisure , 11 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Backing now expands stretch goals that include more materials for the game and special Q&A access to people connected to the films in the Cinematic Adventures slate. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Roberts said the team is trying to be cautious with the future Hall of Famer, keeping one eye on the stretch run of the season while deciding how to proceed. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
      "The flowy dress is made with non- stretch fabric and available in multiple colors, including pink and black. \u2014 Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
      "Made of ultra- stretch denim, Frame\u2019s best-selling Le Palazzo jeans (available in other colors) have a high-rise fit designed for comfort. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Great expanses of cracking mud, half a mile wide, stretch beyond the river banks, devoid of a single plant or blade of grass. \u2014 Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 May 2022",
      "Morrison\u2019s vocals stretch and bend words; her voice is delicate yet strong, and moves with ease between a vulnerable croon and the wail of hurt. \u2014 Marjua Estevez, refinery29.com , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The starting point in our last collection was the idea of bringing the idea of motion back into the cut of the clothes, using stretch materials for example or ways of cutting that allow and celebrate movement. \u2014 Tiziana Cardini, Vogue , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The artist strives not to collect the most toys, rack up virtual kills or race to the jackpot square but simply to be in the game, map its corners, make time stretch \u2014 and maybe figure out a way to hack this world, change the rules and free us all. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "1954, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-091159"
  },
  "strategy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the science and art of employing the political, economic, psychological, and military forces of a nation or group of nations to afford the maximum support to adopted policies in peace or war",
      ": the science and art of military command exercised to meet the enemy in combat under advantageous conditions",
      ": a variety of or instance of the use of strategy",
      ": a careful plan or method : a clever stratagem",
      ": the art of devising or employing plans or stratagems toward a goal",
      ": an adaptation or complex of adaptations (as of behavior, metabolism, or structure) that serves or appears to serve an important function in achieving evolutionary success",
      ": a carefully developed plan or method for achieving a goal or the skill in developing and undertaking such a plan or method",
      ": an adaptation or complex of adaptations (as of behavior, metabolism, or structure) that serves or appears to serve an important function in achieving evolutionary success"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stra-t\u0259-j\u0113",
      "\u02c8stra-t\u0259-j\u0113",
      "\u02c8strat-\u0259-j\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "arrangement",
      "blueprint",
      "design",
      "game",
      "game plan",
      "ground plan",
      "master plan",
      "plan",
      "program",
      "project",
      "road map",
      "scheme",
      "system"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "They are proposing a new strategy for treating the disease with a combination of medications.",
      "The government is developing innovative strategies to help people without insurance get medical care.",
      "a specialist in campaign strategy",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Although these companies need regulatory guidance, sacrificing scale in the name of domestic competition isn\u2019t a wise strategy for the global marketplace. \u2014 WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "It's proven to be a winning strategy , catapulting a smattering of scents to viral fame. \u2014 Lenora E. Houseworth, Allure , 14 June 2022",
      "Organic reach on social media is really no longer a viable strategy , especially on Facebook. \u2014 Stacey Burke, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "That's a fine strategy , but that shouldn't take away from the Kid Line's role of bringing energy and creating offense. \u2014 Vincent Z. Mercogliano, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
      "So bringing back the cast from that film is a smart box office strategy for Universal. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 10 June 2022",
      "Insulting our intelligence is not a good marketing strategy . \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 9 June 2022",
      "Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is just past the mid-point of an intricate project to extend its Plane Train, which is crucial to the world\u2019s busiest airport\u2019s strategy to handle even larger crowds of travelers for years to come. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 9 June 2022",
      "Researchers are also beginning to find that combining cannabinoids with other natural ingredients \u2014 such as CBD with turmeric \u2014 could be a viable strategy for functional product development. \u2014 Arshad Lasi, Rolling Stone , 7 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Greek strat\u0113gia generalship, from strat\u0113gos ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1779, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-120753"
  },
  "stick-in-the-mud":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one who is slow, old-fashioned, or unprogressive",
      ": an old fogy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stik-\u0259n-t\u035fh\u0259-\u02ccm\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "antediluvian",
      "Colonel Blimp",
      "dodo",
      "fogy",
      "fogey",
      "fossil",
      "fud",
      "fuddy-duddy",
      "mossback",
      "reactionary",
      "stuffed shirt"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hipster",
      "modern",
      "trendy"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1832, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-122800"
  },
  "state-of-the-art":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the level of development (as of a device, procedure, process, technique, or science) reached at any particular time usually as a result of modern methods"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1910, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-133933"
  },
  "stunt":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to hinder the normal growth, development, or progress of",
      ": one (such as an animal) that is stunted",
      ": a check in growth",
      ": a disease of plants (such as corn) in which dwarfing occurs",
      ": an unusual or difficult feat requiring great skill or daring",
      ": one performed or undertaken chiefly to gain attention or publicity",
      ": a shifting or switching of the positions by defensive players at the line of scrimmage in football to disrupt the opponent's blocking efforts",
      ": to perform or engage in a stunt",
      ": an unusual or difficult performance or act",
      ": something done for the purpose of gaining attention or publicity",
      ": to hold back the normal growth of",
      ": to hinder the normal growth, development, or progress of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8st\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8st\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "1583, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1725, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1917, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-134332"
  },
  "stoolie":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": stool pigeon sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00fc-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "betrayer",
      "canary",
      "deep throat",
      "fink",
      "informant",
      "informer",
      "nark",
      "rat",
      "rat fink",
      "snitch",
      "snitcher",
      "squealer",
      "stool pigeon",
      "talebearer",
      "tattler",
      "tattletale",
      "telltale",
      "whistle-blower"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "told the mule that if he ever turned stoolie , he'd end up spilling his guts in more ways than one"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1924, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-161941"
  },
  "strike out":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an out in baseball resulting from a batter's being charged with three strikes",
      ": to enter upon a course of action",
      ": to set out vigorously",
      ": to make an out in baseball by a strikeout",
      ": to finish bowling a string with consecutive strikes",
      ": to bowl three strikes in the last frame",
      ": fail sense 2c",
      ": to retire (someone) by a strikeout",
      ": an out in baseball that results from a batter getting three strikes during a turn at bat"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u012bk-\u02ccau\u0307t",
      "\u02c8str\u012bk-\u02ccau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bomb",
      "collapse",
      "crater",
      "fail",
      "flame out",
      "flop",
      "flunk",
      "fold",
      "founder",
      "miss",
      "tank",
      "wash out"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "click",
      "come off",
      "deliver",
      "go",
      "go over",
      "pan out",
      "succeed",
      "work out"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "their joint venture in Las Vegas struck out , and they hurriedly dissolved the partnership",
      "struck out all references to indecent matters",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Bieber still managed to record his 700th career strikeout in the fourth inning, becoming the 28th player in franchise history to reach the mark, the first since Trevor Bauer in 2018. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
      "Zache recorded her 17th strikeout of the night before inducing a shallow pop fly to center to end the inning. \u2014 Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star , 11 June 2022",
      "Javier B\u00e1ez, who signed a six-year, $140 million contract in December, received plenty of boos from the crowd after his strikeout in the fifth inning. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 11 June 2022",
      "Barnett recorded his 10th strikeout with the previous at-bat. \u2014 Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al , 5 June 2022",
      "The pitcher did it herself, firing three consecutive strikes to retire Northwestern\u2019s all-time home run leader, celebrating her most important strikeout of the night with a ferocious fist pump and yell. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "The right-hander dominated the St. Louis Cardinals over seven innings, recording his 500th career strikeout along the way as the Milwaukee Brewers earned a split of their four-game series at Busch Stadium with an 8-0 victory on Sunday afternoon. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 May 2022",
      "Hager walked off the mound with a smile, and retained the ball from his first major league strikeout . \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 29 May 2022",
      "Kolby Somers gave up a two-run single that brought the tying run to the plate with two outs but closed out the win with his third strikeout in 1.0 inning of work. \u2014 James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 21 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In six innings of play, the Kennedy batters didn\u2019t strike out a single time. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
      "But McMillan then recorded a strike out end the inning. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 24 May 2022",
      "Outfielder Thomas Chiappetti came on to get the last out on a strike out . \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022",
      "After a George Springer walk in the third, Gim\u00e9nez took a throw from catcher Luke Maile and gunned out Springer at first base for a strike out , throw out double play to end the inning. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 8 May 2022",
      "The Lady Airedales blasted two Waldron pitchers for 13 hits and did not have a batter strike out . \u2014 Henry Apple, Arkansas Online , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Janie Reed tripled to right center with one out in the U.S. home first but was thrown out trying to score on a strike out /wild pitch. \u2014 Emily Adams, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2021",
      "Burnes is the first pitcher since at least 1901 to strike out 40 without a walk in a four-game stretch. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 Apr. 2021",
      "Greene became the second starter in MLB history to allow eight runs and also strike out seven batters in fewer than three full innings. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 5 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1887, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1707, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-162025"
  },
  "stroke (out)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to suffer a stroke (see stroke entry 2 sense 5 ) or to cause (someone) to suffer a stroke"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1981, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-163530"
  },
  "steely":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": resembling or suggesting steel (as in hardness, color, strength, or coldness)",
      ": made of steel",
      ": like steel (as in hardness, strength, or color)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0113-l\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u0113-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "austere",
      "dour",
      "fierce",
      "flinty",
      "forbidding",
      "grim",
      "gruff",
      "intimidating",
      "lowering",
      "louring",
      "rough",
      "rugged",
      "severe",
      "stark",
      "stern",
      "ungentle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "benign",
      "benignant",
      "gentle",
      "mild",
      "nonintimidating",
      "tender"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a thief with steely nerves",
      "He had a steely determination to succeed.",
      "She gave him a steely gaze.",
      "a sky filled with steely gray clouds",
      "the judge's steely blue eyes",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Clients and colleagues remember Janklow as being a man of warm spirit and generous heart, a fierce advocate and a steely negotiator, and a person of insatiable curiosity. \u2014 Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
      "Putin, with his steely KGB eyes, at least looks the part. \u2014 Harper Simon, SPIN , 20 May 2022",
      "Frank Ivancie, a steely Tory-style conservative, was the mayor. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 10 May 2022",
      "To their credit, the actors give it their all, with Greyeyes compelling as the steely Rainbird and Efron affecting as the father desperately trying to protect his daughter and teach her how to control her powers. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022",
      "Starting pitchers are powerful box-office attractions\u2014Sandy Koufax and his blazing fastball, Greg Maddux and his pinpoint control, Max Scherzer and his steely tenacity. \u2014 WSJ , 11 May 2022",
      "And yet the steely resolve of the Ukrainian people has unified the nation and instilled a determination, against all odds, to fight for freedom. \u2014 Daniel Twining, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
      "As Mar\u00eda Garc\u00eda, the steely yet magnanimous proprietor of a once-thriving tequila distillery in western Mexico, S\u00e1nchez, in her first lead role in a feature, is riveting from first scene to last. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 May 2022",
      "His steely 1-under 71 during the first round Thursday only seemed to embolden him. \u2014 Will Graves, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-172106"
  },
  "startle":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to move or jump suddenly (as in surprise or alarm)",
      ": to frighten or surprise suddenly and usually not seriously",
      ": a sudden mild shock (as of surprise or alarm)",
      ": to move or jump (as in surprise or fear)",
      ": to frighten suddenly but slightly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4r-t\u1d4al",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4r-t\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amaze",
      "astonish",
      "astound",
      "bowl over",
      "dumbfound",
      "dumfound",
      "flabbergast",
      "floor",
      "rock",
      "shock",
      "stun",
      "stupefy",
      "surprise",
      "surprize",
      "thunderstrike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "I'm sorry that I startled you.",
      "the lightning startled the children and sent them scurrying for cover",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But there is one, officially dedicated 60 years ago, whose design is so strong and bold as to startle even the most agitated passenger. \u2014 Michael J. Lewis, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "Again, no need to prove anything, or startle the crows on the wire outside my house. \u2014 Josh Max, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "But, when Rowe set the pistol down, the movement seemed to startle Paulson, who fired off a three-round burst from his Soviet-era rifle. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Live performance returns control of volume and dynamics back to the actors and their technical colleagues, allowing them to both lull and startle us. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Only on her last day, before the end of filming, did Jones startle her by breaking character to run up for a goodbye hug. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "James is lean, angular, and brunette, though her naturally dark locks startle fans of her series of onscreen blondes: wildling Lady Rose MacClare in Downton Abbey, restless waitress Debora in Baby Driver, a younger Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia! \u2014 Amy Nicholson, Rolling Stone , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Additional activities let visitors compare their balance, grip strength and startle response with those of others. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Aug. 2014",
      "Sometimes that conversation needs to be a shout and a building should startle us to our senses. \u2014 Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "And while Levins, 32, of Frankfort, acknowledged the animals may play into some people\u2019s phobias, a startle can be the start of a conversation with one of Crosstown\u2019s handlers. \u2014 Bill Jones, chicagotribune.com , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Those penguins themselves had something of the startle of art \u2014 the reveal of the ever-present real that\u2019s hidden, paradoxically, by information. \u2014 New York Times , 8 July 2020",
      "Many of their primitive reflexes, such as sucking and the startle reflex, will remain at this age. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Apr. 2020",
      "The initial visual startle of her work quickly becomes subcutaneous in feeling: the realm of fantasy and superstition. \u2014 Megan O\u2019grady, New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
      "Oh, there are some startles and blood-curdling screams, but that\u2019s mostly from the guests. \u2014 Angela Hill, The Mercury News , 21 Sep. 2019",
      "Landon Hawkins is a riot as dour and petulant sister Mary Bennet, whose lurking startles everyone, and uncomplicatedly upbeat as sister Jane\u2019s suitor Bingley, who\u2019s treated literally like a puppy. \u2014 Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News , 31 July 2019",
      "By the early '90s, psychiatrists treating urban residents were diagnosing sleep disorders, extreme startle responses, flashbacks, lost hope for the future, homelessness, alcoholism, suicide and even biochemical changes in the brain. \u2014 John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 May 2018",
      "And by reducing wild startles , swaddling reduces night wakings. \u2014 Anya Leon, PEOPLE.com , 27 Feb. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1530, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "1603, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-182904"
  },
  "stagger":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to reel from side to side : totter",
      ": to move on unsteadily",
      ": to waver in purpose or action : hesitate",
      ": to rock violently",
      ": to cause to doubt or hesitate : perplex",
      ": to cause to reel or totter",
      ": to arrange in any of various zigzags, alternations, or overlappings of position or time",
      ": an abnormal condition of domestic animals associated with damage to the central nervous system and marked by incoordination and a reeling unsteady gait",
      ": a reeling or unsteady gait or stance",
      ": an arrangement in which the leading edge of the upper wing of a biplane is advanced over that of the lower",
      ": marked by an alternating or overlapping pattern",
      ": to move or cause to move unsteadily from side to side as if about to fall : reel",
      ": to cause or feel great surprise or shock",
      ": to arrange or be arranged in a zigzag but balanced way",
      ": a reeling or unsteady walk"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sta-g\u0259r",
      "\u02c8sta-g\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "careen",
      "dodder",
      "lurch",
      "reel",
      "teeter",
      "totter",
      "waddle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "She staggered over to the sofa.",
      "A hard slap on the back staggered him.",
      "It staggers me to see how much money they've spent on this project.",
      "They staggered the runners' starting positions.",
      "Noun",
      "He walked with a slight stagger .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But the disruptor that once dethroned Blockbuster and other bricks-and-mortar video stores years ago has continued to stagger . \u2014 Melissa Hernandez, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
      "Extend your legs, and stagger your feet heel to toe. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 20 May 2021",
      "Building managers may be able to coordinate with tenants to stagger in-office days, which means workers won\u2019t have to worry about being exposed to the virus in crowded elevators and entryways. \u2014 Kenny Kane, Forbes , 24 May 2021",
      "Instead of alternating suspension heights, simply stagger the placement throughout the room. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The long-term intention is to stagger terms, so that roughly half of the commission is appointed every two years. \u2014 Courtney Astolfi, cleveland , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Kershaw reflected on the Dodgers\u2019 offensive muscle and pitching pedigree, weighing what happened in last year\u2019s playoffs and knowing a history of upsets stagger the favorites. \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Now, as economies stagger back from the second year of the pandemic, Russia\u2019s attack on Ukraine grinds on and energy prices soar, the painful trade-offs have crystallized like never before. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Rising interest rates will stagger the housing market. \u2014 Justin Lahart, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Again, stagger plantings every five days or so, but also harvest properly: use scissors and cut the leaves rather than pull the plant. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 26 May 2022",
      "The Sport gets a square 245/45R-18 tire setup, while the Performance has a 255/40R-19 front and 275/35R-19 rear stagger . \u2014 Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver , 16 May 2022",
      "In the 200, in the beginning, Paffumi said that Johnson didn't understand how the stagger worked. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "This school year, sixth- and seventh-graders didn\u2019t get to tour the school before starting classes, nor did the school stagger student arrivals. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "These passes will allow travelers to enter the park in two-hour windows to help stagger traffic. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Only in the last stages do CWD's victims weaken, stagger , become emaciated and appear dazed. \u2014 Lisa Hammersly, Arkansas Online , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "The new terms will help stagger when the seats are up for reelection until the boundaries are redrawn after the 2030 census. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "Teamwork comes into play here as well as some Guardians are better at doing damage, and others excel at increasing stagger . \u2014 Brittany Vincent, BGR , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "In Seaside and Cannon Beach, lifeguards blow their whistles and stagger down the shoreline to call people in from the water. \u2014 Bruce Barcott, Outside Online , 25 Aug. 2011",
      "Schools across the country had to remove desks and stagger schedules in order to meet that standard. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 22 Mar. 2021",
      "The state also recommends businesses stagger workers\u2019 schedules. \u2014 Fortune , 8 June 2020",
      "Schools across the nation are planning deep cleans as students stagger schedules to return to instruction. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 3 June 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1918, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190151"
  },
  "standardize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to bring into conformity with a standard especially in order to assure consistency and regularity",
      ": to compare with a standard : to determine the strength, value, or quality of (something) by comparison with a standard",
      ": to make alike or matching a model",
      ": to reduce to or compare with a standard",
      ": to bring into conformity with a standard",
      ": to arrange or order the component items of a test (as of intelligence or personality) so that the probability of their eliciting a designated class of response varies with some quantifiable psychological or behavioral attribute, function, or characteristic"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stan-d\u0259r-\u02ccd\u012bz",
      "\u02c8stan-d\u0259r-\u02ccd\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "formalize",
      "homogenize",
      "normalize",
      "regularize"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He standardized procedures for the industry.",
      "the plan is to standardize the test for reading comprehension so that we can see how students across the state compare",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The policy will also standardize fast-charging speeds, so people can expect their devices to charge at the same speed across compatible chargers. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 7 June 2022",
      "The change was made, the TV Academy said, to standardize submissions within the eligibility year. \u2014 Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
      "After identifying these apps, standardize these applications. \u2014 Ritish Puttaparthi, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
      "The bill would standardize election laws across the country and restore provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "There are no national guidelines to standardize law enforcement's training and response to active shooter situations. \u2014 Emma Tucker, CNN , 28 May 2022",
      "True Footage, based in Seattle, collects data to standardize the appraisal process. \u2014 Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Pluton is designed to standardize firmware-level security updates so they can be installed via Windows Update. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "Also, discussions are underway to standardize V2X connectivity, which will be critical in assuring that the players in this highly diverse space play nicely with each other. \u2014 Phil Reich, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1873, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191020"
  },
  "stocky":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": compact, sturdy, and relatively thick in build",
      ": short, broad, and sturdy in build"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4-k\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chunky",
      "dumpy",
      "heavyset",
      "squat",
      "squatty",
      "stout",
      "stubby",
      "stumpy",
      "thickset"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "That outfit makes you look stocky .",
      "the stocky boxer's strength and speed more than make up for his opponent's longer reach",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One stocky man named Abdullah, who had learned the English of a Marriott hotel kitchen, took charge. \u2014 Steve Hendrix, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "Meanwhile, the sicklefin lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens) is a stocky , yellowish shark found in the same region, common on coral reefs as well as in shallow, sandy-bottom lagoons, and mangrove swamps. \u2014 Melissa Cristina M\u00e1rquez, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
      "In front of Abdullah\u2019s house, Ahmad Yar, 24, a stocky truck driver hauling flour from the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, wasn\u2019t thinking about his next meal. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Shuffling his stocky frame around the kitchen and the chillout zone, Jirnih commands the place with a relaxed and carefree attitude but is laser focussed on finding problems to fix. \u2014 Johnny O'reilly, Rolling Stone , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "The stocky , white-haired centenarian in dress shirt and wheelchair laughed and laughed. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "The stocky , white-haired centenarian in dress shirt and wheelchair laughed and laughed. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "One of the most evocative images at La Lindosa portrays a stocky animal with a small offspring in tow. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "The stocky , white-haired centenarian in dress shirt and wheelchair laughed and laughed. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1622, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191129"
  },
  "stern":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "biographical name ()",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having a definite hardness or severity of nature or manner : austere",
      ": expressive of severe displeasure : harsh",
      ": forbidding or gloomy in appearance",
      ": inexorable",
      ": sturdy , stout",
      ": the rear end of a boat",
      ": a hinder or rear part : the last or latter part",
      ": hard and severe in nature or manner : very strict and serious",
      ": showing severe displeasure or disapproval",
      ": firm and not changeable",
      ": the rear end of a boat",
      "Isaac 1920\u20132001 American (Russian-born) violinist",
      "Otto 1888\u20131969 American (German-born) physicist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259rn",
      "\u02c8st\u0259rn",
      "\u02c8st\u0259rn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "austere",
      "authoritarian",
      "flinty",
      "hard",
      "harsh",
      "heavy-handed",
      "ramrod",
      "rigid",
      "rigorous",
      "severe",
      "strict",
      "tough"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "clement",
      "forbearing",
      "gentle",
      "indulgent",
      "lax",
      "lenient",
      "tolerant"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "He gave me a stern look.",
      "the army post's stern commander always had the utmost respect of those who served under him",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The Moon in Scorpio will square stern Saturn, then turn right around and trine dreamy Neptune, showing us facts and fantasy in equal measure. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "With a stern face that quietly communicates no-nonsense badassery and rueful-dreamy thoughtfulness, McClarnon seems to shift the gravity of his projects. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
      "At one point, Louis poked his tongue out in Kate's face and made a goofy gesture with his hand, prompting the mother of three to give him a stern look. \u2014 Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
      "Needless to say, fans quickly reacted to the video and a lot of people were rallying behind Zooey who held a stern face throughout the clip. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 26 May 2022",
      "Khan says his removal from office was the result of a U.S.-organized plot and collusion with Sharif, whose government has vowed a stern response if Khan violates the ban. \u2014 Time , 26 May 2022",
      "The yacht\u2019s inline stern drive system reportedly gives it great maneuverability and efficiency, too. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 24 May 2022",
      "His new classmates, all white, despise Black people and use the N-word; Aaron gives Paul a stern lesson in civil rights, teaching him that the same people who menace Black people would do the same to Jews. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 19 May 2022",
      "The mention of singing and dancing is met with stern looks, pressed lips. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "It\u2019s complemented by a lifting platform and two cranes at the stern that can support the loading and unloading of the various vehicles. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "As Matteson piloted the boat from his seat in the stern , Telep brandished a long pole with a net at the tip. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 13 May 2022",
      "Roderick Grimshaw pushed an empty lobster trap to the stern as Michael Grimshaw hauled up the rest. \u2014 David Abel, BostonGlobe.com , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "During breaks in the pot-rigging, crew members climbed back aboard the Pinnacle and warmed up in a three-story house that rises fortress-like \u2014 but full of comforts \u2014 from the stern of the boat. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "But a portion of the stern has broken off, meaning the hull is in at least two pieces. \u2014 al , 12 May 2022",
      "Not so with the latest Navigator, which has LINCOLN plastered across its stern and the brand's crosshair emblem set as a nearly foot-tall protrusion within its gently redrawn grille. \u2014 Mike Sutton, Car and Driver , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Vessel cannot close transom door and water has entered the stern . \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 7 May 2022",
      "The Haida, whose land encompassed cedar forests, probably shaped it and decorated the prow and stern with designs of an eagle and killer whale. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191418"
  },
  "stalk":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": a slender upright object or supporting or connecting part",
      ": peduncle",
      ": the main stem of an herbaceous plant often with its dependent parts",
      ": a part of a plant (such as a petiole or stipe) that supports another",
      ": to pursue quarry or prey stealthily",
      ": to walk stiffly or haughtily",
      ": to pursue by stalking",
      ": to go through (an area) in search of prey or quarry",
      ": to pursue obsessively and to the point of harassment",
      ": the act of stalking",
      ": a stalking gait",
      ": a plant stem especially when not woody",
      ": a slender supporting structure",
      ": to walk in a stiff or proud manner",
      ": to hunt slowly and quietly",
      ": a slender supporting or connecting part : peduncle",
      ": to subject to stalking",
      ": to engage in stalking"
    ],
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      "\u02c8st\u022fk",
      "\u02c8st\u022fk",
      "\u02c8st\u022fk",
      "\u02c8st\u022fk"
    ],
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      "chase",
      "hunt"
    ],
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    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "a movie about a detective being stalked by a killer",
      "This is the time of year when hunters are stalking the woods for deer.",
      "She called the police because her ex-boyfriend was stalking her.",
      "She angrily stalked out of the room."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191547"
  },
  "style":{
    "type":[
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      "verb"
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      ": a particular manner or technique by which something is done, created, or performed",
      ": a distinctive manner of expression (as in writing or speech)",
      ": a distinctive manner or custom of behaving or conducting oneself",
      ": a particular mode of living",
      ": a distinctive quality, form, or type of something",
      ": the state of being popular : fashion",
      ": fashionable elegance",
      ": beauty, grace, or ease of manner or technique",
      ": a convention with respect to spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and typographic arrangement and display followed in writing or printing",
      ": stylus",
      ": gnomon sense 1b",
      ": the filiform usually elongated part of the pistil bearing a stigma at its apex \u2014 see flower illustration",
      ": a slender elongated process (such as a bristle) on an animal",
      ": designation , title",
      ": to give a particular style to: such as",
      ": to give a particular shape to (hair)",
      ": to design and make (something, such as clothing) in a particular style or for a particular purpose",
      ": to wear (something, such as an article of clothing) as part of a particular fashion look (see look entry 2 sense 2c )",
      ": to select and arrange the clothing, hair, makeup, etc. of (someone) to create a particular fashion look",
      ": to decorate (something, such as a room) in a particular way",
      ": to call or designate by an identifying term : name",
      "\u2014 see also self-styled",
      ": being in the style of",
      ": a particular form or design of something",
      ": a way of speaking or writing",
      ": an individual way of behaving or doing something",
      ": a method, manner, or quality that is felt to be very respectable, fashionable, or proper : fashion",
      ": an easy and graceful manner",
      ": the narrow middle part of the pistil of a flower",
      ": to design and make in a known or new style",
      ": to give a special shape to someone's hair",
      ": to identify by some descriptive term : call"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u012b(-\u0259)l",
      "\u02c8st\u012bl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fashion",
      "locution",
      "manner",
      "mode",
      "phraseology",
      "tone",
      "vein"
    ],
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      "baptize",
      "call",
      "christen",
      "clepe",
      "denominate",
      "designate",
      "dub",
      "entitle",
      "label",
      "name",
      "nominate",
      "term",
      "title"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Casey Johnson is one of today\u2019s top regional talents, someone whose work ethic and usually clean style would impress Wisconsin\u2019s stock car greats who barnstormed when the Mile was at its vibrant peak a couple of generations ago. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 19 June 2022",
      "Javi) for style tips, inspirations, and other recommendations. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 18 June 2022",
      "After playing with color in a head-to-toe baby pink suit, the Duchess of Cambridge channeled classic royal style for an appearance with Prince William at the Royal Ascot today. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 18 June 2022",
      "At the spring 2023 menswear shows, they\u2019re being worn with power suits and summer dresses, adding a bit of sun protection and style . \u2014 Irene Kim, Vogue , 18 June 2022",
      "With summer temperatures hitting record highs this week, there's no better time to invest in lightweight and breezy dresses that deliver on comfort and style . \u2014 Sanah Faroke, PEOPLE.com , 18 June 2022",
      "Dubbed as Joys of Summer, the sunny style presentation was crafted with seaside soirees, excursions around the city, and picnics under the sun in mind. \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
      "Smit-McPhee plays country singer Jimmie Rodgers Snow, the son of Hank Snow, who is seen as wanting to imitate Elvis\u2019 more flamboyant style , unlike his distressed father. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 17 June 2022",
      "The Sox were two wins from rolling into the World Series before all their hitting just disappeared \u2026 Jayson Tatum style . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Opt to style them with sandals and a T-shirt for afternoon picnics or with heels and a breezy blouse for alfresco dinners. \u2014 Brittany Vanderbill, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022",
      "In a past life Stevo Johnson, a charter school teacher, helped style Mary J. Blige. \u2014 Jacob Bogage, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
      "The thicker barrel is perfect for that bouncy, mega-volume look\u2013or to style curtain bangs. \u2014 ELLE , 3 June 2022",
      "Some of the struggles that women with curly hair face in Indonesia face are quite similar to those around the world \u2014 including in the United States \u2014 like a lack of access to salons and hair stylists that can style and treat natural hair textures. \u2014 Jada Jackson, Allure , 23 May 2022",
      "Those transitioning to cottagecore from modern farmhouse or contemporary looks should keep their open shelves, but re- style them. \u2014 Amanda Lauren, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "Each Thursday morning, Norma Matthews and her twin sister Edith Antoncecchi carefully style their hair and sometimes put on coordinating outfits. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Duchess Kate has long been known to pull older pieces from her wardrobe to style anew. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 May 2022",
      "No Time to Die, when the production\u2019s wardrobe stylist tapped Barton Perreira to style Craig in the film. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 14 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6",
      "Verb",
      "1570, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191801"
  },
  "stinginess":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": not generous or liberal : sparing or scant in using, giving, or spending",
      ": meanly scanty or small",
      ": not generous",
      ": very small in amount"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stin-j\u0113",
      "\u02c8stin-j\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cheap",
      "chintzy",
      "close",
      "closefisted",
      "mean",
      "mingy",
      "miserly",
      "niggard",
      "niggardly",
      "parsimonious",
      "penny-pinching",
      "penurious",
      "pinching",
      "pinchpenny",
      "spare",
      "sparing",
      "stinting",
      "tight",
      "tightfisted",
      "uncharitable",
      "ungenerous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bounteous",
      "bountiful",
      "charitable",
      "freehanded",
      "generous",
      "liberal",
      "munificent",
      "openhanded",
      "unsparing",
      "unstinting"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The company was too stingy to raise salaries.",
      "until his redemption, Ebenezer Scrooge is the classic example of a very stingy , heartless miser",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But as the Mercury\u2019s stingy defense would have it, the Dream\u2019s hot shooting wasn\u2019t able to rev back up again as the team missed its last shot when the clock expired. \u2014 Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic , 10 June 2022",
      "Seminole has been stingy on defense, allowing only 5.5 points per game so far this season. \u2014 Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com , 29 Sep. 2021",
      "Some of the federal prisons hardest hit by the pandemic were strikingly stingy with Covid-19 drugs in the early pandemic. \u2014 Nicholas Florko, STAT , 9 May 2022",
      "The Howard County co-champs will be downright stingy with senior goalie Tyler Gladstone bringing special qualities to the cage and UMBC-bound defenseman Casey Pung another standout in the back. \u2014 Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Cox has been stingy with his vetoes in his one year in office, rejecting just four of the 499 bills that have crossed his desk. \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "Gaulier is even stingy with compliments for his most successful alumni. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "Rich nations have also been somewhat stingy with their investments in COVAX, the World Health Organization initiative to get vaccines to low-income countries. \u2014 Karen Kaplan Science And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "For now, the company has been stingy with details about the third campaign. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 14 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps from English dialect *stinge , noun, sting; akin to Old English stingan to sting",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1659, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192537"
  },
  "steamed up":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make angry or excited : arouse"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "anger",
      "enrage",
      "incense",
      "inflame",
      "enflame",
      "infuriate",
      "ire",
      "mad",
      "madden",
      "outrage",
      "rankle",
      "rile",
      "roil",
      "tick off"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "delight",
      "gratify",
      "please"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "finding yet another mistaken charge on his hospital bill really steamed him up"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1922, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192616"
  },
  "stamp":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument",
      ": to strike or beat forcibly with the bottom of the foot",
      ": to bring down (the foot) forcibly",
      ": to extinguish or destroy by or as if by stamping with the foot",
      ": impress , imprint",
      ": to attach a stamp to",
      ": to cut out, bend, or form with a stamp or die",
      ": to provide with a distinctive character",
      ": characterize",
      ": pound sense 1",
      ": to strike the foot forcibly or noisily downward",
      ": a device or instrument for stamping",
      ": the impression or mark made by stamping or imprinting",
      ": a distinctive character, indication, or mark",
      ": a lasting imprint",
      ": the act of stamping",
      ": a stamped or printed paper affixed in evidence that a tax has been paid",
      ": postage stamp",
      ": to bring the foot down hard and with noise",
      ": to put an end to by or as if by hitting with the bottom of the foot",
      ": to mark or cut out with a tool or device having a design",
      ": to attach a postage stamp to",
      ": characterize sense 1",
      ": a small piece of paper or a mark attached to something to show that a tax or fee has been paid",
      ": a device or instrument for marking with a design",
      ": the mark made by stamping",
      ": a sign of a special quality",
      ": the act of bringing the foot down hard",
      ": an official mark or seal set on something (as a deed) chargeable with a government or state duty or tax or on papers requiring execution under certain conditions to signify that the duty or tax has been paid or the condition fulfilled",
      ": revenue stamp"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stamp",
      "transitive sense 2a & intransitive sense 2 are also",
      "or",
      "\u02c8stamp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "barge",
      "clump",
      "flog",
      "flounder",
      "galumph",
      "lumber",
      "lump",
      "plod",
      "pound",
      "scuff",
      "scuffle",
      "shamble",
      "shuffle",
      "slog",
      "slough",
      "stomp",
      "stumble",
      "stump",
      "tramp",
      "tromp",
      "trudge"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "impress",
      "impression",
      "imprint",
      "print"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He stamped his foot in anger.",
      "He stamped out of the room.",
      "She stamped the bill \u201cpaid.\u201d",
      "Noun",
      "There was a stamp on the letter showing the date when it was received.",
      "a stamp left in the mud by some prehistoric beast",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Beyond their functional importance, these spaces can and should reflect the personality of the surrounding neighborhoods, allowing teams to stamp them with their own identity. \u2014 Andy Cohen, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
      "Bowman won the third race of the season in Las Vegas, has six top-10 finishes and has followed up a career-best four wins in 2021 with the type of effort that should stamp him in the championship picture. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 1 May 2022",
      "Battles for drug turf among the Bridgeport gangs has resulted both in remarkable violence and concerted effort by law enforcement to stamp it out. \u2014 Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Still, higher inflation now has the Federal Reserve in inflation-fighting mode to stamp it out. \u2014 Christine Romans, CNN , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "For decades the primary approach to containing and extinguishing forest fires was to try to stamp them out. \u2014 Matthew Brown, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "In recent weeks, dozens of mainland Chinese cities have been locked down as authorities work to stamp out the coronavirus. \u2014 Sahar Akbarzai And Michelle Toh, CNN , 24 May 2022",
      "His time in office prior to the war was marked by criticism about his inability to stamp out corruption and end the war with pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine\u2019s east. \u2014 Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News , 12 May 2022",
      "Universities need to stamp out and condemn extracurricular organizations\u2019 efforts to brainwash undergraduates. \u2014 Aron Ravin, National Review , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The warning stamp on the west side pavement was about three steps away from the Amtrak tracks \u2014 and there was no physical barrier. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "In a media advisory, USPS noted that the stamp is a part of the agency's Black Heritage series. \u2014 Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "The stamp is the 45th in the USPS' Black Heritage series honoring individual Black Americans. \u2014 Eric Levenson, CNN , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "The stamp is the 45th installment of the USPS\u2019s Black Heritage series, according to a press release. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "The notary stamp and notary signature were also fake, Mr. Winker said. \u2014 Clare Ansberry, WSJ , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "On one side was the stamp of the handgun\u2019s unique serial number: YZC020. \u2014 Rosemary Sobol, chicagotribune.com , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "The stamp is the 33rd in the Postal Service\u2019s Literary Arts series. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 July 2021",
      "The stamp itself is a cylindrical tube with a rounded sponge applicator, infused with pigment that's available in seven blonde and brown shades. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 15 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192813"
  },
  "stave off":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to fend off",
      ": to ward off (something adverse) : forestall"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "beat off",
      "fend (off)",
      "rebut",
      "repel",
      "repulse",
      "turn away",
      "turn back"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "managed to stave off the invaders",
      "the quartermaster staved off a shortage by requisitioning more than enough supplies"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193025"
  },
  "strut":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to become turgid : swell",
      ": to walk with a proud gait",
      ": to walk with a pompous and affected air",
      ": to parade (something, such as clothes) with a show of pride",
      ": to display one's best work : show off",
      ": a structural piece designed to resist pressure in the direction of its length",
      ": a pompous step or walk",
      ": arrogant behavior : swagger",
      ": to provide, stiffen, support, or hold apart with or as if with a strut",
      ": to walk in a confident and proud way",
      ": a stiff proud step or walk",
      ": a bar or brace used to resist pressure in the direction of its length"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u0259t",
      "\u02c8str\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the strut of a supermodel",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "During the dance, several men shake rattles or strut notched rasps over a tin drum to imitate the sound of thunder. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 May 2022",
      "The show will begin at 9 p.m. where superheroes, furries, zombies, anime otaku, sci-fi fans, video game characters or guests in casual attire can dance and strut on stage. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 21 May 2022",
      "Naturally, Travolta was given the opportunity to strut his stuff, cowboy style, on Gilley\u2019s hardwood floor. \u2014 Chris Morris, Variety , 8 May 2022",
      "Fellingham has gathered an eclectic mix of fashion visionaries from Kentucky for a high-energy show set to strut down an elevated runway at Fourth Street Live, the Courier Journal previously reported. \u2014 Jason Gonzalez, The Courier-Journal , 2 May 2022",
      "Acrobats, aerialists, dancers and musicians strut their stuff on and/or above an outdoor stage in the return of this annual Mother\u2019s Day celebration. \u2014 Matt Cooperlistings Coordinator, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
      "Everyone was there to see Mary J. Blige strut the stage \u2014 coming on well after midnight. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 May 2022",
      "Shedding the power-suits and slick updos of their businesswoman cosplay, the two strut back into the reunion in a burst of pink feathers and blue latex. \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Over the weekend, the beauty strut her stuff in a strapless look and an off-the-shoulder gown with her signature curly red hair as her dad was all smiles (with his signature gap-tooth grin). \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Knowing a body in space, the parabolas of certain gestures, the side angles of expressions, the timbre of a wisecrack, the mood of a certain strut lend an illusion of kinship. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
      "With a bright pop of color and a fierce strut , Jenna Bush Hager stopped Today show fans in their tracks. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Cottontail rabbits mosey in occasionally, too, and in recent years wild turkeys have showed up to scratch, dust and strut . \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "This zany, cartoon-soundbite\u2013like track somehow fits comfortably on A Couple of Good Days next to playful hip-house, crystalline piano thumpers, funky strut , and alluringly low-key disco. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "One bone became particularly useful as a hearing device, the hyomandibular bone, a strut that, in fish, controls the gills and gill flaps. \u2014 David George Haskell, Wired , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Johnson's first call was to the industry's top catwalk coach Miss J Alexander, who gave her masterclass and had her feeling confident in her strut . \u2014 Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "During the launch a chunk of foam had peeled off a strut attached to the huge external fuel tank and walloped the underside of the orbiter\u2019s left wing. \u2014 Joel Achenbach, Washington Post , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "The gas ruptured a strut connecting the booster to the external fuel tank, destroying both. \u2014 Stav Dimitropoulos, Popular Mechanics , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Contestants with strut their stuff for votes ($1 for 1 vote). \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 2 June 2022",
      "Two extra rear strut braces should increase rigidity, as will the same extra spot welds and additional structural adhesive on the frame that come on every GR Corolla. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 1 June 2022",
      "The show will begin at 9 p.m. where superheroes, furries, zombies, anime otaku, sci-fi fans, video game characters or guests in casual attire can dance and strut on stage. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 21 May 2022",
      "Some of the shows were staged on a central street of Ouagadougou, the capital, where residents lined up to see models strut designs for women and men. \u2014 Sam Mednick, ajc , 16 May 2022",
      "Naturally, Travolta was given the opportunity to strut his stuff, cowboy style, on Gilley\u2019s hardwood floor. \u2014 Chris Morris, Variety , 8 May 2022",
      "In the preview clip, each queen gets a chance to strut their stuff in their favorite look while entering the workroom (and giving the other queens a show). \u2014 Hattie Lindert, PEOPLE.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Loud \u2014 The Paradise Rock Club draws in bands that strut on the border of mainstream and indie. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2022",
      "Everyone was there to see Mary J. Blige strut the stage \u2014 coming on well after midnight. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (2)",
      "circa 1828, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194652"
  },
  "story":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "biographical name ()",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an account of incidents or events",
      ": a statement regarding the facts pertinent to a situation in question",
      ": anecdote",
      ": an amusing one",
      ": a fictional narrative shorter than a novel",
      ": short story",
      ": the intrigue or plot of a narrative or dramatic work",
      ": a widely circulated rumor",
      ": lie , falsehood",
      ": legend , romance",
      ": a news article or broadcast",
      ": matter , situation",
      ": history sense 1",
      ": history sense 3",
      ": to adorn with a story or a scene from history",
      ": to narrate or describe in story",
      ": the space in a building between two adjacent floor levels or between a floor and the roof",
      ": a set of rooms in such a space",
      ": a unit of measure equal to the height of the story of a building",
      ": a horizontal division of a building's exterior not necessarily corresponding exactly with the stories within",
      ": a report about incidents or events : account",
      ": a short often amusing tale",
      ": a fictional tale shorter than a novel",
      ": a widely told rumor",
      ": lie entry 3 , falsehood",
      ": a set of rooms or an area making up one floor level of a building",
      "Joseph 1779\u20131845 American jurist",
      "William Wetmore 1819\u20131895 son of Joseph Story American sculptor"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u022fr-\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u022fr-\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u022fr-\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u022fr-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 8a",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
      "Noun (2)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194759"
  },
  "sticky":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": adhesive",
      ": viscous , gluey",
      ": coated with a sticky substance",
      ": humid , muggy",
      ": clammy",
      ": tending to stick",
      ": disagreeable , unpleasant",
      ": awkward , stiff",
      ": difficult , problematic",
      ": excessively sentimental : cloying",
      ": tending to cling like glue : adhesive",
      ": coated with a substance that sticks to things",
      ": muggy , humid",
      ": tending to become blocked or jammed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sti-k\u0113",
      "\u02c8sti-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adherent",
      "adhesive",
      "clingy",
      "gluey",
      "glutinous",
      "gummy",
      "tacky",
      "tenacious",
      "viscid"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nonadhesive"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The sap is very sticky .",
      "There is a sticky substance on the table.",
      "The paint was still sticky .",
      "The weather was hot and sticky .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Easy for a quick wipe upstairs or down stairs leaving everything clean and not sticky . \u2014 Elizabeth Berry And Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day , 13 June 2022",
      "Not greasy or sticky , easy to apply, and not heavily scented. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 13 June 2022",
      "Instead of sitting in a stuffy room that will ultimately leave you feeling sticky and sweaty, consider investing in a tower fan that efficiently circulates air to cool your space. \u2014 Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 June 2022",
      "One of the varnishes was almost sticky at room temperature. \u2014 Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic , 7 June 2022",
      "There is safety in clinging to the options of only wild and sticky , in being the one to make things difficult for myself before anybody else can. \u2014 Morgan Parker, ELLE , 4 June 2022",
      "Therefore, slower salary increases mean elevated price pressures may not be as sticky as previously thought. \u2014 Omkar Godbole, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "Best Anti-Frizz Hairspray Shield your style against frizz no matter how sticky the weather with John Frieda\u2019s bargain hairspray, a winner in GH Beauty Lab testing for keeping hair\u2019s shape intact and smooth. \u2014 Dori Price, Good Housekeeping , 3 June 2022",
      "Sometimes serums can feel a little sticky , but this one doesn't. \u2014 Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour , 2 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1688, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-200831"
  },
  "strew":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to spread by scattering",
      ": to cover by or as if by scattering something",
      ": to become dispersed over as if scattered",
      ": to spread abroad : disseminate",
      ": scatter sense 1",
      ": to spread by scattering",
      ": to cover by or as if by scattering something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u00fc",
      "\u02c8str\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bestrew",
      "dot",
      "pepper",
      "scatter",
      "sow",
      "spot",
      "spray",
      "sprinkle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She strewed the birdseed on the ground.",
      "sidewalks strewed with trash left by the parade watchers",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Of all the stuff your child will strew about your home for two more decades, a box of tiny teeth is probably the easiest thing to stow away. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
      "Some people delicately strew petals; this was a thicket. \u2014 Michelle Ruiz, Vogue , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "In his prime, Dove\u2019s crooning \u2014 his ballads could melt a lady\u2019s heart \u2014 prompted female fans to strew the stage with everything from hotel keys to their underwear. \u2014 Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "Outside the house on the rest of the property, debris and fallen trees -- including four century-old magnolias -- were strew across the area. \u2014 CNN , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "Haywood hopes to display the items in the caf\u00e9 and will permanently add two items -- the Irish strew and Welsh rarebit, to the menu. \u2014 Sara Spary, CNN , 6 May 2021",
      "Pile in a serving dish, strew with scallions and serve hot or at room temperature with lemon wedges. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Jan. 2021",
      "Season generously with black pepper, and strew the thyme and/or oregano leaves on top. \u2014 Leslie Brenner, Dallas News , 26 Aug. 2020",
      "But marbling is only the first step of the process: Once the paper is dry, Schneider applies it to lampshades, boxes, switchplates, and more, finishing it with a metallic rim, traces of which are strewn around the Shandell's workshop. \u2014 Hadley Keller, House Beautiful , 27 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English strewen, strowen , from Old English strewian, str\u0113owian ; akin to Old High German strewen to strew, Latin struere to heap up, sternere to spread out, Greek stornynai ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-200953"
  },
  "strike":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to take a course : go",
      ": to aim and usually deliver a blow, stroke, or thrust (as with the hand, a weapon, or a tool)",
      ": to arrive with detrimental effect",
      ": to attempt to undermine or harm something as if by a blow",
      ": to come into contact forcefully",
      ": to delete something",
      ": to lower a flag usually in surrender",
      ": to become indicated by a clock, bell, or chime",
      ": to make known the time by sounding",
      ": pierce , penetrate",
      ": to engage in battle",
      ": to make a military attack",
      ": to become ignited",
      ": to discover something",
      ": to pull on a fishing rod in order to set the hook",
      ": to seize the bait",
      ": dart , shoot",
      ": to take root",
      ": germinate",
      ": to make an impression",
      ": to stop work in order to force an employer to comply with demands",
      ": to make a beginning",
      ": to thrust oneself forward",
      ": to work diligently : strive",
      ": to strike at : hit",
      ": to drive or remove by or as if by a blow",
      ": to attack or seize with a sharp blow (as of fangs or claws)",
      ": inflict",
      ": to produce by or as if by a blow or stroke",
      ": to separate by a sharp blow",
      ": to haul down : lower",
      ": to dismantle and take away",
      ": to strike the tents of (a camp)",
      ": to afflict suddenly",
      ": to engage in (a battle) : fight",
      ": to make a military attack on",
      ": delete , cancel",
      ": to penetrate painfully : pierce",
      ": to cause to penetrate",
      ": to send down or out",
      ": to level (something, such as a measure of grain) by scraping off what is above the rim",
      ": to smooth or form (something, such as a mold) with a tool",
      ": to indicate by sounding",
      ": to bring into forceful contact",
      ": to shake (hands) in confirming an agreement",
      ": to thrust suddenly",
      ": to come into contact or collision with",
      ": to fall on",
      ": to become audible to",
      ": to affect with a mental or emotional state or a strong emotion",
      ": to affect a person with (a strong emotion)",
      ": to cause to become by or as if by a sudden blow",
      ": to produce by stamping",
      ": to produce (something, such as fire) by or as if by striking",
      ": to cause to ignite by friction",
      ": to make and ratify the terms of",
      ": to play or produce by hitting or plucking keys or strings",
      ": to produce as if by playing an instrument",
      ": to hook (a fish) by a sharp pull on the line",
      ": to snatch at (a bait)",
      ": to occur to",
      ": to appear to especially as a revelation or as remarkable : impress",
      ": bewitch",
      ": to arrive at by or as if by computation",
      ": to come to : attain",
      ": to come upon : discover",
      ": to engage in a strike against (an employer)",
      ": take on , assume",
      ": to place (a plant cutting) in a medium for growth and rooting",
      ": to so propagate (a plant)",
      ": to make one's way along",
      ": to cause (an arc) to form (as between electrodes of an arc lamp)",
      ": to oviposit on or in",
      ": to become rich usually suddenly",
      ": a tool for smoothing a surface (as of a mold)",
      ": an act or instance of striking",
      ": a work stoppage by a body of workers to enforce compliance with demands made on an employer",
      ": a temporary stoppage of activities in protest against an act or condition",
      ": the direction of the line of intersection of a horizontal plane with an uptilted geologic stratum",
      ": a pull on a fishing rod to strike a fish",
      ": a pull on a line by a fish in striking",
      ": a stroke of good luck",
      ": a discovery of a valuable mineral deposit",
      ": a pitched ball that is in the strike zone or is swung at and is not hit fair",
      ": a perfectly thrown ball or pass",
      ": disadvantage , handicap",
      ": an act or instance of knocking down all the bowling pins with the first bowl",
      ": establishment of roots and plant growth",
      ": cutaneous myiasis (as of sheep)",
      ": a military attack",
      ": an air attack on a single objective",
      ": a group of airplanes taking part in such an attack",
      ": to touch, hit, or affect with force",
      ": to come into contact or collision with",
      ": to attack or seize suddenly",
      ": go sense 1 , proceed",
      ": to lower, take down, or take apart",
      ": to make known by sounding : cause to sound",
      ": to affect usually suddenly",
      ": to produce by or as if by a blow",
      ": to happen with damaging force or effect",
      ": to cause to ignite by scratching",
      ": to agree on the arrangements of",
      ": to make an impression on",
      ": to come to mind",
      ": to produce on a musical instrument",
      ": to remove or cancel with or as if with the stroke of a pen",
      ": to come upon : discover",
      ": to take on : assume",
      ": to stop work in order to force an employer to meet demands regarding conditions of work",
      ": to produce by stamping",
      ": to be out in baseball by getting three strikes during a turn at bat",
      ": to cause to begin",
      ": an act or instance of striking",
      ": a stopping of work by workers to force an employer to agree to demands",
      ": an unhelpful or undesirable characteristic : disadvantage",
      ": a baseball pitch that is not hit fair or that passes through a certain area over home plate (",
      ") without being hit and that counts against the batter",
      ": the knocking down of all the pins with the first ball in bowling",
      ": a discovery of a valuable mineral deposit",
      ": a military attack",
      ": cutaneous myiasis (as of sheep)",
      ": to remove or delete something",
      ": to stop work in order to force an employer to comply with demands",
      ": to remove or delete from a legal document and especially from the record of a trial",
      ": to remove (a prospective juror) from a venire",
      ": to engage in a strike against (an employer)",
      ": the removal of a potential juror from a venire \u2014 compare challenge",
      ": a concerted work stoppage, interruption, or slowdown by a body of workers to enforce compliance with demands made on an employer \u2014 see also rent strike , Labor Management Relations Act \u2014 compare job action",
      ": a strike that is brought against an employer because of a dispute regarding economic benefits or conditions (as wages)",
      ": a simultaneous strike by all unionized workers of all trades and industries",
      ": a strike that is called against an employer as a result of a dispute with another union as to the right to perform particular work",
      ": recognition strike in this entry",
      ": a strike by workers against their employer with whom they have a dispute",
      ": a strike by workers against their employer seeking to force the employer to recognize the union as their collective bargaining agent",
      ": sympathy strike in this entry",
      ": a strike during which employees remain in and occupy the employer's premises as a protest and means of forcing compliance with demands",
      ": a strike by workers not involved in a labor dispute in support of other striking employees or unions",
      ": a strike by workers that is not authorized by the union"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u012bk",
      "\u02c8str\u012bk",
      "\u02c8str\u012bk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "walk",
      "walk out"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "walkout"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "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",
      "But President Biden says the U.S. won't send Ukraine any missiles that could strike Russian territory, and the tanks promised by Germany apparently haven't arrived. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 31 May 2022",
      "Both Ivan and Peter are elusive targets with ideologies and significant hair and desires that strike the female narrators as demonically opaque. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
      "In the years that have followed, Fox has only continued to experiment with form-fitting pieces that strike the right balance between timeless and avant-garde. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 16 May 2022",
      "They\u2019re attached to wires and pulleys that set in motion the hammers that strike the bronze bells. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
      "But high on the agenda at the World Vaccine Congress was a vaccine for another mysterious illness that could strike at any moment: Disease X. \u2014 NBC News , 2 May 2022",
      "Perhaps most alarming to the Soviets was NATO\u2019s deployment of new intermediate-range ballistic and cruise missiles that could strike the U.S.S.R.\u2014and Moscow itself\u2014faster than previously possible. \u2014 Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Even amongst those nations, communities and activists that have not taken a strong stand either way on the conflict, there must surely be aspects of this message that strike a chord. \u2014 Michael Sheldrick, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Two people were killed in the village of Halystsynove in the same region in a separate strike on Saturday, an attack that caused a fire, regional officials said. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
      "Days before that, a French journalist is killed in an artillery strike while filming the evacuation of civilians fleeing the fighting in Severodonetsk, the focal point of the Russian assault. \u2014 Mac William Bishop, Rolling Stone , 12 June 2022",
      "Before the water was knocked out in a strike and civilians poured into their hospital with gruesome wounds \u2014 an old woman with shrapnel in her knee, another with a piece lodged in her neck. \u2014 Ievgeniia Sivorsk, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
      "Last year, a building housing the offices of the Associated Press and Al Jazeera in Gaza was destroyed in an Israeli air strike . \u2014 Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
      "Another Meduza post said a municipal pool used as a bomb shelter was also hit in the strike . \u2014 Sam Schechner, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
      "The last contract negotiation resulted in a two-week strike by the union in 2019. \u2014 Tracy Swartz, Chicago Tribune , 21 May 2022",
      "Sheriff\u2019s deputies responded to the call and found that no one had been injured in the lightning strike , though debris punched holes in the house on the property. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022",
      "After collecting sleeping bags, gloves, and other items for the platoon in which his brother was fighting, his brother called to say he had been wounded in a missile strike , and that all but four of the 30 men in his unit were dead. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Time , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-201709"
  },
  "stippled":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to engrave by means of dots and flicks":[],
      ": to make by small short touches (as of paint or ink) that together produce an even or softly graded shadow":[],
      ": to apply (something, such as paint) by repeated small touches":[],
      ": speckle , fleck":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sti-p\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blotch",
      "dapple",
      "dot",
      "fleck",
      "freckle",
      "marble",
      "mottle",
      "pepper",
      "shoot",
      "speck",
      "speckle",
      "splotch",
      "spot",
      "sprinkle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "the sunlight falling through the lace curtain stippled her face",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "And so on a chilly February weeknight, Bedrick began by showing examples of low-cost products that can help with makeup basics, like a brow tint pen, eyeliner pot, contour palette, stipple sponge, and liquid black eyeliner. \u2014 Alaina Demopoulos, Allure , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Martha Ulrich shivered in the harsh February cold, her bare legs stippled with goosebumps. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Feb. 2020",
      "Kenturah Davis\u2019 2015 self-portrait was made using an ink stippling technique. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 22 Oct. 2019",
      "The terrifying time was stippled with the ordinary and the joyous. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 Oct. 2019",
      "Curliss recommends the following Colorblends varieties, available at colorblends.com: Flamenco Queen: Big white blooms brushed and stippled with red. \u2014 Karen Dardick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Sep. 2019",
      "Compare stippling the pages with water spots, unable to put your arms down, with balancing an ashtray on the rim of the tub, unable to put one arm down. \u2014 Garnett Kilberg Cohen, The New Yorker , 25 Aug. 2019",
      "The sedan\u2019s rear driver\u2019s door was stippled with multiple bullet holes, and both windows on that side were shot out. \u2014 Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com , 14 Sep. 2019",
      "Kardashian mixed the two products together on the back of her hand with a Kabuki brush and then quickly stippled it all over her face. \u2014 Bella Cacciatore, Glamour , 16 Aug. 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Stage three required more silicone cheeks, chin, neck, back of neck, lips and stretch and stipple to age around her eyes, forehead and furrow. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "The surface of the lake, roused to a salt-and-pepper stipple by the rain, was devoid of sailboats or swimmers. \u2014 John Bowe, Travel + Leisure , 5 June 2021",
      "With the iron heated, carefully press the tip into the plastic of the handle repeatedly to cover it with stipples . \u2014 Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life , 19 Nov. 2019",
      "The 26-year-old tenor saxophonist has set most of these original compositions at a medium-fast tempo, and her saxophone stipples and scampers, gesturing toward the influence of the alto saxophonist Steve Lehman. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2018",
      "Pro Tip: To quickly cover dark circles, stipple (a.k.a. \u2014 Amber Kallor, Marie Claire , 28 Apr. 2017",
      "A third left an entrance wound surrounded by gunpowder stipple at the base of his skull and an exit wound in his left cheek. \u2014 John Branch, New York Times , 7 Apr. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Dutch stippelen to spot, dot":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1762, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "1837, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-160014"
  },
  "straightaway":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": without hesitation or delay",
      ": proceeding in a straight line : continuous in direction",
      ": immediate",
      ": a straight course: such as",
      ": the straight part of a closed racecourse : stretch",
      ": a straight and unimpeded stretch of road or way",
      ": without delay : immediately"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccstr\u0101t-\u0259-\u02c8w\u0101",
      "\u02c8str\u0101t-\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101",
      "\u02c8str\u0101-t\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101",
      "\u02ccstr\u0101-t\u0259-\u02c8w\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bang",
      "directly",
      "forthwith",
      "headlong",
      "immediately",
      "incontinently",
      "instantaneously",
      "instanter",
      "instantly",
      "now",
      "PDQ",
      "plumb",
      "presently",
      "promptly",
      "pronto",
      "right",
      "right away",
      "right now",
      "right off",
      "straight off",
      "straightway"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "immediate",
      "instant",
      "instantaneous",
      "split-second"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adverb",
      "He found the information straightaway .",
      "he got to the hospital, and straightaway he was admitted and given intravenous fluids",
      "Adjective",
      "her first novel was a straightaway success",
      "the doomed ship was headed on a straightaway course in the path of the iceberg",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "But that\u2019s not what\u2019s happening when uninformed and inexperienced e-scooter riders injure themselves straightaway . \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 10 Oct. 2019",
      "Obviously, people always want to see results straightaway but that\u2019s not how things work. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Sep. 2019",
      "The idea was to design algorithms that would recognize interesting phenomena encountered in the rover's surroundings during traverses and either notify the science team on Earth asking for instructions or examine those phenomena straightaway . \u2014 Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica , 16 July 2018",
      "Leaders of big corporations are confident people; they are used to making decisions quickly and implementing them straightaway . \u2014 Christopher Chabris And Matthew Brown, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2018",
      "Why not go straightaway at China, do something specific against China rather than the entire aluminum and steel industry? \u2014 Fox News , 11 Mar. 2018",
      "All new players are judged, if not straightaway , then quickly. \u2014 Rory Smith, New York Times , 5 Jan. 2018",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Austin Barnes led the inning off with a double against left-hander John Means, the Orioles\u2019 only All-Star this season, before A.J. Pollock swatted the seventh pitch of his at-bat over the wall in straightaway center field. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Sep. 2019",
      "Hosmer lined a ball to straightaway center field that Juan Lagares overran coming in and had to reach backward while leaping to make the catch. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 July 2019",
      "Trailing by five runs in the eighth inning, Lavarnway blasted a 428-foot, two-run homer to straightaway center field. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com , 20 July 2019",
      "Minnesota posted another four runs in the third with Cave knocking an RBI double and Mauer hitting a three-run homer to straightaway center field off the batter's eye. \u2014 Brian Hall, OrlandoSentinel.com , 14 July 2018",
      "Alfaro lined a two-run double in the fourth inning to open a 4-0 lead and crushed a solo homer to straightaway center field in the sixth. \u2014 Scott Lauber, Philly.com , 12 July 2018",
      "With three on in the fifth inning, the Phillies\u2019 Carlos Santana drove a deep fly ball to straightaway center field. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, For The Win , 7 May 2018",
      "Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus connected for his 20th home run of the season Wednesday afternoon, sending a towering drive over the wall in straightaway center field in the first inning of a doubleheader against the Atlanta Braves. \u2014 Jeff Wilson, star-telegram , 6 Sep. 2017",
      "Grandal drove a full-count fastball from Lynn over the wall in straightaway center field with two outs in the first inning. \u2014 Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register , 23 May 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Man o\u2019 War wins his first race, a 5-furlong contest over a straightaway at Belmont Park. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "After the Lions standout ran on the hip of Wellesley senior Rory Clare for the first two laps, Everett shot ahead on the third-lap straightaway , capturing the mile title with a time of 4 minutes, 49.31 seconds, a personal best. \u2014 Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
      "Medical personnel assessed Walton straightaway before she was taken to the hospital to be evaluated further. \u2014 Rayna Reid, Essence , 31 May 2022",
      "The second act is told from the point of view of the hero\u2019s obsession; the finish is a bang-up straightaway love and detection story. \u2014 Jack Moffitt, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 May 2022",
      "But in the interests of the team, the complete overcoming and healing should commence straightaway \u2026 like, right now. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 May 2022",
      "That\u2019s a long-ass straightaway to talk yourself into committing to hold it wide-open. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "This bright red chile oil smells divine and, instead of hitting you with heat straightaway , slowly builds. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Andrean senior catcher Jax Kalemba \u2014 another Purdue Northwest recruit, along with senior first baseman Owen Walkowiak and senior pitcher Connor Hinkel \u2014 went 2-for-3 with a walk and a homer to straightaway center to lead off the sixth. \u2014 Michael Osipoff, chicagotribune.com , 12 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adverb",
      "1662, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "1874, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1878, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-202212"
  },
  "stamp (out)":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to stop or destroy (something bad)",
      ": to stop (something) from burning by stepping on it forcefully with the feet"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-203211"
  },
  "starkers":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": completely unclothed : naked"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4r-k\u0259rz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "au naturel",
      "bare",
      "bottomless",
      "disrobed",
      "mother-naked",
      "naked",
      "nude",
      "raw",
      "stripped",
      "unclad",
      "unclothed",
      "undressed"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "appareled",
      "apparelled",
      "attired",
      "clad",
      "clothed",
      "dressed",
      "garbed",
      "invested",
      "robed",
      "suited"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He was standing there starkers .",
      "room service in one London hotel informs its employees to get used to the idea of walking in on guests who are starkers"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"alteration of stark entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1923, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-205043"
  },
  "stinging":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to prick painfully: such as",
      ": to pierce or wound with a poisonous or irritating process",
      ": to affect with sharp quick pain or smart",
      ": to cause to suffer acutely",
      ": overcharge , cheat",
      ": to wound one with or as if with a sting",
      ": to feel a keen burning pain or smart",
      ": to cause such pain",
      ": the act of stinging",
      ": the thrust of a stinger into the flesh",
      ": a wound or pain caused by or as if by stinging",
      ": stinger sense 2",
      ": a sharp or stinging element, force, or quality",
      ": an elaborate confidence game",
      ": such a game worked by undercover police in order to trap criminals",
      ": to prick painfully usually with a sharp or poisonous stinger",
      ": to suffer or affect with sharp quick burning pain",
      ": to hurt emotionally",
      ": an act of pricking painfully usually with a sharp or poisonous stinger",
      ": a wound or burning pain caused by the pricking of the skin with a stinger",
      ": emotional pain",
      ": stinger",
      ": to prick painfully: as",
      ": to pierce or wound with a poisonous or irritating process",
      ": to affect with sharp quick pain",
      ": to feel or cause a keen burning pain or smart",
      ": the act of stinging",
      ": the thrust of a stinger into the flesh",
      ": a wound or pain caused by or as if by stinging",
      ": stinger sense 1",
      ": an elaborate confidence game",
      ": such a game worked by undercover police in order to catch criminals"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sti\u014b",
      "\u02c8sti\u014b",
      "\u02c8sti\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "gouge",
      "overcharge",
      "soak",
      "surcharge"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bunco",
      "bunko",
      "con",
      "fiddle",
      "flimflam",
      "fraud",
      "hustle",
      "scam",
      "shell game",
      "swindle"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "That allowed Bader to reach, and with two outs Goldschmidt made the mistake sting by socking a two-run homer to left. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
      "The sound design of the premiere, which uses the baby\u2019s screaming almost as a horror movie sting in and of itself, is perfectly cringe-inducing, imbuing every one of Lynskey\u2019s pointed sighs with more and more existential dread. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 5 May 2022",
      "Camarena lent Edgardo a sweetness and softness that only made his heartache sting more sharply in his showstopping final aria. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Knowing reductions were coming, Thelander said, hasn\u2019t made the reality sting any less. \u2014 Ian James, The Arizona Republic , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "Almost any politician, activist or reporter who has questioned Harris has felt the group\u2019s sting . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Apr. 2021",
      "The partner and parents of a man killed in 2020 by Clark County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies during an undercover drug sting filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit this week against the agency and deputies involved. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 May 2022",
      "Link had already been identified by the Tribune as the unnamed senator who wore a wire on then-state Rep. Luis Arroyo of Chicago as part of an FBI sting -- a case that led to Arroyo\u2019s resignation and conviction on bribery charges. \u2014 Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune , 13 May 2022",
      "Legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored across the globe all while being targeted in an undercover sting operation lead by the Federal Department of Narcotics. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 13 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The sting of having a job pulled out from underneath a candidate's feet is far more than just financial, though. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
      "The sting of the aside is the implied contrast with what\u2019s come before, in the poem\u2019s leisurely middle books. \u2014 Catherine Nicholson, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
      "The sting of the exchange was formative \u2014 a pain that would affect his career path. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "And while the sting of some initial investment dilution isn\u2019t nothing, the pain of missing out on the next Uber or Airbnb burns into the memory of any VC. \u2014 Zain Jaffer, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The sting was part of a wide-ranging political corruption investigation that has toppled a number of politicians and operatives in Chicago\u2019s west and southwest suburbs. \u2014 Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "But an Olympic medal is an Olympic medal, and the sting of fourth place is no different. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Feb. 2022",
      "For the second year in a row, basketball fans in New York have felt the sting of disappointed dreams. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "The theory is that every California taxpayer has felt the sting of inflation and is deserving of relief, the lawmakers said. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-223035"
  },
  "straightforward":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": free from evasiveness or obscurity : exact , candid",
      ": clear-cut , precise",
      ": proceeding in a straight course or manner : direct , undeviating",
      ": in a straightforward manner",
      ": being clear and honest : frank"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccstr\u0101t-\u02c8f\u022fr-w\u0259rd",
      "\u02c8str\u0101t-\u02ccf\u022fr-",
      "str\u0101t-\u02c8f\u022fr-w\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "direct",
      "forthright",
      "foursquare",
      "plain",
      "straight"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "directly",
      "forthrightly",
      "foursquare",
      "plain",
      "plainly",
      "straight",
      "straightforwardly"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Using the computer program is fairly straightforward .",
      "He was very straightforward with us.",
      "She gave a straightforward account of what happened.",
      "Adverb",
      "she finally told him straightforward that she wasn't interested in a date",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Eventually the film's subtlety gives way to a more straightforward conclusion. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 2 June 2022",
      "Suffice to say, however, giving robots a human origin story is perhaps rather more straightforward than giving them human facial characteristics. \u2014 Adi Gaskell, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "Posted just hours later, Pink Floyd\u2019s second video is more straightforward in heralding their arrival on the popular social media platform. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 30 May 2022",
      "In Nostalgia, an adaptation of Neapolitan writer Ermanno Rea\u2019s novel, Martone cuts back on some of his recent flourishes to deliver a more straightforward , thriller-esque drama. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 May 2022",
      "Most of her book deals with more straightforward Instant Pot techniques, with 150 recipes that include plenty rooted in Indian traditions, from mushroom masala and vegetable biryani to rajma masala and malai kofta. \u2014 Joe Yonan, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
      "The women\u2019s draw is far more straightforward , at least as long as the game\u2019s new queen of clay is here in Boulogne-Billancourt. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
      "But Byrne disputes that account, saying his idea was much more straightforward . \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 May 2022",
      "In this case, the math is more straightforward than cutting a pie\u2014at least at first\u2014in two dimensions. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 16 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Clearly, Marvel is taking a bit more of an ambitious road than simply going straightforward . \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 11 May 2022",
      "For the last few years, the IRS has made telling the federal government about your crypto investments straightforward . \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "That makes experimenting with slow-cooking fairly straightforward . \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2021",
      "The why question is, on the surface at least, fairly straightforward . \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 9 Apr. 2021",
      "As far as The Hand of God, the story herein sounds pretty straightforward . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "Whilst the journey has not been straightforward the company now employs 25 security staff servicing clients across the U.K. and United Arab Emirates. \u2014 Tommy Williams, Forbes , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "There are six wine-growing regions in Switzerland, two of them straightforward to reach from one of the country's major airports. \u2014 Michele Robson, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
      "These are very exciting and attention-grabbing, but the reality of AI is actually thousands of tools and apps running quietly behind the scenes, making our lives more straightforward by automating simple tasks or making predictions. \u2014 Bernard Marr, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adverb",
      "1809, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-223357"
  },
  "sturdiness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": firmly built or constituted : stout",
      ": hardy",
      ": sound in design or execution : substantial",
      ": marked by or reflecting physical strength or vigor",
      ": firm , resolute",
      ": rugged , stable",
      ": firmly built or made",
      ": strong and healthy in body : robust",
      ": resolute",
      ": gid"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259r-d\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u0259r-d\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u0259rd-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cast-iron",
      "hard",
      "hard-bitten",
      "hardened",
      "hardy",
      "inured",
      "rugged",
      "stout",
      "strong",
      "tough",
      "toughened",
      "vigorous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "delicate",
      "nonhardy",
      "soft",
      "tender",
      "weak"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a dog with a strong sturdy build",
      "it took a sturdy person to endure the life of a pioneer",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The bottom two-thirds is a sturdy , innerspring mattress, while the top comfort layer is genuine memory foam. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 10 June 2022",
      "Installation is versatile as well: It can be hung from a stand, a sturdy structure or straight from your ceiling. \u2014 Abigail Bailey, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
      "Clip this fan on to an umbrella or stroller, carry it in your hand, or fold the handle down and place it on a sturdy surface. \u2014 Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
      "Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. \u2014 Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star , 8 June 2022",
      "For hundreds of years, the Khasis of Meghalaya have manipulated the aerial roots of the rubber fig tree (Ficus elastica) to build sturdy bridges, known in the Khasi language as jingkieng jri. \u2014 Anne Pinto-rodrigues, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
      "As sturdy and dynamic as movie executives come, her job encompassed a wide portfolio of day-to-day management. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 8 June 2022",
      "Keep in Mind: This may not be as sturdy as non-collapsible rain barrels. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 8 June 2022",
      "Reviewers love how sturdy this set is compared to similar options from competitors. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 21 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, brave, stubborn, from Anglo-French esturdi stunned, from past participle of esturdir to stun, from Vulgar Latin *exturdire , from Latin ex- + Vulgar Latin *turdus simpleton, from Latin turdus thrush \u2014 more at thrush ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-223944"
  },
  "stiffened":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make stiff or stiffer",
      ": to become stiff or stiffer",
      ": to make or become stiff or stiffer",
      ": to become tense and still"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sti-f\u0259n",
      "\u02c8sti-f\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "harden",
      "harshen",
      "strengthen",
      "toughen"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ameliorate",
      "ease"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She stiffened when he grabbed her shoulder.",
      "The dogs stiffened in alarm.",
      "The law would stiffen penalties for tax evasion.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The findings could stiffen employers\u2019 resolve to urge or require their employees to trek back to the office. \u2014 Bret Stetka, Scientific American , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Constructing the shoes this way allows the shoemaker to avoid using an additional layer of lining to help stiffen the shoe. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 31 May 2022",
      "When mixture begins to stiffen , fold in vegetables. \u2014 Mary Meade, chicagotribune.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Scenes like these can stiffen the shoulders of even the least cringe-beholden amongst us, but Bailey and Gemmell nail every second. \u2014 ELLE , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Rival operator Lifecell said its crews spent about two months before the invasion moving some equipment out of eastern areas to stiffen wireless coverage in the west, where millions have since relocated. \u2014 Drew Fitzgerald, wsj.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "This could feed further conflict, stiffen Saudi determination to match Iran by also becoming a threshold nuclear state, and suck the U.S. into future military entanglements. \u2014 Firas Maksad, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Threats from Moscow to target the Baltic states or stir trouble in the Balkans will further stiffen U.S. and European spines. \u2014 Ian Bremmer, Time , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Florida lawmakers are poised to pass legislation that would stiffen inspection and funding requirements for condo buildings, a move aimed at preventing a repeat of the Surfside, Fla., tower collapse last June that left 98 people dead. \u2014 Arian Campo-flores, WSJ , 5 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-230436"
  },
  "stereotyped":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": conforming to a fixed or general pattern or type",
      ": conforming to or characteristic of a stereotype of a simplified or prejudiced nature",
      ": lacking originality or individuality",
      ": characterized by frequent repetition of the same, typically purposeless movement, gesture, posture, or vocal sound or utterance : marked by stereotypy",
      ": following a pattern or stereotype : lacking originality",
      ": conforming to a fixed or general pattern or type",
      ": characterized by frequent repetition of the same, typically purposeless movement, gesture, posture, or vocal sound or utterance : marked by stereotypy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ster-\u0113-\u0259-\u02cct\u012bpt",
      "\u02c8stir-",
      "\u02c8ster-\u0113-\u0259-t\u012bpt",
      "\u02c8stir-",
      "\u02c8ster-\u0113-\u0259-\u02cct\u012bpt",
      "\u02c8stir-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "banal",
      "clich\u00e9",
      "cliche",
      "clich\u00e9d",
      "cobwebby",
      "commonplace",
      "hack",
      "hackney",
      "hackneyed",
      "moth-eaten",
      "musty",
      "obligatory",
      "shopworn",
      "stale",
      "threadbare",
      "timeworn",
      "tired",
      "trite",
      "well-worn"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "fresh",
      "new",
      "novel",
      "original",
      "unclich\u00e9d",
      "unhackneyed"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the wacky neighbor and other stereotyped characters seen on TV sitcoms",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Unfortunately, post 9/11, many Arab founders were forced to fight for notoriety outside of the stereotyped Hollywood tropes. \u2014 Soulaima Gourani, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "West Side Story itself has long been criticized by some members of the Puerto Rican community for its stereotyped depiction of the Sharks, and that\u2019s something Spielberg and Kushner have talked about trying to address with this version. \u2014 Jackson Mchenry, Vulture , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "These conditions led them to become stereotyped as industrious and servile, which affected how employers treated them. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "All that fire and horror and angst feel stereotyped in their own right. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "But notice how the actual phototransduction event itself is very stereotyped . \u2014 Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "But Brazilians longed for a more nuanced, less stereotyped portrait. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Aug. 2021",
      "Much of Ginsburg\u2019s legal work before her career on the bench focused on dismantling legal classifications based on stereotyped assumptions about appropriate gender roles and women\u2019s needs and abilities. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 10 Aug. 2021",
      "In the original Asterix and Cleopatra, for example, black people (who are supposed to be Numidians) appear with stereotyped and exaggerated features. \u2014 Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic , 16 June 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-232726"
  },
  "stouthearted":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having a stout heart or spirit:",
      ": courageous",
      ": stubborn"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stau\u0307t-\u02cch\u00e4r-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bold",
      "brave",
      "courageous",
      "dauntless",
      "doughty",
      "fearless",
      "gallant",
      "greathearted",
      "gutsy",
      "gutty",
      "heroic",
      "heroical",
      "intrepid",
      "lionhearted",
      "manful",
      "stalwart",
      "stout",
      "undauntable",
      "undaunted",
      "valiant",
      "valorous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "chicken",
      "chickenhearted",
      "chicken-livered",
      "coward",
      "cowardly",
      "craven",
      "dastardly",
      "fainthearted",
      "fearful",
      "gutless",
      "lily-livered",
      "milk-livered",
      "nerveless",
      "poltroon",
      "poor-spirited",
      "pusillanimous",
      "spineless",
      "spiritless",
      "timorous",
      "uncourageous",
      "ungallant",
      "unheroic",
      "weakhearted",
      "yellow"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "stouthearted men and women who served in the army medical corps"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1552, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-234054"
  },
  "straightforwardness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": free from evasiveness or obscurity : exact , candid",
      ": clear-cut , precise",
      ": proceeding in a straight course or manner : direct , undeviating",
      ": in a straightforward manner",
      ": being clear and honest : frank"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccstr\u0101t-\u02c8f\u022fr-w\u0259rd",
      "\u02c8str\u0101t-\u02ccf\u022fr-",
      "str\u0101t-\u02c8f\u022fr-w\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "direct",
      "forthright",
      "foursquare",
      "plain",
      "straight"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "directly",
      "forthrightly",
      "foursquare",
      "plain",
      "plainly",
      "straight",
      "straightforwardly"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Using the computer program is fairly straightforward .",
      "He was very straightforward with us.",
      "She gave a straightforward account of what happened.",
      "Adverb",
      "she finally told him straightforward that she wasn't interested in a date",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Eventually the film's subtlety gives way to a more straightforward conclusion. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 2 June 2022",
      "Suffice to say, however, giving robots a human origin story is perhaps rather more straightforward than giving them human facial characteristics. \u2014 Adi Gaskell, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "Posted just hours later, Pink Floyd\u2019s second video is more straightforward in heralding their arrival on the popular social media platform. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 30 May 2022",
      "In Nostalgia, an adaptation of Neapolitan writer Ermanno Rea\u2019s novel, Martone cuts back on some of his recent flourishes to deliver a more straightforward , thriller-esque drama. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 May 2022",
      "Most of her book deals with more straightforward Instant Pot techniques, with 150 recipes that include plenty rooted in Indian traditions, from mushroom masala and vegetable biryani to rajma masala and malai kofta. \u2014 Joe Yonan, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
      "The women\u2019s draw is far more straightforward , at least as long as the game\u2019s new queen of clay is here in Boulogne-Billancourt. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
      "But Byrne disputes that account, saying his idea was much more straightforward . \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 May 2022",
      "In this case, the math is more straightforward than cutting a pie\u2014at least at first\u2014in two dimensions. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 16 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Clearly, Marvel is taking a bit more of an ambitious road than simply going straightforward . \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 11 May 2022",
      "For the last few years, the IRS has made telling the federal government about your crypto investments straightforward . \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "That makes experimenting with slow-cooking fairly straightforward . \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2021",
      "The why question is, on the surface at least, fairly straightforward . \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 9 Apr. 2021",
      "As far as The Hand of God, the story herein sounds pretty straightforward . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "Whilst the journey has not been straightforward the company now employs 25 security staff servicing clients across the U.K. and United Arab Emirates. \u2014 Tommy Williams, Forbes , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "There are six wine-growing regions in Switzerland, two of them straightforward to reach from one of the country's major airports. \u2014 Michele Robson, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
      "These are very exciting and attention-grabbing, but the reality of AI is actually thousands of tools and apps running quietly behind the scenes, making our lives more straightforward by automating simple tasks or making predictions. \u2014 Bernard Marr, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adverb",
      "1809, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-011344"
  },
  "stereotype":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make a stereotype from",
      ": to repeat without variation : make hackneyed",
      ": to develop a mental stereotype about",
      ": a plate cast from a printing surface",
      ": something conforming to a fixed or general pattern",
      ": a standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment",
      ": a fixed idea that many people have about a thing or a group that may often be untrue or only partly true",
      ": to form a fixed and often untrue or only partly true idea about",
      ": something conforming to a fixed or general pattern",
      ": an often oversimplified or biased mental picture held to characterize the typical individual of a group"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ster-\u0113-\u0259-\u02cct\u012bp",
      "\u02c8stir-",
      "\u02c8ster-\u0113-\u0259-\u02cct\u012bp",
      "\u02c8stir-",
      "\u02c8ster-\u0113-\u0259-\u02cct\u012bp",
      "\u02c8stir-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "hackney",
      "overexpose",
      "overuse",
      "vulgarize"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "concept",
      "conception",
      "generality",
      "generalization",
      "notion"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "It's not fair to stereotype a whole group of people based on one person you don't like.",
      "Movies have stereotyped the domineering mother-in-law ad nauseam.",
      "Noun",
      "the stereotype of the absentminded professor",
      "the noble savage was a stereotype that appealed to 18th-century intellectuals, who viewed European civilization as decadent and corrupt",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "This could hold especially true for Black girls, whom white authority figures already tend to stereotype as masculine, according to previous research. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Smith acquiesces to contemporary platitudes that stereotype the black male work ethic as churlish and autocratic, confusing those traits with strength. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "But labels also can be weaponized to stereotype and criticize. \u2014 Mike Bass, The Enquirer , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Jakes, who operated stores in Atlanta from 1991 to 2016, said it\u2019s a problem that Kempczinski felt comfortable making those remarks, which stereotype people of color. \u2014 Jared Council, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "At first glance, Jo\u2019s Modern Thai can be easy to stereotype as a dime-a-dozen Asian fusion restaurant. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "Age bias and discrimination occur whenever age is used to stereotype or discriminate against others. \u2014 Sheila Callaham, Forbes , 24 Oct. 2021",
      "Yet after serving their employer for a certain period of time and advancing well in one particular environment, many may be surprised at how prospective employers and executive recruiters will stereotype them. \u2014 Shuchi Sarkar, Forbes , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "But it\u2019s not just right-wing bigots who stereotype Muslims and Muslim-majority nations. \u2014 Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic , 25 Aug. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "For many years, women\u2019s sports has struggled against the stereotype that all women athletes are lesbians, while also facing the reality that many of them are. \u2014 Frankie De La Cretaz, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "Watermelon as a favorite food among Black people became a racist stereotype from the Jim Crow era, according to the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture. \u2014 John Tuohy, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
      "Watermelon as a favorite food among Black people became a racist stereotype from the Jim Crow era, according to the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture. \u2014 John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star , 4 June 2022",
      "In Detroit, the Free Press revisited the main men in the season\u2019s biggest trade, heard Papa Bear complain about a Russian stereotype , found the other Grind Liners razzing Kirk Maltby and caught up with an octopus outlaw. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 28 May 2022",
      "This won't necessarily be limited to white conservatives, despite the stereotype . \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 27 May 2022",
      "Almost everyone endorses the stereotype that a company with a mask policy is liberal. \u2014 Isabella Bunosso, Scientific American , 27 May 2022",
      "That\u2019s a stereotype applied to women across many demographics. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
      "As the stereotype goes, many Asian immigrant kids are expected to have a career in STEM, due to its supposed financial stability, and my family did not always support or understand my choice of entering a career in art and design. \u2014 Melissah Yang, refinery29.com , 16 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1804, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1817, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-012442"
  },
  "stewed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": drunk sense 1a"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00fcd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "besotted",
      "blasted",
      "blind",
      "blitzed",
      "blotto",
      "bombed",
      "boozy",
      "canned",
      "cockeyed",
      "crocked",
      "drunk",
      "drunken",
      "fried",
      "gassed",
      "hammered",
      "high",
      "impaired",
      "inebriate",
      "inebriated",
      "intoxicated",
      "juiced",
      "lit",
      "lit up",
      "loaded",
      "looped",
      "oiled",
      "pickled",
      "pie-eyed",
      "plastered",
      "potted",
      "ripped",
      "sloshed",
      "smashed",
      "sottish",
      "soused",
      "sozzled",
      "squiffed",
      "squiffy",
      "stiff",
      "stinking",
      "stoned",
      "tanked",
      "tiddly",
      "tight",
      "tipsy",
      "wasted",
      "wet",
      "wiped out"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "sober",
      "straight"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "it was clear from the caller's voice that she was fairly stewed",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Poached eggs, feta cheese, and stewed tomatoes make for a flavorful, zesty start to the day. \u2014 Janae Mckenzie, Glamour , 4 May 2022",
      "Suddenly, fried green tomatoes, shrimp and grits, stewed collard greens and more could be found all over town. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "A few minutes after naan was dipped into bowls of stewed okra and beans, Mr. Samadzoi, his wife, and the two oldest children retired to worship on their prayer rugs. \u2014 Giovanna Dell'orto And Mariam Fam, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Another arrived with small pails of saut\u00e9ed and stewed vegetables, some diced, others mashed, and ladled out a spoonful of each. \u2014 Chandrahas Choudhury, WSJ , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Ebony\u2019s pages, along with refinements to dishes that were perhaps more familiar to the Black American diaspora, including Ebony\u2019s stewed chicken and dumplings and Hoppin\u2019 John. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "For a savory alternative, consider serving them with stewed white beans and shaved Parmesan, or a fried egg and frizzled herbs. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2021",
      "Sides: French fries, stewed tomatoes, mac and cheese, coleslaw. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Mmm, roast pork with dumplings and sauerkraut followed by Kaiserschmarrn pancakes with stewed plums, please. \u2014 Rob Hodgetts, CNN , 14 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1737, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-014640"
  },
  "stronghold":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a fortified place",
      ": a place of security or survival",
      ": a place dominated by a particular group or marked by a particular characteristic",
      ": fortress"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u022f\u014b-\u02cch\u014dld",
      "\u02c8str\u022f\u014b-\u02cch\u014dld"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bastion",
      "castle",
      "citadel",
      "fastness",
      "fort",
      "fortification",
      "fortress",
      "hold",
      "redoubt"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The area is a Republican stronghold .",
      "The rebels retreated to their mountain stronghold .",
      "the last stronghold of the endangered deer",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The young man was shot dead Wednesday at nightfall in Hamdallaye, a suburb of Conakry considered to be a stronghold of opposition parties and critics of the junta. \u2014 Boubacar Diallo, ajc , 2 June 2022",
      "Croix-des-Bouquets, the neighborhood east of Port-au-Prince where Guill\u00e9n Tatis is believed to have gone missing, is a stronghold of 400 Mawozo, a gang infamous for mass abductions, including of foreigners. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
      "Giorgio Bauco's town was just 32 miles from the Abbey of Montecassino in Italy, thought by Allied forces to be a stronghold for the German army. \u2014 Michael Roppolo, CBS News , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "While New York is a traditional stronghold for Democrats, both Stefanik and Pinion hope Republicans will make inroads this November based on President Biden's low approval rating and the new perspective Pinion can offer. \u2014 Marisa Schultz, Fox News , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Sure, Daly City is a local stronghold of the cuisine, but with about 100,000 Filipinos living in Alameda County, there\u2019s a ton for locals to eat without crossing the bridge. \u2014 Serena Dai, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Trump was elected as a Republican, and Alabama is traditionally a stronghold for the party. \u2014 al , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "The county has swung from a GOP stronghold to reliably Democratic over the past two decades as its population swelled. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "The winner faces an uphill battle in the general election as Arkansas remains a stronghold for Republicans. \u2014 Ryan Tarinelli, Arkansas Online , 15 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-015158"
  },
  "stand by":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one to be relied on especially in emergencies",
      ": a favorite or reliable choice or resource",
      ": one that is held in reserve ready for use : substitute",
      ": ready or available for immediate action or use",
      ": held near at hand and ready for use",
      ": relating to the act or condition of standing by",
      ": of, relating to, or traveling by an airline service in which the passenger must wait for an available unreserved seat",
      ": on a standby basis",
      ": to be present",
      ": to remain apart or aloof",
      ": to be or to get ready to act",
      ": to remain loyal or faithful to : defend"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stan(d)-\u02ccb\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "anchor",
      "buttress",
      "dependence",
      "dependance",
      "mainstay",
      "pillar",
      "reliance"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "adhere (to)",
      "cling (to)",
      "hew (to)",
      "keep (to)",
      "stick (to "
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "More police officers were sent as standbys .",
      "We bought an electric generator as a standby .",
      "Verb",
      "no matter how much people object, I will stand by my decision",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Pacific Way Cafe: This 32-year-old Gearhart standby will close permanently, just months after owners Lisa and John Allen spent $10,000 on a dining room renovation, according to the Seaside Signal. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Aug. 2021",
      "This spring, during the LearnedLeague off-season, Leonas co-created a mini-league focussed on the American Revolution\u2014a trivia-canon standby that the mini-league approached from a range of perspectives. \u2014 Eliza Brooke, The New Yorker , 17 May 2021",
      "Helicopters were on standby at the local airport waiting to transport patients to San Antonio, and donor blood was rushed into Uvalde from surrounding areas. \u2014 Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
      "Veterinarians are on standby to perform necropsies, determining exactly what killed the cows deemed less than edible. \u2014 Lizzy Saxe, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Some board members inquired whether the advisory group would consider what policing model to use in schools \u2014 such as whether officers should be present in the hallways or be on standby outside the schools. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "According to Playbill, Parker will perform opposite Broderick\u2019s standby , Tony winner Michael McGrath. \u2014 Trilby Beresford, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "With guns in hand and police dog on standby , officers make their way up the stairs to the suspect and handcuff him. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Red Cross volunteers have been put on standby and are ready to help if an overnight shelter is needed, said Sharon Hudson, executive director of the Eastern Tennessee chapter. \u2014 Liz Kellar, USA TODAY , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Free; advance registration recommended; standby line available. \u2014 Matt Cooperlistings Coordinator, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
      "Since the omnibus effort, the Commanders official said, the team has been on standby while waiting for city leaders to act. \u2014 Michael Brice-saddler, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
      "Nesvick said that shelter options for both humans and pets remain in standby mode at this time and are prepared to receive clients when needed. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "The most energy-efficient commercial chargers earn the ENERGY STAR label, which requires a charger to be energy-efficient while charging a vehicle and while idle since commercial chargers are in standby mode nearly 85% of the time. \u2014 Paul Vosper, Forbes , 11 May 2021",
      "General admission: free; special exhibition pricing: $12, $18, free for ages 17 and under; advance timed-entry tickets required; no on-site standby line. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The response to the event has been intense: Tickets were quickly snapped up, with nearly 500 people on a standby list to get one. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "One good bourbon standby that pairs well with a variety of cigars, Kimberl said, is Four Rose Yellow Label. \u2014 Dana Mcmahan, The Courier-Journal , 3 May 2022",
      "But that same logic would permit the president to appoint slates of standby justices in case his party loses the Senate in the midterms. \u2014 Daniel Huff, WSJ , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Once, while flying standby back from Europe, I was bumped off a flight 41 times in a row. Apologies. \u2014 Chuck Wilcoxen, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "Flying standby on the same day and putting frequent flier miles back into loyalty accounts are becoming free benefits, too. \u2014 Jessica Puckett, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 14 Dec. 2020",
      "Alaska Airlines only allows certain tickets to fly standby , including refundable main cabin tickets and first class tickets. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 18 Sep. 2020",
      "Allied Pilots Association spokesman Dennis Tajer said there is also an unusually high number of pilots working standby in recent months. \u2014 Kyle Arnold, chicagotribune.com , 3 Sep. 2020",
      "Currently, travelers must pay a $75 fee to fly standby . \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 31 Aug. 2020",
      "According to the JetBlue website, customers with travel planned between September 5 and September 17 can rebook or travel standby without paying additional fees. \u2014 Natasha Bach, Fortune , 7 Sep. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Are we supposed to just stand by and let this happen? \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Western allies won\u2019t stand by as Russia attacks Ukraine. \u2014 cleveland , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "In rural towns and counties across Northern California this past year, many fire departments were forced to stand by and watch as wildfires burned more than a million acres of land in neighboring communities. \u2014 Caroline Ghisolfi, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "Now that a couple of months have passed, does Jason still stand by this picks? \u2014 Keith Caulfield, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
      "Surprisingly, Wendy decides to stand by Karen in that moment, going so far as to tell Robyn to take her head out of Gizelle\u2019s posterior and butt out of the conversation. \u2014 Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture , 18 July 2021",
      "The Florida Department of Education on Friday disputed an Orlando Sentinel/South Florida Sun Sentinel story about what math textbook reviewers found in the books, but the newspapers stand by their work. \u2014 Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel , 6 May 2022",
      "There are friends, but then there are friends that stand the test of time and that stand by your side. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 3 May 2022",
      "World leaders must stand up and stand by Ukrainians now \u2026 those who are fighting and those who have fled \u2026 and stand with refugees everywhere who have been forced from their homes and their lands. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 9 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "1872, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adverb",
      "1971, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-023504"
  },
  "stoic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. holding that the wise man should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submissive to natural law",
      ": one apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain",
      ": of, relating to, or resembling the Stoics or their doctrines",
      ": not affected by or showing passion or feeling",
      ": firmly restraining response to pain or distress"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u014d-ik",
      "\u02c8st\u014d-ik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "forbearing",
      "long-suffering",
      "patient",
      "tolerant",
      "uncomplaining"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "complaining",
      "fed up",
      "impatient",
      "kvetching",
      "kvetchy",
      "protesting"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Jenner, typically the most stoic of the Kardashian-Jenners, completely lost her cool. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 14 May 2022",
      "Inspired by Minhwa, a traditional Korean folk art, the brilliant creations awed the most stoic of fashion arbiters. \u2014 Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "But this isn\u2019t a staid, academic philosopher\u2014not a stoic . \u2014 Willing Davidson, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
      "Anthony was the bad boy in season 1, in many ways the shagging, chaotic, antithesis of the stoic , simmering Duke. \u2014 Holly Thomas, CNN , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "The short, scrawny boy was bullied, driving him to take up judo and sambo, a Soviet martial art that teaches participants to remain stoic even in the face of great pain. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "Hulking, life-size statues of aliens and stoic , faceless Spartan soldiers stand vigil over the treasures, highlighted by a true-to-lore, 7-foot-2 recreation of the Chief himself. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2020",
      "As for my grandfather, the stoic fa\u00e7ade slowly melted away. \u2014 Michael Roppolo, CBS News , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "If contemporaries like Bud Grant and Tom Landry epitomized the archetype of coach as sideline stoic , Madden served as their counterweight. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "David Benner has been the calm, stoic , unflappable PR guy for the Indiana Pacers for nearly three decades. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Heard, who was stoic in the courtroom as the verdict was read, said she was heartbroken. \u2014 Denise Lavoie, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
      "Heard, who was stoic in the courtroom as the verdict was read, said she was heartbroken. \u2014 Denise Lavoie, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
      "Read full article Heard, who was stoic in the courtroom as the verdict was read, said she was heartbroken. \u2014 Denise Lavoie, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
      "Perhaps the lesson Anna learned was to be stoic and keep the full breadth of her emotions to herself. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
      "The shooting rocked the nation, prompting a normally stoic President Barack Obama to tear up at a news conference. \u2014 Bryan Anselm/redux For Cnn, CNN , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Normally stoic , my two younger partners were whining about the cold. \u2014 Outside Online , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "Queen Elizabeth remained as stoic as ever as the divorces of three out of her four children played out publicly throughout the '90s. \u2014 Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com , 16 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-031014"
  },
  "stirring":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": active , bustling",
      ": rousing , inspiring",
      ": a beginning of motion or activity : movement",
      ": moving sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259r-i\u014b",
      "\u02c8st\u0259r-i\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "breathtaking",
      "charged",
      "electric",
      "electrifying",
      "exciting",
      "exhilarating",
      "exhilarative",
      "galvanic",
      "galvanizing",
      "hair-raising",
      "heart-stopping",
      "inspiring",
      "intoxicating",
      "kicky",
      "mind-bending",
      "mind-blowing",
      "mind-boggling",
      "rip-roaring",
      "rousing",
      "stimulating",
      "thrilling"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "motion",
      "move",
      "movement",
      "shift",
      "shifting",
      "stir"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "a stirring rendition of the national anthem",
      "the message of brotherhood in Martin Luther King's stirring \u201cI Have a Dream\u201d speech still resonates today",
      "Noun",
      "I thought I detected a slight stirring of the leaves, and yet there wasn't a breath of wind.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Only something is stirring , something is upstairs, and that something announces itself with a fright. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 15 June 2022",
      "If that might be Hollywood mythmaking, there is no disputing the golf-centric, stirring view from Ouimet\u2019s second-floor bedroom window. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "In a lengthy - but stirring - post, Russell explains those words in great detail. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 9 June 2022",
      "In real life, Bradlee\u2019s response to Woodward and Bernstein\u2019s late-night visit wasn\u2019t quite as stirring . \u2014 Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "And this time, there was no need for the kind of stirring comeback that Madrid needed to produce in getting past Paris Saint-Germain, defending champion Chelsea and Manchester City in the knockout stage. \u2014 Rob Harris And Steve Douglas, Chicago Tribune , 28 May 2022",
      "Some of the film\u2019s wordless sequences achieve ineffable depths of feeling \u2014 grief, joy, suspense \u2014 through a combination of understated lensing and Kelman Duran\u2019s stirring score, an elegant and otherworldly distortion of reggaeton samples. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
      "Rebranded as a feminist icon in the 20th century, a 1994 piece by Kiki Smith portrays her with stirring blue eyes and on all fours. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 May 2022",
      "Masur and the orchestra gave an artfully balanced performance of the Durufl\u00e9, filled with stirring playing from individual section and combined instruments, some lovely solo lines, including those offered by principal cellist Susan Babini. \u2014 Elaine Schmidt, Journal Sentinel , 21 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The goal in reaching those spiritually wavering is not only the observance of ritual but the stirring of Jewish consciousness, the lighting of the spiritual fire, allowing those reached to chart their own direction. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel , 16 May 2022",
      "From Vignobles Jade, this 79/12/9 Sauvignon Blanc/Sauvignon Gris/Muscadelle from 40-year-old vines ages nine months in amphorae and barrels with regular stirring of lees. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "In every stirring for liberty, Mr. Putin now saw the hidden hand of the United States. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Most hot dips are baked in the oven or warmed through on the stove, and the recipe may call for occasional stirring . \u2014 Katie Workman, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "And the intense heat of the oven browns everything beautifully, without requiring constant stirring and attention from you. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "Cook, stirring , for 1 minute, then mix with the vegetables and cook for 1 more minute. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "Then, too, there\u2019s the permeability of the home kitchen \u2014 in which chef and diner are often the same person, and guests may come and go, and even help with the stirring and the tasting. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "Cook, stirring , until al dente and the Broccolini is crisp-tender, 3 to 4 minutes. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-031021"
  },
  "status":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": position or rank in relation to others",
      ": relative rank in a hierarchy of prestige",
      ": high prestige",
      ": the condition of a person or thing in the eyes of the law",
      ": state or condition with respect to circumstances",
      ": position or rank of a person or thing",
      ": state of affairs : situation",
      ": a particular state or condition",
      ": the condition of a person or a thing in the eyes of the law",
      ": position or rank in relation to others",
      ": the current state of affairs"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101-t\u0259s",
      "\u02c8sta-",
      "\u02c8st\u0101-t\u0259s",
      "\u02c8sta-",
      "\u02c8st\u0101t-\u0259s",
      "\u02c8stat-",
      "\u02c8st\u0101-t\u0259s, \u02c8sta-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ball game",
      "deal",
      "footing",
      "picture",
      "posture",
      "scene",
      "situation",
      "story"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The applicant's legal status is also not asked for during the application process, according to a department spokesperson. \u2014 Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
      "Platinum Cheeses monthly box features stronger cheeses, with complex profiles, and spotlights different farmhouse cheeses that have received AOC or DOP status . \u2014 Amber Love Bond, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "Massachusetts Republicans are backing a long-shot effort to undo a new law that allows residents without legal immigration status to get driver\u2019s licenses. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
      "According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, certain people are restricted from purchasing ammunition or possessing firearms based on their criminal histories, citizenship status or other factors. \u2014 Ana Faguy, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
      "Following Hinman\u2019s speech, Ripple met several times with key officials at the SEC, believing that rational minds would all agree on XRP\u2019s status as something other than a security. \u2014 Stu Alderoty, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
      "And \u2014 with 4,200 positive reviews on Amazon, a 4.2/5 rating and viral status \u2014 its under-shelf drawer has officially joined the ranks as yet another game-changer. \u2014 Kelsey Mulvey, Good Housekeeping , 12 June 2022",
      "For decades, the provision has afforded settlers the same status as citizens living in Israel on adoptions, policing, national health care, taxes, insurance and other issues. \u2014 Shira Rubin, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
      "Many Mistresses Since his introduction in season five, Oswald has patronized his neighboring MP (Tommy\u2019s constituency borders Oswald\u2019s) and taken great pleasure in pointing out Tommy\u2019s outsider status . \u2014 Emma Fraser, Town & Country , 11 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin \u2014 more at state ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1767, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-082233"
  },
  "sturdily":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": firmly built or constituted : stout",
      ": hardy",
      ": sound in design or execution : substantial",
      ": marked by or reflecting physical strength or vigor",
      ": firm , resolute",
      ": rugged , stable",
      ": firmly built or made",
      ": strong and healthy in body : robust",
      ": resolute",
      ": gid"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259r-d\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u0259r-d\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u0259rd-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cast-iron",
      "hard",
      "hard-bitten",
      "hardened",
      "hardy",
      "inured",
      "rugged",
      "stout",
      "strong",
      "tough",
      "toughened",
      "vigorous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "delicate",
      "nonhardy",
      "soft",
      "tender",
      "weak"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a dog with a strong sturdy build",
      "it took a sturdy person to endure the life of a pioneer",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The bottom two-thirds is a sturdy , innerspring mattress, while the top comfort layer is genuine memory foam. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 10 June 2022",
      "Installation is versatile as well: It can be hung from a stand, a sturdy structure or straight from your ceiling. \u2014 Abigail Bailey, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
      "Clip this fan on to an umbrella or stroller, carry it in your hand, or fold the handle down and place it on a sturdy surface. \u2014 Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
      "Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. \u2014 Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star , 8 June 2022",
      "For hundreds of years, the Khasis of Meghalaya have manipulated the aerial roots of the rubber fig tree (Ficus elastica) to build sturdy bridges, known in the Khasi language as jingkieng jri. \u2014 Anne Pinto-rodrigues, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
      "As sturdy and dynamic as movie executives come, her job encompassed a wide portfolio of day-to-day management. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 8 June 2022",
      "Keep in Mind: This may not be as sturdy as non-collapsible rain barrels. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 8 June 2022",
      "Reviewers love how sturdy this set is compared to similar options from competitors. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 21 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, brave, stubborn, from Anglo-French esturdi stunned, from past participle of esturdir to stun, from Vulgar Latin *exturdire , from Latin ex- + Vulgar Latin *turdus simpleton, from Latin turdus thrush \u2014 more at thrush ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-085002"
  },
  "stumpy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": short and thick : stubby",
      ": full of stumps"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259m-p\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chunky",
      "dumpy",
      "heavyset",
      "squat",
      "squatty",
      "stocky",
      "stout",
      "stubby",
      "thickset"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "stumpy penguins become agile swimmers the moment they hit the water",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Clearly, this was not some unmarked but common alternative route; it was studded with stumpy pine trees, and the terrain made for hard going. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, Outside Online , 16 Oct. 2018",
      "At one point, someone on InSight\u2019s science team wondered if the lander\u2019s somewhat stumpy arm could prod the solar panels, or perhaps scrape off some dust. \u2014 Robin George Andrews, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "The fish obtain their unique shape because their back fin stops growing after birth and instead folds into itself, creating a stumpy rudder called a clavus, per National Geographic. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Dec. 2021",
      "These were kings, calmer and more aloof than the royals, going through their annual molt, their stumpy bodies a mess of patchy old plumage being pushed up and out by new growth. \u2014 Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "In neutral colors, even structurally commanding pieces, like the stumpy plaster bedside table, work. \u2014 Alison Van Houten, WSJ , 2 June 2021",
      "What was a short and stumpy gas fireplace, little more than a firebox, got lost in the large bedroom. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com , 30 Oct. 2020",
      "Or go to a shaky worm or a stumpy little stickbait on a Ned rig. \u2014 Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream , 22 Apr. 2020",
      "If your pants have stumpy little half-pockets, which is common on women's pants, the Z Flip might fit where no smartphone has fit before. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-113905"
  },
  "standard-issue":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": standard , typical"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stan-d\u0259rd-\u02c8i-(\u02cc)sh\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "average",
      "common",
      "commonplace",
      "cut-and-dried",
      "cut-and-dry",
      "everyday",
      "garden-variety",
      "normal",
      "ordinary",
      "prosaic",
      "routine",
      "run-of-the-mill",
      "standard",
      "unexceptional",
      "unremarkable",
      "usual",
      "workaday"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abnormal",
      "exceptional",
      "extraordinary",
      "odd",
      "out-of-the-way",
      "strange",
      "unusual"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1966, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-125518"
  },
  "stash":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to store in a usually secret place for future use",
      ": hiding place : cache",
      ": something stored or hidden away",
      ": to store in a usually secret place for future use",
      ": an amount of something stored secretly for future use"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stash",
      "\u02c8stash"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cache",
      "hoard",
      "lay away",
      "lay by",
      "lay in",
      "lay up",
      "put by",
      "salt away",
      "squirrel (away)",
      "stockpile",
      "store",
      "stow",
      "treasure"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cache",
      "hoard",
      "stockpile",
      "store"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The police found where he had stashed the drugs.",
      "The gifts were stashed in the closet.",
      "He stashed the equipment under the bed.",
      "We wondered what they had stashed in their backpacks.",
      "Noun",
      "keeps a stash of tissues in her desk in case anyone needs one",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Just stash all your liquids in a water resistant case like this one from Dagne Dover, which is made of recycled polyester. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 16 June 2022",
      "Side pockets stash your valuables before and after class. \u2014 Aleta Burchyski, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
      "Three zippered storage areas offer enough space to stash a rain jacket and lunch, and an adjustable shoulder strap allows right or left orientation. \u2014 Greg Thomas, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
      "While police did not immediately provide any details about the male suspect, investigators released a surveillance image of him appearing to stash the woman's purse under his jacket. \u2014 Fox News , 24 May 2022",
      "Inflation hurts bondholders, as well as people who stash cash under couches. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 1 May 2022",
      "The drawstring waistband ensures a snug, but comfortable fit, while the five pockets stash all your essentials. \u2014 Katie Chang, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Pop it in the microwave for 30 seconds to use as a heating pad or stash it inside the freezer to turn it into a quick cold pack. \u2014 Noma Nazish, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Rub the cut surface with a little lime or lemon juice to prevent browning and then stash them in an airtight container (or wrapped tightly in plastic) in the fridge. \u2014 Antara Sinha, Bon App\u00e9tit , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But what happens once that stash of cash is diminished? \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 2 June 2022",
      "Small details helped, like the internal partitions and convenient external stash pockets that are handy for tools and snacks. \u2014 Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
      "So Garrett, 30, started raiding Su\u00e1rez\u2019s stash with permission and has continued the cologne practice now with the Royals. \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
      "One mother trekked 45 minutes to access Benji Arslanovski\u2019s stash . \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
      "No inch was overlooked: Four-inch\u2013wide pull-out shelves stash spices, oils, and vinegars in arm\u2019s reach. \u2014 Carisha Swanson, House Beautiful , 18 May 2022",
      "These stash locations include Fresno, Sacramento and San Jose, for example. \u2014 Fox News , 6 May 2022",
      "Five Francis Hines artworks that were part of a stash rescued in 2017 from a dumpster in Watertown will be on exhibit April 22 to June 15 at the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Deputies had seized $860,000 from one stash house in the Baltimore area, and the enterprise was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars more, prosecutors said. \u2014 Karina Elwood, Washington Post , 14 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1797, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1914, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-150344"
  },
  "steadfastness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": firmly fixed in place : immovable",
      ": not subject to change",
      ": firm in belief, determination, or adherence : loyal",
      ": not changing : resolute",
      ": loyal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sted-\u02ccfast",
      "also",
      "\u02c8sted-\u02ccfast"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "constant",
      "dedicated",
      "devoted",
      "devout",
      "down-the-line",
      "faithful",
      "fast",
      "good",
      "loyal",
      "pious",
      "staunch",
      "stanch",
      "steady",
      "true",
      "true-blue"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disloyal",
      "faithless",
      "false",
      "fickle",
      "inconstant",
      "perfidious",
      "recreant",
      "traitorous",
      "treacherous",
      "unfaithful",
      "untrue"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He was steadfast in his support of the governor's policies.",
      "a steadfast supporter of women's rights",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Unlike Johnson, most other golfers have remained steadfast to their commitments to the PGA Tour, including Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm. \u2014 Derek Saul, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "But he's set in his ways, and steadfast about that. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 5 May 2022",
      "Lucille, on the other hand, was much more steadfast and precise. \u2014 ELLE , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "The Red Hook sunsets remain the most spectacular in the city, and the Statue of Liberty stands steadfast and visible in the harbor. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "His support was among the most visible, the most steadfast and the most enduring. \u2014 Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "Despite this, Anhed\u00f6nia is steadfast in saying that there is much more to come from Ethel Cain. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 12 May 2022",
      "But Indianapolis, led by the conviction and patience of general manager Chris Ballard, has been steadfast in its approach. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The United States has been steadfast in its refusal to become directly involved in the Russo-Ukrainian War ... and for good reason. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 29 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English stedefast , from Old English stedef\u00e6st , from stede + f\u00e6st fixed, fast",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-163640"
  },
  "stool pigeon":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person acting as a decoy or informer",
      ": a spy sent into a group to report (as to the police) on its activities",
      ": a pigeon used as a decoy to draw others within a net"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "betrayer",
      "canary",
      "deep throat",
      "fink",
      "informant",
      "informer",
      "nark",
      "rat",
      "rat fink",
      "snitch",
      "snitcher",
      "squealer",
      "stoolie",
      "talebearer",
      "tattler",
      "tattletale",
      "telltale",
      "whistle-blower"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the FBI finally got a break when one of the mob boss's top henchmen turned stool pigeon"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably from the early practice of fastening the decoy bird to a stool",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-165039"
  },
  "stanch":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to check or stop the flowing of",
      ": to stop the flow of blood from (a wound)",
      ": to stop or check in its course",
      ": to make watertight : stop up",
      ": allay , extinguish",
      ": steadfast in loyalty or principle",
      ": watertight , sound",
      ": strongly built : substantial",
      ": to check or stop the flowing of",
      ": to stop the flow of blood from"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u022fnch",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4nch",
      "\u02c8stanch",
      "\u02c8st\u022fnch",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4nch",
      "\u02c8stanch"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "If no one has the courage to address this, a group intervention may be needed to stanch the motormouth. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 2 June 2022",
      "To be sure, Chinese authorities have taken steps to try to minimize the disruption to industry from the latest round of restrictions, which may have helped stanch the slide in activity, economists say. \u2014 Jonathan Cheng, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "To stanch the current outrage, the Bahlsen family hired a prominent German historian to write an independent report on the family\u2019s Nazi-era actions. \u2014 Anna Altman, The New Republic , 27 May 2022",
      "Garza has tried to stanch the flow of employees leaving CPS since the utility suspended bonuses. \u2014 Diego Mendoza-moyers, San Antonio Express-News , 12 May 2022",
      "The city\u2019s understaffed police department was overwhelmed by the mob, and firefighters assigned to help stanch the violence exacerbated it by turning their hoses on the crowd. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The Bank of Russia has kept the country\u2019s stock market closed for several days in an effort to stanch the flow of money out of its economy, which was already showing signs of severe distress before the new measures were implemented. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "It\u2019s half of a sophisticated South African effort to stanch the emergence of new variants of the coronavirus, like Omicron, which was identified here and shook the world this past week. \u2014 Stephanie Nolen, New York Times , 4 Dec. 2021",
      "The new state budget attempts to stanch the bleeding, in part by doling out one-time bonuses to frontline health care workers, including mental health providers. \u2014 Abigail Kramer, ProPublica , 13 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-180805"
  },
  "standoff":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": tie , deadlock",
      ": a counterbalancing effect",
      ": the act of standing off",
      ": standoffish",
      ": used for holding something at a distance from a surface",
      ": to stay at a distance from something",
      ": to sail away from the shore",
      ": to keep from advancing : repel",
      ": put off , stall"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stand-\u02cc\u022ff"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dead heat",
      "draw",
      "stalemate",
      "tie"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "aloof",
      "antisocial",
      "asocial",
      "buttoned-up",
      "cold",
      "cold-eyed",
      "cool",
      "detached",
      "distant",
      "dry",
      "frosty",
      "offish",
      "remote",
      "standoffish",
      "unbending",
      "unclubbable",
      "unsociable"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The two governments are currently in a standoff over who has rights to the land.",
      "after two hours they had played to a 5\u20135 standoff",
      "Adjective",
      "the client's standoff attitude suggested that this was going to be a strictly business relationship",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "He was arrested Saturday morning after an hours-long standoff , police said. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
      "Texas police on Tuesday ended a five-hour-long standoff with a man who allegedly fired a gun earlier in the day. \u2014 Landon Mion, Fox News , 1 June 2022",
      "He was killed by Border Patrol agents after an hour-long standoff at the school. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 26 May 2022",
      "But Republicans have a strong incentive to run out the clock thanks to a federal court ruling issued last week that some Republicans have hailed as a final victory in the months-long legal standoff over redistricting. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 4 May 2022",
      "Police found three people dead in a home on the city's west side after a hours-long police standoff . \u2014 Cate Charron, The Indianapolis Star , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "This comes one month after a terrifying ordeal in Colleyville where a man held four hostages in a synagogue during an hours-long standoff . \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "The clearing marked the end of a two and a half week standoff between the mayor and activists who occupied the camp, working in shifts to keep homeless people from being moved. \u2014 Sara Cline, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "This was on the heels of the standoff between law enforcement officials and Native Americans at Wounded Knee. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The Broadview Heights Planning Commission has approved the new building, which will stand off the west side of Broadview between two existing retail-office plazas. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 24 May 2022",
      "In 2018, one officer was killed and six more were injured in a two-hour stand off with a suspect who held children hostage in a South Carolina home. \u2014 Brieanna J. Frank, The Arizona Republic , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "The footage shows the female knock on the victim's apartment door while Cornist and Stone stand off to the side, officials said. \u2014 Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer , 5 Dec. 2021",
      "Malliotakis said New Yorkers were being left without a safety net as the city and its firefighters stand off over the mandate. \u2014 NBC News , 31 Oct. 2021",
      "Keeping to himself in a corner of the ready room before the race, Dressel didn\u2019t sit in the chair reserved for him, choosing to stand off to the side. \u2014 Alice Park/tokyo, Time , 31 July 2021",
      "Relations between the United States and Cuba had improved under the Obama administration, when the U.S. president and his Cuban peers sought to end the lingering post-Cold War stand off and normalize relations. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 July 2021",
      "India's government continues to escalate its high-stakes stand off with Silicon Valley. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 28 May 2021",
      "Others, meanwhile, stand off to the side of the room. \u2014 Jennifer Levitz, WSJ , 7 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "circa 1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1603, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105004"
  },
  "stoner":{
    "type":[
      "noun ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person who habitually uses drugs or alcohol",
      ": one that stones someone or something: such as",
      ": one that pelts someone or something with stones especially with intent to kill",
      ": a device for removing stones from stone fruit"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u014d-n\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "addict",
      "dopehead",
      "doper",
      "druggie",
      "druggy",
      "fiend",
      "freak",
      "head",
      "hophead",
      "hype",
      "junkie",
      "junky",
      "user"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nonaddict",
      "nonuser"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "The movie's a comedy about a couple of stoners .",
      "a comedy about aging stoners who are still trying to get their act together",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Not exactly the ideal setup for stoner tourists staying in hotels or Airbnbs that don\u2019t allow smoking on their premises. \u2014 Red Rodriguez, Rolling Stone , 13 June 2022",
      "Jonathan spends most of his time getting high with his new stoner pal, Argyle (Eduardo Franco), who drives a delivery truck for Surfer Boy Pizza. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 May 2022",
      "Jonathan is mostly used as stoner comic relief in the new episodes and is not involved in the main storyline set in Hawkins. \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 31 May 2022",
      "The Weed King himself, a 25-year-old stoner , fired me on the spot. \u2014 Mike Postalakis, SPIN , 25 May 2022",
      "Mike heads to California on spring break to see Eleven, but instead gets stuck on a frantic road trip with the Byers brothers and Jonathan\u2019s new stoner friend Argyle (Eduardo Franco). \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 24 May 2022",
      "After several acting roles in the last few years, rocker Machine Gun Kelly \u2014 also known by his real name, Colson Baker \u2014 has gone fully Hollywood, co-writing, co-directing and starring in new stoner comedy Good Mourning. \u2014 Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 May 2022",
      "But the film found its director in a way more befitting a stoner comedy. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Each short chapter takes the form of a different genre\u2014 stoner comedy, self-help bestseller, modern art. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 4 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "1971, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105127"
  },
  "steek":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": shut , close"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0113k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "close",
      "make",
      "shut"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "open"
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    "examples":[
      "Macleod threatened to steek the door in my face if I ever said a word against the Scots again."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English steken to pierce, fix, enclose; akin to Old English stician to pierce \u2014 more at stick ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105708"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": one that stuns or is stunning"
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      "\u02c8st\u0259-n\u0259r"
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      "cooky",
      "cutie",
      "cutey",
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      "goddess",
      "honey",
      "knockout",
      "queen"
    ],
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    "examples":[
      "His wife is a real stunner .",
      "The jury's decision was a stunner .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The tension in Sara Colangelo's Sundance stunner is more nerve-racking than worrying about getting your name on the board in preschool. \u2014 Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 May 2022",
      "Sofia Carson was one of the early style standouts to hit the red carpet in a simple stunner from the fall and winter 2021 Giambattista Valli Haute Couture collection that paired a black, draped one-shoulder tulle top with a black tulle skirt. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant combine for 79 in stunner while Denver was easy prey for the Celtics to set up a big-time regional final. \u2014 Duane Rankin, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "In this stunner of an essay at Granta, Marina Benjamin recounts similar experiences at her own family\u2019s table, suffering pleas and threats and edicts around eating and food. \u2014 Longreads , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Brandon Ingram scored a game-high 30 in leading New Orleans to a Game 4 stunner , 118-103, Sunday night before a sellout crowd of 18,962 at Smoothie King Center to even the series, 2-2. \u2014 Duane Rankin, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Brandon Ingram scored a game-high 30 in leading New Orleans to a Game 4 stunner , 118-103, Sunday night at Smoothie King Center to even the series, 2-2. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "The science fiction visual stunner , produced by Legendary Pictures, won production design, sound, film editing, original score, cinematography and visual effects. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "All At Once, the emotional and mind-bending stunner from directing duo Daniels. \u2014 Jeff Ewing, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1829, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-110035"
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  "strength":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being strong : capacity for exertion or endurance",
      ": power to resist force : solidity , toughness",
      ": power of resisting attack : impregnability",
      ": legal, logical, or moral force",
      ": a strong attribute or inherent asset",
      ": degree of potency of effect or of concentration",
      ": intensity of light, color, sound, or odor",
      ": vigor of expression",
      ": force as measured in numbers : effective numbers of any body or organization",
      ": one regarded as embodying or affording force or firmness : support",
      ": maintenance of or a rising tendency in a price level : firmness of prices",
      ": basis",
      ": vigorously forward : from one high point to the next",
      ": the quality or state of being physically strong",
      ": power to resist force",
      ": ability to produce an effect",
      ": degree of intensity",
      ": power as measured in numbers",
      ": a strong or positive quality",
      ": the inner courage or determination that allows a person to face and deal with difficulties",
      ": the quality or state of being strong : capacity for exertion or endurance",
      ": degree of potency of effect or of concentration",
      ": degree of ionization of a solution"
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      "\u02c8stre\u014b(k)th",
      "\u02c8stren(t)th",
      "\u02c8stre\u014bth",
      "\u02c8stre\u014b(k)th",
      "\u02c8stren(t)th"
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      "energy",
      "firepower",
      "force",
      "horsepower",
      "might",
      "muscle",
      "potence",
      "potency",
      "power",
      "puissance",
      "sinew",
      "vigor"
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      "impotence",
      "impotency",
      "powerlessness",
      "weakness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In recent days, the Japanese yen has touched its lowest levels in 24 years against the dollar, while one broader measure of the U.S. currency\u2019s strength , the WSJ Dollar Index, has advanced to its highest level since 2002. \u2014 Dave Sebastian, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "The panel backed half-sized doses for 6- to 11-year-olds and a full- strength version for adolescents ages 12 to 17. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
      "The biggest drawback, though, is missing out on the benefits of over-the-counter and prescription- strength skin care that speeds up cell turnover. \u2014 Fiona Embleton, Allure , 14 June 2022",
      "Tuesday's vote was only for two doses \u2014 full- strength for 12-17 and half-sized doses for those 6-11. \u2014 CBS News , 14 June 2022",
      "Tuesday\u2019s vote was only for two doses \u2014 full- strength for 12-17 and half-sized doses for those 6-11. \u2014 Mike Stobbe, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
      "Tuesday\u2019s vote was only for two doses \u2014 full- strength for 12-17 and half-sized doses for those 6-11. \u2014 Mike Stobbe, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
      "Yes, gaining strength , endurance, mobility, speed, skill, mental toughness, or the like does inherently include growth. \u2014 Shauna Harrison, SELF , 14 June 2022",
      "Tuesday's vote was only for two doses \u2014 full- strength for 12-17 and half-sized doses for those 6-11. \u2014 Mike Stobbe, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English strengthe , from Old English strengthu ; akin to Old High German strengi strong \u2014 more at strong ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-110936"
  },
  "straightforwardly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": free from evasiveness or obscurity : exact , candid",
      ": clear-cut , precise",
      ": proceeding in a straight course or manner : direct , undeviating",
      ": in a straightforward manner",
      ": being clear and honest : frank"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccstr\u0101t-\u02c8f\u022fr-w\u0259rd",
      "\u02c8str\u0101t-\u02ccf\u022fr-",
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      "direct",
      "forthright",
      "foursquare",
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      "directly",
      "forthrightly",
      "foursquare",
      "plain",
      "plainly",
      "straight",
      "straightforwardly"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Using the computer program is fairly straightforward .",
      "He was very straightforward with us.",
      "She gave a straightforward account of what happened.",
      "Adverb",
      "she finally told him straightforward that she wasn't interested in a date",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Eventually the film's subtlety gives way to a more straightforward conclusion. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 2 June 2022",
      "Suffice to say, however, giving robots a human origin story is perhaps rather more straightforward than giving them human facial characteristics. \u2014 Adi Gaskell, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "Posted just hours later, Pink Floyd\u2019s second video is more straightforward in heralding their arrival on the popular social media platform. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 30 May 2022",
      "In Nostalgia, an adaptation of Neapolitan writer Ermanno Rea\u2019s novel, Martone cuts back on some of his recent flourishes to deliver a more straightforward , thriller-esque drama. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 May 2022",
      "Most of her book deals with more straightforward Instant Pot techniques, with 150 recipes that include plenty rooted in Indian traditions, from mushroom masala and vegetable biryani to rajma masala and malai kofta. \u2014 Joe Yonan, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
      "The women\u2019s draw is far more straightforward , at least as long as the game\u2019s new queen of clay is here in Boulogne-Billancourt. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
      "But Byrne disputes that account, saying his idea was much more straightforward . \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 May 2022",
      "In this case, the math is more straightforward than cutting a pie\u2014at least at first\u2014in two dimensions. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 16 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Clearly, Marvel is taking a bit more of an ambitious road than simply going straightforward . \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 11 May 2022",
      "For the last few years, the IRS has made telling the federal government about your crypto investments straightforward . \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "That makes experimenting with slow-cooking fairly straightforward . \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2021",
      "The why question is, on the surface at least, fairly straightforward . \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 9 Apr. 2021",
      "As far as The Hand of God, the story herein sounds pretty straightforward . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "Whilst the journey has not been straightforward the company now employs 25 security staff servicing clients across the U.K. and United Arab Emirates. \u2014 Tommy Williams, Forbes , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "There are six wine-growing regions in Switzerland, two of them straightforward to reach from one of the country's major airports. \u2014 Michele Robson, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
      "These are very exciting and attention-grabbing, but the reality of AI is actually thousands of tools and apps running quietly behind the scenes, making our lives more straightforward by automating simple tasks or making predictions. \u2014 Bernard Marr, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adverb",
      "1809, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-111008"
  },
  "sternly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "biographical name ()",
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": having a definite hardness or severity of nature or manner : austere",
      ": expressive of severe displeasure : harsh",
      ": forbidding or gloomy in appearance",
      ": inexorable",
      ": sturdy , stout",
      ": the rear end of a boat",
      ": a hinder or rear part : the last or latter part",
      ": hard and severe in nature or manner : very strict and serious",
      ": showing severe displeasure or disapproval",
      ": firm and not changeable",
      ": the rear end of a boat",
      "Isaac 1920\u20132001 American (Russian-born) violinist",
      "Otto 1888\u20131969 American (German-born) physicist"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259rn",
      "\u02c8st\u0259rn",
      "\u02c8st\u0259rn"
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      "austere",
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      "hard",
      "harsh",
      "heavy-handed",
      "ramrod",
      "rigid",
      "rigorous",
      "severe",
      "strict",
      "tough"
    ],
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      "clement",
      "forbearing",
      "gentle",
      "indulgent",
      "lax",
      "lenient",
      "tolerant"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "He gave me a stern look.",
      "the army post's stern commander always had the utmost respect of those who served under him",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The Moon in Scorpio will square stern Saturn, then turn right around and trine dreamy Neptune, showing us facts and fantasy in equal measure. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "With a stern face that quietly communicates no-nonsense badassery and rueful-dreamy thoughtfulness, McClarnon seems to shift the gravity of his projects. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
      "At one point, Louis poked his tongue out in Kate's face and made a goofy gesture with his hand, prompting the mother of three to give him a stern look. \u2014 Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
      "Needless to say, fans quickly reacted to the video and a lot of people were rallying behind Zooey who held a stern face throughout the clip. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 26 May 2022",
      "Khan says his removal from office was the result of a U.S.-organized plot and collusion with Sharif, whose government has vowed a stern response if Khan violates the ban. \u2014 Time , 26 May 2022",
      "The yacht\u2019s inline stern drive system reportedly gives it great maneuverability and efficiency, too. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 24 May 2022",
      "His new classmates, all white, despise Black people and use the N-word; Aaron gives Paul a stern lesson in civil rights, teaching him that the same people who menace Black people would do the same to Jews. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 19 May 2022",
      "The mention of singing and dancing is met with stern looks, pressed lips. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "It\u2019s complemented by a lifting platform and two cranes at the stern that can support the loading and unloading of the various vehicles. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "As Matteson piloted the boat from his seat in the stern , Telep brandished a long pole with a net at the tip. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 13 May 2022",
      "Roderick Grimshaw pushed an empty lobster trap to the stern as Michael Grimshaw hauled up the rest. \u2014 David Abel, BostonGlobe.com , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "During breaks in the pot-rigging, crew members climbed back aboard the Pinnacle and warmed up in a three-story house that rises fortress-like \u2014 but full of comforts \u2014 from the stern of the boat. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "But a portion of the stern has broken off, meaning the hull is in at least two pieces. \u2014 al , 12 May 2022",
      "Not so with the latest Navigator, which has LINCOLN plastered across its stern and the brand's crosshair emblem set as a nearly foot-tall protrusion within its gently redrawn grille. \u2014 Mike Sutton, Car and Driver , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Vessel cannot close transom door and water has entered the stern . \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 7 May 2022",
      "The Haida, whose land encompassed cedar forests, probably shaped it and decorated the prow and stern with designs of an eagle and killer whale. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-111039"
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      "idiom"
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      ": to find or learn about (something) unexpectedly"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-111225"
  },
  "stag":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an adult male red deer",
      ": the male of various other deer (especially genus Cervus )",
      ": a young horse",
      ": a young unbroken stallion",
      ": a male animal castrated after sexual maturity \u2014 compare steer sense 1",
      ": a young adult male domestic chicken or turkey",
      ": a social gathering of men only",
      ": one who attends a dance or party without a companion",
      ": to spy on",
      ": to attend a dance or party without a companion",
      ": restricted to men",
      ": intended for a male audience",
      ": pornographic",
      ": unaccompanied by someone of the opposite sex",
      ": an adult male deer"
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      "\u02c8stag"
    ],
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      "bawdy",
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      "crude",
      "dirty",
      "filthy",
      "foul",
      "gross",
      "gutter",
      "impure",
      "indecent",
      "lascivious",
      "lewd",
      "locker-room",
      "nasty",
      "obscene",
      "pornographic",
      "porny",
      "profane",
      "raunchy",
      "ribald",
      "smutty",
      "trashy",
      "unprintable",
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      "wanton",
      "X-rated"
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      "clean",
      "decent",
      "G-rated",
      "nonobscene",
      "wholesome"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "a stash of stag flicks that were hidden in the basement",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Animals dot the sides, including a running stag , birds and a rabbit. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 June 2022",
      "But despite almost losing his life in a fall at Red Rock in Nevada with climber Alex Honnold, the method actor and musician claims that the most physically demanding workout of all is performing on stag with his band 30 Seconds to Mars. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "On his way to fight the Trojan War, King Agamemnon accidentally kills a favorite stag of Artemis, the goddess of wild animals and chastity. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "Of the pros represented at Moeller's annual stag , only Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Brent Suter was alive in 1995. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Items seized include the Stag's Head Rhyton, a ceremonial vessel depicting a stag 's head which dates to 400 BCE. \u2014 CNN , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "The stag \u2019s head is valued at $3.5 million, the district attorney said. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Adams said that the stag , or male deer, has very identifiable antlers. \u2014 Parish Howard, USA TODAY , 6 Nov. 2021",
      "Think of a lion's mane, a peacock's feathers or a stag 's antlers. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The original emblem was a single red shield with a stag head, meant to reflect Dunbar's Scottish family crest, GM said. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 1 June 2022",
      "Its cameras catch the nighttime moves of black rhinos gathering at a Kenyan waterhole, Chilean stag beetles locking jaws in a battle for a mate, and the first-ever footage of a 2-month old orca taking part in the hunt of gray-whale calf. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "One of game theory\u2019s classic dilemmas is called the stag hunt. \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Iphigenia was sent to her death to make amends for the slaying of a stag dear to the heart of Artemis, who, in a proverbial huff, halted the winds and stalled the onset of the Trojan War. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Dec. 2021",
      "That is the power of digital transformation in a stag inflationary period. \u2014 Michael Gale, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "Alina subsequently uses that blade to slash Kirigan, removing the stag bone that was embedded in his hand. \u2014 Nick Schager, EW.com , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "Up to this time, Holmes had been doing mostly photo layouts, stag films and 8-mm bookstore loops. \u2014 Mike Sager, Rolling Stone , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "But there were plenty \u2014 perhaps a minority, perhaps not \u2014 who invoked that stag -party spirit of England, the team, who assumed that the occasion meant anything goes. \u2014 New York Times , 16 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1796, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
      "Adjective",
      "1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-112653"
  },
  "stink":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to emit a strong offensive odor",
      ": to be offensive",
      ": to be in bad repute",
      ": to possess something to an offensive degree",
      ": to be extremely bad or unpleasant",
      ": a strong offensive odor : stench",
      ": a public outcry against something : fuss",
      ": to give off or cause to have a strong unpleasant smell",
      ": to be very bad or unpleasant",
      ": a strong unpleasant smell"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sti\u014bk",
      "\u02c8sti\u014bk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "reek"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "funk",
      "reek",
      "stench"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The food is good at that restaurant, but the service stinks .",
      "Having a root canal stinks .",
      "Noun",
      "People raised a stink about the new law.",
      "He kicked up a stink about the way he'd been treated.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Do stink bugs bite? Stink bugs stick to plants and other outdoor food sources. \u2014 Natalie Schumann, Country Living , 14 June 2022",
      "That said, it\u2019s comforting to see that there are new cars available for that price that don\u2019t stink . \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 June 2021",
      "Atlanta hits Carolina with an intradivision broadside that the Panthers are going to have to really stink to get the No. 1 pick in 2023. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Their thorns can puncture vehicles tires and their blooms stink , Long said. \u2014 Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Chiefs' coaches were brilliant; OT rules stink Aaron Rodgers' next team? \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "After having been interned for a few days, the ships began to stink . \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "The Times\u2019 Louis Sahag\u00fan details the disaster \u2014 plus the industry recklessness, official neglect and other factors that contribute to flooding and stink . \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Stop shoe stink at the source with Zorpads Shoe Inserts ($10 for 2 pairs). \u2014 Christina Poletto, Better Homes & Gardens , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "To add to the list of unavoidable stink bug attractions, these insects love warmth and sunlight. \u2014 Natalie Schumann, Country Living , 14 June 2022",
      "Some users say lining them with paper towels also soaks up liquid that can raise a stink . \u2014 James Rainey, Los Angeles Times , 26 Dec. 2021",
      "Third: The political stink may cause hypertension and nosebleeds. \u2014 Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
      "Simply swipe onto clean, dry underarms in the morning to unlock your stink -free potential. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
      "Plus, it's infused with gold (yes, really) to fend off stink . \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 2 May 2022",
      "After several days of raising a revolting stink , the Rollins College greenhouse is beginning to smell refreshing again as its second corpse plant ceases its deathly odor and begins to close. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Turns out that the lasting stink of bong water spilled onto the carpet is not the only danger to smoking marijuana through a tall tube cooled by water at its base. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Blossoming tendrils of flowering jasmine put out enough scent to overpower, for a moment, the stink of gas leaf blowers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-114126"
  },
  "stopcock":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a cock for stopping or regulating flow (as through a pipe)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4p-\u02cck\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cock",
      "faucet",
      "gate",
      "spigot",
      "tap",
      "valve"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a mechanical engineer who designs industrial valves and stopcocks"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1584, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-114130"
  },
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    "type":[
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      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one to be relied on especially in emergencies",
      ": a favorite or reliable choice or resource",
      ": one that is held in reserve ready for use : substitute",
      ": ready or available for immediate action or use",
      ": held near at hand and ready for use",
      ": relating to the act or condition of standing by",
      ": of, relating to, or traveling by an airline service in which the passenger must wait for an available unreserved seat",
      ": on a standby basis",
      ": to be present",
      ": to remain apart or aloof",
      ": to be or to get ready to act",
      ": to remain loyal or faithful to : defend"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stan(d)-\u02ccb\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "anchor",
      "buttress",
      "dependence",
      "dependance",
      "mainstay",
      "pillar",
      "reliance"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "adhere (to)",
      "cling (to)",
      "hew (to)",
      "keep (to)",
      "stick (to "
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "More police officers were sent as standbys .",
      "We bought an electric generator as a standby .",
      "Verb",
      "no matter how much people object, I will stand by my decision",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Pacific Way Cafe: This 32-year-old Gearhart standby will close permanently, just months after owners Lisa and John Allen spent $10,000 on a dining room renovation, according to the Seaside Signal. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Aug. 2021",
      "This spring, during the LearnedLeague off-season, Leonas co-created a mini-league focussed on the American Revolution\u2014a trivia-canon standby that the mini-league approached from a range of perspectives. \u2014 Eliza Brooke, The New Yorker , 17 May 2021",
      "Helicopters were on standby at the local airport waiting to transport patients to San Antonio, and donor blood was rushed into Uvalde from surrounding areas. \u2014 Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
      "Veterinarians are on standby to perform necropsies, determining exactly what killed the cows deemed less than edible. \u2014 Lizzy Saxe, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Some board members inquired whether the advisory group would consider what policing model to use in schools \u2014 such as whether officers should be present in the hallways or be on standby outside the schools. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "According to Playbill, Parker will perform opposite Broderick\u2019s standby , Tony winner Michael McGrath. \u2014 Trilby Beresford, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "With guns in hand and police dog on standby , officers make their way up the stairs to the suspect and handcuff him. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Red Cross volunteers have been put on standby and are ready to help if an overnight shelter is needed, said Sharon Hudson, executive director of the Eastern Tennessee chapter. \u2014 Liz Kellar, USA TODAY , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Free; advance registration recommended; standby line available. \u2014 Matt Cooperlistings Coordinator, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
      "Since the omnibus effort, the Commanders official said, the team has been on standby while waiting for city leaders to act. \u2014 Michael Brice-saddler, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
      "Nesvick said that shelter options for both humans and pets remain in standby mode at this time and are prepared to receive clients when needed. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "The most energy-efficient commercial chargers earn the ENERGY STAR label, which requires a charger to be energy-efficient while charging a vehicle and while idle since commercial chargers are in standby mode nearly 85% of the time. \u2014 Paul Vosper, Forbes , 11 May 2021",
      "General admission: free; special exhibition pricing: $12, $18, free for ages 17 and under; advance timed-entry tickets required; no on-site standby line. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The response to the event has been intense: Tickets were quickly snapped up, with nearly 500 people on a standby list to get one. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "One good bourbon standby that pairs well with a variety of cigars, Kimberl said, is Four Rose Yellow Label. \u2014 Dana Mcmahan, The Courier-Journal , 3 May 2022",
      "But that same logic would permit the president to appoint slates of standby justices in case his party loses the Senate in the midterms. \u2014 Daniel Huff, WSJ , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Once, while flying standby back from Europe, I was bumped off a flight 41 times in a row. Apologies. \u2014 Chuck Wilcoxen, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "Flying standby on the same day and putting frequent flier miles back into loyalty accounts are becoming free benefits, too. \u2014 Jessica Puckett, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 14 Dec. 2020",
      "Alaska Airlines only allows certain tickets to fly standby , including refundable main cabin tickets and first class tickets. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 18 Sep. 2020",
      "Allied Pilots Association spokesman Dennis Tajer said there is also an unusually high number of pilots working standby in recent months. \u2014 Kyle Arnold, chicagotribune.com , 3 Sep. 2020",
      "Currently, travelers must pay a $75 fee to fly standby . \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 31 Aug. 2020",
      "According to the JetBlue website, customers with travel planned between September 5 and September 17 can rebook or travel standby without paying additional fees. \u2014 Natasha Bach, Fortune , 7 Sep. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Are we supposed to just stand by and let this happen? \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Western allies won\u2019t stand by as Russia attacks Ukraine. \u2014 cleveland , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "In rural towns and counties across Northern California this past year, many fire departments were forced to stand by and watch as wildfires burned more than a million acres of land in neighboring communities. \u2014 Caroline Ghisolfi, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "Now that a couple of months have passed, does Jason still stand by this picks? \u2014 Keith Caulfield, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
      "Surprisingly, Wendy decides to stand by Karen in that moment, going so far as to tell Robyn to take her head out of Gizelle\u2019s posterior and butt out of the conversation. \u2014 Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture , 18 July 2021",
      "The Florida Department of Education on Friday disputed an Orlando Sentinel/South Florida Sun Sentinel story about what math textbook reviewers found in the books, but the newspapers stand by their work. \u2014 Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel , 6 May 2022",
      "There are friends, but then there are friends that stand the test of time and that stand by your side. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 3 May 2022",
      "World leaders must stand up and stand by Ukrainians now \u2026 those who are fighting and those who have fled \u2026 and stand with refugees everywhere who have been forced from their homes and their lands. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 9 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "1872, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adverb",
      "1971, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-121012"
  },
  "strangle":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle",
      ": to obstruct seriously or fatally the normal breathing of",
      ": stifle",
      ": to suppress or hinder the rise, expression, or growth of",
      ": to become strangled",
      ": to die from or as if from interference with breathing",
      ": to choke to death by squeezing the throat",
      ": to die or suffer from or as if from being choked",
      ": to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (as a hand or rope)",
      ": to obstruct seriously or fatally the normal breathing of",
      ": to become strangled : undergo a severe interference with breathing",
      ": to die from interference with breathing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stra\u014b-g\u0259l",
      "\u02c8stra\u014b-g\u0259l",
      "\u02c8stra\u014b-g\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "choke",
      "smother",
      "stifle",
      "suffocate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The weeds are strangling the plant.",
      "The company is trying to strangle the smaller competition.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the spring of 2017 those rivals led a push to strangle Qatar by cutting off diplomatic ties and blocking trade with the country, accusing its government of supporting extremism. \u2014 David D. Kirkpatrick, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
      "Dan agreed, and allowed Ron to strangle him with a towel through the bars separating their cells. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 June 2022",
      "Over time, circling roots can begin to strangle the tree\u2019s trunk. \u2014 Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune , 15 May 2022",
      "The history of Russia's military doctrine, Putin's own ruthless disregard for human life and growing signs that Moscow is targeting civilians point to a bitter winter campaign to strangle Ukraine of its resolve and independence. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Goldberg tried to strangle Schwitzky, according to witnesses quoted in a police report filed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and obtained by NBC News. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Holko urged the international community to ban Russia from SWIFT \u2014 which according to CNN, is a secure network connecting financial institutions around the globe \u2014 in order to strangle the country\u2019s economy. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "That March, he was arrested again in Newport News, Virginia and charged with allegedly trying to abduct and strangle his then-20-year-old wife, according to The Virginian-Pilot. \u2014 Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "The ex claimed to have video of him threatening to bury her in front of their kids and accused him of repeatedly trying to strangle her, a petition for an order of protection filed in December 2020 reads. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 5 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French estrangler , from Latin strangulare , from Greek strangalan , from strangal\u0113 halter \u2014 more at strain ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-122306"
  },
  "stenchy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": stink",
      ": a characteristic repugnant quality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stench"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "funk",
      "reek",
      "stink"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "aroma",
      "fragrance",
      "perfume"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the stench of rotting meat",
      "we finally discovered the dead rat that was causing the stench in the basement",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Michael Sussmann trial is over, but the stench lingers. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
      "Eyewitnesses spoke of the stench of death stalking the streets as early summer temperatures rise. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
      "New coach Doug Pederson and a handful of players said this past week that the team has a long way to go to rid itself of Meyer\u2019s stench . \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
      "Residents said the neighborhood was frequently filled with dust and stench from the site. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
      "Complaints of a rotten-egg stench began Oct. 3 and eventually came from thousands of people in at least a half-dozen communities in the area. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "The pleasant angelic visage bequeathing powers to Alice reeks of a demonic stench . \u2014 Robert Daniels, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2021",
      "Flight attendants referred to it as the Nasty, Nelson remembered, because the galley was so tiny that the trash piled up and the stench lingered. \u2014 Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "But now the stench has become too strong to ignore. \u2014 Harper Simon, SPIN , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English stenc ; akin to Old English stincan to emit a smell \u2014 more at stink ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-122753"
  },
  "stress":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": constraining force or influence: such as",
      ": a force exerted when one body or body part presses on, pulls on, pushes against, or tends to compress or twist another body or body part",
      ": the intensity of this mutual force commonly expressed in pounds per square inch",
      ": the deformation caused in a body by such a force",
      ": a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a factor in disease causation",
      ": a state resulting from a stress",
      ": one of bodily or mental tension resulting from factors that tend to alter an existent equilibrium",
      ": strain , pressure",
      ": emphasis , weight",
      ": intense effort or exertion",
      ": intensity of utterance given to a speech sound, syllable, or word producing relative loudness",
      ": relative force or prominence of sound in verse",
      ": a syllable having relative force or prominence",
      ": accent sense 5a",
      ": to subject to physical or psychological stress",
      ": to subject to phonetic stress : accent",
      ": to lay stress on : emphasize",
      ": to feel stress",
      ": a force that tends to change the shape of an object",
      ": something that causes physical or emotional tension : a state of tension resulting from a stress",
      ": special importance given to something",
      ": relative loudness or force of a part of a spoken word or a beat in music",
      ": to subject to excessive use or to forces that cause a change in shape",
      ": to cause or experience physical or emotional tension",
      ": to pronounce (part of a word) with relative loudness or force",
      ": to give special importance to : emphasize",
      ": a force exerted when one body or body part presses on, pulls on, pushes against, or tends to compress or twist another body or body part",
      ": the intensity of this mutual force commonly expressed in pounds per square inch",
      ": the deformation caused in a body by such a force",
      ": a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a factor in disease causation",
      ": a state of bodily or mental tension resulting from factors that tend to alter an existent equilibrium",
      ": the force exerted between teeth of the upper and lower jaws during mastication",
      ": to subject to stress"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stres",
      "\u02c8stres",
      "\u02c8stres"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "pressure",
      "strain",
      "tension"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bother",
      "fear",
      "fret",
      "fuss",
      "stew",
      "sweat",
      "trouble",
      "worry"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "These findings, while striking, shouldn\u2019t be so surprising\u2014fewer money worries mean less stress and more headspace devoted to making jobs more enjoyable and successful. \u2014 Sammy Rubin, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "According to a May report from Stop AAPI Hate, Asian Americans 60 and older who experienced hate incidents reported higher levels of stress and anxiety than those who had not been targeted. \u2014 Zachary Schermele, NBC News , 21 June 2022",
      "Lamppa mentioned that other factors such as a lack of support, financial stress and breastfeeding problems can trigger PPD symptoms. \u2014 Fox News , 20 June 2022",
      "The stress and the realities of living in a war zone, however, proved to be too much. \u2014 Ryan Bergeron, CNN , 17 June 2022",
      "Like a wedding itself, all the stress and irritation pays off in a pleasant way to spend a couple of hours. \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
      "The latest sign of stress and confusion came from a vague tweet from the co-founder of Three Arrows Capital, a hedge fund that invested heavily in cryptocurrencies. \u2014 Caitlin Mccabe, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "In moments of stress and overwhelm, focus on your breath. \u2014 Zee Clarke, Essence , 13 June 2022",
      "The road from Dallas to New Mexico was monotonously flat, and, for those in the car who knew the real purpose of the trip, the stress and the secrecy were equally fatiguing. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "And for those who still want the full Gaga-face, don't stress . \u2014 ELLE , 10 June 2022",
      "Chill out and don\u2019t stress over what people think about you. \u2014 Jason Lipshutz, Billboard , 10 May 2022",
      "And don\u2019t stress too much if your experiment isn\u2019t perfect. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
      "When pursuing your dream project, don\u2019t stress over what failed. \u2014 Lubo Smid, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Blinken also used the summit to stress concern about freedom of the press in a region where journalists are often killed, threatened or sued into silence, and acknowledged that it\u2019s often the leaders of those countries who bear responsibility. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "In the years since \u2014 especially given the massive influx of federal COVID-19 relief funds \u2014 the governor and her team have both continued to stress the need for infrastructure improvement while pivoting away from any talk of tax hikes. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
      "Alaska Airlines quickly issued a statement to stress that pilots are not currently on strike. \u2014 Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "Researchers analyzed how 76 people responded to stress after a hug from a romantic partner in a study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One. \u2014 Madeline Holcombe, CNN , 23 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1545, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-123138"
  },
  "stare":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to look fixedly often with wide-open eyes",
      ": to show oneself conspicuously",
      ": to stand on end : bristle",
      ": to appear rough and lusterless",
      ": to have an effect on by staring",
      ": to look at with a searching or earnest gaze",
      ": to be undeniably and forcefully evident or apparent",
      ": the act or an instance of staring",
      ": to look at hard and long often with wide-open eyes",
      ": the act or an instance of looking at hard and long"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ster",
      "\u02c8ster"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blink",
      "gape",
      "gawk",
      "gawp",
      "gaze",
      "goggle",
      "peer",
      "rubberneck"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "aspect",
      "eye",
      "gape",
      "gaze",
      "regard",
      "scrutiny"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "She stared out the window.",
      "His mother told him not to stare .",
      "Noun",
      "They looked at me with accusing stares .",
      "caught the child's wide-eyed stare on film",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But as another summer appears on his horizon, Dave Prelack can stare out as the sun dances on salty water, just feet from the window of his Kalmar Village & Tradewinds here, and exhale. \u2014 Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
      "The children are reunited with their families in refugee centers and train stations, as the service members \u2014 all women \u2014 stare into the camera, some of them in tears. \u2014 Rachel Pannett, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
      "At such moments, the room would fall silent, and students would stare at their desks. \u2014 Peter Hessler, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
      "Nothing fancy about that, and many people loved to stare at it. \u2014 Donna Reiner, The Arizona Republic , 13 May 2022",
      "Many diners avert their eyes to evaluate her only from their periphery, the way children are instructed to do when learning not to stare at the sun. \u2014 Jen Wang, Vogue , 10 May 2022",
      "Everyone in the arena turned silent, left to stare at the two pools of blood in the sand. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
      "Floyd, 46, would stare at the camera with mock seriousness. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
      "The person who texted me will stare at their phone, waiting for a response, for an eternity. \u2014 Rima Parikh, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The accompanying sensual visual features Lizzo naked and giving the camera an intense stare , while strategically covering parts of her body with her arms to make the clip safe to upload to social media. \u2014 Ashley Iasimone, Billboard , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "Against that, even Capaldi\u2019s wormwood stare can do only so much. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
      "Whatever the role, whatever the context, Liotta somehow managed to let loose an explosive barrage of toothy giggling that, over time, became as much a personal signature as that thousand-mile stare . \u2014 Gene Seymour, CNN , 27 May 2022",
      "As younger audiences celebrate the sight-and-sound technology that eclipses stare -at-the-wall museum experiences, immersive experiences will dominate. \u2014 Stefan Pollack, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "Don't get too excited, its stare isn't a romantic one. \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 17 May 2022",
      "Noting my hungry stare , Smith gently lifted the instrument from its perch and urged me to give it a try. \u2014 Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Instead of a blank stare and a look of shocked disbelief after taking silver in Italy, Jacobellis clenched her fists and pumped them to celebrate gold in China. \u2014 Eddie Pells And Pat Graham, chicagotribune.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Instead of a blank stare and a look of shocked disbelief after taking silver in Italy, Jacobellis clenched her fists and pumped them to celebrate gold in China. \u2014 Eddie Pells And Pat Graham, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1553, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-124914"
  },
  "steward":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one employed in a large household or estate to manage domestic concerns (such as the supervision of servants, collection of rents, and keeping of accounts)",
      ": shop steward",
      ": a fiscal agent",
      ": an employee on a ship, airplane, bus, or train who manages the provisioning of food and attends passengers",
      ": one appointed to supervise the provision and distribution of food and drink in an institution",
      ": one who actively directs affairs : manager",
      ": to act as a steward for : manage",
      ": to perform the duties of a steward",
      ": a manager of a very large home, an estate, or an organization",
      ": a person employed to manage the supply and distribution of food and look after the needs of passengers (as on an airplane or ship)",
      ": shop steward"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00fc-\u0259rd",
      "\u02c8sty\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8st(y)u\u0307rd",
      "\u02c8st\u00fc-\u0259rd",
      "\u02c8sty\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "daily",
      "domestic",
      "flunky",
      "flunkey",
      "flunkie",
      "lackey",
      "menial",
      "retainer",
      "servant"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "administer",
      "administrate",
      "carry on",
      "conduct",
      "control",
      "direct",
      "govern",
      "guide",
      "handle",
      "keep",
      "manage",
      "operate",
      "overlook",
      "oversee",
      "preside (over)",
      "regulate",
      "run",
      "superintend",
      "supervise",
      "tend"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the steward of their investments",
      "teaching our children to be good stewards of the land",
      "the steward of the estate",
      "The race stewards are reviewing the results.",
      "Verb",
      "will steward the city's library programs",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Jennifer Hamilton, a 47-year-old union steward with the Service Employees International Union, was in the Target parking lot when a man approached her and shot her multiple times, before fleeing, FOX 32 of Chicago reported. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Fifteen months ago, the Lakers won the NBA championship and Frank Vogel was lauded for being the steward who guided the franchise to its 17th title that tied it with the Boston Celtics for the most in league history. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "As the steward poured me a white wine, the carriages rattled and swayed around the switchbacks. \u2014 Tom Robbins, Travel + Leisure , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "Her father, Clarence Forster, was born in Barbados and became a chief steward for Cunard Lines. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "The Indian prime minister is the steward of the world\u2019s largest democracy. \u2014 Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Some tenants described the landlord, James Giddings, as polite and a good steward of the building. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
      "The Perfitts tried to pay a crew to sail the boat into international waters and stage a handover, but Tongan authorities wouldn\u2019t agree to the maneuver, according to Ms. Perfitt, a former steward in the Royal Canadian Air Force. \u2014 Konrad Putzier, WSJ , 3 May 2022",
      "And Musk's ability to be an accountable steward of this massive online community is questionable at best. \u2014 Jessica J. Gonz\u00e1lez For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Known locally as La Floresta, the USFS is often seen as a feudal lord, a faraway government entity that has accumulated vast holdings with little idea of how to properly steward them or enough funds to do the job. \u2014 Alicia Inez Guzm\u00e1n For Searchlight Nm, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
      "Carrie, Greg and I are inspired by the opportunity to steward this great organization in a vibrant community full of opportunity and passionate fans. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 8 June 2022",
      "Working in partnership with NGO\u2019s and local and federal leaders, corporations must be intentionally and create a long term strategy to steward more resources to disadvantaged communities of color. \u2014 Earl Carr, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "Private companies and government leaders each want to steward revenues and tax dollars but as Salt Lake County\u2019s experience shows, the ROI often extends beyond the bottom line. \u2014 The Sorenson Impact Center, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "Finally, this study is a stark reminder that researchers still have much to learn from ancient individuals and artifacts held in African museums, and highlights the critical role of the curators who steward these collections. \u2014 Mary Prendergast, Quartz , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Finally, this study is a stark reminder that researchers still have much to learn from ancient individuals and artifacts held in African museums, and highlights the critical role of the curators who steward these collections. \u2014 Mary Prendergast, Quartz , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Finally, this study is a stark reminder that researchers still have much to learn from ancient individuals and artifacts held in African museums, and highlights the critical role of the curators who steward these collections. \u2014 Mary Prendergast, Quartz , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Finally, this study is a stark reminder that researchers still have much to learn from ancient individuals and artifacts held in African museums, and highlights the critical role of the curators who steward these collections. \u2014 Mary Prendergast, Quartz , 24 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1621, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-131323"
  },
  "stoked":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": being in an enthusiastic or exhilarated state"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u014dkt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agog",
      "antsy",
      "anxious",
      "ardent",
      "athirst",
      "avid",
      "crazy",
      "desirous",
      "eager",
      "enthused",
      "enthusiastic",
      "excited",
      "geeked",
      "great",
      "greedy",
      "gung ho",
      "hepped up",
      "hopped-up",
      "hot",
      "hungry",
      "impatient",
      "juiced",
      "keen",
      "nuts",
      "pumped",
      "raring",
      "solicitous",
      "thirsty",
      "voracious",
      "wild"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "apathetic",
      "indifferent",
      "uneager",
      "unenthusiastic"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "He was stoked to see her.",
      "we're pretty stoked about the upcoming benefit concert featuring a galaxy of rock stars",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Tens of thousands of rockers came out Saturday for the third straight day of Louder Than Life, where band after band turned out massive, chest-rattling sets for stoked crowds that afternoon. \u2014 Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal , 26 Sep. 2021",
      "George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police in May, and the protests and riots that followed, further stoked fears of social unrest and violence, intensifying the run on guns and ammunition for self-defense. \u2014 Star Tribune , 7 Sep. 2020",
      "Love u cast and crew forever so stoked to be invited back. \u2014 Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com , 27 Oct. 2019",
      "News of Big Pharma\u2019s patent protection efforts in the face of the global pandemic and the Bush administration\u2019s support of them sparked international outrage and stoked street protests from Philadelphia to Pretoria, even accusations of genocide. \u2014 Katherine Eban, Quartz India , 15 July 2019",
      "The newborn son of Bethany Hamilton might not look too stoked to be waterside just yet, but his family \u2014 Mom, dad Adam Dirks and big brother Tobias, 2\u00bd \u2014 are all smiles in a sweet snap of the new family of four. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 23 Apr. 2018",
      "Ask anyone who\u2019s been around him, either briefly or extensively, and the reaction is always the same: This is the most stoked individual on Earth. \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Feb. 2018",
      "His tag-team partner seemed pretty stoked about it, too. \u2014 Justin L. Mack, Indianapolis Star , 26 Dec. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1965, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-132319"
  },
  "stretchable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to extend (one's limbs, one's body, etc.) in a reclining position",
      ": to reach out : extend",
      ": to extend in length",
      ": to fell with or as if with a blow",
      ": to cause the limbs of (a person) to be pulled especially in torture",
      ": to draw up (one's body) from a cramped, stooping, or relaxed position",
      ": to pull taut",
      ": to enlarge or distend especially by force",
      ": to extend or expand as if by physical force",
      ": strain",
      ": to cause to reach or continue (as from one point to another or across a space)",
      ": to amplify or enlarge beyond natural or proper limits",
      ": to expand (as by improvisation) to fulfill a larger function",
      ": to extend (a hit) to an extra base usually by fast or daring running",
      ": to become extended in length or breadth or both : spread",
      ": to extend over a continuous period",
      ": to become extended without breaking",
      ": to extend one's body or limbs",
      ": to lie down at full length",
      ": to go beyond what is strictly warranted in making a claim or concession",
      ": to extend the legs",
      ": to take a walk in order to relieve stiffness caused by prolonged sitting",
      ": an exercise of something (such as the understanding or the imagination) beyond ordinary or normal limits",
      ": an extension of the scope or application of something",
      ": the extent to which something may be stretched",
      ": the act of stretching : the state of being stretched",
      ": the position of a pitcher standing sideways to home plate so as to keep a runner close to a base",
      ": an extent in length or area",
      ": a continuous period of time",
      ": a walk to relieve fatigue",
      ": a term of imprisonment",
      ": either of the straight sides of a racecourse",
      ": homestretch",
      ": a final stage (as of a contest or season)",
      ": the capacity for being stretched : elasticity",
      ": a stretch limousine",
      ": easily stretched : elastic",
      ": longer than the standard size",
      ": to reach out : extend , spread",
      ": to pull or draw out in length or width or both : expand , enlarge",
      ": to extend (as the body) in a flat position",
      ": to extend the body or limbs",
      ": to pull tight",
      ": to cause to reach or continue",
      ": exaggerate",
      ": to become extended without breaking",
      ": to extend over a continuous period",
      ": the act of extending or drawing out beyond ordinary or normal limits",
      ": the ability to be pulled or drawn out in length or width or both",
      ": the act or an instance of stretching the body or one of its parts",
      ": a continuous extent in length, area, or time",
      ": to extend in length",
      ": to enlarge or distend especially by force",
      ": to become extended in length or breadth",
      ": to extend one's body or limbs",
      ": the act of stretching : the state of being stretched"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8strech",
      "\u02c8strech",
      "\u02c8strech"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "color",
      "elaborate (on)",
      "embellish",
      "embroider",
      "exaggerate",
      "hyperbolize",
      "magnify",
      "pad"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "breadth",
      "distance",
      "expanse",
      "expansion",
      "extent",
      "field",
      "length",
      "plain",
      "reach",
      "sheet",
      "spread",
      "waste"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Leveraging this approach, brands get a bigger bang for their buck to stretch valuable content across multiple channels to broaden their reach and work more efficiently. \u2014 Jodi Amendola, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "The record flooding was caused by a combination of heavy rainfall and snowmelt from high elevations over the weekend in the Beartooth and Absaroka mountain ranges, which stretch across the Montana-Wyoming state line. \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe And Claudia Dominguez, CNN , 16 June 2022",
      "All marveled at the size of the system, which appeared to stretch across a large swath of the horizon. \u2014 Dan Carson, Chron , 24 May 2022",
      "Using telescopes powerful enough to stretch our perception across unfathomable distances, astronomers have made a cosmic postcard: the first-ever picture of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 12 May 2022",
      "The dining room offers big picture windows but snag a seat outside if possible, either on the covered deck or at the back-side View Bar where big vistas stretch across the entire Verde Valley. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 6 May 2022",
      "While some fences stretch across several acres, other older enclosures are about the size of an apartment. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "The stoppage, first reported by Reuters, would potentially mean a temporary loss in daily production volume of around 2,000 cars and would stretch across Wednesday and Thursday. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "But with the self-driving unit chewing through hundreds of millions of dollars a year, others at the Advanced Technologies Group heard Uber wanted to stretch labor costs across more miles. \u2014 Lauren Smiley, Wired , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "That was the longest stretch of his career, and Mahle was solid again versus the Dodgers despite matching his career-high by allowing 12 hits. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 22 June 2022",
      "But Albrecht argues that calling Zume\u2019s setup a pizza robot was always a stretch . \u2014 Sam Deanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "Pearls as business casual might be a stretch , but unembellished statement collars could work for the average workplace. \u2014 Todd Plummer, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Recently there was a months-long stretch when there was no resource coordinator manager for SOAR, which meant money that was supposed to be used for programming was never spent, and the direction of his work was unclear, Singleton said. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
      "The longest winning streak in the majors this season is Atlanta\u2019s best stretch since the team won 14 consecutive games from July 26 to Aug. 9, 2013. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 15 June 2022",
      "The down decade for the stock market following the 2000 bursting of the dot-com bubble was a notoriously brutal stretch , but stocks have often been able to regain their highs within a few years. \u2014 Stan Choe And Alex Veiga, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 June 2022",
      "The down decade for the stock market following the 2000 bursting of the dot-com bubble was a notoriously brutal stretch , but stocks have often been able to regain their highs within a few years. \u2014 CBS News , 14 June 2022",
      "There's a small stretch of Stevens Avenue in the Deering Center neighborhood that's not to be missed. \u2014 Erinne Magee, Travel + Leisure , 11 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The sign out front is easily blocked when a stretch limo stops by to drop off patrons. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Sep. 2021",
      "Backing now expands stretch goals that include more materials for the game and special Q&A access to people connected to the films in the Cinematic Adventures slate. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Roberts said the team is trying to be cautious with the future Hall of Famer, keeping one eye on the stretch run of the season while deciding how to proceed. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
      "The flowy dress is made with non- stretch fabric and available in multiple colors, including pink and black. \u2014 Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
      "Made of ultra- stretch denim, Frame\u2019s best-selling Le Palazzo jeans (available in other colors) have a high-rise fit designed for comfort. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Great expanses of cracking mud, half a mile wide, stretch beyond the river banks, devoid of a single plant or blade of grass. \u2014 Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 May 2022",
      "Morrison\u2019s vocals stretch and bend words; her voice is delicate yet strong, and moves with ease between a vulnerable croon and the wail of hurt. \u2014 Marjua Estevez, refinery29.com , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The starting point in our last collection was the idea of bringing the idea of motion back into the cut of the clothes, using stretch materials for example or ways of cutting that allow and celebrate movement. \u2014 Tiziana Cardini, Vogue , 22 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "1954, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-135314"
  },
  "stationary":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": fixed in a station , course, or mode : immobile",
      ": unchanging in condition",
      ": having been set in a certain place or post : immobile",
      ": not changing : stable",
      ": fixed in position : not moving",
      ": characterized by a lack of change"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101-sh\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u0101-sh\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113",
      "\u02c8st\u0101-sh\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "immobile",
      "nonmoving",
      "standing",
      "static"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "mobile",
      "movable",
      "moveable",
      "moving",
      "nonstationary"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Einstein imagined a beam of light piercing the elevator. If the elevator were rising relative to the source of light, the beam would enter at a certain height on one side of the elevator and appear to curve on its way to a lower height on the opposite wall. Einstein then imagined that the elevator were stationary on the surface of the earth. Since he postulated that the two circumstances are the same, Einstein concluded that the same effect would have to hold true for both. In other words, gravity must bend light. \u2014 Smithsonian , June 2005",
      "By pushing the keys with the side of his fist and pushing foot pedals, the player transfers mechanical force to clappers, which strike the stationary bells, which are tuned to specific notes. \u2014 Douglas Martin , New York Times , 19 Oct. 2003",
      "And while atomic reactors and chemical storage facilities are the sort of stationary targets that invite bombing, bioweapons laboratory materials are small enough to be put in a truck and moved to another location. \u2014 Gregg Easterbrook , New Republic , 25 Feb. 2002",
      "The weather front has remained stationary over the Southeast.",
      "a stationary bicycle is good for exercise, but you won't enjoy the scenery very much",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Double Album is stationary at No. 6 (52,000; down less than 1%), Kendrick Lamar\u2019s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers descends 5-7 (42,000; down 23%) and Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s Sour is steady at No. 8 (32,000; down 14%). \u2014 Keith Caulfield, Billboard , 19 June 2022",
      "Tie your rope to one end and attach the other to a stationary object. \u2014 Ben Demchak, Popular Mechanics , 3 June 2022",
      "Adopted in 2009, the law requires drivers who see a stationary emergency vehicle on a travel lane, breakdown lane or shoulder of a highway to immediately reduce speed and \u2014 if safely possible \u2014 move over to create a buffer lane when passing. \u2014 Don Stacom, Hartford Courant , 1 June 2022",
      "One will keep the drone stationary , but move the gimbal to track a subject, and the other will allow the drone to move, following a subject. \u2014 Christian De Looper, BGR , 1 June 2022",
      "The Licking Valley Antique Machinery Association hosts its annual Antique Tractor Show this weekend, featuring a wide range of antique tractors, stationary engines, garden tractors and other machinery on display. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 1 June 2022",
      "Earlier this month, Ukrainian forces used a TB-2 Bayraktar drone to sink a Russian landing craft while stationary at the island, suggesting an ISR drone/HIMARS combination could expand capability to cutoff resupply and the Russian garrison. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
      "Here\u2019s the story from the Washington Post\u2019s Darryl Fears, who writes that a tech company measured the region\u2019s air quality block by block, providing a more complete view than EPA\u2019s stationary air monitors. \u2014 Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
      "And U of L will implement walk-through security, using stationary magnetic scanners to replace the handheld scanners from previous seasons. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 24 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see station  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-140555"
  },
  "stager":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an experienced person : veteran"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101-j\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "doyen",
      "old hand",
      "old-timer",
      "vet",
      "veteran",
      "warhorse"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beginner",
      "colt",
      "fledgling",
      "freshman",
      "greenhorn",
      "neophyte",
      "newbie",
      "newcomer",
      "novice",
      "recruit",
      "rookie",
      "tenderfoot",
      "tyro"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "an old stager who resented the young upstarts in the brokerage firm"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1570, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-141833"
  },
  "straighten (up ":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make (something) organized or tidy : to put (something) in order",
      ": to move the body to an upright position",
      ": to improve in behavior"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-150137"
  },
  "stack (up)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to add up : total",
      ": measure up , compare"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "those newspapers have been stacking up in the basement since we moved here"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-151517"
  },
  "starving":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to perish from lack of food",
      ": to suffer extreme hunger",
      ": to die of cold",
      ": to suffer greatly from cold",
      ": to suffer or perish from deprivation",
      ": to kill with hunger",
      ": to deprive of nourishment",
      ": to cause to capitulate by or as if by depriving of nourishment",
      ": to destroy by or cause to suffer from deprivation",
      ": to kill with cold",
      ": to suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from lack of food",
      ": to suffer or cause to suffer from a lack of something other than food",
      ": to perish from lack of food",
      ": to suffer extreme hunger",
      ": to kill with hunger",
      ": to deprive of nourishment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4rv",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4rv",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4rv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Yes, take action against Russia, but don't take action that's going to cause people to starve elsewhere in the world. \u2014 Fortune Editors, Fortune , 12 May 2022",
      "And in warmer oceans, fish starve without adequate food. \u2014 ProPublica , 24 May 2022",
      "If conditions don't improve, coral can starve and die, turning white as its carbonate skeleton is exposed. \u2014 Hilary Whiteman, CNN , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Countless women feel the pressure to hit the gym or starve themselves to fit into a wedding dress. \u2014 Laken Brooks, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "The Russian aim is to slowly cut off or encircle the bulk of Ukraine\u2019s army east of the Dnipro River and starve it of new supplies. \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
      "Party leaders can also try to starve them of funding sources. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 1 May 2022",
      "Kolpakov said the Kremlin spent many years making a show of tolerating a free press while quietly doing its best to starve it. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "The result has been a humanitarian crisis, as Afghans starve while struggling to find food. \u2014 Kevin Liptak, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English sterven to die, starve, from Old English steorfan to die; akin to Old High German sterban to die, and probably to Lithuanian starinti to stiffen \u2014 more at stare ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-152440"
  },
  "stick (to ":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to continue doing or using (something) especially when it is difficult to do so",
      ": to not change (a decision, belief, etc.)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-185155"
  },
  "stealing":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to take the property of another wrongfully and especially as a habitual or regular practice",
      ": to come or go secretly, unobtrusively, gradually, or unexpectedly",
      ": to steal or attempt to steal a base",
      ": to take or appropriate without right or leave and with intent to keep or make use of wrongfully",
      ": to take away by force or unjust means",
      ": to take surreptitiously or without permission",
      ": to appropriate to oneself or beyond one's proper share : make oneself the focus of",
      ": to move, convey, or introduce secretly : smuggle",
      ": to accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner",
      ": to seize, gain, or win by trickery, skill, or daring",
      ": to reach (a base) safely solely by running and usually catching the opposing team off guard",
      ": to gain an advantage on unobserved",
      ": to grab attention from another especially by anticipating an idea, plan, or presentation",
      ": to claim credit for another's idea",
      ": the act or an instance of stealing",
      ": a fraudulent or questionable political deal",
      ": bargain sense 2",
      ": to take and carry away (something that belongs to another person) without permission and with the intention of keeping",
      ": to come or go quietly or secretly",
      ": to draw attention away from others",
      ": to take or get secretly or in a tricky way",
      ": to reach the next base safely in baseball by running to it when the ball has not been hit in play",
      ": to take (as a ball or puck) from another player",
      ": to take something from a situation",
      ": the act or an instance of stealing",
      ": bargain entry 1 sense 2",
      ": abnormal circulation characterized by deviation (as through collateral vessels or by backward flow) of blood to tissues where the normal flow of blood has been cut off by occlusion of an artery",
      ": to take or appropriate without right or consent and with intent to keep or make use of \u2014 see also robbery , theft"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0113l",
      "\u02c8st\u0113l",
      "\u02c8st\u0113l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "appropriate",
      "boost",
      "filch",
      "heist",
      "hook",
      "lift",
      "misappropriate",
      "nick",
      "nip",
      "pilfer",
      "pinch",
      "pocket",
      "purloin",
      "rip off",
      "snitch",
      "swipe",
      "thieve"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bargain",
      "buy",
      "deal",
      "pennyworth",
      "snip"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Convince your best friend to dress up in this costume inspired by your childhood favorite to really steal the show this Halloween. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
      "The lesson of Reinhardt\u2019s production still holds: Hire an expert director who isn\u2019t afraid to dream big or let the Bowl\u2019s open-air enchantment intermittently steal the show. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
      "Bill Stone and his team are confident that Chev\u00e9 can steal that recognition. \u2014 Tony Bradley, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Her parents encouraged her to keep playing, to not let Haultain steal her love for the game. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
      "The report says that Hispanic people, those born outside the United States, and women make up a disproportionate number of victims, adding that employers steal from Black and white employees at roughly the same rates. \u2014 Sabrina Eaton, cleveland , 18 May 2022",
      "Each room is impossibly bright and brings in the outdoors, so the interior color palette is pared down to let the bright-blue water steal the show. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 13 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s where Asian American women steal away to de-stress amid tensions; where elders get their perms and reminisce of their home countries between rinses. \u2014 Kimmy Yam, NBC News , 13 May 2022",
      "Yet despite its strong reputation, the state has recently been targeted by election denial groups as a center for baseless accusations that election workers helped steal the 2020 election from Donald Trump. \u2014 Laura Romero, ABC News , 9 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Miller picked up her fifth foul with 5:15 left in the fourth and was forced out of the game with 11 points, one steal and two turnovers. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "The 6-foot-5 junior led the Generals with 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds and had a block and one steal . \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Arkansas' 76-57 victory at Mizzou Arena with 12 points, a season-high 11 rebounds, one assist and one steal in 36 minutes. \u2014 Bob Holt, Arkansas Online , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Baldwin's first half was a mixed bag \u2013 16 minutes and eight points on 3-for-8 shooting (0 for 4 from beyond the arc) with four rebounds, an assist and a steal . \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "Byrd went pointless, missing all three of his shots, and compiled two assists, one rebound and one steal . \u2014 Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com , 8 Jan. 2022",
      "Bradley was 3 for 3 with an assist and a steal in the final 4:30 ... \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "Johnson left the game with five points on 2-of-4 shooting, five rebounds, one assist and one steal in 15 minutes. \u2014 Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "In just eight minutes, Garuba scored 4 points, grabbed two rebounds, had one steal and blocked two shots. \u2014 Rahat Huq, Chron , 21 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-194230"
  },
  "strike down":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": annul , nullify",
      ": to declare (a law) illegal and unenforceable",
      ": annul , nullify",
      ": to declare (a law) illegal and unenforceable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "abate",
      "abolish",
      "abrogate",
      "annul",
      "avoid",
      "cancel",
      "disannul",
      "dissolve",
      "invalidate",
      "negate",
      "null",
      "nullify",
      "quash",
      "repeal",
      "rescind",
      "roll back",
      "vacate",
      "void"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a law that was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1779, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-223837"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
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      ": nevertheless , still"
    ],
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      "even so",
      "howbeit",
      "however",
      "nevertheless",
      "nonetheless",
      "notwithstanding",
      "still",
      "though",
      "withal",
      "yet"
    ],
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    "examples":[
      "she's none too enthusiastic about the project; still and all , she seems willing to cooperate"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1829, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-032446"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit",
      ": a stalwart person",
      ": an unwavering partisan",
      ": sturdy sense 1 , resolute"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u022fl-w\u0259rt",
      "\u02c8st\u022fl-w\u0259rt"
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      "bold",
      "brave",
      "courageous",
      "dauntless",
      "doughty",
      "fearless",
      "gallant",
      "greathearted",
      "gutsy",
      "gutty",
      "heroic",
      "heroical",
      "intrepid",
      "lionhearted",
      "manful",
      "stout",
      "stouthearted",
      "undauntable",
      "undaunted",
      "valiant",
      "valorous"
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    "antonyms":[
      "chicken",
      "chickenhearted",
      "chicken-livered",
      "coward",
      "cowardly",
      "craven",
      "dastardly",
      "fainthearted",
      "fearful",
      "gutless",
      "lily-livered",
      "milk-livered",
      "nerveless",
      "poltroon",
      "poor-spirited",
      "pusillanimous",
      "spineless",
      "spiritless",
      "timorous",
      "uncourageous",
      "ungallant",
      "unheroic",
      "weakhearted",
      "yellow"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "their strong and stalwart son",
      "the stalwart soldiers in the army of Alexander the Great, who willingly followed him to the ends of the known world",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "New congressional lines have put two stalwart Manhattan Democrats on a collision course in the Aug. 23 primary. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
      "This gives the stalwart main tank much more utility. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Sadly, missing from Season 6 for the first time will be actress Helen McCroy, who played Tommy\u2019s stalwart and iconic aunt Polly Gray. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 4 June 2022",
      "Renowned healthcare organizations such as Apollo and stalwart companies such as Tata are leading the charge on this front, setting an example for other industry titans to follow. \u2014 Forbes , 1 May 2022",
      "For the moment, all of America seemed to stand united with Ukraine and Volodymyr Zelenskiy, its stalwart and unyielding president. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Joshua Conyers was stalwart as Malcolm\u2019s brother Reginald, who introduces him to Islam. \u2014 Heidi Waleson, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
      "Despite juggling injuries and illness, LaVine recorded a stalwart season for the Bulls alongside DeMar DeRozan, earning his second-straight All-Star selection while averaging 24.4 points and 4.5 assists. \u2014 Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune , 12 May 2022",
      "In Barvinkove, west of Kramatorsk, the rockets have rained down day and night, destroying homes and forcing all but the most stalwart , or stubborn, to flee. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The left tackle allowed four sacks last season, but remains a stalwart at the position and is a factor in pass protection and when Kansas City keeps the football on the ground. \u2014 Mark Schofield, USA TODAY , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Bundy emerged as a staff stalwart in 2020, but regressed in 2021. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "The Babson College commit\u2019s presence as a defensive stalwart in the middle of the court helps spread out the Harborwomen\u2019s defensive structure. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 Oct. 2021",
      "Johnson, who played two seasons with the Celtics and was a member of the Eastern Conference finals team in 2017, was a defensive stalwart , screen-setter, and rebounder. \u2014 Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "The marigold orange, yellow and blue cellophane wrap is a stalwart \u2014 there have been only minor changes through the decades. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
      "Delores is one of the most unsung hero moms who sacrifices and is a stalwart and shows up and does her job, but like, moms on a different level. \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 6 May 2022",
      "In his second tenure with the Lakers, Bradley was expected to be a defensive stalwart . \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The United States needs its partners in isolating Iran, and MBS is a stalwart there. \u2014 Graeme Wood, The Atlantic , 3 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-044823"
  },
  "stoop":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees",
      ": to stand or walk with a forward inclination of the head, body, or shoulders",
      ": yield , submit",
      ": to descend from a superior rank, dignity, or status",
      ": to lower oneself morally",
      ": to move down from a height : alight",
      ": to fly or dive down swiftly usually to attack prey",
      ": debase , degrade",
      ": to bend (a part of the body) forward and downward",
      ": an act of bending the body forward",
      ": a temporary or habitual forward bend of the back and shoulders",
      ": the descent of a bird especially on its prey",
      ": a lowering of oneself",
      ": a porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda at a house door",
      ": to bend down or over",
      ": to stand or walk with the head and shoulders bent forward",
      ": to do something that is petty, deceitful, or morally wrong",
      ": a forward bend of the head and shoulders",
      ": a porch, platform, or stairway at the entrance of a house or building"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00fcp",
      "\u02c8st\u00fcp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "condescend",
      "deign"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "She stooped down to hug the child.",
      "He had to stoop to pick it up.",
      "He tends to stoop as he walks.",
      "He really did that? I didn't think he could stoop so low."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1571, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1755, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-091518"
  },
  "structure":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the action of building : construction",
      ": something (such as a building) that is constructed",
      ": something arranged in a definite pattern of organization",
      ": manner of construction : makeup",
      ": the arrangement of particles or parts in a substance or body",
      ": organization of parts as dominated by the general character of the whole",
      ": coherent form or organization",
      ": the aggregate of elements of an entity in their relationships to each other",
      ": to form into or according to a structure",
      ": construct",
      ": something built or arranged in a definite way",
      ": the manner in which something is built, arranged, or organized",
      ": something (as an anatomical part) arranged in a definite pattern of organization",
      ": the arrangement of particles or parts in a substance or body",
      ": organization of parts as dominated by the general character of the whole",
      ": the aggregate of elements of an entity in their relationships to each other"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u0259k-ch\u0259r",
      "\u02c8str\u0259k-ch\u0259r",
      "\u02c8str\u0259k-ch\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "building",
      "edifice"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Summer months for some people can mean a significant change in day-to-day structure and routine. \u2014 Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
      "Since June 6, the program has overseen over 10 missions, Cheatham said, providing reconnaissance for firefighters handling brush and structure fires. \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
      "One person was critically injured and others, including children, were being evaluated by first responders following a structure fire in San Francisco on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. \u2014 Lauren Hern\u00e1ndez, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 June 2022",
      "For hospitals, health systems and primary care providers, what is the payer mix and cost structure ? \u2014 Seth Joseph, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "No injuries or structure damage were reported, firefighters said. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
      "Eighteen structures have been threatened as of Monday morning, with local volunteer fire departments from Atlantic, Burlington and Ocean Counties performing structure protection, authorities said. \u2014 Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News , 20 June 2022",
      "All three officers, records show, were involved with Stoughton\u2019s Police Explorers Program, which Birchmore joined around 2010 as a 13-year-old in search of structure and stability. \u2014 Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
      "Following a consultation period, the next stage, which will be funded by the creative industries, is to design the remit, structure and funding arrangements for the ISA. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 16 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "While digitization has begun, going one step further to structure and standardize data would help make data exchange easier. \u2014 Deepak Chhugani, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "And can employers structure different return-to-office policies for workers who are unionized versus non-union workers? \u2014 Danielle Abril, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
      "There are multiple ways to structure worker ownership, and each model comes with legal and financial complexities. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "Of course, there are many ways to structure your mileage! \u2014 Jason Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "As Theo highlights in this interview, there is a growing web of solidarity afoot in L.A., one that refuses the divides that otherwise structure life in this unequal city. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
      "But in a 15-second video, a lot of nuance and information can be left out of the frame, leaving the viewer confused about how to structure their shoulder training. \u2014 Tyler Hatfield, Men's Health , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Zions Bank and Intermountain Healthcare will also make recommendations on how to structure finance tools to work in these communities. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "But the board could not reach a consensus on how to structure a group that would work to reimagine Alexandria schools\u2019 relationship with police. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1560, in the meaning defined at sense 2a",
      "Verb",
      "1664, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-091541"
  },
  "stunned":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze",
      ": to shock with noise",
      ": to overcome especially with paralyzing astonishment or disbelief",
      ": the effect of something that stuns : shock",
      ": to make dizzy or senseless by or as if by a blow",
      ": to affect with shock or confusion : fill with disbelief",
      ": to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259n",
      "\u02c8st\u0259n",
      "\u02c8st\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "daze",
      "rock"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The angry criticism stunned them.",
      "His old friends were stunned at his success.",
      "She sat in stunned disbelief.",
      "There was a stunned expression on her face.",
      "weapons that can stun people temporarily",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Duran, who entered the at-bat hitting .304, got his first extra-base hit off a left-handed pitcher all season to stun the Tigers. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
      "Shield Bash will no longer stun enemies in Overwatch 2. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Zack Riley hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh to stun Harrison County, 5-4, in the quarterfinals. \u2014 James Weber, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
      "But again, even with new technology, the flash-bangs were not strong enough to stun or disable. \u2014 David Hambling, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022",
      "Home field advantage will give PRP an edge over the visiting Mustangs, but the Panthers will need more than that to stun McCracken County. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 9 May 2022",
      "The trade between the Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins managed to stun NFL insiders, following seismic jolts in Denver, Cleveland and Las Vegas. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Notre Dame\u2019s Dara Mabrey, a senior guard, hit five 3-pointers in the first quarter that seemed to stun Oklahoma, a team that developed a reputation during the regular season for its own 3-point shooting. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Blast fishing, which uses explosives to stun and collect fish, is outlawed in much of the world but remains widespread across Southeast Asia and other regions. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Sheikh, who offers other personal defense items such as pepper spray and stun guns, dismisses that charge. \u2014 Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News , 12 June 2022",
      "Those orders, which came as part of a series of reforms dictated by the city\u2019s consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice, included that officers are required to carry less-lethal weapons, including stun guns, pepper spray and batons. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
      "Body-camera footage of the incident show police using stun guns before dragging and hitting Ronald Greene, according to footage previously obtained and released by the Associated Press. \u2014 Jon Kamp, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
      "As Fortune\u2019s Eamon Barrett wrote Tuesday, the CEO of Axon Enterprise, a company formerly known as Taser, wants to place drones equipped with stun guns in the ceilings of classrooms across the country. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
      "Police are given latitude to shoot people or use stun guns when the need arises. \u2014 Brendan Farrington, Orlando Sentinel , 7 June 2022",
      "The district had confiscated close to 100 weapons on school campuses or buses since the beginning of the school year, including dozens of handguns, knives, brass knuckles, BB guns, stun guns and tasers, according to the documents. \u2014 Leon Stafford, ajc , 28 May 2022",
      "Multnomah County jail deputies are twice as likely to punch, restrain and use pepper spray or stun guns against Black inmates than white inmates, an audit released Wednesday found. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "All officers were also required to complete a refresher course on stun guns, followed by an exam, officials said. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1727, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-091603"
  },
  "stipulation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act of stipulating",
      ": something stipulated",
      ": a condition, requirement, or item specified in a legal instrument",
      ": an act of stipulating",
      ": something stipulated: as",
      ": an agreement between parties regarding some aspect of a legal proceeding",
      ": a condition, requirement, or item specified in a legal instrument",
      ": stipulation pour autrui"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccsti-py\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccsti-py\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "condition",
      "contingency",
      "if",
      "provision",
      "proviso",
      "qualification",
      "reservation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "We agreed to the deal with the stipulation that she pay the expenses herself.",
      "their proposal for a baseball franchise includes several stipulations that are unacceptable",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The president claimed the stipulation would put Medicare and Social Security in danger. \u2014 Fox News , 14 June 2022",
      "The stipulation gave the Trumps until Monday to file for a stay to the Court of Appeals. \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 8 June 2022",
      "The stipulation mandated that Breakker could lose the NXT Title via disqualification. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
      "Properties holding the trademark and web-domain rights to Infowars agreed Wednesday to dismiss their chapter 11 cases as part of a stipulation with the Justice Department\u2019s bankruptcy watchdog, which has questioned the basis for the bankruptcy. \u2014 Jonathan Randles, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
      "Assembly members included a stipulation on the funding for the shelter, making the money contingent on Bronson\u2019s agreement to convert the former Golden Lion Hotel in Midtown into a substance misuse treatment center. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 11 May 2022",
      "The measure, now awaiting Gov. J.B. Pritzker\u2019s signature, includes a stipulation that every gas station in the state post a notice informing drivers about the gas-tax freeze. \u2014 Dan Petrella, chicagotribune.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Offset claims his lawyers reached out to Platinum to request a stipulation vacating the default and default judgment, with Offset, whose legal name is Kiari Kendrell Cephus, offering to pay both sides\u2019 fees related to the default paperwork. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The stipulation takes effect Friday, a day later than the initial deadline. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-092404"
  },
  "statement":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something stated : such as",
      ": a single declaration or remark : assertion",
      ": a report of facts or opinions",
      ": the act or process of stating or presenting orally or on paper",
      ": proposition sense 2a",
      ": the presentation of a theme in a musical composition",
      ": a summary of activity in a financial account over a particular period of time",
      ": an opinion, comment, or message conveyed indirectly usually by nonverbal means",
      ": an instruction in a computer program",
      ": something written or said in a formal way : something stated",
      ": a brief record of a business account",
      ": an official or formal report or declaration",
      ": an oral or written assertion (as by a witness) or conduct intended as an assertion \u2014 see also hearsay , prior consistent statement , prior inconsistent statement",
      ": a financial record or accounting"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101t-m\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8st\u0101t-m\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "account",
      "bill",
      "check",
      "invoice",
      "tab"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Concert organizers, who did not respond to requests for comment, wrote a statement on Instagram denouncing the violence. \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
      "The convention resolutions and platform carry no force of law but are intended to serve as a mission statement for GOP activities in the state for the next two years. \u2014 Rosalind S. Helderman, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022",
      "The rise in infections came suddenly, with cases spreading rapidly, and the source is still unknown, Macao's Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said in a statement on the government's website. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 20 June 2022",
      "After news of the potential split leaked last month, EY began scrambling to pull together a public statement of its formal plans. \u2014 Jean Eaglesham, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
      "Her accessories included a rhinestone choker with a statement cherry pendant and a yellow-and-black plaid shoulder bag. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 June 2022",
      "But in trading Brown, wide receivers coach Tee Martin thinks the team made a statement . \u2014 Matt Cohen, Baltimore Sun , 19 June 2022",
      "The Copper River Princess Wilderness Lodge will close on June 17, according to a brief statement provided by Negin Kamali, a spokeswoman with Princess Cruises. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 19 June 2022",
      "Daily Harvest posted a recall statement on its website Sunday. \u2014 Kat Tenbarge, NBC News , 19 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1702, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-093638"
  },
  "staff":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a long stick carried in the hand for support in walking",
      ": a supporting rod: such as",
      ": shaft sense 1a(1)",
      ": a crosspiece in a ladder or chair : rung",
      ": flagstaff",
      ": a pivoted arbor",
      ": club , cudgel",
      ": crosier",
      ": a rod carried as a symbol of office or authority",
      ": the horizontal lines with their spaces on which music is written",
      ": any of various graduated sticks or rules used for measuring : rod",
      ": the officers chiefly responsible for the internal operations of an institution or business",
      ": a group of officers appointed to assist a civil executive or commanding officer",
      ": military or naval officers not eligible for operational command",
      ": the personnel who assist a director in carrying out an assigned task",
      ": a member of a staff",
      ": to supply with a staff or with workers",
      ": to serve as a staff member of",
      ": a pole, stick, rod, or bar used as a support or as a sign of authority",
      ": a group of persons serving as assistants to or employees under a chief",
      ": the five parallel lines with their four spaces on which music is written",
      ": something that is a source of strength",
      ": a group of military officers who plan and manage for a commanding officer",
      ": the doctors and surgeons regularly attached to a hospital and helping to determine its policies and guide its activities"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8staf",
      "\u02c8staf",
      "\u02c8staf"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "force",
      "help",
      "labor force",
      "manpower",
      "personnel",
      "pool",
      "workforce"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In a time of national mourning, hang the flag at half- staff . \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 14 June 2022",
      "That search committee is expected to include representatives of the School Committee, community members, plus a mix of public schools administrators, staff , students and parents. \u2014 John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "In a time of national mourning, hang the flag at half- staff . \u2014 Leada Gore, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
      "So Simon got busy with his scouting staff , including Eric Amsler, the team\u2019s director of player personnel, and Keith Askins, the former Heat defensive standout who is the team\u2019s director of college and pro scouting. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
      "Oregon State, which long ago said anything less than a trip to Omaha would be a failure, entered the series as the favorite, boasting a deep pitching staff , relentless lineup and rock-solid defense. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 13 June 2022",
      "That helps a pitching staff anchored by the potent left-right tandem of Max Fried and Wright \u2013 both potential All-Stars \u2013 and improved by the promotion to the rotation of rookie fire-baller Stephen Strider. \u2014 Dan Schlossberg, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "Each finalist will meet with the advisory committee, faculty, staff , students and community members during interview sessions, according to ASU System. \u2014 Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online , 11 June 2022",
      "To commemorate the six-year remembrance of Orlando\u2019s Pulse nightclub massacre, Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a proclamation ordering flags at all local and state buildings to be flown at half- staff from sunrise to sunset on Sunday. \u2014 Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel , 11 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "For at least a week before her death on Jan. 16, the girl had reported worsening symptoms to staff , according to a Notice of Agency Action issued by Utah\u2019s Office of Licensing. \u2014 Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022",
      "Colchester and its roughly 15,000 residents, Coyle said, frequently rely on local volunteers, business owners and civic leaders to staff the town\u2019s committees and commissions. \u2014 Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant , 2 June 2022",
      "The demand versus supply is so unbalanced that companies can\u2019t find enough people to staff the open headcounts. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "After Massachusetts last summer struggled with a shortage of lifeguards, the state Department of Conservation and Recreation this summer is in a better position to staff its beaches, pools, and other swimming facilities. \u2014 Grace Gilson, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
      "County lifeguards are also expected to staff beaches with larger mobile units that can be seen patrolling beaches in pickup trucks. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
      "Intel is hiring hundreds of technicians and engineers to staff that facility but said Thursday that most of the people working at the new lab already work at Jones Farm. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 May 2022",
      "Sales volumes in its pork unit declined about 5%, shrinking its margins slightly, as the company struggled to staff its plants to keep up with higher demand, company officials said. \u2014 Patrick Thomas, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
      "The streamer recruited a number of top entertainment journalists and writers to staff its editorial expansion. \u2014 J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-094547"
  },
  "stilted":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": pompous , lofty",
      ": formal , stiff",
      ": having the curve beginning at some distance above the impost",
      ": not easy and natural"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stil-t\u0259d",
      "\u02c8stil-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "awkward",
      "clumsy",
      "gauche",
      "graceless",
      "inelegant",
      "rough-hewn",
      "rustic",
      "rustical",
      "stiff",
      "uncomfortable",
      "uneasy",
      "ungraceful",
      "wooden"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "graceful",
      "suave",
      "urbane"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the conversation was somewhat stilted as we didn't seem to share any interests",
      "a stilted letter of apology that was written and accepted with equal measures of insincerity",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As Kenny, Dallas Dupree Young is an endearing addition to Cobra Kai\u2019s younger cast, even if some of his line readings are a tad stilted . \u2014 Ben Rosenstock, Vulture , 31 Dec. 2021",
      "Koem Hen has a traditional stilted house, with a shaded space for cooking and eating under an upstairs complex of wooden rooms. \u2014 Michael Scott Moore, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022",
      "His tense relationship with his brother Skander (Khaled Brahem) and the stilted ones with his sisters give their early interactions a perfunctory sheen; this is a family of strangers bound by obligation. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
      "The lodge is quite extraordinary, with stilted thatched buildings featuring an eclectic mix of teak panels, Victorian furniture and whimsical African touches. \u2014 Shelby Knick, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "The birds, formally known as American or Caribbean flamingos, are instantly recognizable from their long stilted legs and distinctive pink hue. \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, ajc , 5 May 2022",
      "Some of Lucas\u2019 scriptwriting is clever, a hip updating of the stilted language of the old Flash Gordon serials. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 4 May 2022",
      "Set on Panama's Frangipani Island, its 16 stilted overwater villas were crafted in Bali then shipped to Panama. \u2014 Karla Cripps, CNN , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "In the light of day everything looks a little stilted , a little off. \u2014 Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1820, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-095112"
  },
  "stadium":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a large usually roofless building with tiers of seats for spectators at sports events",
      ": a tiered structure with seats for spectators surrounding an ancient Greek running track",
      ": a course for footraces in ancient Greece",
      ": any of various ancient Greek units of length ranging in value from 607 to 738 feet (about 185 to 225 meters)",
      ": an ancient Roman unit of length equal to 607 feet (185 meters)",
      ": a stage in a life history",
      ": one between successive molts of an insect",
      ": a large usually outdoor structure with rows of seats for spectators at sports events",
      "[New Latin, from Latin]"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101-d\u0113-\u0259m",
      "\u02c8st\u0101-d\u0113-\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bowl",
      "circus",
      "coliseum",
      "colosseum"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the football game will be held at the new stadium , which seats 100,000 people",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Huskies pounded out 17 hits, 10 for extra bases to initially take the air out of Stanford, a perennial championship contender, in its iconic home stadium , the Sunken Diamond. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 12 June 2022",
      "The football team\u2019s walk to its stadium is a tradition at Alma College. \u2014 Freep.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Likewise, Stephen Ross bought control of the Miami Dolphins and their stadium for $1.1 billion, an all-time high for a football franchise at the time, in a two-park deal in 2008 and 2009, also during the Great Recession. \u2014 Mike Ozanian, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "Angels lore is full of curses, including the original claim that the team never would win because its stadium was built upon the site of a Native American burial ground. \u2014 Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times , 5 June 2022",
      "The right-hander then threw a no-hitter against them last year in his only other appearance in their retractable-roof stadium . \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
      "Just a normal course of getting comfortable in our stadium , and have to get comfortable out here. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 25 May 2022",
      "Real benefited from the pandemic by moving to its training stadium at a time when supporters were barred from attending public events. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
      "After nearly four decades of Detroit gigs, the Red Hot Chili Peppers will make their stadium debut here with an Aug. 14 Comerica Park show. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 15 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin, from Greek stadion ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-095949"
  },
  "stand (up)":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": erect , upright",
      ": stiffened to stay upright without folding over",
      ": performed in, performing in, or requiring a standing position",
      ": of, relating to, performing, or being a monologue of jokes, gags, or satirical comments delivered usually while standing alone on a stage or in front of a camera",
      ": marked by a high degree of personal integrity or loyalty",
      ": stand-up comedy",
      ": a performer of such comedy",
      ": a television broadcast in which the reporter or narrator faces the camera with the scene of the story in the background",
      ": to rise to a standing position",
      ": to remain sound and intact under stress, attack, or close scrutiny",
      ": to fail to keep an appointment with",
      ": to defend against attack or criticism",
      ": to meet fairly and fully",
      ": to face boldly",
      ": to be best man or maid of honor for at a wedding ceremony"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stand-\u02cc\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "decent",
      "ethical",
      "honest",
      "honorable",
      "just",
      "noble",
      "principled",
      "respectable",
      "righteous",
      "upright",
      "upstanding"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "fly",
      "hold up",
      "pass",
      "wash"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "a hypothesis that won't stand up to close analysis",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But this funding would have meant nothing without the coalition of workers, ordinary citizens and businesses that were willing to stand up to Boudin and to the city\u2019s political and media establishment. \u2014 Michael Bernick, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "The family alleged the producers hired Sloan to stand up to Knight\u2019s violence and then negligently managed him. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
      "President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Ukrainians to stand up and defend their country. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Calling things by their names is essential to stand up to evil. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Hannity host asks, urging Russian officials to stand up to President Vladimir Putin. \u2014 Fox News , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Anonymous has decided to stand up to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "And Ukraine\u2019s leaders because more ostentatiously pro-Ukrainian and more willing to stand up to Putin\u2019s bullying. \u2014 Michael A. Cohen, The New Republic , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Threatening to stand up to the federal government is a familiar tactic in the Utah Republican playbook. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1971, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-102013"
  },
  "stick around":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to stay or wait about : linger"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "abide",
      "dwell",
      "hang around",
      "remain",
      "stay",
      "tarry"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bail",
      "bail out",
      "bug out",
      "buzz (off)",
      "clear off",
      "clear out",
      "cut out",
      "depart",
      "exit",
      "get off",
      "go",
      "go off",
      "leave",
      "move",
      "pack (up ",
      "peel off",
      "pike (out ",
      "pull out",
      "push off",
      "push on",
      "quit",
      "shove (off)",
      "take off",
      "vamoose",
      "walk out"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "we stuck around afterwards to help clean up"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1878, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-111653"
  },
  "stark":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "biographical name ()",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": rigid in or as if in death",
      ": rigidly conforming (as to a pattern or doctrine) : absolute",
      ": strong , robust",
      ": utter , sheer",
      ": barren , desolate",
      ": having few or no ornaments : bare",
      ": harsh , blunt",
      ": sharply delineated",
      ": in a stark manner",
      ": to an absolute or complete degree : wholly",
      ": barren sense 2 , desolate",
      ": clear and harsh",
      ": very obvious",
      ": completely",
      "Johannes 1874\u20131957 German physicist",
      "John 1728\u20131822 American general in Revolution"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4rk",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4rk",
      "\u02c8sht\u00e4rk",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4rk",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4rk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "austere",
      "dour",
      "fierce",
      "flinty",
      "forbidding",
      "grim",
      "gruff",
      "intimidating",
      "lowering",
      "louring",
      "rough",
      "rugged",
      "severe",
      "steely",
      "stern",
      "ungentle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "benign",
      "benignant",
      "gentle",
      "mild",
      "nonintimidating",
      "tender"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The room was decorated with stark simplicity.",
      "the stark reality of death",
      "This tragedy serves as a stark reminder of the dangers of drunk driving.",
      "There is a stark difference between them.",
      "His criticism of the movie stands in stark contrast to the praise it has received from others.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday was welcomed at a virtual summit with the presidents of China, India, Brazil and South Africa in a stark reminder of the limits of U.S.-led efforts to ostracize Moscow. \u2014 James T. Areddy, WSJ , 23 June 2022",
      "The work is gruesome \u2014 a stark reminder of the war\u2019s toll, and the inevitable dehumanization that accompanies it. \u2014 Lauren Egan, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
      "The stark choice animated some voters but hardly galvanized the larger electorate, as early vote totals showed only about 18% of Los Angeles voters had cast ballots. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
      "Tesla\u2019s white collar staff face a stark choice: return to the office like their colleagues on the assembly line\u2014or start cleaning out their desks. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
      "The cost-of-living crisis is showing no signs of slowing down, as people across the country, struggling to keep their heads above water, face a stark choice between heating their houses at night and putting food on the table. \u2014 Alan Price, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "The hearings offered the public a seemingly stark choice, one that feels all too familiar today: safety or civil liberties? \u2014 Andrew Lanham, The New Republic , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "But if the Ukrainian military can stop Russia\u2019s advance in the Donbas, officials say Mr. Putin will be faced with a stark choice: commit more combat power to a fight that could drag on for years or negotiate in earnest at peace talks. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Brianna Turner upped her presence for the Mercury at center in Charles\u2019 place and finished with nine rebounds, a stark difference from one rebound in Friday\u2019s game. \u2014 Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic , 5 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "But the lack of health insurance, sick pay and other protections for many Americans, including Uber contractors, is stark now. \u2014 Shira Ovide, New York Times , 11 Apr. 2020",
      "The divide is stark between the two categories of states. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 24 Apr. 2020",
      "The contrast is most stark between California and New York. \u2014 refinery29.com , 1 Apr. 2020",
      "The implications are undeniably stark : Informal caregivers will no doubt continue to absorb the majority of the strain. \u2014 Grace Hatton, STAT , 24 Dec. 2019",
      "But the climactic sequence of Midsommar features one of the last surviving Americans running stark naked across the noonday greensward with nobody obviously chasing him. \u2014 Ross Douthat, National Review , 25 July 2019",
      "Around the turn of the last century, our place, which is now surrounded by woods, sat stark on a bald hilltop with nary a tree in sight. \u2014 Vogue , 21 June 2018",
      "Kruger\u2019s stark , carefully laid out design cleverly turns the fa\u00e7ade of an innocuous strip-building into the memory of a Greek temple, the classical style in which art museums were once conventionally built. \u2014 Christopher Knight, latimes.com , 14 June 2018",
      "Joslyn Gray is the author of the humor blog stark . raving. \u2014 Joslyn Gray, Redbook , 12 Mar. 2012"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adverb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-112909"
  },
  "strive":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to devote serious effort or energy : endeavor",
      ": to struggle in opposition : contend",
      ": to try very hard"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u012bv",
      "\u02c8str\u012bv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bang away",
      "beaver (away)",
      "dig (away)",
      "drudge",
      "endeavor",
      "fag",
      "grub",
      "hump",
      "hustle",
      "labor",
      "moil",
      "peg (away)",
      "plod",
      "plow",
      "plug",
      "slave",
      "slog",
      "strain",
      "struggle",
      "sweat",
      "toil",
      "travail",
      "tug",
      "work"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "We must all strive to do better.",
      "She always strives for perfection.",
      "They continue to strive toward their goals.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Over the years, Belmont Park has served as backdrop to some of the sport's greatest moments as horses strive for a Triple Crown and potential spot in equine immorality. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 11 June 2022",
      "Student spellers strive to be letter perfect in the finals of the annual competition hosted by LeVar Burton. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 29 May 2022",
      "Similarly, good fortune is allowing the Yankees to enjoy success as Judge and Giancarlo Stanton strive to become only the second pair of teammates to hit at least 50 home runs in the same season. \u2014 Wayne G. Mcdonnell, Jr., Forbes , 17 May 2022",
      "NFTs are becoming a unique way to harness the potential of this growing blockchain technology as artists strive for success in their careers. \u2014 Tony M Fountain, Rolling Stone , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "As Americans strive to emerge from the darkest days of the Covid-19 pandemic, our reliance on products from outside the US has been on stark display. \u2014 Asa Hutchinson, CNN , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Explore the evolving relationship between religion, science, and technology in America through the centuries as humans strive to understand the world and their place in it. \u2014 Peter Manseau, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "The dispute comes amid a broader reckoning about race in U.S. history as Japanese Americans strive to spread awareness about the gross injustices committed by the U.S. government against their community during World War II. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Zebras are open to investments but strive to be lean, smart and sustainable out of the gate rather than following the latest fad. \u2014 Stepan Aslanyan, Forbes , 3 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, to quarrel, contend, fight, endeavor, from Anglo-French estriver to quarrel, from estri, estrif strife \u2014 more at strife ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-113248"
  },
  "stoke":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel",
      ": to feed abundantly",
      ": to increase the activity, intensity, or amount of",
      ": to stir up or tend a fire (as in a furnace) : supply a furnace with fuel",
      ": the cgs unit of kinematic viscosity being that of a fluid which has a viscosity of one poise and a density of one gram per cubic centimeter"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u014dk",
      "\u02c8st\u014dk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "accelerate",
      "add (to)",
      "aggrandize",
      "amplify",
      "augment",
      "boost",
      "build up",
      "compound",
      "enlarge",
      "escalate",
      "expand",
      "extend",
      "hype",
      "increase",
      "multiply",
      "pump up",
      "raise",
      "supersize",
      "swell",
      "up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abate",
      "decrease",
      "de-escalate",
      "diminish",
      "downsize",
      "dwindle",
      "lessen",
      "lower",
      "minify",
      "reduce",
      "subtract (from)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The engineer stoked the coals.",
      "The new ad campaign has helped to stoke sales.",
      "Poor revenue figures have stoked concerns about possible layoffs.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Arguments that once centered on hunting and rural traditions have turned into bitter battles over identity, with no need for a giant lobbying group like the NRA to stoke the flames. \u2014 Carol D. Leonnig, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "Such a shift would offer Biden ammunition to persuade Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, who\u2019s held up the president\u2019s longer-term economic agenda over concerns that a big package will further stoke inflation and add to debt. \u2014 Laura Davison, Fortune , 9 May 2022",
      "The idea that aggression can stoke a certain popularity isn\u2019t new, says Brett Laursen, the lead author and a psychology professor at Florida Atlantic University. \u2014 Susan Pinker, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "Critics also say the tone of some of the Twitter account\u2019s posts could stoke hostility toward Chinese and other Asians around the world. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "While punishments often seem unpredictable and unfair, which can stoke resentment, logical consequences help kids see how their choices affect others. \u2014 Stephanie H. Murray, The Week , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "But both Silvio and Heckman say the names are meant to inspire unity, not stoke division. \u2014 Emily Heil, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Leaders are now struggling to balance efforts to contain outbreaks at any cost, while mitigating the risk that extreme curbs will stoke public discontent and hit business. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Park rejects those who say her dark descriptions of the condition of the community stoke fear and animus for the homeless. \u2014 James Rainey, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Dutch stoken ; akin to Middle Dutch stuken to push",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1683, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-122941"
  },
  "stumble":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to fall into sin or waywardness",
      ": to make an error : blunder",
      ": to come to an obstacle to belief",
      ": to trip in walking or running",
      ": to walk unsteadily or clumsily",
      ": to speak or act in a hesitant or faltering manner",
      ": to come unexpectedly or by chance",
      ": to fall or move carelessly",
      ": to cause to stumble : trip",
      ": bewilder , confound",
      ": an act or instance of stumbling",
      ": to trip in walking, running, or dancing",
      ": to walk unsteadily",
      ": to speak or act in a clumsy manner",
      ": to come unexpectedly or accidentally",
      ": an act or instance of tripping or walking unsteadily"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259m-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8st\u0259m-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fall",
      "slip",
      "topple",
      "trip",
      "tumble"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blunder",
      "bobble",
      "boo-boo",
      "boob",
      "brick",
      "clanger",
      "clinker",
      "error",
      "fault",
      "flub",
      "fluff",
      "fumble",
      "gaff",
      "gaffe",
      "goof",
      "inaccuracy",
      "lapse",
      "miscue",
      "misstep",
      "mistake",
      "oversight",
      "screwup",
      "slip",
      "slipup",
      "trip"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Film lovers in the D.C. area know it\u2019s not terribly hard to stumble onto a finely curated festival. \u2014 Chris Richards, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "So expect more SPACs to stumble out of the gate\u2014but hold the shrimp ceviche. \u2014 Jessica Mathews, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
      "The annual spelling bee -- which features elementary and middle school students spelling words that would cause most adults to stumble -- has had a tumultuous few years. \u2014 Leah Asmelash, CNN , 2 June 2022",
      "Perhaps even worse than getting the AI to simply stumble , the adversarial attack can sometimes be used to get AI to perform as the wrongdoer wishes the AI to perform. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "Kenton Krupp, a Walmart warehouse worker in Hermiston, began to stumble and have difficulty breathing at the end of a 10-hour shift on June 24, according to Oregon OSHA documents. \u2014 Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive , 6 May 2022",
      "But that excitement quickly faded, the Lakers falling behind by as many as 16 before a furious, third-quarter comeback set the stage for the team to stumble in the fourth. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Some QAnon followers had begun to suspect as early as mid-2018 that one or more of the commentators who first claimed to stumble onto the Q messages had actually written them. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Feb. 2022",
      "Margot Robbie has some tiny, plastic shoes to fill, but with director Greta Gerwig paving her dream-house driveway, Barbie seems less likely to stumble in those stilettos. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "That wild card worries experts far more than any immunological stumble . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 23 May 2022",
      "Their fifth consecutive loss had been a real gut punch, a 16-13 stumble against the Baltimore Ravens at Soldier Field in which some late-game, fourth-down Andy Dalton fireworks were eclipsed by a maddening defensive meltdown. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "The index, a benchmark for many funds, fell 0.6% after easing off a deeper stumble . \u2014 Damian J. Troise And Alex Veiga, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
      "The next three weeks should reveal the answers after the Bruins slogged their way to a 34-16 victory over Arizona on Saturday night at Arizona Stadium that revealed little besides the team\u2019s ability to avoid a mortifying stumble . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "The end to Alabama\u2019s basketball season was less a thud and more of a predictable stumble over a problem that had been in the team\u2019s way for months. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Winning it all is often preceded by a stumble in the conference tournament. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "The celebrants, many of whom had recently launched their own streaming operations, might have done better to wonder what a stumble by the market leader portends for their own services, most of them lackluster by comparison. \u2014 Frank Rose, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Vladimir Potanin is still negotiating business deals as his fellow oligarchs stumble , raising questions about whether this metals magnate is too big to sanction. \u2014 John Hyatt, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1547, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-131749"
  },
  "stab":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a wound produced by a pointed object or weapon",
      ": a thrust of a pointed weapon",
      ": a jerky thrust",
      ": effort , try",
      ": a sudden sharp feeling",
      ": to wound or pierce by the thrust of a pointed object or weapon",
      ": thrust , drive",
      ": to thrust or give a wound with or as if with a pointed weapon",
      ": betray",
      ": a wound produced by or as if by a pointed weapon",
      ": thrust entry 2 sense 1",
      ": try entry 2 , effort",
      ": to wound or pierce with or as if with a pointed weapon",
      ": drive entry 1 sense 4 , thrust",
      ": a wound produced by a pointed object or weapon",
      ": a culture medium solidified in an upright column in a tube to reduce the surface to a minimum \u2014 compare slant",
      ": stab culture",
      ": to wound or pierce by the thrust of a pointed object or weapon"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stab",
      "\u02c8stab",
      "\u02c8stab"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "perforation",
      "pinhole",
      "pinprick",
      "prick",
      "punch",
      "puncture"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "gore",
      "harpoon",
      "impale",
      "jab",
      "lance",
      "peck",
      "pick",
      "pierce",
      "pink",
      "puncture",
      "run through",
      "skewer",
      "spear",
      "spike",
      "spit",
      "stick",
      "transfix",
      "transpierce"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the injection left a small stab on her upper arm",
      "everybody will get a stab at solving the problem",
      "Verb",
      "He stabbed her with a dagger.",
      "The victim was stabbed in the chest five times.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Ocean City police and firefighters responded minutes before midnight to the first block of Wicomico Street for a report of a fight and found three people suffering from stab wounds, according to a news release. \u2014 Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun , 21 June 2022",
      "An inmate died at the Prince George\u2019s County jail Monday after being found with apparent stab wounds, according to the county corrections department. \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "Police were called to the parking lot outside the Hive on Convoy Street near Armour Street shortly after 12:20 a.m. and found the victim suffering from multiple stab wounds to his upper body, said homicide Lt. Steve Shebloski. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
      "Officers found a woman identified as Arianna Reyes-Gomez unconscious and unresponsive in the apartment, suffering from multiple stab wounds. \u2014 Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
      "Media outlets have reported the man had stab wounds but police haven't confirmed this to The Arizona Republic. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 12 June 2022",
      "All five victims were shot and had stab wounds or sharp force injuries, cause of death records released this week show. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 10 June 2022",
      "Tuesday and discovered Ioannou in a third-floor hallway suffering from apparent stab wounds. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
      "Officers first arrived in the area of 146 W. Pierpont Avenue at 12:46 a.m. and found a man and a woman bleeding from stab wounds. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The suspect also attempted to stab a fourth victim, who was also able to escape unscathed. \u2014 Fox News , 9 June 2022",
      "In the most recent case, Ruiz told investigators Calva was about to stab the other officer in the face. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
      "Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Four San Francisco police officers fired their weapons at close range, killing two men on May 19 \u2014 one of whom was threatening to stab the other, body camera footage released Friday shows. \u2014 Lauren Hern\u00e1ndez, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 May 2022",
      "The knife is consistent with the weapon used to stab Pan. \u2014 Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "An irate Meehan attempted to abduct Terra Newell (as played by Julia Garner in the series) in a parking lot in 2016, leading her to fatally stab him in self-defense. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 18 May 2022",
      "Lopez \u2013 who was one of 16 prisoners on the bus \u2013 was reportedly able to remove his constraints before using an unknown object to stab the bus driver in the hand, according to Fox 26. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 14 May 2022",
      "Xiaoyan Zhu, 47, is accused of using a ceramic knife to stab a child on the morning of March 4, 2021. \u2014 Brook Endale, The Enquirer , 12 May 2022",
      "Esias Johnson was 23 when he was arrested in Queens in August, accused of chasing a man into a bank and threatening to stab him with a syringe and claiming to have AIDS. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-132235"
  },
  "stoppage":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of stopping : the state of being stopped : halt , obstruction",
      ": stop entry 2 sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4-pij",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4-pij"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "arrest",
      "arrestment",
      "cease",
      "cessation",
      "check",
      "close",
      "closedown",
      "closure",
      "conclusion",
      "cutoff",
      "discontinuance",
      "discontinuation",
      "end",
      "ending",
      "expiration",
      "finish",
      "halt",
      "lapse",
      "offset",
      "shutdown",
      "shutoff",
      "stay",
      "stop",
      "surcease",
      "termination"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "continuance",
      "continuation"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The penalty caused a stoppage in play.",
      "There have been more than 10 minutes in stoppages .",
      "10 minutes of stoppage time",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That\u2019s one reason why Saturday night\u2019s unification fight is so compelling: Both have the ability to score a highlight-reel stoppage at any time. \u2014 Josh Katzowitz, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
      "Ericsson took control of Sunday\u2019s race late and had it under control for Chip Ganassi Racing until a crash by teammate Jimmie Johnson with four laps remaining brought out a rare red-flag stoppage at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. \u2014 Jenna Fryer, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 May 2022",
      "Both victories were delayed by a 2\u00bd hour lightning stoppage and neither was easy. \u2014 Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel , 14 May 2022",
      "Tesla was reportedly preparing to resume production at its Shanghai plant on Monday following a three-week stoppage , according to Reuters. \u2014 Laura He, CNN , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Russia's invasion of Ukraine has stopped many imports into Russia, which resulted in a stoppage at Lada's assembly plants this week. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "The real concern is the possible long-term effects a stoppage can have on MLB fandom and, thus, subscribers and viewership. \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Most chalk up the slow start to a COVID stoppage which slowed the development of a team working 10 new players into the mix. \u2014 Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Peslarova had lost her stick and had requested a stoppage in play because a strap on her goalie cage had come loose, but play continued and the puck came out to Stecklein. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-134310"
  },
  "stupefied":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make stupid , groggy, or insensible",
      ": astonish , astound",
      ": to make confused or unable to think clearly",
      ": astonish , astound",
      ": to make stupid , groggy, or insensible"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00fc-p\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
      "\u02c8sty\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8st\u00fc-p\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
      "\u02c8sty\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8st(y)\u00fc-p\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amaze",
      "astonish",
      "astound",
      "bowl over",
      "dumbfound",
      "dumfound",
      "flabbergast",
      "floor",
      "rock",
      "shock",
      "startle",
      "stun",
      "surprise",
      "surprize",
      "thunderstrike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "stupefied by the ruling that he could not compete because he missed the qualifying age by two days",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The larger and more populated Grand Bahama Island also took a direct hit from Dorian, leaving some areas destroyed and survivors stupefied . \u2014 Kirk Semple, New York Times , 6 Sep. 2019",
      "Trout has won it twice over the last five years, and his numbers are just stupefying enough to water down the generational talents that sit just below him on the list of the game\u2019s top players. \u2014 Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News , 21 Sep. 2019",
      "The watching world had been stupefied by trials in Moscow when foremost Communists pleaded guilty to crimes of treason they could not possibly have committed. \u2014 David Pryce-jones, National Review , 22 Aug. 2019",
      "Chestnut, 36, is regarded, and rightly so, as the king of stupefying stomach-stuffing. \u2014 John Horgan, The Mercury News , 7 Aug. 2019",
      "The set also felt Chicago, with a powerhouse band that included Sen Morimoto and Nnamdi Ogbonnaya (who teamed up for a stupefying set at Pitchfork 2018), lending that Chicago family feel that makes this\u2019s city\u2019s music scene so charming. \u2014 Kevin Williams, chicagotribune.com , 20 July 2019",
      "Later in the day, Turkish authorities were stupefied . \u2014 Summer Said, WSJ , 22 Oct. 2018",
      "In an episode of Marc Maron\u2019s podcast that underlined how far the ground had shifted (and moved the ground even farther), Wong whipped out a breast pump during her interview and proceeded to stupefy the famous conversationalist. \u2014 Chloe Schama, Vogue , 22 May 2018",
      "The volume of debris hauled away by the litter brigades is stupefying : more than 70 tons in 2014 alone. \u2014 Gilles Mingasson, Smithsonian , 29 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English stupifien , modification of Latin stupefacere , from stup\u0113re to be astonished + facere to make, do \u2014 more at do ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-160058"
  },
  "stint":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a period of time spent at a particular activity",
      ": a definite quantity of work assigned",
      ": restraint , limitation",
      ": to be sparing or frugal",
      ": stop , desist",
      ": to restrict with respect to a share or allowance",
      ": to limit within certain boundaries",
      ": to put an end to : stop",
      ": any of several small sandpipers (genus Calidris )",
      ": to be stingy or sparing",
      ": an amount of work given",
      ": a period of time spent at a particular activity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stint",
      "\u02c8stint"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2",
      "Noun (2)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-172522"
  },
  "stripling":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": youth sense 2a":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stri-pli\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "boy",
      "boychick",
      "boychik",
      "boyo",
      "callant",
      "lad",
      "laddie",
      "nipper",
      "shaveling",
      "shaver",
      "sonny",
      "tad",
      "youth"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the young boxer looked like a mere stripling next to his larger, more seasoned opponent",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In Dunst\u2019s hands, Antoinette is naturally happy, an excitable stripling full of life \u2014 the sort of protagonist you\u2019d root for simply because the performer inhabiting her is so agreeable. \u2014 Matthew Jacobs, Vulture , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Best-selling author Margaret George has just published a novel repackaging the Roman emperor Nero, whose name has evoked mayhem and recreational pyromania for the past 2,000 years, as a misunderstood stripling . \u2014 Joe Queenan, WSJ , 5 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162457"
  },
  "stintedly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a stinted manner"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-173241"
  },
  "stintedness":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being stinted"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-181252"
  },
  "strop":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": strap :",
      ": a short rope with its ends spliced to form a circle",
      ": a usually leather band for sharpening a razor",
      ": to sharpen (a razor) on a strop"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u00e4p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "edge",
      "grind",
      "hone",
      "sharpen",
      "stone",
      "whet"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blunt",
      "dull"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "at the museum they showed us how men used to strop razors with leather bands before the days of disposable blades",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Some sharpeners also include a ceramic honing rod or leather strop . \u2014 Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics , 23 Feb. 2021",
      "That said, straight razor fans with impeccable skill and the diligence to keep this very sharp instrument away from pets and kids will doubtless appreciate the ability to replace the blade instead of using a strop . \u2014 Popular Science , 16 Mar. 2020",
      "Jurgen Klopp, meanwhile, looked back at his winger throwing a strop on the bench behind him and shrugged it off with a chuckle. \u2014 SI.com , 16 Sep. 2019",
      "To remove the burr, use a leather strop , one of rubberized cork or softwood with a polishing compound on its surface. \u2014 Josh Donald, Popular Mechanics , 17 Nov. 2017",
      "Lay the knife over the strop \u2019s face and draw it backward. \u2014 Josh Donald, Popular Mechanics , 17 Nov. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The Department of Transportation said the policy was in response to Beijing's refusal to allow a resumption of flights to China by U.S. carriers that stropped flying to China due to U.S. coronavirus restrictions. \u2014 Harold Maass, TheWeek , 4 June 2020",
      "Sometimes a leafy twig is selected, and before this can be used the chimpanzee has to strop off the leaves. \u2014 National Geographic , 17 Apr. 2019",
      "There\u2019s little thunder, no off-piste mental excursions, no sense of a writer stropping his razor. \u2014 New York Times , 9 July 2018",
      "Sometimes a leafy twig is selected, and before this can be used the chimpanzee has to strop off the leaves. \u2014 National Geographic , 17 Apr. 2019",
      "There\u2019s little thunder, no off-piste mental excursions, no sense of a writer stropping his razor. \u2014 New York Times , 9 July 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1837, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-183630"
  },
  "stack":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a large usually conical pile (as of hay, straw, or grain in the sheaf) left standing in the field for storage",
      ": an orderly pile or heap",
      ": a large quantity or number",
      ": an English unit of measure especially for firewood that is equal to 108 cubic feet",
      ": a number of flues embodied in one structure rising above a roof",
      ": a vertical pipe (as to carry off smoke)",
      ": the exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine",
      ": a structure of bookshelves for compact storage of books",
      ": a section of a building housing such structures",
      ": a pile of poker chips",
      ": a memory or a section of memory in a computer for temporary storage in which the last item stored is the first retrieved",
      ": a data structure that simulates a stack",
      ": a computer memory consisting of arrays of memory elements stacked one on top of another",
      ": to arrange in a stack : pile",
      ": to pile in or on",
      ": to arrange secretly for cheating",
      ": to arrange or fix so as to make a particular result likely",
      ": to assign (an airplane) by radio to a particular altitude and position within a group circling before landing",
      ": to put into a waiting line",
      ": compare",
      ": to form a stack",
      ": a neat pile of objects usually one on top of the other",
      ": a large number or amount",
      ": a large pile (as of hay) usually shaped like a cone",
      ": chimney , smokestack",
      ": a structure with shelves for storing books",
      ": to arrange in or form a neat pile"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stak",
      "\u02c8stak"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abundance",
      "barrel",
      "basketful",
      "boatload",
      "bucket",
      "bunch",
      "bundle",
      "bushel",
      "carload",
      "chunk",
      "deal",
      "dozen",
      "fistful",
      "gobs",
      "good deal",
      "heap",
      "hundred",
      "lashings",
      "lashins",
      "loads",
      "lot",
      "mass",
      "mess",
      "mountain",
      "much",
      "multiplicity",
      "myriad",
      "oodles",
      "pack",
      "passel",
      "peck",
      "pile",
      "plateful",
      "plenitude",
      "plentitude",
      "plenty",
      "pot",
      "potful",
      "profusion",
      "quantity",
      "raft",
      "reams",
      "scads",
      "sheaf",
      "shipload",
      "sight",
      "slew",
      "spate",
      "store",
      "ton",
      "truckload",
      "volume",
      "wad",
      "wealth",
      "yard"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "heap",
      "mound",
      "pile"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Female newcomers shine: Though the main Nissan Stadium lineup on Thursday evening offered a testosterone-heavy performer stack , a few female newcomers made the most of their moments in the spotlight. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 10 June 2022",
      "Antonio gave us this massive stack , two huge envelopes, with autopsy photos and all the papers that the defense would have had during the trial and left it to us to either look at them or not. \u2014 Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
      "My family's order usually included one or two pounds of barbacoa, a stack of fresh flour tortillas, and a variety of breakfast tacos ranging from papas a la Mexicana, chicharr\u00f3n en salsa verde, and sometimes carnitas. \u2014 Marco Torres, Chron , 9 June 2022",
      "When the stack \u2014and the counting\u2014reached 16, the tower came crashing down. \u2014 Lydia Denworth, Scientific American , 1 June 2022",
      "The ability to bring together data on the technology stack , operations and external market view is pivotal. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "An unwieldy stack of chairs, a bicycle and a coffin occupy one corner of the room. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "Here's a look at the new Ryzen 6000 Pro mobile-CPU stack , which comprises both higher-wattage (35-watt and 45-watt) H- and HS-series chips for power-user machines and workstations, and a pair of 28-watt Ryzen 6000 Pro U-series processors... \u2014 Brian Westover, PCMAG , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "On the second floor of the Last Bookstore, there\u2019s a stack of shelves on which books have been organized by color to conjure the spectrum of a rainbow. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Management can stack the panel, with six members, versus four for players and one for umpires. \u2014 The Enquirer , 16 June 2022",
      "For charcoal, stack all the briquettes on one side, and on gas grills, just turn on the burners on one side. \u2014 Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News , 6 June 2022",
      "Finely slice the stems, then stack the leaves, roll them up, and slice them into 1-inch strips. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Portland has always been able to stack results \u2013\u2013 mostly wins \u2013\u2013 at Providence Park throughout its history. \u2014 Portland Timbers And Thorns Fc, oregonlive , 14 Aug. 2021",
      "But being able to stack (games) on top of each other just wasn't there. \u2014 Andrew Wagner, Forbes , 5 May 2021",
      "Those who stack annual PS Plus subscriptions for several years may have faced a hefty penalty for moving to Extra or Premium. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "Since the buckets stack inside each other, this game is extra portable and packs small. \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 16 May 2022",
      "Feel free to layer, stack , or mix and match these translucent baubles with your seashell and nostalgic summer camp\u2013like beaded bracelets\u2014the more, the merrier! \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 9 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-184718"
  },
  "stall":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a compartment for a domestic animal in a stable or barn",
      ": a space marked off for parking a motor vehicle",
      ": a seat in the chancel of a church with back and sides wholly or partly enclosed",
      ": a church pew",
      ": a front orchestra seat in a theater",
      ": a booth, stand, or counter at which articles are displayed for sale",
      ": a protective sheath for a finger or toe",
      ": a small compartment",
      ": one with a toilet or urinal",
      ": to put into or keep in a stall",
      ": install sense 2",
      ": to bring to a standstill : block",
      ": mire",
      ": to cause (an engine) to stop usually inadvertently",
      ": to cause (an aircraft or airfoil) to go into a stall",
      ": to come to a standstill (as from mired wheels or engine failure)",
      ": to experience a stall in flying",
      ": the condition of an airfoil or aircraft in which excessive angle of attack causes disruption of airflow with attendant loss of lift",
      ": a ruse to deceive or delay",
      ": to play for time : delay",
      ": to hold off, divert, or delay by evasion or deception",
      ": a compartment for one animal in a stable or barn",
      ": a booth, stand, or counter where business may be carried on or articles may be displayed for sale",
      ": a seat in a church choir : a church pew",
      ": a small enclosed private compartment",
      ": to distract attention or make excuses to gain time",
      ": to stop or cause to stop usually by accident",
      ": to put or keep in a stall"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u022fl",
      "\u02c8st\u022fl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb (1)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1916, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (3)",
      "1846, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1903, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-185845"
  },
  "stand out":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that is prominent or conspicuous especially because of excellence",
      ": to appear as if in relief : project",
      ": to be prominent or conspicuous",
      ": to steer away from shore",
      ": to be stubborn in resolution or resistance"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stand-\u02ccau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre",
      "cause celebre",
      "celeb",
      "celebrity",
      "figure",
      "icon",
      "ikon",
      "light",
      "luminary",
      "megastar",
      "name",
      "notability",
      "notable",
      "notoriety",
      "personage",
      "personality",
      "somebody",
      "star",
      "superstar",
      "VIP"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bag",
      "balloon",
      "beetle",
      "belly",
      "billow",
      "bulge",
      "bunch",
      "jut",
      "overhang",
      "poke",
      "pooch",
      "pouch",
      "pout",
      "project",
      "protrude",
      "start",
      "stick out",
      "swell"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She is a standout among the available candidates.",
      "All the cameras we tested were good, but there was no real standout .",
      "Verb",
      "the relief figures stand out from the wall quite strikingly",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "His father, Rick Suder, was a standout college basketball player at Duquesne University from 1982-86, eventually earning a spot in the school's hall of fame. \u2014 Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal , 16 June 2022",
      "In Karim Benzema, the last man standing from that first wave of signings that heralded P\u00e9rez\u2019s return to the Real Madrid presidency in 2009, the club may possess the world\u2019s standout player. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
      "Stephens, a former standout football player at Thompson High School who went on to play at UAB his freshman year, surrendered to police two days later. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 18 May 2022",
      "Thang is a standout player who has a future in volleyball beyond high school. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 11 May 2022",
      "Stowers was a standout player at Covington Latin in 1971, leading the Trojans to the 9th Regional Championship. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 6 May 2022",
      "Ched Ndour was a standout player in this season's UEFA Youth League . \u2014 Tom Sanderson, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
      "Ward was a standout football player and wrestler at Canton High School in Pennsylvania. \u2014 Chris Iseman, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The standout defensive lineman was credited with two sacks (although defenders could not tackle quarterbacks), including a strip-sack of fellow freshman Jacurri Brown. \u2014 Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel , 19 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1928, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-185924"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": British money",
      ": sterling silver or articles of it",
      ": of, relating to, or calculated in terms of British sterling",
      ": payable in sterling",
      ": having a fixed standard of purity usually defined legally as represented by an alloy of 925 parts of silver with 75 parts of copper",
      ": made of sterling silver",
      ": conforming to the highest standard",
      ": British money",
      ": sterling silver : articles made from sterling silver",
      ": of or relating to British sterling",
      ": being or made of a specific alloy that is mostly silver with a little copper",
      ": excellent"
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      "\u02c8st\u0259r-li\u014b",
      "\u02c8st\u0259r-li\u014b"
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      "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",
      "five-star",
      "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",
      "superb",
      "superior",
      "superlative",
      "supernal",
      "swell",
      "terrific",
      "tip-top",
      "top",
      "top-notch",
      "top-of-the-line",
      "top-shelf",
      "topflight",
      "topping",
      "unsurpassed",
      "wizard",
      "wonderful"
    ],
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      "atrocious",
      "awful",
      "execrable",
      "lousy",
      "pathetic",
      "poor",
      "rotten",
      "terrible",
      "vile",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a drop in the value of sterling",
      "Adjective",
      "a sterling example of democracy at work",
      "credited the win to the pitcher's sterling performance on the mound",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Still, the prolific, tastefully themed reminders \u2014 like fun splashes of wallpaper and sterling silver water pitchers \u2014 kept the fantasy alive for us all. \u2014 Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure , 17 June 2022",
      "Through decades of public service in combat and diplomacy, Gen. Allen has earned an unmatched, sterling reputation for honor and integrity. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 9 June 2022",
      "Schubert boasted sterling tough-on-crime credentials for helping crack the Golden State Killer case, among other accomplishments during a 30-year law enforcement career. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
      "Investors who didn\u2019t hedge the currency risk have done even worse, because sterling has fallen around 10% against the dollar and 5% against the euro during the same period. \u2014 Jon Sindreu, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
      "Considering the source Stein covered the NBA at ESPN, then the New York Times \u2014 his resume and reporting is sterling . \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 June 2022",
      "With seven sterling , scoreless innings from Luis Severino, that Judge blow was about all the Yankees needed for their 3-0 win over the Tigers at Yankee Stadium. \u2014 Kristie Ackert, Hartford Courant , 4 June 2022",
      "For a delicate addition to their everyday look, gift them these tiny sterling silver cross studs available in yellow plated or white gold plating. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 3 June 2022",
      "With its minimalist design, this sleek sterling silver pendant strung on a slim chain is set to become a staple piece in your wardrobe. \u2014 Bernd Fischer, Men's Health , 12 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "For good reason, the Primavera Sound festival has earned a sterling reputation for curating the best superstar, up-and-coming and cult classic acts in music year after year along the beach in Barcelona. \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, SPIN , 6 June 2022",
      "Their new music marks a sterling comeback for the duo, with some of their most potent music to date. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
      "The trick was finding the right person to build the show around: someone who possessed both sterling professional credentials and a magnetic, binge-worthy charisma. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
      "The first three acts Friday at First Waltz were all sterling . \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 14 May 2022",
      "Using a mix of sterling silver and 24-karat gold vermeil, the artisans have managed to create more precise detailing on the trophy. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 12 May 2022",
      "Why did an employee with an exemplary work record risk her life, pension and a sterling reputation to help a dangerous inmate? \u2014 Faith Karimi, CNN , 13 May 2022",
      "But Judge Mizelle had sterling credentials within the conservative legal movement. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The progress, and the reviews, have not been sterling . \u2014 Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 13 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-191251"
  },
  "stretching":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to extend (one's limbs, one's body, etc.) in a reclining position",
      ": to reach out : extend",
      ": to extend in length",
      ": to fell with or as if with a blow",
      ": to cause the limbs of (a person) to be pulled especially in torture",
      ": to draw up (one's body) from a cramped, stooping, or relaxed position",
      ": to pull taut",
      ": to enlarge or distend especially by force",
      ": to extend or expand as if by physical force",
      ": strain",
      ": to cause to reach or continue (as from one point to another or across a space)",
      ": to amplify or enlarge beyond natural or proper limits",
      ": to expand (as by improvisation) to fulfill a larger function",
      ": to extend (a hit) to an extra base usually by fast or daring running",
      ": to become extended in length or breadth or both : spread",
      ": to extend over a continuous period",
      ": to become extended without breaking",
      ": to extend one's body or limbs",
      ": to lie down at full length",
      ": to go beyond what is strictly warranted in making a claim or concession",
      ": to extend the legs",
      ": to take a walk in order to relieve stiffness caused by prolonged sitting",
      ": an exercise of something (such as the understanding or the imagination) beyond ordinary or normal limits",
      ": an extension of the scope or application of something",
      ": the extent to which something may be stretched",
      ": the act of stretching : the state of being stretched",
      ": the position of a pitcher standing sideways to home plate so as to keep a runner close to a base",
      ": an extent in length or area",
      ": a continuous period of time",
      ": a walk to relieve fatigue",
      ": a term of imprisonment",
      ": either of the straight sides of a racecourse",
      ": homestretch",
      ": a final stage (as of a contest or season)",
      ": the capacity for being stretched : elasticity",
      ": a stretch limousine",
      ": easily stretched : elastic",
      ": longer than the standard size",
      ": to reach out : extend , spread",
      ": to pull or draw out in length or width or both : expand , enlarge",
      ": to extend (as the body) in a flat position",
      ": to extend the body or limbs",
      ": to pull tight",
      ": to cause to reach or continue",
      ": exaggerate",
      ": to become extended without breaking",
      ": to extend over a continuous period",
      ": the act of extending or drawing out beyond ordinary or normal limits",
      ": the ability to be pulled or drawn out in length or width or both",
      ": the act or an instance of stretching the body or one of its parts",
      ": a continuous extent in length, area, or time",
      ": to extend in length",
      ": to enlarge or distend especially by force",
      ": to become extended in length or breadth",
      ": to extend one's body or limbs",
      ": the act of stretching : the state of being stretched"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8strech",
      "\u02c8strech",
      "\u02c8strech"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "color",
      "elaborate (on)",
      "embellish",
      "embroider",
      "exaggerate",
      "hyperbolize",
      "magnify",
      "pad"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "breadth",
      "distance",
      "expanse",
      "expansion",
      "extent",
      "field",
      "length",
      "plain",
      "reach",
      "sheet",
      "spread",
      "waste"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Leveraging this approach, brands get a bigger bang for their buck to stretch valuable content across multiple channels to broaden their reach and work more efficiently. \u2014 Jodi Amendola, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "The record flooding was caused by a combination of heavy rainfall and snowmelt from high elevations over the weekend in the Beartooth and Absaroka mountain ranges, which stretch across the Montana-Wyoming state line. \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe And Claudia Dominguez, CNN , 16 June 2022",
      "All marveled at the size of the system, which appeared to stretch across a large swath of the horizon. \u2014 Dan Carson, Chron , 24 May 2022",
      "Using telescopes powerful enough to stretch our perception across unfathomable distances, astronomers have made a cosmic postcard: the first-ever picture of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 12 May 2022",
      "The dining room offers big picture windows but snag a seat outside if possible, either on the covered deck or at the back-side View Bar where big vistas stretch across the entire Verde Valley. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 6 May 2022",
      "While some fences stretch across several acres, other older enclosures are about the size of an apartment. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "The stoppage, first reported by Reuters, would potentially mean a temporary loss in daily production volume of around 2,000 cars and would stretch across Wednesday and Thursday. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "But with the self-driving unit chewing through hundreds of millions of dollars a year, others at the Advanced Technologies Group heard Uber wanted to stretch labor costs across more miles. \u2014 Lauren Smiley, Wired , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "That was the longest stretch of his career, and Mahle was solid again versus the Dodgers despite matching his career-high by allowing 12 hits. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 22 June 2022",
      "But Albrecht argues that calling Zume\u2019s setup a pizza robot was always a stretch . \u2014 Sam Deanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "Pearls as business casual might be a stretch , but unembellished statement collars could work for the average workplace. \u2014 Todd Plummer, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Recently there was a months-long stretch when there was no resource coordinator manager for SOAR, which meant money that was supposed to be used for programming was never spent, and the direction of his work was unclear, Singleton said. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
      "The longest winning streak in the majors this season is Atlanta\u2019s best stretch since the team won 14 consecutive games from July 26 to Aug. 9, 2013. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 15 June 2022",
      "The down decade for the stock market following the 2000 bursting of the dot-com bubble was a notoriously brutal stretch , but stocks have often been able to regain their highs within a few years. \u2014 Stan Choe And Alex Veiga, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 June 2022",
      "The down decade for the stock market following the 2000 bursting of the dot-com bubble was a notoriously brutal stretch , but stocks have often been able to regain their highs within a few years. \u2014 CBS News , 14 June 2022",
      "There's a small stretch of Stevens Avenue in the Deering Center neighborhood that's not to be missed. \u2014 Erinne Magee, Travel + Leisure , 11 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The sign out front is easily blocked when a stretch limo stops by to drop off patrons. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Sep. 2021",
      "Backing now expands stretch goals that include more materials for the game and special Q&A access to people connected to the films in the Cinematic Adventures slate. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Roberts said the team is trying to be cautious with the future Hall of Famer, keeping one eye on the stretch run of the season while deciding how to proceed. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
      "The flowy dress is made with non- stretch fabric and available in multiple colors, including pink and black. \u2014 Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
      "Made of ultra- stretch denim, Frame\u2019s best-selling Le Palazzo jeans (available in other colors) have a high-rise fit designed for comfort. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Great expanses of cracking mud, half a mile wide, stretch beyond the river banks, devoid of a single plant or blade of grass. \u2014 Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 May 2022",
      "Morrison\u2019s vocals stretch and bend words; her voice is delicate yet strong, and moves with ease between a vulnerable croon and the wail of hurt. \u2014 Marjua Estevez, refinery29.com , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The starting point in our last collection was the idea of bringing the idea of motion back into the cut of the clothes, using stretch materials for example or ways of cutting that allow and celebrate movement. \u2014 Tiziana Cardini, Vogue , 22 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "1954, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-191831"
  },
  "steer":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a male bovine animal and especially a domestic ox ( Bos taurus ) castrated before sexual maturity \u2014 compare stag sense 3",
      ": an ox less than four years old",
      ": to control the course of : direct",
      ": to guide by mechanical means (such as a rudder)",
      ": to set and hold to (a course)",
      ": to direct the course (as of a ship or automobile)",
      ": to pursue a course of action",
      ": to be subject to steering",
      ": to keep entirely away",
      ": a hint as to procedure : tip",
      ": to make a vehicle move in a particular direction",
      ": to guide or change the direction of something",
      ": to follow a course of action",
      ": a castrated bull usually raised for beef",
      ": to subject to steering"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stir",
      "\u02c8stir"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "conduct",
      "direct",
      "guide",
      "lead",
      "marshal",
      "marshall",
      "pilot",
      "route",
      "show",
      "usher"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "follow",
      "trail"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1894, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-194312"
  },
  "stated":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": fixed , regular",
      ": set down explicitly : declared"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This would require the White House both to counteract longer-term trends in global energy markets and to give up on Biden\u2019s own stated goal of keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 17 June 2022",
      "The stated intention of the country\u2019s public health minister to distribute 1 million marijuana seedlings for cultivation has added to the impression that Thailand is turning into a weed wonderland. \u2014 Time , 9 June 2022",
      "Like other experts, Shifter believes Biden has not acted on his stated intention to deepen ties with Latin America. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "In 2016, Kaepernick knelt before games during the national anthem, with the stated intention of drawing attention to incidents in which law-enforcement authorities had shot unarmed black men without criminal or professional repercussions. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 26 May 2022",
      "The stated intention of the Kremlin was to demilitarize Ukraine. \u2014 Phil Mccausland, NBC news , 9 May 2022",
      "Given all this hustling and Musk's stated intention of dumping his Twitter shares if the board rejected his bid, Twitter had little time to find another suitor, even if there was one in the wings. \u2014 Anne Sraders, Fortune , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Russia Today started broadcasting in English from Moscow in 2005, with the stated intention of rehabilitating Russia\u2019s global image by explaining Russian news and culture to the world. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Given the zoo\u2019s stated intention of eventually shutting the exhibit down, its refusal to settle the case suggests an institutional desire to put an end to the campaign for animal personhood. \u2014 Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-194347"
  },
  "standstill":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop",
      ": the condition of not being active or busy : stop",
      ": a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : arrest"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stan(d)-\u02ccstil",
      "\u02c8stand-\u02ccstil",
      "\u02c8stand-\u02ccstil"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deadlock",
      "gridlock",
      "halt",
      "impasse",
      "logjam",
      "Mexican standoff",
      "stalemate",
      "standoff"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The accident brought traffic to a standstill .",
      "battled each other to a standstill",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "An intrepid raccoon that made its way up a light post on Interstate 565 brought traffic to a standstill Saturday afternoon. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 12 June 2022",
      "But both parties ultimately fought each other to a standstill . \u2014 Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
      "China's biggest city was under some form of lockdown from late March until this week, leaving tens of millions of people confined at home, upending business in virtually every sector and bringing the city to a standstill . \u2014 Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN , 3 June 2022",
      "The pandemic brought production to a standstill for a time. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
      "This weekend, London will come to a standstill as hordes of subjects are kettled in front of Buckingham Palace for the queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee. \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 1 June 2022",
      "The pandemic brought society to a standstill , but from an animal\u2019s perspective the world didn\u2019t change that much. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 31 May 2022",
      "The sanctions and accompanying allegations came as negotiations with Iran over the country\u2019s nuclear program have ground to a standstill , in large part over Tehran\u2019s demand that the U.S. lift sanctions against the Revolutionary Guard. \u2014 Ian Talley, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
      "Nearly all major tech companies capped their first quarter of 2022 at the end of March, just days after the Chinese government brought the city of Shanghai, home to 26 million people and the world\u2019s busiest port, to a standstill . \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1702, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-204147"
  },
  "stupe":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a hot wet often medicated cloth applied externally (as to stimulate circulation)",
      ": a stupid person : dolt",
      ": a hot wet often medicated cloth applied externally (as to stimulate circulation)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00fcp",
      "\u02c8sty\u00fcp",
      "\u02c8st(y)\u00fcp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1722, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-224450"
  },
  "stand in":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": someone employed to occupy an actor's place while lights and camera are readied",
      ": substitute",
      ": to act as a stand-in",
      ": to be in a specially favored position with"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stand-\u02ccin"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "backup",
      "cover",
      "designated hitter",
      "fill-in",
      "locum tenens",
      "pinch hitter",
      "relief",
      "replacement",
      "reserve",
      "sub",
      "substitute"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cover",
      "fill in",
      "pinch-hit",
      "step in",
      "sub",
      "substitute",
      "take over"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "she will be standing in for the regular teacher for a week"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "circa 1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1904, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-233121"
  },
  "stubbornness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unreasonably or perversely unyielding : mulish",
      ": justifiably unyielding : resolute",
      ": suggestive or typical of a strong stubborn nature",
      ": performed or carried on in an unyielding, obstinate , or persistent manner",
      ": difficult to handle, manage, or treat",
      ": lasting",
      ": refusing to change an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or urging",
      ": persistent",
      ": difficult to handle, manage, or treat"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259-b\u0259rn",
      "\u02c8st\u0259-b\u0259rn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adamant",
      "adamantine",
      "bullheaded",
      "dogged",
      "hard",
      "hard-nosed",
      "hardened",
      "hardheaded",
      "headstrong",
      "immovable",
      "implacable",
      "inconvincible",
      "inflexible",
      "intransigent",
      "mulish",
      "obdurate",
      "obstinate",
      "opinionated",
      "ossified",
      "pat",
      "pertinacious",
      "perverse",
      "pigheaded",
      "self-opinionated",
      "self-willed",
      "stiff-necked",
      "unbending",
      "uncompromising",
      "unrelenting",
      "unyielding",
      "willful",
      "wilful"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acquiescent",
      "agreeable",
      "amenable",
      "compliant",
      "complying",
      "flexible",
      "pliable",
      "pliant",
      "relenting",
      "yielding"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Her manager, Susie Myerson (Alex Borstein), spends the majority of the eight episodes trying to convince Midge to not be so stubborn and reconsider her stance, to no avail. \u2014 Christy Pi\u00f1a, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "If the problem is particularly stubborn , Revivex\u2019s Odor Eliminator ($9/10 ounces) or Defunkify\u2019s Odor Shield ($15/load) are worth a shot as a single treatment. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 17 July 2021",
      "The Ukraine war, the virus that won\u2019t go away and inflation that may be more stubborn than the Fed thinks\u2014all could do mischief with our hopes and expectations. \u2014 Larry Light, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "High inflation has proved far more stubborn than many economists had expected. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
      "Yellowstone\u2019s John Dutton, a man even more stubborn about expressing his feelings than Tony. \u2014 Ben Rosenstock, Time , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "But for the more stubborn holdouts and outright denialists, a harder line will be necessary. \u2014 Gilad Edelman, Wired , 28 July 2021",
      "There are other issues, of course, on which opinions have not shifted and some, such as regulation of guns, on which already formidable partisan divides have grown even deeper and seemingly more stubborn in recent years. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2021",
      "For more stubborn clean-ups, rinse the skillet in hot water and first use a stiff, non-abrasive brush. \u2014 Samantha Rees, Vogue , 8 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English stibourne, stuborn ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-001902"
  },
  "state crown":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": imperial state crown"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-003433"
  },
  "stackable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": easily arranged in a stack"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sta-k\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The living room opens to a small galley kitchen on one side and a hallway with a stackable washer-dryer closet, a loft bedroom and bathroom. \u2014 Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "Their best-selling Rambler is ultra-insulated to keep drinks cold to the touch throughout the day, and comes with their customer-favorite stackable lid and straw to help reduce single-use plastics. \u2014 Anna Tingley, Variety , 18 May 2022",
      "Logan Horne also repurposes vintage luxury scarves into button-ups for a relaxed night out and stackable blocks that would look great in the office or cigar lounge. \u2014 Darian Symon\u00e9 Harvin, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
      "Most were contemporary concrete lumps, minimalist models with plastic-panel tabletops or stackable acrylic sets. \u2014 Michelle Slatalla, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
      "The Amazon school chairs are stackable , and each set contains six different colors: pink, lime green, yellow, blue, purple, and/or red. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 8 May 2022",
      "Check out this set of eight stackable bins that come with four narrow bins and four wide bins to store foods, drinks, and condiments of different sizes. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "There are many stackable bowls out there, but none with the same startlingly precise yet gentle curves of Hasami\u2019s round bowls. \u2014 Kendra Vaculin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 10 May 2022",
      "Phifer went home and mulled over the possibilities of concrete block, developing units that were loosely human scale\u20141 foot by 1 foot by 6\u2014and stackable into a mosaic of soft grays. \u2014 Scott Frances, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1958, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-005516"
  },
  "sticks":{
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      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
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      ": a woody piece or part of a tree or shrub: such as",
      ": a usually dry or dead severed shoot, twig, or slender branch",
      ": a cut or broken branch or piece of wood gathered for fuel or construction material",
      ": a long slender piece of wood or metal: such as",
      ": a club or staff used as a weapon",
      ": walking stick",
      ": an implement used for striking or propelling an object in a game",
      ": something used to force compliance",
      ": a baton symbolizing an office or dignity",
      ": a person entitled to bear such a baton",
      ": a piece of the materials composing something (such as a building)",
      ": any of various implements resembling a stick in shape, origin, or use: such as",
      ": composing stick",
      ": an airplane lever operating the elevators and ailerons",
      ": the gearshift lever of an automobile",
      ": something prepared (as by cutting, molding, or rolling) in a relatively long and slender often cylindrical form",
      ": person , chap",
      ": a dull, inert, stiff, or spiritless person",
      ": remote usually rural districts regarded especially as backward, dull, or unsophisticated : boondocks",
      ": an herbaceous stalk resembling a woody stick",
      ": mast entry 1 sense 1",
      ": yard entry 1 sense 4",
      ": a piece of furniture",
      ": a number of bombs arranged for release from a bombing plane in a series across a target",
      ": a number of parachutists dropping together",
      ": a marijuana cigarette",
      ": punishment or the threat of punishment used to force compliance or cooperation",
      ": criticism , abuse",
      ": to hit or propel (something, such as a hockey puck) with a stick",
      ": to pierce with something pointed : stab",
      ": to kill by piercing",
      ": to push or thrust so as or as if to pierce",
      ": to fasten by thrusting in",
      ": impale",
      ": push , thrust",
      ": to put or set in a specified place or position",
      ": to furnish with things fastened on by or as if by piercing",
      ": to attach by or as if by causing to adhere to a surface",
      ": to compel to pay especially by trickery",
      ": overcharge",
      ": to halt the movement or action of",
      ": baffle , stump",
      ": cheat , defraud",
      ": to saddle with something disadvantageous or disagreeable",
      ": to execute (a landing) flawlessly in gymnastics",
      ": to hold to something firmly by or as if by adhesion:",
      ": to become fixed in place by means of a pointed end",
      ": to become fast by or as if by miring or by gluing or plastering",
      ": to remain in a place, situation, or environment",
      ": to hold fast or adhere resolutely : cling",
      ": to remain effective",
      ": to keep close in a chase or competition",
      ": to become blocked, wedged, or jammed",
      ": balk , scruple",
      ": to find oneself baffled",
      ": to be unable to proceed",
      ": project , protrude",
      ": to irritate, nag at, or obsess one",
      ": to treat harshly or unfairly",
      ": to make oneself vulnerable by taking a risk",
      ": to maintain one's position especially in face of opposition",
      ": infatuated with",
      ": a thrust with a pointed instrument : stab",
      ": delay , stop",
      ": impediment",
      ": adhesive quality or substance",
      ": a cut or broken branch or twig",
      ": a long thin piece of wood",
      ": walking stick sense 1",
      ": something like a stick in shape or use",
      ": to push into or through",
      ": to stab or pierce with something pointed",
      ": to put in place by or as if by pushing",
      ": to push out, up, into, or under",
      ": to put in a specified place or position",
      ": to remain in a place, situation, or environment",
      ": to halt the movement or action of",
      ": baffle",
      ": to burden with something unpleasant",
      ": to fix or become fixed in place by or as if by gluing",
      ": to cling or cause to cling",
      ": to become blocked or jammed"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stik",
      "\u02c8stik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (1)",
      "1937, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (2)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1637, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-005647"
  },
  "stretchberry":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the fruit of a bristly or prickly greenbrier ( Smilax bonanox )",
      ": the plant producing stretchberries"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" stretch entry 3 + berry ; from the elastic tissue in the pulp of the berries",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-011903"
  },
  "stand surety":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to agree to be legally responsible if another person fails to pay a debt or to perform a duty"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-065852"
  },
  "sternward":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": aft"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259rn-w\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abaft",
      "aft",
      "astern"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "fore",
      "forward"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a flight attendant hurried sternward to attend to the disturbance"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1832, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-074941"
  },
  "structured":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or being a method of computer programming in which each step of the solution to a problem is contained in a separate subprogram"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u0259k-ch\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1966, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-113605"
  },
  "stopgap":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something that serves as a temporary expedient : makeshift"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4p-\u02ccgap"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "expedient",
      "makeshift"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The new law is intended only as a stopgap .",
      "the coach we have now was only hired as a stopgap until someone with more experience is found",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Freeport blast could deal a blow to that stopgap solution, particularly if the facility fails to come back online soon. \u2014 Anna Cooban, CNN , 9 June 2022",
      "Patrick Peterson is back for another go in Minnesota, but the 31-year-old likely is a mere stopgap solution for a team desperate for support in the secondary. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The stopgap solution to the Clarke scandal, at least, has been to scrap any honorary awards for this year, as organizers review their selection processes and aim to incorporate the wider membership\u2019s input into such decisions. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "There\u2019s also crowdfunding, which has become a common stopgap for our country\u2019s abysmal healthcare landscape. \u2014 Kate Willsky, ELLE , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "As the proposal to hold back more water in Lake Powell demonstrates, though, stopgap actions are needed before that. \u2014 Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "The delays, depending on the weather in an area, can trigger expensive stopgap measures. \u2014 Stephen Council, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "With the Ohio Legislature showing no likelihood of moving the Mary primary to accommodate the gerrymandering lawsuits, what might a federal judicial panel order the state to do as a stopgap measure? \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "The House also passed a four-day stopgap measure to give the Senate time to approve the larger package. \u2014 Benjamin Siegel, ABC News , 9 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1684, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-113612"
  },
  "stabilization":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make stable , steadfast, or firm",
      ": to hold steady: such as",
      ": to maintain the stability of (something, such as an airplane) by means of a stabilizer",
      ": to limit fluctuations of",
      ": to establish a minimum price for",
      ": to become stable, firm, or steadfast",
      ": to make or become unlikely to change suddenly or greatly",
      ": to make stable",
      ": to become stable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
      "\u02c8st\u0101-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The United States could step up front-line first-aid training and advise the Ukrainians on how to set up a network of intermediate mobile hospitals to stabilize the wounded and transport them, former officials said. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022",
      "This helps to stabilize the industry and puts buyers and sellers across the globe on the same page. \u2014 Dennis Mitzner, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "For now, the slow pace of sanctions, Russia\u2019s successful efforts to stabilize its economy and its ability to keep oil and gas flowing overseas have cushioned the blow for Moscow. \u2014 Georgi Kantchev, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Port Washington is evaluating proposals to stabilize the bluff and reopen North Beach. \u2014 Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel , 14 June 2022",
      "Immediately after the shooting, mental health professionals employed an approach called Psychological First Aid, an early intervention designed to stabilize a community and meet basic needs after a crisis, which Brymer helped to develop. \u2014 Jessie Dimartino, ABC News , 2 June 2022",
      "Her father, Michael O\u2019Neil, is involved in efforts to stabilize the school\u2019s finances. \u2014 Nick Anderson, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "One point from the investor call worth considering: As Talkspace tries to stabilize the business and preserve cash, new competitors are cropping up and existing rivals are raising (and spending) huge sums to fuel growth. \u2014 Mohana Ravindranath, STAT , 9 May 2022",
      "Billions of dollars were spent by the international community, including Russia, to stabilize and secure the area. \u2014 Cara Anna And Inna Varenytsia, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1861, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-113654"
  },
  "stack up (against":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to come near or nearer to in character or quality how does the new car stack up against your old one?"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-121307"
  },
  "strip mall":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a long usually one-story building or group of buildings housing several adjacent retail stores or service establishments"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Outline toured the South in Antonoff\u2019s parents\u2019 minivan, playing a strip mall in Virginia and an anarchist bookstore in Florida. \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
      "Sitting behind the counter of her mother\u2019s flower shop in a Van Nuys strip mall , Diane Koch, 31, saw the situation as far more dire. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "But in that same year, the McHenry County Conservation District and the state of Illinois approved swapping 2 acres at Exner Marsh in Lake in the Hills with a development company building a strip mall nearby. \u2014 Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "Because the stores are located toward the back of a large strip mall (Jacaranda Plaza), larger signage was appropriate, the council reasons. \u2014 Nick Sortal, sun-sentinel.com , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "Elsewhere along the strip mall , which has inexpensive takeout restaurants, a grocer and a liquor store, shop windows are lined with police reward posters, some for killings that happened years ago and far away. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 July 2021",
      "About 100 people were at the party inside a strip mall building in the area of 10th Avenue and Hatcher Road, Phoenix police said. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 6 June 2022",
      "The fire scorched shrubs in a strip mall planter box. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
      "On Saturday, strip mall parking lots in parts of Gaylord remained fields of debris. \u2014 New York Times , 21 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1977, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-131402"
  },
  "stilled":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "biographical name",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": devoid of or abstaining from motion",
      ": sedentary",
      ": not effervescent",
      ": of, relating to, or being a static photograph as contrasted with a motion picture",
      ": designed for taking still photographs",
      ": engaged in taking still photographs",
      ": uttering no sound : quiet",
      ": subdued , muted",
      ": calm , tranquil",
      ": free from noise or turbulence",
      ": to become motionless or silent : quiet",
      ": allay , calm",
      ": to put an end to : settle",
      ": to arrest the motion of",
      ": silence",
      ": without motion",
      ": always , continually",
      ": in a progressive manner : increasingly",
      ": in spite of that : nevertheless",
      ": even sense 1b",
      ": yet sense 1a",
      ": quiet , silence",
      ": a static photograph",
      ": a photograph of actors or scenes of a motion picture for publicity or documentary purposes",
      ": distill",
      ": distillery",
      ": apparatus used in distillation comprising either the chamber in which the vaporization is carried out or the entire equipment",
      ": having no motion",
      ": making no sound : quiet",
      ": free from noise and commotion",
      ": to make or become motionless or silent",
      ": to calm or make less intense",
      ": without motion",
      ": up to this or that time",
      ": nevertheless",
      ": even entry 2 sense 2",
      ": in addition",
      ": quiet entry 1 , silence",
      ": a device used in making alcoholic liquors",
      "Andrew Taylor 1828\u20131917 American founder of osteopathy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stil",
      "\u02c8stil",
      "\u02c8stil"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "arcadian",
      "calm",
      "hushed",
      "peaceful",
      "placid",
      "quiet",
      "restful",
      "serene",
      "stilly",
      "tranquil"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "motionlessly",
      "quiet",
      "quietly"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
      "Adverb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (1)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (2)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-132116"
  },
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    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of stroot obsolete variant of strut"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-132656"
  },
  "step aside (from)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to give up (a job or office) a newscaster who knew when it was time to step aside from the anchor desk and let a younger person take over",
      "to give up (as a position of authority) formally the prime minister was compelled to step aside from his office when it was demonstrated that he had violated the public trust"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-133032"
  },
  "stipulate (for)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority the contract stipulates for a renegotiation of the terms after two years"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-134116"
  },
  "stagey":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of or characteristic of the stage",
      ": marked by pretense or artificiality : theatrical"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101-j\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dramatic",
      "hammy",
      "histrionic",
      "melodramatic",
      "theatrical",
      "theatric"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "undramatic"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "an artificial and stagy manner",
      "a motivational speaker whose stagy presentations motivate some listeners to head for the nearest exit",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "All good but drifting into stagy with a tad too much branding. \u2014 Freep.com , 8 May 2020",
      "But the overture is long, and the episode turns stagy and exaggerated. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Mar. 2020",
      "One result of the coincidence was the emergence of a new kind of actress, emoting vividly in a stagy accent acquired somewhere between Bryn Mawr and Broadway. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 29 Jan. 2020",
      "Yet her characterization of Bernadette feels a mite strenuous \u2014 stagy , in the wrong way, as opposed to film-y in the right, Linklater way. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 15 Aug. 2019",
      "There\u2019s a pandering, stagy political debate and too many Big Messages wrapped in tearful professions. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 25 Nov. 2019",
      "Yet her characterization of Bernadette feels a mite strenuous \u2014 stagy , in the wrong way, as opposed to film-y in the right, Linklater way. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 15 Aug. 2019",
      "Yet her characterization of Bernadette feels a mite strenuous \u2014 stagy , in the wrong way, as opposed to film-y in the right, Linklater way. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 15 Aug. 2019",
      "Yet her characterization of Bernadette feels a mite strenuous \u2014 stagy , in the wrong way, as opposed to film-y in the right, Linklater way. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 15 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1856, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-143619"
  },
  "stiff-arm":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": straight-arm",
      ": straight-arm",
      ": to treat with disdain or neglect : slight , snub",
      ": straight-arm"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stif-\u02cc\u00e4rm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cold-shoulder",
      "cut",
      "high-hat",
      "slight",
      "snub",
      "stiff"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1909, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "1927, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-150301"
  },
  "steppe":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one of the vast usually level and treeless tracts in southeastern Europe or Asia",
      ": arid land with xerophilous vegetation found usually in regions of extreme temperature range and loess soil",
      ": land that is dry, rather level, mostly treeless, and covered with grass in regions (as parts of Asia and southeastern Europe) with usually hot summers and cold winters"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8step",
      "\u02c8step"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "campo",
      "champaign",
      "down(s)",
      "grassland",
      "heath",
      "lea",
      "ley",
      "llano",
      "moor",
      "pampa",
      "plain",
      "prairie",
      "savanna",
      "savannah",
      "tundra",
      "veld",
      "veldt"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "nomads have long grazed yaks on the steppes of Mongolia",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Novopil, a dot in a sea of farmland in the wide-open steppe of eastern Ukraine, is next to a road that Russian forces had used to control access to areas to the north. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
      "Hard work is what took Battsengel from a rural town on the Mongolian steppe to the center of government. \u2014 Sanya Mansoor, Time , 11 May 2022",
      "Ukraine\u2019s southeastern regions, an expanse of steppe and blighted industrial and mining cities, is now the focus of fighting in the war. \u2014 Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times , 7 May 2022",
      "The Mongol Derby requires equestrians to trek 1,000 kilometers across the Mongolian steppe , retracing the route of Genghis Khan\u2019s ancient postal system on semiwild local horses. \u2014 Outside Online , 13 Aug. 2014",
      "On the Patagonian steppe , beauty reveals itself in whispers, not screams. \u2014 Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "But Ukraine, in an ecological transition zone, is also home to vibrant wetlands and forests and a large swath of virgin steppe . \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Military analysts are forecasting an all-out, bloody battle on the steppe . \u2014 New York Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Vande Hei will land aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on the steppe of Kazakhstan alongside Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov on Wednesday. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 29 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Russian step' ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1671, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-150654"
  },
  "statute":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government",
      ": an act of a corporation or of its founder intended as a permanent rule",
      ": an international instrument setting up an agency and regulating its scope or authority",
      ": law sense 4",
      ": a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government \u2014 see also code , statutory law",
      ": an act of a corporation or its founder intended as a permanent rule",
      ": an international instrument setting up an agency and regulating its scope or authority"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sta-(\u02cc)ch\u00fct",
      "-ch\u0259t",
      "\u02c8sta-ch\u00fct",
      "\u02c8sta-ch\u00fct"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "act",
      "bill",
      "constitution",
      "enactment",
      "law",
      "ordinance"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The state legislature passed the statute by an overwhelming margin.",
      "business practices that are prohibited by statute",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Updating the statute is part of the legislative justification to investigate the Capitol attack. \u2014 Bart Jansen, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
      "The court also found no compelling interest to justify the statute . \u2014 Jack Greiner, The Enquirer , 1 June 2022",
      "Another potential issue is that the statute that created the Reedy Creek District specifies that the state isn't allowed to eliminate it without paying off its bond debt, which is upwards of $1 billion. \u2014 Tax Notes Staff, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "At oral arguments, the court\u2019s conservative majority appeared ready to strike down the New York statute and expand Heller\u2019s reasoning outside the home. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 25 May 2022",
      "Importantly, the statute leaves out several kinds of groups that could be considered victims of genocide, as the definition was a compromise between nation states that sought to reflect the experience of Jews killed by Adolf Hitler. \u2014 Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 May 2022",
      "The statute does not give members the right to use HOA bulletin boards or to access the HOA website, for example. \u2014 Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 May 2022",
      "But because Jeudy and the woman who called the Arapahoe County Sheriff\u2019s Office have a 1-month-old daughter, the domestic-violence statute had to be added. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 12 May 2022",
      "The lawsuit claims that Florida lawmakers enacted the statute in violation of the First and 14th Amendments and the contracts and supremacy clauses. \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French estatut , from Late Latin statutum law, regulation, from Latin, neuter of statutus , past participle of statuere to set up, station, from status position, state",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-151452"
  },
  "strike (into)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to take the first step in (a process or course of action) before you actually strike into your speech, you should introduce yourself"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-151511"
  },
  "strategize (about)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to work out the details of (something) in advance strategized about how they would arrange seating if the event had to be moved inside"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-151619"
  },
  "stichtite":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a mineral Mg 6 Cr 2 (OH) 16 (CO 3 ).4H 2 O consisting of a hydrous carbonate and hydroxide of magnesium and chromium"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stik\u02cct\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Robert Sticht \u20201922 Australian metallurgist born in U.S. + English -ite ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-151811"
  },
  "stintingly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a stinting manner"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-152331"
  },
  "stoutly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": strong of character: such as",
      ": brave , bold",
      ": firm , determined",
      ": obstinate , uncompromising",
      ": physically or materially strong:",
      ": sturdy , vigorous",
      ": staunch , enduring",
      ": sturdily constructed : substantial",
      ": forceful",
      ": violent",
      ": bulky in body : fat",
      ": broad in proportion to length : large in diameter",
      ": a very dark, full-bodied ale with a distinctive malty flavor that is typically brewed with unmalted roasted barley",
      ": a fat person",
      ": a clothing size designed for the large figure",
      ": of strong character : brave , determined",
      ": of a strong or lasting sort : sturdy , tough",
      ": having a large body with much fat",
      ": wide and usually thick"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stau\u0307t",
      "\u02c8stau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cast-iron",
      "hard",
      "hard-bitten",
      "hardened",
      "hardy",
      "inured",
      "rugged",
      "strong",
      "sturdy",
      "tough",
      "toughened",
      "vigorous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "delicate",
      "nonhardy",
      "soft",
      "tender",
      "weak"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "He has a stout heart.",
      "His lawyer put up a stout defense in court.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Maximum towing capacity is a stout 9020 to 9520 pounds, depending on the model. \u2014 Drew Dorian, Car and Driver , 8 June 2022",
      "Packing a stout 222 pounds on his frame and boasting a 7-foot wingspan, Griffin has the strength and power to attack the paint as well. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 8 June 2022",
      "At the rear, OLED taillights and four stout tailpipes distinguish the S8 from the A8. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 3 June 2022",
      "The Suns are having their way against their defense that was so stout in the regular season and in the first round versus the Utah Jazz. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 5 May 2022",
      "Service head coach Dan Rufner credited the both goalies for their stout play throughout the game but especially in the scoreless second half. \u2014 Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "In the run game, Johnson is surprisingly stout , sheds blocks and finishes play after play. \u2014 Rob Reischel, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The dug-in defensive positions taken recently by some Russian forces near Kyiv indicate a recognition of the surprisingly stout Ukrainian resistance. \u2014 Robert Burns, ajc , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Our defense was very stout and didn\u2019t give up any more points. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Sep. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Such trees, gnarly and stout , can live for hundreds of years on the harsh, stony landscape of the higher elevations. \u2014 Robert O'harrow Jr., Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
      "Double Astral is a delightfully murky stout brewed with copious amounts of Maverick Chocolate and aged in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels. \u2014 Matt Koesters, The Enquirer , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The newest brewery in the Portland beer scene has taken over the 15-barrel brewhouse and has produced its first beers \u2013 offering up a handful of initial styles ranging from a pilsner, to hazy and West Coast IPAs, and a coffee milk stout . \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "This robust winter milk stout at Goodwood Brewing is brewed with Cholaca \u2014 the liquified form of cocoa. \u2014 Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "Expect Golden State\u2019s stout defense to keep Doncic in check tonight and below this generous prop total. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 18 May 2022",
      "Mike Budenholzer, a two-time NBA coach of the year, has kept the Bucks\u2019 defense stout despite the absence of versatile wing Khris Middleton, who is out with a knee injury. \u2014 Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 May 2022",
      "His stout resume of twenty-somethings includes Juice WRLD, Lil Uzi Vert, Nardo Wick, 42 Dugg, and more. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 10 May 2022",
      "In another medium bowl, combine the stout , wine, butter, oil, preserves, molasses, vanilla, egg and a pinch of salt. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-154931"
  },
  "sterling area":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a former group of countries with currencies tied to the British pound sterling"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1932, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-161350"
  },
  "stand":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to support oneself on the feet in an erect position",
      ": to be a specified height when fully erect",
      ": to rise to an erect position",
      ": to take up or maintain a specified position or posture",
      ": to maintain one's position",
      ": to be in a particular state or situation",
      ": to hold a course at sea",
      ": hesitate",
      ": to have or maintain a relative position in or as if in a graded scale",
      ": to be in a position to gain or lose because of an action taken or a commitment made",
      ": to be a candidate : run",
      ": to rest or remain upright on a base or lower end",
      ": to occupy a place or location",
      ": to remain stationary or inactive",
      ": to gather slowly and remain",
      ": agree , accord",
      ": to exist in a definite written or printed form",
      ": to remain valid or efficacious",
      ": to be available as a sire",
      ": to refuse additional cards (as in blackjack)",
      ": to endure or undergo successfully",
      ": to tolerate without flinching : bear courageously",
      ": to endure the presence or personality of",
      ": to derive benefit or enjoyment from",
      ": to remain firm in the face of",
      ": to submit to",
      ": to perform the duty of",
      ": to participate in (a military formation)",
      ": to pay the cost of (a treat) : pay for",
      ": to cause to stand : set upright",
      ": to make available for breeding",
      ": to have a chance",
      ": to be a symbol for : represent",
      ": to put up with : permit",
      ": to depend on",
      ": to insist on",
      ": to maintain one's position",
      ": to think or act independently",
      ": to exhibit courage, strength, or calm especially in the face of adversity",
      ": to pay the cost of food, drink, or entertainment for others in a group",
      ": a halt for defense or resistance",
      ": an often defensive effort of some duration or degree of success",
      ": a stop made to give a performance",
      ": a town where such a stop is made",
      ": an act of stopping or staying in one place",
      ": a place or post where one stands",
      ": a strongly or aggressively held position especially on a debatable issue",
      ": the place taken by a witness for testifying in court",
      ": a section of the tiered seats for spectators of a sport or spectacle",
      ": the occupants of such seats",
      ": a raised platform (as for a speaker or hunter) serving as a point of vantage",
      ": a small often open-air structure for a small retail business",
      ": a site fit for business opportunity",
      ": a place where a passenger vehicle stops or parks",
      ": hive sense 2",
      ": a frame on or in which something may be placed for support",
      ": a group of plants growing in a continuous area",
      ": a standing posture",
      ": to be in or take an upright position on the feet",
      ": to take up or stay in a specified position or condition",
      ": to rest, remain, or set in a usually vertical position",
      ": to be in a specified place",
      ": to put up with : endure",
      ": to have an opinion",
      ": to stay in effect",
      ": undergo",
      ": to perform the duty of",
      ": to be or remain loyal or true to",
      ": to be present",
      ": to be or get ready to act",
      ": to be a symbol for : represent",
      ": to put up with : permit",
      ": to be easily seen or recognized",
      ": to stay in good condition",
      ": to fail to keep an appointment with",
      ": defend sense 2",
      ": to face boldly",
      ": a structure containing rows of seats for spectators of a sport or spectacle",
      ": a stall or booth often outdoors for a small business",
      ": position entry 1 sense 2",
      ": a group of plants growing near one another",
      ": an act of stopping or staying in one place",
      ": a halt for defense or resistance",
      ": a place or post which a person occupies : station",
      ": a small structure (as a rack or table) on or in which something may be placed",
      ": a raised area (as for speakers or performers)",
      ": to be in a particular state or situation",
      ": to remain valid or effective",
      ": to submit to",
      ": to submit to the judgment of the court",
      ": to assume the rights or obligations of",
      ": to be effectively silent: as",
      ": to exercise the privilege against self-incrimination (as in a trial)",
      ": to raise no objections",
      ": to depend on especially as the basis of an argument or claim",
      ": the place taken by a witness for testifying in court",
      "\u2014 compare bar , bench , dock , sidebar"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stand",
      "\u02c8stand"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "be",
      "bear",
      "lie",
      "sit"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dais",
      "platform",
      "podium",
      "rostrum",
      "stage",
      "tribune"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Screenwriters Earl and Hayward developed the characters on the U.K. stand -up circuit and in a 2017 short, whose director, Jim Archer, takes the helm here as well. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
      "The deal comes more than two years after the actress (n\u00e9 Monique Hicks), 54, sued the streaming giant, accusing the company of offering her less money for a stand -up special than her fellow male or white female comedians. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
      "Another memorable act came from comedian Hayden Kristal, who had the audience cracking up throughout her stand -up set while making jokes about her experiences being hard of hearing. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "Phoenix, however, reinvented the character with Phillips for the 2019 film, which followed the nefarious figure's origins as Arthur Fleck, a struggling clown and aspiring stand -up comic who sends the city into a spiral of violence. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 14 June 2022",
      "The first baseman cruised into third with a stand -up triple, completing the ninth cycle in franchise history and the first since Shohei Ohtani\u2018s against Tampa Bay on June 13, 2019. \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times , 12 June 2022",
      "The stand -up show is set for Saturday, Sept. 3, at the 02 Arena in London. \u2014 Jordan Moreau, Variety , 7 June 2022",
      "Now her latest target is with veteran stand -up comic, actor and radio host D.L. Hughley. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 1 June 2022",
      "Batting eighth in the lineup and hitting .220 on the season with just two extra-base hits to his credit \u2014 both doubles, Lombardi drove a fastball over the center fielder\u2019s head, driving in two on a stand -up triple. \u2014 John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Increasingly, CEOs are using their position to take a stand on hot-button issues, including immigration, global warming, and voting restriction laws. \u2014 Corinne Post, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "Meanwhile, on May 23, another federal appeals court took a very different stand on Florida\u2019s social media law, which is similar in spirit to Texas\u2019s but differs in the details. \u2014 Will Oremus, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s now on the verge of becoming swamped by midterm election politics, when no one on Capitol Hill will be inclined to take a stand on anything with even the faintest aroma of controversy. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
      "Should the Pope take a stronger stand on the war in Ukraine? \u2014 Francis X. Rocca, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "Hughes was the first witness to take the stand on Heard's behalf after Depp's lawyers rested their case Tuesday morning. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 4 May 2022",
      "Hughes was the first witness to take the stand on Heard's behalf after Depp's lawyers rested their case Tuesday morning. \u2014 CBS News , 4 May 2022",
      "Prescription drug pricing, but to the best of my understanding, Congress has taken a stand on the matter. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 3 May 2022",
      "Heard is expected to take the stand on either Tuesday or Wednesday to testify and provide her own account of the relationship. \u2014 Melissa Locker, Time , 2 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-161358"
  },
  "stabilizer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that stabilizes something: such as",
      ": a substance added to another substance (such as an explosive or plastic) or to a system (such as an emulsion) to prevent or retard an unwanted alteration of physical state",
      ": a gyroscope device to keep ships steady in a heavy sea",
      ": an airfoil providing stability for an airplane",
      ": the fixed horizontal member of the tail assembly \u2014 see airplane illustration",
      ": one that stabilizes something",
      ": a substance added to another substance or to a system (as an emulsion) to prevent or retard an unwanted alteration of physical state"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u012b-z\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And then the ship shuddered and began listing to portside, carving a long, slow spiral that was suddenly accelerated as an aft impulse stabilizer failed in a shower of white sparks. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
      "Amid all this, the Fed is expected to act as an economic stabilizer . \u2014 Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "But for this conservation treatment, curators determined that the horizontal stabilizer had been lost after the crash, and its 1919 copy was inaccurate and incorrectly positioned. \u2014 Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "In 2019, Virgin Galactic came close to another catastrophe when a seal on a rear horizontal stabilizer ruptured because a new thermal protection film had been improperly installed. \u2014 New York Times , 11 July 2021",
      "But sometimes the economy\u2019s stabilizer -in-chief can also be a source of turbulence. \u2014 Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "The Federal Reserve\u2019s role as stabilizer -in-chief for the United States\u2019 economy is being tested. \u2014 Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Peterson said the delay in getting Houlton Farms its chocolate powder \u2014 a mix of cocoa, a stabilizer called carrageenan and several other ingredients \u2014 was caused by a tangle of factors, not a shortage of one particular item. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "For most companies, a full China exit is unrealistic; strong business ties between China and developed democracies remain an important overall stabilizer in the relationship. \u2014 Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1909, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-162731"
  },
  "stretch credulity":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to be hard to believe"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-164404"
  },
  "stuffing":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": material used to stuff or fill: such as",
      ": a soft material (such as cotton or polyester) used to fill upholstered furniture, cushions, bedding, etc.",
      ": a seasoned mixture (as of bread crumbs, vegetables, and butter) that is typically placed inside the cavity of a turkey, pepper, etc. and cooked",
      ": a mixture (as of bread crumbs and seasonings) used to stuff a food (as meat or a vegetable)",
      ": material used in filling up something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259-fi\u014b",
      "\u02c8st\u0259-fi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fill",
      "filler",
      "filling",
      "padding",
      "wadding"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Would you like more stuffing ?",
      "never heard of using goose down as stuffing for comforters until she moved to a cold climate",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Fill can get stuck in the zipper when adding or removing stuffing . \u2014 Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 June 2022",
      "Reasonable assumptions were that the rolling and stuffing had caused the bulk of the damage, but conservators soon learned otherwise. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
      "Included was roast turkey with chestnut stuffing , cranberry jelly, sweet potato croquettes and ginger ice sherbet -- just to name a few of the dishes listed. \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "This one's for the folks looking for a twist on the after-Thanksgiving turkey sandwich stacked with all the leftovers -- turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing and cranberry sauce -- on a leftover Parker House roll or soft bread. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "Auditors looking for evidence of channel stuffing try to detect disproportionate returns six to eight weeks after the end of a quarter, said Michael Shaub, an accounting professor at Texas A&M University\u2019s Mays Business School. \u2014 Mark Maurer, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
      "The table is set with glasses of wine, a pan of stuffing , and fall flowers. \u2014 Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com , 20 Nov. 2021",
      "In 2018, Dentsply had been the subject of an SEC investigation over distorted financial reporting and a channel stuffing scheme with one of its distributors. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 11 May 2022",
      "Reupholstering does save the frame, springs and probably some padding and stuffing . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-165104"
  },
  "stubborn child":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a minor (as in the state of Massachusetts) who refuses to submit to the lawful commands of parent or guardian and may be placed in state custodial care \u2014 compare wayward child"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-170931"
  },
  "stupa":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a usually dome-shaped structure (such as a mound) serving as a Buddhist shrine"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00fc-p\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At its peak, the temple boasted a smaller stupa at the front, a room or cell for monks, the podium of a column or pillar, a staircase, vestibule rooms, and a public courtyard that overlooked a road. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Since Wangchuk invented the ice stupa in 2013, he's been teaching villagers in Ladakh how to build their own. \u2014 Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "This is one of the more surprising finds in Bangkok, hidden away in the back of Wat Arun, far from the busy riverfront and scenic main stupa , a major tourist attraction. \u2014 Joe Cummings, CNN , 2 Nov. 2021",
      "One of the oldest stone structures in India, the stupa covering was built to shelter the remains of a Buddha. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 8 Apr. 2021",
      "The hemisphere-like shape known as the stupa is a common sight in Buddhist architecture, and Sanchi Stupa is perhaps the most famous of the ancient examples. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 8 Apr. 2021",
      "All the restoration work on the stupa was being done according to surviving examples on the building\u2019s symmetrical exterior. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2021",
      "In 2016, the stupa was a crumbling stub poking up amid a mound of detritus, its elaborate patterns of arches nearly worn away. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2021",
      "Protesters flowed in from townships on Yangon\u2019s fringes and all over the city, converging on the area around Sule Pagoda, a sparkling golden stupa that is the heart of the city center. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Sanskrit st\u016bpa ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1841, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-172559"
  },
  "stocking":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a usually knit close-fitting covering for the foot and leg",
      ": sock",
      ": something resembling a stocking",
      ": a ring of distinctive color on the lower part of the leg of an animal",
      ": with the feet in stockings but not shoes",
      ": a close-fitting usually knit covering for the foot and leg",
      ": sock entry 1",
      ": a usually knit close-fitting covering for the foot and leg \u2014 see elastic stocking"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4-ki\u014b",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4-ki\u014b",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4k-i\u014b"
    ],
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      "hose",
      "sock"
    ],
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    "examples":[
      "a pair of wool stockings",
      "thick wool stockings designed to be worn with hiking boots",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In 2021, the company gave every employee a Christmas stocking filled with gadgets and toys for their children and spouses. \u2014 Michael Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 18 May 2022",
      "Seasonal surprises on stage are a gift welcomed as much by audiences as an unexpected treat hidden in the toe of a holiday stocking , Director Susan Richter said. \u2014 Philip Potempa, chicagotribune.com , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "The school worked to remove other barriers, which included the installation of a washer and dryer on school grounds and the stocking of feminine hygiene products in the girls\u2019 bathrooms. \u2014 Seamus Mcavoy, Hartford Courant , 8 May 2022",
      "And how our modern meddling\u2014through the stocking of non-native species, land development, and climate change\u2014has hurt native fish populations. \u2014 Ian Dille, Outside Online , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The second spring stocking of rainbow trout in the East Branch of the Rocky River should arrive some time next week. \u2014 D'arcy Egan, cleveland , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "To support the stocking of their full range, the brand\u2019s physical stores follow a strict distribution template, replenishing sizes three to four times a week when necessary. \u2014 Gianluca Russo, refinery29.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Filling the stocking with an orange \u2013 a Christmas tradition from the 19th century \u2013 might be a tribute to the St. Nick of old, wrote Emily Spivack for Smithsonian Magazine. \u2014 Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY , 12 Dec. 2021",
      "The store design was a family affair (undertaken by Roche and her husband), and the stocking of it is too. \u2014 Vogue , 26 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"obsolete stock to cover with a stocking",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-182215"
  },
  "statutably":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a statutable manner : conformably to the statutes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-bl\u0113",
      "-bli"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-182844"
  },
  "stunty":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": characterized by stunts : given to performing stunts : flashy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259nt\u0113",
      "-ti"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-185639"
  },
  "stern walk":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a gallery around the stern of an old-time man-of-war"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-185916"
  },
  "sternwards":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": aft":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259rn-w\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abaft",
      "aft",
      "astern"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "fore",
      "forward"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "a flight attendant hurried sternward to attend to the disturbance"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1832, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163156"
  },
  "stick (to":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to continue doing or using (something) especially when it is difficult to do so",
      ": to not change (a decision, belief, etc.)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-192254"
  },
  "stack up (against ":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to come near or nearer to in character or quality how does the new car stack up against your old one?"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-192934"
  },
  "stouten":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make stout",
      ": to become stout"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stau\u0307-t\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1834, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-194424"
  },
  "steady":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": direct or sure in movement : unfaltering",
      ": firm in position : fixed",
      ": keeping nearly upright in a seaway",
      ": showing little variation or fluctuation : stable , uniform",
      ": not easily disturbed or upset",
      ": constant in feeling, principle, purpose, or attachment",
      ": dependable",
      ": not given to dissipation : sober",
      ": to make or keep steady",
      ": to become steady",
      ": in a steady manner : steadily",
      ": on the course set",
      ": one that is steady",
      ": a boyfriend or girlfriend with whom one goes steady",
      ": firmly fixed in position",
      ": direct or sure in action",
      ": lasting or continuing over time",
      ": not easily upset",
      ": reliable",
      ": to make, keep, or become steady"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ste-d\u0113",
      "\u02c8ste-d\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "constant",
      "dedicated",
      "devoted",
      "devout",
      "down-the-line",
      "faithful",
      "fast",
      "good",
      "loyal",
      "pious",
      "staunch",
      "stanch",
      "steadfast",
      "true",
      "true-blue"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disloyal",
      "faithless",
      "false",
      "fickle",
      "inconstant",
      "perfidious",
      "recreant",
      "traitorous",
      "treacherous",
      "unfaithful",
      "untrue"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "However, the company witnessed a steady rise in its revenue per share, driven by a rise in sales and a drop in its outstanding share count. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "His totals are among the most steady in the game, by season\u2019s end. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
      "Such figures underscore how much riskier retirement is today than for previous generations of workers, the vast majority of whom had employer-provided pensions that legally entitled them to a steady monthly payout after leaving the workforce. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 17 June 2022",
      "The good news is that, for the most part, the timeline has been straight and steady . \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 17 June 2022",
      "Ferrari sold more than 11,000 cars last year, a record that followed eight years of steady increases, broken only by a small decline in 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic. \u2014 Eric Sylvers, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Bring the water to a boil and reduce the heat to maintain a steady simmer. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "But Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com, predicts rates will hold steady . \u2014 Kathy Orton, Anchorage Daily News , 16 June 2022",
      "Nearly all the economists polled by Reuters had expected the SNB to keep rates steady . \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 16 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Eugene Scalia, then the labor secretary, discussed with colleagues right after the attack the need to steady the administration, according to three people familiar with the conversations. \u2014 Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
      "Eugene Scalia, then the labor secretary, discussed with colleagues right after the attack the need to steady the administration, according to three people familiar with the conversations. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
      "With the mask, users can blow up balloons, hold their breath to steady a toy gun, and do several other things. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 1 June 2022",
      "Sanders is accused of taking deliberate aim and shooting victims while using his free hand to steady his weapon, which was outfitted with a switch to fire automatically, Murphy added. \u2014 William Lee, Chicago Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "Jumping into action, a passenger \u2014 identified by Today as passenger Darren Harrison \u2014 climbed into the front seat of the plane, removed the pilot, and helped steady the aircraft. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 12 May 2022",
      "Those issues would emerge again after the half, just as USC seemed to steady its shaky start. \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "After the Gators opened the half with a 7-2 run, Tshiebwe scored seven unanswered points to steady the Wildcats. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "This is the busiest week of earnings reporting season, and the parade of companies delivering better profits than expected for the last quarter continued to grow Tuesday, helping to steady the market somewhat. \u2014 Stan Choe, Star Tribune , 27 Oct. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "The system worked great in busy traffic, staying steady around corners at 75 mph and smoothly changing lanes on its own. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 10 May 2022",
      "Jensen\u2019s Schoenstein thinks that\u2019s unlikely for steady -growing Microsoft. \u2014 Anne Sraders, Fortune , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "Like a steady -flowing river, WANs deliver continuous service, even during peak hours. \u2014 David Joosten, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "Zucchini also contains magnesium, another important mineral that helps keep heart rhythm steady . \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Good Housekeeping , 28 Apr. 2021",
      "Will colleges struggling to hold their enrollments steady become even less selective? \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 10 Mar. 2021",
      "Then in his early 20s, Beasley had already landed a touring gig as part of Sergio M\u00e9ndes\u2019 band but was trying to work his way into steady -paying studio sessions. \u2014 Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2021",
      "Staying steady through waves of uncertainty is kind of her superpower. \u2014 Macaela Mackenzie, Glamour , 27 May 2020",
      "However, Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 index held steady , gaining 1.9% by midday Monday. \u2014 Elaine Kurtenbach, USA TODAY , 23 Mar. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But the Scenic Eclipse's cutting-edge oversize stabilizers held her steady . \u2014 Christopher P. Baker, Travel + Leisure , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Lue has had the steady of hand of starting point guard Reggie Jackson to help steer the Clippers along with center Ivica Zubac. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Keeping the price steady could help in an economy that's still dealing with the ongoing pandemic, but Xbox's strategy is less focused on selling new hardware than Sony's (SNE). \u2014 Shannon Liao, CNN , 9 Sep. 2020",
      "Officials voted to hold their benchmark rate steady in a range between 1.5% and 1.75% at the meeting after cutting it by a quarter percentage point at each of its previous three meetings. \u2014 Nick Timiraos, WSJ , 3 Jan. 2020",
      "As slack vanishes, job growth slows, the employment rate reaches full-employment levels, and wage growth steadies at rates consistent with productivity growth. \u2014 Edward P. Lazear, WSJ , 18 June 2019",
      "Production eventually steadies , but at much lower levels. \u2014 Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post , 10 Nov. 2019",
      "Opening the annual session of China\u2019s legislature on Tuesday, Premier Li Keqiang laid out plans to fend off risks in the economy and keep the nation\u2019s jobless rate steady . \u2014 Lingling Wei, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2019",
      "The break-even rate refers to the amount of monthly payroll gains needed to keep the jobless rate steady . \u2014 Michael S. Derby, WSJ , 14 Nov. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
      "Adverb",
      "circa 1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1792, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-195627"
  },
  "strip lighting":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a type of lighting that uses long white tubes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-204119"
  },
  "sterlet":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small sturgeon ( Acipenser ruthenus ) found especially in the Caspian sea and its rivers and highly esteemed for its flavor and its caviar"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259rl\u0259\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Russian sterlyad' , of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German sturio sturgeon",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-210812"
  },
  "staunch":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": steadfast in loyalty or principle",
      ": watertight , sound",
      ": strongly built : substantial",
      ": to check or stop the flowing of",
      ": to stop the flow of blood from (a wound)",
      ": to stop or check in its course",
      ": to make watertight : stop up",
      ": allay , extinguish",
      ": strongly built : substantial",
      ": loyal , steadfast"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u022fnch",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4nch",
      "\u02c8st\u022fnch",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4nch",
      "\u02c8st\u022fnch",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4nch"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "constant",
      "dedicated",
      "devoted",
      "devout",
      "down-the-line",
      "faithful",
      "fast",
      "good",
      "loyal",
      "pious",
      "steadfast",
      "steady",
      "true",
      "true-blue"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disloyal",
      "faithless",
      "false",
      "fickle",
      "inconstant",
      "perfidious",
      "recreant",
      "traitorous",
      "treacherous",
      "unfaithful",
      "untrue"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "She is a staunch advocate of women's rights.",
      "He's a staunch believer in the value of regular exercise.",
      "I'm one of his staunchest supporters.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The post drew 70 comments in response, many of them offering staunch support for Snarski. \u2014 Gavin Good, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "Local leaders pointed to the efforts of military and civilian law enforcement agencies and the staunch support of the city\u2019s residents. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022",
      "Darmanin has polarized the electorate with a staunch support for the French police, gaining strong support from influential police unions while alienating much of the left. \u2014 Rim-sarah Alouane, CNN , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "So Vice President Kamala Harris was at the Munich Security Conference and met with Zelenskyy and reaffirmed the US's support, staunch support, for Ukraine. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "In both 2018 and 2020, Hagedorn touted his staunch support for Trump and conservative positions. \u2014 Steve Karnowski, ajc , 19 Feb. 2022",
      "Germany\u2019s staunch support for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia, despite opposition from allies, undermines the West\u2019s response to Vladimir Putin\u2019s designs to dominate Eastern Europe. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "The differing treatment underscores the West\u2019s staunch support for the Belarusian opposition \u2014 and illustrates the harsh moral choices being made by European countries determined to resist migration from other continents. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "For instance, both have voiced staunch support for having social workers and clinicians respond to emergency calls involving mental health situations, which police have typically handled in the past. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-213017"
  },
  "storage":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": space or a place for storing",
      ": an amount stored",
      ": memory sense 4",
      ": the act of storing : the state of being stored",
      ": the safekeeping of goods in a depository (such as a warehouse)",
      ": the price charged for keeping goods in a storehouse",
      ": the production by means of electric energy of chemical reactions that when allowed to reverse themselves generate electricity again without serious loss",
      ": space or a place for putting things for future use or for safekeeping",
      ": the act of putting things somewhere especially for future use : the state of being stored"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u022fr-ij",
      "\u02c8st\u022fr-ij"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "depository",
      "depot",
      "magazine",
      "repository",
      "storehouse",
      "warehouse"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Her new house is much smaller, so she had to rent additional storage .",
      "We need to get our furniture out of storage .",
      "the body's storage of fat",
      "the storage of nuclear waste",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Building flexibility into business strategies is important to meet consumer demand, and so is having plans for storage space. \u2014 Shawn Clark, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "The detached, two-story garage was originally a carriage house and can accommodate two vehicles and plenty of storage space. \u2014 cleveland , 3 June 2022",
      "Famously, the Final Fantasy series jumped from Nintendo to PlayStation for the larger storage space on the CD-ROM format, forgoing the Nintendo 64\u2032s miscalculated bet on cartridges. \u2014 Gene Park, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
      "Similarly, my sister-in-law wanted to upgrade from her 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport to something a little bit bigger, but with a similar price range and without third row seats to capitalize on the storage space. \u2014 Marc Grasso, Hartford Courant , 28 May 2022",
      "But Norr\u00f8na\u2019s Trolley duffel offers a cavernous 120 liters of storage space, thanks to a simple yet smart design feature that nixes the telescoping handle\u2014and therefore the internal frame\u2014in favor of flat-lying handles sewn into the top. \u2014 Kaelyn Lynch, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
      "Companies such as Adobe and Oracle have suspended operations there, and there are concerns that Russia could soon run out of data storage space. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
      "Its huge boxy hood instead covers a massive storage space. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 11 May 2022",
      "People have long prized having storage space in the back of their cars, whether for stashing tools or tailgating. \u2014 Nora Eckert, WSJ , 6 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-215344"
  },
  "stanchless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": that cannot be stanched",
      ": ceaseless"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" stanch entry 1 + -less ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-220041"
  },
  "stun":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze",
      ": to shock with noise",
      ": to overcome especially with paralyzing astonishment or disbelief",
      ": the effect of something that stuns : shock",
      ": to make dizzy or senseless by or as if by a blow",
      ": to affect with shock or confusion : fill with disbelief",
      ": to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259n",
      "\u02c8st\u0259n",
      "\u02c8st\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "daze",
      "rock"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The angry criticism stunned them.",
      "His old friends were stunned at his success.",
      "She sat in stunned disbelief.",
      "There was a stunned expression on her face.",
      "weapons that can stun people temporarily",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Duran, who entered the at-bat hitting .304, got his first extra-base hit off a left-handed pitcher all season to stun the Tigers. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
      "Shield Bash will no longer stun enemies in Overwatch 2. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Zack Riley hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh to stun Harrison County, 5-4, in the quarterfinals. \u2014 James Weber, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
      "But again, even with new technology, the flash-bangs were not strong enough to stun or disable. \u2014 David Hambling, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022",
      "Home field advantage will give PRP an edge over the visiting Mustangs, but the Panthers will need more than that to stun McCracken County. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 9 May 2022",
      "The trade between the Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins managed to stun NFL insiders, following seismic jolts in Denver, Cleveland and Las Vegas. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Notre Dame\u2019s Dara Mabrey, a senior guard, hit five 3-pointers in the first quarter that seemed to stun Oklahoma, a team that developed a reputation during the regular season for its own 3-point shooting. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Blast fishing, which uses explosives to stun and collect fish, is outlawed in much of the world but remains widespread across Southeast Asia and other regions. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Sheikh, who offers other personal defense items such as pepper spray and stun guns, dismisses that charge. \u2014 Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News , 12 June 2022",
      "Those orders, which came as part of a series of reforms dictated by the city\u2019s consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice, included that officers are required to carry less-lethal weapons, including stun guns, pepper spray and batons. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
      "Body-camera footage of the incident show police using stun guns before dragging and hitting Ronald Greene, according to footage previously obtained and released by the Associated Press. \u2014 Jon Kamp, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
      "As Fortune\u2019s Eamon Barrett wrote Tuesday, the CEO of Axon Enterprise, a company formerly known as Taser, wants to place drones equipped with stun guns in the ceilings of classrooms across the country. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
      "Police are given latitude to shoot people or use stun guns when the need arises. \u2014 Brendan Farrington, Orlando Sentinel , 7 June 2022",
      "The district had confiscated close to 100 weapons on school campuses or buses since the beginning of the school year, including dozens of handguns, knives, brass knuckles, BB guns, stun guns and tasers, according to the documents. \u2014 Leon Stafford, ajc , 28 May 2022",
      "Multnomah County jail deputies are twice as likely to punch, restrain and use pepper spray or stun guns against Black inmates than white inmates, an audit released Wednesday found. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "All officers were also required to complete a refresher course on stun guns, followed by an exam, officials said. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
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      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1727, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-222955"
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      "combining form"
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      ": twisting : turning"
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    "history_and_etymology":"Greek, from strephein to twist turn",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-224600"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an implement on runners with knives cutting cornstalks or stubble at the ground surface for burning (as in the control of the European corn borer)"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-224640"
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  "sticktight":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": bur marigold"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stik-\u02cct\u012bt"
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1841, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-230913"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": resembling a stalk"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-233901"
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  "steal (from)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
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      "to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully little wonder that the store went out of business, as its employees had been stealing from it for years"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-234251"
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    "type":[
      "idiom"
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    "definitions":[
      ": to be very obvious"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-234516"
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      "Definition of stums present tense third person singular of stum plural of stum"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-000200"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a fund maintained by a government to control the foreign exchange quotation of its currency"
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    "examples":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-001621"
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    "type":[
      "verb"
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      ": to cause (someone) to feel a strong emotion and a desire to do something",
      ": to cause (something) to move up into and through the air or water",
      ": to cause (something, usually something bad or unpleasant) to happen"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-001912"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": conceited , snobbish",
      ": vain sense 2 , conceited"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259k-\u02c8\u0259p",
      "\u02c8st\u0259k-\u02c8\u0259p"
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      "assured",
      "biggety",
      "biggity",
      "bigheaded",
      "complacent",
      "conceited",
      "consequential",
      "egoistic",
      "egoistical",
      "egotistic",
      "egotistical",
      "important",
      "overweening",
      "pompous",
      "prideful",
      "proud",
      "self-conceited",
      "self-important",
      "self-opinionated",
      "self-satisfied",
      "smug",
      "swellheaded",
      "vain",
      "vainglorious"
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    "antonyms":[
      "egoless",
      "humble",
      "modest",
      "uncomplacent"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1829, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-002140"
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  "stuffer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that stuffs",
      ": an enclosure (such as a leaflet) inserted in an envelope in addition to a bill, statement, or notice",
      ": a series of extra threads or yarn running lengthwise in a fabric to add weight and bulk and to form a backing especially for carpets"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259-f\u0259r"
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      "cormorant",
      "glutton",
      "gorger",
      "gormandizer",
      "gourmand",
      "hog",
      "overeater",
      "pig",
      "swiller"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the different kinds of hot dog eaters: the stuffer who downs it in two bites; the nibbler; the mustard loader",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And so is the run- stuffer who help solidify the interior of their defensive line. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "The Ravens have agreed to a three-year deal with defensive tackle Michael Pierce, the team announced Thursday, bringing the run stuffer back to Baltimore on the day another reunion fell apart. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The sausage stuffer tubes come in three sizes and the food grinder accessory contains four grinding discs of different calibers. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 3 May 2021",
      "Chicago does not have a dominant interior run stuffer . \u2014 Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "Davis, a 6-foot-6, 340-pound run- stuffer is starting to show up on some Heisman Trophy lists. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 30 Oct. 2021",
      "Jordan Lathon was a stat- stuffer supreme with six points, nine rebounds and 10 assists from the point-guard spot. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 Dec. 2021",
      "Rookie second-round pick Christian Barmore is starting to draw some notice as a run- stuffer , with strong performances against the Cowboys and Jets the past two weeks. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "Kerstein, who received an offer from Vermont during the summer, was a stat- stuffer in her first two seasons. \u2014 Bob Narang, chicagotribune.com , 19 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-003835"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": spotted spurge"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-005511"
  },
  "stroller":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an itinerant actor",
      ": vagrant , tramp",
      ": one that strolls",
      ": a collapsible carriage designed as a chair in which a small child may be pushed",
      ": a small carriage in which a baby can sit and be pushed around"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u014d-l\u0259r",
      "\u02c8str\u014d-l\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "drifter",
      "gadabout",
      "gypsy",
      "knockabout",
      "maunderer",
      "nomad",
      "rambler",
      "roamer",
      "rover",
      "vagabond",
      "wanderer",
      "wayfarer"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "I met a few strollers on the beach.",
      "back in olden days when strollers and vagabonds wandered the Scottish countryside",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Emma Carey, 32, listened at the front of the crowd with a baby stroller carrying her 4-month-old son, Jack. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 June 2022",
      "End the night with an all-ages, stroller -friendly Ghosts of New Orleans walking tour. \u2014 Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping , 19 May 2022",
      "There also is a stroller division in which the top man and woman finisher will win an award. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 3 May 2022",
      "There is even a stroller -friendly loop around the visitor\u2019s center. \u2014 Michael Goldstein, Forbes , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "This mobile charging device, which has enough oomph to charge up a phone multiple times, also doubles as a bag hook for the stroller handle and can hold up to 25 pounds. \u2014 Sam Dangremond And Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "In addition to adjustability and a swivel front wheel, Gardiner also shouts out storage space as another key feature on any baby stroller worth running with. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Decades later, her stroller project is being used at train stations in border towns in Poland. \u2014 Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Another man walks by dragging a blue carry-on in one hand and a baby stroller with a bag of diapers in the other. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1608, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-011311"
  },
  "stirrup-vase":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": pseudamphora"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-015543"
  },
  "stipend":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u012b-\u02ccpend",
      "-p\u0259nd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "emolument",
      "hire",
      "packet",
      "pay",
      "pay envelope",
      "paycheck",
      "payment",
      "salary",
      "wage"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He receives a small stipend for his work as a research fellow.",
      "the stipend you'll receive as an intern will just barely cover your housing costs",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As trustee, Jones came under fire for receiving both a trustee salary and a stipend from a nonprofit affiliated with the township fire department. \u2014 Amelia Pak-harvey, The Indianapolis Star , 9 May 2022",
      "Syrian refugees receive a stipend from the United Nations for heating. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "His former roommate at McMaster, Matt Vukovic, said Gueorguiev\u2019s decision to leave the university was motivated in part by his receiving a sponsorship and stipend in 2015 from the biking company Blackburn. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Oct. 2021",
      "Interns will receive a $750 weekly stipend , Fortune reported. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 6 June 2022",
      "Housing in Austin and a weekly stipend are included. \u2014 Ellise Shafer, Variety , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Another program participant, Lisa Chin, uses some of her stipend to pay for transportation to her baby's doctor's appointments. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 25 May 2022",
      "But all that history seemed in peril last fall, when the Atran Foundation, which has been funding CYCO through grants since 1956, decided to cut off its stipend . \u2014 Julia Gergely, sun-sentinel.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "The company boosted its wellness stipend from $700 to $3,000. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 14 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, alteration of stipendy , from Latin stipendium , from stip-, stips gift + pendere to weigh, pay",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-022435"
  },
  "stroop":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of stroop variant spelling of stroup"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-022604"
  },
  "strip map":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a map (as for an aviator) showing only a narrow band of territory (such as 500 miles long and 10 miles wide)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" strip entry 3 ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-023523"
  },
  "stuck":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of stuck past tense and past participle of stick"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-023712"
  },
  "stated account":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": account stated"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-032704"
  },
  "stocking cap":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a long knitted cone-shaped cap with a tassel or pom-pom worn especially for winter sports or play"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Photos contained in the affidavit show the person identified as Gould at several points inside the building, often alongside Laurens, who wore a distinctive, bright-orange stocking cap . \u2014 Chris Joyner, ajc , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Tim, who traded his cowboy hat for an 1883 stocking cap , shared some tidbits with his fans on Instagram. \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "The suspect is described as a Black man, 50 to 59 years old, in a stocking cap , black sunglasses and a gray coat and carrying a blue bag. \u2014 Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Ford maintains a slender build and youthful appearance, roaming L.A. Live on a recent day in a black stocking cap , blue hoodie, gray basketball shorts and white leggings. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Dec. 2021",
      "In one photo posted on Twitter, Ryan wears an American flag scarf and Trump stocking cap in front of a broken Capitol building window while holding up a peace sign. \u2014 Rick Rouan, USA TODAY , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "Officers were unable to locate the suspect, described as a male in his 20s wearing a black trench coat and black stocking cap . \u2014 Star Tribune Staff, Star Tribune , 24 Apr. 2021",
      "Then, a young woman wearing only a face mask and stocking cap appeared. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Apr. 2021",
      "With Bridgewater watching from the sideline in a stocking cap , Walker threw three interceptions of his own. \u2014 Luke Johnson, NOLA.com , 3 Jan. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1897, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-033040"
  },
  "stake":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a pointed piece of wood or other material driven or to be driven into the ground as a marker or support",
      ": a post to which a person is bound for execution by burning",
      ": execution by burning at a stake",
      ": something that is staked for gain or loss",
      ": the prize in a contest",
      ": an interest or share in an undertaking or enterprise",
      ": a Mormon territorial jurisdiction comprising a group of wards",
      ": grubstake",
      ": stakes race",
      ": at issue : in jeopardy",
      ": to mark the limits of by or as if by stakes",
      ": to tether to a stake",
      ": bet , wager",
      ": to fasten up or support (something, such as a plant) with stakes",
      ": to back financially",
      ": grubstake",
      ": to assert a title or right to something by or as if by placing stakes usually to satisfy a legal requirement",
      ": a pointed piece (as of wood) that is driven into the ground as a marker or a support for something",
      ": a post to which a person is tied to be put to death by burning",
      ": something that is put up to be won or lost in gambling",
      ": the prize in a contest",
      ": share entry 1 sense 1 , interest",
      ": in a position to be lost if something goes wrong",
      ": bet entry 2 sense 1",
      ": to mark the limits of by stakes",
      ": to fasten or support (as plants) with stakes",
      ": to give money to in order to help (as with a project)",
      ": the subject matter (as property or an obligation) of an interpleader",
      ": an interest or share in an especially commercial undertaking"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101k",
      "\u02c8st\u0101k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "claim",
      "interest",
      "share"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bankroll",
      "capitalize",
      "endow",
      "finance",
      "fund",
      "subsidize",
      "underwrite"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Joan of Arc was burned at the stake .",
      "a poker game with high stakes",
      "The stakes are too high.",
      "Verb",
      "She staked the tomatoes to keep them from falling over.",
      "the actor staked the entire production of the film with his own money",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "At stake for JetBlue is possibly its best bet for a fast track to growth that would position it as a more formidable competitor to the four major carriers that dominate the U.S. market. \u2014 Mary Schlangenstein, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
      "At stake for Pereira, 27, is a chance to become the first PGA Tour rookie to win a major since Keegan Bradley in the 2011 PGA Championship. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 21 May 2022",
      "There is much at stake for a Bananas franchise looking beyond the confines of summer college ball. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
      "Much remains at stake for both Iran and Russia in the coming months, as negotiators mull a return to the nuclear deal and a path to peace in Ukraine. \u2014 Miriam Berger, Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "If the Tigers win, the player will get back their $200 stake plus winnings generated by the winning moneyline bet. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 30 May 2022",
      "Roman suggests people who own guns and oppose gun control have a louder voice in the political process because of their personal stake on the issue. \u2014 Hannah Fingerhut, ajc , 27 May 2022",
      "Eventually, the main net will migrate to proof-of- stake from its current proof-of-work consensus mechanism. \u2014 Dan Runkevicius, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "The merge plans to shift Ethereum from a proof-of-work network to proof-of- stake , making the blockchain more energy efficient. \u2014 Taylor Locke, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Heading into 2022, crypto deal making was hot as companies sought to stake positions in an evolving industry. \u2014 Gregory Zuckerman, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
      "Lido is the world's biggest liquid staking protocol, allowing users to stake their coins while retaining the liquidity that can be used across the DeFi space to earn extra yield. \u2014 Omkar Godbole, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "The company became Meta last year to stake a flag in the nascent metaverse world. \u2014 Alyson Shontell, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
      "Can Castroneves go back-to-back and stake his claim as the best driver in Indy history? \u2014 Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY , 29 May 2022",
      "The historic nature of Oscar Tshiebwe's 2021-22 season was well established before Tuesday, but now the junior forward can stake a claim to an honor no other Kentucky basketball player had previously earned. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Now Desmond and Pignataro would stake their fortunes on Canouan\u2019s future in Saladino\u2019s stead. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Since losing 27-3 to the Titans to drop to 3-4, the Chiefs (13-5) have won 10 of their past 11 games to once again stake their claim as the best team in the league. \u2014 C.j. Doon, baltimoresun.com , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "With two outs in a 3-3 tie in the fourth inning, Dunckel singled up the middle to score two and stake the Lopes to a 5-3 lead. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 21 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-035335"
  },
  "stepparenting":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": parenting by a stepparent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8step-\u02ccper-\u0259n-ti\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1977, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-035523"
  },
  "stick 'em up":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of stick 'em up informal \u2014 used to tell someone to raise his or her hands especially when pointing a gun at him or her"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-041151"
  },
  "stubborn":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unreasonably or perversely unyielding : mulish",
      ": justifiably unyielding : resolute",
      ": suggestive or typical of a strong stubborn nature",
      ": performed or carried on in an unyielding, obstinate , or persistent manner",
      ": difficult to handle, manage, or treat",
      ": lasting",
      ": refusing to change an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or urging",
      ": persistent",
      ": difficult to handle, manage, or treat"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259-b\u0259rn",
      "\u02c8st\u0259-b\u0259rn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adamant",
      "adamantine",
      "bullheaded",
      "dogged",
      "hard",
      "hard-nosed",
      "hardened",
      "hardheaded",
      "headstrong",
      "immovable",
      "implacable",
      "inconvincible",
      "inflexible",
      "intransigent",
      "mulish",
      "obdurate",
      "obstinate",
      "opinionated",
      "ossified",
      "pat",
      "pertinacious",
      "perverse",
      "pigheaded",
      "self-opinionated",
      "self-willed",
      "stiff-necked",
      "unbending",
      "uncompromising",
      "unrelenting",
      "unyielding",
      "willful",
      "wilful"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acquiescent",
      "agreeable",
      "amenable",
      "compliant",
      "complying",
      "flexible",
      "pliable",
      "pliant",
      "relenting",
      "yielding"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Her manager, Susie Myerson (Alex Borstein), spends the majority of the eight episodes trying to convince Midge to not be so stubborn and reconsider her stance, to no avail. \u2014 Christy Pi\u00f1a, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "If the problem is particularly stubborn , Revivex\u2019s Odor Eliminator ($9/10 ounces) or Defunkify\u2019s Odor Shield ($15/load) are worth a shot as a single treatment. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 17 July 2021",
      "The Ukraine war, the virus that won\u2019t go away and inflation that may be more stubborn than the Fed thinks\u2014all could do mischief with our hopes and expectations. \u2014 Larry Light, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "High inflation has proved far more stubborn than many economists had expected. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
      "Yellowstone\u2019s John Dutton, a man even more stubborn about expressing his feelings than Tony. \u2014 Ben Rosenstock, Time , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "But for the more stubborn holdouts and outright denialists, a harder line will be necessary. \u2014 Gilad Edelman, Wired , 28 July 2021",
      "There are other issues, of course, on which opinions have not shifted and some, such as regulation of guns, on which already formidable partisan divides have grown even deeper and seemingly more stubborn in recent years. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2021",
      "For more stubborn clean-ups, rinse the skillet in hot water and first use a stiff, non-abrasive brush. \u2014 Samantha Rees, Vogue , 8 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English stibourne, stuborn ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-041231"
  },
  "stretcher":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that stretches",
      ": a device or machine for stretching or expanding something",
      ": an exaggerated story : a tall tale",
      ": a brick or stone laid with its length parallel to the face of the wall",
      ": a timber or rod used especially when horizontal as a tie in framed work",
      ": a device for carrying a sick, injured, or dead person",
      ": a rod or bar extending between two legs of a chair or table",
      ": to carry or transport on a stretcher",
      ": a device like a cot used for carrying a sick or injured person",
      ": a device for carrying a sick, injured, or dead person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stre-ch\u0259r",
      "\u02c8stre-ch\u0259r",
      "\u02c8strech-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "They carried her out to the ambulance on a stretcher .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Medic 3 cost $231,000, which also included a new stretcher and loading system, 5-point restraining system, more storage inside and out, a sliding side door, upgraded LED light system and a 6-cyclinder, 7.3 liter gasoline engine. \u2014 cleveland , 6 June 2022",
      "In one of the videos, the man was placed on a stretcher and a Racine Fire Department ambulance took the man away. \u2014 Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 May 2022",
      "His 7-pound body was put on an adult stretcher and he was taken by ambulance to Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte, 25 miles away. \u2014 jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The video showed a pregnant woman being evacuated in a makeshift stretcher , one hand holding her stomach as the other reached for the arm of a man helping to carry her. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "He then was moved on a stretcher and teammates gathered around him in a show of concern. \u2014 Josh Peter, USA TODAY , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "And depending on your priority level, the severity of your injury or illness, waiting to get somebody off of our stretcher can then delay a response to a 911 emergency elsewhere in the community. ... \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "Go to a shoe repair shop and buy a shoe stretcher and a shoe-stretch spray. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "Rescuers carried one body out on a stretcher and another in a blanket. \u2014 Samya Kullab And Tameem Akhgar, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Cut each leg and stretcher slightly oversize and smooth each cut end, bringing the leg to finished dimension. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 16 Jan. 2021",
      "Late in the first quarter of Wednesday's game between the Suns and the Mavericks, Phoenix guard Isaiah Canaan needed to be stretchered off the court after fracturing his left ankle. \u2014 Khadrice Rollins, SI.com , 1 Feb. 2018",
      "Tottenham are awaiting a fitness update on versatile defender Juan Foyth after the 21-year-old was stretchered off with an ankle injury during the pre-season Audi Cup final against Bayern Munich. \u2014 SI.com , 1 Aug. 2019",
      "Dortmund's disappointing afternoon ended with Michy Batshuayi being stretchered off in injury time. \u2014 Afp, chicagotribune.com , 15 Apr. 2018",
      "Laporte was stretchered off in the first half of City\u2019s recent Premier League win over Brighton and subsequently underwent successful surgery. \u2014 SI.com , 13 Sep. 2019",
      "Sabourin, concussed and his nose broken, was stretchered off the ice and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital after colliding with Backes Nov. 2. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 Dec. 2019",
      "The All-Star guard was stretchered off the Bankers Life Fieldhouse court. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, Indianapolis Star , 31 Dec. 2019",
      "Backes, with a substantial record of concussions, promptly made his way to the dressing room when Sabourin was stretchered off the ice. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1973, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-042042"
  },
  "stickability":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": ability to endure or persevere"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccstik\u0259\u02c8bil\u0259t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" stick entry 5 + ability ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-042834"
  },
  "stick to":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to continue doing or using (something) especially when it is difficult to do so",
      ": to not change (a decision, belief, etc.)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-043742"
  },
  "storage battery":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a cell or connected group of cells that converts chemical energy into electrical energy by reversible chemical reactions and that may be recharged by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to that of its discharge",
      ": a battery that can be made capable of being used again by passing an electric current through it"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There have been more than 35 large lithium-ion battery fires since 2018, Paul Christensen, an expert in lithium fires, told the Financial Times, including a 13-ton Tesla megapack storage battery in Victoria Australia that burned for three days. \u2014 Aurora Almendral, Quartz , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "This year, China is aiming to become the first Winter Olympics to achieve carbon neutrality, in a technological showcase of wind and solar energy, hydrogen fuel cell transport, and the world\u2019s largest hydro energy storage battery . \u2014 Aurora Almendral, Quartz , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "But Jim\u2019s car draws from a high-capacity energy storage battery charged by solar panels during daylight hours the day before. \u2014 John Barton, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021",
      "From building the world\u2019s largest storage battery by Tesla in 2017 to record heat and unprecedented wildfires in 2019, Australia appears to be focused on climate change solutions. \u2014 Ian Palmer, Forbes , 26 May 2021",
      "Byrne worked with Swell Energy, a storage energy provider that helps design at-home microgrids using various company products, to build his solar power system using Sunpower solar panels and a Tesla storage battery . \u2014 NBC News , 10 Mar. 2021",
      "An auto generator powered by a storage battery could also be used to drive the propeller. \u2014 Popular Science , 9 Aug. 2020",
      "The result was the world\u2019s first electric storage battery . \u2014 John Fialka, Scientific American , 12 May 2020",
      "But the company's solar power and storage battery business could be a major factor in the performance of Tesla shares, according to a new analyst note. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 19 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1880, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-051309"
  },
  "stabilized":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make stable , steadfast, or firm",
      ": to hold steady: such as",
      ": to maintain the stability of (something, such as an airplane) by means of a stabilizer",
      ": to limit fluctuations of",
      ": to establish a minimum price for",
      ": to become stable, firm, or steadfast",
      ": to make or become unlikely to change suddenly or greatly",
      ": to make stable",
      ": to become stable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
      "\u02c8st\u0101-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The United States could step up front-line first-aid training and advise the Ukrainians on how to set up a network of intermediate mobile hospitals to stabilize the wounded and transport them, former officials said. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022",
      "This helps to stabilize the industry and puts buyers and sellers across the globe on the same page. \u2014 Dennis Mitzner, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "For now, the slow pace of sanctions, Russia\u2019s successful efforts to stabilize its economy and its ability to keep oil and gas flowing overseas have cushioned the blow for Moscow. \u2014 Georgi Kantchev, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Port Washington is evaluating proposals to stabilize the bluff and reopen North Beach. \u2014 Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel , 14 June 2022",
      "Immediately after the shooting, mental health professionals employed an approach called Psychological First Aid, an early intervention designed to stabilize a community and meet basic needs after a crisis, which Brymer helped to develop. \u2014 Jessie Dimartino, ABC News , 2 June 2022",
      "Her father, Michael O\u2019Neil, is involved in efforts to stabilize the school\u2019s finances. \u2014 Nick Anderson, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "One point from the investor call worth considering: As Talkspace tries to stabilize the business and preserve cash, new competitors are cropping up and existing rivals are raising (and spending) huge sums to fuel growth. \u2014 Mohana Ravindranath, STAT , 9 May 2022",
      "Billions of dollars were spent by the international community, including Russia, to stabilize and secure the area. \u2014 Cara Anna And Inna Varenytsia, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1861, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-053707"
  },
  "stakage":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the action of marking channels by stakes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101k\u0227j",
      "-k\u0113j"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" stake entry 2 + -age ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-054529"
  },
  "stifling":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to withhold from circulation or expression",
      ": to cut off (the voice, the breath, etc.)",
      ": deter , discourage",
      ": muffle",
      ": smother",
      ": to kill by depriving of oxygen : suffocate",
      ": to be or become unable to breathe easily",
      ": the joint next above the hock in the hind leg of a quadruped (such as a horse or dog) corresponding to the human knee \u2014 see horse illustration",
      ": to cause or have difficulty in breathing",
      ": to keep in check by effort",
      ": the joint next above the hock in the hind leg of a quadruped (as a horse) corresponding to the knee in humans"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u012b-f\u0259l",
      "\u02c8st\u012b-f\u0259l",
      "\u02c8st\u012b-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "choke",
      "smother",
      "strangle",
      "suffocate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Like Neil Young, who said leaving Spotify wasn\u2019t an attempt to stifle Rogan\u2019s freedom of speech, Gay said the decision to leave Spotify is not about censorship. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "Republicans are eager to win control of both chambers of Congress, which would stifle Biden\u2019s legislative agenda and open the door to a litany of congressional investigations of his administration. \u2014 Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY , 4 May 2022",
      "In the past, corporate leaders were able to convince some Republican politicians that contentious social policy bills would stifle economic activity in their states. \u2014 Steve Contorno, CNN , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "Holloway wrote that tobacco companies handed out free cigarettes in Black housing projects and even donated to civil rights organizations in order to stifle criticism from within the Black community. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 2 May 2022",
      "The combination of the law\u2019s intentional vagueness and severity is meant to stifle criticism of the Russian invasion. \u2014 Stanislav Budnitsky, The Conversation , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Human rights groups and some governments have cited concern over China\u2019s mass detention of ethnic Uyghurs in the northwestern region of Xinjiang and its efforts to stifle criticism in Hong Kong. \u2014 Kim Mackrael, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Anger and anxiety over the Shanghai lockdown, now in its fourth week, has posed a rare challenge for China\u2019s powerful propaganda apparatus, which is central to the Communist Party\u2019s ability to stifle dissent. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The move to outlaw Navalny's movement is part of a sweeping and unprecedented crackdown under Putin to stifle dissent that has intensified in recent months. \u2014 Patrick Reevell, ABC News , 9 June 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Even in a country that is known to stifle dissent, hundreds of demonstrators came out in St. Petersburg on Thursday, at great personal risk, to protest Putin\u2019s invasion. \u2014 Philip Klein, National Review , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "And the pressure to stifle outbreaks can make officials overzealous, prioritizing adherence to the rules no matter the cost. \u2014 Chris Buckley, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "And the pressure to stifle outbreaks can make officials overzealous, prioritizing adherence to the rules no matter the cost. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "But Commissioner Kelly Moden said granny flats have too much potential to help solve the local housing shortage for the city to potentially stifle construction. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "The principles are a response to concerns raised by app developers and lawmakers, who say app stores run by Apple Inc. and others take an unfairly large cut of digital revenues and stifle competition. \u2014 Ryan Tracy, WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "His dramatic 11-yard sack earlier in the fourth quarter helped stifle a drive by Batavia (10-1). \u2014 Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com , 6 Nov. 2021",
      "Critics said that change aimed to stifle shareholders\u2019 voices. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "Red Lines offers vivid examples from around the world indicating the many ways governments, religious authorities, economic interests and others conspire to stifle dissent and silence cartoonists. \u2014 Rob Salkowitz, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1513, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2b",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-055502"
  },
  "stepparent":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person who is a stepmother or stepfather"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8step-\u02ccper-\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The stepparent might help the stepchild with their homework or some other task upon request, but won\u2019t nag the child to focus if they get distracted. \u2014 Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "This could include how kids address stepparents, how often the other parent can communicate when the child isn\u2019t with them, or even children disrespecting the stepparent . \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Gabrielle Union doesn't like to be called a stepparent . \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 21 Nov. 2021",
      "Your position as a stepparent is both an asset and an impediment. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "Your position as a stepparent is both an asset and an impediment. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "Children under the age of 12 and unvaccinated dependent children will be allowed to enter the country with a fully vaccinated parent, stepparent , tutor or guardian who is eligible to enter Canada. \u2014 Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY , 8 Aug. 2021",
      "But my shining moment as a stepparent was this spring, on the soccer field. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 July 2021",
      "Announcing the collaboration on social media, the reality star and entrepreneur said the Games are close to her heart, as her former stepparent Caitlyn Jenner was a gold medal-winning decathlete. \u2014 CNN , 28 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1840, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-060239"
  },
  "stake and bound":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a dead hedge held in place between strong stakes that serves as an obstacle over which horses must jump especially in fox hunting"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-062128"
  },
  "strip method":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a method of conservative lumbering by which timber is cleared in relatively narrow strips through a forest and reproduction on the cleared strips is obtained by the seed sown from the adjoining woodland"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-071444"
  },
  "stand someone/something in good stead":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to be useful or helpful to someone or something"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-071456"
  },
  "stuccowork":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": work done in stucco"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259-k\u014d-\u02ccw\u0259rk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1686, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-072152"
  },
  "stubble quail":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an Australian quail ( Coturnix pectoralis )"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-072437"
  },
  "steppe cat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": manul"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-073516"
  },
  "stiletto heel":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a high thin heel on women's shoes that is narrower than a spike heel"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Photographer Jeff Kravitz captured a moment in which Hudgens's black lace train, extending several feet behind her, appeared to be unwittingly pinned under the stiletto heel of what appears to be an event employee \u2014 note the walkie-talkie. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 2 May 2022",
      "This black patent leather pair has an elegant almond toe and a 3.5-inch stiletto heel . \u2014 Celia Shatzman, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "However, Kate's pick, a pair of Ralph Lauren pointed-toe stiletto heel suede boots, might be our favorite version of the timeless footwear trend. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "But for theatergoers, this show (by twenty-somethings Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss and directed by Moss and Jamie Armitage) is as sharp and shiny as a sequined stiletto heel , and couldn\u2019t have come at a better time. \u2014 Frank Rizzo, Variety , 3 Oct. 2021",
      "But not just any Crocs \u2014 these were Crocs with a thin, black stiletto heel and a $1,000 (\u00a3726) price tag. \u2014 Eliza Huber, refinery29.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "Fashion week reporting resulted in imagining a stiletto heel plunged into a model's eye. \u2014 Jessica Amento, Marie Claire , 20 July 2021",
      "Think of the stiletto heel boot as an alternative to pumps at the office for fall/winter. \u2014 Marina Liao, Marie Claire , 4 May 2021",
      "Think of the stiletto heel boot as an alternative to pumps at the office for fall/winter. \u2014 Marina Liao, Marie Claire , 4 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1953, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-075156"
  },
  "stacked":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having large breasts"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stakt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1949, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-075210"
  },
  "stintless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having no stint : ceaseless , unending"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stintl\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-081133"
  },
  "stouth":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": theft , robbery"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00fcth"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English stulth, stouth , of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse stuldr theft, stela to steal",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-081643"
  },
  "strip mill":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a rolling mill for producing long continuous strips of flat rolled metal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-081654"
  },
  "stroller tan":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": mikado brown"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-084304"
  },
  "stroma":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a compact mass of fungal hyphae producing perithecia or pycnidia",
      ": the colorless proteinaceous matrix of a chloroplast in which the chlorophyll-containing lamellae are embedded",
      ": the supporting framework of an animal organ typically consisting of connective tissue",
      ": the spongy protoplasmic framework of some cells (such as a red blood cell)",
      ": the supporting framework of an animal organ typically consisting of connective tissue",
      ": the spongy protoplasmic framework of some cells (as a red blood cell)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u014d-m\u0259",
      "\u02c8str\u014d-m\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"New Latin stromat-, stroma , from Latin, bed covering, from Greek str\u014dmat-, str\u014dma , from stornynai to spread out \u2014 more at strew ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-094937"
  },
  "stoush":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to hit hard : strike , thrash",
      ": defeat",
      ": fight , brawl , violence"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stau\u0307sh",
      "\""
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Transitive verb",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-102315"
  },
  "stubble plow":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stirring plow with a steep moldboard for stubble land"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-104901"
  },
  "stickage":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act or the fact of sticking : tendency to stick : adhesion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stikij"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" stick entry 5 + -age ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-111708"
  },
  "stalklet":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small or secondary stalk"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0259\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" stalk entry 3 + -let ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-121526"
  },
  "storehouse":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a building for storing goods (such as provisions) : magazine , warehouse",
      ": an abundant supply or source : repository",
      ": a building for storing goods",
      ": a large supply or source"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u022fr-\u02cchau\u0307s",
      "\u02c8st\u022fr-\u02cchau\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "depository",
      "depot",
      "magazine",
      "repository",
      "storage",
      "warehouse"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the company has a large storehouse filled with lumber for manufacturing its line of furniture",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In a series of solos, Onikeku explored philosophical ideas: the isolation of exile, the difference between history and the past, the body as a storehouse of generational memory. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
      "The boreal forests in the Arctic and the Congo rainforest also safeguard, just below the surface, huge deposits of peat, the largest storehouse of carbon on the planet. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The king\u2019s statue, composed of 4,000 pounds of the metal, was a tempting storehouse of potential ammunition. \u2014 Wendy Bellion, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Build a storehouse of knowledge that can respond to challenges aired. \u2014 Simone E. Morris, Forbes , 30 Oct. 2021",
      "Mechanical engineer Brent Yamasaki set out amid the recent blistering heat wave to take stock of the giant dams, pumps and pipes that support Diamond Valley Lake in Riverside County, the largest storehouse of water in Southern California. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2021",
      "For the next decade, the team examined skeletal remains and artifacts recovered from the site, until ISIS razed the dig\u2019s storehouse . \u2014 Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2021",
      "Even such a slow-motion shutdown is momentous because the Emersons will leave an immense storehouse of recordings, prot\u00e9g\u00e9s, and memories plus a legacy of lofty standards. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Vulture , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "Countries and companies doing business with China could be required to use the digital RMB\u2014giving Beijing an unprecedented storehouse of business data. \u2014 Charlie Campbell, Time , 11 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-122740"
  },
  "stomp":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": stamp sense 2",
      ": to walk with a loud heavy step usually in anger",
      ": stamp sense 2",
      ": stamp sense 4",
      ": a jazz dance marked by heavy stamping",
      ": to walk heavily or noisily : stamp"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4mp",
      "\u02c8st\u022fmp",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4mp",
      "\u02c8st\u022fmp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "barge",
      "clump",
      "flog",
      "flounder",
      "galumph",
      "lumber",
      "lump",
      "plod",
      "pound",
      "scuff",
      "scuffle",
      "shamble",
      "shuffle",
      "slog",
      "slough",
      "stamp",
      "stumble",
      "stump",
      "tramp",
      "tromp",
      "trudge"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "breeze",
      "coast",
      "glide",
      "slide",
      "waltz",
      "whisk"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He stomped angrily out of the room.",
      "The fans were stomping their feet and shouting.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "However, the economic impact of the Shanghai lockdown\u2014which hasn\u2019t fully managed to stomp out the virus in the city\u2014has raised questions about the continued viability of such an effort. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Evan Greer, director of Fight for the Future, a digital rights nonprofit advocacy group, said that trying to stomp out specific words on platforms is a fool's errand. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "Of course, the time came to stomp on the brakes as confidence soared and possibilities spiked. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "While cases in Beijing have not surged upwards like Shanghai, authorities in the city have failed to completely stomp them out with several dozens being reported every day. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "In spite of everything trying to stomp it out, life persists. \u2014 Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Not to necessarily stomp on an opponent that had survived the play-in round just 39 hours earlier. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Another exercise with Schimmelpfennig includes telling the nurses to stomp their feet twice and breathe. \u2014 Adrienne Broaddus, CNN , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "These days, even the nicest person in the world could die and some people would still stomp on their (virtual) grave. \u2014 David Oliver, USA TODAY , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Fists pump, arms flail, shoulders shimmy, hips swivel, feet stomp ; every body part explores space. \u2014 Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
      "The brute then begins to foot- stomp the woman \u2013 and does so seven times \u2013 and spits on her, according to police and the video. \u2014 Fox News , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "The temptation is to grab them off the offending wearer\u2019s face and stomp on them, but one recognizes that this would not be courteous. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Around Jordan\u2019s last stomp , the shooter got out of the car, circled Jordan and shot Thomas in the head. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Play Bocce, stomp grapes and eat pasta at the Arkansas Italian Food and Wine Festival. \u2014 Nyssa Kruse, Arkansas Online , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "In our hyperpartisan era, the play\u2019s reflections on conformism, groupthink and ideological contagion pack a wallop like a 5,000-pound pachyderm\u2019s stomp . \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "His main combat tactic of choice is a sword in one hand and an axe in the other while spamming a frost stomp move to damage enemies. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "The stomp , completely with handclaps, praises the Lord for southern women and crispy chicken and other things that make life worth living. \u2014 Melinda Newman, Billboard , 8 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1803, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-122919"
  },
  "stuckling":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an apple turnover"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259kl\u0259\u0307n",
      "\u02c8stu\u0307k-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-123331"
  },
  "strong suit":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something in which one excels : forte",
      ": a long suit containing high cards"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "forte",
      "long suit",
      "m\u00e9tier",
      "metier",
      "speciality",
      "specialty",
      "thing"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "languages are definitely the diplomat's strong suit",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But compatibility has always been a strong suit for SteelSeries. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 24 May 2022",
      "Detailed timelines of how seismic events occur aren\u2019t going to be a strong suit . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "Corner and free kick plays aren\u2019t a strong suit for the Pride, but the team has converted several in highlight-worthy style, including Ashlyn Harris\u2019 long-shot equalizing assist to Sydney Leroux against Racing Louisville. \u2014 Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "Then again, perfection has never been the Red Hot Chili Peppers\u2019 strong suit . \u2014 A.d. Amorosi, Variety , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Media literacy is clearly not Joe Rogan\u2019s strong suit . \u2014 Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "The defense is UConn\u2019s strong suit this season, especially without Paige Bueckers. \u2014 Alexa Philippou, courant.com , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "By the looks of it, Rihanna and her crew have yet to arrive\u2014because when has timekeeping ever been her strong suit ? \u2014 Chioma Nnadi, Vogue , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Putting emotions on paper is her strong suit , Davis says, and that translates to lyrics and rhymes with a powerful flow. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 3 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1742, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-130617"
  },
  "stuntwoman":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a woman who doubles for an actress during the filming of stunts and dangerous scenes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259nt-\u02ccwu\u0307-m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Phythian, who became a successful martial artist, stuntwoman and actor, married Marke in 2015. \u2014 al , 11 May 2022",
      "Phythian, who became a successful martial artist, stuntwoman and actor, married Marke in 2015. \u2014 Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
      "The young Estelle, training to become a stuntwoman , still doesn\u2019t have the answer and dreams of powerful women\u2019s roles. \u2014 Trinidad Barleycorn, Variety , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "His wife, stuntwoman and fellow magician Anastasia Synn, confirmed the news to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. \u2014 Andrea Towers, EW.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Another audacious stunt by Emirates, which for the second time has sent a stuntwoman in full flight attendant uniform to a tiny perch some 830 meters up the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. \u2014 Maureen O'hare, CNN , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "The show, which Cin\u00e9t\u00e9v\u00e9 is producing with Canal Plus, revolves around Anna, a 30 year-old stuntwoman who\u2019s expecting her first child with her boyfriend before falling in love with a famous actress during a film shoot. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 28 Nov. 2021",
      "This also allowed Ridloff to flaunt her running prowess on-screen instead of using a stuntwoman or stand-in. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "Now watch a Marvel stuntwoman 's entire (and very cool) daily routine: Follow Allure on Instagram and Twitter, or subscribe to Allure's newsletter for daily beauty stories delivered right to your inbox. \u2014 Sarah Han, Allure , 16 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1948, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-132913"
  },
  "storehouse beetle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a ptinid beetle ( Gibbium psylloides ) that has a cosmopolitan distribution and is injurious to most animal and vegetable foods"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-133242"
  },
  "strip mine":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a mine that is worked from the earth's surface by the stripping of overburden",
      ": a coal mine situated along the outcrop of a flat dipping bed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The 80-year-old security guard gunned down at work at a western Jefferson County strip mine is being remembered as a man a faith, wisdom and a great love for his large family. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 29 Nov. 2021",
      "Both worked at the same active strip mine in western Jefferson County. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "Money said both victims worked at the Blue Creek Road location as security guards at an active strip mine . \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "Flight 93 went down on the barren site of an old strip mine , where generations of laborers had extracted bituminous coal. \u2014 Paige Williams, The New Yorker , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "While upholding parts of the BLM\u2019s analysis, Barlow faulted the agency for touting the strip mine \u2019s economic impact without also examining what carbon pollution is doing to global climate systems. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 Mar. 2021",
      "On first blush, crafting almost commands the player to see the island as a mere strip mine \u2014not to mention neighboring islands visited only for resource extraction and then forgotten forever. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 15 Apr. 2020",
      "The Navajo company bought the 275-worker Spring Creek strip mine along the Wyoming border and two mines in Wyoming last year from bankrupt Cloud Peak Energy. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Mar. 2020",
      "Kentucky Humane Society President Lori Redmon said there are three additional surviving horses near the strip mine . \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1926, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-134634"
  },
  "staumrel":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": half-witted"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stamr\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Scots staumer to stagger, stumble (alteration of stammer entry 1 ) + -el"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-135016"
  },
  "stion":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a plant consisting of a stock and a scion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u012b\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "st(ock) + sc ion"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-135630"
  },
  "stallage":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the right of erecting a stall in a fair",
      ": rent or toll paid for a stall"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-lij",
      "-l\u0113j"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, from Middle French estalage , from Old French, from estal place, stand, stall + -age (decoy)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-140014"
  },
  "stopover":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stop at an intermediate point in one's journey",
      ": a stopping place on a journey",
      ": a stop made during a journey"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4p-\u02cc\u014d-v\u0259r",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4p-\u02cc\u014d-v\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "layover",
      "stop"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The city is a favorite stopover for tourists.",
      "I've been to Belgium\u2014if you count a stopover in Brussels on my way to Istanbul.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On a ridge in Idaho that acts as a stopover for migrating birds, the team set up a half-mile corridor of speakers that played looped recordings of passing cars. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
      "Scientists have long known the health of most migratory species rests on a triumvirate of habitat needs: breeding, wintering and migratory, or stopover . \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "In the nearly 60 years since those events, Selma has become an annual stopover for politicians looking to bolster their civil rights bona fides. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "The setting is Leverett, an elite, formerly all-male boarding school in Connecticut and a stopover for the scions of old-money families before the Ivy League. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Delta Air Lines doesn\u2019t have a formal stopover program. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
      "However, the plan did not mention the maintenance of stopover sights along the migratory pathway. \u2014 Freep.com , 27 May 2022",
      "More information on the stopover program can be found on the Turkish Airlines website. \u2014 Breanna Wilson, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
      "The new flight experience comes just weeks after Turkish Airlines resumed its stopover program, giving travelers a free one-night stay in Istanbul. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 31 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-140143"
  },
  "stressed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": subjected to or affected by stress"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8strest"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "shell-shocked",
      "stressed-out"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He was feeling pretty stressed about the deadline.",
      "you seem really stressed right now, so maybe you should try to do something more relaxing",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Mart\u00ednez brothers were growing more and more stressed . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "Dantes said for stressed workers, little things like a coffee card or the administrative staff making rounds and handing out candy can make a difference. \u2014 Helena Oliviero, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
      "Dantes said for stressed workers, little things like a coffee card or the administrative staff making rounds and handing out candy can make a difference. \u2014 Ariel Hart, ajc , 27 May 2022",
      "Research has shown that people who cultivate positive relationships in many walks of life are more positive and less stressed with work. \u2014 Jack Zenger, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "All of which are signs that the plant is extremely stressed . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 15 May 2022",
      "While women overall feel increasingly more stressed and burned out, those in hybrid work environments who experience exclusion, microagressions, and other workplace challenges have higher rates of mental health issues. \u2014 Megan Leonhardt, Fortune , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Today, meteorological conditions, such as the weather patterns caused by the atmospheric phenomenon La Ni\u00f1a, suggest that this year is likely to be drier than average and that the aquifer could be more stressed . \u2014 Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News , 10 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s the employer\u2019s job to make their employees feel comfortable enough to ask for time off without feeling guilty or stressed . \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 21 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1973, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-140833"
  },
  "stepped footing":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a footing in which the desired width is secured by a series of steps in about the proportion of one unit of horizontal dimension to two units of vertical dimension"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-142541"
  },
  "stucco":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a fine plaster used in decoration and ornamentation (as of interior walls)",
      ": a material usually made of Portland cement, sand, and a small percentage of lime and applied in a plastic state to form a hard covering for exterior walls",
      ": stuccowork",
      ": a plaster for coating walls"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259-(\u02cc)k\u014d",
      "\u02c8st\u0259-k\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The three-story main house was built in the 1930s and has a Spanish Pueblo Revival style with adobe walls made of earth-tone stucco , aged beams, wood floors, metal gates and custom doors. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 22 June 2022",
      "Located a few blocks from University Avenue, Berkeley\u2019s main drag, it\u2019s in a formerly working-class neighborhood of stucco bungalows. \u2014 Rachel Scheier, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 June 2022",
      "Renaissance synagogues after purchasing a home in the Italian city 12 years ago, he was stunned to see flaking layers of paint, benches infiltrated by woodworms, and damaged plaster and stucco decorations. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 June 2022",
      "Earlier this year, Taylor received an unexpected notice from her landlord to leave her white stucco home in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood, just a few miles south of downtown, by April 1. \u2014 Sydney Page, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
      "On a corner in the 90s stands a stark white four-story structure, stucco -over-brick\u2014a cheery cube that cuts through the staid neighborhood like a splash of Aperol. \u2014 Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
      "Those 18th-century tiles, frescoes and stucco ceilings were all restored, as the onetime private apartments of European aristocrats evolved into 61 stylish and contemporary guest rooms and suites. \u2014 Ann Abel, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "My sister\u2019s bathroom is one of those midcentury ceramic tile relics, the kind that still exist throughout Los Angeles, hiding inside stucco box apartments and modest bungalows, in Spanish-style villas and Hollywood Regency mansions. \u2014 Krystal Chang, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "Now, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has revealed that the ancient face was part of a 1,300-year-old stucco head depicting a young Hun Hunahpu, the Maya\u2019s maize god. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Italian, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German stucki piece, crust, Old English stocc stock \u2014 more at stock entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-142806"
  },
  "stip":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "stipend ; stipendiary",
      "stipulation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-144446"
  },
  "stiff upper lip":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a steady and determined attitude or manner in the face of trouble"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "British stiff upper lip and all that, but come on, the kid is four. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 8 June 2022",
      "Henry told of how in his time as a footballer, players were expected to keep a stiff upper lip and their problems to themselves in fear of later reprisals. \u2014 Tom Sanderson, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "The Blue Jays maintained a stiff upper lip throughout, but Lebron could sense something missing. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 19 Aug. 2021",
      "Physicians are taught to sacrifice, overlook pain and keep a stiff upper lip . \u2014 Robert Pearl, Forbes , 19 Apr. 2021",
      "Acaster\u2019s show, which toured New York several years ago but only became available for purchase on Vimeo recently, takes aim at England\u2019s famously stiff upper lip . \u2014 Jason Zinoman, New York Times , 22 Mar. 2021",
      "The stiff upper lip , no matter how painful the attacks, was expected to remain impossibly rigid at all times. \u2014 Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR , 10 Mar. 2021",
      "She\u2019s been expected to keep a stiff upper lip and maintain poise and grace while being attacked for simply loving a prince, having a baby, and having the audacity to be a happy Black woman. \u2014 Jene\u00e9 Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com , 10 Jan. 2020",
      "Firth's Sam tries to keep a stiff upper lip , ducking into the bathroom to compose himself when his emotions are overwhelming, camouflaging his tears by opening the taps. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, Star Tribune , 27 Jan. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "from the phrase keep a stiff upper lip"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1815, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-144925"
  },
  "stud":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a group of animals and especially horses kept primarily for breeding",
      ": a place (such as a farm) where a stud is kept",
      ": studhorse",
      ": a male animal kept for breeding",
      ": a young man : guy",
      ": one who is virile and promiscuous",
      ": a tough person",
      ": hunk sense 2",
      ": for breeding as a stud",
      ": one of the smaller uprights in the framing of the walls of a building to which sheathing, paneling, or laths are fastened : scantling",
      ": height from floor to ceiling",
      ": a boss, rivet, or nail with a large head used (as on a shield or belt) for ornament or protection",
      ": a solid button with a shank or eye on the back inserted (as through an eyelet in a garment) as a fastener or ornament",
      ": a small button-like ornament with a post for inserting through a body part (such as the earlobe or nostril) and into a clasp",
      ": any of various infixed pieces (such as a rod or pin) projecting from a machine and serving chiefly as a support or axis",
      ": one of the metal or rubber cleats projecting from a snow tire to increase traction",
      ": to furnish (a building, a wall, etc.) with studs",
      ": to adorn, cover, or protect with studs",
      ": to set, mark, or decorate conspicuously often at intervals",
      "student",
      ": one of the smaller vertical supports in the walls of a building to which the wall materials are fastened",
      ": a removable device like a button used for fastening or as an ornament",
      ": one of the metal cleats used on a snow tire to provide a better grip",
      ": a small piece of jewelry that is attached through a hole in part of a person's body",
      ": to cover or be covered with many small items"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259d",
      "\u02c8st\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Beads stud the surface of the gown."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "Middle English stod , from Old English st\u014dd ; akin to Old Church Slavonic stado flock and probably to Old High German st\u0101n to stand \u2014 more at stand",
      "Noun (2)",
      "Middle English stode , from Old English studu ; akin to Middle High German stud prop, Old Norse stoth post"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun (2)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1506, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-151049"
  },
  "stringent":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": tight , constricted",
      ": marked by rigor, strictness , or severity especially with regard to rule or standard",
      ": marked by money scarcity and credit strictness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8strin-j\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "brassbound",
      "cast-iron",
      "exacting",
      "hard-line",
      "inflexible",
      "rigid",
      "rigorous",
      "strict",
      "uncompromising"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "flexible",
      "lax",
      "loose",
      "relaxed",
      "slack"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "stringent rules against unauthorized persons being in the building",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Last weekend, censors quashed debate on social media over whether stringent measures like the months-long lockdown in Shanghai were justified. \u2014 Selina Wang, CNN , 24 June 2022",
      "Hundreds of guests at a casino in Macau were put under lockdown as China\u2019s stringent Covid-19 control measures spread to the southern Chinese gambling city. \u2014 Dan Strumpf, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
      "Technology provides solutions to all these issues, as they can be prevented by stringent security measures and appropriate platforms that can protect them. \u2014 Hussein Cholkamy, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "In her view, the U.S. can\u2019t afford to close schools, restrict travel, or shutter businesses for long periods, and those stringent measures might not work anyway. \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "Employees living at their place of work in Shanghai isn\u2019t a phenomenon unique to Tesla \u2014 as the city\u2019s stringent lockdown measures rage on, authorities have been encouraging companies to adopt the closed-loop system to keep the economy going. \u2014 Chloe Taylor, Fortune , 10 May 2022",
      "Some countries, especially those with stringent rules about movie content, typically ask studios to edit out material seen as controversial and offensive. \u2014 Robbie Whelan, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "The episode comes as a number of US brands are pulling out from the China market amid the country\u2019s stringent data protection rules and increasingly strained relations between China and the western world. \u2014 Jane Li, Quartz , 8 June 2022",
      "And even more still will have sparkling something or other and call it Champagne, against some pretty stringent rules. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 2 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin stringent-, stringens , present participle of stringere"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1736, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-151135"
  },
  "stead of":{
    "type":[
      "preposition"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": instead of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "by shortening"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-151547"
  },
  "stern wave":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a wave formed at the stern of a boat under way \u2014 compare bow wave"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-152015"
  },
  "stipa":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large widely distributed genus of grasses having a one-flowered spikelet and lemma terminating in a long twisted or bent awn \u2014 see bunchgrass , feather grass , ichu , needlegrass , porcupine grass , sleepy grass":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u012bp\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin stupa, stuppa coarse part of flax, tow":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161313"
  },
  "steepy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": steep , precipitous"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0113p\u0113",
      "-pi"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "steep entry 1 + -y"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-153004"
  },
  "stint (on)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to use or give out in stingy amounts the entr\u00e9es would be worth these prices if the restaurant didn't stint on the side dishes so much"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-153307"
  },
  "stepped gable":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a gable that diminishes in width by corbiesteps"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-153827"
  },
  "stifftail":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": ruddy duck"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-162422"
  },
  "step out of line":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to disobey rules or behave badly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-165658"
  },
  "stub track":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a track connected with another at one end only"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-170000"
  },
  "stress-verse":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": verse having rhythm produced by recurrence of stresses without regard to number of syllables or any fixed distribution of unstressed elements",
      ": verse having cadence produced by arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables : accentual meter, as distinguished from meter based on temporal quantity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-170504"
  },
  "steepweed":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": steepgrass"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "steep entry 6"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-170722"
  },
  "stanchion":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an upright bar, post, or support (as for a roof or a ship's deck)",
      ": a device that fits loosely around the neck of an animal (such as a cow) and limits forward and backward motion (as in a stall)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stan-ch\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "column",
      "pier",
      "pilaster",
      "pillar",
      "post"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the stanchion of an arch",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Last summer in the Olympics, Gobert routinely shoved and sealed defenders of all sizes \u2014 including Bam Adebayo and Draymond Green \u2014 practically into the stanchion , securing bucket after bucket. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "He was slumped against the basket stanchion while athletic trainer Tim Walsh attempted to revive him using CPR and a defibrillator. \u2014 Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Imagine looking at a player coming down the lane for a slam dunk and not having the stanchion under the basket blocking your sight. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 19 Feb. 2022",
      "Dosunmu suffered two blows to his head in Sunday\u2019s game against the Philadelphia Sixers, crashing into the basket stanchion after a dunk in the first half and running into teammate Matt Thomas in the second. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "On the heels of such an intense game and emotional last few days, Whaley let loose on his final score by punching and head-butting the stanchion . \u2014 Alexa Philippou, courant.com , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "In one of the large-scale photographs, in the Hotel Ephrussi, a stanchion holding a dispenser for hand sanitizer stands guard at the foot of a grand marble staircase. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "At some point this season, Johnson will careen through the lane like a bowling ball, rise and try to rip the basket clean off its stanchion and scream while doing it. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "The two-time league MVP looked sharp, flashing to the basket with his signature burst and strength, slinging a left-handed pass to Middleton for a dunk and shaking the stanchion with his own flush off an offensive rebound. \u2014 Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English stanchon , from Anglo-French *stanchun, stan\u00e7un , alteration of Old French estan\u00e7on , diminutive of estance stay, prop"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-171012"
  },
  "starved":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to perish from lack of food",
      ": to suffer extreme hunger",
      ": to die of cold",
      ": to suffer greatly from cold",
      ": to suffer or perish from deprivation",
      ": to kill with hunger",
      ": to deprive of nourishment",
      ": to cause to capitulate by or as if by depriving of nourishment",
      ": to destroy by or cause to suffer from deprivation",
      ": to kill with cold",
      ": to suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from lack of food",
      ": to suffer or cause to suffer from a lack of something other than food",
      ": to perish from lack of food",
      ": to suffer extreme hunger",
      ": to kill with hunger",
      ": to deprive of nourishment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4rv",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4rv",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4rv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Western officials have accused Russia of weaponizing food, warning that the blockade could cause millions worldwide to starve , while calling on Russia to reopen the ports. \u2014 Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "That push to starve Putin's war machine, along with other forms of European support for Ukraine, has prompted Russia to retaliate in fits and starts. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 20 June 2022",
      "The Harpoons could cut off and starve the island garrison. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "Officials also said on more than one occasion the boy was isolated, forced to starve as punishment, was hung upside down, and spent Christmas Day handcuffed to a dolly, FOX 35 reported. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 8 June 2022",
      "Two and half years later, Heather witnessed her mother starve and dehydrate herself to death; Anna could not bear to live with ALS any longer. \u2014 Katie C Reilly, ELLE , 3 June 2022",
      "Also Tuesday, Kuleba spoke with his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, about the Russian seaport blockade of Ukrainian food exports, including wheat and other grains, which threatens to starve numerous populations worldwide. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
      "In the absence of modern infant formula, infants used to starve or die of disease from inadequate food. \u2014 Carla Cevasco, Time , 17 May 2022",
      "Unable to navigate, the dolphins cannot identify prey and can therefore starve . \u2014 Naomi Cohen, NBC News , 13 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English sterven to die, starve, from Old English steorfan to die; akin to Old High German sterban to die, and probably to Lithuanian starinti to stiffen \u2014 more at stare"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-171655"
  },
  "starved brood":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a diseased condition of the brood of the honeybee possibly due to an infectious disease"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-173748"
  },
  "stigma":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a mark of shame or discredit : stain",
      ": an identifying mark or characteristic",
      ": a specific diagnostic sign of a disease",
      ": the usually apical part of the pistil of a flower which receives the pollen grains and on which they germinate \u2014 see flower illustration",
      ": a small spot, scar, or opening on a plant or animal",
      ": bodily marks or pains resembling the wounds of the crucified Jesus and sometimes accompanying religious ecstasy",
      ": petechia",
      ": a scar left by a hot iron : brand",
      ": a mark of disgrace or dishonor",
      ": the upper part of the pistil of a flower which receives the pollen grains",
      ": an identifying mark or characteristic",
      ": a specific diagnostic sign of a disease",
      ": petechia",
      ": a small spot, scar, or opening on a plant or animal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stig-m\u0259",
      "\u02c8stig-m\u0259",
      "\u02c8stig-m\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blot",
      "brand",
      "onus",
      "slur",
      "smirch",
      "smudge",
      "spot",
      "stain",
      "taint"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "There's a social stigma attached to receiving welfare.",
      "the stigma of slavery remained long after it had been abolished",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At that time, there was such a stigma around mental health. \u2014 Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
      "On top of the endless challenges that come with starting a business, there continues to be a huge stigma around drugs, including cannabis, in Korea. \u2014 Jasmine Ting, refinery29.com , 16 May 2022",
      "But that doesn\u2019t mean that there is no more stigma . \u2014 Matt Brennantelevision Editor, Los Angeles Times , 1 May 2022",
      "In fact, the LinkedIn survey found that 60% of respondents still think there's a stigma attached to career breaks. \u2014 Caroline Castrillon, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "There can be a stigma for die hard fans of true crime or viewers may feel some guilt for watching programs depicting the suffering of others. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "At that time, the mental health of first responders was relatively uncharted territory and there was a stigma to seeking help. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "There is a stigma in healthcare, particularly with behavioral health, that Black people don\u2019t seek treatment, said LaToya Logan, the executive director at Project LIFT. \u2014 Alexis Oatman, cleveland , 13 Oct. 2021",
      "Aside from the costs, there is also a stigma associated with seeking care for addiction and overdose. \u2014 Yoohyun Jung, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin stigmat-, stigma mark, brand, from Greek, from stizein to tattoo \u2014 more at stick"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1593, in the meaning defined at sense 4"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-180548"
  },
  "stipellate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having stipels"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "st\u012b\u02c8pel\u0259\u0307t",
      "st\u0259\u0307\u02c8p-",
      "\u02c8st\u012bp\u0259\u02ccl\u0101t",
      "\u02c8stip-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin stipellatus , from stipella stipel + Latin -atus -ate"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-181021"
  },
  "stagworm":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the larva of a botfly that infests the stag and especially of a botfly of the genus Cephenomyia"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-184855"
  },
  "stuck in one's ways":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": completely unwilling to change one's ways of doing or thinking about things"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-185258"
  },
  "stachys":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a large and widely distributed genus of herbs (family Labiatae) having five nearly equal calyx teeth, divergent anther cells, and rounded nutlets \u2014 see hedge nettle",
      ": any plant of the genus Stachys"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101k\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Greek, ear of grain, base horehound"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-190819"
  },
  "stand sentry":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to act as a guard"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-193109"
  },
  "stick to beat (someone) with":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something that is used to attack or punish (someone) or to make an attack or punishment seem reasonable or right"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-193607"
  },
  "stop gage":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a gage for determining the length of stock for a setup":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-155759"
  },
  "stuck for words":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unable to think of anything to say"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-194724"
  },
  "stall bar":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a piece of gymnastic apparatus used for corrective and strengthening exercises that consists of uprights about eight feet high and three feet apart secured to a wall and joined by horizontal wooden rungs at about 5-inch intervals"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-195208"
  },
  "stalkingly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a stalking manner"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-201059"
  },
  "stuff gown":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a gown of stuff",
      ": one that in England forms the distinctive garb of a junior barrister \u2014 compare silk gown",
      ": a junior barrister"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-202339"
  },
  "stepped gauge":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": step gauge"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-202454"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a person who doubles for an actor during the filming of stunts and dangerous scenes : a stuntman or stuntwoman"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259nt-\u02ccp\u0259r-s\u1d4an"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1972, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-210255"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": having inactive periods followed by active periods"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-211056"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a diagram that results from the graphical analysis of the stresses in a framed structure"
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    "examples":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-211134"
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    "type":[
      "idiom"
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      ": to stand in a row like soldiers"
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    "examples":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-211558"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": dusty",
      ": marked by driving snow"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "stour entry 2 + -y, -ie"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-211753"
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      "Definition of strook obsolete variant of struck"
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    "examples":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-214425"
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    "type":[
      "adverb"
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    "definitions":[
      ": with quickening of tempo (as to a climax)"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "strin-\u02c8jen-(\u02cc)d\u014d"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Italian, verbal of stringere to press, from Latin, to bind tight \u2014 more at strain"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1853, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-214711"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": the art of conducting state affairs"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101t-\u02cckraft"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Those genies include the risk of nuclear war itself, the return of nuclear blackmail as a tool of statecraft and the emergence of new incentives for other nations to acquire nuclear arms. \u2014 Gerald F. Seib, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
      "The shift may have been inevitable, given the barbarism of the war, which has claimed thousands of civilian lives, and Russia\u2019s challenge to the conventions and obligations of modern statecraft . \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 1 May 2022",
      "But, to practitioners of economic statecraft , the situation is as clear as looking in a mirror. \u2014 The New Yorker , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "President Joe Biden has been praised on the left for his deft statecraft and ability to rally our allies against Russia. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "Orchestrated for maximum emotional impact, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s virtual address to Congress on Wednesday was a masterly demonstration not only of statecraft , but also of stagecraft. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Whether force or even economic statecraft was used to roll back territorial gains always depended on the relative balance of power between norm-enforcers and aggressors. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Young, pretty and pregnant, she was inexperienced in statecraft or war. \u2014 A. Wess Mitchell, WSJ , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Some of Del Noce\u2019s essays were written before the Cold War\u2019s onset, yet his evaluation of Marx and Lenin help make sense of the ideological style of statecraft the Soviet Union pursed. \u2014 Richard M. Reinsch Ii, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1642, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-221633"
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  "stiletto fly":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of numerous small or medium-sized predaceous dipterous flies of the family Therevidae that somewhat resemble the robber flies"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-222105"
  },
  "stringer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that strings",
      ": a string , wire, or chain often with snaps on which fish are strung by a fisherman",
      ": a narrow vein or irregular filament of mineral traversing a rock mass of different material",
      ": a long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame or to support a floor",
      ": string sense 8",
      ": a tie in a truss",
      ": a longitudinal member extending from bent to bent of a railroad bridge and carrying the track",
      ": a longitudinal member (as in an airplane fuselage or wing) to reinforce the skin",
      ": a news correspondent who is paid space rates",
      ": a reporter who works for a publication or news agency on a part-time basis",
      ": correspondent",
      ": one estimated to be of specified excellence or efficiency"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stri\u014b-\u0259r"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Ryan Strome greeted third- stringer Pyotr Kochetkov with a goal to make it 3-0 with 3:41 remaining in the period, then the Rangers pulled away with three more in the third. \u2014 Vincent Z. Mercogliano, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
      "Armstead has made 93 NFL starts since becoming a first- stringer for the Saints late in 2013, but also has been sidelined for 38 games since then. \u2014 Omar Kelly, Sun Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
      "Already without their starting center, the Mocs lost their second- stringer midway through a late-season game against The Citadel. \u2014 Jim Mcbride, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
      "Boehlert worked for the New Haven Register as a stringer , and wrote for audio magazine High Fidelity before then-Billboard editor-in-chief Timothy White hired him as a senior writer in 1992. \u2014 Steve Knopper, Billboard , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Dispatched to Belgrade in the 1950s alongside her husband, Edward Clark, who wrote for Time magazine in those years, Katharine held a lowly position as a stringer for the Chicago Tribune. \u2014 Joshua Rubenstein, WSJ , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Grad started with The Times in 1993 as a community stringer . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Without Mayfield and Keenum, third- stringer Nick Mullens is slated to started at quarterback. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "No, the tour is not what longtime fans have been truly praying for, that original singer Gabriel and its poetic early six- stringer Steve Hackett would return to the fold for a final go-round. \u2014 A.d. Amorosi, Variety , 3 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-223816"
  },
  "stalking horse":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a horse or a figure like a horse behind which a hunter stalks game",
      ": something used to mask a purpose",
      ": a candidate put forward to divide the opposition or to conceal someone's real candidacy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u022f-ki\u014b-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As a stalking horse , Maui Brewing signed an asset purchase agreement for Modern Times that will stand unless an acceptable higher offer comes in. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022",
      "Co-belligerency, however, is a stalking horse for other fears. \u2014 John Yoo, National Review , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Trump is the best understood as a sort of stalking horse for the discontent among his closest allies in Congress -- and those, like Jones, who want to come to Congress. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Know who has to be loving the Trump as stalking horse stuff? \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "The company has a stalking horse bid and bankruptcy financing agreement from 888 Capital (which is controlled by the financial firm Regal Investments with a minority interest held by Pauline). \u2014 Walter Loeb, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "The stalking horse bid from 888 Capital includes a credit bid worth about $15 million as well as $300,000 in cash for assumed liabilities. \u2014 Walter Loeb, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "The always-aggressive San Diego Padres have emerged as the stalking horse in the Joey Gallo sweepstakes, being willing to discuss one of the top 50 prospects in minor league baseball. \u2014 Evan Grant, Dallas News , 28 July 2021",
      "Ho had worked with the United States against Japan in World War II, but, in the Cold War, Washington recast him as the stalking horse for Soviet expansionism. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1519, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-224331"
  },
  "starve":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to perish from lack of food",
      ": to suffer extreme hunger",
      ": to die of cold",
      ": to suffer greatly from cold",
      ": to suffer or perish from deprivation",
      ": to kill with hunger",
      ": to deprive of nourishment",
      ": to cause to capitulate by or as if by depriving of nourishment",
      ": to destroy by or cause to suffer from deprivation",
      ": to kill with cold",
      ": to suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from lack of food",
      ": to suffer or cause to suffer from a lack of something other than food",
      ": to perish from lack of food",
      ": to suffer extreme hunger",
      ": to kill with hunger",
      ": to deprive of nourishment"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4rv",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4rv",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4rv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Western officials have accused Russia of weaponizing food, warning that the blockade could cause millions worldwide to starve , while calling on Russia to reopen the ports. \u2014 Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "That push to starve Putin's war machine, along with other forms of European support for Ukraine, has prompted Russia to retaliate in fits and starts. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 20 June 2022",
      "The Harpoons could cut off and starve the island garrison. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "Officials also said on more than one occasion the boy was isolated, forced to starve as punishment, was hung upside down, and spent Christmas Day handcuffed to a dolly, FOX 35 reported. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 8 June 2022",
      "Two and half years later, Heather witnessed her mother starve and dehydrate herself to death; Anna could not bear to live with ALS any longer. \u2014 Katie C Reilly, ELLE , 3 June 2022",
      "Also Tuesday, Kuleba spoke with his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, about the Russian seaport blockade of Ukrainian food exports, including wheat and other grains, which threatens to starve numerous populations worldwide. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
      "In the absence of modern infant formula, infants used to starve or die of disease from inadequate food. \u2014 Carla Cevasco, Time , 17 May 2022",
      "Unable to navigate, the dolphins cannot identify prey and can therefore starve . \u2014 Naomi Cohen, NBC News , 13 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English sterven to die, starve, from Old English steorfan to die; akin to Old High German sterban to die, and probably to Lithuanian starinti to stiffen \u2014 more at stare"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-230216"
  },
  "stubble-mulch farming":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": trash farming"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-231800"
  },
  "sticktail":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": ruddy duck"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "stick entry 1 + tail"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-232510"
  },
  "stick/stand out like a sore thumb":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to be very noticeable in usually a bad way"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-234049"
  },
  "steadite":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a eutectic of iron phosphide Fe 3 P and iron that occurs as a microconstituent of high-phosphorus cast iron"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ste\u02ccd\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "John Edward Stead \u20201923 English metallurgist"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-000034"
  },
  "stalemate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play",
      ": a drawn contest : deadlock",
      ": the state of being stalemated",
      ": to bring into a stalemate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101l-\u02ccm\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deadlock",
      "gridlock",
      "halt",
      "impasse",
      "logjam",
      "Mexican standoff",
      "standoff",
      "standstill"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The budget debate ended in a stalemate .",
      "The new agreement could break the stalemate .",
      "The budget debate ended in stalemate .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Amid the stalemate over the legislation, Republicans accused Democrats of delaying taking up the bill amid new threats to Supreme Court justices, a sentiment that was heightened with the recent arrest. \u2014 Alisa Wiersema, ABC News , 15 June 2022",
      "Relations between the Koreas have deteriorated since 2019 amid a stalemate in nuclear negotiations and the North's increasingly provocative weapons tests. \u2014 Kim Tong-hyung And Hyung-jin Kim, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
      "Negotiations will be fierce and pressure high, but a stalemate is possible if Dublin sticks to its guns. \u2014 Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ , 2 July 2021",
      "The stalemate is a killing to the country and the people. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune , 30 May 2021",
      "Continuing stalemate is one of the three likely scenarios political analysts foresee following Tuesday\u2019s vote. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2021",
      "The stalemate on immigration policy is nothing new for Congress. \u2014 Nicholas Fandos, New York Times , 18 Mar. 2021",
      "The stalemate is politically risky for all sides heading into the fall election, which will decide not only the presidency, but also control of Congress. \u2014 Andrew Taylor And Lisa Mascaro, chicagotribune.com , 10 Sep. 2020",
      "The stalemate is politically risky for all sides heading into the fall election, which will decide not only the presidency, but also control of Congress. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 10 Sep. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Even so, the accord was embraced by Biden and enactment would signal a significant turnabout after years of gun massacres that have yielded little but stalemate in Congress. \u2014 Alan Fram, ajc , 12 June 2022",
      "Even so, the accord was embraced by Biden and enactment would signal a significant turnabout after years of gun massacres that have yielded little but stalemate in Congress. \u2014 Alan Fram, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s because they are either controlled politically by Republicans who oppose gun restrictions or are politically divided, leading to stalemate . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
      "The Emergency Board, composed of 13 Democrats and seven Republicans, had stalemated in April over plans to give those same hospitals millions in zero-interest loans. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 June 2020",
      "The diplomacy has been stalemated for months, with North Korea pressing the United States to make concessions by year\u2019s end. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Dec. 2019",
      "For months, the LNA and the militias have been locked in fierce clashes on Tripoli\u2019s southern outskirts, with the fighting mostly stalemated . \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Dec. 2019",
      "After coming to office vowing to solve two very different nuclear crises, President Trump finds himself in a bind familiar to his predecessors: careening toward a confrontation with Iran and stalemated with North Korea. \u2014 David E. Sanger, New York Times , 17 June 2019",
      "The Trump administration has revived several controversial mining proposals that previously were blocked or stalemated . \u2014 Matthew Ross, The Conversation , 3 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun",
      "obsolete English stale stalemate (from Middle English, from Anglo-French estaler to stalemate, from estal station, position) + English mate entry 1 \u2014 more at installment entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1765, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1765, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-002722"
  },
  "stubborn disease":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a persistent virus disease of citrus characterized by shortened internodes resulting in stiff brushy growth, by the appearance of chlorotic leaves early in the season, and by a reduced crop of often acorn-shaped fruit \u2014 see acorn disease"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-002830"
  },
  "stir up":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to cause (someone) to feel a strong emotion and a desire to do something",
      ": to cause (something) to move up into and through the air or water",
      ": to cause (something, usually something bad or unpleasant) to happen"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-003014"
  },
  "stifle bone":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the patella in the stifle of a quadruped"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-003251"
  },
  "storekeep":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to manage a store"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "back-formation from storekeeper"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-003327"
  },
  "stress ball":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small ball or other object made of soft material (such as rubber) that one can squeeze with the hand to relieve stress and that usually resumes its original shape when released"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1988, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-004657"
  },
  "stanchel":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": stanchion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stanch\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "perhaps from Middle French estanchielle , diminutive of Old French estanche stay, prop"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-010929"
  },
  "strong stomach":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the ability to not be bothered by things that many people find disgusting, shocking, or offensive"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-012230"
  },
  "stretcher bar":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an extensible pillar attached to a rock drill to secure it in place",
      ": a bar or rod used as a distance piece"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-014231"
  },
  "steepwater":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the solution resulting from steeping (as corn) in water in the manufacture of starch \u2014 see inositol sense a"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "steep entry 6 + water"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-015111"
  },
  "stiffen":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make stiff or stiffer",
      ": to become stiff or stiffer",
      ": to make or become stiff or stiffer",
      ": to become tense and still"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sti-f\u0259n",
      "\u02c8sti-f\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "harden",
      "harshen",
      "strengthen",
      "toughen"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ameliorate",
      "ease"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "She stiffened when he grabbed her shoulder.",
      "The dogs stiffened in alarm.",
      "The law would stiffen penalties for tax evasion.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The findings could stiffen employers\u2019 resolve to urge or require their employees to trek back to the office. \u2014 Bret Stetka, Scientific American , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Constructing the shoes this way allows the shoemaker to avoid using an additional layer of lining to help stiffen the shoe. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 31 May 2022",
      "When mixture begins to stiffen , fold in vegetables. \u2014 Mary Meade, chicagotribune.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Scenes like these can stiffen the shoulders of even the least cringe-beholden amongst us, but Bailey and Gemmell nail every second. \u2014 ELLE , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Rival operator Lifecell said its crews spent about two months before the invasion moving some equipment out of eastern areas to stiffen wireless coverage in the west, where millions have since relocated. \u2014 Drew Fitzgerald, wsj.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "This could feed further conflict, stiffen Saudi determination to match Iran by also becoming a threshold nuclear state, and suck the U.S. into future military entanglements. \u2014 Firas Maksad, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Threats from Moscow to target the Baltic states or stir trouble in the Balkans will further stiffen U.S. and European spines. \u2014 Ian Bremmer, Time , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Florida lawmakers are poised to pass legislation that would stiffen inspection and funding requirements for condo buildings, a move aimed at preventing a repeat of the Surfside, Fla., tower collapse last June that left 98 people dead. \u2014 Arian Campo-flores, WSJ , 5 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
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      "noun"
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      ": movement of a ship backward or with stern foremost"
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      "\u02c8st\u0259rn-\u02ccw\u0101"
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      "1769, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-032011"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": plenty"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-032711"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": an agent that induces sneezing and often lacrimation and vomiting",
      ": an agent that induces sneezing and often lacrimation and vomiting"
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      "\u02c8st\u0259r-ny\u0259-\u02cct\u0101-t\u0259r",
      "\u02c8st\u0259r-ny\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t-\u0259r"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1922, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-033149"
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      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": one who receives a stipend",
      ": receiving or compensated by wages or salary",
      ": of or relating to a stipend"
    ],
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      "st\u012b-\u02c8pen-d\u0113-\u02ccer-\u0113"
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      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adjective",
      "circa 1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-033647"
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": one who works at or is responsible for loading and unloading ships in port",
      ": to handle (cargo) as a stevedore",
      ": to load or unload the cargo of (a ship) in port",
      ": to work as a stevedore"
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      "also"
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      "longshoreman",
      "roustabout",
      "rouster"
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      "Noun",
      "on the wharves, stevedores were unloading cargo from the far corners of the world",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "More like San Pedro, with a working man, a stevedore \u2014 Boston College guard Zion Johnson. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "By his twentieth birthday, having discovered that he wasn\u2019t cut out for the back-breaking life of a longshoreman or stevedore , P.J. tried his hand as a brass finisher at an East Boston machine shop. \u2014 Neal Thompson, Town & Country , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Drafted into the Army in 1943 at age 19, he was deployed to Europe as a stevedore in an all-Black unit. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Bearing a scythe, a hoe, and a stevedore \u2019s hook, the women appear ready for action. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "Stevedores board ships to operate the cranes mounted on deck, and the rotor sails seemed to be partially blocking this stevedore \u2019s line of sight. \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2021",
      "Weeksville is an extraordinary museum in central Brooklyn dedicated to the history of the free Black community that was founded there in 1838, when a Black stevedore named James Weeks first purchased the property. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Mar. 2021",
      "Mavrinac pushed back, saying the stevedore usually hands a handwritten plan to the crew, and that the crew uses that to account for the cargo present. \u2014 Natasha Chen, CNN , 22 Sep. 2020",
      "Sim\u00f3n quickly finds work as a stevedore , hauling sacks of grain. \u2014 Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic , 18 May 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun",
      "Spanish estibador , from estibar to pack \u2014 more at steeve"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1788, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1862, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-035642"
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  "stipe":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a usually short stalk of a plant or fungus: such as",
      ": the stem supporting the cap of a fungus",
      ": a part that is similar to a stipe and connects the holdfast and blade of a frondose alga",
      ": the petiole of a fern frond",
      ": a prolongation of the receptacle beneath the ovary of a seed plant"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u012bp"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin stipes , from Latin, tree trunk; akin to Latin stipare to press together \u2014 more at stiff"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1785, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-035709"
  },
  "stud block":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a device for screwing home a stud bolt that consists of a rectangular block turned with a wrench \u2014 compare stud driver"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-041220"
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  "strong side":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": the side of a football formation having the greater number of players",
      ": the side on which the tight end plays"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Some of the storms could be on the strong side , especially in south Alabama. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 25 June 2022",
      "The potential of nanomedicine to improve a drug\u2019s effectiveness and reduce its toxicity is attractive for cancer researchers working with anti-cancer drugs that often have strong side effects. \u2014 Duxin Sun, The Conversation , 4 May 2022",
      "Those later storms potentially could be on the strong side , and NOAA\u2019s Storm Prediction Center has put parts of north and west Alabama in a Level 1 (or marginal) risk for severe weather. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 15 May 2022",
      "Bergeron, the league\u2019s top faceoff man (61.9 percent) is adept at winning drops on his strong side . \u2014 Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "That will be the case this week in Alabama, and a few of those storms could be on the strong side today. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 2 May 2022",
      "Orlando remains a strong side , though, with talented individuals. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "Most of Indianapolis\u2019 offensive line began to push left, toward the strong side where Mo Alie-Cox appeared ready to set the edge and allow fellow tight end Jack Doyle and running back Nyheim Hines to lead the way for Taylor. \u2014 Andy Yamashita, The Indianapolis Star , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "Whenever Central-Phenix loaded the strong side of the field, Tre\u2019Quon Fegans blitzed the short side and disputed a handful of throws. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 2 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1951, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-041857"
  },
  "strip naked":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to remove all one's clothes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-052407"
  },
  "steady as a rock":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
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    "definitions":[
      ": very steady"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-053104"
  },
  "stromatic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": relating to, resembling, or constituting a stroma : stromal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "str\u0259\u02c8matik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin stromat-, stroma + English -ic"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-053415"
  },
  "storefront church":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a city church that utilizes storefront quarters as a meeting place"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The historic building has housed a storefront church , a drama school, and for four decades served as headquarters for the tile layers union, Local 18. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "One man stood outside a storefront church on a recent morning and stuck a needle in his arm. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2021",
      "The location of the shooting is a storefront in a line of one-story storefronts on 79th Street that includes businesses including a day care center, an electronics shop, a storefront church and a salon. \u2014 Liam Ford, chicagotribune.com , 26 Mar. 2021",
      "From the ages of 14 to 17, Baldwin preached at the Fireside Pentecostal Assembly, a storefront church in Harlem located at Fifth Avenue and 136th Street that has since moved to 69-71 Thayer Street. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Dec. 2020",
      "Neither Hnath's script nor Cecsarini's performance shows us the charisma that must have enabled Paul to build up this edifice from a little storefront church . \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Nov. 2020",
      "Francisco Soto, 61, stood outside a storefront church on 23rd Street in Richmond, the Iglesia El Espiritu Santo. \u2014 Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com , 6 Nov. 2020",
      "Roxroy Edmondson was literally keeping the door open \u2014 holding it so people wouldn\u2019t have to touch it to get inside the storefront church . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 6 Apr. 2020",
      "It was built in 1972 and is now near a downtown entertainment district that includes bars and bistros, offices, storefront churches and vacant lots. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1937, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-054034"
  },
  "stag tick":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a fly ( Lipoptena cervi ) of the family Hippoboscidae that is parasitic upon the red deer and that has wings on attaining maturity but sheds them soon after settling on its host"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-061902"
  },
  "stishovite":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a dense tetragonal mineral SiO 2 consisting of silicon dioxide that is a polymorph of quartz and that is formed under great pressure"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stish\u0259\u02ccv\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Serge\u012d M. Stishov , 20th century Russian mineralogist + English -ite"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-065052"
  },
  "stud bolt":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a bolt with threads on both ends designed to be screwed permanently into a fixed part at one end and to receive a nut on the other"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-072407"
  },
  "stand-table":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": table"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-074914"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a gun mounted on a pivot",
      ": a gun fixed to a boat for duck shooting"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-075948"
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  "stiletto":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a slender dagger with a blade thick in proportion to its breadth",
      ": a pointed instrument for piercing holes for eyelets or embroidery",
      ": stiletto heel",
      ": a shoe with a stiletto heel",
      ": a knife with a slender pointed blade"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "st\u0259-\u02c8le-(\u02cc)t\u014d",
      "st\u0259-\u02c8le-t\u014d"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Heels are needed for pants as long as these, and Hathaway chose a pair of black-and-silver stiletto sandals for the look. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 19 May 2022",
      "Though the jumpsuit was styled on the runway with a matching trucker cap, the actor finished the off-duty rock star look with patent Le Silla stiletto boots and a messy ponytail instead. \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 3 June 2022",
      "Lopez posed in a red mini dress and black knee-high stiletto boots this time. \u2014 ELLE , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Her extra-long stiletto nails are painted a pinky-nude shade, which play off the extravagant jewels on there fingers and wrist. \u2014 Taylore Glynn, Allure , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Like Desna, Nash is rocking some high-quality talons: gold- and silver-glitter stiletto nails. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "When dressing up for more formal occasions like a cocktail party or elegant night out, aim for more dramatic silhouettes like a stiletto , angled, or demure kitten heel\u2014your choice to opt for an ankle-skimming, knee-high, or thigh-grazing length. \u2014 Laura Lajiness, Vogue , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Amal's dress seemed to have snagged against her stiletto , leaving George to hold onto his wife as nearby handlers helped unhook the hem of her dress from her shoe. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Tasked with torturing Gloucester in a production that excludes their husbands, these evil daughters take out the old man\u2019s eyes with their stiletto heels. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Italian, diminutive of stilo stylus, dagger, from Latin stilus stylus \u2014 more at style"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-083825"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a column of glandular cells associated with the esophagus of various nematodes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stik\u0259\u02ccs\u014dm"
    ],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Greek sticho s row, line + English -some"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-085159"
  },
  "staithe":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a wharf for transshipment especially of coal (as from railroad cars into ships)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0101t\u035fh"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English stathe , of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse st\u00f6th landing place, staithe; akin to Old English st\u00e6th bank, shore, Old High German stad, stado bank, shore, Gothic staths place, stead"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-093744"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the stipule of a leaflet"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u012bp\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin stipella , diminutive of stipula stipule"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-095603"
  },
  "stevedore knot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stopper knot similar to a figure eight knot but with one or more extra turns"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1863, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-102814"
  },
  "striplight":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a row of small floodlights mounted on a trough reflector and used for theater borderlights, footlights, and general stage illumination"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "strip entry 3"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-105827"
  },
  "staurion":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the point of intersection of the median and transverse palatine sutures"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u022fr\u0113\u02cc\u00e4n",
      "-\u0113\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Late Greek, small cross, diminutive of stauros pale, stake, cross"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-113651"
  },
  "storefront":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the front side of a store or store building facing a street",
      ": a building, room, or suite of rooms having a storefront",
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of a storefront church",
      ": occupying a room or suite of rooms in a store building at street level and immediately behind a storefront",
      ": of, relating to, or being outreach professional services"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u022fr-\u02ccfr\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He rented a storefront on Main Street.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The visitor center will be housed in the storefront adjoining the Stonewall, which was part of the bar in 1969. \u2014 Karen Matthews, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
      "Synanon, originally a drug-and-booze rehab program, began in 1958 in a rundown Ocean Park storefront . \u2014 Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
      "Curious to explore the hidden gems awaiting you in the Amazon Global Style storefront ? \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 13 June 2022",
      "Police officers stand next to a car that crashed into a group of people and ended up in a storefront near Breitscheidplatz, on June 8. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
      "After discussing the opportunity, Cole said the Christ Child Society decided to pursue a second location in the Lorain Road storefront . \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
      "In 1960, Callewaert and Ryba opened their first fudge operation in a storefront on Mackinac Island. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 10 May 2022",
      "Marshall and Sawyer settled in a converted storefront in the Mission District. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Chernikova stood in the empty storefront full of boxes with clothing donations from all over the world, including the United States. \u2014 NBC News , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The company is the first of its kind in the Bayou City and the first Texas Original storefront open five days a week, offering next-day pickup for customers. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 23 June 2022",
      "With the storefront vacant, the couple looked for the next opportunity. \u2014 Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 31 May 2022",
      "For some 25 years, the shop sponsored a poetry contest at Brookline Public Schools, displaying the winners in the storefront window for passersby to see. \u2014 Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "On Saturday, Marie Hannie, 61, carried artificial plants and a decorative bird cage into her antique store, Recent Relics, to keep them from hitting the storefront window or blowing out into the street once Hurricane Ida bears down on the state. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Aug. 2021",
      "Like Klara gazing at the crowds from the storefront window, Stevens might be watching the Aurora Borealis, such is his amazement at the sight of this commonplace event. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Feb. 2021",
      "The 1886 property housed various businesses before turning residential in the 1960s, and still has storefront -style plate glass windows that face the street. \u2014 Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
      "The Beat Exchange connects producers with UnitedMasters\u2019 1.5 million independent artists while providing them with tools to upload and manage a personal beats storefront . \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 11 May 2022",
      "Most of its storefront business or about 65% stems from retail sales, but about 30% stems from online sales via its website and third-party sales, with about 5% for catering sales. \u2014 Gary Stern, Forbes , 2 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1937, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-114419"
  },
  "stealth":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection":[
        "Makos, among the fastest of sharks, chase down their prey. Slower species \u2026 rely on stealth and explosive power.",
        "\u2014 Steve Kemper",
        "The intricate labor \u2026 required courage and stealth .",
        "\u2014 Sue M. Halpern",
        "As we walked closer we began treading with exaggerated stealth until we came very close \u2026",
        "\u2014 Dorothy Dimsdale",
        "A thief does his work in secret and by stealth .",
        "\u2014 Harry Shaw"
      ],
      ": an aircraft-design characteristic consisting of oblique angular construction and avoidance of vertical surfaces that is intended to produce a very weak radar return":[
        "\u2014 usually used before another noun a stealth bomber/fighter stealth aircraft stealth technology"
      ],
      ": theft":[],
      ": something stolen":[],
      ": intended not to attract attention : stealthy":[
        "a stealth campaign",
        "\u2026 the company has operated in stealth mode until now.",
        "\u2014 Steve Silberman",
        "Her team seemed to communicate with a secret stealth language \u2026",
        "\u2014 E. L. Konigsburg"
      ],
      "\u2014 see also stealth entry 1 sense 2":[
        "a stealth campaign",
        "\u2026 the company has operated in stealth mode until now.",
        "\u2014 Steve Silberman",
        "Her team seemed to communicate with a secret stealth language \u2026",
        "\u2014 E. L. Konigsburg"
      ],
      ": involving or caused by an asymptomatic or presymptomatic infectious individual : silent sense 6b":[
        "stealth spread/transmission of a contagious disease"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stelth"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "backstairs",
      "behind-the-scenes",
      "clandestine",
      "covert",
      "furtive",
      "hole-and-corner",
      "hugger-mugger",
      "hush-hush",
      "private",
      "privy",
      "secret",
      "sneak",
      "sneaking",
      "sneaky",
      "stealthy",
      "surreptitious",
      "undercover",
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      "Noun",
      "The fox uses stealth and cunning to hunt its prey.",
      "Adjective",
      "the SWAT team carried out a stealth raid on the house, which was believed to be harboring a terrorist cell",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The group, which security firm Mandiant is calling UNC3524, has spent the past 18 months burrowing into victims\u2019 networks with unusual stealth . \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 3 May 2022",
      "Finland has a potent artillery force and is in the process of purchasing 64 F-35 stealth fighters. \u2014 Missy Ryan, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "Colorado carried out a second act in the fourth quarter, mounting an 8-2 run filled with speed and stealth seen throughout the contest. \u2014 Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Trimble suggests a long-range fighter with the ability to cruise at 70,000 feet\u2014much higher than current fighters\u2014above the speed of sound, using breakthrough technologies such as daytime or optical stealth . \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 5 May 2022",
      "The higher the Yen crosses, the more intense stealth intervention moves will prove \u2013 meaning sharp corrections. \u2014 John Kicklighter, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The tabloid stealth -edited out the casualty figures the casualty figures a few hours later. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "But experts are also continually overhauling COVID-19 vaccine production in response to variants like a new ' stealth ' Omicron, and the focus could be on tweaking current vaccines for even more resilient immunity in the future. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 19 Feb. 2022",
      "But that's a lot to juggle for anyone who didn't learn the original game's stealth -first battling approach. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Eurozone hawks correctly see the fight against fragmentation as the stealth mutualization of different nations\u2019 debts. \u2014 Jon Sindreu, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "His grandfather Alexander Harmer was a leading 19th-century painter of Southern California, and his uncle Jack Northrop was an influential aircraft designer who helped develop stealth planes and long-range bombers. \u2014 Harrison Smith, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "His grandfather Alexander Harmer was a leading 19th-century painter of Southern California, and his uncle Jack Northrop was an influential aircraft designer who helped develop stealth planes and long-range bombers. \u2014 Harrison Smith, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "In soft Daytona Gray Pearl Effect paint, with the optional $2,100 Black Optic Package, the S8 becomes the quintessential stealth sedan, one with the performance and luxury to go the distance in comfort and style. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 3 June 2022",
      "The top-handle black bag is of legend in Her Majesty\u2019s wardrobe, but a stealth treasure in their oeuvre is their under-the radar men\u2019s bag. \u2014 Vogue , 3 June 2022",
      "The series is a stealth musical, with songs sprinkled naturally throughout daily life, as well as at Choir Practice. \u2014 Ok Mccausland, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "The Last Duel was one of my favorite stealth scene-stealers of last year, a dose of levity with layers (in his performance, if not his hair). \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 1 June 2022",
      "The Last of Us Part II is a gloomy but engaging stealth -action game. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 30 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English stelthe ; akin to Old English stelan to steal":"Noun"
    },
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a":"Noun",
      "1979, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": an accent or variation of prominence dependent on variation of stress",
      ": a greater than minimal degree of stress given a vowel or syllable",
      ": a set of phonemes of stress"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-115654"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": the act or noise of sneezing",
      ": the act, fact, or noise of sneezing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccst\u0259r-ny\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccst\u0259r-ny\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English sternutacion , from Latin sternutation-, sternutatio , from sternutare to sneeze, frequentative of sternuere to sneeze; akin to Greek ptarnysthai to sneeze"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-132622"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a gear wheel with two or more complete circular sets of teeth arranged adjacently on the same rim so that the corresponding teeth in the various sets form a series of steps"
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      "noun"
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      ": a chitinized often sculptured or punctate plate covering a respiratory opening in various insect larvae and in ticks"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-140629"
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    "type":[
      "idiom"
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      ": to continue to be important, respected, etc., for a long period of time"
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    "examples":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-140833"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": a place where people go to watch performers take their clothes off in a sexually exciting way : a nightclub with performances by strippers"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-150910"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a heel made of layers of leather and used on shoes"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "stacked , past participle of stack entry 2"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-152522"
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      "noun"
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      ": a flow in which the velocity of the fluid at a particular fixed point does not change with time"
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      "steady entry 1"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-162153"
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      "phrasal verb"
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      ": to visit someone briefly",
      ": to stay at home"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-164715"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": steep , precipitous , straight-up"
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      "steep entry 1 + up , adverb"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-170014"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": one that sterilizes something: such as",
      ": an apparatus for destroying viable microorganisms (as by the use of steam or dry heat) \u2014 compare autoclave , sterilant",
      ": a person whose work involves sterilizing something (such as medical equipment)",
      ": an apparatus for sterilizing (as by the agency of steam, ultraviolet radiation, or chemicals)"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ster-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012b-z\u0259r"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1839, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-173457"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the stripes marked or painted on something",
      ": a design of stripes",
      ": the act or process of marking with stripes"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u012b-pi\u014b"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Paving and striping will take place between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. to minimize impact on motorists, said Jeff Miller, executive director of the West Virginia Parkways Authority. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
      "Sealing, striping , and painting will be coming soon. \u2014 cleveland , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Sunday\u2019s river crossings in downtown Portland will be short one bridge option as the Morrison closes to all users for annual maintenance work, sign installation, new lane striping , and minor deck repairs. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "The site improvement project resulted in new pavement for the entry drive and parking lot, in addition to striping . \u2014 Alyssa Alfano, cleveland , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "Telltale stair-stepping is visible in the perimeter of the front white panel, and the round base section shows horizontal lines from the print layers and vertical striping from the individual polygons that represent a circle in the CAD file. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "So early signs are deep green striping between the veins and blistering of leaf tissue. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Special features also included custom wheels with a Wimbledon White finish, a Rapid Red stripe at the center to match striping on the body and hood. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "What happens if an autonomous vehicle can\u2019t see the lane striping ? \u2014 Mark Pittman, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-173819"
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  "stifling hot":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
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    "definitions":[
      ": very hot"
    ],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-183412"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a short gear tooth of great strength with a large angle of obliquity"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-190013"
  },
  "stand accused of":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to have been accused of"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-193841"
  },
  "storekeeper":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that has charge of supplies (such as military stores )",
      ": one that operates a retail store",
      ": an owner or manager of a store or shop",
      ": a person in charge of supplies (as in a factory)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u022fr-\u02cck\u0113-p\u0259r",
      "\u02c8st\u022fr-\u02cck\u0113-p\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The actress and singer plays a Doan's Crossing storekeeper named Carolyn, who helps Hill's character Margaret relax with some whiskey punch. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "On January 5, Variety exclusively reported that Rita is guest starring in an upcoming episode of the Paramount+ show as a storekeeper named Carolyn. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "Variety reports that Wilson's role will be a woman named Carolyn, a storekeeper at Doan's Crossing. \u2014 Marianne Garvey, CNN , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Having police misinterpret behaviors that are partially shaped by a disability \u2013\u2013 after a storekeeper , neighbor, or even family member gets nervous and calls the police \u2013\u2013 may be a more rare occurrence than being ignored or denied a job opportunity. \u2014 Andrew Pulrang, Forbes , 14 June 2021",
      "The result is that a host of jobs, including storekeeper and field engineer, that seemed out of reach of remote work are likely to be firmly in the remote-work orbit within the next 10 years. \u2014 Christopher Mims, WSJ , 22 Oct. 2020",
      "Latasha Harlins was killed by a Korean storekeeper . \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Sep. 2020",
      "In the communal parlance of Laguna Honda, LeBoeuf is a storekeeper . \u2014 Jason Fagone, SFChronicle.com , 6 Apr. 2020",
      "Hanna is an only child, and Ben Edmunds is a storekeeper , with more money than the Ingalls family can raise in three books combined. \u2014 Nalini Jones, New York Times , 6 Mar. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1618, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-203839"
  },
  "studbook":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an official record (as in a book) of the pedigree of purebred animals (such as horses or dogs)",
      ": a record of the lineage of a wild animal bred in captivity (as at a zoo)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259d-\u02ccbu\u0307k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1803, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-204438"
  },
  "sternum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a compound ventral bone or cartilage of most vertebrates other than fishes that connects the ribs or the shoulder girdle or both and in humans consists of the manubrium, gladiolus, and xiphoid process",
      ": breastbone",
      ": a compound ventral bone or cartilage that lies in the median central part of the body of most vertebrates above fishes and that in humans is about seven inches (18 centimeters) long, consists in the adult of three parts, and connects with the clavicles and the cartilages of the upper seven pairs of ribs"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259r-n\u0259m",
      "\u02c8st\u0259r-n\u0259m",
      "\u02c8st\u0259r-n\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Press your forearms and palms down flat and relax your shoulders; pull your shoulders back and press your sternum forward. \u2014 Nick Owchar, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Then use that momentum to fully extend your legs and bring the handle all the way into your sternum . \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-cpt, Good Housekeeping , 13 May 2022",
      "Perovskyi would carefully examine every injury on the body, make a Y-incision through the bellybutton, up the sternum and across the collarbones, and saw open the skull. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Push your heels into the floor and unrack it, holding the bar above your sternum with straight arms. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Instead, her wispy tops and dresses revealed glimpses of sternum or rib cage via angular apertures and sheer overlays. \u2014 Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Merri believes that the shape and structure of the sternum impacts how different species of birds breathe. \u2014 Emily Schwing, Scientific American , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "On Sunday, in the 49ers\u2019 win at Jacksonville, Arden Key lined up at left defensive tackle, got right guard Ben Bartch off-balance with a jab to the sternum at the snap and barreled into the backfield to sack quarterback Trevor Lawrence. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Nov. 2021",
      "Taurasi missed 12 games before the Olympics with sternum and hip injuries. \u2014 Jeff Metcalfe, The Arizona Republic , 8 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Greek sternon chest, breastbone; akin to Old High German stirna forehead, Latin sternere to spread out \u2014 more at strew"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1667, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-210646"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a slender stair rod"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-213109"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make (something or someone) sterile : such as",
      ": to free from all viable microorganisms (as by the use of steam or dry heat)",
      ": to deprive of the power of reproducing through surgery",
      ": to make incapable of germination",
      ": to cause (land) to become unfruitful",
      ": to make sterile and especially free from germs",
      ": to make sterile :",
      ": to deprive of the power of reproducing",
      ": to free from living microorganisms (as by the use of physical or chemical agents)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ster-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
      "\u02c8ster-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The organization encourages people to sterilize their cats and dogs.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The movement was codified in 1927, when the Supreme Court upheld the right of the state of Virginia to sterilize Carrie Buck, a 20-year-old white woman. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
      "Scientists made the discovery following attempts to sterilize cans of meat using high doses of gamma radiation. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "One of these devices, called a duodenoscope, is challenging to sterilize due to its small and intricate components that harbor bacteria. \u2014 Jeff Banowetz, chicagotribune.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "After watching a television segment on new technology to sterilize N95 masks to combat a national shortage, Mr. Finazzo, the former brewery worker, applied for a job with the company. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "The organization will be in Detroit from May 24-26, aiming to sterilize 120 dogs. \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 17 May 2022",
      "People have experimented with ways to sterilize the air from infectious particles. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "To sterilize bacteria on sponges, the United States Department of Agriculture suggests consumers use microwave heating and dishwashing with a drying cycle. \u2014 Angie Orellana Hernandez, CNN , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Use it to start a fire, provide light, and even sterilize equipment. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2015"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1676, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-214115"
  },
  "stairwell":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a vertical shaft in which stairs are located"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ster-\u02ccwel"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Standing at the bottom of the stairwell , Volodymyr Roslik, the camp groundskeeper, looked up and raised an eyebrow at me, as if to offer one more chance to reconsider going in. \u2014 Time , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "This refusal to back down is a reminder of a now-infamous story Putin has told about once chasing a rat into the corner of a stairwell outside his childhood home in a Soviet housing block in Leningrad. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Baskets soon turned into Moroccan rugs turned into the cluster of glass pendants now hung in the stairwell , originally found on a vacation in Mexico. \u2014 Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine , 6 May 2022",
      "Fire investigators say the fire was intentionally set on the stairwell in the apartment. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "Blake Scholl stands on a stairwell overlooking a vast hangar where a 71-foot airplane is being built\u2014combining the cockpit of a jetfighter with the body of a small puddle-jumper. \u2014 Jennifer Alsever, Fortune , 18 Sep. 2021",
      "In a video posted to her Instagram feed on July 19, Cardi lipsyncs to the new song on a stairwell in a mesh seafoam dress before the video cuts to show her in a patent black bikini (with that adorable baby bump on full display). \u2014 Nicola Dall'asen, Allure , 20 July 2021",
      "There was nearly a third killing at a third subway station, when a 43-year-old homeless man sleeping on an exit stairwell was awakened by a sharp pain in his back. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Feb. 2021",
      "Various news reports out of Canada said team officials rented ice time so Messing could skate by himself and found a security guard who could stand watch as Messing worked out in a hotel stairwell . \u2014 Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1920, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-214554"
  },
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    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "stevedore"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-220125"
  },
  "steerability":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being steerable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccstir\u0259\u02c8bil\u0259t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-224113"
  },
  "stand to attention":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to stand silently with the body stiff and straight, the feet together, and both arms at the sides"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-001111"
  },
  "steady-going":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": constant , regular",
      ": of steady habits : serious , sober"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "steady entry 3"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-003312"
  },
  "stick-slip":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": movement of two surfaces relative to each other that proceeds by a series of jerks caused by alternate sticking from friction and sliding when the friction is overcome by an applied force"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-024113"
  },
  "steven":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": voice",
      ": noise , uproar"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stev\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, from Old English stefn, stemn voice, sound; akin to Old Frisian stifne, stemme voice, Old High German stimna, stimma , Gothic stibna"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-025542"
  },
  "stackfreed":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": an eccentric wheel or cam having a spring pressing on it and formerly attached to the barrel of the earliest mainspring-driven timepieces to equalize the force transmitted"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stak\u02ccfr\u0113d"
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      "origin unknown"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-031843"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": stile rappresentativo":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0113-l\u0101-\u02ccr\u0101-ch\u0113-t\u00e4-\u02c8t\u0113-v\u014d"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1853, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-155645"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": material stripped from something (such as branches from trees)"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-pij"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "strip entry 1 + -age"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-044640"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a party for men only that is usually on the night before a man's wedding"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-063052"
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    "type":[],
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      "Definition of stacher Scottish variant of stagger"
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      "\u02c8sta\u1e35\u0259r"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-070318"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": an electrocardiographic test of heart function before, during, and after a controlled period of increasingly strenuous exercise (as on a treadmill)",
      ": an electrocardiographic test of heart function before, during, and after a controlled period of increasingly strenuous exercise (as on a treadmill)"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Prior to the stress test , the client reclined on an examination table for a resting EKG and blood pressure. \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Gelfond: The movie industry went through a bigger stress test than anyone could have imagined. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Kitchens are put through the ultimate stress test on Thanksgiving, with every appliance and inch of countertop space pushed to the limit. \u2014 Brenda Richardson, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "The first is that the study represented a serious stress test . \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 12 May 2022",
      "That great initial impression is now going to be followed by a 40,000-mile stress test . \u2014 Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver , 6 May 2022",
      "The screening was comprehensive, including blood tests (cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose, etc.), an assessment of body fatness, and a treadmill stress test supervised by a nurse and a cardiologist. \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The network\u2019s developers had launched a mainnet shadow fork to stress test the new upcoming software. \u2014 David Pan/bloomberg, Time , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "In the second round of the tournament, UConn faced a physical and mental stress test before beating UCF, 52-47. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 25 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1955, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-074509"
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  "strophanthin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of several glycosides (such as ouabain) or mixtures of glycosides from African plants (genera Strophanthus and Acokanthera ) of the dogbane family",
      ": a bitter toxic glycoside C 36 H 54 O 14 from a woody vine ( Strophanthus komb\u00e9 ) used similarly to digitalis",
      ": any of several glycosides (as ouabain) or mixtures of glycosides from African plants of the genera Strophanthus and Acocanthera",
      ": a bitter toxic glycoside C 36 H 54 O 14 from a woody vine of the genus Strophanthus ( S. komb\u00e9 ) used similarly to digitalis"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "str\u014d-\u02c8fan(t)-th\u0259n",
      "str\u014d-\u02c8fan(t)-th\u0259n"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin Strophanthus , from Greek strophos twisted band (from strephein to twist) + anthos flower \u2014 more at anthology"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1873, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-081353"
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  "stigmal vein":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a short vein extending obliquely from the stigma in various hymenopterous insects"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-084729"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": established church"
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1644, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-113007"
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  "sterilization":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": the act or process of sterilizing : such as",
      ": the rendering of something free from viable microorganisms (as by the use of steam or dry heat)",
      ": a procedure by which a living organism is made incapable of reproduction",
      ": the condition of one that is sterile or sterilized"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccster-\u0259-l\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-114014"
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  "stigmaria":{
    "type":[
      "adjective or noun",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a form genus of Carboniferous plants based on elongated, cylindrical, and sometimes branched structures that have rounded depressions scattered over the surface and are generally conceded to be underground portions of lepidodendrids (as of the genera Sigillaria and Lepidodendron )",
      ": any plant or fossil of the genus Stigmaria"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "stig\u02c8ma(a)r\u0113\u0259"
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    "antonyms":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Latin stigma mark + New Latin -aria"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-114237"
  },
  "standpoint":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a position from which objects or principles are viewed and according to which they are compared and judged",
      ": a way in which things are thought about : point of view"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stan(d)-\u02ccp\u022fint",
      "\u02c8stand-\u02ccp\u022fint"
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    "synonyms":[
      "angle",
      "eye view",
      "outlook",
      "perspective",
      "shoes",
      "slant",
      "vantage point",
      "viewpoint"
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    "examples":[
      "From an economic standpoint , the policy is sound.",
      "I never thought about it from that standpoint before.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "From a creative standpoint , how does designing a cake compare to writing and performing music? \u2014 Josh Chesler, SPIN , 23 June 2022",
      "Investing in testing is beneficial from a monetary standpoint , too, the consultant argued. \u2014 Akila Muthukumar, STAT , 18 June 2022",
      "Perhaps most boldly from a creative standpoint , the project would upend Thrones\u2019 final season as the last word on the fates of the surviving characters in HBO\u2019s most popular and Emmy-winning series of all time. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
      "Don Lowe, town administrator of Bolton, said the town is working with The International and LIV from a practical standpoint in terms of parking, traffic flow, and minimizing impact to conservation areas. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
      "That song is one of my favorites, from a songwriting standpoint . \u2014 Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone , 1 June 2022",
      "From a practical standpoint , development in the coastal plain faces a near certainty of lawsuits and challenges connecting to distant, existing infrastructure. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 30 May 2022",
      "From a military standpoint , the destruction of the plane was a sign of Ukraine\u2019s success in keeping Russia from gaining air superiority. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
      "Writing in the journal Motivation and Emotion in 2000, the Cornell sociologist Elaine Wethington found that 90 percent of Americans are familiar with the idea of the midlife crisis and describe it pretty accurately from a psychological standpoint . \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 26 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1829, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-120047"
  },
  "stoping":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a process by which ore is stoped",
      ": the process whereby intrusive igneous magmas are thought to make space for their advance by detaching and engulfing fragments of the invaded rocks"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "from gerund of stope entry 2"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-120825"
  },
  "stop out":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to withdraw temporarily from enrollment at a college or university"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "ConocoPhillips has said it\u2019s leading the response but has hired some experts to help, including Wild Well Control out of Houston, Texas, a company that helps stop out -of-control wells. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "According to traditional metrics, this would be a dropout or a stop out , which would be considered a bad outcome. \u2014 Michael B. Horn, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "Some walked to the bus stop out front, waiting for a bus to take them to the Metro a mile way. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Aug. 2021",
      "Studies of these charts revealed that people basically never died when these vital signs were normal; hearts don\u2019t stop out of the blue. \u2014 Neil Singh, Wired , 15 June 2021",
      "My last stop out of town was the Oshkosh post office, just west of the airport. \u2014 Luther Ray Abel, National Review , 19 Aug. 2020",
      "Smith and his team of union executives usually spread their stops out over a 10-week span, wrapping up just before Thanksgiving. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 15 Oct. 2019",
      "The Frenchman was minutes away from being announced as a Red before the World Cup kicked off in Russia, but the deal was suddenly stopped out of nowhere. \u2014 SI.com , 5 July 2018",
      "One long ball caused Colombia problems as Lewandowski raced through on goal, and forced a very good stop out of Ospina, reminding Colombia that Poland can cause a threat. \u2014 SI.com , 24 June 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "after drop out"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1971, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-134214"
  },
  "step down (from)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to give up (a job or office) with the advent of his 90th birthday, he could no longer resist calls for him to step down from chairmanship of the board",
      "to give up (as a position of authority) formally even in the face of a palace revolt, Queen Elizabeth I refused to step down from the throne"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-135138"
  },
  "starved for":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": badly in need of being given (something needed for one's emotional well-being)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-135532"
  },
  "stuck in one's head":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": being heard over and over again in one's mind"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-153041"
  },
  "stop knob":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one of the handles by which an organist draws or shuts off a particular stop"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1887, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-155951"
  },
  "stoop (to)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "as in submit (to) , succumb (to)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-162446"
  },
  "stocking cutter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a milling gear cutter for removing stock with heavy cuts in preparation for finishing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-172117"
  },
  "steep-to":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": precipitous",
      ": sloping almost perpendicularly downward"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "steep entry 1 + to , adverb"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-172450"
  },
  "stallboard":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a display board formerly attached to the sill of a shop window and often hinging out into the street",
      ": a stout sill or rail under the sash in a shop front",
      ": any of a series of successively higher floors on which excavated material is pitched (as in digging sewers)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-203911"
  },
  "stile rappresentativo":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an early style of Italian recitative (see recitative entry 2 sense 1 ) used in dramatic vocal works of the early 17th century"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0113-l\u0101-\u02ccr\u00e4-pr\u0101-\u02ccsen-t\u00e4-\u02c8t\u0113-v\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1865, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-230946"
  },
  "stake-and-rider":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a fence having a top bar supported by crossed stakes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-013532"
  },
  "stated case":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": case stated"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-174214"
  },
  "stand to reason":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to be sensible or understandable"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-174347"
  },
  "strongman":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one who leads or controls by force of will and character or by military methods"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u022f\u014b-\u02ccman"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "caesar",
      "despot",
      "dictator",
      "f\u00fchrer",
      "fuehrer",
      "oppressor",
      "pharaoh",
      "tyrannizer",
      "tyrant"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a Latin-American strongman who basically treated his nation's coffers as his personal bank account",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Venezuela\u2019s strongman Nicol\u00e1s Maduro uses the lingo of the American Left, which begins to sound like him. \u2014 Mike Gonzalez, National Review , 18 June 2022",
      "China considers Taiwan a breakaway province, with strongman leader Xi Jinping openly committed to reunifying the island with mainland China -- over seven decades after its independent government was created. \u2014 Conor Finnegan, ABC News , 24 May 2022",
      "Ukraine welcomed many Belarusian artists and filmmakers who fled the dictatorship of Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko has been welcoming in thousands of migrants from the Middle East and Africa so as to escort them to the EU\u2019s borders, in a cynical and escalating game of brinkmanship. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko has ruled the country for 27 years. \u2014 Joshua Berlinger, Aditi Sangal And Adam Renton, CNN , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "But the 78-year-old president got a clean bill of mental health from Russian strongman Vladimir Putin \u2013 a former KGB officer who usually relishes the chance to undermine an American counterpart. \u2014 Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News , 18 June 2021",
      "Viktor Orban, Hungary's strongman and Putin's most devoted partner in the EU, woke up Tuesday with a real reason to celebrate his 59th birthday. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 31 May 2022",
      "But Libya\u2019s energy production has been subject to frequent disruptions because of factional disputes following the toppling of strongman Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. \u2014 Benoit Faucon, WSJ , 26 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1859, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-174819"
  },
  "stichos":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": line , stich , verse"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sti\u02cck\u00e4s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Greek"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-175550"
  },
  "stockinette":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a soft elastic usually cotton fabric used especially for bandages and infants' wear",
      ": a soft elastic usually cotton fabric used especially for bandages"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccst\u00e4-k\u0259-\u02c8net"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "alteration of earlier stocking net"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1784, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-181616"
  },
  "star vault":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a ribbed vault in which the ribs and liernes are arranged in a starlike pattern"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-183924"
  },
  "stub tenon":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a tenon to fit a stub mortise"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-184901"
  },
  "storage bellows":{
    "type":[
      "noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a chamber in a pipe organ in which the compressed air supplied by the blower is kept at a uniform pressure by means of weights or springs"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-185111"
  },
  "steal someone's thunder":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to prevent someone from having success or getting attention, praise, etc., by doing or saying whatever that person was planning to do or say"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-185247"
  },
  "stuffing box":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a device that prevents leakage along a moving part (such as a connecting rod) passing through a hole in a vessel (such as a cylinder) containing steam, water, or oil and that consists of a box or chamber made by enlarging the hole and a gland to compress the contained packing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1798, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-190142"
  },
  "state capitalism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an economic system in which private capitalism is modified by a varying degree of government ownership and control"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While Americans have favored a pure form of capitalism, Japanese corporations serve society, Europeans use worker participation, the Nordic nations form civic associations, and China has state capitalism . \u2014 William E. Halal, Fortune , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "The test was originally designed for Soviet-style command economies, but today it should be broadened to include China-style state capitalism . \u2014 Nicholas Phillips, National Review , 19 Oct. 2021",
      "And here is a statement from Ai Weiwei: China, under the system of state capitalism and especially after COVID, firmly believes that its administrative control is the only effective method. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "By that definition, China is far from having a capitalist economy, for Chinese state capitalism is a system in which the purpose of firms is to fulfill the goals of the Communist Party. \u2014 WSJ , 4 Aug. 2021",
      "Neither shareholder nor state capitalism works for all people and the planet. \u2014 Klaus Schwab, Time , 11 Aug. 2021",
      "But as Joe Biden is now finding out, Chinese President Xi Jinping operates from a very different premise: that the West has had its day, and Beijing\u2019s blend of Communist Party rule and state capitalism is the ticket to Make China Great Again. \u2014 William Mcgurn, WSJ , 28 June 2021",
      "The pattern has grown increasingly stark as inequality has surged during China\u2019s shift over the past 40 years from Maoist collectivism to state capitalism , with wealth concentrated on the east coast as the interior lags behind. \u2014 Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 May 2021",
      "But the violent suppression of peaceful demonstrations across China in early June 1989, combined with Deng\u2019s bolstering of state capitalism in the early 1990s, revived fears of China\u2019s growing challenge to America\u2019s global dominance. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Mar. 2021"
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      "circa 1886, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-190826"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a puzzle that consists in the defining of one phrase with another made up of words that rhyme"
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      "\u02ccsti\u014bk\u0113\u02c8pi\u014bk\u0113"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "probably from pinky (variant of pinkie )"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-192614"
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      "adjective"
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    "definitions":[
      ": barred by the statute of limitations"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-193815"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":[
      ": made of sticks plastered with clay"
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-193829"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a lightly tilled mulch of plant residue used to prevent erosion, conserve moisture, and add organic matter to the soil"
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1942, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-195938"
  },
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    "type":[
      "combining form"
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    "definitions":[
      ": cross"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Late Latin, from Late Greek, from Greek stauros pale, stake, cross"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-200457"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": capable of being sterilized"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-201758"
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    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
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      ": a college that is financially supported by a state government, often specializes in a branch of technical or professional education, and often forms part of the state university",
      "borough in central Pennsylvania northeast of Altoona population 42,034"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "She\u2019s one of 150 young Ohioans to win a $10,000 scholarship toward the in- state college or university of her choice. \u2014 Jake Zuckerman, The Enquirer , 13 June 2022",
      "She\u2019s one of 150 young Ohioans to win a $10,000 scholarship toward the in- state college or university of her choice. \u2014 cleveland , 13 June 2022",
      "On Sunday night\u2019s episode of 60 Minutes, successful Chicago businessman Pete Kadens explained how his charity, Hope Chicago, would cover the cost of in- state college tuition for thousands of underprivileged students and their parents. \u2014 Kevin Clark, Essence , 23 May 2022",
      "Massachusetts institutions for higher learning are not fans of in- state college betting. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
      "No other state college or university has seen cumulative gains greater than $10.8 million, according to a Democrat-Gazette analysis of productivity funding data provided by the state Division of Higher Education. \u2014 Jaime Adame, Arkansas Online , 16 May 2022",
      "Teacher salaries are up, residents can go to an in- state college tuition-free, moms will get medical care for a year after childbirth, and criminal justice initiatives are being funded to reduce urban violence. \u2014 Morgan Lee And Mead Gruver, Anchorage Daily News , 16 May 2022",
      "And providing in- state college tuition rates to some high school graduates in the state who lack legal residency could be considered, the report said. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "State Democrats met on Tuesday to discuss plans to ease the debt burden on borrowers by up to $5,000 each year, so long as the borrower attended a state college or university and has lived in Connecticut for at least five years. \u2014 Seamus Mcavoy, courant.com , 9 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1806, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-204213"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a railroad switch in which the track rails are cut off squarely at the toe and the point rails are thrown to line up with the lead rails"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-204902"
  },
  "stiff-neckedness":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being stiff-necked : pride , obstinacy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-k\u0259\u0307dn\u0259\u0307s",
      "-ktn-"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-212502"
  },
  "steading":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small farm",
      ": the service buildings or area of a farm"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ste-d\u1d4an",
      "\u02c8st\u0113-",
      "-di\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English steding , from stede place, farm"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084906"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an order to a broker to buy or sell respectively at the market when the price of a security advances or declines to a designated level"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Dealers who have orders pending but haven't delivered the vehicle yet have a stop order on delivery until the defect is fixed. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 23 June 2022",
      "The last order type is a stop order , which is just a market or limit order with an activation price that triggers the order. \u2014 Jj Kinahan, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Over the past year and a half, failure to stop during a red signal or stop order has contributed to multiple incidents, including an after-hours collision in fall 2019. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Mar. 2021",
      "TerraSlate, which makes waterproof, tear-proof paper, has suffered a 30% loss in revenue as many restaurants in China, Southeast Asia and Europe have stopped ordering its paper for menus amid sharp sales declines, says company president Kyle Ewing. \u2014 Paul Davidson, USA TODAY , 6 Mar. 2020",
      "The retailer stopped ordering more supply of Exploding Kittens, and the most popular version of the game soon fell out of stock. \u2014 Karen Weise, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
      "Restaurants have stopped ordering our chicken or eggs. \u2014 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Mar. 2020",
      "Is there anyone else who can\u2019t stop ordering from Amazon? \u2014 Nandi Howard, Essence , 21 Apr. 2020",
      "Gap and Ralph Lauren temporarily stopped ordering for the fall season, having no clear view of when stores will reopen. \u2014 Anne D'innocenzio, USA TODAY , 12 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1882, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085225"
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  "stigmarioid":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": resembling or related to a stigmaria"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u0113\u02cc\u022fid"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin Stigmaria + English -oid"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085613"
  },
  "storeen":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": darling"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "sth\u014d\u02c8r\u0113n"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Irish Gaelic st\u014dir\u012bn , diminutive of st\u014dr store, treasure, from English store entry 2"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085826"
  },
  "stressed-out":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": suffering from high levels of physical or especially psychological stress"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8strest-\u02c8au\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "shell-shocked",
      "stressed"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1983, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-090055"
  },
  "stopless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun,"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having no stop"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4pl\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-074743"
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  "stringer lode":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a lode that consists of many small irregular reticulated stringers with the intervening country rock":[]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161613"
  },
  "stripiness":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being stripy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u012bp\u0113n\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-082904"
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  "strong mayor":{
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a mayor in a mayor-council method of municipal government who is given by charter a large degree of control and responsibility \u2014 compare council-manager plan , weak mayor"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-083310"
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  "stiffening bar":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": stiffener sense d"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084739"
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  "step (along)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to leave a place often for another now that my ride's here, I'll be stepping along"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085002"
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  "stiff aster":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a wiry tufted perennial herb ( Aster linariifolia ) on the eastern U.S. with stiff erect rough stems, linear leaves, and large heads of violet flowers terminating the branchlets"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085426"
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  "stretcher bond":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a bond with all the bricks or ashlars laid as stretchers breaking joint"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-090010"
  },
  "stiff-neckedly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a stiff-necked manner"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-ktl\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-090702"
  },
  "stringency":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being stringent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8strin-j\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "exactingness",
      "hardness",
      "harshness",
      "inflexibility",
      "rigidity",
      "rigidness",
      "rigor",
      "rigorousness",
      "severity",
      "sternness",
      "strictness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "flexibility",
      "gentleness",
      "laxness",
      "mildness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "some people objected to the stringency of the new regulations regarding the alteration of building exteriors in the historic district",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But while more and more cities are imposing lockdowns \u2014 Taiyuan, the hub of China\u2019s coal industry, joined the list on Thursday \u2014 the stringency of municipal lockdowns has weakened a little lately. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Others such as Clarence Thomas and Amy Coney Barrett have carried the flame of its arguments forward on the Supreme Court since Scalia\u2019s death, sometimes (in the case of Thomas) with more stringency than Scalia himself. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "More specifically, stringency index studies find that lockdowns in Europe and the United States only reduced COVID-19 mortality by 0.2% on average. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "The additional stringency associated with this highest tier of approval can easily add several years and tens of millions of dollars to a project\u2019s schedule and budget. \u2014 David W. Brown, Scientific American , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "An analysis that includes data through early June 2021 finds that lockdown stringency is strongly associated with fewer deaths after controlling for a few other factors. \u2014 WSJ , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "This stringency , which the narrator shares with her creator, is also one of Davis\u2019s defining features as a translator. \u2014 Elaine Blair, The New York Review of Books , 29 Apr. 2021",
      "Her sense of belief was eclectic, encompassing Calvinist stringency and Unitarian sunshine. \u2014 James Marcus, The New Yorker , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "For the same large states mentioned above, there is no significant correlation between changes in retail sales and the stringency of COVID interventions. \u2014 Jerry Nickelsburg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1844, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-123609"
  },
  "strudel":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a pastry made from a thin sheet of dough rolled up with filling and baked"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u00fc-d\u1d4al",
      "\u02c8shtr\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Sides of fish, shrimp, fries, applesauce, slaw, pierogi, tea, coffee, milk, apple and cheese strudel available. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "James also enjoyed his cherry strudel dessert, which costs extra. \u2014 cleveland , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "People can have croissants, strudel , a cup of coffee and bring their friends and kids. \u2014 Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Sides of fish, shrimp, fries, applesauce, slaw, pierogi, tea, coffee, milk, apple and cheese strudel available. \u2014 cleveland , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Apple strudel in the Dolomites, for example, is often vegan, because the Italians use olive oil, rather than butter in their crust. \u2014 Everett Potter, Forbes , 12 Dec. 2021",
      "However, there's certainly no shortage of gingerbread, strudel and traditional Heidelberg Lebkuchen cookies. \u2014 Tamara Hardingham-gill, CNN , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "Pie Act quickly to snag one of Mike Raskin\u2019s luscious, flavorful pies for Thanksgiving, including apple with a double butter crust, chocolate hazelnut and a vegan cranberry strudel . \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "The lineup includes: Authentic German food including brats, sausages, schnitzel, strudel , funnel cakes and roasted almonds. \u2014 Anna Caplan, Dallas News , 8 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "German, literally, whirlpool"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1881, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-124808"
  },
  "stor":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "storage"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-125039"
  },
  "standpost":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a post forming a stand (as for a hydrant)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-130128"
  },
  "stand a chance of":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to have a possibility of (succeeding or winning)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-132057"
  },
  "steerage":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or practice of steering",
      ": direction",
      ": a section of inferior accommodations in a passenger ship for passengers paying the lowest fares",
      "[from its originally being located near the rudder]"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stir-ij"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Alfred Stieglitz and Jacob Riis composed subjects with a spare, Modernist look in mind, but immigrants in steerage or children in factories were the stuff of real life. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "With $3 in his pocket, Sidney traveled steerage on a mail-cargo ship. \u2014 Hillel Italie, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "With $3 in his pocket, Sidney traveled steerage on a mail-cargo ship. \u2014 Hillel Italie, ajc , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "With $3 in his pocket, Sidney traveled steerage on a mail-cargo ship. \u2014 Hillel Italie, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "His father was an orphan who came to America from Norway in 1911 with his seven brothers and sisters in the steerage of a ship, Yndestad said. \u2014 Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "Not only had there been no lifeboat drills, the crew provided steerage passengers almost no direction at all. \u2014 Cody Cassidy, Wired , 30 Oct. 2020",
      "Under his steerage , the newspaper became an important tool to lobby for the fugitives' return. \u2014 Cnn Staff, CNN , 4 Sep. 2020",
      "To the editor: So our captain of state has telegraphed his intention to sail into a pack of icebergs at flank speed, ignoring the wishes of the majority in steerage who don\u2019t want that. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-132526"
  },
  "stupefacient":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": bringing about a stupor : stupefying",
      ": something promoting stupefaction : narcotic"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6st(y)\u00fcp\u0259\u00a6f\u0101sh\u0259nt",
      "\""
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Adjective",
      "Latin stupefacient-, stupefaciens , present participle of stupefacere to stupefy"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-133040"
  },
  "stressed skin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": aircraft construction in which the torsion forces are resisted by shear in the usually metal skin without aid of struts \u2014 compare monocoque"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-143434"
  },
  "strip-in":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stripped photographic negative or positive",
      ": an instance of stripping in"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "strip entry 1 + in"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-143458"
  },
  "sternness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "biographical name ()",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having a definite hardness or severity of nature or manner : austere",
      ": expressive of severe displeasure : harsh",
      ": forbidding or gloomy in appearance",
      ": inexorable",
      ": sturdy , stout",
      ": the rear end of a boat",
      ": a hinder or rear part : the last or latter part",
      ": hard and severe in nature or manner : very strict and serious",
      ": showing severe displeasure or disapproval",
      ": firm and not changeable",
      ": the rear end of a boat",
      "Isaac 1920\u20132001 American (Russian-born) violinist",
      "Otto 1888\u20131969 American (German-born) physicist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0259rn",
      "\u02c8st\u0259rn",
      "\u02c8st\u0259rn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "austere",
      "authoritarian",
      "flinty",
      "hard",
      "harsh",
      "heavy-handed",
      "ramrod",
      "rigid",
      "rigorous",
      "severe",
      "strict",
      "tough"
    ],
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      "clement",
      "forbearing",
      "gentle",
      "indulgent",
      "lax",
      "lenient",
      "tolerant"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "He gave me a stern look.",
      "the army post's stern commander always had the utmost respect of those who served under him",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The Moon in Scorpio will square stern Saturn, then turn right around and trine dreamy Neptune, showing us facts and fantasy in equal measure. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "With a stern face that quietly communicates no-nonsense badassery and rueful-dreamy thoughtfulness, McClarnon seems to shift the gravity of his projects. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
      "At one point, Louis poked his tongue out in Kate's face and made a goofy gesture with his hand, prompting the mother of three to give him a stern look. \u2014 Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
      "Needless to say, fans quickly reacted to the video and a lot of people were rallying behind Zooey who held a stern face throughout the clip. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 26 May 2022",
      "Khan says his removal from office was the result of a U.S.-organized plot and collusion with Sharif, whose government has vowed a stern response if Khan violates the ban. \u2014 Time , 26 May 2022",
      "The yacht\u2019s inline stern drive system reportedly gives it great maneuverability and efficiency, too. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 24 May 2022",
      "His new classmates, all white, despise Black people and use the N-word; Aaron gives Paul a stern lesson in civil rights, teaching him that the same people who menace Black people would do the same to Jews. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 19 May 2022",
      "The mention of singing and dancing is met with stern looks, pressed lips. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The name on the boat's stern is Kyklades, the Greek word used to describe circle of islands at the heart of the civilization during the Bronze Age. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 22 June 2022",
      "An additional two bungee cords also come with the set to better secure the bow and stern . \u2014 Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s complemented by a lifting platform and two cranes at the stern that can support the loading and unloading of the various vehicles. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "As Matteson piloted the boat from his seat in the stern , Telep brandished a long pole with a net at the tip. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 13 May 2022",
      "Roderick Grimshaw pushed an empty lobster trap to the stern as Michael Grimshaw hauled up the rest. \u2014 David Abel, BostonGlobe.com , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "During breaks in the pot-rigging, crew members climbed back aboard the Pinnacle and warmed up in a three-story house that rises fortress-like \u2014 but full of comforts \u2014 from the stern of the boat. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "But a portion of the stern has broken off, meaning the hull is in at least two pieces. \u2014 al , 12 May 2022",
      "Not so with the latest Navigator, which has LINCOLN plastered across its stern and the brand's crosshair emblem set as a nearly foot-tall protrusion within its gently redrawn grille. \u2014 Mike Sutton, Car and Driver , 4 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Adjective",
      "Middle English sterne , from Old English styrne ; akin to Old English starian to stare \u2014 more at stare",
      "Noun",
      "Middle English, rudder, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse stj\u014drn steering, rudder; akin to Old English st\u012beran to steer \u2014 more at steer"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-150343"
  },
  "stopwork":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a device to prevent tight winding of the mainspring of a watch or clock \u2014 compare maltese cross",
      ": stoppage of work : strike",
      "[ stop entry 1 + work ]"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "stop entry 2 + work"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-153759"
  },
  "stipendiary magistrate":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a salaried British magistrate who is a professional lawyer appointed under statutory provisions to act instead of or in cooperation with unpaid lay justices of the peace"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-155109"
  },
  "stoplight":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a light on the rear of a motor vehicle that is illuminated when the driver presses the brake pedal",
      ": traffic signal",
      ": traffic light",
      ": a light on the rear of a motor vehicle that goes on when the driver presses the brake pedal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4p-\u02ccl\u012bt",
      "\u02c8st\u00e4p-\u02ccl\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This tiny one- stoplight town is just a 13-mile drive from Grandfather Mountain, part of the United Nations\u2019 Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve and home to the Wilson Center for Nature Discovery, opening this June. \u2014 Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 June 2022",
      "The massacre begins with this sequence of Sons getting picked off one by one in broad daylight \u2014 in a motel room, at a coffee cart, at a stoplight . \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 1 June 2022",
      "The classroom of the outstanding Register\u2019s Mr. Smith seems a kind of oasis of enlightenment for a one- stoplight town in northern Georgia (or maybe, we city slickers are just too quick to impose our own provincialism on rural America). \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "Video footage released by the Boynton Beach Police Department shows a black vehicle beginning to drift from its lane and into the middle of the busy intersection as the stoplight turns red. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
      "Cars were passing through a busy South Florida intersection last week when a black vehicle began slowly rolling diagonally past the stoplight . \u2014 Mar\u00eda Luisa Pa\u00fal, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
      "Victims have reported being struck by this confluence of symptoms in embassies and personal residences around the globe, and in at least one instance, at open-air stoplight in a foreign country. \u2014 Katie Bo Lillis, CNN , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Walker tried to establish an ambulance service based in Statenville, the one- stoplight county seat in Echols, but the cost of providing one was projected at $280,000 a year. \u2014 Andy Miller, ajc , 31 Dec. 2021",
      "Harris, who works as a hairstylist, said one of her friends was recently robbed at a stoplight while driving in Columbus with her daughter. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-160001"
  },
  "strictness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": stringent in requirement or control",
      ": severe in discipline",
      ": inflexibly maintained or adhered to",
      ": rigorously conforming to principle or a norm or condition",
      ": exact , precise",
      ": of narrow erect habit of growth",
      ": tight , close",
      ": intimate",
      ": narrow",
      ": not to be avoided or ignored : requiring obedience",
      ": strongly enforcing rules and discipline",
      ": kept with great care : absolute",
      ": carefully observing something (as a rule or principle)",
      ": exact entry 1 , precise",
      ": characterized by narrowness : not demonstrating a broad or liberal view",
      ": firm or rigid in requirement or control",
      ": severe in discipline",
      ": inflexibly maintained or adhered to",
      ": rigorously conforming to a principle or norm or condition",
      ": not requiring fault \u2014 see also strict liability at liability sense 2b"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8strikt",
      "\u02c8strikt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "accurate",
      "authentic",
      "exact",
      "faithful",
      "precise",
      "right",
      "true",
      "veracious"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "corrupt",
      "corrupted",
      "false",
      "imprecise",
      "inaccurate",
      "inauthentic",
      "inexact",
      "loose",
      "unfaithful"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Her parents aren't very strict .",
      "He insists on strict adherence to the rules.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Movies that receive government funding have to comply with strict windowing rules \u2014 currently 90 days between theatrical and online bows \u2014 but for non-Italian films, releases were handled on a case-by-case basis. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
      "With lockdown orders across the Bay Area and strict social distancing rules, the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted many industries. \u2014 Vanessa Arredondo, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 June 2022",
      "California\u2019s Air Resource Board, for example, maintains a raft of requirements applying to the specific formulation that gas producers and importers can sell in the state, applying strict rules to chemicals like benzene, formaldehyde and sulfur. \u2014 Adrian Blanco, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
      "Practice rules being enforced Even with strict rules regarding practices in the offseason and training camp, the NFL Players Association reviews the tape of every practice conducted by every team. \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
      "Investors also need to consider that private companies are not obligated to follow the same strict financial reporting rules and regulations that public companies are subjected to. \u2014 Drew Spaventa, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "While states have leeway in how to spend their portion, strict rules dictate how the federal part can be used. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "One factor keeping oil prices somewhat in check has been the surge of Covid cases, and strict lockdown rules in much of the country. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 6 June 2022",
      "Of course that doesn't leave out Shields' iconic brows, which have resulted in some strict beauty rules in their household. \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English stricte , from Latin strictus , from past participle of stringere to bind tight \u2014 more at strain"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-163218"
  },
  "staurolatry":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": worship of the cross or crucifix"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "st\u022f\u02c8r\u00e4l\u0259\u2027tr\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Late Latin staurolatria , from Late Greek stauro- + Late Latin -latria -latry"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-170005"
  },
  "strong sand":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": molders' sand with an admixture of loam to increase its adhesiveness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-172122"
  },
  "stockinger":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stocking knitter or weaver"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u014b\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-175826"
  },
  "stile moderno":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the innovative style of 17th-century musical composition in Europe characterized especially by the use of monody (see monody sense 4a ), continuo , and relative freedom of dissonance treatment",
      "\u2014 compare stile antico"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0113-l\u0101-m\u014d-\u02c8der-n\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1941, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-180424"
  },
  "stick together":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to continue to support each other"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-184425"
  },
  "steady load":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dead load sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "steady entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-184609"
  },
  "stichomythia":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dialogue especially of altercation or dispute delivered by two actors in alternating lines (as in classical Greek drama)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccsti-k\u0259-\u02c8mi-th\u0113-\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Greek stichomythia , from stichomythein to speak dialogue in alternate lines, from stichos row, verse + mythos speech, myth; akin to Greek steichein to walk, go \u2014 more at stair"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1861, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-195838"
  },
  "stock horse":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a horse used in herding cattle on ranches"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-200234"
  },
  "stile concitato":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the use of string tremolos and rapidly repeated vocal notes especially to signify anger or battle in Italian music of the 17th century"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u0113-l\u0101-\u02cck\u022fn-ch\u0113-\u02c8t\u00e4-t\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1914, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-202928"
  },
  "stalkiness":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being stalky"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-k\u0113n\u0259\u0307s",
      "-kin-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-213026"
  },
  "stichometry":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a measurement of books by the number of lines they contain",
      ": a list of documents stating how many lines each contains",
      ": division of the text of a book into lines",
      ": division of texts into lines fitted to the sense (as in manuscripts antedating the adoption of punctuation)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "st\u0259\u0307\u02c8k\u00e4m\u0259\u2027tr\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Greek sticho s line + English -metry"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-215703"
  },
  "stockhorn":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an obsolete Scottish musical instrument similar to the Welsh pibgorn"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4k\u02cch\u022frn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-222220"
  },
  "stiff-backed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": rigidly erect",
      ": punctiliously correct : haughty , unbending"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-222453"
  },
  "stuffing nut":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a nut used to tighten or adjust a stuffing box"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-225555"
  },
  "stripfilm":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": filmstrip"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-230036"
  },
  "storage car":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a railway car for hauling mail and parcels that do not require sorting and distribution en route \u2014 compare railway mail car"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-233936"
  },
  "strontium yellow":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": strontium chromate SrCrO 4 used as a yellow pigment although it has little tinting strength"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-235430"
  },
  "stub station":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a railroad station at which the tracks terminate \u2014 compare through station"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-000941"
  },
  "stubborn streak":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a tendency to be stubborn"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-002105"
  },
  "stairway":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one or more flights of stairs usually with landings to pass from one level to another",
      ": one or more flights of steps usually with connecting landings"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ster-\u02ccw\u0101",
      "\u02c8ster-\u02ccw\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This is a perfect scent for men who are distinguished but have a strong passionate fire burning inside them that drives them to be bold and unexpected at every step on the stairway to success. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
      "The open stairway in the front hall leads to the second floor and four of the home\u2019s five bedrooms. \u2014 James Alexander, Hartford Courant , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The stairway down to the lower level, which holds the game room, a guest bedroom and an office. \u2014 Nancy Keates, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
      "An inspector had found lead paint and dust in two bedrooms and the stairway of the home. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "According to an arrest affidavit shared with PEOPLE, Grant was stabbed with a knife in the neck and a sword in his chest while in the stairway of the apartment building. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "Elizabeth is walking briskly with the dog now, rushing down the once-impressively grand stairway that leads up from the Theranos lobby. \u2014 Kate Aurthur, Variety , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Or continue up a steep natural-rock stairway to the top of the arch. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Disturbing bystander video that Pointer said captured the shooting showed several officers walking up a short stairway in front of La Victoria. \u2014 Tim Stelloh, NBC News , 1 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1767, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-013531"
  },
  "stockpile":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a storage pile: such as",
      ": a reserve supply of something essential accumulated within a country for use during a shortage",
      ": a gradually accumulated reserve of something",
      ": to place or store in or on a stockpile",
      ": to accumulate a stockpile of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4k-\u02ccp\u012b(-\u0259)l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cache",
      "hoard",
      "stash",
      "store"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cache",
      "hoard",
      "lay away",
      "lay by",
      "lay in",
      "lay up",
      "put by",
      "salt away",
      "squirrel (away)",
      "stash",
      "store",
      "stow",
      "treasure"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a stockpile of medical supplies",
      "an emergency stockpile of potable water and canned goods in the cellar",
      "Verb",
      "The government stockpiled vaccines to prepare for a flu epidemic.",
      "we should be able to stockpile enough vaccine for the upcoming flu season",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Health officials said earlier this month that the U.S. government has 72,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine in its stockpile . \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 28 June 2022",
      "Putin has been building his gold stockpile since 2014. \u2014 Fatima Hussein, ajc , 17 June 2022",
      "As the world grapples with a monkeypox outbreak, the Biden administration has been quick to highlight the vaccines and other therapies the United States has in its national stockpile . \u2014 Rachel Cohrs, STAT , 13 June 2022",
      "The Russian Army has begun deployment of one of the oldest tanks in its stockpile , the T-62 main battle tank. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 10 June 2022",
      "The stockpile also has reserves of antiviral treatments such as Tecovirimat and Cidofovir, officials said. \u2014 Dan Diamond, Anchorage Daily News , 10 June 2022",
      "Even the new characters \u2014 notably Mamoudou Athie\u2019s corporate lackey and DeWanda Wise\u2019s world-weary pilot \u2014 are stock archetypes borrowed from the Pop Culture 101 stockpile . \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
      "Senator Tom Cotton said if China were to cut the US off from these resources, the current Department of Defense stockpile would last under a year. \u2014 Jennifer Griffin, Fox News , 4 June 2022",
      "O'Connell's agency oversees the national stockpile of both Jynneos and the older ACAM2000 vaccines, which have also been requested by at least one state. \u2014 Alexander Tin, CBS News , 3 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Lauren Lopez, 38, of New York is trying to organize people on Twitter and Facebook to stockpile contraceptives such as Plan B so that they can be given to people who lack access. \u2014 Christopher Rowland, Yiwen Lu And Aaron Gregg, Anchorage Daily News , 29 June 2022",
      "Related: How was Ronald Andruchuk able to stockpile more than 200 guns? \u2014 Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
      "Cutting off those supplies, along with the uncertainty about the duration and scope of Western sanctions, has prompted other governments to block exports as nations try to stockpile goods. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
      "In May of last year, a ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline Co. disrupted the East Coast\u2019s largest fuel conduit for six days, leading some consumers to stockpile gasoline. \u2014 David Uberti, WSJ , 23 June 2022",
      "While crypto spring may be coming, startups in the ecosystem, as well as their investors, may want to stockpile a good amount of patience alongside their cash. \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
      "Because the aim of the activity was to out-argue the other side, debaters had to stockpile information. \u2014 Bo Seo, The Atlantic , 1 June 2022",
      "Boy, Nick Saban sure is mad about the way some schools are using NIL to stockpile talent. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 19 May 2022",
      "The council also encourages parents to keep a 10-day to two-week supply or formula at home, while urging them not to stockpile products. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 10 May 2022"
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      "adverb"
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      ": a bird selected (as by the legislature) as an emblem of a state of the U.S."
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Alaskans have long joked that the unofficial state bird is the mosquito. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 2 May 2022",
      "With a state bird , insect, food, mineral and dance, how could Illinois not have a state rock? \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 27 May 2022",
      "The cardinal is the Ohio state bird and can be found in all 88 counties. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Mosquitoes are often referred to as the state bird , and some of those found in Alaska are large enough to nearly qualify. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Six other states also claim the cardinal as their state bird . \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The golden eagle became Utah's official state bird of prey on Wednesday. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Lawmakers officially designated the golden eagle as Utah\u2019s state bird of prey on Wednesday. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "What does Massachusetts use as its state bird , state flower, and state animal? \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Mar. 2022"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-035002"
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      ": strontium sulfate used as a pigment, extender, or filler"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-050350"
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      ": a crystalline compound SrTiO 3 used chiefly as an additive to barium titanate ceramic bodies"
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      "noun"
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      "upon hearing the diagnosis of cancer, she just sat there in total stupefaction",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Glimpses of both are embedded inside her bracing work, along with a healthy dose of stupefaction and bewilderment. \u2014 Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "So here\u2019s a handy guide to stick it to your co-conversants and have their heads nodding at your bon mots in sublime stupefaction . \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 13 June 2021",
      "The \u2018Brexit\u2019 series has only heightened this sense of entertainment and stupefaction . \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 29 May 2021",
      "Marsalis\u2019s expression combines shock, dismay, amusement, stupefaction , and something like resignation. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 Apr. 2021",
      "The tourists, speaking in bad French, shake their heads in stupefaction . \u2014 New York Times , 7 Feb. 2021",
      "The state doesn't have to identify the specific substance that caused stupefaction , according to Gerol. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Nov. 2019",
      "Over the years, many Spaniards considered flamenco a scourge of their nation, deploring it as an entertainment that lulled the masses into stupefaction and hampered Spain\u2019s progress toward modernity. \u2014 Sandie Holgu\u00edn, Smithsonian , 24 Oct. 2019",
      "Those kind of afternoon lunches have all but disappeared, sucked into some malevolent black hole created by corporate downsizing, email culture and the endless stupefaction of the internet. \u2014 Tim Carman, chicagotribune.com , 4 Oct. 2019"
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      "Middle English stupefaccioun , from Medieval Latin stupefaction-, stupefactio , from Latin stupefacere"
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      "1603, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-051538"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-051704"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-071309"
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      "noun"
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      ": any of various devices or procedures for securing watertightness: such as",
      ": a plug of soft wood driven into a hole bored in the seam of a scarf",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-071619"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a watch with a hand or a digital display that can be started and stopped at will for exact timing (as of a race)",
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      "\u02c8st\u00e4p-\u02ccw\u00e4ch"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The moment a dancer is in the middle of the circle waiting for the stopwatch and beat to start with the hoops organized on the floor and ready to be picked up, can be intense even for people who have danced for years. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "The gist of the process is this \u2014 for 20 seconds, 14 pingpong balls are mixed before one is drawn (someone has a stopwatch and his back to the machine, signaling for one of the accountants to draw a ball). \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
      "But equipping the Macan with the Sport Chrono option ($1220) adds a wart-like stopwatch to the top of the dashboard and some critical launch-control software. \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The Sport Chrono package will come standard on the Macan T, adding a driving mode switch on the steering wheel, launch control, and an analog and digital stopwatch . \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Now the film industry is back in action, and Williams, who turned 90 on Tuesday, is once again at the piano churning out earworms \u2014 pencil, paper and stopwatch in hand. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "Fraser performed six tasks, including counting out a duration of 30 seconds in his head, as if to test his inner stopwatch . \u2014 Amanda Chicago Lewis, Wired , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "At the end of 1995\u2014the first year computer controls replaced four guys with ropes, one with a stopwatch , and a supervisor\u2014the ball descended two seconds late, Mr. Straus said. \u2014 Isabelle Bousquette, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "No, Kastor doesn\u2019t assess her races according to the stopwatch or even her medal collection. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 24 Aug. 2020"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1737, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-071842"
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  "stinkwort":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a fetid European herb ( Inula graveolens ) naturalized as a weed in Australia",
      ": jimsonweed"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-072746"
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  "stud chain":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a chain having links braced with studs"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-080122"
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      "noun"
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      ": a high vertical pipe or reservoir that is used to secure a uniform pressure in a water-supply system"
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Clean the washing machine standpipe and the P-trap underneath. \u2014 Jeanne Huber, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
      "After learning about the leak, Falaschi allegedly told a water district employee to install a new gate inside the standpipe , which could be opened and closed on demand, the document stated. \u2014 Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Since 2015, the building has filed 36 T.C.O.s, but the developers have yet to finish certifying the safety of the standpipe and sprinklers, among other items. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "The Water Tower formerly contained an almost 140-foot-tall iron standpipe that was needed to provide water pressure for the city\u2019s North Side, which was removed in 1911. \u2014 Brian Cassella, chicagotribune.com , 28 Sep. 2021",
      "The water issue was solved decades ago with standpipe systems. \u2014 Teri Webster, Dallas News , 24 Aug. 2021",
      "Find your washing machine\u2019s discharge hose, which is probably emptying into a nearby standpipe or utility sink. \u2014 Malia Wollan, New York Times , 6 July 2021",
      "In Lalitpur, Kathmandu\u2019s adjoining city, residents around the landmark Patan Durbar Square said tankers paid officials not to fix many of the free, ornate public standpipes that were knocked out by the deadly 2015 earthquake. \u2014 Peter Schwartzstein, New York Times , 11 Jan. 2020",
      "One, water will be delivered through household taps, instead of communal standpipes . \u2014 David Taylor, Quartz India , 8 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1850, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-083724"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-084516"
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  "stigmasterol":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a crystalline sterol C 29 H 48 O obtained especially from soybean oil",
      ": a crystalline sterol C 29 H 48 O obtained especially from soybean oil"
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      "stig-\u02c8ma-st\u0259-\u02ccr\u022fl",
      "-\u02ccr\u014dl",
      "stig-\u02c8mas-t\u0259-\u02ccr\u022fl",
      "-\u02ccr\u014dl"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin Physo stigma (genus including the Calabar bean, a source of stigmasterol) + International Scientific Vocabulary sterol"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1907, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-085528"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": a manually operated gearshift for a motor vehicle usually mounted on the floor"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Do you know how to drive a stick shift ?",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And while the automatic transmission was by this point an increasingly popular option on the Z, this car has a five-speed stick shift poking up between the seats. \u2014 Joe Lorio, Car and Driver , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Driving for the first time in twenty years\u2014 stick shift ! \u2014 Zach Helfand, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
      "Consider: Before cars incorporated intelligence, everything was manual and analog\u2014from the stick shift to the cassette player. \u2014 Ana Pinczuk, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "By contrast, Porsche\u2014for the time being, at least\u2014still offers a stick shift in the Cayman GT4. \u2014 Joe Lorio, Car and Driver , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "Two weeks ago, the automaker finally confirmed that the Supra would be available with a stick shift again. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Dreyer also gave Hall her first car, which had a manual transmission, and taught her how to drive with a stick shift . \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "That means the chance to get an Emira with a manual gearbox will be a limited one, as the stick shift will only be offered with the V-6. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 6 July 2021",
      "That stick shift was an undeniably alluring feature. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 30 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1959, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-090500"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having a vigorous mind",
      ": marked by independence of thought and judgment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u022f\u014b-\u02c8m\u012bn-d\u0259d"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1788, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-093125"
  },
  "stile antico":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the standard polyphonic style of 16th-century church music especially as employed in the 17th century",
      "\u2014 compare stile moderno"
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      "\u02c8st\u0113-l\u0101-\u00e4n-\u02c8t\u0113-k\u014d"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1897, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-094252"
  },
  "starvedly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a starved manner : with little nourishment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-v\u0259\u0307dl\u0113",
      "-vd-"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-094510"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": a field covered with stubble after harvesting"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-094858"
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      "noun"
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      ": stackyard"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English stakgarth , from Old Norse stakkgarthr , from stakkr haystack + garthr yard"
    ],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-100921"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": acid",
      ": nitric acid",
      ": distilled liquor"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "translation of New Latin aqua fortis"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102030"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a stalky manner"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-k\u0259\u0307l\u0113"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102037"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a worker who inserts watch hairsprings into studs"
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      "\u02c8st\u0259d\u0259(r)"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-103919"
  },
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      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": central bank",
      ": a bank chartered by and operating under the laws of a state of the U.S."
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana ruled out the creation of a new state bank , saying the country lacked the money needed to back it. \u2014 Rene Vollgraaff, Bloomberg.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "There was no federal currency, and federal law barred the treasury from borrowing the state bank notes that were the nation\u2019s de facto medium of exchange. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "But that ended precipitously in 2019 \u2014 and the state lost its investment \u2014 when state bank regulators said his business plan, the basis of the development money, allegedly violated lending laws. \u2014 Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Gibson/Bloomberg News Michelle Bowman , a former community-bank executive and Kansas state bank commissioner, first nominated to the board by Mr. Trump. \u2014 Paul Kiernan, WSJ , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "Cinecitt\u00e0 Studios has signed a preliminary agreement with state bank Cassa Depositi e Prestiti to acquire a plot of land adjacent to the Rome filming facilities. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "As an emergency measure, Michigan Gov. William Comstock declared a state bank holiday at 1 a.m. Feb. 14. \u2014 Paul Vachon, Detroit Free Press , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "The amount of money in state bank accounts continues to grow thanks to a quick recovery from the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic and people spending money much faster than experts predicted. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 13 Nov. 2021",
      "The idea of forming a state bank has been kicking around Beacon Hill for years but has not gained much traction. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1702, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-105038"
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  "staccato mark":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a pointed vertical stroke or a dot placed over or under a musical note to be produced staccato"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1903, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-105704"
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  "stress-strain curve":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a chart or curve showing the relation between the load or stress on a structural member or specimen of material and the corresponding strain or deformation"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-110221"
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  "stop volley":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a soft shot in tennis intended to carry just over the net short of the reach of one's opponent"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-112524"
  },
  "steal a peek/look":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
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    "definitions":[
      ": to take a quick look often in a secret way"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-114749"
  },
  "stubble crop":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a crop (such as soybeans, buckwheat, turnips) sown on stubble after the grain is harvested for turning under as green manure",
      ": a ratoon crop especially of sugarcane"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-115404"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
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      "Middle English stowp , probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse staup cup; akin to Old English st\u0113ap flagon"
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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      "noun"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Among other measures to help farmers, the commission proposed an aid program for the pork industry and temporary state aid of up to 35,000 euros for companies in the agriculture and fisheries sectors. \u2014 Samuel Petrequin, ajc , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The eminent pianist Evgeny Kissin, who was born in Moscow and is now based in Prague, said that while many artists in Russia needed to support Mr. Putin to some degree because their institutions relied on state aid , others went too far. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "The government has intensified its focus on developing cutting-edge sectors with state aid and protection. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Though student fees went down slightly during the COVID-19 pandemic, the total amount of fees, state aid and university support rose 50% over the prior fiscal year \u2014 to almost $43 million. \u2014 Abbott Koloff, USA TODAY , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Between state aid in the American Rescue Plan Act and surging tax collections, state and local governments are flush with cash. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "Senate Bill 851 would stabilize state aid for these students by ensuring their award won\u2019t be reduced if private colleges fail to accept a certain number of community college transfer students. \u2014 Carolyn Kuimelis, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "For nearly two decades, New York state aid for library books has been stalled at $6.25 a student, $3 lower per person than aid for prison libraries. \u2014 WSJ , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "That project has been talked about for years, Stewart said, but wasn\u2019t possible without state aid for environmental remediation. \u2014 Don Stacom, courant.com , 11 Jan. 2022"
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      "1855, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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      ": a field of cornstalks from which the ears have been harvested":[]
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      ": a pool of water without an outlet":[]
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      "Latin":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105923"
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      ": the whole body of legislation of a given jurisdiction whether or not published as a whole":[
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Logan Act is the appendix of U.S. statute books , a law that serves no useful purpose. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 19 May 2020",
      "If withholding military aid to the government of Ukraine were on the statute books as a crime, Trump couldn\u2019t do it. \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The New York Review of Books , 30 Jan. 2020",
      "France is the first European country to put the European Union\u2019s Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market on its statute books , taking effect at the end of October. \u2014 Kim Willsher, Los Angeles Times , 17 Oct. 2019",
      "Indeed, many African governments have restricted the basic freedoms of their citizens by using colonial era legislation still on the statute books . \u2014 Jonathan Fisher, Quartz Africa , 2 Nov. 2019",
      "But the timing was particularly inauspicious, as tech regulation edges closer to becoming part of the statute book in Europe. \u2014 Alex Webb | Bloomberg, Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2019",
      "But the death penalty is still on the statute book . \u2014 The Economist , 4 July 2019",
      "This raises the prospect that at any time the legislature in London could decide not to put a new EU law onto the U.K. statute book , a step that would likely lead to the suspension of the U.K.\u2019s special membership of the EU\u2019s single market. \u2014 Stephen Fidler, WSJ , 10 July 2018",
      "By 1900, the gold standard was written into the statute books . \u2014 James Grant, WSJ , 28 May 2018"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1823, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "adjective"
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      ": having stripes or streaks":[]
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      "the zebra is a black-and-white striped animal",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Janelle Monae\u2019s appearance at the 2019 games\u2014in a striped Thom Browne look including a button-up jacket, pleated skirt, and knee-high socks\u2014was a head-to-toe take on the aesthetic. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 22 June 2022",
      "This one comes in four popsicle-bright colors (plus black and a striped option) like the electric lavender seen here. \u2014 Ariel Scotti, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
      "In 2014, in the wake of Michael Brown\u2019s killing by police in Ferguson, Mo., Justice found an unidentified old photo of a boy in a striped prison uniform cruelly bound to a pole. \u2014 Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "Azizi is the Louisville Zoo's striped superstar, a 6-year-old Hartmann's mountain zebra. \u2014 Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 8 June 2022",
      "Gwen wore a striped rainbow suit, an outfit Gwen carefully selected at a vintage shop especially for the occasion. \u2014 Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times , 5 June 2022",
      "The man in the striped jacket then punched the man on the left side of his face. \u2014 cleveland , 3 June 2022",
      "Effect\u2019\u2014what separates Player 2 from the dozens of up-and-coming golf clothing labels pumping out striped , sweat wicking polos along with hoodies and graphic tees? \u2014 Mike Dojc, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "The billowing black robe, with blue striped velvet sleeves and wide, stiff shoulders, didn\u2019t exactly match Old Dominion\u2019s more subdued all-black student garb. \u2014 Melissa Korn, WSJ , 13 May 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1567, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111629"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111650"
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      "noun"
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      "Medieval Latin stupefactivus , from Latin stupefactus (past participle of stupefacere ) + -ivus -ive":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111936"
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      "noun"
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      ": a crystalline salt SrSO 4 occurring naturally as celestite and used chiefly in making other strontium compounds":[]
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      "Middle English, from Old English stund ; akin to Old High German stunta time, hour":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112816"
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      ": a small gift that is usually placed in a Christmas stocking":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113139"
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      "noun"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Foley takes its name from Jack Foley, a stuntman , prop handler, and assistant director at Universal Pictures in the late twenties. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
      "Perry began his entertainment industry career as a stuntman and was the stunt coordinator for John Wick: Chapter 2, whose director, Chad Stahelski, is a producer on Day Shift. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 7 June 2022",
      "That earns the stuntman a second chance to choose between his movie career and his family. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 16 May 2022",
      "Also last week, the former stuntman 's fianc\u00e9e \u2014 Sherlock actress Amanda Abbington \u2014 revealed that Goodwin is now paralyzed while opening up about the accident on the Out to Lunch podcast with Jay Rayner. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
      "Extreme stuntman , 42, announced Sunday that he was released from the hospital after the October on-set accident that resulted in multiple broken bones, sharing the news with a photo of himself and fianc\u00e9e Amanda Abbington. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "Unexpectedly, the stuntman and the horse become overnight media sensations when their real-life fight with debt collectors goes viral. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 16 May 2022",
      "In fact, Firth didn\u2019t even dive into the water because it was considered unsafe and a stuntman did it in his place. \u2014 Emma Fraser, Town & Country , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "For Top Gun: Maverick, Cruise even did his own flying, taking the camera into the cockpit and then up into the sky with him\u2014no camera crew or stuntman required. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 5 May 2022"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1927, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113647"
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      ": a usually hairline fracture of a bone that has been subjected to repeated stress":[]
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    "examples":[
      "The gymnast developed a stress fracture in her ankle.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Nadal injured his ribs at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., in March, losing the final to the American Taylor Fritz while playing with a stress fracture . \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "Another contender, Lucy Charles-Barclay, withdrew with a stress fracture in her left hip. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 May 2022",
      "Jalen Suggs had surgery last week to address a slight stress fracture in his right ankle, Orlando Magic president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman announced Monday. \u2014 Khobi Price, Orlando Sentinel , 2 May 2022",
      "Krystan recommended increasing cadence before pace, particularly for those returning from a tibial stress fracture , because a shorter, quicker stride reduces the stress of ground contact through the lower leg. \u2014 Sarah Barker, Outside Online , 9 Mar. 2021",
      "After losing in the finals of Indian Wells to Taylor Fritz on March 20, he was sidelined for six weeks due to a stress fracture in one of his left ribs. \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "Ranked between top overall pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez and Bradish among Baltimore\u2019s minor league arms, Hall, 23, threw 31 2/3 innings in Double-A last year before being shut down with a small stress fracture in his pitching elbow. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "The right-hander, who missed most of 2021 because of a stress fracture in his lower back, is not expected to throw off a mound for four weeks. \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "When the stress fracture of 2015 hindered his ability to run once again, Krupicka discovered road biking\u2014and the power that music has on him. \u2014 Lisa Jhung, Outside Online , 17 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1952, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113933"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114458"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114655"
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      "verb"
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      "rock",
      "shock",
      "stun",
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      "Verb",
      "I'm sorry that I startled you.",
      "the lightning startled the children and sent them scurrying for cover",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But there is one, officially dedicated 60 years ago, whose design is so strong and bold as to startle even the most agitated passenger. \u2014 Michael J. Lewis, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "Again, no need to prove anything, or startle the crows on the wire outside my house. \u2014 Josh Max, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "But, when Rowe set the pistol down, the movement seemed to startle Paulson, who fired off a three-round burst from his Soviet-era rifle. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Live performance returns control of volume and dynamics back to the actors and their technical colleagues, allowing them to both lull and startle us. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Only on her last day, before the end of filming, did Jones startle her by breaking character to run up for a goodbye hug. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "James is lean, angular, and brunette, though her naturally dark locks startle fans of her series of onscreen blondes: wildling Lady Rose MacClare in Downton Abbey, restless waitress Debora in Baby Driver, a younger Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia! \u2014 Amy Nicholson, Rolling Stone , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Additional activities let visitors compare their balance, grip strength and startle response with those of others. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Aug. 2014",
      "Sometimes that conversation needs to be a shout and a building should startle us to our senses. \u2014 Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "And while Levins, 32, of Frankfort, acknowledged the animals may play into some people\u2019s phobias, a startle can be the start of a conversation with one of Crosstown\u2019s handlers. \u2014 Bill Jones, chicagotribune.com , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Those penguins themselves had something of the startle of art \u2014 the reveal of the ever-present real that\u2019s hidden, paradoxically, by information. \u2014 New York Times , 8 July 2020",
      "Many of their primitive reflexes, such as sucking and the startle reflex, will remain at this age. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Apr. 2020",
      "The initial visual startle of her work quickly becomes subcutaneous in feeling: the realm of fantasy and superstition. \u2014 Megan O\u2019grady, New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
      "Oh, there are some startles and blood-curdling screams, but that\u2019s mostly from the guests. \u2014 Angela Hill, The Mercury News , 21 Sep. 2019",
      "Landon Hawkins is a riot as dour and petulant sister Mary Bennet, whose lurking startles everyone, and uncomplicatedly upbeat as sister Jane\u2019s suitor Bingley, who\u2019s treated literally like a puppy. \u2014 Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News , 31 July 2019",
      "By the early '90s, psychiatrists treating urban residents were diagnosing sleep disorders, extreme startle responses, flashbacks, lost hope for the future, homelessness, alcoholism, suicide and even biochemical changes in the brain. \u2014 John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 May 2018",
      "And by reducing wild startles , swaddling reduces night wakings. \u2014 Anya Leon, PEOPLE.com , 27 Feb. 2018"
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      "Middle English stertlen , frequentative of sterten to start":"Verb"
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      ": a boat moored to mark the course and especially the starting point in a race":[]
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      "noun"
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      ": a clearly defined vertical shaft or tower containing stairs":[]
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      ": a primitive apparatus for kindling fire by friction consisting of a fire-plow and a hearth":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124921"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": having the nuclear spindles of the basidia parallel to the longitudinal axis \u2014 compare chiastobasidial":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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      "Greek sticho s line + English basidial":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125045"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one that is thin from or as if from lack of food":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u00e4rv-li\u014b"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1546, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1578, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125353"
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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        "\u2014 usually used with up or out"
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      ": to become straight":[
        "\u2014 usually used with up or out"
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    "pronounciation":[
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      "unkink"
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      "crook",
      "curl",
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      "He straightened the bent antenna.",
      "The drooping flowers straightened in the rain.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Some sites recommend removing the outer grille to better clean the coils and straighten any bent fins. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 18 May 2022",
      "And yet, when life throws us a curveball, our default is to straighten our backs, grit our teeth and press on. \u2014 Jeannine Amber, Essence , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "But after three root canals, the New York City communications pro was prescribed Invisalign to straighten her teeth. \u2014 Janine Annett, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "As a driver pulled out of a parking spot in order to straighten the vehicle in the parking spot Jan. 26, another driver drove around the first and attempted to back into the space. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "So my surgeon had to straighten my tibia, and now my left foot points straight ahead while my right foot still is duck-like. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "Next, straighten the hair with a flat iron and cut its ends to create a pointed shape. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 June 2022",
      "But the car wouldn\u2019t straighten , and the wall crept closer. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
      "These new ones are designed to allow more airflow between the rows of bristles to straighten your hair more efficiently, making your at-home blowout look extra soft and shiny. \u2014 Talia Gutierrez, Allure , 2 June 2022"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1542, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125403"
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      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
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      ": an instrument for removing surplus grain from the top of a measure":[],
      ": an instrument for whetting scythes":[],
      ": a straightedge fed with an abrasive for sharpening knives arranged helically on a cylinder":[],
      ": a template consisting of a board or plate with a beveled edge of definite contour used to sweep or strike up a mold, core, or part of a mold in sand or loam":[],
      ": to smooth or form with a strickle":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\"",
      "\u02c8strik\u0259l"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English strikell ; akin to Middle Dutch strekel strickle, Middle English striche, strek strickle, Old English str\u012bcan to pass over lightly, stroke":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125453"
  },
  "stile":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one of the vertical members in a frame or panel into which the secondary members are fitted":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u012bl",
      "\u02c8st\u012b(-\u0259)l"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English stigel ; akin to Old English st\u01e3ger stair \u2014 more at stair":"Noun",
      "probably from Dutch stijl post":"Noun"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1678, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125705"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": one of a set of usually square pieces (as of wood or metal) that serve to form a dam or to check the flow of water":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130643"
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  "strict constructionist":{
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130747"
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  "staurolite":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a mineral consisting of a basic silicate of iron and aluminum in prismatic orthorhombic crystals often twinned so as to resemble a cross":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8st\u022fr-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bt"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Greek stauros cross + French -lite \u2014 more at steer":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1815, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130758"
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  "stated clerk":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an executive officer of a Presbyterian general assembly, synod, or presbytery ranking below the moderator":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1791, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130825"
  },
  "staccato":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": cut short or apart in performing : disconnected":[
        "staccato notes"
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      ": marked by short clear-cut playing or singing of tones or chords":[
        "a staccato style"
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      ": abrupt , disjointed":[
        "staccato screams"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "st\u0259-\u02c8k\u00e4-(\u02cc)t\u014d",
      "st\u0259-\u02c8k\u00e4-t\u014d"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the staccato blasts of a horn",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Still, the final minutes dragged out at a staccato pace as a series of shot-clock glitches jolted the game to consecutive halts. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "As Fanny's right-hand man Eddie Ryan, Jared Grimes (A Soldier's Play) makes staccato magic with his tap shoes, and only a deadened soul could stay entirely cold when the jazz hands and headdress feathers start flying. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "David Hardy\u2019s cello was a special highlight, drawing a beautiful singing line over a staccato repeat of the main theme. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Bloom has rapid, staccato ideas, vivid and bright, rapidly shooting out in all directions. \u2014 Jeffrey Meyers, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "The next is to try to keep from falling flat on your face as Beal dances from full-speed dribbles to sudden stops, crossing and countering and pump faking in a staccato rhythm. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 8 Jan. 2022",
      "Court documents tell a staccato story of his childhood and teenage years. \u2014 Evan Allen, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "To shoot an arrow the length of more than 20 football fields defies traditional notions of archery, says Martin, beginning a staccato tutorial. \u2014 Patrick Cooke, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "The staccato pops of gunfire mixed with the roar of planes taking off. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 20 Aug. 2021"
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      "Italian, from past participle of staccare to detach, from s- ex- (from Latin ex- ) + at taccare to attack, attach, perhaps from Old French estachier \u2014 more at attach":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1724, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131048"
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  "stubrunner":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a corn planter or cotton planter furrow opener adapted for use in trashy soil":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131211"
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  "stands/bears comparison":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
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    "definitions":{
      ": to be as good as":[
        "a wine that stands/bears comparison with wines that are much more expensive"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131423"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131440"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": the occupation of keeping a store : the management of a store":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "store entry 2 + keeping":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131546"
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  "stepped key":{
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": bit key":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131659"
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  "still less":{
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      ": much less , let alone":[
        "no living person \u2026 seemed to notice him, still less to expect him",
        "\u2014 Thomas Hardy"
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      "let alone",
      "much less",
      "never mind"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "I never suggested that he was incompetent, still less that he was dishonest."
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1721, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131750"
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  "stirrup pants":{
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a pair of women's pants that have a strip of fabric on the bottom of each leg that goes underneath the foot":[]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131842"
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  "stubbleberry":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131915"
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  "standage":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": space or permission for standing":[
        "standage for cattle",
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      ": a charge for permission to stand":[],
      ": a reservoir in which water accumulates at the bottom of a mine : sump":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8standij"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "stand entry 1 + -age":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132157"
  },
  "string figure":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a figure representing any of various objects that is made by passing a string around the fingers of both hands sometimes with the help of a second person":[
        "anthropologists find the making of string figures common in many simple cultures"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare cat's cradle":[
        "anthropologists find the making of string figures common in many simple cultures"
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      ": a game of making string figures":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132208"
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  "stretcher course":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a course in which all the bricks are laid as stretchers":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132300"
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  "stringed instrument":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a musical instrument (such as a guitar, violin, or piano) that has strings and that produces sound when the strings are touched or struck":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8stri\u014bd-"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132426"
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  "stripped atoms":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": atoms from which outer electrons have been removed permitting closer packing of the atoms and great densities \u2014 compare atomic theory":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132501"
  },
  "streaked":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": marked with stripes or linear discolorations":[],
      ": physically or mentally disturbed : upset":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8str\u0113kt",
      "\u02c8str\u0113-k\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "banded",
      "barred",
      "striped"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The setting was a streaked , bulbous frozen face on the fractured lower section of the Glacier du Tour, the northernmost ice sheet in the French portion of the Mont Blanc massif. \u2014 Simon Akam, Outside Online , 27 Nov. 2019",
      "The streaked grime \u2014 melting snow \u2014 characteristic of the bricks of Chicago in winter in winter, can be seen here even on the faces. \u2014 Kathleen Rooney, chicagotribune.com , 20 Nov. 2019",
      "The exhausted passengers emerge from a sleek convoy of silver and red- streaked buses, looking confused and disoriented as they are deposited ignominiously in this tropical backwater in southernmost Mexico. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Oct. 2019",
      "Scientists have come up with a mind-bending explanation for the origin of a strange, streaked mountain on the dwarf planet Ceres, a 600-mile-wide body that orbits the sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. \u2014 David Freeman, NBC News , 22 June 2019",
      "One woman unrolls the curler she\u2019s kept in her bangs for hours and her blond- streaked hair bounces. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 May 2019",
      "Above his red- streaked cheeks and forehead sat a resplendent headdress glowing with hues of light yellow, mustard yellow, crimson red, orange and turquoise feathers. \u2014 Doug Hansen, sandiegouniontribune.com , 23 May 2018",
      "To the left of the entrance is a lounge where translucent backlit panels cast everything in a streaked -marmalade glow. \u2014 Pete Wells, New York Times , 13 Feb. 2018",
      "Waititi, hair trimmed short and streaked with gray throughout, absolutely looked a year older. \u2014 Dan Kois, New York Times , 19 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132622"
  },
  "strong safety":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a safety in football who plays opposite the strong side of an offensive formation":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Indianapolis did not take a cornerback in this year's draft until the seventh round, and Yale's Rodney Thomas II could turn out to be a strong safety depending on how his camp goes. \u2014 Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star , 3 May 2022",
      "That\u2019s the plan this year after first-year general manager Ryan Poles used two second-round picks on defensive backs: cornerback Kyler Gordon of Washington and strong safety Jaquan Brisker of Penn State. \u2014 Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune , 7 May 2022",
      "That is the boundary defensive back spot that more closely resembles the strong safety concept that Proctor had originally been recruited to fill. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Anderson has the flexibility to play both free and strong safety in defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo's defense. \u2014 Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Aviation safety experts said the type of Boeing aircraft that went down, the 737-800, is widely used globally and has had a strong safety record. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Ryan Neal returns to the starting lineup at strong safety with Jamal Adams out for the season after suffering a torn labrum in his left shoulder and undergoing surgery. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 12 Dec. 2021",
      "David Fulcher \u2013 Fulcher was a strong safety in a linebacker's body playing at 6-foot-3-inches and 236 pounds. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "On first-and-10 from his 25-yard line, Beavers quarterback Chance Nolan scrambled to his left, only to have strong safety Brandon McKinney run him down and strip him from behind. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1970, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132655"
  },
  "stigmatic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one marked with stigmata":[],
      ": having or conveying a social stigma":[],
      ": of or relating to a stigma":[],
      ": of or relating to supernatural stigmata":[],
      ": anastigmatic":[
        "\u2014 used especially of a bundle of light rays intersecting at a single point"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "stig-\u02c8ma-tik",
      "stig-\u02c8mat-ik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "And as for that stereotype? Kiah's teammates have never seen a glimmer of her breed's stigmatic aggression. \u2014 Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping , 18 Nov. 2016",
      "The next stop will be the home of stigmatic Rhoda Wise, where young Rita said she was healed of a debilitating stomach ailment. \u2014 Greg Garrison, AL.com , 18 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1594, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132749"
  },
  "stock plant":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": stock entry 1 sense 5b(2)":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133024"
  },
  "steal a kiss":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to kiss someone in a quick and sudden way":[
        "She stole a kiss (from him) and ran away."
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133227"
  },
  "steady motion":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": motion in which the linear and angular velocity or either of them is constant":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133607"
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  "stop valve":{
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134503"
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      "1731, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      ": any of various weedy herbs (genera Lappula and Hackelia ) of the borage family with bristly adhesive fruit":[]
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      "1843, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": a laminated usually mounded sedimentary fossil formed from layers of cyanobacteria, calcium carbonate, and trapped sediment":[]
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      "At the time, most researchers thought the key to figuring out whether a stromatolite -like pattern had been shaped by primitive microbes or geologic forces was to scrutinize a sample micrometer by micrometer. \u2014 Charlie Wood, Popular Science , 8 Mar. 2021",
      "Their complexity suggests that life was in existence long before these first stromatolite fossils grew. \u2014 Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books , 17 Nov. 2020",
      "The bottom of the channel was bright purple and made of stromatolite -building microbial mats that thrive in the complete absence of oxygen. \u2014 Brendan Paul Burns, The Conversation , 25 Sep. 2020",
      "Miller said this is a good place to see a sample of a stromatolite , a layered limestone structure made of sediment and fossilized cyanobacteria that lived in shallow oceans. \u2014 Shaena Montanari, The Arizona Republic , 14 Aug. 2020",
      "Compared with Curiosity, Perseverance boasts several upgraded instruments, including an advanced camera that could help researchers spot a stromatolite , a kind of rock formed only by microbes. \u2014 Eva Botkin-kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 July 2020",
      "Consider the case of extremely old stromatolites , layered underwater mounds created by cyanobacteria. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2020",
      "Researchers have found stromatolites , microbial mats, chemical signatures indicative of life and more. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2020",
      "The scientists from the University of New South Wales discovered 3.5 billion-year-old stromatolites , ancient sedimentary rocks, that were generally believed to contain the earliest signs of life, a theory that has now been proven. \u2014 Fox News , 26 Sep. 2019"
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      "Latin stromat-, stroma bed covering + English -o- + -lite":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1930, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135323"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135405"
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      ": wages insufficient to provide the ordinary necessities of life":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The American people understand that the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is a starvation wage . \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2020"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1825, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135423"
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      "booze",
      "bottle",
      "drink",
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      "hooch",
      "inebriant",
      "intoxicant",
      "John Barleycorn",
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      "liquor",
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      "moonshine",
      "potable",
      "rum",
      "sauce",
      "spirits",
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      "he's been known to partake of strong drink now and then",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The classic mint julep is a strong drink , which mellows with time. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
      "At Huber\u2019s, this is an incredibly strong drink , but still a delicious one. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "Like most of us, Roach, Orji, and Ellis are embracing this unusual holiday season with the help of a strong drink . \u2014 Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country , 18 Dec. 2020",
      "Churchill, who came to the pinnacle on May 10, 1940, was widely regarded as unstable, melodramatic and overly fond of strong drink . \u2014 Jon Meacham, New York Times , 24 Mar. 2020",
      "Open Monday through Saturday until Christmas Eve, expect strong drinks , holiday tunes, and twinkling lights, alongside elevated \u201870s-cocktail food, like weenies in barbecue sauce, meatballs in red sauce, and warm chocolate chip cookies. \u2014 Joseph Hernandez, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 5 Dec. 2019",
      "Where to dine alone around Denver Run for the Roses is an underground cocktail bar with some of the strongest drinks and one of the friendliest staff in town, while Pony Up, nearby, serves addictive French dips in an everyone\u2019s-welcome locale. \u2014 Josie Sexton, The Denver Post , 9 Oct. 2019",
      "The Drinks Should Be Flowing A strong drink setup is essential to any Memorial Day party, because what is a summer BBQ without a full cocktail list?! \u2014 Maggie Maloney, Town & Country , 16 Apr. 2019",
      "The Drinks Should Be Flowing A strong drink setup is essential to any Memorial Day party, because what is a summer BBQ without a full cocktail list?! \u2014 Maggie Maloney, Town & Country , 16 Apr. 2019"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135504"
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135821"
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      ": the embryonic anterior ectodermal part of the digestive tract":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek stoma mouth + hodaion , neuter of hodaios being on the way, from hodos way":""
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      "1876, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140222"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140548"
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      ": a genus of brown spored gill fungi (family Agaricaceae) closely related to Agaricus but having gills and stipe united":[]
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      "New Latin, from Greek strophos + New Latin -aria":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140617"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140630"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140823"
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140924"
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      ": the distribution of farmlands into long strips for allotment to individual farmers formerly practiced in Europe to prevent unfairness caused by differing soils":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "strip entry 3":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141219"
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