dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/bys_MW.json
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{
"bystander":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one who is present but not taking part in a situation or event : a chance spectator":[
"innocent bystanders who were injured in the shooting"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u012b-\u02ccstan-d\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"observer",
"onlooker",
"spectator",
"viewer",
"watcher"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Two innocent bystanders were injured in the shooting.",
"bystanders rushed to help the victim of the mugging",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Muth, who identifies as mixed race, recalled watching the bystander video of Floyd\u2019s dying moments from his home in the Minneapolis suburb of Burnsville. \u2014 Mohamed Ibrahim, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
"Activists planned the vigil, along with a rally at the governor's residence in St. Paul, for the two-year anniversary of Floyd's death on May 25, 2020, which ignited protests in Minneapolis and around the world as bystander video quickly spread. \u2014 Mohamed Ibrahim, ajc , 25 May 2022",
"Activists planned the vigil, along with a rally at the governor\u2019s residence in St. Paul, for the two-year anniversary of Floyd\u2019s death on May 25, 2020, which ignited protests in Minneapolis and around the world as bystander video quickly spread. \u2014 Mohamed Ibrahim, Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"Muth, who identifies as mixed race, recalled watching the bystander video of Floyd's dying moments from his home in the Minneapolis suburb of Burnsville. \u2014 Mohamed Ibrahim, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
"In disturbing bystander video of the shooting, about 4 seconds passes between when Green opens the taqueria's front door and when a police officer shoots him. \u2014 Tim Stelloh, NBC News , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Becker, a Republican, filed a second-degree murder charge Thursday against Grand Rapids Officer Christopher Schurr, whose fatal shot following a traffic stop on April 4 was recorded on a bystander \u2019s phone. \u2014 John Flesher And, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"Other cameras \u2014 from the officer\u2019s vehicle, a nearby doorbell security system and a bystander \u2019s cellphone \u2014 capture different portions of the encounter. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Prior to the arrival of fire crews, a bystander initiated CPR. \u2014 Haleigh Kochanski, The Arizona Republic , 6 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1584, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150406"
},
"byssinosis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an occupational respiratory disease associated with inhalation of cotton, flax, or hemp dust and characterized initially by chest tightness, shortness of breath, and cough and eventually by irreversible lung disease":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccbi-s\u0259-\u02c8n\u014d-s\u0259s",
"\u02ccbis-\u0259-\u02c8n\u014d-s\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin byssinus of fine linen, from Greek byssinos , from byssos":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1881, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210444"
},
"byssus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a fine probably linen cloth of ancient times":[],
": a tuft of long tough filaments by which some bivalve mollusks (such as mussels) adhere to a surface":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bi-s\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Then comes the slightly tedious task, which is pulling off the byssus , or beard, a small length of what looks like black threads twisted together. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Oct. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English bissus , from Latin byssus , from Greek byssos flax, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew b\u016b\u1e63 linen cloth":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211615"
},
"byssoid":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": byssaceous":[],
": cottony sense 1":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bi\u02ccs\u022fid"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin & Latin byss us + English -oid":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213557"
}
}