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{
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"Chibchan":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or constituting a language family of Colombia and Central America":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1902, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8chib-ch\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134826",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"Chicago":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city and port on Lake Michigan in northeastern Illinois population 2,695,598":[],
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"river in Chicago, Illinois, having a northern branch and a southern branch and originally flowing east into Lake Michigan but now flowing south through the southern branch and Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal into the Des Plaines River":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8k\u022f-",
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"sh\u0259-\u02c8k\u00e4-(\u02cc)g\u014d",
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"-g\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103554",
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"type":[
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"geographical name",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Chicago Heights":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city south of Chicago in northeastern Illinois population 30,276":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234935",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Chicago acid":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a crystalline acid NH 2 C 10 H 4 (OH)(SO 3 H) 2 used as an intermediate in making azo dyes; 8-amino-1-naphtol-5,7-disulfonic acid":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093350",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Chicago blue":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": any of several direct blue dyes":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024729",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Chicago piano":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": pom-pom sense 1b":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124742",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Chicago pool":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": rotation pool in which at the start of play the object balls are placed around the table at the diamonds in numerical order":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073721",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Chicago style":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a widely used method of butchering animal carcasses":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214529",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Chicagoland":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"the Chicago metropolitan area":[
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"\u2014 a loosely defined area that at its largest extent includes all of the part of Illinois along Lake Michigan and adjacent parts of Indiana and Wisconsin"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-g\u0259-",
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"sh\u0259-\u02c8k\u00e4-(\u02cc)g\u014d-\u02ccland",
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"-\u02c8k\u022f-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183352",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Chicana":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an American woman or girl of Mexican descent":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1967, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Mexican Spanish, feminine of chicano":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"chi-\u02c8k\u00e4-n\u0259",
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"also shi-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-121526",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Chicano":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an American and especially a man or boy of Mexican descent":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1947, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Mexican Spanish, alteration of Spanish mexicano Mexican":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"chi-\u02c8k\u00e4-(\u02cc)n\u014d",
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"also shi-",
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"chi-\u02c8k\u00e4-n\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081518",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Chicken Little":{
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"antonyms":[
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"optimist",
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"Pollyanna"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one who warns of or predicts calamity especially without justification":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"some called him Chicken Little , but the climatologist had the data to back up his warning on global warming"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from the fable in which a chick attempts to warn other barnyard animals that the sky is falling after she is struck on the head by a chance falling object":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"Cassandra",
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"doomsayer",
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"doomsdayer",
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"doomster"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162423",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Chicomuceltec":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a Mayan language of the Chicomuceltec people":[],
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": a member of such people":[],
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": an Indian people of southern Chiapas, Mexico":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Spanish Chicomucelteca , of American Indian origin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccch\u0113k\u014d\u02c8m\u00fcs\u0259l\u02cctek"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120619",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Chicopee":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city just north of Springfield in southwestern Massachusetts population 55,298":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8chi-k\u0259-(\u02cc)p\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115051",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Child":{
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"antonyms":[
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"adult",
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"grown-up"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a childlike or childish person":[
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"He is a child in most business matters."
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],
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": a female infant":[],
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": a person not yet of the age of majority (see majority sense 2a )":[
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"Under the law she is still a child ."
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],
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": a son or daughter of human parents":[
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"Do you have any children "
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],
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": a young person especially between infancy and puberty":[
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"a play for both children and adults"
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],
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": a youth of noble birth":[],
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": an unborn or recently born person":[
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"\u2026 Meghan Markle, married Prince Harry, now pregnant with child .",
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"\u2014 Laura Simonetti"
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],
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": descendant":[
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"the children of Israel"
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],
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": one strongly influenced by another or by a place or state of affairs":[
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"a child of the streets",
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"a child of nature",
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"America has been called \"the first child of the Enlightenment\""
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],
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": pregnant":[],
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": product , result":[
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"barbed wire \u2026 is truly a child of the plains",
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"\u2014 W. P. Webb"
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],
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"Francis James 1825\u20131896 American ballad editor":[],
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"Julia (Carolyn) 1912\u20132004 n\u00e9e McWilliams American chef":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the birth of a child",
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"She's pregnant with their first child .",
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"a play for both children and adults",
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"All of their children are grown now.",
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"an elderly couple and their adult children",
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"Men are such children sometimes.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Keyshawn seeing Derrick hurt her child changed things and results in a vicious attack from Derrick. \u2014 Alamin Yohannes, EW.com , 4 July 2022",
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"Parents and caregivers should figure out their child 's maturity level before deciding to engage in activities related to fireworks and sparklers, Clark said. \u2014 Rachel Fadem, CNN , 3 July 2022",
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"In addition to his brother, Mr. Katz is survived by his wife, Dasa Katz, and his child , Lee. \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2022",
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"For some of you, this is healing your inner child by having more playtime incorporated into your daily routine. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 July 2022",
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"The two are currently expecting a baby girl, their seventh child together. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 1 July 2022",
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"Baby\u2019s death: A man was arrested on a murder charge Wednesday after his 13-week-old child died from a baby wipe stuck in his throat at a residence on Cleveland\u2019s West Side, Olivia Mitchell reports. \u2014 cleveland , 1 July 2022",
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"An American father who lost his 8-year-old son in the chaos at Kabul airport as the family was being evacuated from Afghanistan has been reunited with his child after almost 10 months apart. \u2014 Jessica Donati, WSJ , 1 July 2022",
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"The mother is a Walgreens employee who had dropped off her other child at daycare, but had forgot to drop off her 1-year-old daughter at a separate facility. \u2014 Gina Martinez, CBS News , 1 July 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English cild ; akin to Goth kilthei womb, and perhaps to Sanskrit ja\u1e6dhara belly":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ch\u012b(-\u0259)ld",
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"\u02c8ch\u012b(\u0259)ld",
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"\u02c8ch\u012bld"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bairn",
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"bambino",
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"bud",
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"chap",
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"chick",
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"cub",
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"juvenile",
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"kid",
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"kiddie",
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"kiddy",
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"kiddo",
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"moppet",
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"sprat",
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"sprout",
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"squirt",
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"whelp",
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"youngling",
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"youngster",
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"youth"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-201154",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"biographical name",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Childe":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"Vere Gordon 1892\u20131957 British anthropologist and archaeologist":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ch\u012b(-\u0259)ld"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133612",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"Childers":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"Erskine Hamilton 1905\u20131974 Irish (English-born) politician; president of Ireland (1973\u201374)":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8chil-d\u0259rz"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-120630",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"Chile saltpeter":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": sodium nitrate especially occurring naturally (as in caliche)":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1869, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Chile , South America":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8chil-\u0113-",
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"\u02c8ch\u0113-(\u02cc)l\u0101-",
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"\u02c8chi-l\u0113-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130003",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Chili":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a hot pepper of any of a group of cultivars ( Capsicum annuum annuum group longum ) noted for their pungency":[],
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": a pepper whether hot or sweet":[],
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": a thick sauce of meat and chilies":[
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"liked to cover her spaghetti with red chili"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The chili is hearty -- packed full of veggies and big chunks of meat. \u2014 cleveland , 24 Feb. 2022",
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"In addition to the five standard ways of serving the chili in Cincinnati, Becker suggests that two other typical options are a must. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Feb. 2022",
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"Condado offers a mix of protein fillings that include tequila-lime steak, roasted chicken and vegetarian options of Thai chili tofu, roasted portobello and Korean BBQ Jackfruit. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"For those who like the heat in their chili : Jalape\u00f1o pepper, red pepper flakes, cayenne, paprika, ancho or chipotle chile powder and the sauce from canned chipotles in adobo are all on the guest list for this recipe from Pati Jinich. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2022",
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"Visitors can grab food at BJ's New Mexican Eats food truck, a concept which serves New Mexican chili . \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 2 Mar. 2022",
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"Curiel took the recipe for a classic shrimp ceviche and then gave it a twist by marinating the shrimp in a Habanero chili dressing with fresh mango. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"This year, whip out your slow cooker and spice rack and try a vegetarian chili with these recipes below. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 24 Jan. 2022",
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"Made for up to 16 servings, this chili is full of flavor and packed with spices. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 24 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Spanish chile , from Nahuatl ch\u012blli":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8chi-l\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124812",
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"type":[
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"geographical name",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Chilkat":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska":[],
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": a member of the Chilkat people":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably from Tlingit tc\u012d\u0142-x\u0101t , literally, storehouses for salmon":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013934",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Chilkoot":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"pass 3502 feet (1067 meters) in the northern Coast Mountains between the U.S. (southeastern Alaska) and Canada (the southwestern part of Yukon)":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8chil-\u02cck\u00fct"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163103",
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"type":[
|
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"geographical name"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"Chimaerae":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an order of marine elasmobranch fishes comprising the chimaeras and extinct related forms and being coextensive with the subclass Holocephali \u2014 see chimaeridae":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from plural of Chimaera":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u0113(\u02cc)r\u0113",
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"-ir(\u02cc)\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091641",
|
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"type":[
|
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"plural noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"Chimaeridae":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a family of Holocephali that includes the chimaeras and with extinct related forms constitutes the order Chimaerae":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Chimaera , type genus + -idae":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"-mer-",
|
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"-mir\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091137",
|
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"type":[
|
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"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"Chimaeroidei":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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"Definition of Chimaeroidei taxonomic synonym of chimaerae"
|
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],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[
|
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"New Latin, from Chimaera + -oidei"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cck\u012bm\u0259\u02c8r\u022fid\u0113\u02cc\u012b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-041655",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
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"Chimakuan":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": an American Indian language family of northwestern Washington comprising Chemakum and Quileute":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"from Chimaku m chemakum + -an entry 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6chim\u0259\u00a6k\u00fc\u0259n"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165910",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Chimakum":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
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"Definition of Chimakum variant of chemakum"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-225728",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"Chimalhuacan":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"city just northeast of the Distrito Federal in central Mexico population 613,000":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"ch\u0113-\u02ccm\u00e4l-w\u00e4-\u02c8k\u00e4n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130119",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"China tree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": chinaberry":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1819, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-102959",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Chinatown":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the Chinese quarter of a city":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We had dinner in Chinatown ."
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1857, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u012b-n\u0259-\u02cctau\u0307n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104648",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Chippewa":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": ojibwa":[],
|
|
"river 183 miles (294 kilometers) long in northwestern Wisconsin flowing south into the Mississippi River":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1754, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccw\u0101",
|
|
"\u02c8chi-p\u0259-\u02ccw\u022f",
|
|
"-\u02ccw\u00e4",
|
|
"-w\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195333",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Chiwere":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a Siouan language of the Iowa, Missouri, and Oto peoples":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Chiwere Che-waerae , literally, belonging to this place":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"ch\u0259\u0307\u02c8wer\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203024",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Chizo":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a member of the Chizo people":[],
|
|
": a people constituting a major subdivision of the Concho":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Spanish, of American Indian origin":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u0113(\u02cc)z\u014d",
|
|
"-s\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110023",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chi":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet \u2014 see Alphabet Table":[],
|
|
": vital energy that is held to animate the body internally and is of central importance in some Eastern systems of medical treatment (such as acupuncture ) and of exercise or self-defense (such as tai chi )":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"1850, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Chinese (Beijing) q\u00ec , literally, air, breath":"Noun",
|
|
"Greek chei, chi":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8k\u012b",
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aura",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"ki",
|
|
"vibe(s)",
|
|
"vibration(s)"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040441",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chibigouazou":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a brightly marked ocelot ( Felis pardalis chibigouazou ) of the Mato Grosso":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Portuguese, from Guarani":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccsh\u0113b\u0113\u02ccg\u00fc\u02c8\u00e4(\u02cc)z\u00fc"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193516",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chibol":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of chibol dialectal British variant of cibol"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chib\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-032627",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"chibouk":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a long-stemmed Turkish tobacco pipe with a clay bowl":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1811, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French chibouque , from Turkish \u00e7ubuk":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"ch\u0259-\u02c8b\u00fck",
|
|
"sh\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033226",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chic":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"au courant",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"supercool",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"trendy",
|
|
"voguish"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a distinctive mode of dress or manner associated with a fashionable lifestyle, ideology, or pursuit":[
|
|
"wearing the latest in urban chic",
|
|
"New Age chic"
|
|
],
|
|
": cleverly stylish : smart":[
|
|
"the woman who is chic adapts fashion to her own personality",
|
|
"\u2014 Elizabeth L. Post"
|
|
],
|
|
": currently fashionable":[
|
|
"a chic restaurant",
|
|
"chic boutiques"
|
|
],
|
|
": smart elegance and sophistication especially of dress or manner : style":[
|
|
"wears her clothes with superb chic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"It's the height of chic this year.",
|
|
"mockumentaries are the latest filmmaking chic",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"The caf\u00e9 has a chic new look.",
|
|
"a chic new hairstyle that makes her look very sophisticated",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"On a recent sunny afternoon at a golf club in the Toluca Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, Garcia looked appropriately casual chic in a light-blue button-down shirt and beige slacks. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Cashiers has no real downtown, but Highlands\u2019 Main Street is Southern chic . \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"Gomez's character looked business chic , wearing a beige vest over a white turtleneck. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"The internet and Instagram may unite us today, but now everybody can see everybody else\u2019s new boho chic . \u2014 Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"La R\u00e9serve beach club laid out on Pampelonne Beach is also worth stopping at for a taste of proper Riviera chic . \u2014 Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"The new hotel features 24 rooms, many with floor-to-ceiling windows, along with a chic , cocooning spa with an indoor swimming pool and a rooftop bar with panoramic vistas over the Tiber River. \u2014 Nicole Trilivas, CNN , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Serra\u2019s work fuses an almost Platonic sense of perfect forms \u2014 planes, ribbons, cylinders, boxes \u2014 with the heavy, industrial chic of steel. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 July 2021",
|
|
"There's something sporty chic about a good ringer tee, and La Ligne's passes the vibe check with ease. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"On Saturday, Kendall Jenner went to two workout classes at her studio in Los Angeles, pairing pilates with boxing in a chic athletic outfit. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"See more images from the retro photo shoot of Corgis, cats and other chic pets below, and shop more from the Gucci Pet collection here. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"The 11-foot-wide canopy is made from durable polyester with a UPF rating of 50, and features chic navy-and-white trim and a wind vent on top to add stability. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Step into the chic foyer adorned by high ceilings, a tile floor and stunning columns. \u2014 Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant , 25 June 2022",
|
|
"Complete with a minimal and chic silhouette and paired with a show-stopping lace train as well as matching lace veil and floral embroidered gloves, the ensemble took a year to complete. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 25 June 2022",
|
|
"At Couture, the brand also showed a selection of chic new engagement ring styles featuring diamonds framed by enamel, the luxe material du jour. \u2014 Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"While the brand is best known for its stylish clothing, the home line is just as chic . \u2014 Amanda Lauren, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Wear a detailed boot with light-wash denim and a T-shirt to complete an all-American, off-duty ensemble that's as chic as it is laid-back. \u2014 Shelby Ying Hyde, Harper's BAZAAR , 30 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French":"Noun",
|
|
"probably from attributive use of chic entry 1":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sh\u0113k"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"craze",
|
|
"dernier cri",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"fad",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"flavor",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"hot ticket",
|
|
"last word",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"ton",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"vogue"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223055",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chica":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": carajura sense 2":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"American Spanish":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u0113k\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094907",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicadee":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of chicadee variant spelling of chickadee"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-165441",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicalote":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a white-flowered prickly poppy ( Argemone platyceras ) of Mexico and the southwestern U.S.":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Spanish, from Nahuatl chicalotl":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccchik\u0259\u02c8l\u014dt\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023117",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicane":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"gamesmanship",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jiggery-pokery",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a series of tight turns in opposite directions in an otherwise straight stretch of a road-racing course":[],
|
|
": an obstacle on a racecourse":[],
|
|
": chicanery":[],
|
|
": the absence of trumps in a hand of cards":[],
|
|
": to use chicanery":[
|
|
"a wretch he had taught to lie and chicane",
|
|
"\u2014 George Meredith"
|
|
],
|
|
": trick , cheat":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"a lawyer who is so notorious for chicaning that the guilty invariably seek his services",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"most get-rich-quick schemes involve more than a smidgen of chicane",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Meanwhile, the turn 14-15 chicane has an uphill approach, with a crest in the middle, and then drops down on exit. \u2014 Bill Springer, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"Those two, along with polesitter Palou and Rossi, ran through a runoff chicane the series set up for precisely that purpose, but were sent to the back by race control with cars who stayed on-track given positioning priority. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 12 Sep. 2021",
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"The two then raced fiercely through the troublesome chicane and onto Hulman Boulevard. \u2014 Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star , 15 Aug. 2021",
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"On Sunday, drivers were having trouble with the chicane in the back-to-back fifth and sixth turns. \u2014 Michael Marot, ajc , 16 Aug. 2021",
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"However, the story of the day was the turn 5-6 chicane . \u2014 Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star , 15 Aug. 2021",
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"However, the story of the day was the turn 5-6 chicane . \u2014 Rob Peeters, USA TODAY , 15 Aug. 2021",
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"Throughout the race, drivers had trouble with the chicane in the back-to-back fifth and sixth turns. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Aug. 2021",
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"Track workers, who had been tending to the chicane throughout the race, eventually removed it and towed it away as fans cheered. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 Aug. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1683, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"circa 1671, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French chicaner \"to dispute by means of quibbles, raise issues with minor points of law in order to complicate a judicial suit,\" going back to Middle French, \"to sue, prosecute,\" perhaps a blend of the Gallo-Romance expressive base \u010dik- expressing diminutiveness (as in Old Occitan chic \"small,\" French chiquet \"small piece\") and ricaner \"to snicker, laugh affectedly or contemptuously,\" going back to Middle French, \"to bray,\" probably alteration (by association with rire \"to laugh\") of Old French (Norman) recaner, rechaner \"to bray,\" from re- re- + -caner, derivative of cane \"tooth,\" going back to Old Low Franconian *kinni- \"cheek,\" going back to Germanic *kinnu- \u2014 more at chin entry 1":"Verb",
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"borrowed from French, \"quibble on a minor point of law brought up to complicate a judicial case,\" noun derivative of chicaner \"to raise issues with minor points of law\" \u2014 more at chicane entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"shi-\u02c8k\u0101n",
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"chi-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"cheat",
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"finagle",
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"fudge"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001448",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
|
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"chicaner":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": one that uses chicanery":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"earlier chicaneur , from French, from Middle French, from chicaner + -eur -or":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-n\u0259(r)"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082734",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"chicanery":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a piece of sharp practice (as at law) : trick":[
|
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"resorted to political chicaneries",
|
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"financial chicaneries"
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],
|
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": deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery":[
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"He wasn't above using chicanery to win votes."
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]
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},
|
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"examples":[
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"He wasn't above using chicanery to win votes.",
|
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"that candidate only won the election through chicanery",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Less than a decade ago, Rangers was reduced to playing in Scotland\u2019s semiprofessional fourth tier as a punishment for years of financial mismanagement and chicanery . \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
|
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"It\u2019s also raunchy, disgusting and full of deliberate chicanery . \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 9 June 2022",
|
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"Filmmakers who buy into the Pakula legend don\u2019t dread today\u2019s obvious political chicanery but more likely distract from it with paranoid political correctness. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 1 June 2022",
|
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"The history of nuclear power in America is one of rushed and slipshod engineering, unwarranted assurances of public safety, political influence and financial chicanery , inept and duplicitous regulators, and mismanagement on a grand scale. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 6 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Grover had a different view of Beckham\u2019s mailer, accusing his opponent of political chicanery . \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Jackrabbit contract offers and other forms of chicanery have not stopped in the years since 2016. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
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"In May 2020, The Wall Street Journal reported that Luckin inflated sales by booking numerous purchases of vouchers that could be exchanged for cups of coffee, and fabricated supplier contracts to help mask the chicanery . \u2014 Jing Yang, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Caleb, the protagonist of this novel of literary-world chicanery , is an aspiring Brooklyn writer who discovers his voice by pinching someone else\u2019s story. \u2014 The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from French chicanerie \"quibbling on minor points of law brought up to complicate a judicial case,\" going back to Middle French chiquanerie, from chicaner \"to dispute by means of quibbles,\" earlier \"to sue, prosecute\" + -erie -ery \u2014 more at chicane entry 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"shi-\u02c8k\u0101n-r\u0113",
|
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"-\u02c8k\u0101-n\u0259-",
|
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"chi-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"artifice",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"gamesmanship",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jiggery-pokery",
|
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"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
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"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050059",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicanismo":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": strong ethnic pride exhibited by Chicanos":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Mexican Spanish, from chicano + Spanish -ismo -ism":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"chi\u00a6k\u00e4\u00a6niz(\u02cc)m\u014d",
|
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"-k\u0227-",
|
|
"shi-",
|
|
"-is(-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172138",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicaric":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": turnstone":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"imitative":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chik\u0259\u02ccrik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125859",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chick":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": child":[],
|
|
": girl , woman":[],
|
|
": the young of any bird":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mother hen and her chicks",
|
|
"those innocent little chicks can scarcely imagine what life has in store for them"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English chyke , alteration of chiken":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bairn",
|
|
"bambino",
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"chap",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy",
|
|
"kiddo",
|
|
"moppet",
|
|
"sprat",
|
|
"sprout",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"whelp",
|
|
"youngling",
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202106",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chick bronchitis":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": infectious bronchitis sense 1":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"chick entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124641",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chick disease":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a virus infection of young chicks that is of uncertain relationship to avian leukosis and is characterized by focal lesions in liver and heart muscle":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"chick entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085131",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chickee":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of chickee variant of chikee"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-094100",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"chickell":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": wheatear":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"imitative":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chik\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020137",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicken":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of various birds or their young":[],
|
|
": a young woman":[],
|
|
": coward":[],
|
|
": any of various contests in which the participants risk personal safety in order to see which one will give up first":[],
|
|
": petty details":[],
|
|
": a young gay boy or man":[],
|
|
": scared":[],
|
|
": timid , cowardly":[],
|
|
": insistent on petty details of duty or discipline":[],
|
|
": petty , unimportant":[],
|
|
": to lose one's nerve":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used with out seemed to exhibit courage, manliness, and conviction when others chickened out \u2014 J. R. Seeley"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chi-k\u1d4an",
|
|
"sometimes -k\u1d4a\u014b",
|
|
"\u02c8chi-k\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dastard",
|
|
"funk",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"sissy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chicken-livered",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"yellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"We had chicken for dinner.",
|
|
"It's just a spider, you chicken !",
|
|
"Don't be such a big chicken .",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"too chicken to go through with the stunt",
|
|
"just concentrate on the important duties of the job and forget about the chicken stuff",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Black sea bass stands in for chicken , the fish stuffed with mushroom duxelle and set atop a meaty, chewy king trumpet mushroom. \u2014 Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"First course was french onion soup, and dinner was lobster rolls and fried chicken . \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Nobody drew bigger crowds than Oldenburg, famous for fried chicken and German beer. \u2014 Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Meantime, a consumer data survey by Nielsen found that Americans spent nearly $804 million on beef in the two weeks around the 4th and more than $371 million on chicken . \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"In addition to bivalves, the wine pairs nicely with picnic fare such as asparagus wrapped with prosciutto and cold fried chicken . \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"In our tests, this grill quickly cooked a steak and four chicken thighs, all of which were juicy and tender. \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Deep fried karaage chicken thighs were expertly prepared, but unmemorable, and the same can be said about the salmon roll, which did the job, but not much more. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"Think hot chicken thighs, fish, cold slices of leftover steak or pork, or a wide range of vegetables and fruit. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Though food prices climbed just 1.1% overall from April to May, several products rose sharply: Eggs rose 5%, raw non- chicken poultry rose 4.4% and cookies rose 4%. \u2014 Derek Saul, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"And then the Congress and the Postal Administration were just too chicken to do it. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 17 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"Maria cut chicken thighs shoulder to shoulder with co-workers who coughed and ran fevers. \u2014 USA Today , 22 May 2020",
|
|
"Popcorn and chicken wing stands were open, though fewer than on a normal day. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 10 May 2020",
|
|
"And thus, our long, arduous, chicken parm journey began. \u2014 Molly Baz, Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 May 2020",
|
|
"End Zone\u2019s top-sellers include chicken wing, pizza and draft beer, Lowe says. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 31 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"The enormous online marketplace sells salsas, Bloody Mary mixes, chicken wing sauces, barbecue sauces, and of course, hot sauces. \u2014 Hilary Cadigan, Bon App\u00e9tit , 2 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Previously that University building was home to German restaurant Schnitzel Ranch and chicken -wing eateries Beauregard's and Bob Baumhower's. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 31 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"But take the picadillo and chicken out of the equation and sub in Henry\u2019s spicy beef fajitas, and everybody\u2019s on the same page again. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"But only 50 million ringgit in subsidies have been paid to chicken farmers so far \u2014 mainly to smallholders. \u2014 Bloomberg News, oregonlive , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"Another French favorite, coq au vin, takes the Burgundian preparation and gives chicken the leading role instead. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"My diet is almost exclusively chicken shakes, and that\u2019s just the easiest way to get the calories in for me. \u2014 Roger Lockridge, Men's Health , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Details: Choice of fried or baked fish, shrimp or chicken nuggets service with French fries and one other side, plus beverage. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Add chicken stock and simmer until reduced by one-third. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"During a presentation at the ICR Conference this week, Domino's CEO Richard Allison said the restaurant will change the count of wings and boneless chicken from 10 to eight pieces per order in its $7.99 carryout deal. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Simmer gently, scraping and chicken fat and skin from the bottom. \u2014 The View, ABC News , 14 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English chiken , from Old English cicen young chicken; akin to Old English cocc cock":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
|
"1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
|
|
"1943, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183216"
|
|
},
|
|
"chicken Kiev":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a boneless chicken breast that is stuffed with seasoned butter and deep fried":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"from Kiev , Ukraine":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214827",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicken body louse":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a common yellowish biting louse ( Menacanthus stramineus ) of poultry":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113903",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicken feed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big buck(s)",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabuck(s)",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"wad"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a paltry sum (as in profits or wages)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The project cost almost a million dollars, which isn't exactly chicken feed .",
|
|
"Ten bucks",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"And with all due apologies to one of the best mascots in broadcasting history, that ain\u2019t chicken feed . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"Ukraine is a major producer of corn and wheat, which are components of chicken feed . \u2014 Bloomberg News, oregonlive , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"High demand for chicken feed is also a factor in rising costs, with some in the UK claiming chicken could soon be as expensive as beef. \u2014 Clarisa Diaz, Quartz , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Skyrocketing prices of grain and chicken feed , along with pandemic plant closures, mean even fewer chickens are available in the broader market. \u2014 Noah Sheidlower, NBC News , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"One of the major components of chicken feed is soy, which is extremely cheap and widely used across the world. \u2014 Matt Reynolds, Wired , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The insects will be fed waste from Morrison\u2019s fruit and vegetable processing site in the U.K. and will replace soya as a source of protein in the group\u2019s chicken feed . \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 8 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Candy corn was designed to look like chicken feed , since at the time candy corn first emerged, about half of Americans worked on farms. \u2014 Noah Sheidlower And Radhika Marya, CNN , 31 Oct. 2021",
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"Johnston had witnessed firsthand the brutal eradication of mustangs and other breeds, which were rounded up, hog tied, and slaughtered for chicken feed and fertilizer. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 4 Jan. 2021"
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],
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"1834, in the meaning defined above":""
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"chump change",
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"dime",
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"hay",
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"mite",
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"peanuts",
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"pin money",
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"pittance",
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"shoestring",
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"song",
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"two cents"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073123",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"chicken lobster":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a young lobster":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235819",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"chicken mushroom":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": chicken of the woods":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"1928, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041200",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
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"chicken noodle soup":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a soup made with chicken broth, chicken, and noodles and often with chopped vegetables":[
|
|
"Feeling a cold coming on",
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|
"\u2014 Kay Boatner",
|
|
"Fortunately, the old standard of salty canned chicken noodle soup has some competition with today's variety of vegetable- and grain-filled soups with a healthier nutrient profile.",
|
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"\u2014 Heidi McIndoo"
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]
|
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1889, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012613",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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"chicken of the woods":{
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an edible bracket fungus ( Laetiporus sulphureus ) of North America and Europe that forms thick, fleshy, shelflike fruiting bodies (as on tree trunks) which are usually bright orange above and sulfur yellow below":[
|
|
"Realistically, however, a 56-pound chicken of the woods is old and tough. The fungus is only appetizing when it is young and tender, but even then, it is usually big.",
|
|
"\u2014 Nina Rao",
|
|
"I've eaten chicken-of-the-woods , a bright orange fungus I knocked off a rotting log.",
|
|
"\u2014 Tina Kelley"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1960, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135819",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicken's-meat":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": chickweed":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023122",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicken's-toes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a coralroot ( Corallorhiza odontorhiza )":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"so called from the shape of its roots":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044022",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicken-and-egg":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or being a cause-and-effect dilemma":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1857, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"from the proverbial question \"which came first, the chicken or the egg":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chi-k\u1d4an-\u0259n(d)-\u02c8eg",
|
|
"-\u02c8\u0101g"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063503",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicken-livered":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": fainthearted , cowardly":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1804, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chi-k\u0259n-\u02ccli-v\u0259rd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"yellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215434",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chickenberry":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": partridgeberry":[],
|
|
": wintergreen sense 2a":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180159",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chickenhearted":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": timid , cowardly":[
|
|
"too \u2026 chickenhearted to accompany me in this perilous undertaking",
|
|
"\u2014 Washington Irving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"too chickenhearted to speak up, even though she knew a terrible injustice was being committed"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1629, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chi-k\u0259n-\u02cch\u00e4r-t\u0259d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"chicken-livered",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"yellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083032",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicory":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a thick-rooted usually blue-flowered European perennial composite herb ( Cichorium intybus ) widely grown for its roots and as a salad plant \u2014 compare belgian endive , radicchio":[],
|
|
": the dried ground roasted root of chicory used to flavor or adulterate coffee":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Poco Poco, one of the coast's oldest produce sellers, chatted with customers amid boxes of prickly pear and green chicory stacked shoulder-high and spilling out into the street. \u2014 Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Toss chicory with Caesar dressing and adjust seasoning to taste with salt and pepper. \u2014 Kathleen Squires, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"On the flip side, many runners will want to limit high-fiber and high-fat snacks (say, energy bars made with chicory root, or nut butters or coconut oils) before a run because your body takes longer to break down these foods, says Samuel. \u2014 SELF , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The brewer has made beer with the same ingredients that are found in pepper spray, maple syrup and roasted chicory in the past. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"To add an Argentine twist to the main course, Aciar added as an accompaniment chicory and green beans, which were grilled over an open flame. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"At the excellent restaurant, Faula, chef Daniel Zeilinga uses herbs, vegetables and edible flowers from the property's biodynamic gardens for modernist takes on Piedmontese classics, like a carpaccio of local veal with anchovies and chicory sprouts. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Thus, for years the word fris\u00e9e supplanted the prosaic-sounding chicory on U.S. menus. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"This stuff\u2014made from chicory , burdock, and dandelion\u2014tastes vaguely of dark butterscotch. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 26 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"alteration of Middle English cicoree , from Anglo-French, from Latin cichoreum , from Greek kichoreia":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chi-k(\u0259-)r\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112321",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicory family":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": cichoriaceae":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115437",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chide":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke":[
|
|
"is quick to chide against the mayor for his negligence"
|
|
],
|
|
": to voice disapproval to : reproach in a usually mild and constructive manner : scold":[
|
|
"She chided us for arriving late."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She chided us for arriving late.",
|
|
"\u201cYou really should have been here on time,\u201d she chided .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"President Barack Obama used to chide his staff for admiring a problem rather than doing something about it. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"On several occasions, Nelson took to Twitter to chide Lasry over economic issues. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Putin seized on the moment to chide the United States, where a decades-long, multibillion-dollar destruction program was slowed by regulatory delays. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin has consistently backed up the Biden administration\u2019s warnings about Russia\u2019s intention, going so far as to chide the dismissive commentary of some colleagues. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Still, amateur real estate commentators may chide you for not holding out for top dollar. \u2014 Joanne Cleaver, Better Homes & Gardens , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Some leaders and international health officials have seized on the emergence of a new coronavirus strain to chide the world on the poor results of the global vaccination campaign. \u2014 Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Indeed, Robertson's closest friends chide him for not branching out beyond the park's 1 million acres and venturing further afield. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 6 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"When Essaibi George attempted to chide Wu for taking credit for the push for more clinicians, Wu gently reminded her that work began long before Essaibi George joined the council. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Oct. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English c\u012bdan to quarrel, chide, from c\u012bd strife":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u012bd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for chide reprove , rebuke , reprimand , admonish , reproach , chide mean to criticize adversely. reprove implies an often kindly intent to correct a fault. gently reproved my table manners rebuke suggests a sharp or stern reproof. the papal letter rebuked dissenting clerics reprimand implies a severe, formal, often public or official rebuke. reprimanded by the ethics committee admonish suggests earnest or friendly warning and counsel. admonished by my parents to control expenses reproach and chide suggest displeasure or disappointment expressed in mild reproof or scolding. reproached him for tardiness chided by their mother for untidiness",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"tick off"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052347",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chief":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"brunt",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"generality",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"staple",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": accorded highest rank or office":[
|
|
"chief librarian",
|
|
"the company's chief executive"
|
|
],
|
|
": chiefly":[],
|
|
": in the chief position or place":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used in titles commander in chief"
|
|
],
|
|
": of greatest importance or influence":[
|
|
"the chief reasons",
|
|
"their chief accomplishment"
|
|
],
|
|
": the head of a body of persons or an organization : leader":[
|
|
"chief of police"
|
|
],
|
|
": the principal or most valuable part":[
|
|
"would never rest till she had read the chief of the letter to him",
|
|
"\u2014 Jane Austen"
|
|
],
|
|
": the upper part of a heraldic field":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"the chief engineer on the project",
|
|
"Her job is their chief source of income.",
|
|
"He has many concerns, chief among them his health.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"the chief of the estate was left to the eldest son",
|
|
"our chief is out on a business trip right now",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine has worsened the situation by disrupting global agriculture supply chains, according to Roger Cryan, chief economist for the Farm Bureau. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Chris Williamson, chief business economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence, said producers of non-essential goods are seeing a drop in orders as consumers struggle with rising prices. \u2014 Ramishah Maruf, CNN , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"However, according to Daraius Irani, chief economist for the Regional Economic Studies Institute at Towson, the demand for nurses predates the pandemic, which only exacerbated the shortage. \u2014 Caitlyn Freeman, Baltimore Sun , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"San Francisco\u2019s chief economist Ted Egan told The Times that generally, less spending and economic activity means more demand for social services. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"In a circular to clients, Ian Shepherdson, the chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, gave three reasons to believe the Fed still has a good chance of reducing inflation without bringing on an outright slump. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"That would still make 2022 the second-best year for home sales since 2007 behind 2021, according to Danielle Hale, Realtor.com's chief economist. \u2014 CBS News , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"In fact, home prices are expected to appreciate by a modest 6.6 percent in 2022, according to Danielle Hale, chief economist at Realtor.com. \u2014 David Westenhaver, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"And the upcoming months are crucial in determining whether the economy tips into a recession, said Zandi, the chief economist at Moody\u2019s Analytics. \u2014 Max Zahn, ABC News , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The chief of Ukraine\u2019s national police force said one person died and five were wounded in a strike that hit a residential apartment block. \u2014 Andrew Torgan, CNN , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"The gunman never communicated with police that day, the public safety chief said. \u2014 CBS News , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"The student was shot and killed, but the police chief said the attack would have had a far worse death toll had the student not intervened. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Ramos never communicated with police that day, the public safety chief said. \u2014 Jake Bleiberg, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"The police chief said the department\u2019s investigation led to a resident discovering footage on their doorbell camera of a suspect walking up their driveway and depositing something into a garbage can. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"The chief said officers seized methamphetamine, fentanyl, marijuana and prescription narcotics. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"The man was given first aid by officers at the scene and taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the assistant chief said. \u2014 Juliette Arcodia, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Rosales, who had been on the force for two years at the time of the crash, remains on administrative leave pending the office\u2019s internal investigation, the chief said, according to WKEF. \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post , 10 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French chief, chef head, chief, from Latin caput head \u2014 more at head":"Noun and Adjective"
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"greatest",
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"No. 1",
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"paramount",
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"predominant",
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"preeminent",
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"premier",
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"primal",
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"primary",
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"principal",
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"prior",
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"sovereign",
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"sovran",
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"1948, in the meaning defined above":""
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": of or relating to a chief":[
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"examples":[
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"Adverb",
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"our video collection consists chiefly of comedies, but we have a few horror movies",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
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"The recorded history of the archipelago has chiefly been scientific and geopolitical rather than cultural or social. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
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"Southington\u2019s other lodging choices are chiefly budget motels on Queen Street clustered around I-84\u2032s Exit 32. \u2014 Don Stacom, Hartford Courant , 10 June 2022",
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"Still, the impact to borrowing costs in coming months will depend chiefly on the \u2013 as yet undetermined \u2013 pace of the Fed\u2019s rate hikes. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 16 June 2022",
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"Sitting Bull, born around 1831, came from an elite family and, though lauded for his battlefield prowess, was revered in later life chiefly as a holy man. \u2014 Andrew R. Graybill, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
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"Borrower Defense exists to provide loan forgiveness to borrowers who fall victim to fraud committed by institutions and has been chiefly used to forgive the loans of students who attended predatory for-profit colleges and universities. \u2014 Edward Conroy, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
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"Handing off the minelaying mission to drones will also help the Navy\u2019s 53 attack submarines concentrate on other missions, chiefly stalking and sinking enemy ships. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 2 June 2022",
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"True to the smaller brand\u2019s practice, the collection is chiefly upcycled from existing garments and deadstock fabrics and where not\u2014as in the pineapple leather retro climbing sneakers\u2014uses sustainable materials. \u2014 Luke Leitch, Vogue , 25 May 2022",
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"The Quad \u2014 established chiefly to counter Chinese power \u2014 comprises the U.S., Japan, Australia and India. \u2014 Noah Biermanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"After the British arrived, Tu, a scion of a chiefly family on Tahiti, dealt cleverly with the newcomers. \u2014 Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure , 30 Jan. 2022",
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"Known to Samoans by her chiefly title of Fiame, the daughter of the country's original prime minister served as Samoa's first female cabinet minister from 1991 to 2006. \u2014 Erin Spencer, Forbes , 19 May 2021"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
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"1870, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"\u02c8ch\u0113-fl\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"altogether",
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"basically",
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"by and large",
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"generally",
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"largely",
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"mainly",
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"mostly",
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"overall",
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"predominantly",
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"primarily",
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"principally",
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"substantially"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183159",
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]
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},
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"child":{
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"adult",
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"grown-up"
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],
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": a childlike or childish person":[
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"He is a child in most business matters."
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],
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": a female infant":[],
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": a person not yet of the age of majority (see majority sense 2a )":[
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"Under the law she is still a child ."
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],
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": a son or daughter of human parents":[
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"Do you have any children "
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],
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": a young person especially between infancy and puberty":[
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"a play for both children and adults"
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],
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": a youth of noble birth":[],
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": an unborn or recently born person":[
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"\u2026 Meghan Markle, married Prince Harry, now pregnant with child .",
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"\u2014 Laura Simonetti"
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],
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": descendant":[
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"the children of Israel"
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],
|
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": one strongly influenced by another or by a place or state of affairs":[
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"a child of the streets",
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"a child of nature",
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"America has been called \"the first child of the Enlightenment\""
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],
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": pregnant":[],
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": product , result":[
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"barbed wire \u2026 is truly a child of the plains",
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"\u2014 W. P. Webb"
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],
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"Francis James 1825\u20131896 American ballad editor":[],
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"Julia (Carolyn) 1912\u20132004 n\u00e9e McWilliams American chef":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the birth of a child",
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"She's pregnant with their first child .",
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"a play for both children and adults",
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"All of their children are grown now.",
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"an elderly couple and their adult children",
|
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"Men are such children sometimes.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Keyshawn seeing Derrick hurt her child changed things and results in a vicious attack from Derrick. \u2014 Alamin Yohannes, EW.com , 4 July 2022",
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"Parents and caregivers should figure out their child 's maturity level before deciding to engage in activities related to fireworks and sparklers, Clark said. \u2014 Rachel Fadem, CNN , 3 July 2022",
|
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"In addition to his brother, Mr. Katz is survived by his wife, Dasa Katz, and his child , Lee. \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2022",
|
|
"For some of you, this is healing your inner child by having more playtime incorporated into your daily routine. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 July 2022",
|
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"The two are currently expecting a baby girl, their seventh child together. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Baby\u2019s death: A man was arrested on a murder charge Wednesday after his 13-week-old child died from a baby wipe stuck in his throat at a residence on Cleveland\u2019s West Side, Olivia Mitchell reports. \u2014 cleveland , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"An American father who lost his 8-year-old son in the chaos at Kabul airport as the family was being evacuated from Afghanistan has been reunited with his child after almost 10 months apart. \u2014 Jessica Donati, WSJ , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"The mother is a Walgreens employee who had dropped off her other child at daycare, but had forgot to drop off her 1-year-old daughter at a separate facility. \u2014 Gina Martinez, CBS News , 1 July 2022"
|
|
],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English cild ; akin to Goth kilthei womb, and perhaps to Sanskrit ja\u1e6dhara belly":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ch\u012b(-\u0259)ld",
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"\u02c8ch\u012b(\u0259)ld",
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|
"\u02c8ch\u012bld"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bairn",
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"bambino",
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"bud",
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"chap",
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"chick",
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"cub",
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"juvenile",
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"kid",
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"kiddie",
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"kiddy",
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"kiddo",
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"moppet",
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"sprat",
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"sprout",
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"squirt",
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"whelp",
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"youngling",
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"youngster",
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"youth"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184536",
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"biographical name",
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]
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},
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"child benefit":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": money that the government pays to families with children":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192201",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"child support":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": payment for the support of the children of divorced or separated parents while the children are minors or as otherwise legally required \u2014 compare alimony":[]
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|
},
|
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Years after filing, the former couple reportedly reached a massive final settlement where Kelly paid a lump sum of over $1 million, monthly child support , monthly spousal support, and was granted primary joint custody of their children. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"Charlie Sheen no longer has to pay ex-wife Denise Richards child support , a court ruling that caught the actress off guard, a source says. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 5 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The revelation has grown into regular meetings, a fatherhood course and wellness and mental health check-ins, along with employment, child support and family court support. \u2014 Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"An estimated 1 million Californians will not receive their full tax refunds this year because the state will intercept the money to pay off debts such as outstanding parking tickets, tolls, court fees, tuition and child support . \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In July, The Voice coach was ordered to pay her ex-husband and former manager $200,000 a month in spousal and child support , though a source previously told PEOPLE that Blackstock had requested $436,000 a month. \u2014 Sarah Michaud, PEOPLE.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"If the trust has a history of making gifts or distributions to say children, the court might view the separate property as a more available resource for child support or other uses. \u2014 Martin Shenkman, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Refund amounts will get applied to any money still owed to the IRS or a state tax agency and may be used to offset unpaid child support or past-due federal debts such as student loans. \u2014 Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Though kids can be financially provided for in a prenup, couples cannot change child support or custody. \u2014 Ramishah Maruf, CNN , 29 Mar. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1901, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112126",
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]
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},
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"child's play":{
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"definitions":{
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": something that is insignificant":[
|
|
"figuring out the password was child's play"
|
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]
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Landing a job should be child's play for someone with his skills.",
|
|
"the injury is child's play , just a scratch",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"So moves in Elden Ring are kind of like pushups; performing one is child's play , but performing 100 in a single chain can be torture. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Climbing steep inclines is child's play for the V8 model, which burbles contentedly just above idle, free of stress and full of torque. \u2014 Derek Powell, Car and Driver , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"But what of history's other horrors \u2014 horrors on a scale that make September 11 look like child's play ",
|
|
"Herberger cared about all aspects of art, from ballet to child's play , family friend Jennifer Moser said. \u2014 Mackenzie Brower, The Arizona Republic , 3 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"This version of Squid Game will only be about child's play . \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 18 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"In tonight\u2019s Daily Edition, watch for our story about celebrating the power of child's play in public spaces. \u2014 David Clark Scott, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"When two-thirds of Republicans believe that antifa was involved in the assault on the Capitol, selling the base a bogus narrative about the Texas electricity disaster is practically child's play . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"Angela Caglia's Rose Quartz Eye Mask makes a regular ol' rose quartz facial roller look like child's play . \u2014 Blake Newby, Allure , 30 Nov. 2020"
|
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],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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|
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|
|
"bagatelle",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"nonproblem",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"picayune",
|
|
"shuck(s)",
|
|
"small beer",
|
|
"small change",
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"trifle",
|
|
"triviality"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200912",
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"child-centered":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": designed to develop the individual and social qualities of a student rather than provide a generalized information or training by way of prescribed subject matter":[
|
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"\u2014 used of elementary or secondary education or schools a child-centered curriculum today, the school is more and more child-centered \u2014 Kimball Young"
|
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]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102913",
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},
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"definitions":{
|
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|
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"a child-free couple"
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]
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},
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094433",
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": of or relating to the process of conceiving, being pregnant with, and giving birth to children":[
|
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"women of childbearing age"
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]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
},
|
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|
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|
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"\u02c8ch\u012b(-\u0259)l(d)-\u02ccber-i\u014b",
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u012bl(d)-\u02ccbar-i\u014b, -\u02ccber-"
|
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],
|
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|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"accouchement",
|
|
"childbirth",
|
|
"delivery",
|
|
"labor",
|
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"parturition",
|
|
"travail"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174043",
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|
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|
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},
|
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"childbed":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccbed",
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u012b(-\u0259)l(d)-\u02ccbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114028",
|
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"type":[
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"childbed fever":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Once handwashing protocols were implemented in the Austrian hospital, the rates of women dying from childbed fever plummeted. \u2014 Kelly Lambert, Scientific American , 4 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"Semmelweis got some things right, including his idea that something external caused childbed fever : the cause would turn out to be Streptococcus bacteria. \u2014 Emily Sohn, Popular Mechanics , 2 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Semmelweis noticed that deaths from childbed fever , also known as puerperal fever, were much less frequent in the ward supervised solely by midwives. \u2014 Emily Sohn, Popular Mechanics , 2 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"No one could figure out why so many women and children were dying from puerperal fever\u2014commonly known as childbed fever . \u2014 Michael Harriot, The Root , 18 May 2018"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1701, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034952",
|
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"type":[
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]
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},
|
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"childbirth":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": the act or process of giving birth to a baby : parturition":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"women who choose to undergo childbirth without the use of anesthetics and other drugs",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Even with health insurance, childbirth can be very expensive. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Vanessa Kirby stars in Pieces of a Woman, as Martha, who goes through a traumatic childbirth and loses her child. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Aftershock follows the families of two women who suffer preventable deaths from childbirth and also highlights the families and activists fighting for change. \u2014 Mariette Williams, Essence , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Among those concerns: Black women are considerably more likely to die from childbirth than white women, even when accounting for education. \u2014 Anne Flaherty, ABC News , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"McKinsey cites research on roughly 9,000 families tracking parental pay over five years, starting one year before childbirth and extending to when the child was four. \u2014 Naz Beheshti, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Delaying childbirth also became more of an option with technological advancements in medical care, including egg freezing, surrogacy and in vitro fertilization. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"This is not the first time Graham has been candid about the rapid changes bodies undergo during the pregnancy, childbirth , and postpartum stages. \u2014 Serena Coady, SELF , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"By comparison, an analysis showed pregnancy and childbirth are far more dangerous in the U.S. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 12 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8ch\u012bld-\u02ccb\u0259rth",
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"\u02c8ch\u012bl(d)-\u02ccb\u0259rth",
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"\u02c8ch\u012b(-\u0259)l(d)-\u02ccb\u0259rth"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"accouchement",
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"childbearing",
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"delivery",
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"labor",
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"parturition",
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"travail"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024850",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"childcare":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the care of children especially as a service while parents are working":[
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"Erratic week-to-week work schedules make it nearly impossible to manage a personal budget or secure childcare .",
|
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"\u2014 David Dayen"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ch\u012b(-\u0259)ld-\u02ccker"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Others are worried about finding childcare , rising gas prices, or just don't feel that level of commute is possible. \u2014 Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
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"And parents in Hawaii have it worst, experiencing childcare which demands 29% of average wages. \u2014 Tracy Brower, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
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"The second time, Martin was a 26-year-old single mom making $12 an hour as a bank teller, could barely afford childcare or health insurance and was in a custody battle with her daughter's father. \u2014 Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN , 18 May 2022",
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"My challenge as a Black mom raising an autistic daughter is childcare . \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Many Americans remain on the sidelines because of lingering health concerns and trouble finding childcare . \u2014 Paul Wiseman, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
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"New initiatives to fight homelessness and addiction, boost housing and improve childcare are on the horizon for San Diego County next year, Board of Supervisors Chair Nathan Fletcher said in his State of the County speech Tuesday. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022",
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"During the pandemic, Dano and Kazan developed a system for dividing up childcare and maintaining personal time. \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 Mar. 2022",
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"They were thrilled to find childcare where all the workers wore masks and were vaccinated. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 31 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1896, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144312"
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},
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"childcrowing":{
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"definitions":{
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": the loud crowing sound made by an infant or child with spasmodic croup":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082913",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"childhood":{
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"antonyms":[
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"adulthood"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the early period in the development of something":[],
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": the state or period of being a child":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"diseases that can occur in childhood",
|
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"Both men had unhappy childhoods .",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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|
"Del Vecchio rose from a childhood in an orphanage to amass a fortune of tens of billions of euros in one of the most famous rags-to-riches stories in Italy\u2019s post-war economic recovery. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Norman, who was raised in La Habra as the youngest of nine, recalled an early childhood of playing outdoor games and tussling with his siblings. \u2014 Felicia Alvarez, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
|
|
"The proof is in these stories, as Mantel explores different facets of a semi-outcast childhood in her striking and starkly beautiful prose. \u2014 Clea Simon, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Caleb Swanigan, who overcame a childhood dotted by homelessness in Salt Lake City to become a first-round NBA draft pick, died Monday night. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Melissa and Jenna renovate the bedroom and en-suite bath of a newlywed who lived through a challenging childhood and is now the director of a nonprofit for families in need. \u2014 Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
|
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"The family member that had the breakdown went through a childhood that few of us would have survived intact. \u2014 cleveland , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"The lawyers described Maxwell as the victim of a grim childhood who met Epstein at a time when her life was in shambles. \u2014 Rich Schapiro, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Starting with a volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, the fictional spin follows Monroe through her rise to stardom and in and out of her romantic entanglements. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u012bld-\u02cchu\u0307d",
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u012b(-\u0259)ld-\u02cchu\u0307d"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"nonage",
|
|
"springtime",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014548",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"childhood friend":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a friend that a person had when both of them were children : a friend since childhood":[
|
|
"We are childhood friends ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182704",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"childing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": bearing children or young : pregnant , parturient":[],
|
|
": producing younger or smaller blossoms around an older blossom":[],
|
|
": productive , fruitful":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from present participle of child entry 2":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u012bldi\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174137",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"childing pink":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an annual pink ( Dianthus prolifer ) naturalized from Europe with small flowers in terminal bracted heads":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140827",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"childish":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": deteriorated with age especially in mind : senile":[
|
|
"his parents \u2026 were both getting childish and needed care",
|
|
"\u2014 Pearl Buck"
|
|
],
|
|
": lacking complexity : simple":[
|
|
"it's a childish device, but it works"
|
|
],
|
|
": marked by or suggestive of immaturity and lack of poise":[
|
|
"a childish spiteful remark"
|
|
],
|
|
": of, relating to, or befitting a child or childhood":[
|
|
"childish desires for toys"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She has a childish face.",
|
|
"a letter written in childish scrawl",
|
|
"He opened the gifts with childish delight.",
|
|
"We're tired of their childish games.",
|
|
"I find his humor very childish .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The idea that one country could be the best in the world is such a childish and embarrassing concept. \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, SPIN , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"This standard ballad of devotion might have fared better without such a childish title and chorus, which really just sounds dopey coming from a then-17-year-old. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"When his family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"This plot device leads to a series of episodes in which Carmela\u2019s wishes come to life on stage \u2014 ranging from childish visions of candy to deeply held dreams of a better life for her family. \u2014 Emily Mcclanathan, Chicago Tribune , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Native's deodorants are a popular pick among adults, and teenagers who want to avoid childish scents and branding will love the vast array of scents available, from coconut and vanilla to lavender rose. \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Who wants a self-important, meddling agitator with childish , oversimplistic, unnecessary opinions",
|
|
"To try to escape those things was childish and anti\u2010novelistic. \u2014 Elif Batuman, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"These images alternate with confessions of childish schemes such as a habit of defrauding the tooth fairy by placing fake teeth under her pillow. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"see child":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u012b(-\u0259)l-dish",
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u012bl-dish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"babyish",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kiddish",
|
|
"puerile"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171412",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"childlike":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a grown woman with a childlike face",
|
|
"We gazed at it in childlike wonder.",
|
|
"She took a childlike glee in describing every detail.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Before, Pinocchio was always childlike : eager, curious, wondering, blundering. \u2014 Joan Acocella, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Whether dominating on the gridiron as a college football star, fighting in Vietnam or captaining a shrimp boat, Forrest inspires people with his childlike optimism. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The joy and whimsy of the Jubilee festivities have captured the childlike imagination of all ages. \u2014 Vogue , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Inside, Liubov was in an almost childlike state, her eyes wide and lip trembling. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2022",
|
|
"In their ignorance and childlike enthusiasm Sheila has found a metaphor for her generation of artists, who are spiritually yearning but religiously bereft. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Her intelligence is vast and curious and childlike and insatiable and transcendent, like yours. \u2014 Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic , 9 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Angela\u2019s unformed sense of self is mirrored in the novel by Ruth\u2019s childlike state. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"Noah is smart and opinionated, with a sarcastic sense of humor and occasional bursts of childlike enthusiasm. \u2014 Emily Mcclanathan, chicagotribune.com , 17 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1577, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u012b(-\u0259)l(d)-\u02ccl\u012bk",
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u012bld-\u02ccl\u012bk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191819",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"childly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": childlike":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u012b(-\u0259)l(d)-l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191821",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"children":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a childlike or childish person":[
|
|
"He is a child in most business matters."
|
|
],
|
|
": a female infant":[],
|
|
": a person not yet of the age of majority (see majority sense 2a )":[
|
|
"Under the law she is still a child ."
|
|
],
|
|
": a son or daughter of human parents":[
|
|
"Do you have any children "
|
|
],
|
|
": a young person especially between infancy and puberty":[
|
|
"a play for both children and adults"
|
|
],
|
|
": a youth of noble birth":[],
|
|
": an unborn or recently born person":[
|
|
"\u2026 Meghan Markle, married Prince Harry, now pregnant with child .",
|
|
"\u2014 Laura Simonetti"
|
|
],
|
|
": descendant":[
|
|
"the children of Israel"
|
|
],
|
|
": one strongly influenced by another or by a place or state of affairs":[
|
|
"a child of the streets",
|
|
"a child of nature",
|
|
"America has been called \"the first child of the Enlightenment\""
|
|
],
|
|
": pregnant":[],
|
|
": product , result":[
|
|
"barbed wire \u2026 is truly a child of the plains",
|
|
"\u2014 W. P. Webb"
|
|
],
|
|
"Francis James 1825\u20131896 American ballad editor":[],
|
|
"Julia (Carolyn) 1912\u20132004 n\u00e9e McWilliams American chef":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the birth of a child",
|
|
"She's pregnant with their first child .",
|
|
"a play for both children and adults",
|
|
"All of their children are grown now.",
|
|
"an elderly couple and their adult children",
|
|
"Men are such children sometimes.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Keyshawn seeing Derrick hurt her child changed things and results in a vicious attack from Derrick. \u2014 Alamin Yohannes, EW.com , 4 July 2022",
|
|
"Parents and caregivers should figure out their child 's maturity level before deciding to engage in activities related to fireworks and sparklers, Clark said. \u2014 Rachel Fadem, CNN , 3 July 2022",
|
|
"In addition to his brother, Mr. Katz is survived by his wife, Dasa Katz, and his child , Lee. \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2022",
|
|
"For some of you, this is healing your inner child by having more playtime incorporated into your daily routine. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"The two are currently expecting a baby girl, their seventh child together. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Baby\u2019s death: A man was arrested on a murder charge Wednesday after his 13-week-old child died from a baby wipe stuck in his throat at a residence on Cleveland\u2019s West Side, Olivia Mitchell reports. \u2014 cleveland , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"An American father who lost his 8-year-old son in the chaos at Kabul airport as the family was being evacuated from Afghanistan has been reunited with his child after almost 10 months apart. \u2014 Jessica Donati, WSJ , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"The mother is a Walgreens employee who had dropped off her other child at daycare, but had forgot to drop off her 1-year-old daughter at a separate facility. \u2014 Gina Martinez, CBS News , 1 July 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English cild ; akin to Goth kilthei womb, and perhaps to Sanskrit ja\u1e6dhara belly":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u012b(-\u0259)ld",
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u012b(\u0259)ld",
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u012bld"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bairn",
|
|
"bambino",
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"chap",
|
|
"chick",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy",
|
|
"kiddo",
|
|
"moppet",
|
|
"sprat",
|
|
"sprout",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"whelp",
|
|
"youngling",
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180954",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"biographical name",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chile relleno":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a stuffed chili pepper that usually contains cheese or meat and is fried or grilled":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"But Garcia powered through it to ultimately win the challenge with her take on a chile relleno with nopal cactus and her judge-favorite dessert. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"The chile relleno sausage, also a fixture, is a link stuffed with chile and tons of cheese. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Chano\u2019s produces a burrito stuffed with a whole chile relleno \u2014 and, totally true story, it\u2019s been known to raise the dead. \u2014 Times Staff, Los Angeles Times , 16 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"CBS News Enter through these old doors, and the lines that divide us disappear almost as fast as their famous chile relleno on a hot plate. \u2014 CBS News , 21 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Casual Chiapan dishes like chile relleno and chicharr\u00f3n de queso are served with flair, as is a regional take on a tuna tartare. \u2014 Pilar Guzman, Travel + Leisure , 9 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"One of my favorite Mexican dishes is chile relleno , another stuffed green pepper \u2014 although a poblano is a pretty far cry from a plain bell. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 July 2021",
|
|
"Mireles handed out Lopez\u2019s tepache and Adela\u2019s tacos de chile relleno made from chile de agua, a pepper unique to Oaxaca. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2021",
|
|
"Brunch specials include chile relleno with choice of chicken, shrimp or the vegan Impossible Meat; chilaquiles, carne asada con huevos and breakfast brisket enchiladas. \u2014 Audrey Eads, Dallas News , 29 Apr. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1929, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Spanish, stuffed chili pepper":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-r\u0101-\u02c8y\u0101-(\u02cc)n\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110533",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chile saltpeter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": sodium nitrate especially occurring naturally (as in caliche)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1869, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Chile , South America":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u0113-(\u02cc)l\u0101-",
|
|
"\u02c8chil-\u0113-",
|
|
"\u02c8chi-l\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
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": a thick sauce of meat and chilies":[
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"liked to cover her spaghetti with red chili"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The chili is hearty -- packed full of veggies and big chunks of meat. \u2014 cleveland , 24 Feb. 2022",
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"In addition to the five standard ways of serving the chili in Cincinnati, Becker suggests that two other typical options are a must. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Feb. 2022",
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"Condado offers a mix of protein fillings that include tequila-lime steak, roasted chicken and vegetarian options of Thai chili tofu, roasted portobello and Korean BBQ Jackfruit. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"For those who like the heat in their chili : Jalape\u00f1o pepper, red pepper flakes, cayenne, paprika, ancho or chipotle chile powder and the sauce from canned chipotles in adobo are all on the guest list for this recipe from Pati Jinich. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2022",
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"Visitors can grab food at BJ's New Mexican Eats food truck, a concept which serves New Mexican chili . \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 2 Mar. 2022",
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"Curiel took the recipe for a classic shrimp ceviche and then gave it a twist by marinating the shrimp in a Habanero chili dressing with fresh mango. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"This year, whip out your slow cooker and spice rack and try a vegetarian chili with these recipes below. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 24 Jan. 2022",
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"Made for up to 16 servings, this chili is full of flavor and packed with spices. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 24 Jan. 2022"
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"1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"\u02c8chi-l\u0113"
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"chili con carne":{
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": a spiced stew of usually ground beef and minced chiles or chili powder often with beans":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"These menu items include the chili con carne , the enchiladas de Tejas and the generous Mexico City dinner plate, which includes a beef taco, a cheese enchilada, a bean tostada, a chili tamale, guacamole, chili con queso, rice and beans. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 23 June 2022",
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"Add it to chili con carne , braise it in beer, or mix it into a rag\u00f9 for a twist on spaghetti bolognese. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"The medium-spicy chili con carne is packed full of flavor! \u2014 cleveland , 24 Feb. 2022",
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"As any Texan will likely tell you, there are no beans in traditional chili con carne -- the focus is on chile peppers and meat. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 23 Jan. 2022",
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"Options include chicken pesto pasta or beanless chili con carne . \u2014 Erica Sweeney, SELF , 9 Jan. 2022",
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"What is widely understood to be Mexican food is most often closer to Tex-Mex: burritos, nachos, and chili con carne , associated with the American West, and, in many cases, with stereotypes of cowboys and Indians. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 12 Apr. 2021",
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"One of the basic items is the chili con carne made with chili meat, which supposedly originated in San Antonio. \u2014 Randy Diamond, San Antonio Express-News , 4 Mar. 2021",
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"There are also plenty of recipes to try out, ranging from West African dish, jollof rice, to chili con carne from Texas. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living , 20 May 2020"
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"1857, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"American Spanish chile con carne chili with meat":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccchi-l\u0113-\u02cck\u00e4n-\u02c8k\u00e4r-n\u0113",
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"-k\u0259n-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114922",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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},
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"chili dog":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a hot dog topped with chili":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Go for the barbecue, stay for: the big ass brisket chili dog , which makes surprise appearances as a special from time to time. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 18 May 2022",
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"Keros was the son of Gust Keros, a Greek immigrant, who created the famous chili dog and founded American Coney Island on Lafayette in 1917. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 6 Jan. 2022",
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"Wienerschnitzel: Get a free chili dog , small fries and a small Pepsi when showing military identification or wearing your military uniform to any participating Wienerschnitzel location. \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
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"Bring a dog or just hang out with adoptable pups: the program features beer and chili dog specials for humans and puppuccinos for dogs, plus live music from singer-guitarist Rosebud Ireland and Fifteen Strings. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Nov. 2017",
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"Created and named after Ten Bells Tavern\u2019s original chef Carlos Mancera, the chili dog is topped with melted cheese, chopped red onion and chives. \u2014 Destine Gibson, Dallas News , 20 July 2021",
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"The nemesis of the faster than light, chili dog -eating hedgehog is Doctor Robotnick who would be about 80 years old this year. \u2014 Elizabeth Montgomery, The Arizona Republic , 11 Mar. 2021",
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"Another celebrity took sides in Detroit's most famous chili dog rivalry this weekend. \u2014 Christine Macdonald, Detroit Free Press , 26 Jan. 2021",
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"In a statement, Linda Addy said her husband\u2019s his grandfather, who taught him to care for tomatoes and hams hanging in the barn, and his father, who owned a cafeteria and a chili dog drive-through. \u2014 Michael Russell, oregonlive , 19 Aug. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1948, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-144804",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"chili powder":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a spice mixture made with ground chiles":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The supporting character that lets the crispy won tons shine is the punchy dressing of peach preserves, rice vinegar, sesame oil and chili powder . \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
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"There also is an option named after the Deco District, including chipotle and jalape\u00f1o toreado crema, spices, cilantro, queso fresco and chili powder , topped with crema and nacho cheese. \u2014 Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News , 15 June 2022",
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"But still, its bright notes of cinnamon and balsamic vinegar, muffled by cocoa and brown sugar and spiced up with chili powder , make a coating for chicken that is simply delicious. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 2 Aug. 2021",
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"In a large mixing bowl, combine tofu with olive oil, garlic powder, chili powder , onion powder, mustard powder, paprika, black pepper and cayenne pepper; toss gently to coat. \u2014 Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press , 9 Apr. 2022",
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"Add the chili powder , cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, \u00bd teaspoon salt and \u00bc teaspoon black pepper to the beef in the pan and stir to coat. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
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"Add the garlic and cook for two more minutes, then add the chili powder , chipotle, salt, and pepper, and stir everything together. \u2014 Christine Byrne, Outside Online , 16 Jan. 2021",
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"Add the chili powder , cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, \u00bd teaspoon salt and \u00bc teaspoon black pepper to the beef in the pan and stir to coat. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
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"Stir in water, chili powder , cumin, paprika, crushed red pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano and black pepper. \u2014 Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press , 30 Apr. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1908, in the meaning defined above":""
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061235",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"chili sauce":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"For all the hot sauce connoisseurs, the sauce is made with a whole lot of heat with a blend of ghost, peri peri, and cayenne peppers with a tomato base and chili sauce . \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 8 June 2022",
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"Korean barbecue sauce is like a tangy sweet- chili sauce with the heat-knob turned up. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
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"If the comfort of the chili sauce took the form of catharsis\u2014heart-racing heat and its attendant sweat\u2014the comfort of the tomato soup was soporific, more soothing than Campbell\u2019s. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 6 May 2022",
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"In Detroit terms, Cease is the chili sauce , onions and mustard on their hot dogs. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 9 Apr. 2022",
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"If making a cocktail sauce, combine chili sauce , ketchup, horseradish, Worcestershire sauce and lemon juice in a bowl. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 9 May 2022",
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"Some common sauces served alongside hot pot are sriracha, sambal chili sauce , hoisin, ponzu, sesame, and soy sauce. \u2014 Magdalena O'neal, Sunset Magazine , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Among the novelties at Chocobar Cort\u00e9s are habanero-and-chocolate chili sauce , chocolate guacamole, and chocolate ketchup. \u2014 David Kortava, The New Yorker , 28 Jan. 2022",
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"Menu favorites include prime cuts of beef such as \u2018reuben\u2019 style bone-in short rib, filet mignon and veal chop; jumbo shrimp cocktail; and spicy beef lettuce cups with Thai chili & basil, sweet chili sauce and crunchy rice. \u2014 Amber Love Bond, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1843, in the meaning defined above":""
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211200",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"chili vinegar":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": pepper sauce":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011408",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
|
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"chill":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"antiseptic",
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"arctic",
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"brittle",
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"chilly",
|
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"clammy",
|
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"cold",
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"cold-blooded",
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"cold-eyed",
|
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"coldish",
|
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"cool",
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"frigid",
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"frosty",
|
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"frozen",
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"gelid",
|
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"glacial",
|
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"hard-eyed",
|
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"icy",
|
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"uncordial",
|
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"unfriendly",
|
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"unsympathetic",
|
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"wintry",
|
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"wintery"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling":[
|
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"And a chill fell over the service as mourners \u2026 carried a casket draped in white to the altar.",
|
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"\u2014 Katherine Creag and Jennifer Millman"
|
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],
|
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": a disagreeable sensation of coldness":[
|
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"When you venture outside on a cold day, chances are you feel the biggest chill in your fingers.",
|
|
"\u2014 Tamekia Reece"
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],
|
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": a moderate but disagreeable degree of cold":[
|
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"a chill in the air"
|
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],
|
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": a sensation of cold accompanied by shivering (as due to illness)":[
|
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"He had caught a chill that night, and was now down with a fever.",
|
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"\u2014 Wilkie Collins",
|
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"\u2014 usually plural If you have a cough, fever and chills and are not breathing as easily as usual, you might have a cold or the flu. \u2014 Linda Searing Over the next few days, my body followed up with a series of messages: you have a sore throat; you have a fever; you have the chills . \u2014 John Herrman"
|
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],
|
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": affected by cold":[
|
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"chill travelers"
|
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],
|
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": chill out":[],
|
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": cold , raw":[],
|
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": depressing , dispiriting":[
|
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"chill penury",
|
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"\u2014 Thomas Gray"
|
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],
|
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": distant , formal":[
|
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"a chill reception"
|
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],
|
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": hang sense 12":[],
|
|
": having a laid-back style or easy demeanor":[
|
|
"She looked just like Joey Potter \u2026 Really young and super chill . No one was paying any attention. It was a laid-back situation.",
|
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"\u2014 Emma Pearse",
|
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"We're very casual. I love how at City Hall people come in everything from wedding gowns to jeans. It's so mellow and chill , just how we like it.",
|
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"\u2014 Erin Burnett"
|
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],
|
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": moderately cold":[],
|
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": to affect as if with cold : dispirit":[],
|
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": to become cold":[],
|
|
": to become taken with a chill":[],
|
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": to make cold or chilly":[
|
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"chilled by a cold wind"
|
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],
|
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": to make cool especially without freezing":[
|
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"chill the wine"
|
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],
|
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": to shiver or quake with or as if with cold":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Noun",
|
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"There was a chill in the autumn air.",
|
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"He closed the windows to keep out the chill .",
|
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"Her symptoms include chills and a fever.",
|
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"He caught a chill that turned into a bad cold.",
|
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"The novel's final scene gave him the chills .",
|
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"Her words sent chills down my spine .",
|
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"Adjective",
|
|
"The chill weather kept us indoors.",
|
|
"were met with a chill gaze when they arrived home late from the party",
|
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"Verb",
|
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"Chill the dessert for one hour before serving it.",
|
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"Let the dessert chill for one hour before serving it.",
|
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"Here's a ghost story that will chill you.",
|
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"Her screams chilled me to the bone .",
|
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"a horrible sight that chilled my bones",
|
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"He thinks his parents are way too uptight and says they should just chill .",
|
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"I decided to stay home and chill .",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"From the grill to the chill , here\u2019s how BA staffers are prepping for the long weekend. \u2014 Joe Sevier, Bon App\u00e9tit , 30 June 2022",
|
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"As yet, there is no global estimate of the life in the chill , black depths of the midnight zone, but a study in the waters over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge found an even greater mass of potential prey there. \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
|
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"Assorted fluids \u2014 bodily and beverage \u2014 trace neat arcs through the air, like debris floating in the zero-gravity chill of space. \u2014 Chris Richards, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
|
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"The chill of crypto winter has pushed the top cryptocurrencies to record lows for the year. \u2014 Fortune , 27 May 2022",
|
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"His words were briefly visible in the tightening chill . \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
|
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"In the background, squirrels observed in blue elderberry meadows, Peruvian pepper trees sung in the breeze and the heat was splashed away by the refreshing chill of a panoramic waterfront. \u2014 Graham Berry, Billboard , 6 May 2022",
|
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"Some dread the chill of winter while others dread allergies that come with spring (and rightfully so). \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The Moscow mule, typically served in a copper mug that captures the chill of the drink, includes vodka, spicy ginger beer, lime juice and a lime garnish. \u2014 Deanna Watson, USA TODAY , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
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"The tables are a-clatter and the mood is wonderfully chill . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
|
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"And so maybe any aliens who are capable of interstellar travel will be equally chill ",
|
|
"Oh, nothing special, just a very chill $6 million in Bulgari diamonds. \u2014 Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen , 26 Apr. 2021",
|
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"Just six months after a deadly tragedy at his Astroworld music festival, Travis Scott appeared chill (or rather cold) during his first awards show performance since the incident, at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. \u2014 Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 May 2022",
|
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"Queen Valley Road, which begins just south of the Barker Dam Trailhead, is a relatively chill cruise that leads to the trailhead for Desert Queen Mine. \u2014 Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert, Outside Online , 28 Oct. 2019",
|
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"Pre-mix, decant into a bottle and super- chill to a velvety-cold, almost syrupy consistency, ready to pour the moment an order comes in. \u2014 Kara Newman, WSJ , 16 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Iggy was remarkably chill , even at the festively loud cocktail party held by the Whiting Foundation and Bomb magazine. \u2014 Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The duo themselves had a relatively chill time in Texas. \u2014 Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"Kyland likes to do workouts geared towards his basketball game, watch sports, party and chill with the homies. \u2014 Kara Warner, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
|
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"Johnson, who last played for the 76ers in 2019, didn\u2019t want to just go home and chill with his kids. \u2014 Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Shake hard, 20 seconds, to chill and dilute, then strain into the glass, garnish with the lime wheel and serve. \u2014 M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
|
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"Add some middleneck clams, blackened grouper tacos or a roasted beet and goat cheese salad and set your mood to chill . \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 20 May 2022",
|
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"Despite glittering blankets of snow that hush the region; despite warm, colorful hats that perhaps were holiday gifts; despite rugged, skid-proof boots ... these are months that chill us. \u2014 cleveland , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Listen to chill , downtempo beats on Groove Salad radio station while watching the sun gleam on the solid aluminum statue, created by world-renowned artist Robert Graham. \u2014 Amarachi Orie, CNN , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Chickens are boiled whole, left to chill , then cut into 10 parts that are breaded and lightly fried till the meat is hot and juicy. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Nov. 2021",
|
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"In a medium 3 qt bowl, combine blueberries, honey, and lemon juice, muddle together with the back of a Hydro Flask Solid Spoon, and set aside in a cooler to chill . \u2014 Outside Online , 19 May 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
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"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"circa 1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Adjective"
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English chile chill, frost, from Old English ciele ; akin to Old English ceald cold":"Noun"
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8chil"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bite",
|
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"bitterness",
|
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"bleakness",
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"chilliness",
|
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"nip",
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"nippiness",
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"rawness",
|
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"sharpness"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051850",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"intransitive verb",
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
|
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"verb"
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]
|
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},
|
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"chill out":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"act up",
|
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"carry on",
|
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"cut up"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to calm down : go easy : relax":[
|
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"\u2014 often used in the imperative"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"stop making that racket, and just chill out !",
|
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"if you don't chill out , you're going to get an ulcer"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"1980, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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"calm (down)",
|
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"cool",
|
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"hush",
|
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"pipe down",
|
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"quiet",
|
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"settle (down)"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073633",
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"chillagite":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a mineral consisting of a tungstic wulfenite":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Chillagoe , Queensland, Australia, + English -ite":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8chil\u0259\u02ccg\u012bt"
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],
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"type":[
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"noun"
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},
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"chillax":{
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"definitions":{
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": to calm down : relax":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"After chillaxing every muscle with a Theragun G2Pro Massager, draw a bath and add a cartoonish amount of bubbles. \u2014 Kathryn O'shea-evans, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020",
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"So chillax with these South Florida offers running through October. \u2014 Doreen Christensen, Sun-Sentinel.com , 18 Sep. 2017",
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"Pandas play, polar bears wrestle, and walruses chillax in these photos from our archives. \u2014 National Geographic , 24 Jan. 2016"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1994, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"blend of chill and relax":""
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},
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"chi-\u02c8laks"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125707",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"chilled":{
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"antonyms":[
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"antiseptic",
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"arctic",
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"brittle",
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"chilly",
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"clammy",
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"cold",
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"cold-blooded",
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"cold-eyed",
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"coldish",
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"cool",
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"frigid",
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"frosty",
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"frozen",
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"gelid",
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"glacial",
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"hard-eyed",
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"icy",
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"uncordial",
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"unfriendly",
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"unsympathetic",
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"wintry",
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"wintery"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling":[
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"And a chill fell over the service as mourners \u2026 carried a casket draped in white to the altar.",
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"\u2014 Katherine Creag and Jennifer Millman"
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],
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": a disagreeable sensation of coldness":[
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"When you venture outside on a cold day, chances are you feel the biggest chill in your fingers.",
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"\u2014 Tamekia Reece"
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],
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": a moderate but disagreeable degree of cold":[
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"a chill in the air"
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],
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": a sensation of cold accompanied by shivering (as due to illness)":[
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"He had caught a chill that night, and was now down with a fever.",
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"\u2014 Wilkie Collins",
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"\u2014 usually plural If you have a cough, fever and chills and are not breathing as easily as usual, you might have a cold or the flu. \u2014 Linda Searing Over the next few days, my body followed up with a series of messages: you have a sore throat; you have a fever; you have the chills . \u2014 John Herrman"
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],
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": affected by cold":[
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"chill travelers"
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],
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": chill out":[],
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": cold , raw":[],
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": depressing , dispiriting":[
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"chill penury",
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"\u2014 Thomas Gray"
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],
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": distant , formal":[
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"a chill reception"
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],
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": hang sense 12":[],
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": having a laid-back style or easy demeanor":[
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"She looked just like Joey Potter \u2026 Really young and super chill . No one was paying any attention. It was a laid-back situation.",
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"\u2014 Emma Pearse",
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"We're very casual. I love how at City Hall people come in everything from wedding gowns to jeans. It's so mellow and chill , just how we like it.",
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"\u2014 Erin Burnett"
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],
|
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": moderately cold":[],
|
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": to affect as if with cold : dispirit":[],
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": to become cold":[],
|
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": to become taken with a chill":[],
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": to make cold or chilly":[
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"chilled by a cold wind"
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],
|
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": to make cool especially without freezing":[
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"chill the wine"
|
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],
|
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": to shiver or quake with or as if with cold":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"There was a chill in the autumn air.",
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"He closed the windows to keep out the chill .",
|
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"Her symptoms include chills and a fever.",
|
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"He caught a chill that turned into a bad cold.",
|
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"The novel's final scene gave him the chills .",
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"Her words sent chills down my spine .",
|
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"Adjective",
|
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"The chill weather kept us indoors.",
|
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"were met with a chill gaze when they arrived home late from the party",
|
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"Verb",
|
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"Chill the dessert for one hour before serving it.",
|
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"Let the dessert chill for one hour before serving it.",
|
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"Here's a ghost story that will chill you.",
|
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"Her screams chilled me to the bone .",
|
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"a horrible sight that chilled my bones",
|
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"He thinks his parents are way too uptight and says they should just chill .",
|
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"I decided to stay home and chill .",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"From the grill to the chill , here\u2019s how BA staffers are prepping for the long weekend. \u2014 Joe Sevier, Bon App\u00e9tit , 30 June 2022",
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"As yet, there is no global estimate of the life in the chill , black depths of the midnight zone, but a study in the waters over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge found an even greater mass of potential prey there. \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
|
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"Assorted fluids \u2014 bodily and beverage \u2014 trace neat arcs through the air, like debris floating in the zero-gravity chill of space. \u2014 Chris Richards, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
|
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"The chill of crypto winter has pushed the top cryptocurrencies to record lows for the year. \u2014 Fortune , 27 May 2022",
|
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"His words were briefly visible in the tightening chill . \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
|
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"In the background, squirrels observed in blue elderberry meadows, Peruvian pepper trees sung in the breeze and the heat was splashed away by the refreshing chill of a panoramic waterfront. \u2014 Graham Berry, Billboard , 6 May 2022",
|
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"Some dread the chill of winter while others dread allergies that come with spring (and rightfully so). \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The Moscow mule, typically served in a copper mug that captures the chill of the drink, includes vodka, spicy ginger beer, lime juice and a lime garnish. \u2014 Deanna Watson, USA TODAY , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
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"The tables are a-clatter and the mood is wonderfully chill . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
|
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"And so maybe any aliens who are capable of interstellar travel will be equally chill ",
|
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"Oh, nothing special, just a very chill $6 million in Bulgari diamonds. \u2014 Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen , 26 Apr. 2021",
|
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"Just six months after a deadly tragedy at his Astroworld music festival, Travis Scott appeared chill (or rather cold) during his first awards show performance since the incident, at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. \u2014 Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 May 2022",
|
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"Queen Valley Road, which begins just south of the Barker Dam Trailhead, is a relatively chill cruise that leads to the trailhead for Desert Queen Mine. \u2014 Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert, Outside Online , 28 Oct. 2019",
|
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"Pre-mix, decant into a bottle and super- chill to a velvety-cold, almost syrupy consistency, ready to pour the moment an order comes in. \u2014 Kara Newman, WSJ , 16 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Iggy was remarkably chill , even at the festively loud cocktail party held by the Whiting Foundation and Bomb magazine. \u2014 Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The duo themselves had a relatively chill time in Texas. \u2014 Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"Kyland likes to do workouts geared towards his basketball game, watch sports, party and chill with the homies. \u2014 Kara Warner, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
|
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"Johnson, who last played for the 76ers in 2019, didn\u2019t want to just go home and chill with his kids. \u2014 Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Shake hard, 20 seconds, to chill and dilute, then strain into the glass, garnish with the lime wheel and serve. \u2014 M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
|
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"Add some middleneck clams, blackened grouper tacos or a roasted beet and goat cheese salad and set your mood to chill . \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 20 May 2022",
|
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"Despite glittering blankets of snow that hush the region; despite warm, colorful hats that perhaps were holiday gifts; despite rugged, skid-proof boots ... these are months that chill us. \u2014 cleveland , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Listen to chill , downtempo beats on Groove Salad radio station while watching the sun gleam on the solid aluminum statue, created by world-renowned artist Robert Graham. \u2014 Amarachi Orie, CNN , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Chickens are boiled whole, left to chill , then cut into 10 parts that are breaded and lightly fried till the meat is hot and juicy. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Nov. 2021",
|
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"In a medium 3 qt bowl, combine blueberries, honey, and lemon juice, muddle together with the back of a Hydro Flask Solid Spoon, and set aside in a cooler to chill . \u2014 Outside Online , 19 May 2021"
|
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
|
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"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
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"circa 1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Adjective"
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English chile chill, frost, from Old English ciele ; akin to Old English ceald cold":"Noun"
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8chil"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bite",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
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"bleakness",
|
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"chilliness",
|
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"nip",
|
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"nippiness",
|
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"rawness",
|
|
"sharpness"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025312",
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"intransitive verb",
|
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"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"chilliness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": lacking warmth of feeling : unfriendly":[
|
|
"a chilly reception"
|
|
],
|
|
": noticeably cold : chilling":[
|
|
"a chilly day"
|
|
],
|
|
": tending to arouse fear or apprehension":[
|
|
"chilly suspicions"
|
|
],
|
|
": unpleasantly affected by cold":[
|
|
"chilly spectators"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"It's a little chilly outside.",
|
|
"You must be chilly without a coat on.",
|
|
"They gave him a chilly reception.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Anthony Zhongor, 17, dove into the bay's chilly waters shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday to pull Mia Samolinski from her SUV. \u2014 Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"But after the debut episode drew disappointing ratings, Johnson and his colleagues received a chilly reception from company executives at an Emmy Awards party. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"The change came without a press release or public announcement, following a chilly reception in city council. \u2014 Lucas Daprile, cleveland , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Austin will shut the Barton Springs public swimming pool two days a week because of a shortage of lifeguards, limiting access to a popular Texas tourist attraction known for its chilly , spring-fed waters. \u2014 Brendan Walsh, Bloomberg.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"At sea and on land, the sisters\u2019 chilly reception was one consequence of a turn already underway in E.U. migration policy. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"With no sight of the shore, which was miles away, and only wearing a T-shirt and shorts in the chilly coastal waters, Thompson faced a despairing situation. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Back home, however, their effort received a chilly reception. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 26 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Back home, however, their effort received a chilly reception. \u2014 Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Aug. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chi-l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"sharp"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171212",
|
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|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
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|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chilling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": gravely disturbing or frightening":[
|
|
"a chilling case of abuse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a Southern visitor who was unused to the chilling air of a Northeast winter",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"But there could be a chilling effect among those who don\u2019t have those advantages. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"China may even have a chilling effect at the green-light stage, given that the major studios \u2014 Paramount, Disney, Universal, Warner Bros., and Columbia Pictures \u2014 release a film with a gay protagonist with about the same frequency as leap years. \u2014 Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"The chilling effect Even Guthrie seemed aware of the risks of having Heard continue to press her case after a Depp won his defamation claims and was awarded over $10 million. \u2014 Anousha Sakouistaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Will the case have a chilling effect on the nursing profession",
|
|
"Coinbase\u2019s decision to pull already accepted offers out from underneath candidates\u2019 feet has perhaps had the most significant chilling effect to date on how potential crypto developers and engineers think about the market. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Price controls will have a chilling effect on the willingness of these investors to invest in biotech. \u2014 John Lamattina, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Johnny Depp's lawyers are speaking out a week after his defamation victory, denying the verdict will have a chilling effect on the #MeToo movement. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"American solar companies have said that the prospect of more \u2014 and retroactive \u2014 tariffs was already having a chilling effect on imports. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1815, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chi-li\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"nippy",
|
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"raw",
|
|
"sharp"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082720",
|
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|
|
"adjective",
|
|
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|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chilly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": lacking warmth of feeling : unfriendly":[
|
|
"a chilly reception"
|
|
],
|
|
": noticeably cold : chilling":[
|
|
"a chilly day"
|
|
],
|
|
": tending to arouse fear or apprehension":[
|
|
"chilly suspicions"
|
|
],
|
|
": unpleasantly affected by cold":[
|
|
"chilly spectators"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"It's a little chilly outside.",
|
|
"You must be chilly without a coat on.",
|
|
"They gave him a chilly reception.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Anthony Zhongor, 17, dove into the bay's chilly waters shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday to pull Mia Samolinski from her SUV. \u2014 Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"But after the debut episode drew disappointing ratings, Johnson and his colleagues received a chilly reception from company executives at an Emmy Awards party. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"The change came without a press release or public announcement, following a chilly reception in city council. \u2014 Lucas Daprile, cleveland , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Austin will shut the Barton Springs public swimming pool two days a week because of a shortage of lifeguards, limiting access to a popular Texas tourist attraction known for its chilly , spring-fed waters. \u2014 Brendan Walsh, Bloomberg.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"At sea and on land, the sisters\u2019 chilly reception was one consequence of a turn already underway in E.U. migration policy. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"With no sight of the shore, which was miles away, and only wearing a T-shirt and shorts in the chilly coastal waters, Thompson faced a despairing situation. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Back home, however, their effort received a chilly reception. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 26 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Back home, however, their effort received a chilly reception. \u2014 Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Aug. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
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|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chi-l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"sharp"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062328",
|
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|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
|
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|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chilver":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a ewe lamb":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"from (assumed) Middle English, from Old English cilfor- lamb; akin to Old High German kilbur, kilburra ewe lamb, Old English cealf calf":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chilv\u0259(r)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134437",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chimaera":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": any of a family (Chimaeridae) of marine cartilaginous fishes with a tapering or threadlike tail and usually no anal fin":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"Critical missing details about the species' life cycle makes monitoring chimaera populations difficult, the New York Times reports. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The exhibit will also introduce ones that might not be as commonly known to the general public, including the torpedo ray and the longnose chimaera . \u2014 Michele Herrmann, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Rays are the most threatened, with 41 percent of 611 species studied being at risk; 36 percent of 536 sharks species are at risk; and 9 percent of 52 chimaera species. \u2014 Karen Mcveigh, Wired , 11 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"These organoids can be either chimaera of human or animal cells or slices of human brain tissue. \u2014 Diana Gitig, Ars Technica , 28 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"Previously discovered in the deep sea near Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia, researchers observed the pointy-nosed blue chimaera in the North Pacific for the first time in 2009 (see video above). \u2014 Casey Smith, National Geographic , 28 July 2017",
|
|
"Scientists from Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland analyzed 250 DNA samples of Mycobacterium chimaera , an organism typically found in soil and tap water. \u2014 Jonel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News , 12 July 2017"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1804, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, genus name, from Latin, chimera":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"k\u0259-",
|
|
"k\u012b-\u02c8mir-\u0259"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041657",
|
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|
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|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"chimaeric":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of chimaeric chiefly British spellings of chimeric , chimerism"
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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": of, relating to, or like a chimaera":[]
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|
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|
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"New Latin chimaera + English -oid":"Adjective"
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"\"",
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"-mir\u02cc\u022fid",
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"-m\u0113\u02ccr\u022fid"
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],
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"tinkle",
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"\u2014 Henry Maudsley"
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": one of a set of objects giving a bell-like sound when struck":[],
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": the edge or rim of a cask or drum":[],
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": the sound of a set of bells":[
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
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],
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": to be or act in accord":[],
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": to call or indicate by chiming":[
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"the clock chimed midnight"
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": to make a musical and especially a harmonious sound":[],
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": to make the sounds of a chime":[],
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": to produce by chiming":[],
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": to utter repetitively : din sense 2":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The music and the mood chimed well together.",
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"the restaurant's manor-house decor chimes perfectly with the chef's traditionalist take on haute cuisine"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English chimbe , from Old English cimb- ; akin to Middle Dutch kimme edge of a cask":"Noun",
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"Middle English, cymbal, probably from Anglo-French *chimbe, cime , from Latin cymbalum cymbal":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ch\u012bm"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"agree",
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"assort",
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"blend",
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"chime in",
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"conform",
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"consort",
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"coordinate",
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"groove",
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"harmonize"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035256",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"chime in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to break into a conversation or discussion especially to express an opinion":[],
|
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": to combine harmoniously":[
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"the artist's illustrations chime in perfectly with the text",
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"\u2014 Book Production"
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],
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": to remark while chiming in":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"\u201cI don't like that show at all,\u201d my friend chimed in",
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"unfortunately, his views on child rearing don't chime in with those of his new wife, who has two children from a previous marriage",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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|
"With a writing team whose members may not always be privy to cultural norms, Watson was always able to chime in and provide feedback that would give a more accurate authentic slant to the language and communication used between parents and children. \u2014 Essence , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"But potential hosts chime in from Madrid to Berlin, Italian hamlets and small villages in the South of France. \u2014 Michaela Haas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"Taylor Hicks kicks things off with a solo, and other voices chime in . \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Kardashian's sister Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian and mother, Kris Jenner, also chime in . \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Every time someone mentions this phenomenon, plenty of highly literate people chime in to tell of their own missteps. \u2014 James Harbeck, The Week , 17 Jan. 2022",
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"Of course, fans were happy to chime in with their well wishes. \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 18 Sep. 2021",
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"The next person to chime in was Jasen Christiansen, an ECHO psychiatry and addiction medicine specialist and the medical director of the behavioral health integration department at the University of New Mexico. \u2014 Erin Brodwin, STAT , 11 July 2021",
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"Netflix continues to ruffle feathers After the clip went viral, author Philip Pullman decided to chime in . \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 7 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1681, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"break in",
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"chip in",
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"cut in",
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"interpose",
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"interrupt",
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"intrude"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012354",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"jingle",
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"tinkle",
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"tintinnabulation"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a musical sound suggesting that of bells":[],
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": a musically tuned set of bells":[],
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": accord , harmony":[
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"such happy chime of fact and theory",
|
|
"\u2014 Henry Maudsley"
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],
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": an apparatus for chiming a bell or set of bells":[],
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": one of a set of objects giving a bell-like sound when struck":[],
|
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": the edge or rim of a cask or drum":[],
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": the sound of a set of bells":[
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
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],
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": to be or act in accord":[],
|
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": to call or indicate by chiming":[
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"the clock chimed midnight"
|
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],
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": to cause to sound musically by striking":[],
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": to make a musical and especially a harmonious sound":[],
|
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": to make the sounds of a chime":[],
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": to produce by chiming":[],
|
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": to utter repetitively : din sense 2":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The music and the mood chimed well together.",
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"the restaurant's manor-house decor chimes perfectly with the chef's traditionalist take on haute cuisine"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English chimbe , from Old English cimb- ; akin to Middle Dutch kimme edge of a cask":"Noun",
|
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"Middle English, cymbal, probably from Anglo-French *chimbe, cime , from Latin cymbalum cymbal":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8ch\u012bm"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"agree",
|
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"assort",
|
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"blend",
|
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"chime in",
|
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"conform",
|
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"consort",
|
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"coordinate",
|
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"groove",
|
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"harmonize"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071100",
|
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"type":[
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"chimera":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a fire-breathing she-monster in Greek mythology having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail":[],
|
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": an imaginary monster compounded of incongruous parts":[],
|
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": an individual, organ, or part consisting of tissues of diverse genetic constitution":[
|
|
"A hybrid created through fusion of a sperm and an egg from different species is a chimera ."
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Economic stability in that country is a chimera .",
|
|
"a monster in the closet would not have been the first chimera that the boy had seen in his mind's eye",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Half a century later, a radical makeover brings critique front and center, while treating those ideals as a chimera rather than a promise fulfilled. \u2014 Bob Verini, Variety , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Their chaotic chimera of high camp, raw tape and synthesizer noise, nasty guitar rock and rampant saxophones was a critical success, even hitting No. 10 on the U.K. charts. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This redwood has two kinds of DNA, albino and regular, a rare genetic constitution that qualifies it as a chimera . \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 24 July 2014",
|
|
"The White House and Pelosi, though, did not know the key position that left them chasing a chimera through the summer and into the fall, as Biden's poll numbers dropped and the Virginia governor's race slipped away. \u2014 Manu Raju, CNN , 2 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"In this case the beast was an elephant, not an indeterminate Dutch chimera , and a god floated through the sky in a golden vehicle, extending a helping hand. \u2014 Hari Kunzru, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"For many writers of my own generation, this makes Didion an inspiration but also a chimera . \u2014 Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country , 5 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The guerrillas also demand benefits to communities affected by environmentally damaging industries, but this has mostly been a chimera . \u2014 Jessica Camille Aguirre, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Though chimera cats are rare, chimerism can be hereditary, according to Healthline. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 29 Oct. 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin chimaera , from Greek chimaira she-goat, chimera; akin to Old Norse gymbr yearling ewe, Greek cheim\u014dn winter \u2014 more at hibernate":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"k\u0259-",
|
|
"k\u012b-\u02c8mir-\u0259"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"conceit",
|
|
"daydream",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"figment",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"pipe dream",
|
|
"unreality",
|
|
"vision"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000024",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"chimere":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a loose sleeveless robe worn by Anglican bishops over the rochet":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English chimmer, chemeyr":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"sh\u0259-\u02c8mir",
|
|
"ch\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165346",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chimeric":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of chimaeric chiefly British spellings of chimeric , chimerism"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-113422",
|
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"type":[]
|
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},
|
|
"chimerical":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"real"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": composed of material (such as DNA or polypeptide) from more than one organism":[
|
|
"He combined this gene material with safer human DNA and created what's known as a chimeric gene\u2014a gene of antibody instructions that is part man, part mouse.",
|
|
"\u2014 Eric Hand"
|
|
],
|
|
": existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary entry 1 sense 2 ) or improbable":[
|
|
"chimerical dreams of economic stability"
|
|
],
|
|
": given to fantastic schemes":[
|
|
"She's a chimerical optimist infused with utopian visions."
|
|
],
|
|
": relating to, derived from, or being a genetic chimera : containing tissue with two or more genetically distinct populations of cells":[
|
|
"Chimeric mice are generated by mixing cells from two embryos, generating a mouse with four parental contributions.",
|
|
"\u2014 Nancy L. Nadon"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for the time being, interplanetary travel remains a chimerical feature of life in the 21st century",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Guardiola himself had acknowledged that before the game, half in jest, suggesting that there was not a vast amount of point in conducting the usual, instinctive analysis of Real Madrid because Ancelotti\u2019s team is, by its very nature, so chimerical . \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In his eyes, though, speed is not where true value lies in a social media world, and particularly in that portion of it devoted to soccer\u2019s chaotic, contradictory and often chimerical transfer market. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"To put it in biblical terms, the line between obeying God and playing God is as blurry as that between domesticating animals for agriculture and creating chimerical creatures in laboratories. \u2014 Mark O\u2019connell, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021",
|
|
"To put it in biblical terms, the line between obeying God and playing God is as blurry as that between domesticating animals for agriculture and creating chimerical creatures in laboratories. \u2014 Mark O\u2019connell, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021",
|
|
"To put it in biblical terms, the line between obeying God and playing God is as blurry as that between domesticating animals for agriculture and creating chimerical creatures in laboratories. \u2014 Mark O\u2019connell, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021",
|
|
"To put it in biblical terms, the line between obeying God and playing God is as blurry as that between domesticating animals for agriculture and creating chimerical creatures in laboratories. \u2014 Mark O\u2019connell, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021",
|
|
"To put it in biblical terms, the line between obeying God and playing God is as blurry as that between domesticating animals for agriculture and creating chimerical creatures in laboratories. \u2014 Mark O\u2019connell, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021",
|
|
"To put it in biblical terms, the line between obeying God and playing God is as blurry as that between domesticating animals for agriculture and creating chimerical creatures in laboratories. \u2014 Mark O\u2019connell, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1638, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"chimera":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"k\u012b-\u02c8mer-i-k\u0259l",
|
|
"-\u02c8mir-",
|
|
"k\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for chimerical imaginary , fanciful , visionary , fantastic , chimerical , quixotic mean unreal or unbelievable. imaginary applies to something which is fictitious and purely the product of one's imagination. an imaginary desert isle fanciful suggests the free play of the imagination. a teller of fanciful stories visionary stresses impracticality or incapability of realization. visionary schemes fantastic implies incredibility or strangeness beyond belief. a fantastic world inhabited by monsters chimerical combines the implication of visionary and fantastic . chimerical dreams of future progress quixotic implies a devotion to romantic or chivalrous ideals unrestrained by ordinary prudence and common sense. a quixotic crusade",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fantasied",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"imaginal",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"mythical",
|
|
"mythic",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"phantasmal",
|
|
"phantasmic",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"unreal",
|
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"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073041",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chimerism":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the state of being a genetic chimera":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Though chimera cats are rare, chimerism can be hereditary, according to Healthline. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 29 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"These results may help to better understand early human development and primate evolution and develop strategies to improve human chimerism in evolutionarily distant species. \u2014 Mike Wehner, BGR , 15 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"For primordial molecular strands of DNA and RNA, chimerism takes the form of single strands with evidence of both kinds of genetic information. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 29 Dec. 2020",
|
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"That\u2019s because this type of chimerism is not likely to be harmful. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"That\u2019s because this type of chimerism is not likely to be harmful. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Dec. 2019",
|
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"That\u2019s because this type of chimerism is not likely to be harmful. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"That\u2019s because this type of chimerism is not likely to be harmful. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"That\u2019s because this type of chimerism is not likely to be harmful. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Dec. 2019"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1961, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"k\u012b-\u02c8mir-\u02cci-z\u0259m",
|
|
"k\u0259-",
|
|
"\u02c8k\u012b-m\u0259-\u02ccri-",
|
|
"k\u012b-\u02c8mi(\u0259)r-\u02cciz-\u0259m, k\u0259-; \u02c8k\u012b-m\u0259-\u02ccriz-"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010925",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"chimesmaster":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the chief performer on a chime of bells, especially tower bells":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004744",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chimic":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of chimic archaic variant of chemic"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-140338",
|
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"type":[]
|
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},
|
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"chimichanga":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tortilla wrapped around a filling (as of meat) and deep-fried":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"That's exactly what went down at Macayo's in Ahwatukee Foothills on Sept. 25 as a team of chefs, employees and chimi-fans attempted to claim the Guinness World Record with the creation of a 25-foot-long chimichanga . \u2014 Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic , 3 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Regardless of its origins, the chimichanga has certainly been a staple at Macayo's for over seven decades. \u2014 Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic , 3 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The restaurant's founder, Monica Flin, is said to have invented the chimichanga . \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 29 July 2021",
|
|
"Next, fold the bottom and top down and roll over to completely seal the chimichanga . \u2014 Christine Byrne, Outside Online , 7 Apr. 2021",
|
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"El Charro Cafe in Tucson and some food historians dispute this origin story of the chimichanga , however. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral , 27 Dec. 2019",
|
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"Consider sticking around for dessert, particularly the banana chimichanga ($9) drizzled with chocolate and caramel sauce. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Oct. 2019",
|
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"Among the desserts: a non-vegan cheesecake chimichanga ($6). \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 16 Sep. 2019",
|
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"Fajitas start at $16.95, while Mexican favorites range from $13.95 ( chimichanga ) to $23.95 (carne a la tampiquena). \u2014 Donald Liebenson, Lake County News-Sun , 8 July 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1970, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Mexican Spanish, trinket":""
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccchi-m\u0113-\u02c8ch\u00e4\u014b-g\u0259"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193917",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chimichurri":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a savory Argentinean sauce or marinade typically made with finely chopped parsley, minced garlic, oregano, vinegar, and olive oil":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1967, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from American Spanish (Argentina, Uruguay), probably a permutation of Spanish chirriburri , variant of churriburri, zurriburri \"hubbub, base individual, rabble,\" probably borrowed from Basque zurrumurru, zurruburru \"noise, rumor\"":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccchi-m\u0113-\u02c8chu\u0307r-\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134329",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chin":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the lower portion of the face lying below the lower lip and including the prominence of the lower jaw":[],
|
|
": the surface beneath or between the branches of the lower jaw":[],
|
|
": to bring to or hold with the chin":[
|
|
"chin a violin"
|
|
],
|
|
": to raise (oneself) while hanging by the hands until the chin is level with the support":[],
|
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": to talk idly":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"the kind of work environment in which staffers can knock off early on Friday and chin with the boss",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Facial eczema can sometimes be found on your cheeks, on and around your scalp, and on your mouth and chin . \u2014 Sarah Jacoby, SELF , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"My acne has left me with some rolling scars (scar tissue that forms under the skin) and pigmentation from old breakouts around my mouth and chin . \u2014 Fani Mari, Allure , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"The side-by-side selfies, which Charli had included in a carousel of photos in a recent Instagram post, show clusters of pimples around her mouth and chin . \u2014 Leah Campano, Seventeen , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The lesson, that cleverness can fail when wordplay and chin -stroking ruminations distract, is one that Eno himself could have taken to heart. \u2014 Maya Phillips, New York Times , 7 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"All guests older than 2 must wear a mask that completely covers the nose, mouth and chin . \u2014 Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com , 4 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Bonus points for a thick ribbed texture and chin -grazing necklines. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 23 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Ricky Gnibus, 41, has arthrogryposis, a muscle nerve disorder, and operates his wheelchair with his mouth or chin . \u2014 Olivia Green, baltimoresun.com , 10 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"At the height of the pandemic, Disney made a park mandate that anyone over the age of two must wear a mask with two layers of breathable material over their nose, mouth and chin . \u2014 Jacorey Moon, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Swing your arms, focusing on taking your fingertips from hip height to chin height in rhythm with your knees. \u2014 Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF , 5 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"From neck lifts to tummy tucks to chin implants, these procedures are growing in popularity due to advancements in technology. \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 20 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Ax was shot in the side of his face just after midnight while K-9 Endo was shot in the paw and chin almost two hours later after separate confrontations with the suspect, who had fled into a wooded area, the Volusia County Sheriff\u2019s Office said. \u2014 Fox News , 12 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"During several performances, C\u00e1ndido even deploys his elbow, forehead and chin onto the congas, to the delight of his audiences. \u2014 John Edward Hasse, WSJ , 20 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Staying in my car, I was instructed to put both hands on the wheel, close my eyes and tilt my head back and chin up. \u2014 Janet Kusterer, baltimoresun.com , 7 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"In other words, chin up, shoulders back, and bring your heart and soul forward. \u2014 Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue , 25 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"Preliminary injunctions are extraordinary forms of relief and there is a very high bar to chin to receive one. \u2014 John Lynch, Arkansas Online , 8 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"When the public speaker inside me had to step down due to lack of opportunity, the writer in me stood, arms stiffly at her sides with hands in fists, chin up, and ready to work. \u2014 Stephanie Land, Longreads , 24 Apr. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1869, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English cinn ; akin to Old High German kinni chin, Latin gena cheek, Greek genys jaw, cheek":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"chaffer",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"converse",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"kibitz",
|
|
"kibbitz",
|
|
"natter",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"prate",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"schmooze",
|
|
"shmooze",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163050",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chin music":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a usually high inside pitch in baseball intended to intimidate the batter":[],
|
|
": idle talk":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after listening to chin music all afternoon, I was ready for the sounds of silence",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"For all the chin music about SUV-like design, the profile hides the minivan quotient like a silk sheet conceals an elephant. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"That might result in some chin music , but Baez likely won't tone it down anytime soon. \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 17 July 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"causerie",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin-wag",
|
|
"chitchat",
|
|
"confab",
|
|
"confabulation",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabfest",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"natter",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"schmooze",
|
|
"small talk",
|
|
"table talk",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103541",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chin-wag":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a friendly conversation : chat":[
|
|
"\"If I get 15 minutes\u2014the kids are at school, everyone's brushed their teeth, they've eaten\u2014I can sit with a coffee and call a girlfriend, and just have a chin-wag .\"",
|
|
"\u2014 Kate Winslet"
|
|
],
|
|
": to have a friendly conversation : chat":[
|
|
"I called in to a neighbour, to see if he needed anything. \u2026 He told me he was fine for everything, and we chin-wagged for a while.",
|
|
"\u2014 Mark Boyle",
|
|
"They chin-wagged over wages, unions, benefits, working hours, \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Bruce Clayton"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1869, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
|
|
"1879, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chin-\u02ccwag"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"causerie",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin music",
|
|
"chitchat",
|
|
"confab",
|
|
"confabulation",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabfest",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"natter",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"schmooze",
|
|
"small talk",
|
|
"table talk",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064841",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chinaware":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": tableware made of china":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The lifestyle portal covers a wide product range from scents to artisanal teas and handmade chinaware and crystal stem glasses. \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 10 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The new chinaware collection includes a mug, pillbox, tankard, side plate, teacup, and saucer, all available to purchase separately. \u2014 Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire , 27 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"In honor of the Queen's milestone birthday, the Royal Collection Trust has released a new line of chinaware and decorations for the occasion. \u2014 Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire , 27 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Signora Angeletti, the landlady of what would later become the Keats-Shelley House, presented Keats\u2019s friend, the British painter, John Severn, with a bill for broken chinaware . \u2014 Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes , 2 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"On June 10, 1850, laden with silks, chinaware and even a portable house, the Frolic departed Hong Kong for San Francisco with 26 officers and crew. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com , 7 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"Hundreds of merchants will congregate on Main Street to show off furniture, jewelry, vintage clothing, paintings and prints, chinaware , dolls, toys, glass, photographs, silver, clocks, books and more. \u2014 Steven Wayne Yvaska, The Mercury News , 3 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"At Hi-Collar, a Japanese coffeehouse in Manhattan\u2019s East Village that doubles as a bar at night, some of the rarer offerings are poured into precious chinaware that can cost as much as $400 apiece. \u2014 Charles Passy, WSJ , 23 Feb. 2019",
|
|
"Richter\u2019s 1923 comic stop-action short, featuring flying bowler hats, chinaware dropping from the sky, and misbehaving bow ties. \u2014 Stuart Isacoff, WSJ , 16 Oct. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1634, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u012b-n\u0259-\u02ccwer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124631",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chine":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the intersection of the bottom and the sides of a flat or V-bottomed boat":[],
|
|
": to cut through the backbone of (as in butchering)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"uncovered the chine of some animal while digging in the backyard",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The vessel sports a second-generation Dual Mode hull that ensures stability even in tough seas while also reducing fuel consumption by 15 percent compared to a traditional hard- chine planing hull. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The hull\u2019s hard chine by naval architect, Andrew Lea of Norson Design is striking while the lightweight, low-drag aluminum hull with carbon fiber reinforced superstructure offers high top-speeds. \u2014 Bill Springer, Forbes , 9 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The use of dual vertical tails canted inward on the engine nacelles took advantage of the chine vortex in such a way that the directional stability improved as the angle of attack of the aircraft increased. \u2014 Clarence L. Johnson, Popular Mechanics , 12 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"As for performance, Rex sports a significant hull chine and sharp bow for improved fuel efficiency and smoother sailing on rough seas. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 23 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"To account for the effect of the fuselage chine airflow, the inlets were pointed slightly down and in toward the fuselage. \u2014 Clarence L. Johnson, Popular Mechanics , 12 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Substantial efforts went into optimizing chine design and conical camber of the wing leading edge. \u2014 Clarence L. Johnson, Popular Mechanics , 12 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Verdon Winkler employs multiple techniques, notably drypoint and chine coll\u00e9, to produce gauzier, almost painterly images in what might be called a rainbow of grays. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 July 2021",
|
|
"Dinner will include traditional favorites as chine of roast pork, pottage of cabbage, leeks and onions, and Indian pudding. \u2014 courant.com , 31 Oct. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French eschine , of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German scina shinbone, needle \u2014 more at shin":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u012bn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"spinal column",
|
|
"spine",
|
|
"vertebral column"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193636",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chink":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clink",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"tingle",
|
|
"tinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a narrow beam of light shining through a chink":[],
|
|
": a short sharp sound":[],
|
|
": a small cleft, slit, or fissure":[
|
|
"a chink in the fence"
|
|
],
|
|
": a weak spot that may leave one vulnerable":[
|
|
"his lawyers found a chink in the law"
|
|
],
|
|
": coin , money":[],
|
|
": to cause to make a chink":[],
|
|
": to fill the chinks of (as by caulking)":[
|
|
"chink a log cabin"
|
|
],
|
|
": to make a slight sharp metallic sound":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1573, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1589, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
|
|
"1609, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
|
|
"1887, in the meaning defined above":"Noun or adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"imitative":"Noun",
|
|
"perhaps alteration of Chinese":"Noun or adjective",
|
|
"probably alteration of Middle English chine crack, fissure":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chi\u014bk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Achilles' heel",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"jugular",
|
|
"soft spot",
|
|
"underbelly"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172500",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun or adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chintzy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-ticket",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"pricey",
|
|
"pricy",
|
|
"spendy",
|
|
"valuable"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": decorated with or as if with chintz":[],
|
|
": gaudy , cheap":[
|
|
"chintzy toys"
|
|
],
|
|
": stingy":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The boss is chintzy about raises.",
|
|
"for the party I want chintzy plates that we can throw away afterward",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Puff-sleeve and tiered versions lean into a chintzy parlor look, but some of our favorite jacquard florals juxtapose the prim fabric with shorter hemlines and tiny tie-straps. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Through the power of Rob\u2019s imagination (and some chintzy CGI), those wooden sculptures come to temporary life. \u2014 Nick Schager, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"British designer Richard Quinn has been designing full-face coverings for quite some time, albeit in more soothing prints, like chintzy florals. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 27 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The chintzy couches of centuries past went straight out the door. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 1 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"This subcompact feels solidly built, and material quality is mostly commensurate with its price, although the hard, shiny plastic dashtop panel looks chintzy , especially in the top-spec SEL models that go for more than $30,000. \u2014 Mike Sutton, Car and Driver , 26 May 2021",
|
|
"The idea is truly one-of-a-kind pieces alongside its own in-house brand, making lingerie special and bespoke, not chintzy and disposable. \u2014 Hannah Morrill, Marie Claire , 8 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Prepare for the big event by finding yourself some mice to transform into horses with the help of delightfully chintzy era-appropriate special effects. \u2014 Jackson Mchenry, Vulture , 4 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"The Bruins are no longer a chintzy operation known for handing out below-market contracts, mostly to coaches such as Dorrell and Neuheisel who had ties to the school. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 5 Nov. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chin(t)-s\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affordable",
|
|
"bargain-basement",
|
|
"budget",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"cheapie",
|
|
"cheapo",
|
|
"cut-price",
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
|
"dime-store",
|
|
"dirt cheap",
|
|
"el cheapo",
|
|
"inexpensive",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-end",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025820",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chip":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a challenging or belligerent attitude":[],
|
|
": a child that resembles his or her parent":[],
|
|
": a flaw left after a chip has been broken off":[],
|
|
": a piece of dried dung":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in combination cow chip"
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],
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": a small card displaying a paint color or a range of paint colors available for purchase":[
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"fabric swatches and paint chips"
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],
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": a small often cone-shaped bit of food often used for baking":[
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"chocolate chips"
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],
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": a small piece of food: such as":[],
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": a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off":[],
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": a small wafer of semiconductor material that forms the base for an integrated circuit":[],
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": chaff , banter":[],
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": chip shot sense 1":[],
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": french fry":[],
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": integrated circuit":[],
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": microarray":[
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"DNA chips"
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],
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": money":[
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"\u2014 used especially in the phrase in the chips The beginning was always characterized by careless haste in the expectation of landing in the chips ,\u2026 \u2014 William Kittredge"
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],
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": one of the counters used as a token for money in poker and other games":[],
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": something small, worthless, or trivial":[],
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": something valuable that can be used for advantage in negotiation or trade":[
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"a bargaining chip"
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],
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": to break off in small pieces":[],
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": to cut into chips":[
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"chip a tree stump"
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],
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": to cut or break (a small piece) from something":[],
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": to cut or break a fragment from":[
|
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"chip a tooth"
|
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],
|
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": to cut or hew with an edged tool":[],
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": to hit (a return in tennis) with backspin":[],
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": to play a chip shot":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"The cup has a chip in it.",
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"wood chips were spread over the ground between the plants",
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"Verb",
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"I bit into something hard and chipped my tooth.",
|
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"He fell and chipped a bone in his knee.",
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"The paint had chipped off.",
|
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"He chipped away the ice from the car's windshield.",
|
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"The sculptor chipped away bits of stone.",
|
|
"The golfer chipped the ball onto the green.",
|
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"She chipped the soccer ball over the goalie's head.",
|
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"He chipped a pass to his teammate.",
|
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"The golfer chipped onto the green.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Roots bona fides, goosed with rock zeal and a chip on the shoulder. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 20 June 2022",
|
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"Throughout his under-the-radar college career, Williams thrived as a player with a chip on his shoulder. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 18 June 2022",
|
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"Apple unveiled a MacBook Air running its latest M2 processing chip . \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
|
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"Back in Berkley, Sarasohn has been peddling her chocolate chip banana cake and strawberry sandwich cookies on the app since April, 2022. \u2014 Carrie Honaker, Bon App\u00e9tit , 3 June 2022",
|
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"His contract is their best salary-matching chip for trades at the moment. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"Gutruf and his team addressed that challenge by attaching calcium particles to their chip , merging techniques of engineering and biology. \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Take your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe, for instance. \u2014 Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But the Air hasn't been updated since late 2020, and its A14 chip is running a bit behind all but the base iPad. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 24 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"But little by little, researchers chip away at the many problems. \u2014 Lela Nargi, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Higher yields typically chip away at the stock market\u2019s allure by giving investors another attractive place to park their cash. \u2014 Gunjan Banerji, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Bexar County will chip away at that when a new Texas historical marker is erected in Padre Park near Mission San Jos\u00e9. \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
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"But New York can chip away at one\u2019s social network. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
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"But the goal shared by a range of actors trying to pierce the digital iron curtain is to chip away, cumulatively, at Russian public support for the war and the morale of Russian soldiers. \u2014 Sean Lyngaas, Kylie Atwood And Brian Fung, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Wildcats were able to gradually chip away at the lead, taking a six-point deficit into halftime. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 26 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"If approved by the Legislature and included in the final budget signed by Newsom in June, California would further chip away at barriers to accessing safety net programs for people living here illegally. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"For years, conservative legislators in Texas have been using the state as a proving ground for strategies that could chip away at Roe v. Wade. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 5 Sep. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English chippen , from Old English -cippian (as in forcippian to cut off); akin to Old English cipp beam, Old High German chipfa stave":"Verb",
|
|
"Middle English; akin to Old English -cippian":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chip"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"spall",
|
|
"splint",
|
|
"splinter"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114203",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chip in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": chime in sense 2":[],
|
|
": contribute":[
|
|
"chip in five dollars",
|
|
"everyone chipped in for the gift"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we all chipped in and bought flowers for the secretaries",
|
|
"forgive me in chipping in like this, but I think I know a better way to get to Trafalgar Square",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Yet Apple says that iPads will need the M1 chip in order to use Stage Manager. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Most controversially, AppleLeaksPro claims his sources say Apple is toying with the idea of rebranding the A15 chip as 'A16' and calling the next-gen chip in the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max the 'A16 Pro'. \u2014 Gordon Kelly, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Revenue from the complex is supposed to cover the debt repayment, but UMB had a contingency agreement to chip in money if rentals dipped and the project\u2019s reserve fund balance ran low. \u2014 Giacomo Bologna, baltimoresun.com , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Putting a different chip in the cheaper iPhone 14 models might do the trick, especially considering that Apple has no real rival from Android. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"But the latest rumor from 9to5Google's Abner Li is that Google isn't using Samsung's latest chip in the Pixel Watch. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"The company\u2019s roadmap shows a Prodigy 2 chip in the 2nd half of 2024. \u2014 Tom Coughlin, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Mobile wallets rely on near-field communication, or NFC, which uses a chip in the mobile device to wirelessly communicate with a merchant\u2019s payment terminal. \u2014 Samuel Petrequin, USA TODAY , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"In addition to earning credibility with some politicians, some, including one of Musk's most high-profile rivals, have suggested the Tesla CEO also stands to gain a valuable bargaining chip in Twitter. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1861, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"kick in",
|
|
"pitch in"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053321",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chipper":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one that chips":[
|
|
"a wood chipper"
|
|
],
|
|
": sprightly sense 1":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"My, you're looking chipper this morning.",
|
|
"She greeted me in a chipper voice.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The film turns into an extended piece of psychological warfare between a chipper mad scientist and his lab rats, as Jeff rediscovers a spark of independence, helped by another prisoner named Lizzy (Jurnee Smollett). \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"That\u2019s the monthly price for a Peloton app membership, which comes with unlimited videos of chipper fitness instructors and workout tracking. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Asplundh invented the first wood chipper , which made clearing areas faster and easier. \u2014 Matt Durot, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"Many assume the party is headed for a wood- chipper in November, offering voters a big pile of zilch. \u2014 Charlotte Alter, Time , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Like older Wii Sports entries, NSS includes some bonafide bops in its chipper , upbeat soundtrack made entirely of new melodies. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"Layla\u2019s having absolutely none of Khonshu\u2019s BS, but when Teweret once again rears her chipper head, Layla\u2019s a bit more trusting. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Lots of box checking of recent political headlines, but no real arc to the sketch beyond the co-hosts' chipper , dim-witted corruption. \u2014 Andy Hoglund, EW.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"And even with some irritatingly chipper new songs recorded in 1980 for side two, Hawks & Doves feels slight and unfinished. \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"The super- chipper T.A. who serves as her driver and cheerleader (Rammel Chan) deposits Kate at a B&B whose snarling proprietor (Cindy Gold) seems to have chosen the wrong line of business. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"The chipper Brydon, recommitted to his family after his infidelities in the second installment, is enjoying greater professional success. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 19 May 2020",
|
|
"And yet, beneath her chipper exterior, Twyla was the darkest resident of Schitt\u2019s Creek. \u2014 Eren Orbey, The New Yorker , 8 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"The theme music is chipper as ever, and the circumstances have never been more dire. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 1 May 2020",
|
|
"Conducting a press call on Wednesday, Zuckerberg, who is normally chipper when announcing fixes to problems, seemed subdued when announcing a series of moves designed to provide coronavirus information, and suppress misinformation, on his platform. \u2014 Steven Levy, Wired , 20 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"But all of that melts away as Russell's chipper perspective on impending doom lights up with glowing, glossy eyes and a lively, constantly expressive look on his face. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 23 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Molly\u2019s chipper good nature is a start, but the role feels more sketch-comic than fully realized. \u2014 Michael Phillips, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2019",
|
|
"The team writes for the that many of these cues are vocal, like the chipper whistles of dolphins or the haunting songs of humpback whales. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Feb. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1590, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"1806, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"perhaps alteration of English dialect kipper lively":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chi-p\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"canty",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"eupeptic",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"winsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085201",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chipper up":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to cause to be or become cheerful":[],
|
|
": to cheer up":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"chipper entry 3":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125512",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chippewaian":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of chippewaian variant spelling of chipewyan"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-203220",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"chippie":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": tramp , prostitute":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"detectives wanted to talk to the chippies who were regulars at the bar\u2014to learn if they had seen anything",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Finally, this past summer, came a dedicated brick-and-mortar space on MacDougal Street and a more expansive seafood-focused menu that established Dame as not just an elevated chippie but a paragon of inventive fish cookery as well. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Perhaps all those men who wrote the books and plays about the hooker with a heart of gold, or the chippie who fell in love with a nice American serviceman and was saved, were really writing about their own need to subdue women. \u2014 Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer , 8 Sep. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"origin unknown":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chi-p\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doxy",
|
|
"doxie",
|
|
"fancy woman",
|
|
"floozy",
|
|
"floozie",
|
|
"hoochie",
|
|
"hussy",
|
|
"Jezebel",
|
|
"minx",
|
|
"quean",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"trollop",
|
|
"wench"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031142",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chipping chisel":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": cold chisel":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"from present participle of chip entry 2":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161508",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chipping hammer":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a pneumatically operated chisel":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"from present participle of chip entry 2":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113035",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chippy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonaggressive",
|
|
"nonbelligerent",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"unbelligerent",
|
|
"uncombative",
|
|
"uncontentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a chippy , defensive fellow whose alma mater was the school of hard knocks",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The officiating left a lot to be desired during the rather chippy game. \u2014 Mike Hart, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
|
|
"The Mercury actually played a clean game with four turnovers, but still were caught in a physical, chippy game with the Wings. \u2014 Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"The officiating left a lot to be desired during the rather chippy game. \u2014 Mike Hart, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
|
|
"The officiating left a lot to be desired during the rather chippy game. \u2014 Mike Hart, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
|
|
"The series became chippy early and advanced to bruising. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The officiating left a lot to be desired during the rather chippy game. \u2014 Mike Hart, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
|
|
"The officiating left a lot to be desired during the rather chippy game. \u2014 Mike Hart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 May 2022",
|
|
"In a chippy but competitive game, Matthew Ruck led the way with eight goals and Wethersfield walked away with a 16-8 victory over the Panthers. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 3 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"chip on one's shoulder":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chi-p\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"agonistic",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"assaultive",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"brawly",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"confrontational",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"feisty",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"warlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005421",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chips":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a challenging or belligerent attitude":[],
|
|
": a child that resembles his or her parent":[],
|
|
": a flaw left after a chip has been broken off":[],
|
|
": a piece of dried dung":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in combination cow chip"
|
|
],
|
|
": a small card displaying a paint color or a range of paint colors available for purchase":[
|
|
"fabric swatches and paint chips"
|
|
],
|
|
": a small often cone-shaped bit of food often used for baking":[
|
|
"chocolate chips"
|
|
],
|
|
": a small piece of food: such as":[],
|
|
": a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off":[],
|
|
": a small wafer of semiconductor material that forms the base for an integrated circuit":[],
|
|
": chaff , banter":[],
|
|
": chip shot sense 1":[],
|
|
": french fry":[],
|
|
": integrated circuit":[],
|
|
": microarray":[
|
|
"DNA chips"
|
|
],
|
|
": money":[
|
|
"\u2014 used especially in the phrase in the chips The beginning was always characterized by careless haste in the expectation of landing in the chips ,\u2026 \u2014 William Kittredge"
|
|
],
|
|
": one of the counters used as a token for money in poker and other games":[],
|
|
": something small, worthless, or trivial":[],
|
|
": something valuable that can be used for advantage in negotiation or trade":[
|
|
"a bargaining chip"
|
|
],
|
|
": to break off in small pieces":[],
|
|
": to cut into chips":[
|
|
"chip a tree stump"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cut or break (a small piece) from something":[],
|
|
": to cut or break a fragment from":[
|
|
"chip a tooth"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cut or hew with an edged tool":[],
|
|
": to hit (a return in tennis) with backspin":[],
|
|
": to play a chip shot":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"The cup has a chip in it.",
|
|
"wood chips were spread over the ground between the plants",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"I bit into something hard and chipped my tooth.",
|
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"He fell and chipped a bone in his knee.",
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"The paint had chipped off.",
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"He chipped away the ice from the car's windshield.",
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"The sculptor chipped away bits of stone.",
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"The golfer chipped the ball onto the green.",
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"She chipped the soccer ball over the goalie's head.",
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"He chipped a pass to his teammate.",
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"The golfer chipped onto the green.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Roots bona fides, goosed with rock zeal and a chip on the shoulder. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 20 June 2022",
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"Throughout his under-the-radar college career, Williams thrived as a player with a chip on his shoulder. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 18 June 2022",
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"Apple unveiled a MacBook Air running its latest M2 processing chip . \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
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"Back in Berkley, Sarasohn has been peddling her chocolate chip banana cake and strawberry sandwich cookies on the app since April, 2022. \u2014 Carrie Honaker, Bon App\u00e9tit , 3 June 2022",
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"His contract is their best salary-matching chip for trades at the moment. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
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"Gutruf and his team addressed that challenge by attaching calcium particles to their chip , merging techniques of engineering and biology. \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Take your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe, for instance. \u2014 Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"But the Air hasn't been updated since late 2020, and its A14 chip is running a bit behind all but the base iPad. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 24 Jan. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"But little by little, researchers chip away at the many problems. \u2014 Lela Nargi, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
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"Higher yields typically chip away at the stock market\u2019s allure by giving investors another attractive place to park their cash. \u2014 Gunjan Banerji, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
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"Bexar County will chip away at that when a new Texas historical marker is erected in Padre Park near Mission San Jos\u00e9. \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"But New York can chip away at one\u2019s social network. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"But the goal shared by a range of actors trying to pierce the digital iron curtain is to chip away, cumulatively, at Russian public support for the war and the morale of Russian soldiers. \u2014 Sean Lyngaas, Kylie Atwood And Brian Fung, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"The Wildcats were able to gradually chip away at the lead, taking a six-point deficit into halftime. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 26 Feb. 2022",
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"If approved by the Legislature and included in the final budget signed by Newsom in June, California would further chip away at barriers to accessing safety net programs for people living here illegally. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
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"For years, conservative legislators in Texas have been using the state as a proving ground for strategies that could chip away at Roe v. Wade. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 5 Sep. 2021"
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],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English chippen , from Old English -cippian (as in forcippian to cut off); akin to Old English cipp beam, Old High German chipfa stave":"Verb",
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"Middle English; akin to Old English -cippian":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8chip"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"flake",
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"sliver",
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"spall",
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"splint",
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"splinter"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023530",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"chir pine":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an East Indian resinous timber pine ( Pinus roxburghii ) the wood of which is used as a substitute for northern pine or fir":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Hindi c\u012br pine":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131940",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"chiral center":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an atom especially in an organic molecule that has four unique atoms or groups attached to it":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1970, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105733",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"chirapsia":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": friction with the hand : massage":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek cheirapsia rough handling, from cheir- chir + -apsia (from hapsis contact, touching, from haptein to touch)":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"k\u012b\u02c8raps\u0113\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111834",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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"chirk (up)":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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"to fill with courage or strength of purpose presented her with an inspirational book to chirk her up during her prolonged hospitalization"
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],
|
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-122319",
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
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]
|
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},
|
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"chirotony":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": the extension of hands in bestowing a blessing in an ecclesiastical rite":[]
|
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Greek cheirotonia , from cheir- chir- + -tonia (from tonos stretching, tension)":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"k\u012b\u02c8r\u00e4t\u1d4an\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135018",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"chirp":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the characteristic short sharp sound especially of a small bird or insect":[],
|
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": to make a chirp or a sound resembling a chirp":[
|
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"chirping birds",
|
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"\u2026 he had listened many times to the sound of grasshoppers chirping in the grass, and he had always liked the noise that they made.",
|
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"\u2014 Roald Dahl",
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"\u2026 Jesse Levine was luxuriating at home in Boca Raton last month when his cellphone chirped .",
|
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"\u2014 L. Jon Wertheim"
|
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],
|
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": to make sharply critical, complaining, or taunting remarks":[
|
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"Emotions boiled over for Panthers quarterback Cam Newton and cornerback Josh Norman after the two chirped at each other consistently for two weeks.",
|
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"\u2014 Ben Volin",
|
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"After the fight, which McLeod more or less won, the two chirped at each other in the penalty box \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 USA Today",
|
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"\u2026 some of his teammates chirped about the officiating \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Jack McCallum"
|
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],
|
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": to utter (something) with a cheerful liveliness":[
|
|
"She sang three songs \u2026 and chirped \"Goodbye everybody! See you tomorrow!\"",
|
|
"\u2014 Garrison Keillor"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Verb",
|
|
"The birds were chirping in the trees.",
|
|
"We heard the crickets chirping .",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"The Lightning will chirp its front tires when the call comes for maximum acceleration at speeds up to 30 mph. \u2014 Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"That's why the people chirp at him and are so quick to write him off. \u2014 Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"The only sound came from the car radio, which pretended that nothing had happened and continued to blissfully chirp out happy holiday tunes that praised the winter wonderland weather that entrapped us. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Uquq especially\u2014would chirp a few notes in return, sidling up to Sivuqaq, gripping his flanks, nuzzling up against his neck. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 29 June 2021",
|
|
"These backdrops shimmer and swell around her voice, and bells chime distantly and birds chirp in the fuzzy gauze. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 29 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Before his grandfather became ill, Matt said Bernard attended many of his basketball games and would chirp at officials. \u2014 Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com , 9 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"But Bill Frederick Park offers plenty of space for visitors to become immersed in nature, listen to the birds chirp and slow down with any number of recreational activities. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Mar. 2021",
|
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"Birds chirp on the recording before piano and ethereal synths provide a bed for Faithfull\u2019s recitation of the poem, which describes a woman\u2019s unparalleled grace. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 26 Feb. 2021",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The chirp and click of the glades\u2019 night chorus rose up to fill the void. \u2014 Rebecca Renner, Outside Online , 14 May 2020",
|
|
"Other than the recent dust-up, the sanctuary reports that Sasha likes to pose for the staff photographer and chirp at guests. \u2014 Monica Hooper, Arkansas Online , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Birds chirp , flowers bloom, the outdoor coffee table is a solid slab of concrete. \u2014 Kate Knibbs, Wired , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The blue song wraps with the soft chirp of crickets. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 23 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In December 2021, Apple reduced the amount of time before the chirp alert from three days to a randomized time window of eight to 24 hours. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Whales communicate over long distances with bellowing wails, and manatees will squeak and chirp when aroused, frightened or while interacting with one another. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The Washington State defensive lineman would still make a point to chirp at him anyway. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 20 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"To capture a few minutes of a frog\u2019s chirp or a dolphin\u2019s clicks can take hours of work because of nearly constant interruptions from noise pollution. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"circa 1586, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"imitative":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u0259rp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheep",
|
|
"chirrup",
|
|
"chitter",
|
|
"jargon",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"pipe",
|
|
"tweet",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192308",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chirpy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": cheerfully lively":[
|
|
"a chirpy manner"
|
|
],
|
|
": making chirps":[],
|
|
": suggestive of chirping":[
|
|
"a chirpy voice"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The body includes chirpy and perky acidity and strong flavors of blue fruit. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"After controlling the race from start to finish, Verstappen was in a chirpy mood again. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"On last week\u2019s episode, Thede played a croaking spelling-bee host, a chirpy morning-show meteorologist and a peacocking art-school student. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"There is no chirpy greeting, no acknowledgment of being observed at all. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Kimberly has a deadbeat drunk for a dad (Steven Boyer) and a chirpy narcissist for a mom (Alli Mauzey). \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 10 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Our first impression of her is all folksy comic mannerisms and laugh-cueing prayers, delivered in a chirpy Betty Boop voice that Chastain gradually invests with an edge of steel. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Sheila ditches her identity as a devoted political wife to be a chirpy exercise-video star. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 20 June 2021",
|
|
"Now, those 10 Senators have been fairly chirpy about feeling burned. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 12 Apr. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u0259r-p\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194402",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chirr":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the short vibrant or trilled sound characteristic of an insect (such as a grasshopper or cicada)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1600, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"imitative":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burr",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"churr",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"thrum",
|
|
"whir",
|
|
"whirr",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165851",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chirrup":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": chirp":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Electricity is intermittent and the main source of fuel is buffalo dung, the scent of which drifts through the air along with the tweets and chirrups of red-wattled lapwings. \u2014 The Economist , 25 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"But that 0-60 mph acceleration of 7.6 seconds is actually highly traction-limited, on account of the pretty useless tires up front, which chirrup and squeal even beyond the interventions of traction control whenever pressed. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 1 Nov. 2018",
|
|
"Experimental equipment on board beamed chirrups of sound into the depths and listened for their return. \u2014 The Economist , 10 Mar. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1722, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"imitative":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chir-",
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u0259r-\u0259p"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075503",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chirrupy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": chirpy":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1808, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chir-",
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u0259r-\u0259-p\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192209",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chirs":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of chirs present tense third person singular of chir plural of chir"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102301",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"chiru":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an antelope ( Pantholops hodgsoni ) chiefly of the Tibetan Plateau having a pinkish-fawn wooly coat and in the male long nearly straight horns":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Now only about 100,000 to 150,000 chiru can be found on the Tibetan Plateau. \u2014 Michael Holtz, The Christian Science Monitor , 20 Aug. 2017",
|
|
"Less engrossing is time spent with the chiru , a type of antelope, filmed in the Kekexili National Nature Reserve. \u2014 The News-herald, The Denver Post , 21 Apr. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1825, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably of Tibeto-Burman origin":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chir-(\u02cc)\u00fc"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125750",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chisel":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal)":[],
|
|
": to cut or work with or as if with a chisel":[],
|
|
": to employ shrewd or unfair practices":[],
|
|
": to thrust oneself : intrude":[
|
|
"chisel in on a racket"
|
|
],
|
|
": to work with or as if with a chisel":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"He chiseled off a corner of the block.",
|
|
"Letters were chiseled into a wall.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Saraceno is a reminder that the gulf between science and art is a relatively recent distinction, and that, once, an artist wasn\u2019t just limited to a paintbrush or a chisel . \u2014 New York Times , 7 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Their tools included a chisel and a green plastic rake that P\u00e9ray had appropriated from his children\u2019s sandcastle equipment. \u2014 Simon Akam, Outside Online , 8 June 2021",
|
|
"Versatile artists like Michelangelo, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and Antonio Canova based their immense artistic authority on their skill with the lowly chisel . \u2014 Ingrid D. Rowland, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"If Durant is a painter with a palette of fine watercolors, Antetokounmpo is a sculptor wielding a mallet and a chisel . \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
|
|
"Being a brown-haired, chisel -jawed, 25-year-old model who comfortably fits within longstanding beauty standards helps. \u2014 Allure , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Researchers used a hammer and chisel to harmlessly remove tiny pieces of coral from reefs at several sites near Oahu and installed that coral into the tank. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Traditionally t\u0101 moko artists used a chisel to scar and mark the skin while the modern tool is a tattoo machine. \u2014 Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY , 31 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"For a homeowner, chipping out the old mortar with a brick hammer and a pointing chisel , rather than tackling the job with a power grinder, minimizes the risk of damaging the brick. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Try this workout\u2014Reeves\u2019 original\u2014and chisel your own legendary physique. \u2014 Men's Health , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The Trojans trailed 49-42 with 6:45 to go, but USC would chisel that down to two on a three-pointer from Tera Reed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"Creating the seven courses there required extensive blasting to chisel ski runs out of gray cliffs near the Great Wall. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Since then, there's been a campaign to chisel away at the truth of what really went down. \u2014 Andrea Towers, EW.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Players have 10 minutes to chisel out the shape from the treat or be shot to death. \u2014 Hahna Yoon, Wired , 13 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Johnson worked out with Montgomery every day during the pandemic, and helped chisel his frame into rock-hard muscle. \u2014 Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland , 30 Oct. 2021",
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"Heck, someone might just try to chisel it into the Soldier Field facade. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Oct. 2021",
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"Ella Emhoff continues to chisel away at the fashion world\u2019s rigid beauty standards. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 7 Oct. 2021"
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"\u02c8chiz-\u0259l",
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"\u02c8chi-z\u1d4al",
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|
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],
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"examples":[
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"He chiseled off a corner of the block.",
|
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"Letters were chiseled into a wall.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Saraceno is a reminder that the gulf between science and art is a relatively recent distinction, and that, once, an artist wasn\u2019t just limited to a paintbrush or a chisel . \u2014 New York Times , 7 Feb. 2022",
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|
"Their tools included a chisel and a green plastic rake that P\u00e9ray had appropriated from his children\u2019s sandcastle equipment. \u2014 Simon Akam, Outside Online , 8 June 2021",
|
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"Versatile artists like Michelangelo, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and Antonio Canova based their immense artistic authority on their skill with the lowly chisel . \u2014 Ingrid D. Rowland, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"If Durant is a painter with a palette of fine watercolors, Antetokounmpo is a sculptor wielding a mallet and a chisel . \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
|
|
"Being a brown-haired, chisel -jawed, 25-year-old model who comfortably fits within longstanding beauty standards helps. \u2014 Allure , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Researchers used a hammer and chisel to harmlessly remove tiny pieces of coral from reefs at several sites near Oahu and installed that coral into the tank. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Traditionally t\u0101 moko artists used a chisel to scar and mark the skin while the modern tool is a tattoo machine. \u2014 Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY , 31 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"For a homeowner, chipping out the old mortar with a brick hammer and a pointing chisel , rather than tackling the job with a power grinder, minimizes the risk of damaging the brick. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Try this workout\u2014Reeves\u2019 original\u2014and chisel your own legendary physique. \u2014 Men's Health , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The Trojans trailed 49-42 with 6:45 to go, but USC would chisel that down to two on a three-pointer from Tera Reed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Creating the seven courses there required extensive blasting to chisel ski runs out of gray cliffs near the Great Wall. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Since then, there's been a campaign to chisel away at the truth of what really went down. \u2014 Andrea Towers, EW.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Players have 10 minutes to chisel out the shape from the treat or be shot to death. \u2014 Hahna Yoon, Wired , 13 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Johnson worked out with Montgomery every day during the pandemic, and helped chisel his frame into rock-hard muscle. \u2014 Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland , 30 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Heck, someone might just try to chisel it into the Soldier Field facade. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Ella Emhoff continues to chisel away at the fashion world\u2019s rigid beauty standards. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 7 Oct. 2021"
|
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|
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|
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French *chisel, cisel , from Vulgar Latin *cisellum , alteration of caesellum , from Latin caesus , past participle of caedere to cut":"Noun"
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"\u02c8chiz-\u0259l",
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"\u02c8chi-z\u0259l",
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|
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|
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|
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"He chiseled off a corner of the block.",
|
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"Letters were chiseled into a wall.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Saraceno is a reminder that the gulf between science and art is a relatively recent distinction, and that, once, an artist wasn\u2019t just limited to a paintbrush or a chisel . \u2014 New York Times , 7 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Their tools included a chisel and a green plastic rake that P\u00e9ray had appropriated from his children\u2019s sandcastle equipment. \u2014 Simon Akam, Outside Online , 8 June 2021",
|
|
"Versatile artists like Michelangelo, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and Antonio Canova based their immense artistic authority on their skill with the lowly chisel . \u2014 Ingrid D. Rowland, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"If Durant is a painter with a palette of fine watercolors, Antetokounmpo is a sculptor wielding a mallet and a chisel . \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
|
|
"Being a brown-haired, chisel -jawed, 25-year-old model who comfortably fits within longstanding beauty standards helps. \u2014 Allure , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Researchers used a hammer and chisel to harmlessly remove tiny pieces of coral from reefs at several sites near Oahu and installed that coral into the tank. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Traditionally t\u0101 moko artists used a chisel to scar and mark the skin while the modern tool is a tattoo machine. \u2014 Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY , 31 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"For a homeowner, chipping out the old mortar with a brick hammer and a pointing chisel , rather than tackling the job with a power grinder, minimizes the risk of damaging the brick. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Try this workout\u2014Reeves\u2019 original\u2014and chisel your own legendary physique. \u2014 Men's Health , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Trojans trailed 49-42 with 6:45 to go, but USC would chisel that down to two on a three-pointer from Tera Reed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Creating the seven courses there required extensive blasting to chisel ski runs out of gray cliffs near the Great Wall. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Since then, there's been a campaign to chisel away at the truth of what really went down. \u2014 Andrea Towers, EW.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Players have 10 minutes to chisel out the shape from the treat or be shot to death. \u2014 Hahna Yoon, Wired , 13 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Johnson worked out with Montgomery every day during the pandemic, and helped chisel his frame into rock-hard muscle. \u2014 Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland , 30 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Heck, someone might just try to chisel it into the Soldier Field facade. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Ella Emhoff continues to chisel away at the fashion world\u2019s rigid beauty standards. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 7 Oct. 2021"
|
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|
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"\u02c8chiz-\u0259l",
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"\u02c8chi-z\u0259l",
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"\u02c8chi-z\u1d4al"
|
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],
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"bilk",
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|
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"chouse",
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"con",
|
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"ream",
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"rook",
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"squeeze",
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"stick",
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"stiff",
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"sting",
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"sucker",
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"swindle",
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"thimblerig",
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"verb"
|
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|
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},
|
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|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": small talk , gossip":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We exchanged some chitchat about the weather.",
|
|
"a bit of chitchat over lunch with people we hadn't seen in a while",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Before the pandemic, the 43-year-old enterprise desktop support manager used to loathe the steady chitchat at his Phoenix office. \u2014 Ray A. Smith, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Don\u2019t let your meeting devolve into idle chitchat and sub-groups, but finish by still holding on to the moment and maintaining a positive ambiance. \u2014 Regan Hillyer, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The in-person meetings may not matter, but the chitchat , lunches and happy hours do. \u2014 Paula Marantz Cohen, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"His friends knew my friends and introductions turned into chitchat , which turned into conversation. \u2014 Richard Villegas Jr., Los Angeles Times , 12 June 2021",
|
|
"Try to stop yourself before your friendly chitchat crosses the line into creating a dramatic distraction. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 25 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The fireworks, drinking and amplified chitchat around the smoker \u2014 those were all fine. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Superficial chitchat \u2014a custom as ancient as human social life itself\u2014is a hard habit to break. \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 26 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The interview began with the usual pandemic chitchat . \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 13 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1605, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"reduplication of chat":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8chit-\u02ccchat"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"causerie",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin music",
|
|
"chin-wag",
|
|
"confab",
|
|
"confabulation",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabfest",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"natter",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"schmooze",
|
|
"small talk",
|
|
"table talk",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010657",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chitter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chittering birds outside were driving the cat crazy",
|
|
"the cell phone chittered in his pocket",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The cave\u2019s ceiling was thick with them\u2014many thousands, agitated and chittering at the presence of human intruders, shifting position, some dropping free to fly and then settling again. \u2014 David Quammen, Popular Science , 15 Oct. 2012",
|
|
"In season one, the Demogorgon used to punch through walls and tree portals, but now members of the Mind Flayer\u2019s evil army are just chittering and squelching around town. \u2014 Time , 4 July 2019",
|
|
"Even the scare scenes \u2014 the ones where evil monsters track down basement stairs, make chittering growly noises, and crash into things \u2014 have this faint, but distracting score. \u2014 Simon Abrams, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"The pumps chitter away, sucking air from the barrel. \u2014 Dan Dubno, Popular Mechanics , 25 Apr. 2017"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English chiteren , probably of imitative origin":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chi-t\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheep",
|
|
"chirp",
|
|
"chirrup",
|
|
"jargon",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"pipe",
|
|
"tweet",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113627",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chivalrous":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": marked by gracious courtesy and high-minded consideration especially to women":[
|
|
"A chivalrous man offered the woman his seat on the crowded bus."
|
|
],
|
|
": marked by honor, generosity, and courtesy":[
|
|
"appreciated the chivalrous acts of the general"
|
|
],
|
|
": of, relating to, or characteristic of chivalry and knight-errantry":[
|
|
"a chivalrous quest"
|
|
],
|
|
": valiant":[
|
|
"chivalrous warriors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a kind and chivalrous man",
|
|
"still engages in chivalrous behavior, such as holding doors for people",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Depp adjusts a phone cord near Camille Vasquez, his attorney, and the gesture is replayed in slow motion and exalted as a chivalrous deed. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Mendes also shared the love on Instagram, posting his chivalrous red carpet moment. \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"The Song of Glory tells the story of the chivalrous woman Li Ge and the governor Liu Yikang who after many tribulations, get married, join hands to defend the country, and jointly create a prosperous and peaceful world. \u2014 William Earl, Variety , 22 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Like Curthose before him, the generous and chivalrous Stephen lacked the ruthlessness that had enabled Henry I to impose his iron will upon a fickle and self-seeking nobility. \u2014 Stephen Brumwell, WSJ , 17 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"For those wondering, Xyon Quinn was the unnamed individual who was showing his chivalrous side during a random segment last week. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Like his theatrical clients, Mr. Zarem could deftly switch roles: from the choleric control freak grappling with the last-minute glitches in staging an event to the chivalrous host greeting every guest like a best friend. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 26 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Gone with the Wind, which, with its portraits of buoyant, slavery-loving enslaved people and chivalrous Confederate officers, won the Pulitzer. \u2014 Benjamin Nugent, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"This narrative \u2014 which paints men as entirely altruistic, selfless, even chivalrous for supporting women \u2014 is simply false. \u2014 Ellevate, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English chivalerous, chevalrous, chyvalrous \"excelling in warfare, valiant, exemplifying the ideals of chivalry,\" borrowed from Anglo-French chevalerus, chevalrous (continental Old French chevalerous ), from chevalerie \"body of knights serving an overlord, chivalry \" + -us, -ous -ous":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8shi-v\u0259l-r\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for chivalrous civil , polite , courteous , gallant , chivalrous mean observant of the forms required by good breeding. civil often suggests little more than the avoidance of overt rudeness. owed the questioner a civil reply polite commonly implies polish of speech and manners and sometimes suggests an absence of cordiality. if you can't be pleasant, at least be polite courteous implies more actively considerate or dignified politeness. clerks who were unfailingly courteous to customers gallant and chivalrous imply courteous attentiveness especially to women. gallant suggests spirited and dashing behavior and ornate expressions of courtesy. a gallant suitor of the old school chivalrous suggests high-minded and self-sacrificing behavior. a chivalrous display of duty",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"big",
|
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"elevated",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greathearted",
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"high",
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"high-minded",
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"lofty",
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"lordly",
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"magnanimous",
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"natural",
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"noble",
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"sublime"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171644",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"chive":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"Do you want chives on your baked potato",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"For instance, woody herbs like thyme, rosemary and sage are much more draught tolerant than basil, chives and parsley, which like plenty of water. \u2014 cleveland , 1 June 2020",
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"Remove lid and continue roasting for additional 30 to 35 minutes, until interior temperature of chicken is 165 F. Garnish with fresh dill and chives . \u2014 Dallas News , 22 May 2020",
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"Our recipe for an old-school quiche Lorraine features bacon and Gruy\u00e8re with a hint of cayenne and chives for garnish. \u2014 Saveur , 15 May 2020",
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"The sandwich \u2014 two big slices of the house sourdough brushed on the outside with butter and on the inside with bechamel sauce and then stuffed with caramelized onions, Comt\u00e9 cheese and chives \u2014 went on the griddle. \u2014 Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com , 1 May 2020",
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"In a large bowl, whisk together the sour cream, mayonnaise, buttermilk, lemon juice, coconut aminos, celery salt, garlic, chives and parsley until smooth. \u2014 The View, ABC News , 6 Mar. 2020",
|
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"Their vision was a sit-down restaurant specializing in Japanese curry, but with a long menu full of other dishes such as cold tofu in dashi, eggplant glazed with sweet miso and chives rolled up in yuba sheets. \u2014 Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com , 8 Apr. 2020",
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"Green flecks announce the presence of loroco, a flowering vine whose unopened buds are deployed as a chive -like herb, only milder. \u2014 Ligaya Mishan, New York Times , 17 Mar. 2020",
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"Make the chive sour cream: In a small bowl, stir together the sour cream and 2 tablespoons of the chives ; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate. \u2014 Krystyna Ch\u00e1vez, Marie Claire , 3 May 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin cepa onion":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ch\u012bv"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203447",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"chiven":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of chiven variant of chevin"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-082133",
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"type":[]
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},
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"chivey":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": menominee whitefish":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"probably from Natick chippe , literally, it is separated or dead; from its use as manure by the Indians":"Noun"
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8shiv\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212205",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"chiviatite":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mineral Pb 2 Bi 6 S 11 consisting of a lead bismuth sulfide in lead-gray foliated masses":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"German chiviatit , from Chiviato , Peru, its locality + German -it -ite":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccchiv\u0113\u02c8\u00e4\u02cct\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023131",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chivvy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to move or obtain by small maneuvers":[
|
|
"chivy an olive out of a bottle"
|
|
],
|
|
": to tease or annoy with persistent petty attacks":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boss with a reputation for chivying his workers about every little thing",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"For smaller losses, says David Gluckman, Lumkani\u2019s boss, policyholders often have to be chivvied into claiming. \u2014 The Economist , 22 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"But radium was rare and costly, with tiny quantities hoarded and chivvied between nations for experiments. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"After becoming prime minister in 2014, Narendra Modi chivvied bankers to open accounts for everyone. \u2014 The Economist , 6 June 2019",
|
|
"Abloh had booked a club and chivvied the throng to get down there. \u2014 Luke Leitch, Vogue , 28 Feb. 2019",
|
|
"The rich world should focus its attention\u2014and resources, including charity\u2014on chivvying them along. \u2014 The Economist , 1 Mar. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1918, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"chivy , noun, chase, hunt, probably from English dialect Chevy Chase chase, confusion, from the name of a ballad describing the battle of Otterburn (1388)":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chi-v\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for chivy bait , badger , heckle , hector , chivy , hound mean to harass by efforts to break down. bait implies wanton cruelty or delight in persecuting a helpless victim. baited the chained dog badger implies pestering so as to drive a person to confusion or frenzy. badgered her father for a car heckle implies persistent annoying or belligerent interruptions of a speaker. drunks heckled the stand-up comic hector carries an implication of bullying and domineering. football players hectored by their coach chivy suggests persecution by teasing or nagging. chivied the new student mercilessly hound implies unrelenting pursuit and harassing. hounded by creditors",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"intrude (upon)",
|
|
"pester"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010159",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chivy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to move or obtain by small maneuvers":[
|
|
"chivy an olive out of a bottle"
|
|
],
|
|
": to tease or annoy with persistent petty attacks":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boss with a reputation for chivying his workers about every little thing",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"For smaller losses, says David Gluckman, Lumkani\u2019s boss, policyholders often have to be chivvied into claiming. \u2014 The Economist , 22 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"But radium was rare and costly, with tiny quantities hoarded and chivvied between nations for experiments. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"After becoming prime minister in 2014, Narendra Modi chivvied bankers to open accounts for everyone. \u2014 The Economist , 6 June 2019",
|
|
"Abloh had booked a club and chivvied the throng to get down there. \u2014 Luke Leitch, Vogue , 28 Feb. 2019",
|
|
"The rich world should focus its attention\u2014and resources, including charity\u2014on chivvying them along. \u2014 The Economist , 1 Mar. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1918, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"chivy , noun, chase, hunt, probably from English dialect Chevy Chase chase, confusion, from the name of a ballad describing the battle of Otterburn (1388)":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chi-v\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for chivy bait , badger , heckle , hector , chivy , hound mean to harass by efforts to break down. bait implies wanton cruelty or delight in persecuting a helpless victim. baited the chained dog badger implies pestering so as to drive a person to confusion or frenzy. badgered her father for a car heckle implies persistent annoying or belligerent interruptions of a speaker. drunks heckled the stand-up comic hector carries an implication of bullying and domineering. football players hectored by their coach chivy suggests persecution by teasing or nagging. chivied the new student mercilessly hound implies unrelenting pursuit and harassing. hounded by creditors",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"intrude (upon)",
|
|
"pester"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235307",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chiweenie":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a dog that is a cross between a Chihuahua and a dachshund":[
|
|
"MeeQuay, a chihuahua/wiener dog mix ( chiweenie ), is treated like a queen by her adoptive parents \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 The Harrisburg (Illinois) Daily Register",
|
|
"Honey is a Chiweenie female, 1 year of age.",
|
|
"\u2014 The Bluffton-News Banner (Indiana)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"2001, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"chi(huahua) + weenie in sense \"dachshund\" (after wiener dog \"dachshund\")":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"chi-\u02c8w\u0113-n\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171208",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chir-":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"combining form"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": hand":[
|
|
"chiro practic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin, from Greek cheir-, cheiro- , from cheir ; akin to Hittite ke\u0161\u0161ar hand":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142229"
|
|
},
|
|
"chip shot":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a short usually low approach shot in golf that lofts the ball to the green and allows it to roll":[],
|
|
": a short and easy field goal in football":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She hit a chip shot onto the green.",
|
|
"He kicked a chip shot over the goalie's head.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The fourth and final major of the year is just a chip shot away at the birthplace of golf. \u2014 Jay Ginsbach, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Then, 50 yards away from the pin, French\u2019s chip shot bounces on the green and plops into the hole, like a rabbit being chased by a coyote. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Thirty yards to the Chiefs 11, where the Bengals mess around for the next eight plays until E. McPherson makes the game-winning chip shot . \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Ohio State wound up with a chip shot field goal with nine seconds left. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"That preparation paid off in the Rose Bowl, where his 19-yard chip shot with nine seconds to play broke a 45-45 tie. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 2 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Mike Hollis missed a 33-yard field goal in the third quarter for the Bills in the freezing cold (with wind chill at 13 degrees), with wind completely sweeping the chip shot away. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"But the winning placement, from 44 yards, was no chip shot . \u2014 Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Alabama\u2019s had won 19 straight before the chip shot sailed through the uprights. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 10 Oct. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143155"
|
|
},
|
|
"chief petty officer":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an enlisted man in the navy or coast guard ranking above a petty officer first class and below a senior chief petty officer":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Bell, a former chief petty officer in the Navy, has been known for making inflammatory statements. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"This year, Erin Picou and her husband, a chief petty officer in the Coast Guard, have managed to save enough money to pay their mortgage on their home in Texas City. \u2014 Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News , 30 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"The Navy revokes Cosby\u2019s title of honorary chief petty officer . \u2014 Cnn Editorial Research, CNN , 24 June 2020",
|
|
"Her mother was a seamstress, her father a Navy chief petty officer who became a fabric mill foreman after the family moved to Franklin, N.H. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Besides the prison time, his sentence strips him of his pay and his rank of chief petty officer . \u2014 Ben Finley, USA TODAY , 26 Jan. 2021",
|
|
"Pridgen is a native of the Bronx and veteran of Operation Desert Storm, retiring from the U.S. Navy Reserve as a chief petty officer . \u2014 Michael Williams, SFChronicle.com , 7 Jan. 2021",
|
|
"The name of the sailor, a chief petty officer who was the first aboard the aircraft carrier to die from the virus, is being withheld until relatives are notified, the Navy said. \u2014 Ben Kesling, WSJ , 13 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"President Donald Trump pardoned Gallagher in November, restoring him to his rank as chief petty officer . \u2014 Linda Givetash, NBC News , 27 Dec. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1865, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144135"
|
|
},
|
|
"Chile":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective or noun",
|
|
"geographical name",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a hot pepper of any of a group of cultivars ( Capsicum annuum annuum group longum ) noted for their pungency":[],
|
|
": a pepper whether hot or sweet":[],
|
|
": a thick sauce of meat and chilies":[
|
|
"liked to cover her spaghetti with red chili"
|
|
],
|
|
"long, narrow country of southwestern South America between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific; a republic whose capital is Santiago and whose legislative capital is Valpara\u00edso area 291,933 square miles (756,102 square kilometers), population 17,925,000":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u0113-(\u02cc)l\u0101",
|
|
"\u02c8chi-l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150118"
|
|
},
|
|
"chili con queso":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a dipping sauce of melted cheese and chopped chili peppers":[
|
|
"There was a good buffet in the dining room\u2014ranging all the way from a \u2026 round of beef and whole turkeys and hams to our always reliable chili con queso .",
|
|
"\u2014 Lady Bird Johnson",
|
|
"There's nothing else in the world quite like the creamy, gooey decadence of Texas-style chili con queso .",
|
|
"\u2014 Brad A. Johnson",
|
|
"Rejoice, for the Tex-Mex staple chile con queso , the cheesy nectar of the gods, the dip that every chip aspires to be smothered in, is being tested in Chipotle's corporate kitchens and may soon be available on a menu near you.",
|
|
"\u2014 Maura Judkis"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from Spanish chile con queso \"chili pepper with cheese\"":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1916, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150309"
|
|
},
|
|
"china":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": earthenware or porcelain tableware":[],
|
|
"country of eastern Asia bordering on the Pacific; the most populous country in the world; a republic whose capital is Beijing area 3,705,407 square miles (9,596,960 square kilometers), population 1,384,689,000":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u012b-n\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She uses her good china when she has company for dinner.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Those looking to go cottagecore at home can shop teas by Palais des Thes, cocktail napkins from Kim Seybert, fine china by Juliksa, bedding by Sky, colorful party supplies by Meri Meri and more. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The tea and small bites are served on Christian Lacroix china , a pattern with butterflies, the store\u2019s longtime signature symbol. \u2014 Maria Halkias, Dallas News , 5 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Unable to prevent Drummond from going bull-in- china -closet in their paint, the Spurs trailed 26-10 to start the game. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, ExpressNews.com , 8 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"In the bottom of a china cabinet, behind some plates, the officers found a semiautomatic handgun that had been bought in pieces and assembled into a working weapon. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"The number of deaths due to the coronavirus has risen to 2,465 worldwide, with 79,930 globally and 20 deaths outside of mainland china . \u2014 Rob Mclean, CNN , 23 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"For miles around Utah\u2019s capital, china rattled in cabinets, pictures plummeted off walls and power snapped out. \u2014 Maria Cramer, New York Times , 18 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"The items taken were stereo equipment and some antique china . \u2014 cleveland , 4 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Most of the ceramic pieces represent fancy servingware, like the fine china people today might bring out for guests. \u2014 Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS , 27 Feb. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Persian ch\u012bn\u012b Chinese porcelain":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150819"
|
|
},
|
|
"Chinese":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a native or inhabitant of China":[],
|
|
": a person of Chinese descent":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8n\u0113s",
|
|
"ch\u012b-\u02c8n\u0113z"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the customs of the Chinese",
|
|
"He is learning to speak Chinese ."
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151020"
|
|
},
|
|
"Chinese air plant":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a red-flowered epiphytic orchid ( Renanthera coccinea ) of Indochina":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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": a tea prepared from a small-leaved dwarf variety ( Camellia sinensis bohea ) of the tea plant grown chiefly in southern China":[]
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": a large, usually red-fleshed, commercially important salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) of the northern Pacific Ocean that is typically bluish-green above with silvery sides, has a dark mouth with black gums, and attains an average weight of about 30 to 40 pounds (13.5 to 18 kilograms) but may sometimes exceed 120 pounds (54 kilograms)":[]
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"1851, in the meaning defined above":""
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"definitions":{
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": an area or enclosure where wood is cut up for fuel":[]
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"chief master sergeant of the air force":{
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": the ranking noncommissioned officer in the air force serving as adviser to the chief of staff":[]
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"circa 1961, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152255"
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"chiton":{
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"type":[
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": any of a class (Polyplacophora) of elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusks with a dorsal shell of calcareous plates":[],
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": the basic garment of ancient Greece worn usually knee-length by men and full-length by women":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8k\u012b-t\u1d4an",
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"\u02c8k\u012b-\u02cct\u00e4n"
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],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The mineral is believed to toughen the teeth of the sometimes 14-inch chiton without adding extra weight, due to its high water content and low density, Joster said. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY , 1 June 2021",
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"Her chiton , fastened at one shoulder, falls, exposing both breasts. \u2014 National Geographic , 18 June 2020",
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"At a dinner last month, Mr. Lai served small bowls filled with citrus broth and those whelks, periwinkles and chitons tucked into a tangle of seaweed invasive to the Everglades. \u2014 Florence Fabricant, New York Times , 15 Apr. 2016",
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"Similarly, fleeing limpets and chitons navigated stony surfaces with the fascinating rapidity of ice forming across a winter pond. \u2014 Clark Fair, Alaska Dispatch News , 8 July 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, genus name, from Greek chit\u014dn tunic, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew kutt\u014dneth tunic":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152400"
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"chirata":{
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"definitions":{
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": the dried tissues of a green gentian ( Swertia chirata ) of northern India that has been used as a bitter tonic":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"ch\u0259\u0307\u02c8r\u00e4t\u0259"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Hindi cirait\u0101 , from Sanskrit cir\u0101tikta, ciratikta , perhaps from cira long-lasting (perhaps akin to Sanskrit cinoti he gathers, heaps up) + tikta sharp, pungent; akin to Sanskrit tejate it is sharp":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152928"
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"child welfare":{
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"type":[
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": social work centered upon the welfare of children (as upon improvement in health and home conditions) and upon vocational training":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153650"
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},
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"chief of naval operations":{
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"noun phrase"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the ranking officer of the navy and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff":[]
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"first_known_use":{
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"1915, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153720"
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},
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"chile":{
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"type":[
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"adjective or noun",
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"geographical name",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a hot pepper of any of a group of cultivars ( Capsicum annuum annuum group longum ) noted for their pungency":[],
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": a pepper whether hot or sweet":[],
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": a thick sauce of meat and chilies":[
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"liked to cover her spaghetti with red chili"
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],
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"long, narrow country of southwestern South America between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific; a republic whose capital is Santiago and whose legislative capital is Valpara\u00edso area 291,933 square miles (756,102 square kilometers), population 17,925,000":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ch\u0113-(\u02cc)l\u0101",
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"\u02c8chi-l\u0113"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154007"
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},
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"Chile pine":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": monkey puzzle":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154537"
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},
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"Chinese puzzle":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an intricate or ingenious puzzle":[],
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": something intricate and obscure":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155430"
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},
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"Chinese chive":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": garlic chive":[
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1968, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155502"
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},
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"china clay":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": kaolin":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"With the help of white china clay , this mask will also work to reduce the size of pores and control oil production. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
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"The other important minerals available in significant quantities are limestone, dolomite, manganese, mica, china clay , graphite, fire clay, coal bed methane, uranium, phosphorite, apatite, quartz, gold, feldspar and pyroxenite. \u2014 Gurvinder Singh, Quartz India , 4 Oct. 2019"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1840, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155712"
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},
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"Chinese wall":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
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"synonyms":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Chinese Wall , a defensive wall built in the 3rd century b.c. between China and Mongolia":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1900, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160536"
|
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},
|
|
"chico mamey":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Philippine Spanish, from American Spanish chico sapodilla, marmalade tree + Spanish mamey mammee":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160943"
|
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},
|
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"Chinese Chippendale":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": Chippendale furniture employing chiefly straight lines, bamboo turnings, and as surface decoration fluting and fretwork in a variety of lattice patterns":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161000"
|
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},
|
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"Chinese shar-pei":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": shar-pei":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1975, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161138"
|
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},
|
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"Chiquitoan":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a language family comprising Chiquito and including Manasi, Pinoki, and Pinyoca":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u0113t\u0259w\u0259n"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161213"
|
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},
|
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"chief of staff":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the ranking officer of a staff in the armed forces serving as principal adviser to a commander":[],
|
|
": the ranking officer of the army or air force and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1862, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162518"
|
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},
|
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"chill factor":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": windchill":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The wind chill factor is expected to feel 2 below zero when the Packers and San Francisco 49ers kick off at 7:15 p.m. Saturday in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs at Lambeau Field. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 Jan. 2022",
|
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"The wind chill factor in the area at the time was reported at minus 12. \u2014 Becky Bohrer, ajc , 5 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Without having to loft nary a punt, the Packers dispatched the Bears 40-28 in front of 44,781 hearty souls, who braved a minus-7 degree wind chill factor and five Bear turnovers. \u2014 Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com , 2 Jan. 2022",
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"Maybe the office chill factor was worse than the wind chill. \u2014 Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Dec. 2021",
|
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"In January 2017, on a day that featured a wind- chill factor of 4 degrees, Beckham dropped several passes in the New York Giants\u2019 playoff loss to the Packers. \u2014 Gary Klein Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 Nov. 2021",
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"Appropriately, the festivities took place in Bear weather: near zero with gusting winds lowering the wind chill factor to 32 below. \u2014 Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com , 19 Oct. 2021",
|
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"That chill factor is definitely a big selling point, and is made possible thanks to four fan speeds that blast cold air throughout the whole room via its 90-degree oscillating design. \u2014 Sanah Faroke, PEOPLE.com , 22 July 2021",
|
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"The wool keeps skin from becoming (or staying) clammy or sweaty, which then stops that chill factor . \u2014 Field & Stream , 26 Feb. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1965, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163658"
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},
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"chilicothe":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a Californian herbaceous vine ( Echinocystis macrocarpa ) of the family Cucurbitaceae having ball-like prickly fruit":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccchil\u0259\u02c8k\u014dth\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"modification of Mexican Spanish chilicote":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163931"
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},
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"chinese violet":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
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|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a moderate purple that is redder and paler than heliotrope (see heliotrope sense 4a ), bluer and lighter than average amethyst, and paler than manganese violet":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164449"
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},
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"Chinese pulsey":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": seaside heliotrope":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164634"
|
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},
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"china closet":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a cabinet or cupboard for the storage or display of household china":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"My china closet is peopled with memories, but only for me. \u2014 Jessica Hornik, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Thomas Markle had been the classic bull in the china closet in the runup to the 2018 wedding. \u2014 Guy Martin, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
|
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"There is a walk-in china closet that would make any tableware collector swoon: its felted floor-to-ceiling shelves store her vast porcelain collection. \u2014 Dana Thomas, ELLE Decor , 14 Dec. 2019"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1771, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165051"
|
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},
|
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"chinela":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Spanish chinela , alteration of chanela , probably from Italian dialect cianella , variant of pianella , from piano flat (from Latin planus ) + -ell\u0105 feminine diminutive suffix":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165721"
|
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},
|
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"chief executive officer":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the person who has the most authority in an organization or business":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165848"
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},
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"Chinese crested":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of a breed of hairless or coated dogs with a plumed tail and a crest of hair on the head":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1976, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170556"
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},
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"chiral":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"noun,"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to a molecule that is not superimposable on its mirror image":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8k\u012b-r\u0259l"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"At a cutoff of 1 GeV, for example, chiral effective field theory stops working, because protons and neutrons stop behaving like single particles and instead act like trios of quarks. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 1 Mar. 2022",
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"Many pharmaceutical compounds are enantiomers (which is the word for mutually chiral pairs). \u2014 Rebecca Coffey, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021",
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"But instead of evaluating a chemical, the researchers plan to roast the microbes with beams of chiral electrons or muons. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 29 June 2020",
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"That occurs because the shape is chiral and cannot be transformed into its perfect mirror image. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 30 Sep. 2019",
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"Typically, these are very small twisted metal wires that are also chiral . \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 30 Sep. 2019",
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"Scientists now have an enzyme that doesn\u2019t need a chiral world. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 26 Nov. 2014",
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"To make the calculation possible, chiral effective field theory employs a math trick sometimes used in high school calculus. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 4 Dec. 2012",
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"The game's plot revolves around the rebuilding of U.S. infrastructure through a system of information nodes called the chiral network. \u2014 Kahlief Adams, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Nov. 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"chir- + -al entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1894, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170704"
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},
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"chiragra":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": pain in the hand":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"k\u012b\u02c8ragr\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin, from Greek cheiragra , from cheir- chir- + -agra":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170758"
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},
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"Chinese gooseberry":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1925, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170821"
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},
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"Chinese restaurant syndrome":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a group of symptoms held to affect susceptible persons eating food heavily seasoned with monosodium glutamate : msg symptom complex":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8res-t(\u0259-)r\u0259nt-, -t\u0259-\u02ccr\u00e4nt-, -\u02cctr\u00e4nt-, -t\u0259rnt-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1968, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171533"
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},
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"Chi-Rho":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a Christian monogram and symbol formed from the first two letters X and P of the Greek word for Christ":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8k\u0113-",
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"\u02c8k\u012b-\u02c8r\u014d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"chi + rho":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1868, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173902"
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},
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"Chinese silk plant":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": ramie sense 1":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174439"
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},
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"chickpea":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8chik-\u02ccp\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Based on the pieces of information dotting the internet, TikTokers have crafted their own variations based heavily on the chickpea , mint and parsley ingredients. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
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"Traditionally made with a variety of chickpea flour known as besan flour, these fritters can vary in shape and size depending on the specific vegetables used. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 18 May 2022",
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"Desserts include the likes of bake-at-home snickerdoodle cookies, while snacks come in the form of chickpea crisps with olive tapenade. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"My recent trail-mix formula included salt-and-vinegar pistachios, Corn Nuts, chickpea puffs, and that almighty thru-hiking staple with a love song all to its own: Flamin\u2019 Hot Cheetos. \u2014 Outside Online , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Spoon the chickpea curry over the plantains, sprinkle with the parsley and Scotch bonnet, if using, and serve warm. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Mar. 2022",
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"On the restaurant menu, customers will find some appetizers: samosas, fried pastries holding vegetables or ground turkey, and bajia, potato covered in chickpea flour and spices and fried. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"Jury draws inspiration from a number of cuisines from around the world with recipes like herby chickpea fritters from Syria, sweet and sour yellow curry from South Africa, and braised shiitake mushrooms from Taiwan. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"Built on a crust made from chickpea flour, it was blessed with a drizzle of tangy and piquant tomato achaar tadka and curry leaves, made with condiments from Agrawal\u2019s condiment business, Brooklyn Delhi. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"alteration of chich pea , from Middle English chiche , from Anglo-French, from Latin cicer":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1542, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174627"
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},
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"Chinese alligator":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a small alligator ( Alligator sinensis ) of the Yangtze valley distinguished from the American alligator by its completely unwebbed fingers":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174629"
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},
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"chine hoop":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": the hoop round each end of a cask":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"chine entry 4":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174901"
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},
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"Chinese goose":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a very large wild goose ( Anser cygnoides synonym Cygnopsis cygnoides ) of northeastern Asia that interbreeds freely with the grayleg and is probably an ancestor of various eastern domesticated geese":[],
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": a brown or white goose of a breed that originated in China probably from the Chinese goose and is distinguished by upright carriage, large knob at the base of the bill, and small size":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180641"
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},
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"Chiquito":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a people of southeastern Bolivia":[],
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": a member of such people":[],
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": the language of the Chiquito people":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"ch\u0259\u0307\u02c8k\u0113t(\u02cc)\u014d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Spanish, diminutive of chico little":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181046"
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},
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"chipped beef":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": smoked dried beef sliced thin":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8chip(t)-"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The breakfast also includes French toast, pancakes, biscuits, home fries, sausage and chipped beef gravies. \u2014 Sharina Taveras Lopez, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 11 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"The dish is butter, flour, milk, maybe a pinch of salt and pepper and hamburger or chipped beef . \u2014 Joan Elovitz Kazan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 June 2018",
|
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"Sunday brunch, with breakfast sandwiches, biscuits & gravy, and creamed chipped beef , is planned. \u2014 Michael Klein, Philly.com , 14 May 2018",
|
|
"The Roosevelts tended to serve hearty American food in a stripped-down setting, including creamed chipped beef , bread pudding, and fruitcake. \u2014 Adrienne Westenfeld, Town & Country , 15 Feb. 2014"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1833, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181321"
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},
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"Chinese green":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": lokao":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181630"
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},
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"Chinese red":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": any of various red pigments: such as":[],
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": a basic lead chromate (as chrome red)":[],
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": vermillion sense 1a":[],
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": an iron red":[],
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": vermilion sense 2b":[],
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": indian red":[],
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": a deep reddish orange that is slightly yellower and stronger than average tomato":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182424"
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},
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"Chinese chestnut":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": an Asian chestnut ( Castanea mollissima ) that is resistant to chestnut blight":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1909, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182724"
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},
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"chief hare":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": american pika":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182740"
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},
|
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"chiquero":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": toril":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"ch\u0259\u0307\u02c8ker(\u02cc)\u014d"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Spanish, from Arabic dialect (Spain) shirkai\u032f\u032fr":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183022"
|
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},
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"chicot":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": kentucky coffee tree":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"sh\u0113\u02c8k\u014d"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"American French, from French, stub, stump":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184736"
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},
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"Chinese gong":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": tam-tam":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1806, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185218"
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},
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"Chinese white":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": zinc white":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1884, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185226"
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},
|
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"chickweed":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chik-\u02ccw\u0113d"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In early March, Joey Staub and I mucked our way through thickets of chickweed to reach a patch of scraggly late-winter collards. \u2014 Jonathan Kauffman, Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Oddly enough, once your plants get large enough to beat the chickweed , the stuff actually acts as a pretty decent cover crop. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 3 June 2021",
|
|
"Scarlet pimpernel is also sometimes called poison chickweed . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 22 Mar. 2021",
|
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"Scarlet pimpernel has a prostrate and spreading habit and without blooms is often mistaken for chickweed . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 22 Mar. 2021",
|
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"Grasses and leaves of golden rod, chickweed , smartweed, leaves and shoots from woody plants like blackberry, raspberry, and multiflora rose. \u2014 Tom Keer, Field & Stream , 20 Nov. 2020",
|
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"Apply preemergence herbicides to your lawn now to prevent cool season annual weeds like chickweed , henbit, sticker weed and annual bluegrass from growing in your lawn. \u2014 Dan Gill, NOLA.com , 30 Sep. 2020",
|
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"Dimension and Amaze are designed for weedy grasses but do a good job on such broadleaf weeds as henbit and chickweed . \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 10 Sep. 2020",
|
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"Common chickweed can transmit viral diseases that damage beets, cucumbers, peas, tomatoes and turnips. \u2014 Margaret Roach, New York Times , 8 May 2020"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185817"
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},
|
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"chito melon":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": mango melon":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8k\u0113\u02cct\u014d-"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin chito , specific epithet of Cucumis chito":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190801"
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},
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"chip shop":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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": a restaurant that sells fish and chips and other fried foods for people to take away and eat somewhere else":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191659"
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"Chinese scholartree":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": japanese pagoda tree":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192214"
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"chilidial":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to a chilidium":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"k\u012b\u02c8lid\u0113\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin chilidi um + English -al":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192243"
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},
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"chinaberry":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a small Asian tree ( Melia azedarach ) of the mahogany family naturalized in the southern U.S. where it is widely planted for shade or ornament":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ch\u012b-n\u0259-\u02ccber-\u0113",
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"Southern also \u02c8ch\u0101-n\u0113-\u02ccber-\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But not every tree is created equal, and there are several not recommended for shade trees, including pecan, Arizona ash, American sycamore, hackberry, mulberry, Chinese tallow, chinaberry and Chinese pistachio. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 5 Nov. 2021",
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"One of his earliest toy creations was building chinaberry guns with his friends using a mop and hollowed out bamboo tubing. \u2014 Trisha Gopal And Beryl Shereshewsky, CNN , 15 Aug. 2020",
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"Other than palms, the only trees were invasive eucalypti and chinaberries that looked dusty and sick. \u2014 Seth Harp, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020",
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"Other than palms, the only trees were invasive eucalypti and chinaberries that looked dusty and sick. \u2014 Seth Harp, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020",
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"Other than palms, the only trees were invasive eucalypti and chinaberries that looked dusty and sick. \u2014 Seth Harp, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020",
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"Other than palms, the only trees were invasive eucalypti and chinaberries that looked dusty and sick. \u2014 Christine Smallwood, Harper's Magazine , 30 Mar. 2020",
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"Other than palms, the only trees were invasive eucalypti and chinaberries that looked dusty and sick. \u2014 Christine Smallwood, Harper's Magazine , 30 Mar. 2020",
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"Other than palms, the only trees were invasive eucalypti and chinaberries that looked dusty and sick. \u2014 Seth Harp, Harper's magazine , 2 Mar. 2020"
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"1890, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194816"
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},
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"Chinese rose":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": china rose":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194854"
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},
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"chilidium":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the convex plate that covers the cardinal process of the dorsal valve of certain brachiopods":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u0113\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from chil- + -idium":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195549"
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},
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"Chinese rose beetle":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a common leaf-eating beetle ( Adoretus sinicus ) of southeast Asia accidentally introduced into Hawaii where it is a serious pest on many cultivated plants":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200257"
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},
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"China":{
|
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"type":[
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"geographical name",
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": earthenware or porcelain tableware":[],
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"country of eastern Asia bordering on the Pacific; the most populous country in the world; a republic whose capital is Beijing area 3,705,407 square miles (9,596,960 square kilometers), population 1,384,689,000":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ch\u012b-n\u0259"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"She uses her good china when she has company for dinner.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Those looking to go cottagecore at home can shop teas by Palais des Thes, cocktail napkins from Kim Seybert, fine china by Juliksa, bedding by Sky, colorful party supplies by Meri Meri and more. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"The tea and small bites are served on Christian Lacroix china , a pattern with butterflies, the store\u2019s longtime signature symbol. \u2014 Maria Halkias, Dallas News , 5 Mar. 2020",
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"Unable to prevent Drummond from going bull-in- china -closet in their paint, the Spurs trailed 26-10 to start the game. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, ExpressNews.com , 8 Mar. 2020",
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"In the bottom of a china cabinet, behind some plates, the officers found a semiautomatic handgun that had been bought in pieces and assembled into a working weapon. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Oct. 2019",
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|
"The number of deaths due to the coronavirus has risen to 2,465 worldwide, with 79,930 globally and 20 deaths outside of mainland china . \u2014 Rob Mclean, CNN , 23 Feb. 2020",
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"For miles around Utah\u2019s capital, china rattled in cabinets, pictures plummeted off walls and power snapped out. \u2014 Maria Cramer, New York Times , 18 Mar. 2020",
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"The items taken were stereo equipment and some antique china . \u2014 cleveland , 4 Mar. 2020",
|
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"Most of the ceramic pieces represent fancy servingware, like the fine china people today might bring out for guests. \u2014 Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS , 27 Feb. 2020"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Persian ch\u012bn\u012b Chinese porcelain":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200724"
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},
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"chief justice":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": the presiding or principal judge of a court of justice":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Three months looking at the chief justice race, Republican Sharon Kennedy. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
|
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"As public hearings get under way this week, chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas has a closer look at the criminal investigation. \u2014 ABC News , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"From there, Warren became U.S. Supreme Court chief justice . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
|
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"Politico said it\u2019s not known which side Supreme Court chief justice John Roberts (nominated by President George W. Bush) favors. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 14 May 2022",
|
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"The former state Supreme Court chief justice hasn't raised as much money as some Democrats in other races. \u2014 Simone Pathe, CNN , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Moton was seen as a safe choice by the White organizers of the dedication, which included former president and then chief justice William Howard Taft. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The 4-to-3 decision was handed down by the court\u2019s three Democratic justices, with the court\u2019s Republican chief justice concurring, while three Republican justices dissented. \u2014 Kris Maher, WSJ , 14 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Under a new system lawmakers enacted in 2013, a five-judge panel appointed by Oregon\u2019s supreme court chief justice will hear the case and, if convinced the petitioners are correct, redraw the lines. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1534, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200851"
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},
|
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"chippage":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": wood lost in felling trees with an ax":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8chipij"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"chip entry 2 + -age":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200940"
|
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},
|
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"China blue":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a grayish to moderate blue":[]
|
|
},
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201138"
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},
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"chicken colonel":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": colonel sense 1a":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"from the eagle serving as insignia of the rank":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1918, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201310"
|
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},
|
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"Chileno":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a severe curb bit with the curb strap replaced by a metal ring":[],
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": a native or inhabitant of Chile : chilean":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u0101n(\u02cc)y\u014d",
|
|
"\"",
|
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"ch\u0259\u0307\u02c8l\u0101(\u02cc)n\u014d"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Mexican Spanish, from Spanish, adjective, of Chile":"Noun",
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"Spanish, adjective & noun, from Chile":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202031"
|
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},
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"Chicom":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a communist Chinese":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8ch\u012b\u00a6k\u00e4m"
|
|
],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"chi(nese) + com munist":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202917"
|
|
},
|
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"Chinese windlass":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": differential windlass":[]
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203304"
|
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},
|
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"chief of police":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun phrase"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": the head of the police department":[]
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204218"
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},
|
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"Chinese vermilion":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": vermilion sense 1a":[],
|
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": a vivid red that is yellower, lighter, and slightly stronger than apple red, yellower, lighter, and stronger than carmine or scarlet, and yellower and lighter than madder crimson":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205616"
|
|
},
|
|
"China Syndrome":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": meltdown sense 1":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"from the notion that the molten reactor contents could hypothetically sink through the earth to reach China":""
|
|
},
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"1970, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205928"
|
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},
|
|
"Chinese whist":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a card game for two, three, or four players resembling whist except that six of each player's cards are dealt face down on the table and a like number of cards face up upon them, the lower cards being revealed only as the cards above them are removed in the course of the play":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210111"
|
|
},
|
|
"chicken pox":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an acute contagious disease especially of children marked by low-grade fever and formation of vesicles and caused by a herpesvirus (species Human herpesvirus 3 of the genus Varicellovirus ) \u2014 compare shingles":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The varicella-zoster virus remains in the body long after chicken pox has passed and can later reactivate as shingles. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"But after a case of chicken pox is resolved, the virus can still reactivate years later. \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"A few days after experiencing the disease\u2019s first symptoms, a chicken pox -like rash usually appears, beginning on the face then spreading to other parts of the body. \u2014 Denise Roland, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Viruses that cause the flu and COVID-19 are two examples, but there's also HIV, the chicken pox virus, rabies virus, the common cold and many others. \u2014 Sony Salzman, ABC News , 6 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"And chicken pox can cause shingles later in life, Galiasatos says. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 8 May 2022",
|
|
"The Wonder Years Dean (Elisha Williams) comes down with chicken pox on his way to a hunting trip with Bill and Granddaddy Clisby (Dul\u00e9 Hill and Richard Gant), so Lillian (Saycon Sengbloh) puts the three of them into quarantine together. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"That level of uptake is paltry compared with the percentages of children who are, by the age of 2, up-to-date on their shots against chicken pox (90.2), hepatitis B (90.6), measles (90.8), and polio (92.6). \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Before the vaccine, between three and four million people in the U.S. contracted chicken pox every year. \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 7 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1691, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210136"
|
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},
|
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"chicken out":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"phrasal verb",
|
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"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to decide not to do something because one is afraid":[
|
|
"He was going to ask her on a date, but he chickened out at the last minute."
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]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211429"
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},
|
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"chickweed phlox":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a diffuse herb ( Phlox stellaria ) found in rocky places in the U.S. and having small linear leaves and bluish white flowers":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212338"
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},
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"chicken cacciatore":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": chicken fried in olive oil, seasoned with herbs, and simmered in tomato and white wine liquor":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02cckach-",
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"-\u02cck\u00e4ch\u0259\u02c8t\u014dr\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212626"
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},
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"Chippendale":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"biographical name"
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": of or relating to an 18th century English furniture style characterized by graceful outline and often ornate rococo ornamentation":[],
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"Thomas 1718\u20131779 English cabinetmaker":[]
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},
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"\u02c8chi-p\u0259n-\u02ccd\u0101l"
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"Thomas Chippendale":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"1855, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212745"
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"chicken wire":{
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"definitions":{
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Graywolf Alto, who is Kumeyaay, contributed a diamondback rattlesnake out of chicken wire and papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 to the exhibit. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 June 2022",
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"My neighbor built a compost bin from old pallets and lined it with chicken wire to keep the scraps in and the vermin out. \u2014 Susan Brownstein, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
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"There are even more ways to help support flower arrangements, including floral frogs, chicken wire , and decorative stones or beads in the vase. \u2014 Mackenzie Nichols, Better Homes & Gardens , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"The company took further precautions, installing bulletproof glass windows surrounded by chicken wire and more dead bolts. \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
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"Through the chicken wire , Kielland pokes the lynx in a rear haunch. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Apr. 2022",
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"His early works, made in his bedroom in high school, were plaster and chicken wire shapes that could have belonged to a painting by either Arp or Tanguy. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"Individual plants or groups of plants can be covered by plastic garden netting or chicken wire to exclude the deer. \u2014 Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 29 Dec. 2021",
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"The best way to protect vulnerable shrubs is to surround them with a physical barrier, such as a cylinder of chicken wire . \u2014 Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com , 10 Apr. 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from its use for making enclosures for chickens":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213117"
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"chicote":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": a long whip that has a wooden handle and is used by cowboys":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"chi\u02c8k\u014dt\u0113"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"American Spanish, from Spanish, end of a rope, piece of rope, perhaps from Middle French chicot stump":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213247"
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"china clay rock":{
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"type":[
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"china entry 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215443"
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"China brier":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a bullbrier ( Smilax bona-nox ) with scurfy stem bases":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"so called from its similarity to chinaroot":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215507"
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},
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"Chinese snowball":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a shrub ( Viburnum macrocephalum sterile ) that is a cultivated variety of a Chinese shrub with ball-like white flowers":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215523"
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},
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"chicken pepper":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a common small-flowered buttercup ( Ranunculus abortivus ) of the eastern U.S.":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222901"
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},
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"Chinese hat plant":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a straggling evergreen Himalayan shrub ( Holmskioldia sanguinea ) of the family Verbenaceae sometimes cultivated in the southern U.S.":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"so called from its large spreading calyx":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223140"
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},
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"chiller":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an eerie or frightening story of murder, violence, or the supernatural":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8chi-l\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Our favorite part of this fridge, however, is the middle drawer that serves as a wine chiller with wooden slats that can hold up to 17 standard sized bottles of wine. \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 10 May 2022",
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"The Korean chiller will be released theatrically in 2022, followed by launches on home entertainment and digital platforms. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 22 Mar. 2022",
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"The employee was not given a water chiller until after going public with the allegation, despite complaining privately earlier, the report said. \u2014 Adam Elmahrek, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"There\u2019s even a dedicated Champagne bar with a SubZero wine chiller , a sitting area and a constellation ceiling. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Take a moment to massage your eye area with the metal rollerball in the morning, after taking it out of the chiller . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"Horror fans will enjoy reliving the last gruesome moments of various corpses that have landed at the mysterious Roth-Lobdow Institute in this deliciously creepy and occasionally gross chiller . \u2014 Simon Hill, Wired , 20 Feb. 2022",
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"Last year, Parma Heights used its $49,633 NOPEC community grant for a new chiller at City Hall. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 2 Mar. 2022",
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"His latest chiller of an offering is The Mezzotint which premieres on BritBox Dec. 24. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 20 Dec. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1798, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223446"
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},
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"chiquichiqui palm":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": either of two South American palms ( Leopoldinia piassaba and Attalea funifera ) yielding piassava fiber":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u00a6ch\u0113k\u0113\u00a6ch\u0113k\u0113-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Spanish chiquichique , from Tupi":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223834"
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},
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"Chinese quince":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a half-evergreen medium-sized tree ( Chaenomeles sinensis ) resembling dwarf Japanese quince but with solitary pink flowers":[]
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224157"
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},
|
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"chippable":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": capable of being chipped":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8chip\u0259b\u0259l"
|
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],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"chip entry 2 + -able":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225458"
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},
|
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"china stone":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a partly decomposed granite (as Cornish stone) frequently used as a flux to produce vitrification and translucency or mixed with silica and lime to form a glaze in the manufacture of porcelain":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"china entry 1":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225728"
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},
|
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"Chinese hibiscus":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": china rose":[]
|
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|
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"pronounciation":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230059"
|
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},
|
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"chickenweed":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": chickweed":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English chikenwede , from chiken chicken + wede weed":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230421"
|
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},
|
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"chicken hawk":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a hawk that preys or is believed to prey on chickens":[],
|
|
": a person who strongly supports or promotes a war or warlike policies but who has never served in the military":[
|
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"His strong ties to the military and his reluctance to use force \u2026 made him an ideal man for the job, and his battle wounds from Vietnam gave him the moral authority to answer the chicken hawks who opposed the contraction of the military.",
|
|
"\u2014 Dana Milbank"
|
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],
|
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": a man who pursues boys or young men for sexual purposes":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Mary Bly is the daughter of Minnesota poet Robert Bly, who was with Wright that afternoon at Bill Duffy's farm when Wright lazed in the hammock, watching the chicken hawk and the bronze butterfly, listening to the clanging of the cowbells. \u2014 Laurie Hertzel, Star Tribune , 2 Apr. 2021"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234644"
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},
|
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"chigger":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": chigoe sense 1":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chig-\u0259r",
|
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"\u02c8jig-",
|
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"\u02c8ji-",
|
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"\u02c8chi-g\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Chig, short for chigger , was a nickname given by teammates when Martin started playing sports. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 9 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Larson said the welts caused by these itch mites distinguish themselves with a white pimple in the center of the bite, whereas chigger bites either remain red or sink in the center. \u2014 Sylvia Goodman, The Courier-Journal , 13 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"The bite of a mite creates a red welt that looks like a chigger bite, typically on the upper body, and will develop a large red circle around it, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health Prevention and Control. \u2014 Steven Vargas, USA TODAY , 4 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Instead, chiggers pierce the skin and inject saliva into the bite, which contains a powerful digestive enzyme that essentially breaks down the affected skin, so the chigger can feed on it. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, Health.com , 5 Aug. 2020",
|
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"Fortunately, chigger bites don't pose a huge health risk, and the main concern is simply getting the inflammation and itching under control. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, Health.com , 5 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"Yet another type of typhus is known as scrub typhus, and is spread through chiggers or larval mites\u2014but scrub typhus typically only occurs in rural areas of Southeast Asia, Indonesia, China, Japan, India, and northern Australia. \u2014 Sarah Klein, Health.com , 31 Oct. 2019",
|
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"Concentrate chemical insecticidal treatments on grassy areas, low bushes, near doghouses, and other potential chigger populations. \u2014 Sallie Lee, AL.com , 5 June 2017",
|
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"The South, like chiggers and divinity candy, is everlasting. \u2014 Southern Living , 1 May 2017"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235923"
|
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},
|
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"Chico":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
"city north of Sacramento in western California population 86,187":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u0113-(\u02cc)k\u014d"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000816"
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},
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"chili-dip":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun,",
|
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"transitive verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": to mishit (a shot, especially a chip shot ) by hitting the ground before the ball":[
|
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"Jordan bogeys the 1st hole when he chili-dips a chip shot and two-putts from the fringe.",
|
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"\u2014 E. M. Swift , Sports Illustrated , 14 Aug. 1989"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1956, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001829"
|
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},
|
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"chicken pest":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": fowl pest":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002352"
|
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},
|
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"chicken corn":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an annual nonsaccharine sorghum ( Sorghum vulgare drummondii ) that is often a troublesome weed in the southern U.S.":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002831"
|
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},
|
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"Chile nettle":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a plant of the family Loasaceae":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002949"
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},
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"chicken snake":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": rat snake":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The writer was David Bellamy, inspired by Howard\u2019s adventure with the chicken snake back in their shack on the farm. \u2014 Michael Kosser, Variety , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Bald eagles rearing young, spawning bass, beehives, herons in a rookery and a chicken snake slithering up a cypress tree were some of the simple, yet wondrous sights Dance has experienced recently. \u2014 Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com , 16 May 2020",
|
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"They are also called black ratsnake, black snake, cow snake or chicken snake . \u2014 Justin L. Mack, Indianapolis Star , 15 May 2018"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1698, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003405"
|
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},
|
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"chicken bug":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": adobe bug":[]
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"The President is the chief executive of the U.S.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Franciscan Alliance\u2019s board of trustees has named Raymond Grady as president and chief executive officer of Franciscan Health Olympia Fields and Franciscan\u2019s south suburban division, according to the health care group. \u2014 Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune , 3 July 2022",
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"In a separate case, the founder and former chief executive of Titanium Blockchain Infrastructure Services was charged with one count of securities fraud in connection with the company\u2019s initial coin offering. \u2014 Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 2 July 2022",
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"Bill Kramer has begun his new position as chief executive officer of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, Variety has confirmed. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 1 July 2022",
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"Online news site Rappler\u2014whose co-founder and chief executive , Maria Ressa, was awarded last year\u2019s Nobel Peace Prize\u2014has often published reports critical of President Rodrigo Duterte and his administration\u2019s brutal war on drugs. \u2014 Feliz Solomon, WSJ , 29 June 2022",
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"In Washington, about 10% of patients currently in hospital beds no longer need hospital care, said Cassie Sauer, chief executive officer of the Washington State Hospital Association. \u2014 Tara John, CNN , 29 June 2022",
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"Recognition Jennifer Sheets, chief executive officer and president of Interim HealthCare Inc., was honored with a Silver Stevie in 2022 American Business Awards. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 27 June 2022",
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"According to Procreate founder and chief executive James Cuda, the app has always had fairly rudimentary support for accessibility beyond the aforementioned VoiceOver. \u2014 Steven Aquino, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
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"Amar Kumar, founder and chief executive of KaiPod Learning in Newton, got backing from Y Combinator last year. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022"
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": either of two Asian brassicas now grown in the U.S. and widely used as greens:":[],
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": one ( Brassica rapa pekinensis ) that forms elongate more or less solid cylindrical heads and has pale green or cream-colored leaves":[]
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"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005856"
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the grass pea ( Lathyrus sativus ) of Europe cultivated for seeds and forage":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8chikli\u014b"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"by folk etymology (probably influence of chick entry 1 ) from earlier chichling , from chich + -ling":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011021"
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"chileno":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a severe curb bit with the curb strap replaced by a metal ring":[],
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": a native or inhabitant of Chile : chilean":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u0101n(\u02cc)y\u014d",
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"\"",
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"ch\u0259\u0307\u02c8l\u0101(\u02cc)n\u014d"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Mexican Spanish, from Spanish, adjective, of Chile":"Noun",
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"Spanish, adjective & noun, from Chile":"Noun"
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011142"
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an herb ( Scilla scilloides ) native to China having elongated racemes of pink flowers":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011850"
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},
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"China bedbug":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011906"
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},
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"chicken soup":{
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"noun"
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"1733, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012158"
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"Chinese whispers":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a situation in which a piece of information is passed from one person to the next and is changed slightly each time it is told":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013341"
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"chiclero ulcer":{
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"definitions":{
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": leishmaniasis of the mouth, nose, and throat":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014507"
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},
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"Chinese parsley":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": cilantro":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1953, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014640"
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},
|
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"Chinese crested dog":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a small now nearly extinct dog of a breed native to northern Tibet and China and distinguished by slender greyhoundlike build, naked body, and head crest and tail brush of long usually white hairs":[]
|
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},
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014856"
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},
|
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"chiltepin":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8chil-t\u0259-\u02ccp\u0113n"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"For the Elimination challenge, the chefs are asked to create two dishes, one savory and one sweet, using chiltepin pepper and cactus. \u2014 Lauren Mcdowell, Chron , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"While the jalape\u00f1o is Texas' official pepper, the chiltepin is the native state pepper. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 20 May 2022",
|
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"Wild chiltepin peppers, grown on his family\u2019s ranch in Sonora, Mexico, have received much fanfare. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 11 May 2022",
|
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"The first issue came out on Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day, Oct. 11, and featured a series of essays about the history of the chiltepin , a type of pepper, as well as information and recipes around yuca, also known as cassava. \u2014 Nicole Haase, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 30 Nov. 2021",
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"Guacamole, Monterey Jack, sharply spicy chiltepin salsa and pinto beans round out the tidy package. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Rather than a small pasta like ditalini or pipette, Bianco fills the bowl with heavy-duty rigatoni corti, then spices it up with a searing shot of Sonoran chiltepin . \u2014 Dominic Armato, azcentral , 27 Jan. 2020",
|
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"The latter is an Italian classic with a distinctive Arizona kick in the form of tiny red chiltepin peppers cooked in with the beans, which are not cannellini but rather a mix of black and white tepary. \u2014 Lauren Saria, azcentral , 9 Jan. 2020",
|
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"Chiltepin Cobbler: gin, lime, chiltepin pepper and cherry. \u2014 azcentral , 27 June 2019"
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],
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|
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"Mexican Spanish chiltep\u00edn , from Nahuatl ch\u012bltecpin , from ch\u012blli chili pepper + tecpin, tecpintli flea":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1985, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-020346"
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|
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|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": turkish crescent":[]
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021010"
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|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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|
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|
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": chinese":[]
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|
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|
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|
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"back-formation from Chinese , plural":""
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021635"
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},
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"chickweed wintergreen":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an American starflower ( Trientalis americana ) or its Eurasian relative ( T. europaea )":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024751"
|
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},
|
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"chiclero":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a gatherer of chicle":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"chi\u02c8kler(\u02cc)\u014d"
|
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],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"American Spanish, from Spanish chicle + -ero -er":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025620"
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},
|
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"Chinese scale":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": san jose scale":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-031356"
|
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},
|
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"chipset":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a group of integrated circuits that together perform a set of related functions (such as processing data)":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8chip-\u02ccset"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But not everyone will see this, as the A16 could be restricted to the Pro models, leaving the regular models with last year\u2019s A15 chipset . \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
|
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"The two chipset manufacturers submitted patches last year to either Google or to device makers, which in turn delivered the patches to qualifying users in December. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Built around a Jerry 6973D4 Bluetooth 5.1 chipset , the SoundPEATS Free2 Classic earbuds provide a very stable connection. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
|
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"How is Google\u2019s flagship smartphone, with its exclusive Tensor Mobile chipset , coping with the rigours of a mobile life six months later",
|
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"Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon Digital Chassis at the San Diego firm\u2019s tech summit in Hawaii in December last year alongside its Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 mobile chipset . \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Then one NVMe will be PCIe 5 and then PCIe 5 is optional on the standard X670 chipset . \u2014 Antony Leather, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"The two-set pack comes with a charger for both the home and the office, using a high-efficiency chipset that can quickly charge almost any type of smart phone. \u2014 Anna Tingley, Variety , 18 May 2022",
|
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"Such systems generally involve electrode sensors to record neuronal activity, a chipset to transmit the signals, and computer algorithms to translate the signals. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 15 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"chip entry 1 (\"integrated circuit\") + set entry 2":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1966, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-031656"
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"chicken terrapin":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a small or medium-sized edible aquatic turtle ( Deirochelys reticularia ) of the southern Atlantic states having a long snakelike neck and an elongated carapace marked with a network of yellow lines":[],
|
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": the young of the green turtle":[]
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},
|
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|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032818"
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},
|
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"chi-rho":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a Christian monogram and symbol formed from the first two letters X and P of the Greek word for Christ":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8k\u0113-",
|
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"\u02c8k\u012b-\u02c8r\u014d"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"chi + rho":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1868, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-033534"
|
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},
|
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"chicle bleeder":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": chiclero":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034101"
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},
|
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"chicken breast":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": pigeon breast":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034750"
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},
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"chicken halibut":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a young halibut":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035345"
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},
|
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"chilte":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a bushlike Mexican tree ( Jatropha tepiquensis ) of the spurge family yielding a latex and also a chicle used as a chewing-gum base":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8chilt\u0113"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Mexican Spanish":""
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035910"
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},
|
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"Chinese wistaria":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a wistaria ( Wisteria chinensis ) with nearly glabrous mature leaves, blue-violet flowers, and velvety pubescent pods":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035927"
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},
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"Chinese parasol tree":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an Asian tree ( Firmiana simplex ) of the family Sterculiaceae now widely planted as an ornamental in warmer parts of the U.S. having large maplelike leaves and greenish white flowers in clusters":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042103"
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},
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"chipotle":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a smoked and usually dried jalape\u00f1o pepper":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8p\u022ft-",
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"ch\u0113-",
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"-l\u0113",
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"ch\u0259-\u02c8p\u014dt-l\u0101"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Spoon the salsa, additional crema or sour cream and/or chipotle sauce on top and sprinkle with the scallions, if using. \u2014 Ann Maloney, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
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"Add chipotle chile and sauce and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 2 May 2022",
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"One that is retail ready is a cherry bomb barbecue sauce that infuses cherry juice infused with the smoky heat of chipotle peppers. \u2014 Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 May 2022",
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"In large bowl mix together chopped bacon, cream cheese, and chipotle powder. \u2014 Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 May 2022",
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"The cafe serves items like huevos rancheros, chipotle -poached huevos with buttermilk biscuits, breakfast tacos and burritos, churros, classic French toast and the extremely popular tres leches pancakes. \u2014 Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal , 4 May 2022",
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"Serving up the smoky flavor of chipotle ... with a massive side of heat. \u2014 Amber Love Bond, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Diners can get the sandwich with chicken thighs that are grilled instead, spiced with chipotle . \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"Using canned chipotle in adobo, canned jackfruit and canned black beans make a delicious filling for these quick, weeknight-friendly tacos. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Mexican Spanish chipotle, chilpotle , from Nahuatl *ch\u012blp\u014dctli , from ch\u012blli chili pepper + p\u014dctli smoke, something smoked":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043016"
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},
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"Chinook licorice":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a silky blue-flowered American herb ( Lupinus littoralis ) found in the Pacific coastal dunes":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045334"
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},
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"chickery":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a poultry hatchery":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8chik(\u0259)r\u0113"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"chick entry 1 + -ery":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045627"
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},
|
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"Chinese sacred lily":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a narcissus ( Narcissus tazetta orientalis ) that constitutes a variety of yellow polyanthus narcissus":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045851"
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},
|
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"chicken skin":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a fine thin vellum used in covering fans":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"so called from the pin-point marks resembling chicken skin":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-050845"
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},
|
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"Chinook jargon":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a pidgin language based on Chinook and other Indian languages, French, and English and formerly used as a lingua franca in the northwestern U.S. and on the Pacific coast of Canada and Alaska":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1840, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052250"
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},
|
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"Chile mill":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a machine for crushing substances (as ore) by means of heavy rollers moving in a circle":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052326"
|
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},
|
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"Chinese bush cherry":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a flowering almond ( Prunus japonica )":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053457"
|
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},
|
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"Chinook salmon":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a large, usually red-fleshed, commercially important salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) of the northern Pacific Ocean that is typically bluish-green above with silvery sides, has a dark mouth with black gums, and attains an average weight of about 30 to 40 pounds (13.5 to 18 kilograms) but may sometimes exceed 120 pounds (54 kilograms)":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1851, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055617"
|
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},
|
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"Chinese broccoli":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1940, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055716"
|
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},
|
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"Chinese watermelon":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": wax gourd":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061217"
|
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},
|
|
"chiaroscuro":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": pictorial representation in terms of light and shade without regard to color":[],
|
|
": the arrangement or treatment of light and dark parts in a pictorial work of art":[
|
|
"The artist uses chiaroscuro to create the perception of depth in a two-dimensional work."
|
|
],
|
|
": the interplay or contrast of dissimilar qualities (as of mood or character)":[],
|
|
": the interplay of light and shadow on or as if on a surface":[
|
|
"a spotlight revealing a chiaroscuro of ridges and craters on a mountainside"
|
|
],
|
|
": the quality of being veiled or partly in shadow":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8sku\u0307r-",
|
|
"k\u0113-\u02cc\u00e4r-\u0259-\u02c8skyu\u0307r-(\u02cc)\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Finally, the sun broke through the gray clouds, casting the rows of Italian cypress into stark chiaroscuro . \u2014 Matt Ortile, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 13 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The cover displays a huge chiaroscuro headshot of Roger Moore looking devastatingly handsome. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Wright transforms Caravaggio\u2019s theatrical chiaroscuro lighting technique, popularized in the 16th and 17th centuries as a religious simile for spiritual illumination, into a metaphor of rational enlightenment. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 July 2021",
|
|
"Knitted from a Japanese yarn with reflective properties, the emblematic pieces practically glow in Roversi\u2019s chiaroscuro images. \u2014 Nicole Phelps, Vogue , 1 July 2021",
|
|
"His canny placement of the camera for long shots and use of chiaroscuro lighting in close-ups make just about every scene, all of them filmed in widescreen, a cinematic study. \u2014 David Mermelstein, WSJ , 8 June 2021",
|
|
"Among them was Rachel Ruysch, whose delicate, bountiful bouquets populate urns and dark niches\u2014a play of chiaroscuro in the style of the times. \u2014 Jessi Jezewska Stevens, The New Yorker , 8 May 2021",
|
|
"Four hundred years ago, Caravaggio revolutionized painting with a chiaroscuro style reflecting the splendor and squalor of Naples\u2014brightness and light contrasted with the blackness of deep, menacing shadow. \u2014 Francesco Lastrucci, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"Shifting levels of brightness are key to reproducing the chiaroscuro of an image. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 11 Sep. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Italian, from chiaro clear, light + oscuro obscure, dark":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061645"
|
|
},
|
|
"chiasm":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": chiasma sense 1":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8k\u0113-",
|
|
"\u02c8k\u012b-\u02cca-z\u0259m",
|
|
"\u02c8k\u012b-\u02ccaz-\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin chiasma":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1870, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063117"
|
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},
|
|
"Chiricahua":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a member of an Apache people of Arizona":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccchir-\u0259-\u02c8k\u00e4-w\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Chiricahua Mountains, southeast Arizona":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1885, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063521"
|
|
},
|
|
"Chinese wax":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a white or yellowish white crystalline wax resembling spermaceti but harder, more friable, and higher melting that is deposited on certain trees by a scale ( Ceroplastes ceriferus ) common in China and India or a related scale ( Ericerus pela ) of China and Japan and is used chiefly for making candles, polishing materials, and sizes for paper":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063656"
|
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},
|
|
"chipped":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off":[],
|
|
": a small piece of food: such as":[],
|
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": french fry":[],
|
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": a small often cone-shaped bit of food often used for baking":[
|
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"chocolate chips"
|
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],
|
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": a small card displaying a paint color or a range of paint colors available for purchase":[
|
|
"fabric swatches and paint chips"
|
|
],
|
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": something small, worthless, or trivial":[],
|
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": one of the counters used as a token for money in poker and other games":[],
|
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": money":[
|
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"\u2014 used especially in the phrase in the chips The beginning was always characterized by careless haste in the expectation of landing in the chips ,\u2026 \u2014 William Kittredge"
|
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],
|
|
": something valuable that can be used for advantage in negotiation or trade":[
|
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"a bargaining chip"
|
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],
|
|
": a piece of dried dung":[
|
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"\u2014 usually used in combination cow chip"
|
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],
|
|
": a flaw left after a chip has been broken off":[],
|
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": integrated circuit":[],
|
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": a small wafer of semiconductor material that forms the base for an integrated circuit":[],
|
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": chip shot sense 1":[],
|
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": microarray":[
|
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"DNA chips"
|
|
],
|
|
": a child that resembles his or her parent":[],
|
|
": a challenging or belligerent attitude":[],
|
|
": to cut or hew with an edged tool":[],
|
|
": to cut or break (a small piece) from something":[],
|
|
": to cut or break a fragment from":[
|
|
"chip a tooth"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cut into chips":[
|
|
"chip a tree stump"
|
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],
|
|
": chaff , banter":[],
|
|
": to hit (a return in tennis) with backspin":[],
|
|
": to break off in small pieces":[],
|
|
": to play a chip shot":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"sliver",
|
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"spall",
|
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"splint",
|
|
"splinter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Noun",
|
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"The cup has a chip in it.",
|
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"wood chips were spread over the ground between the plants",
|
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"Verb",
|
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"I bit into something hard and chipped my tooth.",
|
|
"He fell and chipped a bone in his knee.",
|
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"The paint had chipped off.",
|
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"He chipped away the ice from the car's windshield.",
|
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"The sculptor chipped away bits of stone.",
|
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"The golfer chipped the ball onto the green.",
|
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"She chipped the soccer ball over the goalie's head.",
|
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"He chipped a pass to his teammate.",
|
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"The golfer chipped onto the green.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"While the chip might not change for the new Apple Watch, the wearable will feature at least one new health-tracking sensor. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 4 July 2022",
|
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"At the same event that Apple launched this MacBook Pro, Apple also introduced a MacBook Air that runs on the exact same M2 chip . \u2014 Ben Sin, Forbes , 4 July 2022",
|
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"Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton writes that the Infineon CYW43439 Wi-Fi chip being used for the Pi Pico uses the old 2.4 GHz-only 802.11n (or Wi-Fi 4) protocol. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 30 June 2022",
|
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"The new 13-inch MacBook Pro with an M2 chip has a storage speed problem, which can only be fixed by spending an extra $200. \u2014 Matthew Humphries, PCMAG , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"The ninth-generation iPad features the new A13 Bionic chip with Neural Engine, which is 20 percent faster than its predecessor. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
|
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"Specifically, the chip will be inserted in the casein label, located on the rind. \u2014 Michelle Cheng, Quartz , 27 May 2022",
|
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"The chip on her shoulder led her to write a grand statement song, its title a vulgar epithet. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
|
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"Said to trace its roots all the way back to the 1860s and a seaside fish and chips shop in Lancashire, England, the chip butty can be doused with optional condiments ranging from ketchup and malt vinegar to mayonnaise. \u2014 Terry Ward, CNN , 11 May 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"But little by little, researchers chip away at the many problems. \u2014 Lela Nargi, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
|
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"Higher yields typically chip away at the stock market\u2019s allure by giving investors another attractive place to park their cash. \u2014 Gunjan Banerji, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
|
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"Bexar County will chip away at that when a new Texas historical marker is erected in Padre Park near Mission San Jos\u00e9. \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
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"But New York can chip away at one\u2019s social network. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
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"But the goal shared by a range of actors trying to pierce the digital iron curtain is to chip away, cumulatively, at Russian public support for the war and the morale of Russian soldiers. \u2014 Sean Lyngaas, Kylie Atwood And Brian Fung, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The Wildcats were able to gradually chip away at the lead, taking a six-point deficit into halftime. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 26 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"If approved by the Legislature and included in the final budget signed by Newsom in June, California would further chip away at barriers to accessing safety net programs for people living here illegally. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
|
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"For years, conservative legislators in Texas have been using the state as a proving ground for strategies that could chip away at Roe v. Wade. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 5 Sep. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English; akin to Old English -cippian":"Noun",
|
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"Middle English chippen , from Old English -cippian (as in forcippian to cut off); akin to Old English cipp beam, Old High German chipfa stave":"Verb"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064539"
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},
|
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"chip away":{
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"type":[
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to remove, take away, or withdraw gradually":[
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"night restores the magnificence that man has chipped away",
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"\u2014 Brooks Atkinson"
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],
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": to chip away something":[
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"\u2014 often used with at men who chip away at the American way of life"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"chip entry 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-065040"
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"Chinese cinnamon":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"ch\u012b-\u02ccn\u0113z-, -\u02ccn\u0113s-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1818, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-070723"
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},
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"chimpanzee":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an anthropoid ape ( Pan troglodytes ) of equatorial Africa that is smaller and more arboreal than the gorilla \u2014 compare bonobo":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"sometimes (\u02cc)shim-",
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"\u02ccshim-",
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"shim-",
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"chim-\u02c8pan-z\u0113",
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"-p\u0259n-; chim-\u02c8pan-z\u0113",
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"-p\u0259n-\u02c8z\u0113",
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"\u02ccchim-\u02ccpan-\u02c8z\u0113",
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"(\u02cc)chim-\u02ccpan-\u02c8z\u0113",
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"-\u02c8pan-z\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"During his lifetime, the place was known for Presley\u2019s costly grocery list, his pet chimpanzee , and even a room that briefly became a recording studio for the musician. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 28 June 2022",
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"And habeas corpus was used in 2016 to free a chimpanzee named Cecilia in Argentina from a zoo and relocate her to a sanctuary in Brazil, the NhRP says. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 22 May 2022",
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"One in late-stage testing, manufactured by India\u2019s Bharat Biotech, uses a chimpanzee cold virus to deliver a harmless copy of the coronavirus spike protein to the lining of the nose. \u2014 Lauran Neergaard, ajc , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"And the group has failed to prevail in similar cases, including those involving a chimpanzee in upstate New York named Tommy. \u2014 Michael Hill, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
|
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"The Covid-19 vaccines use different types of adenoviruses with the Astra-Zeneca one using a chimpanzee adenovirus and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine using a Type 26 adenovirus. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
|
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"Tonka, a chimpanzee who appeared with Cumming in the 1997 comedy Buddy, has gone missing \u2014 and the actor is offering a $10,000 reward for information on his whereabouts. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
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"There just isn\u2019t any need for a movie about a baseball-playing chimpanzee . \u2014 Matt Caputo, SPIN , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Verner met with the zoo\u2019s director, William Temple Hornaday, and offered to loan him a chimpanzee and two reptiles, throwing Benga in as well. \u2014 Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Kongo dialect chimpenzi":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1738, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-070748"
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},
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"chief master sergeant":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a noncommissioned officer in the air force ranking above a senior master sergeant":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Zier, who had been selected for promotion to chief master sergeant , a rank achieved by just 1 percent of the enlisted force in any service, has not been promoted. \u2014 Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Jarad Denton is a master sergeant and public affairs advisor to the chief master sergeant of the U.S. Air Force. \u2014 Edward Segal, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
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"Until he was charged, his Air Force career had been on the rise, and he had been selected to become a chief master sergeant \u2014 a level achieved by just 1 percent of the enlisted force in any service. \u2014 Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News , 22 Mar. 2021",
|
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"Philip Hudson, command chief master sergeant of Seventh Air Force. \u2014 Jamie Mcintyre, Washington Examiner , 2 Feb. 2021",
|
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"He had been selected to chief master sergeant , a rank that only 1 percent of the enlisted force makes in any service, but had not been promoted. \u2014 Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com , 19 Aug. 2020",
|
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"Bass currently serves as the command chief master sergeant for the Second Air Force at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi. \u2014 Haley Victory Smith, Washington Examiner , 19 June 2020",
|
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"Chris Lantagne, the joint base\u2019s command chief master sergeant , and others on her staff. \u2014 Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com , 26 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Traficante is a five-year member of the fire department and also a chief master sergeant in the Connecticut National Guard. \u2014 Emily Brindley, courant.com , 23 Oct. 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1959, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-071652"
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},
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"Chinese boxes":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a set of boxes graduated in size so that each fits into the next larger one":[],
|
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": something that resembles a set of Chinese boxes especially in complexity":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-073146"
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},
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"China wax":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": chinese wax":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-074551"
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},
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"chicken-fried steak":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": steak coated with batter, fried, and served with gravy":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8chi-k\u1d4an-\u02c8fr\u012bd-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The new menu at Rookwood features American-style dishes such as burgers, pizza and chicken-fried steak , as well as more upscale dinners such as steaks and glazed pork chops. \u2014 Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer , 21 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Ellen\u2019s is best known for its Southern food, like the top two sellers, pancake pot pie and chicken-fried steak . \u2014 Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News , 14 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Fuel your drive with country favorites like fried chicken, meatloaf and chicken-fried steak . \u2014 Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com , 8 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"The beautiful River Walk, smothered- chicken-fried steak at Lulu\u2019s, and a visit to the Japanese tea gardens. \u2014 Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 25 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Also go for: The beautiful River Walk, smothered- chicken-fried steak at Lulu\u2019s, and a visit to the Japanese tea gardens. \u2014 Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 18 Oct. 2018",
|
|
"The kitchen also produces some pretty good tacos and chicken-fried steak . \u2014 Houston Chronicle , 10 May 2018",
|
|
"Just like at Horseshoe Hill, which serves up some of the best chicken-fried steak anywhere, six different ways, the variety of chicken and biscuits will be creative and varied. \u2014 star-telegram , 20 Dec. 2017",
|
|
"Call it a schnitzel, Milanese, tonkatsu, or chicken-fried steak \u2014a cutlet by any other name would smell as tasty. \u2014 Emma Wartzman, Bon Appetit , 17 Aug. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1914, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-074828"
|
|
},
|
|
"chin-up":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chin-(\u02cc)\u0259p"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1918, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-075749"
|
|
},
|
|
"Chinese checkers":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a game in which each player seeks to be the first to transfer a set of marbles from a home point to the opposite point of a pitted 6-pointed star by single moves or jumps":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1840, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080857"
|
|
},
|
|
"chiaroscurist":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an artist who specializes in chiaroscuro":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8sku\u0307r-",
|
|
"k\u0113-\u02ccer-",
|
|
"k\u0113-\u02cca-r\u0259-",
|
|
"k\u0113-\u02cc\u00e4r-\u0259-\u02c8skyu\u0307r-ist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1798, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081003"
|
|
},
|
|
"Chiricahua National Monument":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"area of curious rock formations in southeastern Arizona":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccchir-\u0259-\u02c8k\u00e4-w\u0259",
|
|
"locally also \u02c8chir-\u0259-\u02cckau\u0307"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081311"
|
|
},
|
|
"chicken gumbo":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a gumbo made with chicken":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081738"
|
|
},
|
|
"Chinesery":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": chinoiserie":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"ch\u012b\u02c8n\u0113z(\u0259)r\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"modification of French chinoiserie":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-084538"
|
|
},
|
|
"Chiltern":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or being chalky, sandy, gravelly, and loamy soils of England that are naturally dry and lie in dry situations":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chilt\u0259(r)n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"from Chiltern hills, range of chalk hills in south-central England":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085229"
|
|
},
|
|
"chiefless":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": being without a chief":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u0113fl\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085906"
|
|
},
|
|
"chills":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a sensation of cold accompanied by shivering (as due to illness)":[
|
|
"He had caught a chill that night, and was now down with a fever.",
|
|
"\u2014 Wilkie Collins",
|
|
"\u2014 usually plural If you have a cough, fever and chills and are not breathing as easily as usual, you might have a cold or the flu. \u2014 Linda Searing Over the next few days, my body followed up with a series of messages: you have a sore throat; you have a fever; you have the chills . \u2014 John Herrman"
|
|
],
|
|
": a disagreeable sensation of coldness":[
|
|
"When you venture outside on a cold day, chances are you feel the biggest chill in your fingers.",
|
|
"\u2014 Tamekia Reece"
|
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],
|
|
": a moderate but disagreeable degree of cold":[
|
|
"a chill in the air"
|
|
],
|
|
": a check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling":[
|
|
"And a chill fell over the service as mourners \u2026 carried a casket draped in white to the altar.",
|
|
"\u2014 Katherine Creag and Jennifer Millman"
|
|
],
|
|
": moderately cold":[],
|
|
": cold , raw":[],
|
|
": affected by cold":[
|
|
"chill travelers"
|
|
],
|
|
": distant , formal":[
|
|
"a chill reception"
|
|
],
|
|
": depressing , dispiriting":[
|
|
"chill penury",
|
|
"\u2014 Thomas Gray"
|
|
],
|
|
": having a laid-back style or easy demeanor":[
|
|
"She looked just like Joey Potter \u2026 Really young and super chill . No one was paying any attention. It was a laid-back situation.",
|
|
"\u2014 Emma Pearse",
|
|
"We're very casual. I love how at City Hall people come in everything from wedding gowns to jeans. It's so mellow and chill , just how we like it.",
|
|
"\u2014 Erin Burnett"
|
|
],
|
|
": to become cold":[],
|
|
": to shiver or quake with or as if with cold":[],
|
|
": to become taken with a chill":[],
|
|
": chill out":[],
|
|
": hang sense 12":[],
|
|
": to make cold or chilly":[
|
|
"chilled by a cold wind"
|
|
],
|
|
": to make cool especially without freezing":[
|
|
"chill the wine"
|
|
],
|
|
": to affect as if with cold : dispirit":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"bleakness",
|
|
"chilliness",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"nippiness",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"sharpness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cold-eyed",
|
|
"coldish",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"gelid",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"hard-eyed",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"uncordial",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Noun",
|
|
"There was a chill in the autumn air.",
|
|
"He closed the windows to keep out the chill .",
|
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"Her symptoms include chills and a fever.",
|
|
"He caught a chill that turned into a bad cold.",
|
|
"The novel's final scene gave him the chills .",
|
|
"Her words sent chills down my spine .",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"The chill weather kept us indoors.",
|
|
"were met with a chill gaze when they arrived home late from the party",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"Chill the dessert for one hour before serving it.",
|
|
"Let the dessert chill for one hour before serving it.",
|
|
"Here's a ghost story that will chill you.",
|
|
"Her screams chilled me to the bone .",
|
|
"a horrible sight that chilled my bones",
|
|
"He thinks his parents are way too uptight and says they should just chill .",
|
|
"I decided to stay home and chill .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"From the grill to the chill , here\u2019s how BA staffers are prepping for the long weekend. \u2014 Joe Sevier, Bon App\u00e9tit , 30 June 2022",
|
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"As yet, there is no global estimate of the life in the chill , black depths of the midnight zone, but a study in the waters over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge found an even greater mass of potential prey there. \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Assorted fluids \u2014 bodily and beverage \u2014 trace neat arcs through the air, like debris floating in the zero-gravity chill of space. \u2014 Chris Richards, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"The chill of crypto winter has pushed the top cryptocurrencies to record lows for the year. \u2014 Fortune , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"His words were briefly visible in the tightening chill . \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"In the background, squirrels observed in blue elderberry meadows, Peruvian pepper trees sung in the breeze and the heat was splashed away by the refreshing chill of a panoramic waterfront. \u2014 Graham Berry, Billboard , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Some dread the chill of winter while others dread allergies that come with spring (and rightfully so). \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Moscow mule, typically served in a copper mug that captures the chill of the drink, includes vodka, spicy ginger beer, lime juice and a lime garnish. \u2014 Deanna Watson, USA TODAY , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Shah has been noticeably more chill \u2014 and likable \u2014 in her sophomore outing on the show, while also remaining emotionally vulnerable. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"The tables are a-clatter and the mood is wonderfully chill . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
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"And so maybe any aliens who are capable of interstellar travel will be equally chill ",
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"Oh, nothing special, just a very chill $6 million in Bulgari diamonds. \u2014 Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen , 26 Apr. 2021",
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"Just six months after a deadly tragedy at his Astroworld music festival, Travis Scott appeared chill (or rather cold) during his first awards show performance since the incident, at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. \u2014 Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 May 2022",
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"Queen Valley Road, which begins just south of the Barker Dam Trailhead, is a relatively chill cruise that leads to the trailhead for Desert Queen Mine. \u2014 Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert, Outside Online , 28 Oct. 2019",
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"Pre-mix, decant into a bottle and super- chill to a velvety-cold, almost syrupy consistency, ready to pour the moment an order comes in. \u2014 Kara Newman, WSJ , 16 Feb. 2022",
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"Iggy was remarkably chill , even at the festively loud cocktail party held by the Whiting Foundation and Bomb magazine. \u2014 Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"This could chill the coalition\u2019s willingness to criticize underperforming brands, as those companies also fund them. \u2014 Amanda Shendruk, Quartz , 29 June 2022",
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"Let the tea steep for an hour on the counter, then chill it down in the fridge. \u2014 Max Falkowitz, Bon App\u00e9tit , 5 May 2022",
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"Knead the dough by hand in a large bowl, then chill . \u2014 Tim Neville, Outside Online , 8 July 2021",
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"Kyland likes to do workouts geared towards his basketball game, watch sports, party and chill with the homies. \u2014 Kara Warner, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
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"Johnson, who last played for the 76ers in 2019, didn\u2019t want to just go home and chill with his kids. \u2014 Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
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"Shake hard, 20 seconds, to chill and dilute, then strain into the glass, garnish with the lime wheel and serve. \u2014 M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
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"Add some middleneck clams, blackened grouper tacos or a roasted beet and goat cheese salad and set your mood to chill . \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 20 May 2022",
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"Despite glittering blankets of snow that hush the region; despite warm, colorful hats that perhaps were holiday gifts; despite rugged, skid-proof boots ... these are months that chill us. \u2014 cleveland , 31 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English chile chill, frost, from Old English ciele ; akin to Old English ceald cold":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"circa 1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Adjective",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090740"
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},
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"Chinese angelica":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an Asian shrub or small tree ( Aralia chinensis ) resembling Hercules'-club but less prickly and with a long inflorescence":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091449"
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},
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"chiasma":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an anatomical intersection or decussation \u2014 compare optic chiasma":[],
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": a cross-shaped configuration of paired chromatids visible in the diplotene stage of meiotic prophase and considered the cytological equivalent of genetic crossing-over":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"k\u0113-",
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"k\u012b-\u02c8az-m\u0259, k\u0113-",
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"k\u012b-\u02c8az-m\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, X-shaped configuration, from Greek, crosspiece, from chiazein to mark with a chi, from chi (x)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091559"
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},
|
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"Chinese box":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": something that resembles a set of Chinese boxes especially in complexity":[
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"\u2014 often used in plural"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091935"
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},
|
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"chinook jargon":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a pidgin language based on Chinook and other Indian languages, French, and English and formerly used as a lingua franca in the northwestern U.S. and on the Pacific coast of Canada and Alaska":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1840, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094738"
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},
|
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"chitosamine":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": glucosamine especially as obtained from chitin by hydrolysis":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-m\u0259\u0307n",
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"k\u012b\u02c8t\u014ds\u0259\u02ccm\u0113n"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"International Scientific Vocabulary chit in + -ose + -amine ; originally formed as German chitosamin":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094744"
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},
|
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"Chilpancingo":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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"city in southern Mexico; capital of the state of Guerrero population 241,717":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccch\u0113l-p\u00e4n-\u02c8s\u0113\u014b-(\u02cc)g\u014d"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-100629"
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},
|
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"Chinese varnish tree":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": candlenut sense 2":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-101244"
|
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},
|
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"chickenshit":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": petty , insignificant":[],
|
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": weak and cowardly":[],
|
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": the petty details of a duty or discipline":[],
|
|
": coward , chicken":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chi-k\u1d4an-\u02ccshit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Adjective",
|
|
"That guy likes to make threats but he's too chickenshit to act on them."
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1934, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"1944, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-101832"
|
|
},
|
|
"Chinese primrose":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-105955"
|
|
},
|
|
"chigoe":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tropical flea ( Tunga penetrans ) of which the fertile female causes great discomfort by burrowing under the skin":[],
|
|
": chigger sense 2":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chi-(\u02cc)g\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u0113-",
|
|
"\u02c8chig-(\u02cc)\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u0113-(\u02cc)g\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Carib chico":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1691, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110731"
|
|
},
|
|
"chicken grape":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a stout tall-growing grape ( Vitis vulpina ) of the eastern and central U.S. with small shining black fruits that sweeten with the first frosts":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110812"
|
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},
|
|
"Chinese cinnamon oil":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": cassia oil":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-111825"
|
|
},
|
|
"chicle":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a gum from the latex of the sapodilla used as the chief ingredient of chewing gum":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chi-k\u0259l",
|
|
"-kl\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8chi-kl\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The bulk of her inventory, which also includes leather boots, clay cooking pots and candy like Mazapan and chicle , are from Mexico. \u2014 Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com , 10 Sep. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"American Spanish, from Nahautl tzictli":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113923"
|
|
},
|
|
"Chinese anise":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an evergreen tree ( Illicium verum ) of southern China \u2014 see badian":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122404"
|
|
},
|
|
"Chinese lantern":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a collapsible translucent covering for a light":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1825, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124109"
|
|
},
|
|
"Chinese date":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tree ( Ziziphus jujuba ) with leaves used in China as food for the tussah silkworm":[],
|
|
": the edible plumlike fruit of the Chinese date":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124506"
|
|
},
|
|
"chinoiserie":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8w\u00e4-z\u0259-",
|
|
"-\u02ccw\u00e4-z\u0259-",
|
|
"\u02ccsh\u0113n-\u02ccw\u00e4z-\u02c8r\u0113",
|
|
"sh\u0113n-\u02c8w\u00e4z-r\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Check out the beadboard and fun blue chinoiserie wallpaper in the downstairs bath. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"In a flowery bathroom, Sydney designer Greg Natale offset chinoiserie with geometric floor tile and marble veining. \u2014 Yelena Moroz Alpert, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This modern self portrait by Chuck Close is a bold contrast to the chinoiserie wallpaper (Iksel's Eastern Eden) behind it in this Miles Redd\u2013designed home. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The series' scenic artist even painted many chinoiserie pieces for the Sharma family sets. \u2014 Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"So in America's early days as an English colony, colonists largely took style cues from the motherland\u2014including a penchant for chinoiserie , especially among the elite. \u2014 Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful , 14 May 2021",
|
|
"There are sumptuous classics made from cable knits or faux fur, as well as even more elevated designs, like the silk chinoiserie print offerings from The Beauty Sleeper. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 21 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Artful pieces like a chinoiserie cocktail table can add a unique element of character to the room, so this piece remained in the library. \u2014 Joe Fava, sun-sentinel.com , 8 July 2021",
|
|
"Antique furniture \u2013 such as a yellow chinoiserie dressing table found in Eliza\u2019s room and chests used to house bathroom sinks \u2013 have been thoughtfully placed. \u2014 Angelina Villa-clarke, Forbes , 27 June 2021"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, from chinois Chinese, from Chine China":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1883, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-130216"
|
|
},
|
|
"chitosan":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a substance formed from chitin by partial deacetylation with alkali":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8k\u012bt\u0259\u02ccsan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary chit- (from chitin ) + -ose + -an":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-133441"
|
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},
|
|
"Chinese dogskin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": manchurian dog":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135027"
|
|
},
|
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"Chinese civet":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a civet cat ( Viverra zibetha ashtoni ) of southern China":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135110"
|
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},
|
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"Chinese arborvitae":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": oriental arborvitae":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135921"
|
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},
|
|
"Chinese New Year":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the new year according to the Chinese calendar":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-142046"
|
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},
|
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"China bean":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": cowpea":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-142718"
|
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},
|
|
"chilled shot":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": lead shot that has an antimony content of 3 to 6 percent":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143753"
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},
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"chitose":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a nonfermentable sugar formed from glucosamine by the action of nitrous acid":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8k\u012b\u02cct\u014ds also -\u014dz"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"chit in + -ose":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-144604"
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},
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"chickadee":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of several small North American oscine birds (genus Poecile of the family Paridae) that are related to the titmice, usually have the crown of the head distinctly darker than the body, and have sometimes been placed especially formerly in a related genus ( Parus )":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8chi-k\u0259-d\u0113",
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"\u02c8chi-k\u0259-(\u02cc)d\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"During the last avian flu outbreak in 2014 and 2015, only one chickadee and one European starling tested positive. \u2014 Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 May 2022",
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"The post actually shows a handmade sculpture of a chickadee . \u2014 Nayeli Lomeli, USA TODAY , 29 June 2021",
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"The general pattern is repeated in traffic to the site\u2019s chickadee and starling pages, though with smaller numbers. \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 25 June 2021",
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"Perched on the tree was a small black and white chickadee , prancing on the thick bark, its feathers shining in the bright morning light. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Mar. 2021",
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"December is full of natural marvels, from intricate snowflakes, to a chickadee taking seeds from a human hand, to the sights of Orion and the Big Dipper on a cold, clear night. \u2014 Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
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"Happy Easter to a very lovable and special little chickadee . \u2014 Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping , 22 Feb. 2021",
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"The chipmunk is already a hit with the public, according to the release, and will be joined by an oversized bronze chickadee sitting on a birdhouse made of Alaskan yellow cedar in 2021. \u2014 Star Tribune , 19 Dec. 2020",
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"The chickadee perched on the slippery edge and slid in. \u2014 Jim Williams, Star Tribune , 14 Aug. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"imitative":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1832, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-145311"
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},
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"Chicoutimi":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"river 100 miles (161 kilometers) long in southern Quebec, Canada, flowing north into the Saguenay River":[],
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"former city in south central Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River; now part of the city of Saguenay.":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"sh\u0259-\u02c8k\u00fc-t\u0259-m\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-145739"
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},
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"China cantharides":{
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"type":[
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"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": cantharides obtained from bruchid beetles of the genus Mylabris and chiefly produced in eastern Asia":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151758"
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},
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"chimp":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": chimpanzee":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8chimp",
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"sometimes \u02c8shimp"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The chimp had recently suffered a stroke and died from heart failure, his owner Tonia Haddix claimed, submitting a declaration and court documents to a Missouri judge that detailed how the animal\u2019s body was burned in a fire pit. \u2014 Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone , 4 June 2022",
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"This includes a land buyback program to create a buffer zone between the chimp \u2019s habitat and the adjacent villages, a women-run coffee cooperative, a wetlands restoration project, and the construction of a community center in a local village. \u2014 Christine Chitnis, ELLE , 24 May 2022",
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"The super-intelligent chimp is Reginald Hargreeve's closest assistant. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 19 May 2022",
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"Our picture of the monopolist alpha-male chimp might also have changed if a wider set of observations had colored it. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
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"De Waal collects anecdotes of female- chimp self-adornment\u2014grass blades tucked inside an ear and crushed fruit smeared over the upper body. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
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"The Nonhuman Rights Project filed cases in December 2013 in favor of the release of former entertainment chimp Tommy and three other New York chimps, noting a growing body of research showing similarities between chimps and humans. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 5 Dec. 2014",
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"And there was Shauri-ya Mangu, a baby chimp who roamed freely in her house. \u2014 Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"Mascaro watched as a female chimp named Suzee tended to her adolescent son, Sia, who had a wounded foot. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154703"
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},
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"Chickahominy":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"river 90 miles (145 kilometers) long in eastern Virginia flowing southeast into the James River":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccchi-k\u0259-\u02c8h\u00e4-m\u0259-n\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-155014"
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},
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"chicozapote":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": sapodilla":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccch\u0113k\u014dz\u0259\u02c8p\u014dt\u0113",
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"-\u014ds\u0259-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Spanish, from Nahuatl xicotzapotl , from xico bee + tzapotl sapote":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-173140"
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},
|
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"chi-square":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a statistic that is a sum of terms each of which is a quotient obtained by dividing the square of the difference between the observed and theoretical values of a quantity by the theoretical value":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8k\u012b-\u02c8skwer"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1900, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174752"
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},
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"Chinese bridge":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": chinese whist":[],
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": a variety of whist in which the object is to win not tricks but scoring cards, the ace and ten counting 10 each and the five counting 5":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181946"
|
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},
|
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"Chinese blue":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": any of various blue pigments: such as":[],
|
|
": an iron blue especially having a relatively greenish tint":[],
|
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": a mixture of ultramarine or of cobalt blue with white lead":[],
|
|
": prussian blue":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182400"
|
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},
|
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"chiefess":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a woman who is a chief":[
|
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"\u2014 used especially in Polynesia"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8ch\u0113f\u0259\u0307s"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"chief entry 1 + -ess":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182442"
|
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},
|
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"chinese rouge":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": carthamus red":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"rouge entry 3":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182747"
|
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},
|
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"Chickamauga":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a Cherokee people living near the present location of Chattanooga, Tennessee":[],
|
|
": a member of the Chickamauga people":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccchik\u0259\u02c8m\u022fg\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183159"
|
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},
|
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"chipolata":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccchip\u0259\u02c8l\u00e4t\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"French, from Italian cipollata , from feminine of cipollato with onions, from cipolla onion (from Late Latin cepula , diminutive of Latin cepa, caepa onion) + -ato -ate":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183549"
|
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},
|
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"Chinese block":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": temple block":[],
|
|
": wood block":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1914, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183932"
|
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},
|
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"chinotto":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"k\u0113\u02c8n\u022ft(\u02cc)\u014d"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Italian, from obsolete China China":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185403"
|
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},
|
|
"chipmunk":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of a genus ( Tamias ) of small striped North American and Asian rodents of the squirrel family":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8chip-\u02ccm\u0259\u014bk"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Estranged chipmunk besties Chip (voiced by John Mulaney) and Dale (Andy Samberg) put differences aside to find a missing friend in a case filled with classic Disney characters, hilarious cameos and pop-culture references. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"So what happened after to Disney\u2019s chipmunk brothers",
|
|
"Chip and Dale, once as close as two chipmunk brothers can be, are now estranged. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"The temperature slips above 50 degrees every now and then, and my dogs have been triggered by the year\u2019s first chipmunk sightings. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Rockdale resident Antonio Joseph earned the distinction of best photo for the month of October with his close-up shot of a chipmunk taken at Hammel Woods in Shorewood. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com , 10 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"At the time, there was a resident chipmunk in the same part of the yard. \u2014 Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 10 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Police said a bullet shot by the 8-year-old ricocheted after killing a chipmunk and hit the man in the head. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 29 June 2021",
|
|
"Police said a bullet shot by the 8-year-old ricocheted after killing a chipmunk and hit the man in the head. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 29 June 2021"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"alteration of earlier chitmunk , probably from Ojibwa a\u010ditamo\u00b7n\u0294 red squirrel":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1830, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192110"
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},
|
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"China standard time":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": beijing time":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"2000, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192453"
|
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},
|
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"Chinese preserving melon":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": wax gourd":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193101"
|
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},
|
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"Chinese artichoke":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a hardy perennial ( Stachys sieboldii ) native to China and Japan that is cultivated for its crisp edible tubers eaten either raw or cooked":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193936"
|
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},
|
|
"chitin":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a horny polysaccharide (C 8 H 13 NO 5 ) n that forms part of the hard outer integument especially of insects, arachnids, and crustaceans":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8k\u012b-t\u1d4an",
|
|
"\u02c8k\u012bt-\u1d4an"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Because these waste converters are insects, their larvae contain the biopolymer chitin , and that could be pulled out for the $65 billion market for its uses in paper, textiles, skin products, biomedicines and even dissolving bandages. \u2014 Steven Savage, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Spider exoskeletons are made of chitin (composed of long polymers with carbon units), along with proteins and glycoproteins, and those biopolymers are well-suited for sulfurization. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"As chitin , proteins and DNA are broken into smaller molecules, the trap must move them from the outside world to the inside of the plant. \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The worm tubes are made of chitin and tough proteins, but the sponge microbes have just the right enzymes to break down these normally indigestible substances. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 8 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"That food is the ancient worms\u2019 fossilized tubes, which are made of protein and chitin (the same stuff crustaceans use to make their shells). \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 8 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"In addition to new silks and dyes, there may be other materials artists could use \u2014 like chitin , the tough, lightweight material that forms much of the exoskeleton of insects. \u2014 Greg Miller, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
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"One of the tunnels then fills with chitin and solidifies. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 21 June 2021",
|
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"One of the tunnels then fills with chitin and solidifies. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 21 June 2021"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"French chitine , from Greek chit\u014dn":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1839, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195831"
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},
|
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"Chinese lantern plant":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a perennial Old World ground-cherry ( Physalis alkekengi ) that is widely cultivated for its showy inflated leafy calyxes that are brilliant orange-red when mature and are often used for decoration":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201019"
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"Chinese holly":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a dense rounded evergreen shrub ( Ilex cornuta ) native to China, widely used as an ornamental, and distinguished by its quadrangular oblong leaves each usually with three strong spines at its dilated apex":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201255"
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},
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"Chinese blister fly":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a beetle (genus Mylabris ) that yields China cantharides":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201658"
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},
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"chimopelagic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": being or belonging to marine organisms living in the depths of the sea except in winter when they rise to the surface":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6k\u012bm\u014d+"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"chim- (from Greek cheima, cheim\u014dn winter) + -o- + pelagic":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201836"
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},
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"chicken pull":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a contest in horsemanship in which the rider tries at full gallop to snatch up a half-buried chicken":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201955"
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},
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"chia":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the seed of a chia":[
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"When mixed with water, the fiber in chia forms a gel that lowers cholesterol and keeps blood sugar stable.",
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"\u2014 Jane E. Brody",
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"Chia seeds are tiny and have a very mild taste, making them easy to add to all kinds of foods to boost nutrition.",
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"\u2014 Megan Murphy"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ch\u0113-\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"On its face alone, there isn't an inherent red flag that many health experts would wave at drinking just one of #InternalShower chia seed water beverages; the low-calorie, low-carb beverage isn't an immediate threat to one's health. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
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"Some of the more widely available chia seed brands include The Chia Co., Nutiva, and Bob's Red Mill. \u2014 Christina Chaey, Bon App\u00e9tit , 24 Aug. 2020",
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"The chain had grown steadily for thirty-four years, smothering the United Kingdom\u2019s commercial districts, expanding into airport departure lounges, taking chia seeds to Aberdeen and cheese-and-pickle baguettes to Dubai. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 28 Sep. 2020",
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"Dry chia seeds can also be added whole or ground to smoothies and juices, mixed into yogurt and oatmeal, or sprinkled on top of a salad. \u2014 Christina Chaey, Bon App\u00e9tit , 24 Aug. 2020",
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"Still, several months of cooking virtually all of my meals at home has illuminated that making all my favorite breakfasts, from chia pudding to smoothies, is infinitely easier with a jar of nut milk in the fridge. \u2014 Aliza Abarbanel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 May 2020",
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"My recipe for chocolate strawberry chia seed pudding parfait boasts a whopping 16\u00bd grams of fiber. \u2014 Lisa Drayer, CNN , 6 May 2020",
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"Prepare serving cups by putting a layer of pineapple marmalade on the bottom, then a layer of chia pudding on top. \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 29 Apr. 2020",
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"Dine on of-the-moment vegetarian dishes like chia pudding and grain bowls in the airy wood-and-exposed brick space\u2014no meat means everything can be composted. \u2014 Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Mar. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Spanish ch\u00eda , from Nahuatl ch\u00eda, chian , from Maya chih\u00e1an \"strong, strengthening\"":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203827"
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},
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"Chinese azalea":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a deciduous shrub ( Rhododendron molle ) having leaves two to six inches long and golden yellow clustered flowers up to two inches across":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205413"
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},
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"chilled iron":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": chilled cast iron \u2014 compare cast iron":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210930"
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},
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"Chinese banana":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": dwarf banana":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211135"
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},
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"chimpanzoid":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": belonging to or resembling a chimpanzee":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"shim\u02c8p-",
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"-aan-",
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"\u02c8chimp\u0259n-",
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"\u02c8shim-",
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"\u02c8shimp\u0259n-",
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"\u02c8chim\u02ccpan\u02ccz\u022fid",
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"chim\u02c8p-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary chimpanzee + -oid":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211434"
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},
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"Chinese stick":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a black pigment in stick form used to make India ink":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213044"
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},
|
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"chi-square distribution":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a probability density function that gives the distribution of the sum of the squares of a number of independent random variables each with a normal distribution with zero mean and unit variance, that has the property that the sum of two or more random variables with such a distribution also has one, and that is widely used in testing statistical hypotheses especially about the theoretical and observed values of a quantity and about population variances and standard deviations":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1956, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213537"
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},
|
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"chip ax":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a small ax for chipping timber or stone into shape":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"chip entry 2":""
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214625"
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},
|
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"chinaball":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": chinaberry sense 2":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214939"
|
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},
|
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"Chile hazel":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": chilean nut":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223004"
|
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},
|
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"Chimu":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an extinct Yuncan people of the northwest coast of Peru":[],
|
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": a member of such people":[],
|
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": the language of the Chimu people \u2014 compare yunca":[],
|
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": of or relating to a pre-Inca Peruvian culture characterized by the construction of large cities and by white and red pottery portrait vases and metalworking":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"ch\u0113\u02c8m\u00fc",
|
|
"\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Spanish chim\u00fa , of American Indian origin":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223025"
|
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},
|
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"chile de arbol":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small, elongate hot pepper of Mexico that is bright red when mature":[
|
|
"Chile de arbol , a relative of the cayenne pepper, it has an acidic, smoky heat that gives it a killer punch.",
|
|
"\u2014 John Keenan , Omaha World-Herald , 16 June 2006",
|
|
"Chiles de \u00e1rbol are thin, red, very hot chiles available at supermarkets, specialty foods stores, and Latin markets.",
|
|
"\u2014 Carolynn Carre\u00f1o , Bon App\u00e9tit , October 2010"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ch\u0113-(\u02cc)l\u0101-d\u0101-\u00e4r-\u02c8b\u014dl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from Spanish chile de \u00e1rbol , literally, \"tree pepper,\" translation of Nahuatl cuauhch\u012blli":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1970, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232207"
|
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},
|
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"chinese cinnamon":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"ch\u012b-\u02ccn\u0113z-, -\u02ccn\u0113s-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1818, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234029"
|
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},
|
|
"Chinese bean oil":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": soybean oil":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001722"
|
|
},
|
|
"China wood oil":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": tung oil sense 1":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003908"
|
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},
|
|
"chicharron":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccch\u0113-ch\u00e4-\u02c8r\u014dn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from Spanish chicharr\u00f3n \"crackling,\" of expressive origin":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1845, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005309"
|
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},
|
|
"China cinnamon":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": cassia bark":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005945"
|
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},
|
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"chignon":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a knot of hair that is worn at the back of the head and especially at the nape of the neck":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"also -\u02ccy\u022fn",
|
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"\u02c8sh\u0113n-\u02ccy\u00e4n"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"To finish the look, Parker\u2019s hairstylist Serge Normant crafted a sculptural chignon bun to recall the air of classic 1960s fashion photography the pair were hoping to achieve. \u2014 Vogue , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
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"To up the glam factor, Teigen wore a pair of sparkling diamond drop earrings, which were on full display thanks to her romantic chignon updo. \u2014 Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Umber worked with stylist Tanja Dedivanaj to create a sleek, modern take on a chignon . \u2014 Alexandra Macon, Vogue , 1 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Her blond hair was usually ironed straight or pulled back into a messy chignon . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"As Adele is never one to skimp on the beauty, legendary hair stylist Sam McKnight created a retro chignon for her while makeup artist Anthony Nguyen added plenty of that famous black liquid liner. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 12 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Her understated beauty look featured a chignon by Kylee Heath, Mary Wiles natural makeup, and nude nails from manicurist Queenie Nguyen. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 15 Sep. 2021",
|
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"To complement her bridal gown, her hair is styled into a chic chignon at the back of her head. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 15 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Miriam wears a structured black dress with shoulder pads and a plunging neckline, her hair sculpted into a perfect chignon ; Sarah is in a blazer and a plain white T-shirt. \u2014 Rina Nkulu, Vulture , 30 Oct. 2021"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"French, from Middle French chaignon chain, collar, nape":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1783, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011018"
|
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},
|
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"chiasmatype":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": or or relating to chiasmatypy":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"k\u012b\u02c8azm\u0259\u02cct\u012bp-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"back-formation from chiasmatypy":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012135"
|
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},
|
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"chick flick":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a motion picture intended to appeal especially to women":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"At the next theater over, an alternative for guys who\u2019ve been dragged to see a chick flick . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 June 2021",
|
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"By the time the Pussycats arrive at their makeover scene\u2014no 2001 chick flick would be complete without such a montage\u2014the colors have already cycled through orange to blue. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 9 Apr. 2021",
|
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"Once the kids are in bed make sure your partner knows it\u2019s still the mom show, and enjoy unlimited chick flicks all night. \u2014 Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens , 29 Apr. 2020",
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"With three of his four daughters at home, Wood has grown accustomed to watching chick flicks . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 12 Apr. 2020",
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"Cincinnati Enquirer Not everyone on Valentine's Day plans date night, buys flowers for their significant other, attends romantic events or goes to the movies to watch the latest chick flick . \u2014 Segann March, Cincinnati.com , 13 Feb. 2020",
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"Whether because Lynch is in class by himself or because Big Little Lies was originally understood as the premium-cable equivalent of a chick flick , no one is trying to claim the latter show as cinema. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 6 June 2019",
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"In just five minutes and thirty seconds, Grande delivered a wild ride of chick flick heaven\u2014recreating some of the greatest early aughts movie scenes and surprising us with the most epic Kris Jenner cameo of all time (as Regina George's mom). \u2014 Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR , 30 Nov. 2018",
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"How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days This is the best chick flick for anyone who\u2019s ever loved summer in the city and yearned for a job at a big time magazine. \u2014 Hannah Pasternak, SELF , 28 Aug. 2018"
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": a common bonito ( Sarda chiliensis ) of the Pacific coast of the Americas being metallic blue above and silvery below with dark oily flesh that cans especially well \u2014 compare atlantic bonito":[]
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": either of two deciduous eastern Asian trees (genus Phellodendron ) of the family Rutaceae:":[],
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": one ( P. chinense ) with thin, dark, grayish brown bark":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-043855"
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"type":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044400"
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"definitions":{
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": a theory in biology: genetic crossing over and chiasma formation are causally related \u2014 compare chiasmatypy":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044448"
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"definitions":{
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": ring-necked pheasant":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-045722"
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": dogwood":[
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"The Chinese dogwood ( Cornus kousa ) has the flowers open after the first set of leaves have expanded therefore the showy white bracts are partially hidden by the new leaves.",
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"\u2014 Harvey Cotten , Huntsville (Alabama) Times , 19 Apr. 2008"
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]
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1953, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-051256"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-051626"
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"type":[
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"noun"
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a form of torture in which a person is restrained and subjected to repetitive drips of water on the forehead":[
|
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"I heard beeping for two days \u2026 It was driving me crazy like Chinese water torture .",
|
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"\u2014 Carol Kallberg, Daily Record (Wooster, Ohio) , 14 Oct. 2012",
|
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"\u2014 often used figuratively Better to execute layoffs quickly and decisively, experts say \u2026 The alternate\u2014the drip-drip-drip of repeated downsizings\u2014is a Chinese water torture that kills morale and productivity. \u2014 Daniel McGinn , Newsweek , 25 June 2001"
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]
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},
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"1892, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-052039"
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}
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