2174 lines
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2174 lines
43 KiB
JSON
{
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"anchorage":{
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"a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships":{
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"examples":[
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"sailed into a quiet anchorage to wait out the storm"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"harbor",
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"harborage",
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"haven",
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"port"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"basin",
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"dock",
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"marina",
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"moorage",
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"mooring",
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"arm",
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"bay",
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"bight",
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"cove",
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"creek",
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"embayment",
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"estuary",
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"firth",
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"fjord",
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"fiord",
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"gulf",
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"inlet",
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"lagoon",
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"loch",
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"lough",
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"narrow",
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"roads",
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"roadstead",
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"canal",
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"channel",
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"sound",
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"strait",
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"containerport",
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"home port",
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"seaport"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"anchorwoman":{
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"as in anchorman , coanchor":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anchorman",
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"coanchor",
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"anchor",
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"anchorperson",
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"newscaster",
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"newsreader",
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"announcer",
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"broadcaster",
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"commentator",
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"linkman",
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"telecaster",
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"correspondent",
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"foreign correspondent",
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"interviewer",
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"journalist",
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"newshound",
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"newsie",
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"newsman",
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"newsperson",
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"newswoman",
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"reporter",
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"stringer"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"anchor":{
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"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
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"examples":[
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"the news anchor coordinated the reports of the correspondents from around the state"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"anchorperson",
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"newscaster",
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"newsreader"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anchorman",
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"anchorwoman",
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"coanchor",
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"announcer",
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"broadcaster",
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"commentator",
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"linkman",
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"telecaster",
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"correspondent",
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"foreign correspondent",
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"interviewer",
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"journalist",
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"newshound",
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"newsie",
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"newsman",
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"newsperson",
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"newswoman",
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"reporter",
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"stringer"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something or someone to which one looks for support":{
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"examples":[
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"my best friend has been my anchor throughout this crisis"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"buttress",
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"dependence",
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"dependance",
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"mainstay",
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"pillar",
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"reliance",
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"standby"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"backbone",
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"sinew(s)",
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"spine",
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"right hand",
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"bolsterer",
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"crutch",
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"handmaiden",
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"handmaid",
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"prop",
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"stay",
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"anchorage",
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"harbor",
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"refuge"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
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"examples":[
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"used ropes and sandbags to anchor the hot-air balloon to the ground"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"catch",
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"clamp",
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"fasten",
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"fix",
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"hitch",
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"moor",
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"secure",
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"set"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"embed",
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"imbed",
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"entrench",
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"intrench",
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"implant",
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"ingrain",
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"engrain",
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"lodge",
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"stuff",
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"wedge"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"extract",
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"prize",
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"pry",
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"pull",
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"root (out)",
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"tear (out)",
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"uproot",
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"wrest",
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"yank"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"loose",
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"loosen",
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"unfasten",
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"unfix",
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"unloose",
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"unloosen"
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]
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},
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"to stop at or near a place along the shore":{
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"examples":[
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"we'll anchor at Praia, Cape Verde"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dock",
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"land"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"berth",
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"moor",
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"tie up",
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"beach",
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"ground",
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"harbor",
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"arrive",
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"reach",
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"show up",
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"turn up",
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"debark",
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"disembark"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"embark",
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"launch",
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"sail"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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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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"anchoring":{
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"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
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"examples":[
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"used ropes and sandbags to anchor the hot-air balloon to the ground"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"catching",
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"clamping",
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"fastening",
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"fixing",
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"hitching",
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"mooring",
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"securing",
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"setting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"embedding",
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"imbedding",
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"entrenching",
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"intrenching",
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"implanting",
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"ingraining",
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"engraining",
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"lodging",
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"stuffing",
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"wedging"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"extracting",
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"prizing",
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"prying",
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"pulling",
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"rooting (out)",
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"tearing (out)",
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"uprooting",
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"wresting",
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"yanking"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"loosening",
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"loosing",
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"unfastening",
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"unfixing",
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"unloosening",
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"unloosing"
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]
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},
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"to stop at or near a place along the shore":{
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"examples":[
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"we'll anchor at Praia, Cape Verde"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"docking",
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"landing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"berthing",
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"mooring",
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"tying up",
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"tieing up",
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"beaching",
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"grounding",
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"harboring",
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"arriving",
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"reaching",
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"showing up",
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"turning up",
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"debarking",
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"disembarking"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"embarking",
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"launching",
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"sailing"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"ancestries":{
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"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
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"examples":[
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"a Cambodian immigrant who can trace her Khmer ancestry as far back as the 16th century"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"births",
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"blood",
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"bloodlines",
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"breedings",
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"descents",
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"extractions",
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"family trees",
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"genealogies",
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"lineages",
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"lines",
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"origins",
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"parentages",
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"pedigrees",
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"stocks",
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"strains"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"heredities",
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"successions",
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"families",
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"houses",
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"kindreds",
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"kins",
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"relations",
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"relatives",
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"races"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"offspring",
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"offsprings",
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"children",
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"heirs",
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"inheritors",
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"sons",
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"successors"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"issues",
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"posterities",
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"progenies",
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"seed",
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"seeds"
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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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},
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"anchorpeople":{
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"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
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"examples":[
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"the new anchorperson did an admirable job of dealing with the late-breaking news story"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"anchors",
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"newscasters",
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"newsreaders"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anchormen",
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"anchorwomen",
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"coanchors",
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"co-anchors",
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"announcers",
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"broadcasters",
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"commentators",
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"linkmen",
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"telecasters",
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"correspondents",
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"foreign correspondents",
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"interviewers",
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"journalists",
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"newshounds",
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"newsies",
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"newsmen",
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"newspeople",
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"newswomen",
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"reporters",
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"stringers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"anchorman":{
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"as in anchorwoman , coanchor":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anchorwoman",
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"coanchor",
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"anchor",
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"anchorperson",
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"newscaster",
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"newsreader",
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"announcer",
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"broadcaster",
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"commentator",
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"linkman",
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"telecaster",
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"correspondent",
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"foreign correspondent",
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"interviewer",
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"journalist",
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"newshound",
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"newsie",
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"newsman",
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"newsperson",
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"newswoman",
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"reporter",
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"stringer"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"anchorite":{
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"a person who lives away from others":{
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"examples":[
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"many Christian saints were anchorites who removed themselves from the world to focus on their spirituality"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"eremite",
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"hermit",
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"isolate",
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"recluse",
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"solitary"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"homebody",
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"shut-in"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"socialite",
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"socializer"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"ancillary":{
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"as in inferior":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"inferior",
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"secondary",
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"subordinate",
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"subservient",
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"subsidiary",
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"accessorial",
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"accessory",
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"appurtenant",
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"auxiliary",
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"marginal",
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"peripheral",
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"supplemental",
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"supplementary",
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"backup",
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"makeshift",
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"substitute",
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"added",
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"additional",
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"another",
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"further",
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"complementary",
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"contributory",
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"adjuvant",
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"assistant",
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"assisting",
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"helping",
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"supportive",
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"tributary"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"all-important",
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"essential",
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"imperative",
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"indispensable",
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"integral",
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"necessary",
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"needed",
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"needful",
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"required",
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"requisite",
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"vital",
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"basic",
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"fundamental",
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"primary",
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"prime",
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"chief",
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"main",
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"principal"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"ancestor":{
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"a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent":{
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"examples":[
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"Bridie's Irish ancestors immigrated to the United States in the 19th century during the Great Potato Famine"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"father",
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"forebear",
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"forbear",
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"forebearer",
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"forefather",
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"grandfather",
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"primogenitor",
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"progenitor"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"antecessor",
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"predecessor",
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"ancestress",
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"foremother",
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"grandmother",
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"matriarch",
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"grandsire",
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"patriarch",
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"sire",
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"ancestry",
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"antecedents",
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"roots"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"children",
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"family",
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"issue",
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"lineage",
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"offspring",
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"posterity",
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"progeny",
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"seed",
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"stock",
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"daughter",
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"heir",
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"inheritor",
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"scion",
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"son",
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"successor"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"descendant",
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"descendent"
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]
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},
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"something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed":{
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"examples":[
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"pinball machines\u2014the ancestors of today's video games\u2014go back to the 19th century"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"antecedent",
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"archetype",
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"daddy",
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"foregoer",
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"forerunner",
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"granddaddy",
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"grandaddy",
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"precursor",
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"predecessor",
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"prototype"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"model",
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"original",
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"originator",
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"sire",
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"father",
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"mother"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"by-product",
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"derivative",
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"offshoot",
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"outgrowth",
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"spin-off",
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"daughter",
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"son"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"descendant",
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"descendent"
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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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},
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"anchorages":{
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"a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships":{
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"examples":[
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"sailed into a quiet anchorage to wait out the storm"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"harborages",
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"harbors",
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"havens",
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"ports"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"basins",
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"docks",
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"marinas",
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"moorages",
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"moorings",
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"arms",
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"bays",
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"bights",
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"coves",
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"creeks",
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"embayments",
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"estuaries",
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"firths",
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"fjords",
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"fiords",
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"gulfs",
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"inlets",
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"lagoons",
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"lochs",
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"loughs",
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"narrows",
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"roads",
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"roadsteads",
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"canals",
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"channels",
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"sounds",
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"straits",
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"containerports",
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"home ports",
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"seaports"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"anchorwomen":{
|
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"as in anchormen , coanchors":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchormen",
|
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"coanchors",
|
|
"co-anchors",
|
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"anchorpeople",
|
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"anchors",
|
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"newscasters",
|
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"newsreaders",
|
|
"announcers",
|
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"broadcasters",
|
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"commentators",
|
|
"linkmen",
|
|
"telecasters",
|
|
"correspondents",
|
|
"foreign correspondents",
|
|
"interviewers",
|
|
"journalists",
|
|
"newshounds",
|
|
"newsies",
|
|
"newsmen",
|
|
"newspeople",
|
|
"newswomen",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"stringers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anchormen":{
|
|
"as in anchorwomen , coanchors":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorwomen",
|
|
"coanchors",
|
|
"co-anchors",
|
|
"anchorpeople",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"newscasters",
|
|
"newsreaders",
|
|
"announcers",
|
|
"broadcasters",
|
|
"commentators",
|
|
"linkmen",
|
|
"telecasters",
|
|
"correspondents",
|
|
"foreign correspondents",
|
|
"interviewers",
|
|
"journalists",
|
|
"newshounds",
|
|
"newsies",
|
|
"newsmen",
|
|
"newspeople",
|
|
"newswomen",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"stringers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ancientness":{
|
|
"the state of being an old person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if nothing else, the patriarch had achieved a degree of ancientness worthy of veneration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"agedness",
|
|
"elderliness",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"senectitude",
|
|
"venerableness",
|
|
"anecdotage",
|
|
"anility",
|
|
"caducity",
|
|
"dotage",
|
|
"second childhood",
|
|
"senescence",
|
|
"senility",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"infirmity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freshness",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"youthfulness",
|
|
"adolescence",
|
|
"immaturity",
|
|
"juvenility",
|
|
"minority",
|
|
"nonage"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"youngness",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being something old":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ancientness of the papyrus was authenticated by carbon dating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"agedness",
|
|
"antiquity",
|
|
"hoariness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antiquation",
|
|
"datedness",
|
|
"obsolescence",
|
|
"obsoleteness",
|
|
"old-fashionedness",
|
|
"fustiness",
|
|
"agelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"currentness",
|
|
"freshness",
|
|
"modernity",
|
|
"modernness",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"recentness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"newness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anchors":{
|
|
"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the news anchor coordinated the reports of the correspondents from around the state"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorpeople",
|
|
"newscasters",
|
|
"newsreaders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchormen",
|
|
"anchorwomen",
|
|
"coanchors",
|
|
"co-anchors",
|
|
"announcers",
|
|
"broadcasters",
|
|
"commentators",
|
|
"linkmen",
|
|
"telecasters",
|
|
"correspondents",
|
|
"foreign correspondents",
|
|
"interviewers",
|
|
"journalists",
|
|
"newshounds",
|
|
"newsies",
|
|
"newsmen",
|
|
"newspeople",
|
|
"newswomen",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"stringers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something or someone to which one looks for support":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my best friend has been my anchor throughout this crisis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"dependences",
|
|
"dependances",
|
|
"mainstays",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"reliances",
|
|
"standbys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backbones",
|
|
"sinews",
|
|
"spines",
|
|
"right hands",
|
|
"bolsterers",
|
|
"crutches",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"anchorages",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"refuges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used ropes and sandbags to anchor the hot-air balloon to the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"clamps",
|
|
"fastens",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"stuffs",
|
|
"wedges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"pries",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"tears (out)",
|
|
"uproots",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"yanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"unfastens",
|
|
"unfixes",
|
|
"unloosens",
|
|
"unlooses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop at or near a place along the shore":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll anchor at Praia, Cape Verde"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"lands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"ties up",
|
|
"beaches",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"turns up",
|
|
"debarks",
|
|
"disembarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embarks",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"sails"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ancresses":{
|
|
"as in mother superior , Reverend Mother":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbesses",
|
|
"cloistresses",
|
|
"conventuals",
|
|
"mother superior",
|
|
"novices",
|
|
"prioresses",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"Reverend Mother",
|
|
"votaries",
|
|
"nuns",
|
|
"sisters",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"reverends",
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"cur\u00e9s",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anchorperson":{
|
|
"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new anchorperson did an admirable job of dealing with the late-breaking news story"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"newscaster",
|
|
"newsreader"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorman",
|
|
"anchorwoman",
|
|
"coanchor",
|
|
"announcer",
|
|
"broadcaster",
|
|
"commentator",
|
|
"linkman",
|
|
"telecaster",
|
|
"correspondent",
|
|
"foreign correspondent",
|
|
"interviewer",
|
|
"journalist",
|
|
"newshound",
|
|
"newsie",
|
|
"newsman",
|
|
"newsperson",
|
|
"newswoman",
|
|
"reporter",
|
|
"stringer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ancient":{
|
|
"dating or surviving from the distant past":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Rome's ancient ruins remain carefully preserved even in the midst of the bustle of the modern city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"hoar",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"immemorial",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"venerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"archaistic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"medieval",
|
|
"mediaeval",
|
|
"moldy",
|
|
"Noachian",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"vintage",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"time-honored",
|
|
"timeless",
|
|
"time-tested",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"prehistoric",
|
|
"prehistorical",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primordial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"vernal",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youthful",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"unused",
|
|
"unworn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being of advanced years and especially past middle age":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used to think that age 40 was ancient until I turned 40 myself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"elderly",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"older",
|
|
"over-the-hill",
|
|
"senescent",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"unyoung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"centenarian",
|
|
"nonagenarian",
|
|
"octogenarian",
|
|
"septuagenarian",
|
|
"sexagenarian",
|
|
"oldish",
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"middle-aged",
|
|
"pensioned",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"superannuated",
|
|
"matriarchal",
|
|
"patriarchal",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"anile",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"senile",
|
|
"spavined",
|
|
"tottery",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"youngish",
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"underage",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"babyish",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"infantine",
|
|
"kiddish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youthful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"relating to or occurring near the beginning of a process, series, or time period":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ancient Inca built a vast network of roads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"early",
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"primordial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"budding",
|
|
"embryonic",
|
|
"germinal",
|
|
"infant",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"prehistoric",
|
|
"prehistorical",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"full-blown",
|
|
"full-fledged",
|
|
"full-scale"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"late"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person of advanced years":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ancients in the tribe are accorded great respect and valued for their wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"golden-ager",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"oldster",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"senior citizen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gaffer",
|
|
"graybeard",
|
|
"patriarch",
|
|
"whitebeard",
|
|
"beldam",
|
|
"beldame",
|
|
"dowager",
|
|
"grandam",
|
|
"grandame",
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"dotard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ancestral":{
|
|
"as in historic , old-world":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"immemorial",
|
|
"timeless",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"prescriptive",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"untraditional",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"new age",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"updated",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"futuristic",
|
|
"high-tech",
|
|
"hi-tech",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"state-of-the-art",
|
|
"supermodern",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"unusual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ancestress":{
|
|
"as in grandmother , matriarch":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foremother",
|
|
"grandmother",
|
|
"matriarch",
|
|
"ancestor",
|
|
"forebear",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"forebearer",
|
|
"forefather",
|
|
"grandfather",
|
|
"primogenitor",
|
|
"progenitor",
|
|
"antecessor",
|
|
"predecessor",
|
|
"grandsire",
|
|
"patriarch",
|
|
"sire",
|
|
"ancestry",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"roots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"children",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"lineage",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"posterity",
|
|
"progeny",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"daughter",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"inheritor",
|
|
"scion",
|
|
"son",
|
|
"successor",
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anchorites":{
|
|
"a person who lives away from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many Christian saints were anchorites who removed themselves from the world to focus on their spirituality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eremites",
|
|
"hermits",
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"recluses",
|
|
"solitaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"homebodies",
|
|
"shut-ins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"socialites",
|
|
"socializers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ancients":{
|
|
"a person of advanced years":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ancients in the tribe are accorded great respect and valued for their wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elders",
|
|
"geriatrics",
|
|
"golden-agers",
|
|
"oldsters",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"senior citizens",
|
|
"seniors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gaffers",
|
|
"graybeards",
|
|
"patriarchs",
|
|
"whitebeards",
|
|
"beldams",
|
|
"beldames",
|
|
"dowagers",
|
|
"grandams",
|
|
"grandames",
|
|
"adults",
|
|
"grown-ups",
|
|
"dotards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adolescents",
|
|
"minors",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"cubs",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
"kids"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
"youths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anciently":{
|
|
"as in previously , hitherto":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ago",
|
|
"before",
|
|
"earlier",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"formerly",
|
|
"previously",
|
|
"heretofore",
|
|
"hitherto"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freshly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"lately",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"newly",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"only",
|
|
"recently",
|
|
"latterly",
|
|
"of late"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anchoress":{
|
|
"as in mother superior , Reverend Mother":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbess",
|
|
"cloistress",
|
|
"conventual",
|
|
"mother superior",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"prioress",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"Reverend Mother",
|
|
"votary",
|
|
"nun",
|
|
"sister",
|
|
"clergywoman",
|
|
"deaconess",
|
|
"high priestess",
|
|
"priestess",
|
|
"friar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monk",
|
|
"oblate",
|
|
"clergyperson",
|
|
"cleric",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"deacon",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dominie",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"reverend",
|
|
"abbot",
|
|
"archbishop",
|
|
"archpriest",
|
|
"bishop",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"monsignor",
|
|
"pope",
|
|
"prelate",
|
|
"presbyter",
|
|
"churchman",
|
|
"clergyman",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"Holy Joe",
|
|
"padre",
|
|
"abb\u00e9",
|
|
"curate",
|
|
"cur\u00e9",
|
|
"parson",
|
|
"pastor",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"vicar",
|
|
"chaplain",
|
|
"confessor",
|
|
"sky pilot",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"missioner",
|
|
"missionizer",
|
|
"revivalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay reader",
|
|
"lector",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"layperson",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ancestresses":{
|
|
"as in grandmothers , matriarchs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foremothers",
|
|
"grandmothers",
|
|
"matriarchs",
|
|
"ancestors",
|
|
"forebearers",
|
|
"forebears",
|
|
"forbears",
|
|
"forefathers",
|
|
"grandfathers",
|
|
"primogenitors",
|
|
"progenitors",
|
|
"antecessors",
|
|
"predecessors",
|
|
"grandsires",
|
|
"patriarchs",
|
|
"sires",
|
|
"ancestries",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"roots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"children",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"lineages",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"offsprings",
|
|
"posterities",
|
|
"progenies",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seeds",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"daughters",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"inheritors",
|
|
"scions",
|
|
"sons",
|
|
"successors",
|
|
"descendants",
|
|
"descendents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ancestry":{
|
|
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a Cambodian immigrant who can trace her Khmer ancestry as far back as the 16th century"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"bloodline",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"extraction",
|
|
"family tree",
|
|
"genealogy",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"lineage",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"parentage",
|
|
"pedigree",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"strain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heredity",
|
|
"succession",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"relations",
|
|
"relatives",
|
|
"race"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"inheritor",
|
|
"son",
|
|
"successor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"posterity",
|
|
"progeny",
|
|
"seed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ancress":{
|
|
"as in mother superior , Reverend Mother":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbess",
|
|
"cloistress",
|
|
"conventual",
|
|
"mother superior",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"prioress",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"Reverend Mother",
|
|
"votary",
|
|
"nun",
|
|
"sister",
|
|
"clergywoman",
|
|
"deaconess",
|
|
"high priestess",
|
|
"priestess",
|
|
"friar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monk",
|
|
"oblate",
|
|
"clergyperson",
|
|
"cleric",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"deacon",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dominie",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"reverend",
|
|
"abbot",
|
|
"archbishop",
|
|
"archpriest",
|
|
"bishop",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"monsignor",
|
|
"pope",
|
|
"prelate",
|
|
"presbyter",
|
|
"churchman",
|
|
"clergyman",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"Holy Joe",
|
|
"padre",
|
|
"abb\u00e9",
|
|
"curate",
|
|
"cur\u00e9",
|
|
"parson",
|
|
"pastor",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"vicar",
|
|
"chaplain",
|
|
"confessor",
|
|
"sky pilot",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"missioner",
|
|
"missionizer",
|
|
"revivalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay reader",
|
|
"lector",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"layperson",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anchoresses":{
|
|
"as in mother superior , Reverend Mother":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbesses",
|
|
"cloistresses",
|
|
"conventuals",
|
|
"mother superior",
|
|
"novices",
|
|
"prioresses",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"Reverend Mother",
|
|
"votaries",
|
|
"nuns",
|
|
"sisters",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"reverends",
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"cur\u00e9s",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anchored":{
|
|
"as in clamped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clamped",
|
|
"bonded",
|
|
"cemented",
|
|
"glued",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"impacted",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"wedged",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dislodged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"undone",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"unsecured",
|
|
"movable",
|
|
"moveable",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used ropes and sandbags to anchor the hot-air balloon to the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"clamped",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"hitched",
|
|
"moored",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"wedged"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
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"extracted",
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"pried",
|
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"prized",
|
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"pulled",
|
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"rooted (out)",
|
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"tore (out)",
|
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"uprooted",
|
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"wrested",
|
|
"yanked"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
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"unfastened",
|
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"unfixed",
|
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"unloosed",
|
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"unloosened"
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]
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},
|
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"to stop at or near a place along the shore":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"we'll anchor at Praia, Cape Verde"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"docked",
|
|
"landed"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"berthed",
|
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"moored",
|
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"tied up",
|
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"beached",
|
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"grounded",
|
|
"harbored",
|
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"arrived",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"turned up",
|
|
"debarked",
|
|
"disembarked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embarked",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"sailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ancestors":{
|
|
"a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Bridie's Irish ancestors immigrated to the United States in the 19th century during the Great Potato Famine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"forebearers",
|
|
"forebears",
|
|
"forbears",
|
|
"forefathers",
|
|
"grandfathers",
|
|
"primogenitors",
|
|
"progenitors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antecessors",
|
|
"predecessors",
|
|
"ancestresses",
|
|
"foremothers",
|
|
"grandmothers",
|
|
"matriarchs",
|
|
"grandsires",
|
|
"patriarchs",
|
|
"sires",
|
|
"ancestries",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"roots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"children",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"lineages",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"offsprings",
|
|
"posterities",
|
|
"progenies",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seeds",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"daughters",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"inheritors",
|
|
"scions",
|
|
"sons",
|
|
"successors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"descendants",
|
|
"descendents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pinball machines\u2014the ancestors of today's video games\u2014go back to the 19th century"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"daddies",
|
|
"foregoers",
|
|
"forerunners",
|
|
"granddaddies",
|
|
"grandaddies",
|
|
"precursors",
|
|
"predecessors",
|
|
"prototypes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"models",
|
|
"originals",
|
|
"originators",
|
|
"sires",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"mothers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"by-products",
|
|
"byproducts",
|
|
"derivatives",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"spin-offs",
|
|
"daughters",
|
|
"sons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"descendants",
|
|
"descendents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ancient history":{
|
|
"as in open secret":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"open secret"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"411",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"lowdown",
|
|
"poop",
|
|
"scoop",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"rumor",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"pointer"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |