dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/ute_MW.json
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{
"Ute":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a member of an American Indian people originally ranging through Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico":[],
": the Uto-Aztecan language of the Ute people":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1776, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"short for earlier Utah, Utaw , from American Spanish Yuta":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fct"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231749",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"utensil":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a useful tool or implement":[],
": an implement, instrument, or vessel used in a household and especially a kitchen":[]
},
"examples":[
"participants in the class must supply their own writing utensils",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In one extreme case, a six-year-old was sentenced to forty-five days in a reform school for bringing a Cub Scouts camping utensil , which included a knife, to school. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker , 7 June 2022",
"Her principal utensil is a knife, but in a sense, Melanie Kehoss also uses a trowel. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"The skillet makes for the ideal utensil to cook meats or vegetables. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The search for the single perfect utensil is more than a century old. \u2014 Andrew Freeman, Outside Online , 21 May 2012",
"No plans to sell the chopstick device or any utensil using the technology have been shared. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Every plate, every utensil , every item of cutlery has been carefully studied and sourced by the chef to help harness his exact intention with each course. \u2014 Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"There's a 20-piece flatware set that's marked down from $20 to $10, which comes out to just 50 cents per utensil . \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 1 Sep. 2021",
"Once the oil has absorbed, buff the utensil with a cloth before using, or apply a second coat for an extra-shiny finish if desired. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 4 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, vessels for domestic use, from Middle French utensile , from Latin utensilia , from neuter plural of utensilis useful, from uti to use":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fc-\u02ccten(t)-",
"yu\u0307-\u02c8ten-s\u0259l",
"yu\u0307-\u02c8ten(t)-s\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for utensil implement , tool , instrument , appliance , utensil mean a relatively simple device for performing work. implement may apply to anything necessary to perform a task. crude stone implements farm implements tool suggests an implement adapted to facilitate a definite kind or stage of work and suggests the need of skill more strongly than implement . a carpenter's tools instrument suggests a device capable of delicate or precise work. the dentist's instruments appliance refers to a tool or instrument utilizing a power source and suggests portability or temporary attachment. household appliances utensil applies to a device used in domestic work or some routine unskilled activity. kitchen utensils",
"synonyms":[
"device",
"implement",
"instrument",
"tool"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234409",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"uter-":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": uterine and":[
"utero abdominal",
"utero ovarian",
"utero vaginal"
],
": uterus":[
"uter algia",
"uter ectomy",
"utero cele",
"utero logy"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin uterus":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223059",
"type":[
"combining form"
]
},
"uterine":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": born of the same mother but by a different father":[
"uterine brothers"
],
": of, relating to, or affecting the uterus":[
"uterine cancer",
"the uterine lining"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some people have conditions including endometriosis or uterine fibroids that exacerbate pain, while others suffer from very heavy menstrual bleeding \u2014 all of which can make working difficult. \u2014 Angela Haupt, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"The most pronounced effect, Brawley noted, was in uterine cancers, which are more closely linked to obesity. \u2014 Matthew Herper, STAT , 8 June 2022",
"The voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer was given a hysterectomy without her consent in 1961 when undergoing removal of a uterine tumor by a white physician. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"Copper IUDs release copper ions into the uterine cavity, which are toxic to sperm. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
"This causes the uterine lining to stop thickening and to break down, detaching the embryo.. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 12 May 2022",
"Obesity can also contribute to increases in hormones like estrogen, which have been linked to higher risks of breast and uterine cancer in women. \u2014 Alice Park, Time , 3 June 2022",
"Girls who get their periods earlier may also be at a higher risk of developing breast or uterine cancer in adulthood. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"Deaths from liver cancer among older Black men and women increased, and uterine cancer increased 2.9% on average every year among middle-aged adult women, the analysis found. \u2014 Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Late Latin uterinus , from Latin uterus":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-r\u0259n",
"\u02c8y\u00fc-t\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bn",
"\u02c8y\u00fct-\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115250",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"uterus":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a muscular organ of the female mammal for containing and usually for nourishing the young during development prior to birth":[],
": a structure in some lower animals analogous to the uterus in which eggs or young develop":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Misoprostol causes contractions in the uterus , and patients experience bleeding, cramping and passing blood clots that resemble a heavy period, and then the pregnancy tissue is expelled. \u2014 Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
"Or the nurse who performed an ultrasound couldn\u2019t find a pregnancy in the uterus , raising the possibility of an implantation in the fallopian tube or elsewhere. \u2014 Sue Halpern, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
"These chemicals cause the blood vessels and muscles in the uterus to contract. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 24 May 2022",
"Since helping Keyworth and her daughter, Dr. Stephen Fenton, the director of the Utah Fetal Center, said his team has done this surgery two more times to repair spina bifida on a fetus while still in the uterus . \u2014 Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 Apr. 2022",
"To give you a sense of this: The cost of Intrauterine insemination, placing sperm in a uterus , ranges between \u00a31500 - \u00a33000 per round. \u2014 Jamie Wareham, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Some also believe that the uterine muscle exertion of an orgasm can help address fibroids (noncancerous growths in the uterus ), which is why they are sometimes recommended in cases like mine. \u2014 Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Embryos that survive to the blastocyst stage stand a good chance of implantation once placed in the uterus . \u2014 Isabella Cueto, STAT , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Underwood is currently back in her district recovering from surgery last week to remove uterine fibroids, noncancerous growths in the uterus . \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 18 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Latin, belly, womb; probably akin to Greek hoderos belly, Sanskrit udara":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fc-t\u0259-r\u0259s",
"\u02c8y\u00fct-\u0259-r\u0259s",
"\u02c8y\u00fc-tr\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181234",
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}