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{
"Creator":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"kr\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"author",
"begetter",
"establisher",
"father",
"founder",
"founding father",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"originator",
"sire"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the creator of the popular television show",
"although some people see Freud as the creator of psychology, that isn't really true",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Blake Masters, a Republican candidate in Arizona's U.S. Senate race, rejected the endorsement Friday of Andrew Anglin, the creator of neo-Nazi blog site Daily Stormer. \u2014 Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic , 1 July 2022",
"My story also drew from the Data Commons, an ambitious Google project spearheaded by the creator of RSS which combines a lot of hard-to-use data sets on climate change, hunger and health while making analysis more user-friendly. \u2014 Chloe Sorvino, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"So Rob instead got a drink with his friend Lee, the head writer of The Office and creator of WeCrashed. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 30 June 2022",
"The Good Place, along with serving as the co- creator of Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Rutherford Falls. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 June 2022",
"Sahaj Kaur Kohli, creator of Brown Girl Therapy and an MA.Ed, will be answering questions about identity, relationships, mental health, work-life balance, family dynamics and more. \u2014 Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"This movie is actually a spin-off of The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, and is directed by Robert Rodriguez, creator of the Spy Kids franchise. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
"Caught in the middle of all this is the songwriter \u2014 the primary creator of the music that is at the center of this battle \u2014 who counterintuitively has ended up lowest on the totem pole in the streaming economy. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"The creator of Ethereum has a unique goal for society. \u2014 Taylor Locke, Fortune , 23 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English creatour, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French criator, creator, borrowed from Latin cre\u0101tor \"one who begets or brings into being,\" from cre\u0101re \"to beget, give birth to, create entry 1 \" + -tor, agent suffix":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054130"
},
"Croesus":{
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a very rich man":[],
"died circa 546 b.c. king of Lydia ( circa 560\u2013546)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0113-s\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitalist",
"deep pocket",
"fat cat",
"have",
"money",
"moneybags",
"plutocrat",
"silk stocking"
],
"antonyms":[
"have-not",
"pauper"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"if you have to ask the price, you're not the Croesus for whom this palatial yacht is intended"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Croesus , king of Lydia, famed for his wealth":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1621, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222602"
},
"crab":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": any of numerous chiefly marine broadly built decapod crustaceans:",
": any of an infraorder (Brachyura) with a short broad usually flattened carapace, a small abdomen that curls forward beneath the body, short antennae, and the anterior pair of limbs modified as grasping pincers",
": any of various crustaceans of an infraorder (Anomura) resembling true crabs in the more or less reduced condition of the abdomen",
": cancer sense 1",
": infestation with crab lice",
": the angular difference between an aircraft's course and the heading necessary to make that course in the presence of a crosswind",
": to fish for crabs",
": to move sideways indirectly or diagonally",
": to crab an airplane",
": to scuttle or scurry sideways",
": to cause to move sideways or in an indirect or diagonal manner",
": to head (an airplane) into a crosswind to counteract drift",
": to subject to crabbing",
": crab apple",
": an ill-tempered person : grouch",
": to make sullen : sour",
": to complain about peevishly",
": spoil , ruin",
": carp , grouse",
": a sea animal that is a crustacean related to the lobsters and has a short broad flat shell and a front pair of legs with small claws",
": a person who is usually grouchy",
": complain",
": any of a tribe (Brachyura) of chiefly marine crustaceans with a short broad usually flattened carapace, a small abdomen that curls forward beneath the body, short antennae, and the anterior pair of limbs modified as grasping pincers",
": infestation with pubic lice"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krab",
"\u02c8krab",
"\u02c8krab"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crank",
"croaker",
"crosspatch",
"curmudgeon",
"fusser",
"griper",
"grouch",
"grouser",
"growler",
"grumbler",
"grump",
"murmurer",
"mutterer",
"sourpuss",
"whiner"
],
"antonyms":[
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"inveigh",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (1)",
"1657, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (3)",
"1580, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (2)",
"1662, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184348"
},
"crack":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to make a very sharp explosive sound":[
"The whip cracks through the air."
],
": to break, split, or snap apart":[
"The statue cracked when she dropped it."
],
": fail : such as":[],
": to lose control or effectiveness under pressure":[
"\u2014 often used with up The stress was so great that she started to crack up."
],
": to fail in tone":[
"His voice cracked ."
],
": to go or travel at good speed":[
"\u2014 usually used with on The steamboat cracked on."
],
": to break so that fissures appear on the surface":[
"crack a mirror"
],
": to break with a sudden sharp sound":[
"crack nuts"
],
": to tell especially suddenly or strikingly":[
"crack a joke"
],
": to strike with a sharp noise : rap":[
"then cracks him over the head",
"cracked a two-run homer in the eighth"
],
": to open (something, such as a bottle) for drinking":[],
": to open (a book) for studying":[],
": to puzzle out and expose, solve, or reveal the mystery of":[
"crack a code"
],
": to break into":[
"crack a safe"
],
": to open slightly":[
"crack the throttle"
],
": to break through (something, such as a barrier) so as to gain acceptance or recognition":[
"\u2026 on track to crack Hollywood after landing a big screen role.",
"\u2014 Ed Gleave and Peter Dyke"
],
": to show or begin showing (a smile) especially reluctantly or uncharacteristically":[],
": to impair seriously or irreparably : wreck":[
"crack an opponent's courage"
],
": to destroy the tone of (a voice)":[],
": disorder , craze":[
"Worry had cracked his otherwise cheerful disposition."
],
": to interrupt sharply or abruptly":[
"The criticism cracked our complacency."
],
": to cause to make a sharp noise":[
"cracks his knuckles"
],
": to subject (hydrocarbons) to cracking":[],
": to produce by cracking":[
"cracked gasoline"
],
": to break up (chemical compounds) into simpler compounds by means of heat":[],
": to adopt or apply an authoritative, tyrannical, or threatening approach or policy (as in demanding harder work from employees)":[
"The team needs a coach who isn't afraid to crack the whip ."
],
": to make a wisecrack":[
"The comedian often cracked wise about prominent politicians."
],
": a loud roll or peal":[
"a crack of thunder"
],
": a sudden sharp noise":[
"the crack of rifle fire"
],
": a sharp witty remark : quip":[],
": a narrow break : fissure":[
"a crack in the ice"
],
": a narrow opening":[
"Leave the door open a crack .",
"cracks between floorboards",
"\u2014 used figuratively in phrases like fall through the cracks to describe one that has been improperly or inadvertently ignored or left out a player who fell through the cracks in the college draft Children slipping through the cracks of available youth services."
],
": a weakness or flaw caused by decay, age, or deficiency : unsoundness":[],
": a broken tone of the voice":[],
": crackpot":[],
": moment , instant":[
"the crack of dawn"
],
": housebreaking , burglary":[],
": a sharp resounding blow":[
"gave him a crack on the head"
],
": an attempt or opportunity to do something":[
"her first crack at writing a novel",
"got first crack at the job opening"
],
": a potent form of cocaine that is obtained by treating the hydrochloride of cocaine with sodium bicarbonate to create small chips used illicitly for smoking":[],
": of superior excellence or ability":[
"a crack marksman"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krak"
],
"synonyms":[
"pop",
"snap"
],
"antonyms":[
"check",
"chink",
"cleft",
"cranny",
"crevice",
"fissure",
"rift",
"split"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The hailstones were big enough to crack some windows.",
"He cracked his collarbone in a skiing accident.",
"The mirror cracked when she dropped it.",
"Workers cracked the large rock into three pieces so it could be moved.",
"The bird cracked the seed on a tree branch.",
"a tool used for cracking nuts",
"He cracked open the eggs.",
"Someone cracked him over the head with a beer bottle.",
"The baby cracked her chin pretty hard when she fell.",
"He fell and cracked his elbow on the ice.",
"Noun",
"The crack runs all the way from the top of the wall to the bottom.",
"an old patio with grass growing up through the cracks",
"The vase has a few fine cracks , but it is still usable.",
"I could see them through the crack in the doorway.",
"Light came through the cracks in the walls of the barn.",
"Adjective",
"The company has a crack sales force.",
"known as one of the college's crack tennis players",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Follow these steps to clean every curve, crack , and crevice of your car: 1. \u2014 Hearst Autos Research, Car and Driver , 24 June 2022",
"Moderne doesn\u2019t explain what causes the cups to crack or break while in contact with hot water. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 19 June 2022",
"Rapid changes in temperature can cause the meringue to crack or collapse. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 17 June 2022",
"Defenders of the Senate agreement will argue that its small steps will crack open the door to more substantive legislation in the future. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"Even sippers who never saw the appeal of a White Claw might well be convinced to set down their Aperol spritz and crack open a can. \u2014 Brittany Martin, Outside Online , 9 June 2022",
"Unlike a wine barrel, though, this plastic barrel won't rot, fade, or crack . \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 8 June 2022",
"The problem is that not everyone can crack that code. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Otherwise, the storm could cause the pool to pop out of the ground and crack tiles. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel , 31 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"After the arrest, in March 2011, federal authorities charged Jones-Nelson with dealing crack cocaine. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 29 June 2022",
"Congress in the 1980s passed legislation imposing harsher penalties on crack -cocaine offenses than powder-cocaine offenses. \u2014 Jan Wolfe, WSJ , 27 June 2022",
"His father struggled with a crack -cocaine addiction, per ESPN. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Agents had been tipped off by an informant in a crack cocaine distribution ring. \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
"Waterbury police arrested a 44-year-old man and seized 109 bags of heroin, 58 grams of cocaine, 11.3 grams of crack cocaine, two handguns and over 200 rounds of handgun ammunition on Monday, according to a release. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 8 June 2022",
"With crack cocaine Gates saw only criminality, where Bass saw a health crisis. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
"The first league was formed in 1986 inGlenarden, Maryland, in the shadow of Washington, D.C., which was being flooded with crack cocaine. \u2014 Ernie Suggs, ajc , 11 May 2022",
"The woman left the cart full of items in the lot. Police stopped the car and found that the woman, 50, of Warrensville Heights, was in possession of crack cocaine and a smoking pipe. \u2014 cleveland , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"In 1986, Biden wrote a strict federal anti- crack bill, and sold it by complaining that President Reagan was weak and had surrendered in the War on Drugs. \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 23 June 2021",
"Among the drugs detectives seized were crack cocaine, oxycodone, MDMA and cannabis. \u2014 Wayne K. Roustan, sun-sentinel.com , 20 Sep. 2019",
"Police recovered suspected crack cocaine, suspected marijuana, a short straw, a metal spoon and a knife. \u2014 Bruce Geiselman, cleveland.com , 10 Aug. 2019",
"Follow along with The Post's crack whip count on where Senate Republicans stand on the revised health-care plan. \u2014 Paige Winfield Cunningham, Washington Post , 14 July 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English crakken , from Old English cracian ; akin to Old High German chrahh\u014dn to resound":"Verb, Noun, and Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1793, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030504"
},
"crack-up":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": crash , wreck":[
"an automobile crack-up"
],
": a mental collapse : nervous breakdown":[
"his wife's death brought on his crack-up"
],
": collapse , breakdown":[],
": praise , tout sense 1":[
"wasn't all that it was cracked up to be"
],
": to damage or destroy (a vehicle) by crashing":[
"crack up a car"
],
": to cause to laugh out loud":[
"that joke really cracks him up"
],
": to damage or destroy a vehicle (as by losing control)":[
"cracked up on a curve"
],
": to laugh out loud":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krak-\u02cc\u0259p"
],
"synonyms":[
"breakdown",
"nervous breakdown",
"tailspin"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accredit",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"that sports car isn't all it's cracked up to be",
"the movie is being cracked up as the blockbuster of the summer",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Kieran Culkin made Succession co-star Jeremy Strong crack up on the Bemelmans Bar steps. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 3 May 2022",
"So there\u2019s nothing self-conscious about it, just a couple of bored friends making a racket to crack up each other and piss off the world. \u2014 Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Even with a quick resolution, however, much of the crack up is unlikely to be reversed. \u2014 Josh Zumbrun, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"With that, the couple both crack up in a way that only two people who are already in on the joke would. \u2014 Seth Combs Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Watching Snoop rolling a joint and attempting not to crack up during a Haddish tale \u2014 and at least once exploding in laughter mid-inhale \u2014 is tremendous entertainment. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The houses were so close together that the families would tape happy birthday messages for each other in their facing kitchen windows, and Bill Cullen would crack up the Soloves\u2019 kids by dancing most mornings in their backyard. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Using rocks, farmers could crack up to 2.5 metric tons of nuts a week to get a decent purity level. \u2014 Frederick Daso, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"In an exclusive clip from the special, which airs on Netflix Nov. 23, Legend serenades Nick, Joe, and Kevin as their respective partners \u2014 Priyanka Chopra, Sophie Turner, and Danielle Jonas \u2014 look on (and crack up ). \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 22 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1829, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013748"
},
"crackajack":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"trademark"
],
"definitions":[
": a person or thing of marked excellence"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kra-k\u0259r-\u02ccjak",
"\u02c8kra-k\u0259r-\u02ccjak"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"artist",
"authority",
"cognoscente",
"connoisseur",
"dab",
"dab hand",
"expert",
"fiend",
"geek",
"guru",
"hand",
"hotshot",
"maestro",
"master",
"maven",
"mavin",
"meister",
"past master",
"proficient",
"scholar",
"shark",
"sharp",
"virtuoso",
"whiz",
"wizard"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"inexpert",
"nonexpert"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a young prospect who's supposed to be a crackerjack on the baseball diamond",
"the cheese maker's aged cheddar is a real crackerjack",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"When sober, Sheean was a fearless crackerjack reporter. \u2014 Edward Kosner, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
"This crackerjack of a novel, published on 195 pages of poor-quality paper\u2014in conformity with the pinched standards of postwar Britain\u2014was an instant bestseller. \u2014 Rachel Johnson, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Forbes put its crackerjack team of fictional wealth investigators to the task of calculating Logan Roy\u2019s net worth, estimated at roughly $18 billion. \u2014 Lisette Voytko, Forbes , 16 Oct. 2021",
"And a crackerjack team that mixes new and familiar faces. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Criminals hijack a New York City subway train and hold its passengers for a million-dollar ransom in director Joseph Sargent\u2019s crackerjack 1974 thriller starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Director Kari Ringer, who also musical directed, has assembled a crackerjack cast; not easy when her performers have to act, sing, proficiently play their instruments and essentially impersonate iconic figures \u2014 but not in a cheesy or ironic way. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 8 Mar. 2021",
"All of the four lead actors in King\u2019s crackerjack ensemble get multiple chances to feast on such brilliant dialogue, and all of them make the most of it. \u2014 Mike Scott, NOLA.com , 18 Jan. 2021",
"Teenage Bounty Hunters is also propelled by excellent comic performances by Phillips and Fellini, who don't look all that similar but do share a fizzy chemistry, especially in their crackerjack -timed quips and clairvoyant communications. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Aug. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1893, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200321"
},
"crackbrain":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an erratic person : crackpot":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krak-\u02ccbr\u0101n"
],
"synonyms":[
"bug",
"crazy",
"fool",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"loon",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"maniac",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"psycho",
"psychopath",
"sickie",
"sicko",
"wacko",
"whacko"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"once a brilliant dancer, he died a crackbrain in a mental institution",
"a crackbrain who wore bedroom slippers to the grocery shop"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1570, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045008"
},
"crackbrained":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an erratic person : crackpot":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krak-\u02ccbr\u0101n"
],
"synonyms":[
"bug",
"crazy",
"fool",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"loon",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"maniac",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"psycho",
"psychopath",
"sickie",
"sicko",
"wacko",
"whacko"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"once a brilliant dancer, he died a crackbrain in a mental institution",
"a crackbrain who wore bedroom slippers to the grocery shop"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1570, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202644"
},
"cracked":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": broken (as by a sharp blow) so that the surface is fissured":[
"cracked china"
],
": broken into coarse particles":[
"cracked wheat"
],
": marked by harshness, dissonance, or failure to sustain a tone":[
"a cracked voice"
],
": mentally disturbed : crazy":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krakt"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The vase is cracked but it can still hold water.",
"the cracked leather of the old chair",
"His hands were sore and cracked from working long hours in the cold.",
"Her lips are dried and cracked .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The coop is using software from Texas A&M that monitors its high-risk distribution lines and can pinpoint specific issues, such as a cracked insulator that could bleed electricity onto a pole and start a fire. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 June 2022",
"The spiciness of the rye blends with the creamy texture of winter wheat and the breadiness of spelt, with each grain enhancing one another, for a clean-tasting vodka with a cracked black pepper finish. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The procedure targets athlete\u2019s foot, corns, calluses, dry and cracked heels, fungus, discoloration and ingrown and overgrown toenails. \u2014 Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Yet somehow these mild-mannered institutionalists have produced, in the past thirteen years, some of the most iconoclastic shows on television\u2014joyful, cracked visions of moral chaos full of rude wit and formal experimentation. \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Below him, a crew repainted faded white lines on the cracked asphalt of the parking lot. \u2014 Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun , 13 May 2022",
"The 6-foot-2 guard set the template for head coach Al McGuire's most successful teams that were led by dynamic talents plucked from the cracked New York blacktops. \u2014 Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
"The tiny picture of 15-year-old Norma Kron, now somewhat yellow and slightly cracked , had lasted for nearly 80 years and survived multiple memorable events. \u2014 Caroline Silva, ajc , 7 June 2022",
"But Walsh cautioned that the decaying plaza and its massive swath of cracked , crumbling parking spaces would be a significant drag on both of those efforts. \u2014 Don Stacom, Hartford Courant , 29 May 2022"
],
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"\u2014 Justin F. Thulin"
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"Using the classic gerrymandering technique, cracking , they divided Salt Lake City (a Democrat stronghold) among three districts to drown out its Democratic voters with neighboring heavily Republican turf.",
"\u2014 Justin F. Thulin"
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"Adjective",
"I think it's a cracking story.",
"a writer renowned for her cracking tales of mystery and suspense",
"Adverb",
"tells a cracking good tale of a search for a lost city",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"This would be a disaster in modern concrete, producing micro- cracking and serious deterioration of the structure. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Another uninspired performance coupled with a a heavy defeat may well spell the end for the Basque manager at the Emirates, so this fixture should have plenty of undertones and be a cracking game of football. \u2014 SI.com , 28 Oct. 2019",
"This is shaping up to be a cracking game at Old Trafford that United will probably edge. \u2014 SI.com , 6 Aug. 2019",
"The National Flood Insurance Program, a vital but cracking foundation for homeowners and businesses alike in south Louisiana, expires in one month. \u2014 Drew Broach, NOLA.com , 31 May 2018",
"His fortunes finally turned back Wednesday, when van Garderen laid down a cracking time trial at the Tour of California. \u2014 sacbee , 16 May 2018",
"This is shaping up to be a cracking game at Old Trafford that United will probably edge. \u2014 SI.com , 6 Aug. 2019",
"The National Flood Insurance Program, a vital but cracking foundation for homeowners and businesses alike in south Louisiana, expires in one month. \u2014 Drew Broach, NOLA.com , 31 May 2018",
"His fortunes finally turned back Wednesday, when van Garderen laid down a cracking time trial at the Tour of California. \u2014 sacbee , 16 May 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But the interior looks to be in very reasonable shape for a nearly 20-year-old car, although the black leather seats features quite a bit of cracking and even one tear in the driver's-seat bolster. \u2014 Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver , 28 June 2022",
"In a large cracking sound heard over the river's roar, the house tipped into the waters and was pulled into the current. \u2014 Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News , 15 June 2022",
"In a large cracking sound heard over the river's roar, the house tipped into the waters and was pulled into the current. \u2014 Matthew Brown, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"In another prank that went viral throughout 2020, TikTok users bit down on uncooked pasta as an unsuspecting subject massaged their neck and back, producing a jarring cracking sound to spook the subject. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Instead of molar- cracking croutons, the lettuce is speckled with breadcrumbs, ensuring a bit of crunch with each bite. \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
"The first egg hatched on March 22, with the second cracking open on March 24. \u2014 Michael Hollan, Fox News , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Since the cap is the weakest part of the brick, pressure on the cap from the interior plastics can lead to premature cracking . \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2022",
"For example, a concrete slab foundation might be prone to cracking or uneven sinking, whereas a pier and beam foundation might suffer from shifting beams. \u2014 Robby Brown, Forbes , 2 May 2022"
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"1830, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1903, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
"1868, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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"one given to eccentric or lunatic notions"
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"\u02c8krak-\u02ccp\u00e4t"
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"everyone is tolerant of the town crackpot , a man who never hurt anyone",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the company has since halted the project following a mass resignation of its own advisers, who panned it as a crackpot dystopian fantasy that could militarize schools and get children hurt. \u2014 Drew Harwell, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
"His predictions interact in an amusing way with his crackpot obsessions, which include pesticides, supersonic air travel, and the Catholic Church. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Both voices, however, offer crackpot visions of a New Heaven, a New Earth, unmistakably doomed. \u2014 John Domini, Los Angeles Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Joe Rogan may sometimes go too far in promoting crackpot ideas about vaccines. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 1 Feb. 2022",
"All the signs had been there that Brooks was a dangerous crackpot . \u2014 Kyle Whitmire, al , 7 Jan. 2021",
"Well, yes Lending the institutional voice of a prestigious publication to a racist crackpot theory and then letting others write in to contest it is worthy of criticism. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 15 Nov. 2021",
"This neighbor lies and puts others at risk with those lies, spreads misinformation and crackpot theories about a global pandemic and is against a vaccine that saves lives. \u2014 Christine Brennan, USA TODAY , 8 Nov. 2021",
"At least Magic fans can be thankful Isaac is not some crackpot like Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving appears to be. \u2014 Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com , 27 Sep. 2021"
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"\u02c8kr\u0101d-\u1d4al",
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"Noun",
"She placed the phone back on its cradle .",
"A number of ships were resting in their cradles in the shipyard.",
"Verb",
"He cradled her face in his hands.",
"She was cradling the injured man's head in her arms.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Either America, the cradle of modern marketing, is suddenly full of untalented CMOs who are embodying the Peter Principle, or something bigger is indeed at play. \u2014 Scott Turner, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Most pads have a Velcro and cradle system that anchors the bikes to the truck and keeps the forks from damaging the back of your truck. \u2014 Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics , 8 June 2022",
"Pride is rooted the Stonewall Uprising, which became the cradle of the Gay Liberation Movement. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022",
"Sonoita straddles the junction of state routes 83 and 82, the cradle of Arizona\u2019s wine industry. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Vavilova casts it in the context of Russia and Ukraine (and Belarus too) being part of the same spiritual and historical family from the days of Kievan Rus, which became the cradle of Eastern Orthodoxy over 1,000 years ago. \u2014 Amy Kellogg, Fox News , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Some reviewers suggested that the musical needs more work to sort out its cat\u2019s cradle of plotlines. \u2014 Iris Fanger, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The cradle -to-grave biopic of the unofficial king of rock and roll is a whirlwind of audio/visual wonder. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"LCAs assess the impact of goods or services, typically from cradle (raw materials) to gate (when they are shipped to consumers); And they are commonly used to determine \u2018how sustainable\u2019 something is. \u2014 Brooke Roberts-islam, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The plush fill was able to effectively cradle the weight of their head while remaining quite cuddly. \u2014 Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 June 2022",
"The carrier features nylon outer layers that protect vehicle paint from scratches, while polyethylene foam cores softly cradle the cargo. \u2014 Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2022",
"In the harshest days, God is your Savior, and will cradle your pain away with His love. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 2 May 2022",
"The amount of weight on the bed determines how much the mattress will compress and cradle your body. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 28 Apr. 2022",
"These elevated body pillows are designed to gently cradle your bump; some are similar to an air mattress, while others are denser and made from memory foam to conform to your belly. \u2014 Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Chicago\u2019s best hot dogs come on soft, steamed buns, which cradle the hot dog without getting in the way. \u2014 Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Allen was able to get a shot in on Carman in the OT and flip around his hips to cradle him into a takedown, giving him a 3-1 sudden victory. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Bath pillows come in all shapes in sizes, but their purpose remains the same: to cradle your head, neck, and back against your bathtub's uncomfortable ledge. \u2014 ELLE , 24 Jan. 2022"
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"Middle English cradel , from Old English cradol ; perhaps akin to Old High German kratto basket, Sanskrit grantha knot":"Noun"
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": skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity":[
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"\u2014 Jack London"
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"Noun",
"the craft of cabinetmaking was much admired in colonial times",
"borrowed a craft to get across the river",
"Verb",
"The furniture is crafted from bamboo.",
"He is crafting a new sculpture.",
"She crafted a strategy to boost the company's earnings.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"With public support, a group of drone enthusiasts and engineers built a craft with a ten-foot wingspan and a flight endurance of more than five hours with a cruising speed of around 55 mph. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Much of that lies in his use of Indian artisanal craft . \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"But for families, dog owners, and friends keen to venture out on the water in one craft , consider a tandem kayak. \u2014 Chantae Reden, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022",
"Enjoy vintage, antiques, art, craft and just some pretty cool items for sale as well as live music and food trucks. \u2014 cleveland , 20 June 2022",
"Except for food and craft vendors from both cities, most everything is free. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"The $10 billion bipartisan deal Romney helped craft stalled in Congress amid a dispute over immigration policy. \u2014 Rachel Cohrs, STAT , 18 June 2022",
"There will be a wide selection of craft and domestic beers plus a variety of bottled wines and other beverages. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 18 June 2022",
"As a teenager, Selmer did bead weaving, a Native American craft . \u2014 Lyndi Mcnulty, Baltimore Sun , 18 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Whether people want to watch it or vote on it, for now, appears secondary to that desire to craft an official historical record. \u2014 James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"The current tour, stopping in arenas and amphitheaters, is a testament to Orzabal\u2019s and Smith\u2019s ability to craft artful music, as well as to their onstage chemistry. \u2014 Glenn Peoples, Billboard , 9 June 2022",
"Here is how to craft a resilient small business sales strategy. \u2014 Samantha Todd, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Aground is a Mining/Crafting RPG, where there is an overarching goal, story and reason to craft and build. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 31 May 2022",
"Alcorn created a community task force whose mission will be to craft a master plan for the Reston area that will include more permanent supportive housing and upgrades to the Embry Rucker emergency shelter. \u2014 Antonio Olivo, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"The goal was to craft a form that embodies the qualities encouraged by the content: pithy nuggets demanding careful thought, mental experimentation, and wide-ranging curiosity about morality and psychology. \u2014 Nate Anderson, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022",
"But behind the scenes in Washington, quiet work was underway to craft a plan in case all that failed. \u2014 Phil Mattingly, CNN , 26 Feb. 2022",
"The group says its aim was to craft a proposal free of pressure from special interests that respects the boundaries of the city\u2019s neighborhoods. \u2014 John Byrne, chicagotribune.com , 22 Oct. 2021"
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"Middle English, strength, skill, from Old English cr\u00e6ft ; akin to Old High German kraft strength":"Noun and Verb"
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"\u02c8kram"
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"sandwich",
"shoehorn",
"squeeze",
"stuff",
"wedge"
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"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mass",
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],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He crammed the suitcase with his clothes.",
"Before the trip I crammed my head with information about Spain.",
"Noun",
"battling the rush-hour cram in the subway",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"On the night of their graduation, the best friends cram four years of experiences into one night, like partying with their peers. \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 30 May 2022",
"Unihertz did manage to cram in dual physical SIM slots and an IR blaster, though. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 28 Apr. 2022",
"In the place where sport bikes keep their engines, the Navi has a lockable storage compartment large enough to cram in shoes, books or laptops (but not a full-face helmet). \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Members managed to cram quite a few items into the spending bill, including some controversial ones, such as changes to campaign finance rules. \u2014 Dan Woo, CBS News , 12 Dec. 2014",
"Maintenance work in the hangars is supported by a network of 20 specialized shops, where technicians struggle to cram high-tech gear into aging, World War II-era buildings, trying to perch their million-dollar machines above flood level. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"But economy is the greenest way to fly -- and budget airlines that cram as many seats in as possible are the most efficient planes in the sky. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 21 May 2022",
"The investment needed to continue to cram more transistors into ever smaller spaces\u2014while still turning a profit\u2014has forced consolidation among large semiconductor producers. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
"Hall sees the project, however, as a way to cram as many homes as possible on land that is not able to absorb septic effluents without endangering public health or the Provo River, a crucial water source for Utah and Salt Lake counties. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But Friday\u2019s program also served as an evening-length cram session on composer William Levi Dawson (1899-1990). \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Mar. 2022",
"With no attendance limits in place, more than 300,000 cram into Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the Sunday before Memorial Day. \u2014 Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Feb. 2022",
"As farmers, goats, street vendors, chickens, scuba divers and more cram onto the bus, Khan squeezes in Swahili and Arabic words, and L\u00f3pez loads head scarves and umbrellas with African patterns. \u2014 Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Authorities are also trying to rein in what the government sees as the excesses of society, including rabid celebrity fandom, academic cram schools and video gaming. \u2014 Fortune , 11 Jan. 2022",
"And while players like LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo cram games with high-flying feats, Curry has elevated the humble jump shot into something special. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Dec. 2021",
"The experts had cleared the 59% of Americans who are vaccinated to return to a semblance of pre-pandemic life \u2014 to board flights and cram into homes without masks for long-overdue reunions. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Dec. 2021",
"The experts had cleared the 59% of Americans who are vaccinated to return to a semblance of pre-pandemic life \u2014 to board flights and cram into homes without masks for long-overdue reunions. \u2014 Jaweed Kaleem, Kurtis Lee And Molly Hennessy-fiske, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Since wealthy Chinese can afford individual tutors to replace cram school classes, middle-class families who can\u2019t may end up losing out. \u2014 Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English crammen , from Old English crammian ; akin to Old Norse kremja to squeeze":"Verb"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1810, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
],
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
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"\u02c8kramp"
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"crick",
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"spasm"
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"crimp",
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"drag",
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"encumbrance",
"fetter",
"handicap",
"hindrance",
"holdback",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
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"stumbling block",
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"Writing for such a long time may cramp your hand.",
"His leg was cramping so badly he could hardly move it.",
"The new regulations may cramp the company's financial growth."
],
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"Middle English crampe , from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch crampe ; akin to Old High German krampf bent":"Noun",
"Middle English crampe , from Middle Dutch":"Noun"
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1674, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003223"
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"\u2014 used especially in the phrase quips and cranks"
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": caprice , crotchet":[],
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"\u2014 usually used with up the campaign is cranking up"
],
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"crank the window down"
],
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],
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"crank the starter"
],
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"character",
"codger",
"crack",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"eccentric",
"flake",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"kook",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"oddball",
"oddity",
"original",
"quiz",
"screwball",
"weirdo",
"zany"
],
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"activate",
"actuate",
"drive",
"move",
"run",
"set off",
"spark",
"start",
"touch off",
"trigger",
"turn on"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"To open the car window, turn the crank on the door.",
"He was dismissed as a crank until his article was published.",
"Most people think she's just a harmless crank .",
"Verb",
"He cranked the temperature to 75 degrees.",
"Crank the engine to see if it will start."
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English cranke , from Old English cranc- (as in crancst\u00e6f , a weaving instrument); probably akin to Middle High German krank weak, sick \u2014 more at cringe":"Noun",
"Middle English cranke":"Adjective",
"short for crank-sided easily tipped":"Adjective"
},
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1592, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1924, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"circa 1649, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221617"
},
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"type":[
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"adjective ()",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": given to fretful fussiness : readily angered when opposed : crotchety",
": marked by eccentricity",
": full of twists and turns : tortuous",
": working erratically : unpredictable",
": crazy , silly",
": crank entry 5",
": easily angered or irritated"
],
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"\u02c8kra\u014b-k\u0113",
"\u02c8kra\u014b-k\u0113"
],
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"awkward",
"bunglesome",
"clumsy",
"clunky",
"cumbersome",
"cumbrous",
"ponderous",
"ungainly",
"unhandy",
"unwieldy"
],
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"handy"
],
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"history_and_etymology":"Adjective (1)",
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"Adjective (1)",
"1821, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adjective (2)",
"1841, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205458"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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"\u02cckrap-\u02c8\u014d-l\u0259"
],
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"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The furniture in the garage is crapola .",
"Everything he says is just a bunch of crapola .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What\u2019s followed is an ongoing and endless stream of superhero crapola , with explosions subbing for intelligent characters and dialog. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 27 June 2019",
"Predictably before Lewis\u2019 presser, got a run of emails and social crapola suggesting the media was complicit in the Bengals eternal quest to be average. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 4 Jan. 2018",
"Well, what came next was a firestorm of typical (a)social media crapola . \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 24 Oct. 2017",
"The president of Colombia was standing next to him as the ignorance and the crapola began to fly. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 18 May 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"crap entry 2 + -ola , suffix forming jocular variants of words":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004552"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": markedly inferior in quality : not good or pleasant : lousy":[
"crappy weather",
"drove a crappy old car",
"I woke up feeling crappy , so I took a sick day.",
"That was the crappiest movie I've ever seen."
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kra-p\u0113"
],
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"bad",
"bargain-basement",
"bum",
"cheap",
"cheapjack",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"cut-rate",
"el cheapo",
"execrable",
"gimcrack",
"inferior",
"junky",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"poor",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"schlock",
"schlocky",
"shlock",
"shlocky",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"terrible",
"trashy",
"trumpery",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[
"excellent",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"good",
"high-grade",
"superior",
"top-notch"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"I think that was the crappiest movie I've ever seen.",
"I felt crappy all day yesterday.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In an era of crappy bank yields, a $481 semiannual coupon looks pretty good. \u2014 William Baldwin, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"On their official first date, to Colorado\u2019s Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, Erin was determined to chase powder despite the crappy snow conditions. \u2014 Patty Hodapp, Outside Online , 8 June 2022",
"And Howard did do some things that were crappy , like putting Kim in doc review and siding with Chuck when Jimmy could have joined HHM. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 May 2022",
"What all of these examples have in common is that the former require less activation energy\u2014the initial self-discipline and oomph to start something\u2014and feel good immediately but crappy later on. \u2014 Brad Stulberg, Outside Online , 24 May 2022",
"There are many people out there with big-name firms behind them, trying to sell you crappy investment products to earn a hefty commission. \u2014 David Rae, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Sometimes there are just crappy moments, seasons and years. \u2014 Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, a password-sharing crackdown is coming, and junk titles (like crappy reality shows) proliferate more than ever on the platform. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 8 May 2022",
"Jack\u2014older, paunchy, divorced\u2014lives in a crappy suburb, drinks beer, looks at the beauty of the sunset, and desperately loves his kids; his true worry is losing custody. \u2014 Mark Greif, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1928, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041442"
},
"crash":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to break violently and noisily : smash":[],
": to damage (an airplane) in landing":[],
": to cause to make a loud noise":[
"crash the cymbals together"
],
": to force (one's way) through with loud crashing noises":[],
": to enter or attend without invitation or without paying":[
"crash the party"
],
": to move toward aggressively (as in fighting for a rebound)":[
"basketball players crashing the boards"
],
": to cause (a computer system, component, or program) to crash":[],
": to break or go to pieces with or as if with violence and noise":[],
": to fall, land, or hit with destructive force":[],
": to decline suddenly and steeply":[],
": to suffer a sudden major failure usually with attendant loss of data":[],
": to make a smashing noise":[
"thunder crashing overhead"
],
": to move or force one's way with or as if with a crash":[
"crashes into the room"
],
": to experience the aftereffects (such as fatigue, irritability, headache, or depression) of a physiologically or psychologically active substance":[
"Prolonged use of cocaine\u2014repeatedly cycles of euphoria, crashing , and craving\u2014probably brings about changes in the postsynaptic neurons \u2026",
"\u2014 Robert Wilbur",
"Crashing from a sugar high never helped anyone remain awake all night.",
"\u2014 Justin Rocket Silverman"
],
": to lose energy : to become very fatigued":[
"It happens every afternoon like clockwork \u2026 I'm crashing , my body says. I need salt. Sugar. Fat. Now.",
"\u2014 James Oseland"
],
": a loud sound (as of things smashing)":[
"a crash of thunder"
],
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": an instance of crashing":[
"a plane crash",
"a system crash"
],
": a sudden decline (as of a population) or failure (as of a business)":[
"a stock market crash"
],
": the sudden, powerful occurrence of adverse aftereffects (such as fatigue, irritability, headache, or depression) following the use of a physiologically or psychologically active substance":[
"\u2026 the jitters, euphoria and eventual crash that come after caffeine or amphetamines.",
"\u2014 Graham Lawton",
"When it comes to snacks, bars can have a nutritional edge over candy. Many are lower in fat and sugars. And some bars might be less likely to cause sugar rushes followed by crashes .",
"\u2014 Consumer Reports"
],
": marked by a concerted effort and effected in the shortest possible time especially to meet emergency conditions":[
"a crash renovation program"
],
": a coarse fabric used for draperies, toweling, and clothing and for strengthening joints of cased-in books":[]
},
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"\u02c8krash"
],
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"break down",
"shatter",
"smash"
],
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"collision",
"concussion",
"crack-up",
"smash",
"smashup",
"wreck"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"She crashed the car into a tree, but no one was hurt.",
"He has crashed two cars, a truck, and a motorcycle.",
"We listened to the waves crashing against the shore.",
"The stuntman crashed through the window on a motorcycle.",
"The walls crashed down around them.",
"The books crashed to the floor.",
"The cymbals crashed and the trumpets blew.",
"Thunder crashed as the rain started to pour.",
"He crashed the cymbals together."
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English crasschen":"Verb",
"probably from Russian krashenina colored linen":"Noun"
},
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1945, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1812, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180123"
},
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"adverb"
],
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": utter , absolute":[
"a crashing bore"
],
": superlative":[
"a crashing effect"
]
},
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"\u02c8kra-shi\u014b"
],
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"blooming",
"bodacious",
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"categoric",
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"complete",
"consummate",
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"damned",
"dead",
"deadly",
"definite",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"fair",
"flat",
"flat-out",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"plumb",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
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"examples":[
"a crashing bore, he can turn any party into a funeral",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In practice, that means Facebook finds significantly more crashing bugs in a shorter amount of time. \u2014 Sebastian Anthony, Ars Technica , 22 Aug. 2017",
"Apple\u2019s once-unstoppable growth had come to a crashing halt: The number of iPhones sold was down 13 percent, and the company posted its first revenue decline in 13 years. \u2014 Vindu Goel, New York Times , 30 Apr. 2017"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1924, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223032"
},
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"adverb",
"noun"
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"crass concerns of daily life"
],
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"crass commercialism",
"crass measures of success"
]
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"coarse",
"common",
"crude",
"gross",
"ill-bred",
"illiberal",
"incult",
"insensible",
"low",
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"lowbrow",
"raffish",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"roughneck",
"rude",
"rugged",
"tasteless",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
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"smooth",
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"ultrarefined",
"well-bred"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for crass stupid , dull , dense , crass , dumb mean lacking in power to absorb ideas or impressions. stupid implies a slow-witted or dazed state of mind that may be either congenital or temporary. stupid students just keeping the seats warm stupid with drink dull suggests a slow or sluggish mind such as results from disease, depression, or shock. monotonous work that leaves the mind dull dense implies a thickheaded imperviousness to ideas. too dense to take a hint crass suggests a grossness of mind precluding discrimination or delicacy. a crass , materialistic people dumb applies to an exasperating obtuseness or lack of comprehension. too dumb to figure out what's going on",
"examples":[
"We are urgently in need of progress, but not if it means the kind of crass complacency that ignores the fact that history for most men and women to date has meant misery and fruitless toil \u2026 \u2014 Terry Eagleton , Harper's , March 2005",
"Minor criticism though it was compared to the rest, the most galling calumny of all as far as Gaius Marius was concerned was the perpetual inference that he was unacceptably crass because he had no Greek. \u2014 Colleen McCullough , The First Man in Rome , (1990) 1991",
"He had removed her from that crass monied Middle Atlantic society where she had seemed stilted and fragile. \u2014 John Updike , Couples , 1968",
"A few people seemed shocked by her crass comments.",
"a loudmouthed jerk given to rude jokes and crass comments",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Though her presentation may be slicker than the former president\u2019s and her words may not be as crass , the impact is the same: undermining faith in elections. \u2014 Larry Hogan, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"Remember, most full-time Latter-day Saint missionaries are between 18 and 24, an age often typified by adolescent attitudes, risky behavior, even crass humor. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"Musk posted a photo of Gates wearing a blue polo shirt stretched across his stomach next to an emoji of a pregnant man, and captioned the images with a crass observation about Gates\u2019s girth. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 May 2022",
"Rockwell expertly wields Teach\u2019s crass behavior, finding ways to deepen a character that could too easily feel one note. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Likewise, the focus on how similar candidates are to Trump centers almost entirely on personality: how crass and outrageous and brazenly untruthful a candidate can be. \u2014 Nicole Hemmer, CNN , 20 Jan. 2022",
"If a crass , narcissistic entrepreneur could be elected to the highest office in the land, what else could happen? \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Some Hollywood figures, pundits and viewers have been supportive of Smith, or at least sympathetic, arguing that the actor was simply defending his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, after Rock made a crass joke about her shaved head. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Von Tang didn\u2019t shy away from embellishment: One bold catsuit even had sequin flames at the crotch, a detail that read a bit more crass than luxurious. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 16 Feb. 2022"
],
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"Latin crassus thick, gross":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202116"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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"crass concerns of daily life"
],
": guided by or indicative of base or materialistic values":[
"crass commercialism",
"crass measures of success"
]
},
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"\u02c8kras"
],
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"coarse",
"common",
"crude",
"gross",
"ill-bred",
"illiberal",
"incult",
"insensible",
"low",
"lowbred",
"lowbrow",
"raffish",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"roughneck",
"rude",
"rugged",
"tasteless",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
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"civilized",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"genteel",
"polished",
"refined",
"smooth",
"tasteful",
"ultrarefined",
"well-bred"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for crass stupid , dull , dense , crass , dumb mean lacking in power to absorb ideas or impressions. stupid implies a slow-witted or dazed state of mind that may be either congenital or temporary. stupid students just keeping the seats warm stupid with drink dull suggests a slow or sluggish mind such as results from disease, depression, or shock. monotonous work that leaves the mind dull dense implies a thickheaded imperviousness to ideas. too dense to take a hint crass suggests a grossness of mind precluding discrimination or delicacy. a crass , materialistic people dumb applies to an exasperating obtuseness or lack of comprehension. too dumb to figure out what's going on",
"examples":[
"We are urgently in need of progress, but not if it means the kind of crass complacency that ignores the fact that history for most men and women to date has meant misery and fruitless toil \u2026 \u2014 Terry Eagleton , Harper's , March 2005",
"Minor criticism though it was compared to the rest, the most galling calumny of all as far as Gaius Marius was concerned was the perpetual inference that he was unacceptably crass because he had no Greek. \u2014 Colleen McCullough , The First Man in Rome , (1990) 1991",
"He had removed her from that crass monied Middle Atlantic society where she had seemed stilted and fragile. \u2014 John Updike , Couples , 1968",
"A few people seemed shocked by her crass comments.",
"a loudmouthed jerk given to rude jokes and crass comments",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Though her presentation may be slicker than the former president\u2019s and her words may not be as crass , the impact is the same: undermining faith in elections. \u2014 Larry Hogan, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"Remember, most full-time Latter-day Saint missionaries are between 18 and 24, an age often typified by adolescent attitudes, risky behavior, even crass humor. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"Musk posted a photo of Gates wearing a blue polo shirt stretched across his stomach next to an emoji of a pregnant man, and captioned the images with a crass observation about Gates\u2019s girth. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 May 2022",
"Rockwell expertly wields Teach\u2019s crass behavior, finding ways to deepen a character that could too easily feel one note. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Likewise, the focus on how similar candidates are to Trump centers almost entirely on personality: how crass and outrageous and brazenly untruthful a candidate can be. \u2014 Nicole Hemmer, CNN , 20 Jan. 2022",
"If a crass , narcissistic entrepreneur could be elected to the highest office in the land, what else could happen? \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Some Hollywood figures, pundits and viewers have been supportive of Smith, or at least sympathetic, arguing that the actor was simply defending his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, after Rock made a crass joke about her shaved head. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Von Tang didn\u2019t shy away from embellishment: One bold catsuit even had sequin flames at the crotch, a detail that read a bit more crass than luxurious. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 16 Feb. 2022"
],
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"Latin crassus thick, gross":""
},
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"circa 1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185417"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": the bowl-shaped depression around the orifice of a volcano":[],
": a depression formed by an impact (as of a meteorite)":[],
": a hole in the ground made by the explosion of a bomb or shell":[],
": an eroded lesion":[],
": a dimple in a painted surface":[],
": a constellation that is visible between the constellations of Corvus and Hydra and that is represented by the figure of a cup":[
"Both the cup and the snake are here in the sky. If you have dark enough skies, you can spot the faint stars of Crater the cup and Hydra the snake to the right of Corvus.",
"\u2014 Kevin D. Conod"
],
": to exhibit or form craters":[],
": to fail or fall suddenly and dramatically : collapse , crash":[
"the deal cratered",
"cratering stock prices"
],
": to form craters in":[],
": a jar or vase of classical antiquity having a large round body and a wide mouth and used for mixing wine and water":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0101t-\u0259r",
"\u02c8kr\u0101-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flame out",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"tank",
"wash out"
],
"antonyms":[
"click",
"come off",
"deliver",
"go",
"go over",
"pan out",
"succeed",
"work out"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The deal cratered when neither party could agree on the final price.",
"Stock prices cratered after the companies' merger.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For this flight, however, Ingenuity would have to dip into the crater . \u2014 Christian Davenport, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Descend into the crater for natural quiet, dress warmly, and bring water and a headlamp, because thick mist can arrive at any time, advises Hempton. \u2014 Kathleen Rellihan, Outside Online , 15 Apr. 2022",
"And there aren't the usual features associated with a collapse into a crater . \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Other observations provide hints of a deluge that gushed into the crater with enough power to carry along the large boulders now haphazardly strewn in some areas. \u2014 Nadia Drake, Scientific American , 17 Feb. 2022",
"An artistic representation of the ablative arc mining system deployed into a crater near the lunar south pole. \u2014 Ramin Skibba, Wired , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Each image Curiosity collects and shares of these features is helping researchers piece together the chronology of water's presence in the crater . \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The top speed of Perseverance is the same as that of Curiosity, the rover NASA landed in another crater in 2012. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
"For one, the scientists have already concluded that the rocks in the crater have encountered water multiple times. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Such laws typically aim to contain risk, since stocks can crater in a downturn and illiquid private market investments can be difficult to cash out of if pension funds need the money to pay benefits. \u2014 Heather Gillers, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The regime change has left markets effectively on their own and led risk assets, including stocks and cryptocurrencies, to crater as investors grapple with the new norm. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 10 May 2022",
"Overdo it, and demand could crater , resulting in a recession. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 6 May 2022",
"Home sales did not crater even in the late 1970s and 1980s when mortgage rates were in double-digits. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 6 May 2022",
"By our estimates, reaching historical P/Rs over the next five years dictated that prices would crater by 25.1% in Washington, D.C.; 19.5% in Seattle; 23.5% in Phoenix; 24% in Jacksonville; and 34% in Miami. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
"With more flexible infrastructure, marketing and sales teams can test and optimize on the fly, seeking growth without worrying that systems will crater , dealing irreparable damage to customer relationships. \u2014 Jim Stirewalt, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Allow confidence to crater because of one full-season snapshot that, at least to this point in his career, amounts to an anomaly? \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Mar. 2022",
"In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, stay-at-home orders caused oil prices to crater as demand for oil bottomed out. \u2014 al , 11 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Latin cr\u0101t\u0113r, cr\u0101t\u0113ra \"mixing bowl, basin of a fountain, bowl-shaped depression around the mouth of a volcano,\" borrowed from Greek kr\u0101t\u1e17r \"mixing bowl, bowl-shaped depression around the mouth of a volcano,\" from kr\u0101-, variant stem of ker\u00e1nn\u0233mi, kerann\u00fdnai \"to mix, mingle (as wine with water)\" (going back to Indo-European *\u1e31erh 2 -, *\u1e31r\u0325h 2 - \"mix,\" whence also Sanskrit \u0101\u0301-\u015b\u012brta- \"mixed,\" Avestan s\u0101r\u0259\u1e47t\u0113 \"[they] meet, unite\") + -t\u0113r, instrumental suffix":"Noun",
"derivative of crater entry 1":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1884, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011406"
},
"craven":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted":[
"\u2026 craven mercenaries who would not fight \u2026",
"\u2014 Thomas Fleming"
],
": defeated , vanquished":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0101-v\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"chicken-livered",
"chickenhearted",
"cowardly",
"dastardly",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"recreant",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
],
"antonyms":[
"brave",
"courageous",
"daring",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for craven cowardly , pusillanimous , craven , dastardly mean having or showing a lack of courage. cowardly implies a weak or ignoble lack of courage. a cowardly failure to stand up for principle pusillanimous suggests a contemptible lack of courage. the pusillanimous fear of a future full of possibility craven suggests extreme defeatism and complete lack of resistance. secretly despised her own craven yes-men dastardly often implies behavior that is both cowardly and treacherous or skulking or outrageous. a dastardly attack on unarmed civilians",
"examples":[
"a craven refusal to deliver the unwelcome news personally",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Under the circumstances, then, the Special Olympics organization\u2019s craven response to the DeSantis threat is nothing less than a betrayal of its own community. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"The Republicans are hell-bent on the destruction of American democracy, or else too craven to stand in the way\u2014the result is the same. \u2014 George Packer, The Atlantic , 18 May 2022",
"His knack for skewering Broadway\u2019s smash hits and for commenting on its craven tendencies to dumb down for and rip off its customers is unparalleled. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s the power to change some of the awful, craven aspects of our current culture. \u2014 Cameron Smith | Csmith@al.com, al , 13 Apr. 2022",
"This mass radicalization is driven at various levels\u2014through social media, divisive political messaging, a craven mainstream news media (at times compared with Radio Rwanda), and historical revisionism, increasingly through cinema. \u2014 Debasish Roy Chowdhury, Time , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The choice was roundly lambasted at the time and generally attributed to a craven motive. \u2014 Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
"As a movie, The Batman shows Hollywood\u2019s craven manipulation of its easily susceptible audience. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Cheney and Kinzinger clearly find this craven , concluding that the problem, far from fading away, is getting worse and has to be taken head-on. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 14 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English cravant":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014745"
},
"cravenness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted",
": defeated , vanquished",
": cowardly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0101-v\u0259n",
"\u02c8kr\u0101-v\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"chicken-livered",
"chickenhearted",
"cowardly",
"dastardly",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"recreant",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
],
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"brave",
"courageous",
"daring",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
],
"examples":[
"a craven refusal to deliver the unwelcome news personally",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Republicans are hell-bent on the destruction of American democracy, or else too craven to stand in the way\u2014the result is the same. \u2014 George Packer, The Atlantic , 18 May 2022",
"His knack for skewering Broadway\u2019s smash hits and for commenting on its craven tendencies to dumb down for and rip off its customers is unparalleled. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s the power to change some of the awful, craven aspects of our current culture. \u2014 Cameron Smith | Csmith@al.com, al , 13 Apr. 2022",
"This mass radicalization is driven at various levels\u2014through social media, divisive political messaging, a craven mainstream news media (at times compared with Radio Rwanda), and historical revisionism, increasingly through cinema. \u2014 Debasish Roy Chowdhury, Time , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The choice was roundly lambasted at the time and generally attributed to a craven motive. \u2014 Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
"As a movie, The Batman shows Hollywood\u2019s craven manipulation of its easily susceptible audience. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Cheney and Kinzinger clearly find this craven , concluding that the problem, far from fading away, is getting worse and has to be taken head-on. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 14 Feb. 2022",
"And those elements are plenty: an alligator suitcase stuffed with cash; an ancient treasure buried under old floorboards; and the craven relatives leveraging the legal system to gain control of Ptolemy\u2019s fortune. \u2014 Joshua Alston, Variety , 10 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English cravant ",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214921"
},
"crawl":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to move on one's hands and knees":[
"The baby crawled toward her mother."
],
": to move slowly in a prone position without or as if without the use of limbs":[
"The snake crawled into its hole.",
"The soldiers crawled forward on their bellies."
],
": to move or progress slowly or laboriously":[
"traffic crawling along at 10 miles an hour"
],
": to advance by guile or servility":[
"crawling into favor by toadying to his boss"
],
": to spread by extending stems or tendrils":[
"a crawling vine"
],
": to be alive or swarming with or as if with creeping things":[
"a kitchen crawling with ants"
],
": to have the sensation of insects creeping over one":[
"the story made her flesh crawl"
],
": to fail to stay evenly spread":[
"\u2014 used of paint, varnish, or glaze"
],
": to move upon in or as if in a creeping manner":[
"all the creatures that crawl the earth"
],
": to reprove harshly":[
"they got no good right to crawl me for what I wrote",
"\u2014 Marjorie K. Rawlings"
],
": the act or action of crawling":[],
": slow or laborious progress":[],
": a going from one pub to another":[],
": a fast swimming stroke executed in a prone position with alternating overarm strokes and a flutter kick":[],
": lettering that moves vertically or horizontally across a television or motion-picture screen to give information (such as performer credits or news bulletins)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u022fl"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly",
"creep",
"grovel",
"slide",
"slither",
"snake",
"worm",
"wriggle"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Does the baby crawl yet?",
"We got down on our knees and crawled through a small opening.",
"The baby crawled across the floor toward her mother.",
"The soldiers crawled forward on their bellies.",
"The snake crawled into its hole.",
"They're doing construction on the road, so traffic is crawling .",
"I worked late into the night, and it was 2 a.m. before I finally crawled into bed.",
"The bus crawled along the rough and narrow road.",
"The days slowly crawled by.",
"Work on the project has crawled to a standstill .",
"Noun",
"Near the construction site, traffic had slowed to a crawl .",
"The bus was moving along at a crawl .",
"Her strongest stroke is the crawl .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The only question was which one is going to crawl out on top of the other? \u2014 Fox News Staff, Fox News , 2 June 2022",
"But the Sorcerer Supreme isn\u2019t the only familiar face looking to take a bite out of the box office as the movie industry continues to crawl out from under the effects of the pandemic. \u2014 cleveland , 3 May 2022",
"Had to park between two large trucks (only space left) with 6 inches on either side of our Sienna, then crawl in and out of the back hatch. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 9 June 2022",
"While Indiana led by seven at halftime, the Fever\u2019s usual third-quarter slump hit, allowing the Liberty to crawl back and grab an 87-74 win. \u2014 Gabby Hajduk, The Indianapolis Star , 2 June 2022",
"Officers then broke out the windows in the room so Daniel and his classmates could crawl outside, leaving shards of glass in the palm of their hands. \u2014 Tim Craig, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"The Suns led by as many as 15 in the first quarter, but Dallas used the three-point line to crawl back within four points over the first 6\u00bd minutes of the second quarter. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 2 May 2022",
"Officers then broke out the windows in the room so Daniel and his classmates could crawl outside, leaving shards of glass in the palm of their hands. \u2014 Tim Craig, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
"As Aaron Paul's Caleb Nichols struggles to crawl away from a robotic fiend, Jeffrey Wright's Bernard Lowe is shaking while surrounded by blood. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Yet the relocation stalled over the next two years as Portland\u2019s infamous bureaucracy and red tape slowed momentum to a crawl and the coronavirus pandemic caused further delays. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 June 2022",
"After seeing a doubling of Apple Card holders in 2020, growth in 2021 slowed to a crawl . \u2014 Ron Shevlin, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Faraday is confounded by Newton\u2019s schematics for the machine and his inability to uncover new information brings everything to a crawl . \u2014 Hau Chu, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"The play area will encourage kids to climb, crawl , tunnel, balance and dig. \u2014 cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"Birmingham super bugs crawl all over you inside or outside your house. \u2014 David Sher, al , 8 May 2022",
"Each cicchetto is as creative as the individual who invents it, which makes going on a giro de ombre -- a bacaro crawl -- a chance to taste the soul of Venice. \u2014 Cat Bauer, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The center console knob switches between 2Hi, 4Hi and 4Lo controls and allows the Bronco to blast, climb or, if necessary, crawl over obstacles. \u2014 Kyle Edward, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Not long after the Russian convoy menacing Kyiv slowed to a crawl , pictures and videos began to emerge showing its military vehicles apparently damaged in what Ukrainian locals said was evidence that one front of Russia\u2019s invasion was repelled. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old Norse krafla":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055538"
},
"crawling":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to move on one's hands and knees",
": to move slowly in a prone position without or as if without the use of limbs",
": to move or progress slowly or laboriously",
": to advance by guile or servility",
": to spread by extending stems or tendrils",
": to be alive or swarming with or as if with creeping things",
": to have the sensation of insects creeping over one",
": to fail to stay evenly spread",
": to move upon in or as if in a creeping manner",
": to reprove harshly",
": the act or action of crawling",
": slow or laborious progress",
": a going from one pub to another",
": a fast swimming stroke executed in a prone position with alternating overarm strokes and a flutter kick",
": lettering that moves vertically or horizontally across a television or motion-picture screen to give information (such as performer credits or news bulletins)",
": to move slowly with the body close to the ground : move on hands and knees",
": to go very slowly or carefully",
": to be covered with or have the feeling of being covered with creeping things",
": the act or motion of going very slowly",
": a swimming stroke performed by moving first one arm over the head and then the other while kicking the legs"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u022fl",
"\u02c8kr\u022fl"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly",
"creep",
"grovel",
"slide",
"slither",
"snake",
"worm",
"wriggle"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Had to park between two large trucks (only space left) with 6 inches on either side of our Sienna, then crawl in and out of the back hatch. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 9 June 2022",
"While Indiana led by seven at halftime, the Fever\u2019s usual third-quarter slump hit, allowing the Liberty to crawl back and grab an 87-74 win. \u2014 Gabby Hajduk, The Indianapolis Star , 2 June 2022",
"Officers then broke out the windows in the room so Daniel and his classmates could crawl outside, leaving shards of glass in the palm of their hands. \u2014 Tim Craig, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"The Suns led by as many as 15 in the first quarter, but Dallas used the three-point line to crawl back within four points over the first 6\u00bd minutes of the second quarter. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 2 May 2022",
"Officers then broke out the windows in the room so Daniel and his classmates could crawl outside, leaving shards of glass in the palm of their hands. \u2014 Tim Craig, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
"As Aaron Paul's Caleb Nichols struggles to crawl away from a robotic fiend, Jeffrey Wright's Bernard Lowe is shaking while surrounded by blood. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"The Sandra Bullock/Channing Tatum rom-com adventure should still crawl to $100 million domestic by the end. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
"But Halloween movies come and go every year, and some wash away like the fake blood off a costume, while others crawl their way into your bones and stick around forever. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, Good Housekeeping , 19 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The play area will encourage kids to climb, crawl , tunnel, balance and dig. \u2014 cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"Birmingham super bugs crawl all over you inside or outside your house. \u2014 David Sher, al , 8 May 2022",
"Each cicchetto is as creative as the individual who invents it, which makes going on a giro de ombre -- a bacaro crawl -- a chance to taste the soul of Venice. \u2014 Cat Bauer, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The center console knob switches between 2Hi, 4Hi and 4Lo controls and allows the Bronco to blast, climb or, if necessary, crawl over obstacles. \u2014 Kyle Edward, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Not long after the Russian convoy menacing Kyiv slowed to a crawl , pictures and videos began to emerge showing its military vehicles apparently damaged in what Ukrainian locals said was evidence that one front of Russia\u2019s invasion was repelled. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Patrick's Day crawl in four Milwaukee nightlife districts, returns from noon to 6 p.m. March 5. \u2014 Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 Mar. 2022",
"So, the Ravens are going to have to fight, crawl , scratch, yell and scream for every win. \u2014 Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Grab the kiddos for Kinder Nights, December 17-19, featuring a downtown cookie crawl , a visit with Santa, a scavenger hunt, and real reindeer. \u2014 Katie Friel, Chron , 22 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
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"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205959"
},
"craziness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": full of cracks or flaws : unsound":[
"\u2026 they were very crazy , wretched cabins \u2026",
"\u2014 Charles Dickens"
],
": crooked , askew":[],
": not mentally sound : marked by thought or action that lacks reason : insane sense 1b":[
"yelling like a crazy man",
"\u2014 not used technically"
],
": impractical":[
"a crazy plan"
],
": erratic":[
"crazy drivers"
],
": being out of the ordinary : unusual":[
"a taste for crazy hats"
],
": distracted with desire or excitement":[
"a thrill- crazy mob",
"The fans went crazy when their team won the championship."
],
": absurdly fond : infatuated":[
"He's crazy about the girl."
],
": passionately preoccupied : obsessed":[
"crazy about boats"
],
": to an extreme degree":[
"everyone dancing like crazy"
],
": extremely , wildly":[
"crazy good"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0101-z\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"bizarre",
"fanciful",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"foolish",
"insane",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
"unreal",
"wild"
],
"antonyms":[
"bug",
"crackbrain",
"fool",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"loon",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"maniac",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"psycho",
"psychopath",
"sickie",
"sicko",
"wacko",
"whacko"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He's been acting kind of crazy lately.",
"There are a lot of crazy drivers on the streets.",
"You are crazy to have paid so much for this car.",
"You would be crazy not to accept their offer!",
"What a crazy thing to do!",
"Noun",
"A bunch of crazies live there.",
"one unsympathetic homeowner insisted that all homeless people are crazies",
"Adverb",
"I bought some crazy good stuff there.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Like, the Blackmagic Cinema Camera that everyone\u2019s crazy about had just barely come out. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
"There\u2019s always kind of crazy stuff going on in this business. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun , 18 June 2022",
"But then in the mix of that, there is also 20 people at-ing me at one time, saying crazy stuff. \u2014 Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
"One night, when our families were having dinner together, Chip and I were talking about crazy stuff people did. \u2014 Charles Mcgrath, The New Yorker , 27 May 2022",
"At least the crazy heat that found Death Valley was not a threat to the all-time record. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
"Both kids and parents alike will go crazy for these juice boxes, which are shelf-stable and slip into most totes and coolers without bulky can or bottle packaging. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
"The Detroit Tigers just added a few more surprising twists to this crazy , unpredictable season. \u2014 Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press , 16 May 2022",
"Abbate said his research has shown that bees do go crazy for tallow trees. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 8 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The campus crazies demanding safe spaces seem to have polluted the entire culture with fear and anxiety. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 2 May 2020",
"Doyle\u2019s message to stir- crazy , nature-seeking folks: Feel free to hike and enjoy the great outdoors. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com , 25 Apr. 2020",
"There are four types of winter drivers: plodders, joggers, speeders and crazies . \u2014 cleveland , 8 Feb. 2020",
"There are a lot of crazies in the city and a lot of bad guys. \u2014 Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com , 11 Jan. 2020",
"The Crimson Tide\u2019s student section under first-year coach Nate Oats doesn\u2019t have a catchy new nickname yet, but the hardhat wearing Crimson crazies showed up in force for the home team\u2019s gritty 77-74 victory against Kansas State. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 28 Jan. 2020",
"Please don\u2019t engage with the crazies in the comments. \u2014 Christina Oehler, Health.com , 15 Nov. 2019",
"Players marveled at the crowd\u2019s enthusiasm after the game, and Gruden kept his tradition of visiting with the crazies after a Raiders win. \u2014 Jerry Mcdonald, The Mercury News , 14 Sep. 2019",
"That\u2019s the same thing that the Dayton, Ohio shooter did\u2026You have fringe crazies on all sides. \u2014 Bill Lambrecht, ExpressNews.com , 7 Aug. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"For a smart woman hyper-alert to the nature of language, Adriaan\u2019s oblique, infrequent text messages create a crazy -making predicament. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 July 2021",
"When Teigen and her husband, John Legend, first started trying to have a baby, not getting pregnant felt crazy -making. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 20 Apr. 2021",
"Then the internet started going crazy over whipping instant coffee and shortcut recipes. \u2014 Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens , 19 May 2020",
"Of course, Amy's fans are going crazy over the engagement announcement. \u2014 Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping , 20 Sep. 2019",
"The twitter world is going crazy over this epic pitch by Oliver Drake of the Tampa Bay Rays. \u2014 Rhett Allain, WIRED , 31 July 2019",
"While everyone is going crazy over the deals at Amazon for Prime Day right now, Newegg is sneaking through the back door of the bargain basement with its FantasTech sale. \u2014 Ian Paul, PCWorld , 17 July 2018",
"The Fake News is going crazy making up false stories and using only unnamed sources (who don\u2019t exist). \u2014 Ryan Teague Beckwith, Time , 7 June 2018",
"The Fake News is going crazy making up false stories and using only unnamed sources (who don\u2019t exist). \u2014 Ryan Teague Beckwith, Time , 7 June 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"see craze entry 1":"Adverb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1867, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1887, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025239"
},
"crazy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": full of cracks or flaws : unsound":[
"\u2026 they were very crazy , wretched cabins \u2026",
"\u2014 Charles Dickens"
],
": crooked , askew":[],
": not mentally sound : marked by thought or action that lacks reason : insane sense 1b":[
"yelling like a crazy man",
"\u2014 not used technically"
],
": impractical":[
"a crazy plan"
],
": erratic":[
"crazy drivers"
],
": being out of the ordinary : unusual":[
"a taste for crazy hats"
],
": distracted with desire or excitement":[
"a thrill- crazy mob",
"The fans went crazy when their team won the championship."
],
": absurdly fond : infatuated":[
"He's crazy about the girl."
],
": passionately preoccupied : obsessed":[
"crazy about boats"
],
": to an extreme degree":[
"everyone dancing like crazy"
],
": extremely , wildly":[
"crazy good"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0101-z\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"bizarre",
"fanciful",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"foolish",
"insane",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
"unreal",
"wild"
],
"antonyms":[
"bug",
"crackbrain",
"fool",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"loon",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"maniac",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"psycho",
"psychopath",
"sickie",
"sicko",
"wacko",
"whacko"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He's been acting kind of crazy lately.",
"There are a lot of crazy drivers on the streets.",
"You are crazy to have paid so much for this car.",
"You would be crazy not to accept their offer!",
"What a crazy thing to do!",
"Noun",
"A bunch of crazies live there.",
"one unsympathetic homeowner insisted that all homeless people are crazies",
"Adverb",
"I bought some crazy good stuff there.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Like, the Blackmagic Cinema Camera that everyone\u2019s crazy about had just barely come out. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
"There\u2019s always kind of crazy stuff going on in this business. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun , 18 June 2022",
"But then in the mix of that, there is also 20 people at-ing me at one time, saying crazy stuff. \u2014 Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
"One night, when our families were having dinner together, Chip and I were talking about crazy stuff people did. \u2014 Charles Mcgrath, The New Yorker , 27 May 2022",
"At least the crazy heat that found Death Valley was not a threat to the all-time record. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
"Both kids and parents alike will go crazy for these juice boxes, which are shelf-stable and slip into most totes and coolers without bulky can or bottle packaging. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
"The Detroit Tigers just added a few more surprising twists to this crazy , unpredictable season. \u2014 Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press , 16 May 2022",
"Abbate said his research has shown that bees do go crazy for tallow trees. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 8 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The campus crazies demanding safe spaces seem to have polluted the entire culture with fear and anxiety. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 2 May 2020",
"Doyle\u2019s message to stir- crazy , nature-seeking folks: Feel free to hike and enjoy the great outdoors. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com , 25 Apr. 2020",
"There are four types of winter drivers: plodders, joggers, speeders and crazies . \u2014 cleveland , 8 Feb. 2020",
"There are a lot of crazies in the city and a lot of bad guys. \u2014 Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com , 11 Jan. 2020",
"The Crimson Tide\u2019s student section under first-year coach Nate Oats doesn\u2019t have a catchy new nickname yet, but the hardhat wearing Crimson crazies showed up in force for the home team\u2019s gritty 77-74 victory against Kansas State. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 28 Jan. 2020",
"Please don\u2019t engage with the crazies in the comments. \u2014 Christina Oehler, Health.com , 15 Nov. 2019",
"Players marveled at the crowd\u2019s enthusiasm after the game, and Gruden kept his tradition of visiting with the crazies after a Raiders win. \u2014 Jerry Mcdonald, The Mercury News , 14 Sep. 2019",
"That\u2019s the same thing that the Dayton, Ohio shooter did\u2026You have fringe crazies on all sides. \u2014 Bill Lambrecht, ExpressNews.com , 7 Aug. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"For a smart woman hyper-alert to the nature of language, Adriaan\u2019s oblique, infrequent text messages create a crazy -making predicament. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 July 2021",
"When Teigen and her husband, John Legend, first started trying to have a baby, not getting pregnant felt crazy -making. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 20 Apr. 2021",
"Then the internet started going crazy over whipping instant coffee and shortcut recipes. \u2014 Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens , 19 May 2020",
"Of course, Amy's fans are going crazy over the engagement announcement. \u2014 Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping , 20 Sep. 2019",
"The twitter world is going crazy over this epic pitch by Oliver Drake of the Tampa Bay Rays. \u2014 Rhett Allain, WIRED , 31 July 2019",
"While everyone is going crazy over the deals at Amazon for Prime Day right now, Newegg is sneaking through the back door of the bargain basement with its FantasTech sale. \u2014 Ian Paul, PCWorld , 17 July 2018",
"The Fake News is going crazy making up false stories and using only unnamed sources (who don\u2019t exist). \u2014 Ryan Teague Beckwith, Time , 7 June 2018",
"The Fake News is going crazy making up false stories and using only unnamed sources (who don\u2019t exist). \u2014 Ryan Teague Beckwith, Time , 7 June 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"see craze entry 1":"Adverb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1867, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1887, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233726"
},
"crazy quilt":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a patchwork quilt without a design":[],
": jumble , hodgepodge":[
"a crazy quilt of regulations"
],
": resembling a crazy quilt : haphazard":[
"a crazy-quilt system"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0101-z\u0113-\u02c8kwilt"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a crazy quilt of streets",
"an environmental issue that brought together a crazy quilt of people from all points on the political spectrum",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"His career has been a fascinating hodgepodge of feints and fake-outs, a crazy quilt of dumb-smart action flicks, brainy meta-meditations, daring experiments, rom-coms, family films. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"After watching an introductory film, visitors browse treasures, including an 1885 crazy quilt made by the Jewish Ladies\u2019 Sewing Circle in Canton, Miss., who raffled it off to fund its local synagogue. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 July 2021",
"The defense characterized the government theory as a crazy quilt of bad inferences, perjured testimony and junk science, stitched together in a vengeful bid to destroy a criminal defense attorney whose only crime was doing his job too well. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2021",
"The walls were covered with ones, jasper, porphyry, and a dozen different marbles and, set in this crazy quilt , were carved, crystal medallions. \u2014 Lucy Yeomans, House Beautiful , 10 June 2021",
"According to oral tradition, the two systems incorporated a pre-1883 hodgepodge of pipes \u2013 some wooden, wells, and springs that ran in a crazy quilt hither and yon. \u2014 Kevin Dayhoff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 12 Mar. 2021",
"But the patchwork of stations is a crazy quilt compared to Tesla\u2019s uniform, multi-stall superchargers. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 26 Dec. 2020",
"The search commission had 40,000 names of the disappeared in a crazy quilt of Excel documents and Word files, replete with duplications and typos. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2020",
"After four centuries of building and razing, almost every block is a crazy quilt of structures and styles, and every era has its problems. \u2014 Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker , 23 Nov. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1888, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061409"
},
"creak":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a rasping or grating noise":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0113k"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"drag",
"inch",
"limp",
"nose",
"ooze",
"plod",
"poke",
"slouch",
"snail"
],
"antonyms":[
"grind",
"jar",
"rasp",
"scrape",
"scratch"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The old floorboards creaked under our feet.",
"The porch roof creaked with the heavy weight of the snow.",
"Noun",
"the creak of a floorboard",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"If the piece is in good condition, the arm won\u2019t wobble or creak . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"The aging boards still creak as people walk along the porch to the front door. \u2014 Tom Henderson | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Faced with harsh economic and diplomatic wounds, Russia will start to creak and crumble, and before long its citizens will grow weary of his sclerotic, autocratic governance. \u2014 Jack Devine, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The snow was cold enough to creak and shiver beneath my skis, and the yellow birch forest strained the morning sunshine into silvered lines of shadow. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Thad Young rose from the bench midway through the second quarter in Milwaukee and spectators in the front row at Fiserv Forum could almost hear his knees creak . \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 7 Nov. 2021",
"If using flower pots: Start by elevating the pots on bricks to creak airflow from the bottom. \u2014 San Antonio Express-News , 11 Oct. 2021",
"But what will happen when its windows grow dark, the paint starts to crumble, and its boards creak in the winter wind? \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 14 Sep. 2021",
"But over the coming weeks, many of these workplaces will creak slowly back to life. \u2014 Emily Anthes, New York Times , 11 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"An iceberg splits with the same yawning creak as a tree beginning its fall to earth. \u2014 Greg Noone, Outside Online , 15 Oct. 2020",
"Less impressive was our tester\u2019s often brittle, fidgety ride and the occasional creak and groan from the body over particularly nasty Milanese ruts and potholes. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The room was silent \u2014 no beating hearts, ticking clocks or gnostic ravens \u2014 except for the creak of a chair and the soft flutter of a turning page. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2022",
"This heated creak , warmed to around 85 degrees Fahrenheit by a natural subterranean spring, puts swimmers in the thick of the North Island's wilderness, from the lush jungle backdrops to a waterfall gently cascading into the creek. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure , 20 Nov. 2021",
"But good sound design requires more than just the ability to re-create the creak of a door hinge or the bustle and clatter of a lunch counter. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Sep. 2021",
"Always there\u2019s noise \u2014 the creak of the shifting glacier, the push of the steady wind, the crack of trees snapping in the deep freeze. \u2014 Laura Manske, Forbes , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Whenever someone hears a floorboard creak , Michael's in the house. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 9 Sep. 2021",
"The soundtrack brims with the gentle yet ceaseless splash of waves, the creak of wooden boats, the scrape of feet against dry, hard earth. \u2014 Bilge Ebiri, Vulture , 10 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English creken to croak, of imitative origin":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1583, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1604, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031658"
},
"cream":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": the yellowish part of milk containing from 18 to about 40 percent butterfat":[],
": a food prepared with cream":[],
": the choicest part : best":[
"There were ten men in my boat, and they were the cream of Company L.",
"\u2014 Jack London",
"They were still the cream of the crop , socially surpassing not only their constituents but also their colleagues in Congress.",
"Edmund S. Morgan"
],
": creamer sense 1":[],
": a pale yellow":[],
": a cream-colored animal":[],
": to form cream or a surface layer like the cream on standing milk":[],
": skim sense 1c":[],
": to remove (something choice) from an aggregate":[
"she has creamed off her favorite stories from her earlier books",
"\u2014 The Times Literary Supplement (London)"
],
": to beat into a creamy froth":[],
": to work or blend to the consistency of cream":[
"cream butter and sugar together"
],
": to cause to form a surface layer of or like cream":[],
": to defeat decisively":[
"was creamed in the first round"
],
": wreck":[
"creamed the car on the turnpike"
],
": to hit with force : smash":[
"the quarterback got creamed by the pass rush"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0113m"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"best",
"choice",
"corps d'elite",
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
"elect",
"elite",
"fat",
"flower",
"illuminati",
"pick",
"pink",
"pride",
"priesthood",
"prime",
"royalty",
"upper crust"
],
"antonyms":[
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"do in",
"extinguish",
"nuke",
"pull down",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"shatter",
"smash",
"tear down",
"total",
"vaporize",
"waste",
"wrack",
"wreck"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Would you like some cream in your coffee?",
"hot chocolate with whipped cream",
"a chocolate candy with a vanilla cream center",
"The doctor prescribed a new cream for the rash.",
"a cabinet full of special creams and pills",
"Verb",
"Cream the butter and sugar, and then add the eggs.",
"the head-on collision creamed the brand-new car in an instant",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Hydrate dry under-eyes with this soothing cream that contains silk proteins to strengthen and protect the delicate under-eye area, plus Japanese white peony to lock in moisture. \u2014 Melody Leibner, Harper's BAZAAR , 17 June 2022",
"Body lotion or hair conditioner can possibly replace shaving cream in a pinch, but Dr. Love doesn\u2019t recommend it in general. \u2014 Melanie Rud, SELF , 16 June 2022",
"Alice and Lois Give students a brush-up on the water cycle by setting shaving- cream clouds on top of a glass of water. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 1 June 2022",
"The Keeper of the Blades gave me my razor and shaving cream . \u2014 Kate Tsurkan, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Next on our list is L\u2019Occitane Cade Multi-Grooming Balm that works as both a shaving cream and aftershave balm. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"For the price of a small coffee, Revlon gives you two razors that are gentle enough for frequent use and glide smoothly against the skin, whether dry or with shaving cream . \u2014 ELLE , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The store, founded in 1892, was a place where men like Teddy Roosevelt and Ernest Hemingway bought fishing gear, books and shaving cream . \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Dishwasher pods, shaving cream , even shampoo bottles are locked up to reduce losses from what has become a shoplifting epidemic. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Check out the ingredients list to see what makes this shaving cream a worthwhile choice. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Thinking about how my life rushes on like the waves churned to cream in our wake, changing too fast to fix my eye. \u2014 Outside Online , 23 Nov. 2021",
"In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Models, influencers, and fashion executives are all making a case for the blank-canvas look, from bone dresses to cream sneakers. \u2014 Vogue , 24 Feb. 2022",
"In a large bowl, cream together butter and cream cheese until fluffy. \u2014 Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 Mar. 2022",
"In a large bowl, cream the butter by using an electric mixer. \u2014 Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal , 11 Feb. 2022",
"In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 2 to 4 minutes. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Using electric beaters or a stand mixer, cream the softened mascarpone or cream cheese, stopping often to scrape down the sides of the bowl. \u2014 Outside Online , 4 May 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English creime, creme , from Anglo-French creme, cresme , from Late Latin cramum , of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh cramen scab, crust":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1596, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033528"
},
"create":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to bring into existence":[
"\u2026 God created the heaven and the earth.",
"\u2014 Genesis 1:1 (King James Version)"
],
": to invest with a new form, office, or rank":[
"She was created a lieutenant."
],
": to produce or bring about by a course of action or behavior":[
"Her arrival created a terrible fuss.",
"create new jobs"
],
": cause , occasion":[
"Famine creates high food prices."
],
": to produce through imaginative skill":[
"create a painting"
],
": design":[
"creates dresses"
],
": to make or bring into existence something new":[
"an artist who is good at imitating but not at creating"
],
": to set up a scoring opportunity in basketball":[
"create off the dribble"
],
": created":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"kr\u0113-\u02c8\u0101t",
"\u02c8kr\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"beget",
"breed",
"bring",
"bring about",
"bring on",
"catalyze",
"cause",
"do",
"draw on",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"engender",
"generate",
"induce",
"invoke",
"make",
"occasion",
"produce",
"prompt",
"result (in)",
"spawn",
"translate (into)",
"work",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Several new government programs were created while she was governor.",
"The President has announced a plan to create new jobs.",
"the scientists who created the world's first atomic bomb",
"The machine creates a lot of noise.",
"It can be hard to create a balance between work and family.",
"She creates a friendly and welcoming atmosphere for her guests.",
"The advertisements are intended to create demand for the product.",
"I've been creating music for over 30 years.",
"She enjoys creating new dishes by combining unusual ingredients.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The art of the game designer is granting the player abilities in a particular world and then deftly dropping in barriers that create just the right texture of struggle. \u2014 Andy Robertson, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Something simple, filled with purpose and context, and structured around low-key formalities that create freedom and relief for the attendees. \u2014 Alissa Wilkinson, Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 July 2022",
"Barker followed that three years later with the horror-fantasy Nightbreed, about a group of outcast monsters who create their own civilization. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 30 June 2022",
"An easy workaround for this requirement is the Rufus USB formatting tool, which can create USB install media for Windows and all kinds of other operating systems. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 30 June 2022",
"The government claims the decision will help spur development, improve public service delivery, and create more opportunities for Papuans to become civil servants in the resource-rich area that remains one of the country's poorest regions. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"The wind farms that can that can create this clean hydrogen fuel. \u2014 Fortune Editors, Fortune , 29 June 2022",
"The Washington Wizards and Denver Nuggets have reportedly finalized a four-player trade that may only create minor ripples in the NBA universe. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
"Autogrill SpA are nearing a deal that would create a leading player in travel retail, people familiar with the matter said. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Create art in a workshop led by experienced art educators. \u2014 Jennifer Jhon, South Florida Parenting , 30 May 2017",
"This class of chemicals \u2014 known as volatile organic compounds \u2014 is extremely potent and is blamed for helping create blankets of smog. \u2014 Hiroko Tabuchi And Eric Lipton, New York Times , 20 May 2017",
"But all that 2013 class did was create heartburn, and get the Dolphins\u2019 general manager fired. \u2014 Omar Kelly, Sun-Sentinel.com , 26 Apr. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English createn, borrowed from Latin cre\u0101tus, past participle of cre\u0101re \"to bring into being, beget, give birth to, cause to grow,\" causative derivative from the base of cr\u0113scere \"to come into existence, increase in size or numbers, grow\" \u2014 more at crescent entry 1":"Verb",
"Middle English creat, borrowed from Latin cre\u0101tus, past participle of cre\u0101re \"to bring into being, beget, give birth to, cause to grow\" \u2014 more at create entry 1":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230721"
},
"creation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of creating",
": the act of bringing the world into ordered existence",
": the act of making, inventing, or producing: such as",
": the act of investing with a new rank or office",
": the first representation of a dramatic role",
": something that is created : such as",
": world",
": creatures singly or in aggregate",
": an original work of art",
": a new usually striking article of clothing",
": the act of bringing the world into existence out of nothing",
": the act of making, inventing, or producing something",
": something produced by human intelligence or imagination",
": a wide range of places",
": a living thing or living things"
],
"pronounciation":[
"kr\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"kr\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"brainchild",
"coinage",
"concoction",
"contrivance",
"innovation",
"invention",
"wrinkle"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By investing in the creation of a proprietary curriculum, organizations could position their brands as places to train, work, and evolve. \u2014 Serenity Gibbons, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"That environment may be caused by material released by a supernova, which resulted in the creation of a neutron star. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"Turkey is involved in the creation of a U.N.-led corridor for the Ukrainian grain shipment \u2014 and for Russia to export food and fertilizer. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
"Turns out, Hindsgaul says Ringwald had an actual hand in the creation of the look too. \u2014 Kirbie Johnson, Allure , 4 June 2022",
"The biggest Red Wing in creation got its jersey back Monday. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
"Biden predicted that would result in the creation of well-paying union jobs. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 2 June 2022",
"Fischer\u2019s adept character sketches bring to life dozens of people who played a role in the creation of motion pictures and help reveal the cutthroat world inhabited by late 19th-century inventors. \u2014 Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor , 31 May 2022",
"Barklow participated in the creation of Polartec Alpha during his time as a clothing designer for the military. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 28 May 2022"
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": marked by the ability or power to create : given to creating",
": having the quality of something created rather than imitated : imaginative",
": managed so as to get around legal or conventional limits",
": deceptively arranged so as to conceal or defraud",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"McMahon will retain his role regarding WWE\u2019s creative content and will appear as his character during matches as the investigation plays out. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"McMahon will continue to oversee WWE\u2019s creative content during the investigation, World Wrestling Entertainment said Friday, and named McMahon\u2019s daughter, Stephanie, as interim CEO and chairwoman. \u2014 Michelle Chapman, Anchorage Daily News , 17 June 2022",
"McMahon will continue to oversee WWE's creative content during the investigation, World Wrestling Entertainment said Friday, and named McMahon's daughter, Stephanie, as interim CEO and chairwoman. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 17 June 2022",
"Smith has taken the challenges of the last few years to focus on the business side of his brand, noting that his focus on the economics of being a creative impressed the judges of the competition. \u2014 Lee Escobedo, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
"McMahon will continue to oversee WWE\u2019s creative content during the investigation, World Wrestling Entertainment said Friday, and named McMahon\u2019s daughter, Stephanie, as interim CEO and chairwoman. \u2014 Michelle Chapman, Hartford Courant , 17 June 2022",
"While obviously the lyrical sentiment contains romantic implications, the veritable love affair is really between McCartney and Lennon, their friendship and creative partnership an enviable match. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"The three of them plunged into the venture as partners: Moore as the distiller, Elise Bergman handling creative and hospitality elements, and Judson Bergman taking lead on business development and strategy. \u2014 Josh Noel, Chicago Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"Also new this year: The remaining playwright semi-finalists will go on to have their work virtually supported by Blackboard Plays, a reading series founded in 2008 by Obsidian creative producer Garlia Cornelia Jones, a Detroit native. \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The culinary creative is the daughter of a Black-American father and a South Korean mother and says she was made in Korea, born in New York City, and raised in Atlanta. \u2014 Tiffani Rozier, Essence , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Ironically, as in many cases with successful brand, a Black creative was the prime protagonist to its success. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 3 Dec. 2021",
"London\u2019s international reach is important for Kershen Teo, a Singaporean creative who settled in the city after coming to study in his twenties. \u2014 Alexander Freeling, Robb Report , 22 Dec. 2021",
"These are some of the ways people have described Virgil Abloh after it was announced that the 41-year-old creative died on Sunday following a private two-year battle with cancer. \u2014 Irina Grechko, refinery29.com , 30 Nov. 2021",
"The professional creative , who was previously featured in Essence, brandished his collection of metal bracelets to reflect perseverance through the hard times of the pandemic and racial inequality. \u2014 Essence , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Each year, the award recognizes a creative who has excelled at their craft and made an outstanding contribution to cinema and entertainment. \u2014 Pat Saperstein, Variety , 2 Sep. 2021",
"In 2018, The 25-year-old creative became the first Black photographer to shoot a Vogue cover in its 125-year history, in which his subject was Beyonce. \u2014 Nandi Howard, Essence , 6 Nov. 2020",
"LADBible spoke with the 61-year-old, pink-haired creative , who owns Mary Rose\u2019s Gallery and Workshop in Gloucestershire, England. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 18 June 2020"
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"trust"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for credit Noun belief , faith , credence , credit mean assent to the truth of something offered for acceptance. belief may or may not imply certitude in the believer. my belief that I had caught all the errors faith almost always implies certitude even where there is no evidence or proof. an unshakable faith in God credence suggests intellectual assent without implying anything about grounds for assent. a theory now given credence by scientists credit may imply assent on grounds other than direct proof. gave full credit to the statement of a reputable witness influence , authority , prestige , weight , credit mean power exerted over the minds or behavior of others. influence may apply to a force exercised and received consciously or unconsciously. used her influence to get the bill passed authority implies the power of winning devotion or allegiance or of compelling acceptance and belief. his opinions lacked authority prestige implies the ascendancy given by conspicuous excellence or reputation for superiority. the prestige of the newspaper weight implies measurable or decisive influence in determining acts or choices. their wishes obviously carried much weight credit suggests influence that arises from the confidence of others. his credit with the press Verb ascribe , attribute , assign , impute , credit mean to lay something to the account of a person or thing. ascribe suggests an inferring or conjecturing of cause, quality, authorship. forged paintings formerly ascribed to masters attribute suggests less tentativeness than ascribe , less definiteness than assign . attributed to Rembrandt but possibly done by an associate assign implies ascribing with certainty or after deliberation. assigned the bones to the Cretaceous period impute suggests ascribing something that brings discredit by way of accusation or blame. tried to impute sinister motives to my actions credit implies ascribing a thing or especially an action to a person or other thing as its agent, source, or explanation. credited his teammates for his success",
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"Noun",
"banks that extend credit to the public",
"You need to have a strong credit history and a good job in order to get a mortgage.",
"A credit of $50 was added to your account.",
"All the credit must go to the play's talented director.",
"She's finally getting the credit she deserves.",
"He shared the credit with his parents.",
"You've got to give her credit ; she knows what she's doing.",
"Verb",
"Your payment of $38.50 has been credited to your account.",
"The bank is crediting your account for the full amount.",
"They credited the rescue to his quick thinking.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"How much credit Kramer should get for all this is difficult to quantify. \u2014 Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"This risk-free bet promo insures a bettor\u2019s first cash wager with up to $1,500 in site credit . \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 26 June 2022",
"Much credit goes to casting director Angelique Midthunder, who combed the United States and Canada for Native and First Nations actors. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 June 2022",
"So Senate leaders chose instead to eliminate the car tax and to provide a one-time child tax credit of $250 per child for Rhode Island residents making up to $100,000, Pearson said. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"There are ways to shave as much as 20 to 30 cents off the price of a gallon of gasoline using store and credit -card offers. \u2014 J.j. Mccorvey And Veronica Dagher, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"Bloomberg reported there were 537 million credit card accounts in the first quarter, an increase of 31 million over the past year, per the Fed\u2019s quarterly report on household debt and credit in New York. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 13 June 2022",
"MindGeek was alert to the concerns of the credit -card companies. \u2014 Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Making transactions with your credit card will help you to build your credit score while receiving benefits. \u2014 Ugami, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Investigators credit old-fashioned police work and technology with identifying Santos Rosalio Vicente-Ramos, 22, of Kennesaw, as a suspect. \u2014 Alexis Stevens, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"And many of them proudly credit their cabinet experience as defining their lifelong Jewish journey. \u2014 Mike Wagenheim, Sun Sentinel , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Most architectural historians credit the 10-story red brick and granite Home Insurance Building, built in 1885 at the corner of La Salle and Adams streets, as the first modern skyscraper. \u2014 Robert Channick, chicagotribune.com , 29 Jan. 2022",
"But historians credit Rome as the birthplace of the newsletter. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Every dollar paid by the Fed to acquire securities was accomplished using a keystroke to credit the seller\u2019s reserve balance, which is held on deposit at the Fed. \u2014 Judy Shelton, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Why should credit providers choose a cloud solution? \u2014 Peter Shubenok, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"First, collectors of fine wine who, of course, know great red Burgundy for its capacity to evolve elegantly over time but who rarely credit West Coast Pinots with the same skill set. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 6 June 2022",
"Credit Affleck for sharp hindsight on his performance, and credit the film for surrounding him with a great deal of intrigue. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 1 June 2022"
],
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"partly from credit entry 1 ; partly from Latin creditus , past participle \u2014 see credit entry 1":"Verb"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Burnley picked up a creditable point at West Ham in Jackson's first match in charge, then won successive home matches against Southampton and Wolves. \u2014 Robert Kidd, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s this sturdy strain of reasonableness, which can sometimes take the form of decorum or blandness, that is ultimately Wyndham\u2019s most creditable trait. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"And, with help from creditable supporting performances and polished design, director Susan Marie Rhea\u2019s brisk staging showcases the script\u2019s pointed humor. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Maoyan users gave the film a very creditable 8.6 out of 10 rating. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Fernandes, who is United\u2019s most creative player and led them last season to a creditable second-place finish, has not been at his best, and was recently benched. \u2014 Ed Caesar, The New Yorker , 21 Jan. 2022",
"This amounts to about 60% of the overall funding if the current estimate is creditable . \u2014 Stephen Wade, chicagotribune.com , 22 Dec. 2021",
"The more followers a user has can also make nonsense seem creditable . \u2014 Peter Suciu, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"There are creditable scientists who regard a lab leak as a plausible scenario for the origin of COVID-19 in humans. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 8 Oct. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Burnley picked up a creditable point at West Ham in Jackson's first match in charge, then won successive home matches against Southampton and Wolves. \u2014 Robert Kidd, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s this sturdy strain of reasonableness, which can sometimes take the form of decorum or blandness, that is ultimately Wyndham\u2019s most creditable trait. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"And, with help from creditable supporting performances and polished design, director Susan Marie Rhea\u2019s brisk staging showcases the script\u2019s pointed humor. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Maoyan users gave the film a very creditable 8.6 out of 10 rating. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Fernandes, who is United\u2019s most creative player and led them last season to a creditable second-place finish, has not been at his best, and was recently benched. \u2014 Ed Caesar, The New Yorker , 21 Jan. 2022",
"This amounts to about 60% of the overall funding if the current estimate is creditable . \u2014 Stephen Wade, chicagotribune.com , 22 Dec. 2021",
"The more followers a user has can also make nonsense seem creditable . \u2014 Peter Suciu, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"There are creditable scientists who regard a lab leak as a plausible scenario for the origin of COVID-19 in humans. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 8 Oct. 2021"
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"This political inertia \u2026 makes budget creep inevitable.",
"\u2014 The Wall Street Journal"
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"Verb",
"She crept toward the edge of the roof and looked over.",
"I caught him creeping down the stairs to the kitchen.",
"She crept into bed next to her sleeping husband.",
"The hours crept by as we waited for morning.",
"a train creeping through the town",
"The price of gasoline has crept back up to three dollars a gallon.",
"A few mistakes crept in during the last revision of the paper.",
"new words creeping into the language",
"Noun",
"I get the creeps every time he walks by.",
"I hate snakes. They give me the creeps .",
"That guy gives me the creeps .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The number of people hospitalized with COVID in Alabama continued to creep steadily upward this week, topping 300 on Sunday and settling in at 358 by Thursday, the last day for which data was available. \u2014 Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al , 25 June 2022",
"Starting Saturday, temperatures will start to creep back down, with highs in the low 90s in the North Bay and 80s in the East Bay. \u2014 Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 June 2022",
"On Sunday, Roswell in New Mexico and Midland and Odessa in Texas will see high temperatures creep up into the triple digits, remaining there until at least Thursday. \u2014 Allison Chinchar, CNN , 15 May 2022",
"The only barrier to entry is price, and the cost of a full restoration can easily creep toward seven figures. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Nelson overtakes Tori for second place, and Kaycee and Kyle creep up on Devin. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Although vaccinated people who contract breakthrough cases generally avoid hospitalization, cases requiring hospitalization are also beginning to creep up, especially in the District, data show. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Nov. 2021",
"In response, nearly all the other members let their production creep up above quota, as the figure below shows. \u2014 Michael Lynch, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Some plovers are less shy to humans, industrially scrapping out nests in the sand while birders creep closer to take a picture. \u2014 Freep.com , 27 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Most of the creep factor in Mindhunter is, well, in your mind. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 27 June 2022",
"Lean into the holiday's creep factor for the best-ever Halloween snacks, from tasty Halloween appetizers to seriously impressive Halloween desserts. \u2014 Taylor Worden, Good Housekeeping , 18 May 2022",
"Their gunmetal sorrow was reflective of the times: the general creep of Patriot Act paranoia plus Forever War nihilism. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 15 June 2022",
"But her departure from Meta is the death knell of a movement defined by the economic boom times and expansive creep of capitalism of the 2010s. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 9 June 2022",
"When humble florist Nani is murdered by an evil businessman who lusts after his neighbor, he is reincarnated as a fly and sets out to ruin the creep \u2019s life. \u2014 K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
"Garner said most nurses know all too well the pressures that contribute to such an error: long hours, crowded hospitals, imperfect protocols, and the inevitable creep of complacency in a job with daily life-or-death stakes. \u2014 Brett Kelman, Quartz , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Anyone who\u2019s shopped for groceries or eaten out lately has probably felt the creep of inflation. \u2014 Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Much of the work ruminates on the ways that time leaves its mark -- through spots on a film strip's degrading emulsion, or the slow creep of moss on a wooden roof -- and how delicate the evidence of our lives can be. \u2014 Jacqui Palumbo, CNN , 29 Mar. 2022"
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"at this creeping pace of progress we'll never have the float ready for the parade",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This growing entanglement of the corporate and social, this creeping sense of being tracked by invisible eyes, demands an increasing sophistication about what is said and where. \u2014 Kara Devlin, Longreads , 20 May 2022",
"As the film moves to the seventh day, a creeping sense of catastrophe settles. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Jan. 2022",
"But beneath the know-it-all tweets, there is a creeping sense that the psychological distance between the masses of 401(k) investors and the billionaire marks may not be that far. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Oct. 2021",
"The killings have taken on a creeping sense of inevitability, guards say. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Sep. 2021",
"For Democrats, the key factor was the creeping sense that social media platforms, whatever the political leanings of their founders, had helped Donald Trump get elected. \u2014 Gilad Edelman, Wired , 19 June 2021",
"Selva and Patchworks add clomping drums, scraps of rhythm guitar, a creeping , high synthesizer line that wouldn\u2019t be out of place in a G-Funk record, and the peppiest of horn sections. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 27 May 2021",
"One, an intangible effect of having been so successful so early in the team\u2019s contention window might have been a creeping sense of complacency. \u2014 Jared Wyllys, Forbes , 25 Feb. 2021",
"English political hegemony as a creeping and subtle evil that haunts the action rather than showing itself. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 19 Feb. 2021"
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"dusk",
"eve",
"evenfall",
"evening",
"eventide",
"gloaming",
"night",
"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset",
"twilight"
],
"antonyms":[
"aurora",
"cockcrow",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"daybreak",
"daylight",
"morn",
"morning",
"sunrise",
"sunup"
],
"examples":[
"from the deck of our sloop we watched as the island slowly faded from sight in the golden crepuscule of a beautiful Caribbean day"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, borrowed from Latin crepusculum, from presumed earlier *krepos- \"twilight\" (of obscure origin) + -culum, probably after d\u012bl\u016bculum \"dawn, daybreak\" (from d\u012bl\u016bc\u0113re \"to be clear\" + -ulum, diminutive suffix)",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-231208"
},
"crest":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird \u2014 see bird illustration",
": the plume or identifying emblem worn on a knight's helmet",
": the top of a helmet",
": a heraldic representation of the crest",
": a heraldic device depicted above the escutcheon (see escutcheon sense 1 ) but not upon a helmet",
": coat of arms sense 2a",
": a ridge or prominence on a part of an animal body",
": something suggesting a crest especially in being an upper prominence, edge, or limit: such as",
": peak",
": the top line of a mountain or hill",
": the ridge of a roof",
": the top of a wave",
": a high point of an action or process and especially of one that is rhythmic",
": climax , culmination",
": to furnish with a crest",
": crown",
": to reach the crest of",
": to rise to a crest",
": a showy growth (as of flesh or feathers) on the head of an animal",
": the highest part or point of something",
": an emblem or design used to represent a family, group, or organization",
": a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird",
": a process or prominence on a part of an animal body: as",
": the upper curve or ridge of the neck of a quadruped (as a horse)",
": the mane borne on such a crest",
": a ridge especially on a bone",
"\u2014 see frontal crest , occipital crest"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krest",
"\u02c8krest",
"\u02c8krest"
],
"synonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"apogee",
"capstone",
"climax",
"crescendo",
"crown",
"culmination",
"head",
"height",
"high noon",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"ne plus ultra",
"noon",
"noontime",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"sum",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottom",
"nadir",
"rock bottom"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"at that point the filmmaker was at the crest of his critical acclaim, which included winning an Oscar",
"the hiking party reached the crest of the mountain just as it began to thunder",
"Verb",
"We crested the hill and looked out around us.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The heat is tied to an upper-level ridge, or a crest in the jet stream. \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"One bottle bears a seal with the crest of the Legge family \u2013 the ancestors of George Washington, the first U.S president. \u2014 Sylvia Hui, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
"However, this is a snapshot of a band reaching the crest of their artistic prowess, minus longtime manager and collaborator Andrew Loog Oldham and beginning to really lean into the excess of all things rock & roll. \u2014 Tim Moffatt, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"One bottle bears a seal with the crest of the Legge family \u2014 the ancestors of George Washington, the first U.S president. \u2014 Sylvia Hui, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"The Legge family crest , a forerunner to the Stars and Stripes flag. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 10 June 2022",
"Waves of infection crest and crash in different countries every few months; the virus is still sloshing out new variants and subvariants at breakneck speed. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022",
"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",
"But that is only the crest of a tide of money washing through the industry, acquiring old songs. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 13 Mar. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Pandemic models have suggested that COVID-19 infections in Massachusetts, which had been rising for weeks, would crest before summer. \u2014 Ryan Huddle, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"Also on-site is a wave pool \u2014 at the outdoor water park \u2014 where nine-foot waves crest every 90 seconds for a little bit of Malibu in this Midwestern locale. \u2014 Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
"As Portland\u2019s wave of fatal shootings fails to crest , community leaders are demanding city officials declare a state of emergency over the gun violence and invest $10 million in grassroots groups to address the crisis. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Across the country, the wave of COVID-19 deaths is expected to crest in late January or early February, with a weekly death toll equal to or greater than that of the Delta peak. \u2014 Karen Kaplan Science And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 18 Jan. 2022",
"The agency predicted Saturday\u2019s temperature will crest near 52 degrees. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Mar. 2021",
"The Omicron variant has already spread across the country, and most experts are predicting a surge of cases to crest sometime in mid-January or early February. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 22 Dec. 2021",
"It is expected to crest today before falling back down to 41.3 feet by Thursday afternoon. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The wave will crest , of course; the question is when. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 4 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202105"
},
"cretin":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one afflicted with cretinism":[],
": a stupid, vulgar, or insensitive person : clod , lout":[
"\u2026 they started doing stupid boy stuff, like trying to untie our straps and pour sand down our bathing suits. Really, guys were such cretins sometimes.",
"\u2014 Marilyn Reynolds"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0113-t\u1d4an",
"\u02c8kr\u0113t-\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a cretin who's constantly forwarding e-mails filled with racist and sexist jokes",
"in discussions anyone who disagrees with her is inevitably called a cretin",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In Abercrombie\u2019s fiction, the shining hero on horseback may be the most wretched cretin of them all, while the dandy of a prince, despised by his own people, is the one person with real courage and decency. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 6 Sep. 2021",
"But the good things Huff did 10 years ago don\u2019t give him a lifetime pass to be a cretin . \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 18 Feb. 2020",
"There are the buck-passers, cretins who are content to simply stand up, find another table, and pass their misfortune on to some other unsuspecting soul. \u2014 Amiel Stanek, Bon App\u00e9tit , 26 Aug. 2019",
"Law's take on the royal cretin Vortigern ranges from very evil to very, very evil. \u2014 John Serba | Jserba@mlive.com, NOLA.com , 12 May 2017",
"The problem, of course, is a small minority of cretins who are destructive just for the sake of being destructive, without any regard for the environment or any consideration for others who deserve to see our natural areas without blemish. \u2014 Steve Lipsher, The Denver Post , 22 Apr. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French cr\u00e9tin , from French dialect cretin , literally, wretch, innocent victim, from Latin christianus Christian":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004432"
},
"crevice":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure":[
"A lizard emerged from a crevice in the cliff \u2026",
"\u2014 Tony Hillerman"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krev-\u0259s",
"\u02c8kre-v\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"check",
"chink",
"cleft",
"crack",
"cranny",
"fissure",
"rift",
"split"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"steam escaped from a long crevice in the volcano",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her head swivels from corner to corner, surveying every crevice for the next way out. \u2014 Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
"But some credit must also be given to the car\u2019s great success at infiltrating every crevice of our culture. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Add on the 2-in-1 brush and tool to clean the sofa or the crevice tool to reach the dust hanging on curtains. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"It's equipped with a telescoping wand, a dusting brush, an upholstery tool and a crevice tool to tackle stairs, lamps shades, ceiling moldings and more. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
"Attach the retractable tube to clean curtains or the crevice tool to get in between car seats. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 11 May 2022",
"One of the clues led Hunter\u2019s friend Michael Santos here to retrieve a clue that was embedded into a crevice . \u2014 Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone , 1 May 2022",
"Make a quick bite perfect for a charcuterie board or midday snack by spreading goat cheese (for a flavor bomb use what\u2019s leftover from prosciutto toasts) into the crevice where the pit sat and top with a Marcona almond. \u2014 Magdalena O'neal, Sunset Magazine , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Brick is a tangy, high-fat cheese that releases its oils into the crevice between pan and dough, creating those imposing outer walls, at once buttery and crispy. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French crevace , from crever to break, from Latin crepare to crack":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220413"
},
"criminal":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": relating to, involving, or being a crime":[
"criminal neglect",
"a criminal organization"
],
": relating to crime or to the prosecution of suspects in a crime":[
"criminal statistics",
"brought criminal action",
"the criminal justice system"
],
": disgraceful":[
"It's criminal how unfunny this comedy is.",
"\u2014 Rick Bentley"
],
": one who has committed a crime":[],
": a person who has been convicted of a crime":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krim-n\u0259l",
"\u02c8kri-m\u0259-n\u0259l",
"\u02c8kri-m\u0259-n\u1d4al"
],
"synonyms":[
"felonious",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"lawless",
"unlawful",
"wrongful"
],
"antonyms":[
"crook",
"culprit",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"miscreant",
"offender"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a history of criminal behavior",
"The captain of the wrecked boat was accused of criminal negligence .",
"The company brought criminal charges against her.",
"It's criminal that the government is doing nothing to stop the problem.",
"Noun",
"car thieves, pickpockets, burglars, and other criminals",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Buker was also booked on an outstanding criminal trespass warrant out of Hall, according to Williams. \u2014 Henri Hollis, ajc , 24 June 2022",
"At least five Republican members of Congress, including Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, who had connected Trump and Clark, sought pardons from the president that would shield them from criminal prosecution, according to testimony Thursday. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick, Anchorage Daily News , 24 June 2022",
"The Glencore certifications also make clear that a false certification could lead to criminal prosecution for perjury. \u2014 Dylan Tokar, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Among others, under the Geneva Conventions, combatants enjoy immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct that inherently forms part of their participation in hostilities (the privilege of belligerency). \u2014 Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"Benjamin Bibian, 41, of the 1700 bock of Maple Road, Joliet, was arrested on charges of criminal trespass to a vehicle and resisting a peace officer at 9:15 p.m. May 28 in the 100 block of West Van Buren Avenue. \u2014 Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Hemmerling spent the last six years leading the criminal prosecution unit for the City Attorney. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"The man was charged with criminal trespass and attempted theft for the incident on Bradley Road. \u2014 Bruce Geiselman, cleveland , 4 June 2022",
"All were referred to the Department of Justice for possible criminal prosecution, and Bannon has been indicted on two counts of contempt; his trial is set to begin in July. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"If an ordinary criminal tried that excuse for any crime, they would be laughed out of the courtroom. \u2014 Michael Ronickher, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"Oppenheimer poignantly shifts the focus away from the criminal and crime, and instead presents the historic, spirited community at the center of this heartbreak. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 9 June 2022",
"After all, a guilty criminal must have means, motive, and opportunity. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 7 June 2022",
"Uhde had an extensive criminal and prison record dating back at least two decades, including a case when he was sentenced by Roemer to six years in prison on weapons charges. \u2014 Todd Richmond, ajc , 7 June 2022",
"Within hours, many news outlets ran the story about a major financial criminal getting hard time. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"Adam Montgomery, a heroin abuser and career criminal , is also behind bars, facing child abuse charges and charges for allegedly stonewalling investigators searching for the missing girl\u2019s whereabouts. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 6 June 2022",
"Uhde has an extensive criminal and prison record dating back at least two decades, including a case when he was sentenced by Roemer to six years in prison on weapons charges. \u2014 Dave Kolpack And Mike Balsamo, Chicago Tribune , 6 June 2022",
"Uhde's criminal and prison record, which spans at least two decades, includes a case of weapons charges, for which he was sentenced by Roemer to six years in prison. \u2014 Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French criminal , borrowed from Latin cr\u012bmin\u0101lis , from cr\u012bmin-, cr\u012bmen \"indictment, crime \" + -\u0101lis -al entry 1":"Adjective",
"derivative of criminal entry 1":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041927"
},
"criminate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": incriminate":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kri-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"accuse",
"charge",
"defame",
"impeach",
"incriminate",
"indict"
],
"antonyms":[
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"scornfully declaring that he was not the school's lone drug dealer, he immediately began criminating a host of confederates"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Latin cr\u012bmin\u0101tus , past participle of cr\u012bmin\u0101r\u012b \"to make charges against, accuse,\" derivative of cr\u012bmin-, cr\u012bmen \"accusation, crime \"":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1637, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040548"
},
"crimp":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to cause to become wavy, bent, or pinched: such as":[],
": to form (leather) into a desired shape":[],
": to give (synthetic fibers) a curl or wave like that of natural fibers":[],
": to pinch or press together (something, such as the margins of a pie crust) in order to seal":[],
": to be an inhibiting or restraining influence on : cramp":[
"sales had been crimped by credit controls",
"\u2014 Time"
],
": something produced by or as if by crimping : such as":[],
": a section of hair artificially waved or curled":[],
": a succession of waves (as in wool fiber)":[],
": a bend or crease formed in something":[],
": something that cramps or inhibits : restraint , curb":[],
": a person who entraps or forces men into shipping as sailors or into enlisting in an army or navy":[],
": to trap into military or sea service : impress":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krimp"
],
"synonyms":[
"crease",
"crinkle",
"furrow",
"wrinkle"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Dutch or Low German krimpen to shrivel; akin to Middle Dutch crampe hook, cramp":"Verb",
"perhaps from crimp entry 1":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1712, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1718, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1789, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181316"
},
"crinkle":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to form many short bends or ripples":[],
": wrinkle":[],
": to give forth a thin crackling sound : rustle":[
"crinkling silks"
],
": to cause to crinkle : make crinkles in":[],
": wrinkle , corrugation , pucker":[],
": any of several virus diseases of plants marked by crinkling of leaves":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kri\u014b-k\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"rustle"
],
"antonyms":[
"crease",
"crimp",
"furrow",
"wrinkle"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The corners of his eyes crinkle when he smiles.",
"a paper seat cover that crinkles with every move",
"Noun",
"little crinkles at the corners of his mouth showed whenever he smiled",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This set of five low-fi felt balls that cats love to pursue works great for owners who prefer playthings that don't crinkle , chime or require batteries. \u2014 Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
"His eyes crinkle with joy, highlighting the wide, easy smile he was known for. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Genuine smiles of happiness involve two main groups of muscles: the zygomaticus major muscles, which pull up the corners of the mouth, and the orbicularis oculi muscles, which crinkle the corners of the eyes. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 29 Oct. 2021",
"The offer is good for either curly or crinkle fries through July 18th. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 13 July 2021",
"That\u2019s because white people usually crinkle and contort their faces into something illegible \u2014 and sometimes even close to blank \u2014 as armor. \u2014 Safy-hallan Farah, Rolling Stone , 21 Apr. 2021",
"Drying foliage upside down will usually crinkle the leaves, so Carroll suggested using vegetable glycerin. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Mar. 2021",
"Children ran forward and tore open the packages, only to crinkle their noses. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Jan. 2021",
"Your recipient\u2019s eyes crinkle as your thought-fulness unleashes a torrent of helpless joy across her face. \u2014 Roy Berendsohn And Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 28 Nov. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The cart also serves milkshakes and crinkle -cut fries. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
"The chicken tenders are prepared the same way, and arrive with coleslaw, pickles and crinkle -cut fries. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 1 June 2022",
"Also on the menu are chicken tenders ($22.50), bone-in chicken by the quarter ($11) and crinkle -cut fries loaded with fried chicken and other toppings such as cheese sauce or collard greens ($13). \u2014 Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The signature Superdawg hot dog comes nestled in a paper box filled with stubby crinkle -cut fries. \u2014 Adam Lukach, chicagotribune.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Pickles and Ruffles-like crinkle chips just adds to that old-school charm. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Nov. 2021",
"The classic crinkle -cut fries get a makeover with a garlic parmesan cheese sprinkling and a side of truffle sauce (with prices starting at $4.79). \u2014 Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE.com , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Disco fries are your run-of-the-mill crinkle -cut fries smothered in gravy and cheese \u2014 gobs of mozzarella or, even better, barely melted squares of American. \u2014 Rick Nelson, Star Tribune , 23 July 2021",
"And not the company\u2019s signature crinkle -cut fries, either. \u2014 Charles Passy, WSJ , 1 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English crynkelen ; akin to Old English cringan to yield":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1600, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001833"
},
"cripple":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a lame or partly disabled person or animal":[],
": one that is disabled or deficient in a specified manner":[
"a social cripple"
],
": something flawed or imperfect":[],
": being lame, flawed, or imperfect":[],
": to deprive of the use of a limb and especially a leg":[
"the accident left him crippled"
],
": to deprive of capability for service or of strength, efficiency, or wholeness":[
"an economy crippled by inflation"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kri-p\u0259l",
"\u02c8krip-\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"disable",
"incapacitate",
"lame",
"maim",
"mutilate"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for cripple Verb maim , cripple , mutilate , batter , mangle mean to injure so severely as to cause lasting damage. maim implies the loss or injury of a bodily member through violence. maimed by a shark cripple implies the loss or serious impairment of an arm or leg. crippled for life in an accident mutilate implies the cutting off or removal of an essential part of a person or thing thereby impairing its completeness, beauty, or function. a tree mutilated by inept pruning batter implies a series of blows that bruise deeply, deform, or mutilate. an old ship battered by fierce storms mangle implies a tearing or crushing that leaves deep wounds. a soldier's leg mangled by shrapnel weaken , enfeeble , debilitate , undermine , sap , cripple , disable mean to lose or cause to lose strength or vigor. weaken may imply loss of physical strength, health, soundness, or stability or of quality, intensity, or effective power. a disease that weakens the body's defenses enfeeble implies a condition of marked weakness and helplessness. enfeebled by starvation debilitate suggests a less marked or more temporary impairment of strength or vitality. the debilitating effects of surgery undermine and sap suggest a weakening by something working surreptitiously and insidiously. a poor diet undermines your health drugs had sapped his ability to think cripple implies causing a serious loss of functioning power through damaging or removing an essential part or element. crippled by arthritis disable suggests bringing about impairment or limitation in a physical or mental ability. disabled by an injury sustained at work",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He returned from war a cripple .",
"Verb",
"Higher taxes could cripple small businesses.",
"an economy crippled by inflation",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Another group calling themselves the Belarusian Cyber-Partisans aimed to disrupt regime communications, cripple infrastructure and leak names and addresses of security-service members. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Defense Ministry bureaucracy was also beginning cripple operations. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Sep. 2021",
"Secretary of State Mike Pompeo\u2019s team put an emphasis on China\u2019s anti-satellite weaponry, which could be used to sever military communications in a conflict and cripple Western economies. \u2014 Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner , 1 Dec. 2020",
"Will that cripple teams to the point where games must be rescheduled? \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 1 July 2020",
"Some experts argued that Western countries could never enforce such draconian measures\u2014which curtail human rights and cripple economies\u2014but Italy, shocked by the strain on the health care system in the north of the country, followed suit on 9 March. \u2014 Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS , 18 Mar. 2020",
"So a future reconciliation bill would not only cripple Obamacare and strip millions of Americans of health coverage obtained via the exchanges, but also kill the Medicaid expansion and throw millions more out of coverage. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 7 Oct. 2016",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Proud Boys are also being sued by D.C.'s attorney general under a law originally written to cripple the Ku Klux Klan. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Sprawling sanctions meant to cripple Russia\u2019s financial system are sometimes tripping up people and businesses outside their scope, even in Ukraine, the country they were designed to aid. \u2014 Alexander Osipovich And Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Putin has denied from the outset that Russia had aims to occupy Ukrainian territory, saying strikes were meant to cripple Ukrainian military infrastructure. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Attorneys for the plaintiffs say their goal is to financially cripple the defendants, a who\u2019s who of the American racist right, and ensure nothing like Charlottesville ever happens again. \u2014 Will Carless, USA TODAY , 19 Nov. 2021",
"What\u2019s more, severe droughts brought by climate change threaten to cripple the region\u2019s agricultural production and important fresh water reserves, so inaction is not an option. \u2014 Ariel Cohen, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
"But the trucking ban will further cripple trade, even if Europe tries to retain access to essential commodities such as energy and fertilizers. \u2014 Courtney Vinopal, Quartz , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The internet industry shuddered last year when Apple introduced privacy measures for the iPhone that threatened to upend online tracking and cripple digital advertising. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"International tensions over the conflict could cripple research focused on a region that\u2014along with the Antarctic\u2014helps regulate climate across the globe, scientists say. \u2014 Nidhi Subbaraman, WSJ , 26 Mar. 2022"
],
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"Middle English cripel , from Old English crypel ; akin to Old English cr\u0113opan to creep \u2014 more at creep":"Noun"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"easily crumbled brittle",
"desirably firm and crunchy",
"notably sharp, clean-cut, and clear",
"concise and to the point",
"noticeably neat",
"briskly cold",
"fresh , invigorating",
"deftly and powerfully executed",
"brisk , lively",
"curly , wavy",
"having close stiff or wiry curls or waves",
"something crisp or brittle",
"potato chip",
"a baked dessert of fruit with crumb topping",
"to make or keep crisp",
"curl , crimp",
"to cause to ripple wrinkle",
"to become crisp",
"curl",
"ripple",
"being thin, hard, and easily crumbled",
"pleasantly firm and fresh",
"being clear and brief",
"pleasantly cool and invigorating brisk",
"having clear details",
"to make or keep something crispy or fresh"
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"Adjective",
"I put on a crisp shirt and tie.",
"The stereo's sound is crisp and clear.",
"Verb",
"Crisp the celery in ice water.",
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"Nothing tastes like summer more than a crisp , juicy, refreshing slice of watermelon. \u2014 Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
"Both methods will reward you with a crisp crust on the outside while keeping your patty moist and juicy on the inside. \u2014 Marygrace Taylor, SELF , 7 June 2022",
"Then proceed with baking as instructed, leaving you with a pristine, crisp crust for all of your pie and tart needs. \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"And since the nearest source of industrial pollution is located more than 850 miles away on Portugal\u2019s mainland, the air is crisp , clear, and fragrant. \u2014 Laura Neilson, Vogue , 31 May 2022",
"But for our testers, the crisp crust and even cooking job was well worth the wait. \u2014 Barbara Bellesi Zito, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
"Serve your quiche hot or warm to ensure a flaky, crisp crust. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Serve your quiche hot or warm to ensure a flaky, crisp crust. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 13 Apr. 2022",
"When ready to serve, allow the rice to sit in the wok without tossing to create a crisp crust underneath, about 1 minute. \u2014 J. Kenji L\u00f3pez-alt, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"This lightbulb is made specifically to provide indoor plants with their daily dose of light without burning them to a crisp . \u2014 Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The commercial follows the life-long journey of one devoted Pringles fan, who gets his hand trapped at a college party while reaching for the last delicious crisp . \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 13 Feb. 2022",
"This will ensure all your vegetables come out tender- crisp and perfectly browned. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Cook, tossing occasionally, until well browned and tender- crisp , about 10 minutes. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The fish had been caught from a skiff on the shore of Lake Victoria and only an hour or two later dredged in flour, fried to a golden crisp in a vat of vegetable oil over a wood fire, and served to me with lime and piri-piri sauce. \u2014 Torrey Peters, Bon App\u00e9tit , 4 Jan. 2022",
"An air fryer is one of the fastest, easiest and least messy way of sizzling chicken wings to a crisp . \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Reduced to a crisp by a March 1942 British bombing raid, the World War II\u2013era dessert still features shriveled swirls of icing carefully applied by a baker. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Oct. 2021",
"As the cost of bacon and other goods sizzles, more people want to protect their savings from getting burnt to a crisp by inflation. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"The garlic slices used to infuse the butter crisp up when cooled and add a textural crunch against the silky smooth potatoes. \u2014 Ben Mimscooking Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
"First, slice the shallots evenly, as thinner slices will brown before thicker slices are able to crisp . \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"Just bring along a paring knife and a spoon to prep the avocados, then crisp up the bread and garnish with edible leaves, like those plucked from a marigold. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 13 May 2022",
"An elongated shape maximizes the contrast in texture, from the tender interior to crisp , brown tips. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in the skillet and add the chorizo, cooking and stirring constantly until the chorizo begins to crisp . \u2014 Outside Online , 10 May 2021",
"Between these dramatic scenes, Gammell and Keough treat viewers to crisp and mesmerizing shots of the landscapes surrounding Pine Ridge. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"Let soak to crisp up, at least 10 minutes, then drain, dry and transfer to a large mixing bowl. \u2014 Sarah Karnasiewicz, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"Air fryers can crisp up food in minutes and provide a healthier alternative to traditional frying. \u2014 Dwyer Frame, PEOPLE.com , 14 Apr. 2022"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3",
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"noun"
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": inclined to criticize severely and unfavorably",
": consisting of or involving criticism",
": of or relating to the judgment of critics",
": exercising or involving careful judgment or judicious evaluation",
": including variant readings and scholarly emendations",
": of, relating to, or being a turning point or specially important juncture",
": such as",
": relating to or being the stage of a disease at which an abrupt change for better or worse may be expected",
": being or relating to an illness or condition involving danger of death",
": relating to or being a state in which or a measurement or point at which some quality, property, or phenomenon suffers a definite change",
": indispensable , vital",
": being in or approaching a state of crisis",
": crucial , decisive",
": of sufficient size to sustain a chain reaction",
": sustaining a nuclear chain reaction",
": likely or eager to find fault",
": consisting of or involving judgment of value, worth, beauty, or quality",
": using or involving careful judgment",
": extremely important",
": relating to, indicating, or being the stage of a disease at which an abrupt change for better or worse may be anticipated with reasonable certainty",
": being or relating to an illness or condition involving danger of death",
": of sufficient size to sustain a chain reaction",
": sustaining a chain reaction"
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"\u02c8kri-ti-k\u0259l",
"\u02c8kri-ti-k\u0259l",
"\u02c8krit-i-k\u0259l"
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"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"judgmental",
"overcritical",
"rejective"
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"uncritical"
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"The program presents a critical analysis of the government's strategies.",
"She has a talent for critical thinking.",
"We need to look at these proposed changes with a critical eye before we accept them.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There were 25 Canadians on NBA rosters last season, including Andrew Wiggins, who played a critical role in the Golden State Warriors\u2019 winning the franchise seventh NBA title Thursday night over the Boston Celtics. \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Neon plays a critical role in the production of semiconductors, in a process called lithography. \u2014 Anna Cooban And Uliana Pavlova, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"But as critical a role the next state leader will play in confronting climate change and a looming Chesapeake Bay cleanup deadline, those issues still remain a tier below seemingly more pressing matters. \u2014 Scott Dance, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
"Magnesium is involved with neurons that play a critical role in sleep regulation. \u2014 Lisa Bain, Good Housekeeping , 12 June 2022",
"Tony Awards host Ariana DeBose shone a spotlight on the swings and understudies of the Broadway season Sunday, praising their critical role in keeping productions going while the industry grappled with COVID-19. \u2014 Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 June 2022",
"Stablecoins play a critical role in crypto because their relatively steady value can provide a safe haven for many investors in the highly volatile market. \u2014 Matt Robinson, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"Stablecoins play a critical role in crypto because their relatively steady value can provide a safe haven for many investors in the highly volatile market. \u2014 Matt Robinson And Bloomberg, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
"Photography plays a critical role in the reiteration of stereotypes and visual tropes that go down in history becoming part of the collective imagination. \u2014 Rica Cerbarano, Vogue , 8 June 2022"
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"complain",
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"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"inveigh",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl"
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"delight",
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"We could hear the frogs croaking by the pond.",
"The man could only croak his name.",
"He tried to speak but could barely croak .",
"He had a heart attack and croaked .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"For now, her two dogs, Wendy and Capit\u00e1n, wait by the hamper; the roosters continue to croak ; and a mother clutches her daughter\u2019s photo in one hand and a rosary in the other. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 June 2021",
"Frogs croaked from a nearby ditch; birds trilled from the field\u2019s edge. \u2014 Kirk Johnson, New York Times , 9 May 2020",
"Curtains of Spanish moss hang limply from cypress trees; frogs croak from their lily pad perches, and lazy alligators float through backwater channels. \u2014 Dallas News , 4 May 2020",
"Mono Lake in California has a huge population of frogs that normally croak in unison to keep predators from locating and targeting individual frogs. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Apr. 2020",
"There are nearly 5,000 different species of frogs hopping, croaking , and swimming across the Earth of all different shapes and sizes. \u2014 Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science , 4 Apr. 2020",
"Cisco croaks as Wells wraps his hands around his neck. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 26 Sep. 2019",
"Watching from bare branches, ravens warbled and croaked . \u2014 Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica , 24 Oct. 2019",
"Imagine the coniferous forests of the American West and you probably picture tall trees, forest floors littered with pine needles and pinecones, black bears, mountain lions, croaking frogs, and mountain blue birds. \u2014 National Geographic , 12 Aug. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Frogs croak , a skylark soars above all in dazzling pianistic glitter, grasshopper warblers rattle as their names suggest, and one reed warbler enters into a rapturous contrapuntal duet with another. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Morrissey, who had an unvarnished croak for a voice and a melodic style that was very much his own, once called to his roommate from another room. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 July 2011",
"Bullfrogs croak and Yaqui topminnows wiggle through the pool once fed solely by natural artesian wells pulling ancient water from an aquifer. \u2014 Anita Snow, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Dec. 2020",
"The croak of thousands of invisible amphibians falls suddenly silent as the vets pass by on the way to Puntung's enclosure. \u2014 Henry Nicholls, Scientific American , 30 May 2012",
"Bullfrogs croak and Yaqui topminnows wiggle through the pool once fed solely by natural artesian wells pulling ancient water from an aquifer. \u2014 Anita Snow, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Dec. 2020",
"Bullfrogs croak and Yaqui topminnows wiggle through the pool once fed solely by natural artesian wells pulling ancient water from an aquifer. \u2014 Anita Snow, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Dec. 2020",
"Bullfrogs croak and Yaqui topminnows wiggle through the pool once fed solely by natural artesian wells pulling ancient water from an aquifer. \u2014 Anita Snow, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Dec. 2020",
"Bullfrogs croak and Yaqui topminnows wiggle through the pool once fed solely by natural artesian wells pulling ancient water from an aquifer. \u2014 Anita Snow, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Dec. 2020"
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"sawbones"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fish a large jerkbait or a live croaker outside the bar for jumbo reds 20 pounds and up, or find them on Dixey Bar or at Sand Island Light. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 1 Oct. 2021",
"The yellow croaker fish maw in the soup chef Eddy Leung had prepared for us on Tuesday tasted similar. \u2014 Time , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Large redfish are also running along this bar, and can be caught on live croaker or other baitfish. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 27 Aug. 2021",
"Best bait is a live croaker , but plenty are caught on 8 to 12 inch soft plastic swimbaits on wide-gap hooks, as well. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 6 Aug. 2021",
"By the middle of the 20th century, overfishing had decimated the species, so maw traders turned to the next best source, an equally giant Mexican croaker called the totoaba. \u2014 Adam Elder, Wired , 16 Apr. 2020",
"In the 1930s, Chinese fishermen started landing huge catches of a giant croaker fish called the bahaba. \u2014 Adam Elder, Wired , 16 Apr. 2020",
"Commonly caught fish include croaker , perch, speckled trout, sheepshead, sand trout, gafftop and bull reds. \u2014 Emilia Benton, Houston Chronicle , 20 Sep. 2019",
"Smaller reds should also be more active on oyster bars and creek mouths\u2014live shrimp is best for the keeper-size fish, while croakers and other baitfish get the big ones. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 4 Oct. 2019"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221353"
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"Verb",
"We could hear the frogs croaking by the pond.",
"The man could only croak his name.",
"He tried to speak but could barely croak .",
"He had a heart attack and croaked .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"For now, her two dogs, Wendy and Capit\u00e1n, wait by the hamper; the roosters continue to croak ; and a mother clutches her daughter\u2019s photo in one hand and a rosary in the other. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 June 2021",
"Frogs croaked from a nearby ditch; birds trilled from the field\u2019s edge. \u2014 Kirk Johnson, New York Times , 9 May 2020",
"Curtains of Spanish moss hang limply from cypress trees; frogs croak from their lily pad perches, and lazy alligators float through backwater channels. \u2014 Dallas News , 4 May 2020",
"Mono Lake in California has a huge population of frogs that normally croak in unison to keep predators from locating and targeting individual frogs. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Apr. 2020",
"There are nearly 5,000 different species of frogs hopping, croaking , and swimming across the Earth of all different shapes and sizes. \u2014 Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science , 4 Apr. 2020",
"Cisco croaks as Wells wraps his hands around his neck. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 26 Sep. 2019",
"Watching from bare branches, ravens warbled and croaked . \u2014 Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica , 24 Oct. 2019",
"Imagine the coniferous forests of the American West and you probably picture tall trees, forest floors littered with pine needles and pinecones, black bears, mountain lions, croaking frogs, and mountain blue birds. \u2014 National Geographic , 12 Aug. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Frogs croak , a skylark soars above all in dazzling pianistic glitter, grasshopper warblers rattle as their names suggest, and one reed warbler enters into a rapturous contrapuntal duet with another. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Morrissey, who had an unvarnished croak for a voice and a melodic style that was very much his own, once called to his roommate from another room. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 July 2011",
"Bullfrogs croak and Yaqui topminnows wiggle through the pool once fed solely by natural artesian wells pulling ancient water from an aquifer. \u2014 Anita Snow, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Dec. 2020",
"The croak of thousands of invisible amphibians falls suddenly silent as the vets pass by on the way to Puntung's enclosure. \u2014 Henry Nicholls, Scientific American , 30 May 2012",
"Bullfrogs croak and Yaqui topminnows wiggle through the pool once fed solely by natural artesian wells pulling ancient water from an aquifer. \u2014 Anita Snow, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Dec. 2020",
"Bullfrogs croak and Yaqui topminnows wiggle through the pool once fed solely by natural artesian wells pulling ancient water from an aquifer. \u2014 Anita Snow, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Dec. 2020",
"Bullfrogs croak and Yaqui topminnows wiggle through the pool once fed solely by natural artesian wells pulling ancient water from an aquifer. \u2014 Anita Snow, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Dec. 2020",
"Bullfrogs croak and Yaqui topminnows wiggle through the pool once fed solely by natural artesian wells pulling ancient water from an aquifer. \u2014 Anita Snow, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Dec. 2020"
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"Verb",
"We could hear the frogs croaking by the pond.",
"The man could only croak his name.",
"He tried to speak but could barely croak .",
"He had a heart attack and croaked .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"For now, her two dogs, Wendy and Capit\u00e1n, wait by the hamper; the roosters continue to croak ; and a mother clutches her daughter\u2019s photo in one hand and a rosary in the other. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 June 2021",
"Frogs croaked from a nearby ditch; birds trilled from the field\u2019s edge. \u2014 Kirk Johnson, New York Times , 9 May 2020",
"Curtains of Spanish moss hang limply from cypress trees; frogs croak from their lily pad perches, and lazy alligators float through backwater channels. \u2014 Dallas News , 4 May 2020",
"Mono Lake in California has a huge population of frogs that normally croak in unison to keep predators from locating and targeting individual frogs. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Apr. 2020",
"There are nearly 5,000 different species of frogs hopping, croaking , and swimming across the Earth of all different shapes and sizes. \u2014 Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science , 4 Apr. 2020",
"Cisco croaks as Wells wraps his hands around his neck. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 26 Sep. 2019",
"Watching from bare branches, ravens warbled and croaked . \u2014 Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica , 24 Oct. 2019",
"Imagine the coniferous forests of the American West and you probably picture tall trees, forest floors littered with pine needles and pinecones, black bears, mountain lions, croaking frogs, and mountain blue birds. \u2014 National Geographic , 12 Aug. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Frogs croak , a skylark soars above all in dazzling pianistic glitter, grasshopper warblers rattle as their names suggest, and one reed warbler enters into a rapturous contrapuntal duet with another. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Morrissey, who had an unvarnished croak for a voice and a melodic style that was very much his own, once called to his roommate from another room. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 July 2011",
"Bullfrogs croak and Yaqui topminnows wiggle through the pool once fed solely by natural artesian wells pulling ancient water from an aquifer. \u2014 Anita Snow, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Dec. 2020",
"The croak of thousands of invisible amphibians falls suddenly silent as the vets pass by on the way to Puntung's enclosure. \u2014 Henry Nicholls, Scientific American , 30 May 2012",
"Bullfrogs croak and Yaqui topminnows wiggle through the pool once fed solely by natural artesian wells pulling ancient water from an aquifer. \u2014 Anita Snow, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Dec. 2020",
"Bullfrogs croak and Yaqui topminnows wiggle through the pool once fed solely by natural artesian wells pulling ancient water from an aquifer. \u2014 Anita Snow, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Dec. 2020",
"Bullfrogs croak and Yaqui topminnows wiggle through the pool once fed solely by natural artesian wells pulling ancient water from an aquifer. \u2014 Anita Snow, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Dec. 2020",
"Bullfrogs croak and Yaqui topminnows wiggle through the pool once fed solely by natural artesian wells pulling ancient water from an aquifer. \u2014 Anita Snow, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Dec. 2020"
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"Middle English croken , of imitative origin":"Verb"
},
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1561, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163716"
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"\u2014 Angus Wilson"
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"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
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"Middle English, from Old English crocc ; akin to Old English cr\u016bce pot, pitcher, Middle High German kr\u016bche":"Noun",
"Middle English crok ; akin to Low German krakke broken-down horse":"Noun"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1594, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1839, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
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"blasted",
"blind",
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"blotto",
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"cockeyed",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"impaired",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wet",
"wiped out"
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"sober",
"straight"
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"examples":[
"He was half- crocked when he came home.",
"she found that after only three drinks she would be completely crocked",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An arriving officer arrested the Parma Heights resident, who was crocked , for disorderly conduct. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Although the treaty promised an annuity, payments were often late or siphoned off to crocked traders. \u2014 Letter Writers, Twin Cities , 8 Aug. 2019",
"Spain coach Julen Lopetegui has given a positive update on crocked defender Dani Carvajal, refusing to rule the Real Madrid right-back out of his World Cup plans. \u2014 SI.com , 29 May 2018",
"However, the crocked 28-year-old\u2019s contract is set to run out at the end of the 2018-19 campaign, with the Germany international not opposed to plying his trade elsewhere. \u2014 SI.com , 19 Oct. 2017",
"Walker has five assists already this season, impressing massively in a right wing back role for Guardiola, whilst Delph has added another string to his bow whilst playing at left back as deputy for the crocked Benjamin Mendy. \u2014 SI.com , 2 Nov. 2017",
"Fast forward six years and this precocious gem that the English media had so emphatically hyped up now finds himself crocked , stagnated and plying his trade sporadically in youth and cup fixtures. \u2014 SI.com , 21 Oct. 2017",
"By the end of some drinking-club evenings most of the participants were so crocked that Rudy might as well have been pouring grape Gatorade. \u2014 Patrick Cooke, WSJ , 31 Aug. 2017",
"James is set to take Danny Drinkwater's place who is unlikely to be fit due to a thigh strain, while King will replace the crocked summer signing Vicente Iborra. \u2014 SI.com , 10 Aug. 2017"
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"circa 1927, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184108"
},
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"noun"
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": a close friend especially of long standing : pal":[
"played golf with his cronies"
]
},
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"\u02c8kr\u014d-n\u0113"
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"associate",
"cohort",
"companion",
"compatriot",
"compeer",
"comrade",
"fellow",
"hobnobber",
"mate",
"running mate"
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"examples":[
"The mayor rewarded his cronies with high-paying jobs after he was elected.",
"the criminal's cronies were also closely questioned about the illegal gambling operation",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When Parker crony Gabe Tucker threw a magazine piece on the Colonel\u2019s desk that insinuated that Elvis was gay, Parker didn\u2019t say a word until his friend stopped sputtering. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 25 June 2022",
"Holbein was Henry VIII\u2019s court painter, the best portraitist working in Tudor England, and a crony of Erasmus of Rotterdam and Thomas More to boot. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The Rajapaksas expanded funding for the military even in peacetime and engaged in a form of crony capitalism that likely enriched the family\u2019s fortunes. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"Government investigators say the Marcoses and crony associates stole between $5 billion and $10 billion from state coffers. \u2014 Feliz Solomon, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
"Which makes the audience another crony , with beer available at the theater bar. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"As Russia ramps up its crackdown on dissenting voices, billionaire oligarch and longtime Putin crony Yuri Kovalchuk is on the frontlines of the disinformation war, managing the party line. \u2014 John Hyatt, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
"But the heart of the series is Martha Mitchell, the glamorous wife of onetime Attorney General and longtime Nixon crony John Mitchell (played by Sean Penn, under a heap of prosthetic makeup). \u2014 Tyler Aquilina, EW.com , 22 Apr. 2022",
"As Stone explains, the pro-family spin on Hungary\u2019s flagship program, CSOK, which provided cheap mortgages to couples having a third kid, was a public-relations cover for crony subsidies to the Hungarian construction industry. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022"
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"perhaps from Greek chronios long-lasting, from chronos time":""
},
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"1656, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185345"
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"noun",
"verb"
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": bend",
": curve , wind",
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": pothook",
": a shepherd's staff",
": crosier sense 1",
": a part of something that is hook-shaped, curved, or bent",
": bend , curve",
": a person who engages in fraudulent or criminal practices",
": not right:",
": unsatisfactory",
": dishonest , crooked",
": irritable , angry",
": ill , unwell",
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"\u02c8kru\u0307k"
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"bow",
"curve",
"hook",
"swerve"
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"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"miscreant",
"offender"
],
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Had the train recently hosted the cast of Cirque du Soleil, perhaps, who insisted on descending head first, arms outstretched, after crooking one knee over the top rung? \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 4 May 2020",
"Over the last decades, people are using smartphones and gadgets and living a working life by the computer with shoulders crooked forward. \u2014 Vogue , 16 May 2019",
"Doing so causes the C930 to spring open slightly, allowing you to crook a finger under the lid and continue opening it. \u2014 Mark Hachman, PCWorld , 30 Aug. 2018",
"Lines that appear straight on the linens were crooked when scanned into a computer. \u2014 Vipal Monga, WSJ , 30 May 2018",
"Would crooked Hillary have brought little rocket man to the table? \u2014 Fox News , 2 May 2018",
"Mother daughter teas are a particularly fun opportunity for mothers and daughters to dress up, crook their pinkies while eating tiny sandwiches, sip tea, and spend quality time together. \u2014 Melissa Locker, Southern Living , 31 Jan. 2018",
"Mills crooked his head, brow furrowed, and paused a second. \u2014 Michael Powell, New York Times , 17 July 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But here, he\u2019s often seen in close-up retreating into himself: crumpling his body, cradling his head in the crook of his arm, directing his gaze downward or away from the audience. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Mar. 2022",
"In a crook of the Cheoah River, River's Edge Treehouse Resort is a summer-camp-like collection of cabins between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the pristine Nantahala National Forest. \u2014 Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
"In this land of plentiful, oxygenating trees, everyone is alone, and people cough into the crook of an elbow anyway. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"What once was a mundane, gray subway ride turned into a kaleidoscope of colors, woven intricately into a small square that was perched in the crook of a woman's arm. \u2014 Talia Abbas, Glamour , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Most of the customers are sitting outside under red and white tents in front of the building, but I am perched inside, at the crook of the counter near the restaurant\u2019s open red door, to get a feel for the place. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"And in the crook of her left arm nestled her one-month-old son, Frankie. \u2014 Lynne Sherwin, cleveland , 8 Apr. 2022",
"This crook might have needed more oomph to get the job done. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Mutations change the appearance of the spike protein that covers the coronavirus much like a crook switches disguises to evade capture. \u2014 Lauran Neergaard, chicagotribune.com , 3 Feb. 2022"
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"Verb",
"12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201256"
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"adverb",
"noun"
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"Your tie is crooked ."
],
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"crooked politicians"
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"\u02c8kru\u0307-k\u0259d"
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"crazy",
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"curved",
"curving",
"curvy",
"devious",
"serpentine",
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"tortuous",
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"a long, crooked line of people had formed in front of the ticket booth",
"the common belief that gambling casinos are often crooked businesses",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Belle Isle Rumrunning Scandal, also called the Police Rum Scandal, involved elite Detroiters at a private club, crooked cops, a drunken zookeeper and the James Scott fountain on Belle Isle. \u2014 Mickey Lyons, Detroit Free Press , 8 May 2022",
"His mouth twisted into a crooked smile and his eyes twinkled, an expression reserved only for moments of pure joy. \u2014 Asonta Benetti, Bon App\u00e9tit , 6 Apr. 2022",
"When the filmmakers find Leclerc, the climber proves to be a sweet guy with curly hair, a crooked smile and zero interest in self-promotion. \u2014 Lisa Kennedy, Variety , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Mila, a Namibian, has the most crooked husband \u2014 and the hottest takes on American exceptionalism. \u2014 Seija Rankin, EW.com , 8 July 2021",
"The 26-year-old accountant had spent her teen years wearing varying combinations of braces and retainers only to have her teeth go slightly crooked again in young adulthood. \u2014 Kathryn Dill, WSJ , 5 May 2021",
"Family pictures hung crooked on walls coated with a brown film from thousands of cigarettes. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2021",
"Quinto's George is practically pickled, the tilt of his crooked grin dragging itself downward with each drink and palpable hit at his competitors. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 6 May 2022",
"Bad Guys, about a wickedly smart group of crooked animals, grossed $8 million on Friday from 4,009 theaters after receiving an A CinemaScore. \u2014 Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Apr. 2022"
],
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"see crook entry 2":""
},
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181949"
},
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"noun",
"verb"
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": a pouched enlargement of the esophagus of many birds that serves as a receptacle for food and for its preliminary maceration",
": an enlargement of the digestive tract of another animal (such as an insect)",
": a plant or animal or plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence",
": the total yearly production from a specified area",
": the product or yield of something formed together",
": a batch or lot of something produced during a particular cycle",
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": a riding whip with a short straight stock and a loop",
": the part of the chine of a quadruped (such as a domestic cow) lying immediately behind the withers",
"\u2014 see cow illustration",
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": to grow as a crop",
": to feed by cropping something",
": to yield or make a crop",
": to appear unexpectedly or casually",
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": the amount gathered or harvested : harvest",
": a short riding whip",
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": batch sense 2 , lot",
": a close cut of the hair",
": to remove (as by cutting or biting) the upper or outer parts of : trim",
": to grow or yield a crop (as of grain) : cause (land) to bear a crop",
": to come or appear when not expected",
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"\u02c8kr\u00e4p",
"\u02c8kr\u00e4p",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The next generation of the plant hopper and crop -destroying pest has hatched in the 11 states across the northeastern U.S. after their dormant winter. \u2014 Mike Snider And Scott Fallon, USA TODAY , 18 June 2022",
"As a result, business has boomed, with marijuana surpassing potatoes and blueberries as Maine\u2019s most valuable crop . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"The statement also said unauthorized well water use for commercial crop irrigation was observed and is subject to civil and criminal penalties. \u2014 Fox News , 17 June 2022",
"Sarah Taber, a crop scientist, pointed out this difference in a Twitter thread that went viral. \u2014 Thin Lei Win, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"Turkey\u2019s Defense Ministry said Turkey, Russia and Ukraine have appointed high-ranking military officers and set up a telephone hotline to try and overcome hurdles over crop exports. \u2014 John Leicester And Yuras Karmanau, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"Common crop sensor sizes are APS-C and micro four thirds (1.6x and 1.5x). \u2014 Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure , 14 June 2022",
"That crisis, which followed spikes in wheat, corn and other major agricultural commodities, had not been caused by a rice crop failure or even a shortage of the grain. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"The needs of the community change over time, and new types of businesses and housing crop up while others are replaced. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Though drum kit and feedback whines crop up on occasion, the piece is squarely in the contemporary classical tradition. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"Throughout the years, the aviation company has seen a number of issues crop up with the Starliner spacecraft. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 18 May 2022",
"Flashbacks throughout the decades crop up between characters in unconvincing old age makeup addressing the camera, documentary style, with sweeping decrees about the true nature of Angelyne, fame, and everything in between. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"That sort of equilibrium will take work to achieve and to maintain, as antibody levels ebb over time and new variants crop up. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 4 May 2022",
"The cold front will be making its way across the state starting Thursday, and storms could crop up in Houston in the afternoon and evening hours, meteorologists said. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 3 May 2022",
"Easter is prime time for ham and every year questions crop up about it. \u2014 Susan Selasky, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Easter is prime time for ham and every year questions crop up about it. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The public only gets glimpses of these secretive groups when lawsuits crop up citing the existence of such cliques. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174644"
},
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},
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"\u02c8kr\u00e4-p\u0259r"
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"defeat",
"failure",
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"adverb",
"biographical name",
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],
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],
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],
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"\u2014 George Bernard Shaw"
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"Wilbur Lucius 1862\u20131948 American educator and politician":[],
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": intersect":[],
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],
": to place or fold crosswise one over the other":[
"cross the arms"
],
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": to deny the validity of : contradict":[],
": to confront in a troublesome manner : obstruct":[],
": to spoil completely : disrupt":[
"\u2014 used with up His failure to appear crossed up the whole program."
],
": to turn against : betray":[
"crossed me up on the deal"
],
": to extend across or over : traverse":[
"a highway crossing the entire state"
],
": reach , attain":[
"Only two crossed the finish line."
],
": to go from one side of to the other":[
"cross a street",
"crosses racial barriers"
],
": to draw a line across":[],
": to mark or figure with lines : streak":[],
": to cause (an animal or plant) to interbreed with one of a different kind : hybridize":[],
": to meet and pass on the way":[
"Our letters must have crossed each other."
],
": to occur to":[
"It never crossed my mind."
],
": to carry or take across something":[
"crossed the children at the intersection"
],
": to turn (the eyes) inward toward the nose":[
"The boy made a funny face and crossed his eyes."
],
": to move, pass, or extend across something":[
"crossed through France",
"crossed over to the other side of the river"
],
": to move or pass from one character, condition, or allegiance to another":[
"\u2014 used with over crossing over to vote for another party's candidate"
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": to meet in passing especially from opposite directions":[],
": interbreed , hybridize":[],
": to hope for a particular or stated outcome":[
"Owners are crossing their fingers that relief might be on the way.",
"\u2014 Mike Freeman",
"Keep your fingers crossed that something will be worked out.",
"\u2014 Marge Crumbaker"
],
": to meet especially by chance":[
"crossed paths with an old friend on a business trip"
],
": to engage in a dispute":[],
"river 300 miles (483 kilometers) long in western Cameroon and southeastern Nigeria flowing west and south into the Gulf of Guinea":[],
": lying across or athwart":[],
": moving across":[
"cross traffic"
],
": running counter : opposite":[],
": mutually opposed":[
"cross purposes"
],
": involving mutual interchange : reciprocal":[],
": marked by typically transitory bad temper":[],
": extending over or treating several groups, conditions, or classes":[
"a cross sample from 25 colleges"
],
": crossbred , hybrid":[],
": across":[],
": not parallel : crisscross , crosswise":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u022fs"
],
"synonyms":[
"crucible",
"fire",
"gauntlet",
"gantlet",
"ordeal",
"trial"
],
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"backstab",
"betray",
"double-cross",
"sell (out)",
"two-time"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a necklace with a gold cross",
"The teacher marked the absent students on her list with crosses .",
"Those who could not write signed their names with a cross .",
"Verb",
"We crossed the state border hours ago.",
"The dog crossed the street.",
"The highway crosses the entire state.",
"He was the first runner to cross the finish line.",
"The train crosses through France.",
"Put a nail where the boards cross .",
"One line crossed the other.",
"Adjective",
"I didn't mean to make you cross .",
"I was cross with her for being so careless.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The back includes charming criss- cross straps and a keyhole cutout, so consider ordering an under-the-radar sticky bra with it. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
"The wooden chapel is topped by a wooden steeple in a cross design. \u2014 Kelly Kazek | Kkazek@al.com, al , 22 June 2022",
"The team ventured into a part of the Puget Sound closer to the ocean and immediately felt the effects: unpredictable cross currents and stronger winds. \u2014 Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"That dates 2\u00bd years to her runner-up finish in a 2019 state cross country final. \u2014 Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
"In the fall, Douihech was named the Sun Sentinel\u2019s cross country runner of the year after placing fifth (15:49.40) at the state meet. \u2014 Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
"One caveat that may dog this cross : the rising risk of intervention. \u2014 John Kicklighter, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"From square-neck terry bralettes to criss- cross halter one-pieces, A&F has a wide range of flirty swim silhouettes for the financially conscious (plus a SELF reader favorite for swimsuits for bigger busts). \u2014 Malia Griggs, SELF , 16 June 2022",
"Weeks also provided video from security cameras at the food cart pod that showed a red truck strike Timothy, cross 82nd, do a U-turn on Center Street and come back to hit the bike before stopping briefly, then heading off. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Eric Blake, men\u2019s track and cross country coach at Central Connecticut, finished third in 29:12. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 19 June 2022",
"Northern Kentucky brought home lots of hardware in the similar but different sports of track and cross country. \u2014 James Weber, The Enquirer , 16 June 2022",
"Muirhead\u2019s success in track and cross country is mind-boggling. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"Olin already replicated one of his father's feats, twice winning the WIAA cross country championship while competing for Madison West in 2013 and 2014. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
"The Dulaney boys won the team title and Lion junior Tyler Dailey captured the boys individual crown at the Baltimore County cross country championships held at Dulaney High. \u2014 Craig Clary, Baltimore Sun , 6 June 2022",
"Abramowicz, who is competing at University of San Francisco in track and cross country starting next fall, turned on the jets in the final 200 and won the race with a time of 9:12.68. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
"The conditions were immaculate, and other tow teams had appeared\u2014coming in from the sea on skis, since the inshore white-water zone was still too ferocious to cross . \u2014 William Finnegan, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Sarah Shulze was a runner at Wisconsin who earned All-Big Ten academic honors in track and cross country. \u2014 Paul Newberry, ajc , 30 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English, from Old Norse or Old Irish; Old Norse kross , from Old Irish cros , from Latin cruc-, crux":"Noun, Verb, Adjective, Preposition, and Adverb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1551, in the meaning defined above":"Preposition",
"1577, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212537"
},
"cross section":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a cutting or piece of something cut off at right angles to an axis",
": a representation of such a cutting",
": section sense 3b",
": a measure of the probability of an encounter between particles such as will result in a specified effect (such as scattering or capture)",
": a composite representation typifying the constituents of a thing in their relations",
": a cutting made across something (as a log or an apple)",
": a view showing what the inside of something looks like after a cut has been made through it",
": a small group that includes examples of the different types of people or things in a larger group",
": a cutting or piece of something cut off at right angles to an axis",
": a representation of such a cutting"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"sample",
"sampler",
"sampling",
"selection",
"slice"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a detailed cross section of the human brain",
"The drawing showed the human brain in cross section .",
"The class surveyed a cross section of the student body.",
"The people in our neighborhood are a representative cross section of American society.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The congregation reflects a cross section of Uvalde. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"The congregation reflects a cross section of Uvalde. \u2014 Rick Rojas, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"The fresh cut for the cross section even smelled of pine. \u2014 al , 12 May 2022",
"In 2014, real estate investor Aby Rosen decorated his front lawn in Old Westbury, on Long Island, with a Damien Hirst\u2014a 33-foot-tall bronze, nude, pregnant woman with an anatomical cross section that included her fetus. \u2014 Mary Childs, Town & Country , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The committee comprises a cross section of members appointed earlier this year. \u2014 Anousha Sakouistaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The grounds of the museum will include a tidal pool where water will ebb and flow; on its bottom will be etched a ghostly cross section of a slave ship with prone figures of men, women, and children crowded as tightly as possible. \u2014 Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country , 18 Mar. 2022",
"But successful polls, in principle, offer a scientific method of representing a wide cross section of the public by giving (nearly) everyone the chance to express their opinions on a set of issues without sizable costs. \u2014 James Pogue, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Its board of governors is packed with a cross section of industry heavyweights, including representatives from Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Spotify Technology SA. \u2014 Ashley Carman, Bloomberg.com , 1 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181949"
},
"crossbred":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": produced by crossbreeding : hybrid",
": produced by crossbreeding : hybrid"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u022fs-\u02c8bred",
"\u02c8kr\u022fs-\u02c8bred"
],
"synonyms":[
"cold-blooded",
"coldblood",
"cross",
"hybrid",
"mixed",
"mongrel"
],
"antonyms":[
"blooded",
"full-blood",
"full-blooded",
"purebred",
"thoroughbred"
],
"examples":[
"a beautiful crossbred dog who had the pleading eyes of a beagle and the body of a greyhound",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The vast majority of captive tigers are crossbred hybrids, so they aren\u2019t identified as members of one of the six tiger subspecies\u2014the Bengal tiger, Amur tiger, South China tiger, Sumatran tiger, Indochinese tiger, and Malayan tiger. \u2014 Popular Science , 8 Apr. 2020",
"Over the past half century, for example, mainstream realistic novels have lost their once privileged centrality to crossbred works that draw inspiration from fantasy and science fiction, crime novels, pornography and the western. \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 16 Oct. 2019",
"People could meet the Farm Museum\u2019s newest oxen, Jack and Jim, and meet Bud and Bo, Angus crossbred steers. \u2014 Shiela Johnson, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 12 Oct. 2019",
"By the 1930s, the ranch was running 6,670 head of crossbred range cattle on the lease while Marks maintained a separate herd of 500 pure Texas longhorns, the historical association said. \u2014 Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle , 15 July 2019",
"Video Link Embed Code Facebook Twitter Email Ben Bezner and his European crossbred steer named Mufasa take the grand champion honors in the junior steer competition Friday afternoon at the Fort Worth Stock Show. \u2014 Matthew Martinez, star-telegram , 24 Feb. 2018",
"E.M. Muhammed, a breeding expert, has been experimenting with an indigenous strain of miniature cattle that produce less milk than typical crossbred cows but are much better able to stand very hot weather. \u2014 Ellen Barry, New York Times , 3 May 2016",
"To uncover the underlying genetics of this quintessential example of natural selection, University of Liverpool scientists crossbred lines of black and speckled moths. \u2014 Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine , 15 Dec. 2016"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1856, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215146"
},
"crossbreed":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to engage in or undergo hybridization":[],
": hybrid":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccbr\u0113d",
"\u02c8kr\u022fs-\u02ccbr\u0113d",
"-\u02c8br\u0113d",
"\u02c8kr\u022fs-\u02ccbr\u0113d, -\u02c8br\u0113d"
],
"synonyms":[
"cross",
"crossbred",
"hybrid",
"intercross",
"mongrel"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a Siamese crossbreed who was atypically black, but had the build and voice of a Siamese",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In Arizona, an unusual rancher is trying to crossbreed cattle to produce less methane gas and better withstand drought. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Red oaks often crossbreed with pin oaks, and the resulting trees will be yellow and sick in our clay soils. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 20 Sep. 2021",
"The herd in Grand Canyon National Park is believed to be made up of direct descendants of the bison introduced to the area by Charles Jones, known as Buffalo Jones, in the 1900s as a ranching experiment to crossbreed bison and cattle. \u2014 Azi Paybarah New York Times, Star Tribune , 7 May 2021",
"Waterfowl crossbreed more than any other bird\u2014more than 400 combinations of hybrid waterfowl have been recorded. \u2014 Ryan Chelius, Outdoor Life , 1 Mar. 2021",
"These two species are the most common ducks to crossbreed . \u2014 Ryan Chelius, Outdoor Life , 1 Mar. 2021",
"The chimeras, or hybrid creatures, that populate Veronica Barker-Barzel\u2019s art crossbreed the banal and the fantastic. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Nov. 2020",
"In 1906 Jones carted 86 of them from Kansas to Arizona, as a ranching experiment to crossbreed with cattle. \u2014 Outdoor Life , 24 Nov. 2020",
"Red siskins can crossbreed with canaries to create red canaries, a bird long-prized by pet owners across Europe and in the United States. \u2014 Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Apr. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Those big-ass crossbreed locusts start decimating crops across the American heartland, quickly multiplying to the point where Dr. Wu, who developed the freak species, warns of an impending food shortage. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"Both are crossbreeds of Angus cattle and Scottish Highland cows. \u2014 Anna Ben Yehuda Rahmanan, Fortune , 20 Jan. 2020",
"Those with pure Florida DNA are believed to be genetically superior to crossbreeds . \u2014 Matt Williams, Dallas News , 18 Jan. 2020",
"Gantz\u2019s only option was to blindly engineer, and crossbreed , scores of flies, in hopes that two carrying the recessive mutation would eventually find each other and mate. \u2014 Jennifer Kahn, New York Times , 8 Jan. 2020",
"Ariel Levy explores the phenomenon of half-wild feline crossbreeds , and Ian Frazier examines the alarming proliferation of feral hogs in the South. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 Aug. 2019",
"Mitt Romney is heading to the Senate now despite being a crossbreed of a career executive and a Brooks Brothers mannequin. \u2014 Sangeeta Singh-kurtz, Quartz at Work , 22 July 2019",
"On Game of Thrones, the extinct wolves are played by Northern Inuit dogs (a crossbreed related to huskies and German shepherds that was selectively bred to resemble wolves) and an arctic wolf. \u2014 National Geographic , 6 May 2019",
"The Pacific Provider is an adventure yacht nestled into its own category, some sort of crossbreed between luxury comfort and rugged maritime freewheeling. \u2014 Natalie B. Compton, GQ , 19 Apr. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1675, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
"1774, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184913"
},
"crosspatch":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": grouch sense 2":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u022fs-\u02ccpach"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crab",
"crank",
"croaker",
"curmudgeon",
"fusser",
"griper",
"grouch",
"grouser",
"growler",
"grumbler",
"grump",
"murmurer",
"mutterer",
"sourpuss",
"whiner"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"that sweet little girl turns into a real crosspatch when she's hungry"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"cross entry 3 + patch entry 3":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1700, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012656"
},
"crossroad(s)":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a road that crosses a main road or runs cross-country between main roads":[],
": the place of intersection of two or more roads":[],
": a small community located at such a crossroads":[],
": a central meeting place":[],
": a crucial point especially where a decision must be made":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"also -\u02c8r\u014dd",
"\u02c8kr\u022fs-\u02ccr\u014dd"
],
"synonyms":[
"carrefour",
"corner",
"crossing",
"crossway(s)",
"intersection",
"junction"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Traffic was stopped at the crossroad .",
"We turned onto a crossroad .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hong Kong\u2019s future is at a trepidatious crossroad and Beijing knows it. \u2014 Karson Yiu, ABC News , 30 June 2022",
"Having come to a crossroad in her own career journey, Ruettimann had a few recommendations for those feeling stuck in their current job. \u2014 Kwame Christian, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2022",
"But here at an international crossroad , changes are often driven by forces far away. \u2014 Sandra Dibble, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"Little Miami Scenic Trail named one of best U.S. urban trails From the south, Old 3-C will be the last crossroad to exit the trail before the closure. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 25 Apr. 2022",
"This is one of those crossroad moments for an Alabama program in Year 3 under Nate Oats. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 13 Mar. 2022",
"This week, Ohio finds itself at a historic crossroad . \u2014 Staff Report, cleveland , 21 Feb. 2022",
"At each crossroad , the machine turned right by default. \u2014 Saugat Bolakhe, Scientific American , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Finally, the last incident involved a truck approaching from a crossroad and moving into the highway. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 1 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210102"
},
"crossway(s)":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": crosswise , diagonally":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u022fs-\u02ccw\u0101z"
],
"synonyms":[
"athwart",
"bias",
"cornerways",
"cornerwise",
"crosswise",
"diagonally",
"kitty-corner",
"catty-corner",
"catercorner",
"kitty-cornered",
"catty-cornered",
"catercornered",
"obliquely",
"transversely"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the van had been deliberately parked crossways so as to take up both parking spaces"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1564, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041205"
},
"crossways":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": crosswise , diagonally":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u022fs-\u02ccw\u0101z"
],
"synonyms":[
"athwart",
"bias",
"cornerways",
"cornerwise",
"crosswise",
"diagonally",
"kitty-corner",
"catty-corner",
"catercorner",
"kitty-cornered",
"catty-cornered",
"catercornered",
"obliquely",
"transversely"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the van had been deliberately parked crossways so as to take up both parking spaces"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1564, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013411"
},
"crotchety":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": given to crotchets (see crotchet sense 2a ) : subject to whims, crankiness, or ill temper":[
"a crotchety old man",
"a crotchety critic"
],
": full of or arising from crotchets":[
"a crotchety style",
"Crotchety twilight-of-life drama.",
"\u2014 Entertainment Weekly"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u00e4-ch\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"fiery",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"stuffy",
"testy",
"waspish"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"None of the students dared to talk back to the crotchety old teacher.",
"I get crotchety after a long day at work.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This casual yet momentous inversion of the domestic labors that Beauvoir cursed yields the indelible image of a crotchety old lady propped up with her small menagerie in bed, while, in the kitchen, the men marinate a leg of lamb for her dinner. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Ford is fine as the crotchety old outdoorsman, with Omar Sy and Cara Gee -- portraying the intrepid mail carriers -- the only other flesh-and-blood creatures that even register. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 20 Feb. 2020",
"The oldest candidate in the race, the determinedly crotchety 78-year-old Senator Sanders, is a hit with the youngest voters tracking the 2020 campaign. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 Dec. 2019",
"Spencer's crotchety grandfather, Eddie (Danny DeVito), and his elderly pal Milo (Danny Glover), get sucked into the game, too. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 13 Dec. 2019",
"And a crotchety old skirt-chasing white guy who has been elected to office once as a Republican and precisely zero times as a Democrat? \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 5 Dec. 2019",
"Beal \u2014 by then a crotchety town character \u2014 would be known to loudly declare, often while shirtless. \u2014 Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times , 21 July 2019",
"But Harrison's ticket to the White House was an anti-Harrison editorial that derided him as a crotchety old soldier drinking hard cider in a log cabin. \u2014 CBS News , 12 June 2012",
"Witherspoon appeared as Willie Jones, the hilariously crotchety father of Ice Cube\u2019s character in the 1995 classic comedy Friday. \u2014 Rachel Yang, EW.com , 30 Oct. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"see crotchet":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182641"
},
"crow":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": any of various large usually entirely glossy black passerine birds (family Corvidae and especially genus Corvus )",
": corvus",
": humble pie",
": in a straight line",
": to make the loud shrill sound characteristic of a cock",
": to utter a sound expressive of pleasure",
": to exult gloatingly especially over the distress of another",
": to brag exultantly or blatantly",
": to say with self-satisfaction",
": the cry of the cock",
": a triumphant cry",
": a member of an Indigenous people of the Great Plains between the Platte and Yellowstone rivers",
": the Siouan language of the Crow people",
": a glossy black bird that has a harsh cry",
": a member of a tribe of indigenous people of Montana",
": the language of the Crow people",
": to make the loud cry of a rooster",
": to make sounds of delight",
": boast entry 1 sense 1",
": to say with delight",
": the cry of a rooster",
": a cry of triumph"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u014d",
"\u02c8kr\u014d",
"\u02c8kr\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[
"delight",
"exuberate",
"exult",
"glory",
"joy",
"jubilate",
"kvell",
"rejoice",
"triumph"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The cock crowed as the sun began to rise.",
"The boy crowed with delight.",
"The rest of us were sick of hearing her crow about her success."
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (3)",
"1801, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203434"
},
"crowd":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to press on : hurry":[
"The ships crowded northward."
],
": to press close":[
"The players crowded around the coach."
],
": to collect in numbers":[
"Police officers warned people not to crowd ."
],
": to fill by pressing or thronging together":[
"crowd a room"
],
": to press, force, or thrust into a small space":[
"crowded the people into the bus"
],
": push , force":[
"\u2014 often used with off or out crowd a person off the sidewalk"
],
": to urge on":[
"\u2026 I crowded him until streams of sweat ran from his beard.",
"\u2014 Jesse H. Stuart"
],
": to put on (sail) in excess of the usual for greater speed":[],
": to put pressure on":[
"Don't crowd me, I'll pay."
],
": throng , jostle":[
"\u2026 changes \u2026 crowd each other in a whirl of confusing images when we try to picture this century \u2026",
"\u2014 Nicholas Murray Butler"
],
": to press or stand close to":[
"The batter was crowding the plate."
],
": to approach or come close to (an age or amount)":[
"a friend who's crowding 70",
"\u2026 a sedan that crowds $100,000 when all the option boxes have been checked.",
"\u2014 Jeff Sabatini"
],
": a large number of persons especially when collected together : throng":[],
": the great body of the people : populace":[],
": most of one's peers":[
"follow the crowd"
],
": a large number of things close together":[
"\u2026 I saw a crowd \u2026 of golden daffodils \u2026",
"\u2014 William Wordsworth"
],
": a group of people having something (such as a habit, interest, or occupation) in common":[
"in with the wrong crowd",
"the Hollywood crowd"
],
": an ancient Celtic stringed instrument that is plucked or bowed":[],
": violin":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u00fcd",
"\u02c8krau\u0307d"
],
"synonyms":[
"cram",
"crush",
"jam",
"ram",
"sandwich",
"shoehorn",
"squeeze",
"stuff",
"wedge"
],
"antonyms":[
"army",
"bike",
"cram",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mass",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"rout",
"scrum",
"swarm",
"throng"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for crowd Noun (1) crowd , throng , horde , crush , mob mean an assembled multitude. crowd implies a close gathering and pressing together. a crowd gathered throng and horde suggest movement and pushing. a throng of reporters a horde of shoppers crush emphasizes the compactness of the group, the difficulty of individual movement, and the attendant discomfort. a crush of fans mob implies a disorderly crowd with the potential for violence. an angry mob",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Boxes crowded the floor of my apartment.",
"There are too many products crowding the market.",
"The club has been accused of crowding too many people into too small a space.",
"By the end of the 10th mile, three bicyclists were crowding the racer in front.",
"Please move back. You're crowding me."
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English crouden \"to push forward, jostle, press, push or drive (something wheeled),\" going back to Old English cr\u016bdan \"to crowd, press (against), press forward (of a ship),\" going back to Germanic *kr\u016bdan- \"to press, push forward\" (whence also Middle Dutch cr\u00fbden \"to push, shove, trundle,\" Norwegian regional kryda (preterit kraud ) \"to flow together, congregate\"), of uncertain origin":"Verb",
"derivative of crowd entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English crou\u00fe, croude, borrowed from Middle Welsh crwth \"crowd (the instrument), fiddle, hump, humpback, anything round or bulging,\" going back to Celtic *krutto- \"round or bulging object\" (whence also, from a feminine derivative *krutt\u0101, Welsh croth \"womb, belly\"; also Middle Irish crott, cruitt \"harp, lyre, hump,\" Middle Breton courz \"female genitals\"), probably of expressive origin":"Noun"
},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183018"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": filled with many or too many people or things":[
"a crowded room/theater",
"a beach crowded with people",
"a crowded itinerary"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krau\u0307-d\u0259d"
],
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"brimful",
"brimming",
"bursting",
"chock-full",
"chockful",
"chockablock",
"crammed",
"fat",
"filled",
"full",
"jam-packed",
"jammed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"stuffed"
],
"antonyms":[
"bare",
"blank",
"devoid",
"empty",
"stark",
"vacant",
"void"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Moss walked into the crowded hearing room with her mother. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"The show\u2019s producer, a young man named James Lynch, met me in the lobby and led me to a crowded control room. \u2014 Cal Newport, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022",
"Additional measures, like masking indoors and in crowded spaces, social distancing and improving ventilation where possible, can provide another layer of protection. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"When Doll Spirit Vessel played one of its first shows at buzzing Brooklyn DIY venue Rubulad in March, the band quickly captivated the attention of the crowded room. \u2014 Tatiana Tenreyro, SPIN , 7 June 2022",
"To help prevent infections like adenovirus, the WHO recomends regular handwashing, avoiding crowded spaces, mask-wearing, only drinking safe water, and other standard infection prevention practices. \u2014 Katherine Hignett, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
"Meat plants became a hotbed for Covid outbreaks in the first year of the pandemic as workers grappled with long hours in crowded work spaces. \u2014 Parija Kavilanz, CNN , 12 May 2022",
"The most obvious is that the tails of your skis are waving around behind you, bonking into your friends\u2019 helmets, and making the skis positively deadly in crowded spaces like a gondola line. \u2014 Bill Gifford, Outside Online , 24 Feb. 2022",
"With the flu and COVID circulating at the same time, people can reduce the risk of becoming severely ill with either virus by getting vaccinated against the flu and COVID, wearing a mask in crowded spaces and washing your hands. \u2014 Sony Salzman, ABC News , 6 Jan. 2022"
],
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"from past participle of crowd entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1612, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182628"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": any of various large usually entirely glossy black passerine birds (family Corvidae and especially genus Corvus )",
": corvus",
": humble pie",
": in a straight line",
": to make the loud shrill sound characteristic of a cock",
": to utter a sound expressive of pleasure",
": to exult gloatingly especially over the distress of another",
": to brag exultantly or blatantly",
": to say with self-satisfaction",
": the cry of the cock",
": a triumphant cry",
": a member of an Indigenous people of the Great Plains between the Platte and Yellowstone rivers",
": the Siouan language of the Crow people",
": a glossy black bird that has a harsh cry",
": a member of a tribe of indigenous people of Montana",
": the language of the Crow people",
": to make the loud cry of a rooster",
": to make sounds of delight",
": boast entry 1 sense 1",
": to say with delight",
": the cry of a rooster",
": a cry of triumph"
],
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"\u02c8kr\u014d",
"\u02c8kr\u014d",
"\u02c8kr\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[
"delight",
"exuberate",
"exult",
"glory",
"joy",
"jubilate",
"kvell",
"rejoice",
"triumph"
],
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"The cock crowed as the sun began to rise.",
"The boy crowed with delight.",
"The rest of us were sick of hearing her crow about her success."
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (3)",
"1801, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214356"
},
"crown":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
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": the highest part: such as":[],
": the topmost part of the skull or head":[],
": the summit of a mountain":[],
": the head of foliage of a tree or shrub":[],
": the part of a hat or other headgear covering the crown of the head":[],
": the part of a tooth external to the gum or an artificial substitute for this \u2014 see tooth illustration":[],
": a wreath, band, or circular ornament for the head":[],
": something resembling a wreath or crown":[],
": the knurled cap on top of a watch stem":[],
": imperial or regal power : sovereignty":[],
": the government under a constitutional monarchy":[],
": monarch":[],
": something that imparts splendor, honor, or finish : culmination":[],
": any of several old gold coins with a crown as part of the device":[],
": an old usually silver British coin worth five shillings":[],
": koruna":[],
": krona":[],
": krone":[],
": kroon":[],
": the region of a seed plant at which stem and root merge":[],
": the arching end of the shank of an anchor where the arms join it \u2014 see anchor illustration":[],
": to recognize officially as":[
"they crowned her athlete of the year"
],
": to award a championship to":[
"crown a new champion"
],
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": to bring to a successful conclusion : climax":[
"the role that crowned her career"
],
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": to hit on the head":[],
": to burn rapidly through the tops of trees":[],
": to appear and begin to emerge headfirst or crown first at the vaginal opening":[
"the baby's head crowned"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krau\u0307n"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaplet",
"coronal",
"coronel",
"coronet",
"diadem"
],
"antonyms":[
"cap (off)",
"climax",
"culminate"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The winner of the beauty pageant walked down the runway wearing her sparkling crown .",
"the blessing of the Spanish crown",
"She was appointed by the Crown .",
"Verb",
"The magazine crowned her the new queen of rock-and-roll music.",
"She crowned her long and distinguished career by designing the city's beautiful new bridge.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Several all-stars had strong finishes in the 2022 AHSAA State Golf Tournament, including North All-Stars from Vestavia Hills Ward Harris and Jay Clemmer, who helped the Rebels to a state crown . \u2014 Al.com Reports, al , 8 June 2022",
"To get the sleekest pony possible, split your hair into two sections, slicking each back and then joining them at the crown . \u2014 Glamour , 3 May 2022",
"But the tooth presents a challenge because it was broken off at the crown . \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
"These micro highlights tend to be brighter at the crown and the ends, in the color pattern reminiscent of something a small child might have. \u2014 Allure , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The accordion pleats encircling a royal blue flower at the crown give this hatinator a contemporary feel and a fresh take on the more common Southern Belle charm of the Kentucky Derby hat. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Farley will have one last shot at a state crown before heading to George Mason University. \u2014 Robert Fenbers, cleveland , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Standing 153 feet tall, the high-flying attraction also offers some of the best views of Mission Bay, which riders can take in atop the track before they are suspended on a 45-degree angle at the crown and then dropped 14 stories, face-first. \u2014 Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The West girls made a run at the Division 1 crown , too, winning the slalom team race by five points over Central. \u2014 Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The final three compete to crown a winner along with performances from guests including Carrie Underwood and Earth, Wind & Fire. \u2014 Hau Chu, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
"The three teams will compete in four events to crown a winner. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 15 Feb. 2022",
"College softball will crown a champion this week in the Women\u2019s College World Series. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"And for a second consecutive year, Premios Heat will crown the best Dominican artist, which went to El Alfa in 2021. \u2014 Jessica Roiz, Billboard , 2 June 2022",
"For the first time, the MIAA will crown two boys\u2019 volleyball champions in the new statewide tournament alignment. \u2014 Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"Celebrity judges like Molly Wellman will crown the winner. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 12 May 2022",
"Following that, the men will crown their champion tonight. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 4 Apr. 2022",
"One was to kick off the month of May on the road course and the other was to end the season, crown the champion, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. \u2014 Bruce Martin, Forbes , 16 May 2022"
],
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"Middle English coroune, croune, borrowed from Anglo-French corone, coroune, going back to Latin cor\u014dna \"wreath, garland worn on the head as a mark of honor or emblem of majesty,\" borrowed from Greek kor\u1e53n\u0113 \"crow, seabird (perhaps a shearwater), any of various curved or hooked objects (as a door handle or tip of a bow), kind of crown,\" perhaps formed from an original n-stem nominative *kor-\u014dn \"crow, seabird,\" from a base *kor- \u2014 more at cornice":"Noun",
"Middle English corounen, crounen, borrowed from Anglo-French coroner, corouner, going back to Latin cor\u014dnare \"to deck with garlands, wreath, encircle,\" derivative of cor\u014dna \"wreathe, garland worn on the head as a mark of honor or emblem of majesty\" \u2014 more at crown entry 1":"Verb"
},
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"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030833"
},
"crucible":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a vessel of a very refractory (see refractory entry 1 sense 3 ) material (such as porcelain) used for melting and calcining a substance that requires a high degree of heat":[],
": a severe test":[
"He's ready to face the crucible of the Olympics."
],
": a place or situation in which concentrated forces interact to cause or influence change or development":[
"\u2026 conditioned by having grown up within the crucible of Chinatown \u2026",
"\u2014 Tom Wolfe",
"His character was formed in the crucible of war."
]
},
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"\u02c8kr\u00fc-s\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"cross",
"fire",
"gauntlet",
"gantlet",
"ordeal",
"trial"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"He's ready to face the crucible of the Olympics.",
"His character was formed in the crucible of war.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Writer-director Andrew Semans adds heat upon heat in a near-surreal psychological crucible , arriving at one of those WTF endings. \u2014 Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
"Baseball\u2019s charm \u2013 and its greatest glories \u2013 have always been tied to the grind itself, a six-month crucible of a season that weeded out pretenders and rewarded sustained excellence. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Add to that the constant debates on which practical and affordable health safety protocols to implement, recurrent case surges and updates to health recommendations creates a crucible of challenges for churches. \u2014 Mark Nichols, ABC News , 26 Feb. 2022",
"It\u2019s an arresting welcome that evokes the dislocation of an ocean crossing, challenging visitors to navigate a world forged in the crucible of the Black Atlantic. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 4 May 2022",
"Playing as a freshman in the crucible of the Southeastern Conference is a lofty goal. \u2014 al , 23 Mar. 2022",
"This is a young U.S. men\u2019s national team program in transition, exorcising the ghosts of 2018, reshaping its identity with players who bolted for the crucible of European football as teens instead of the security of Major League Soccer. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Ukraine\u2019s cities \u2014 and civilian areas \u2014 have become the crucible of the war, where an intense struggle is unfolding between Russians who want to seize or control these areas and Ukrainians defiantly resisting. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Perhaps Holabird\u2019s most lasting impact was as the crucible in which the Jeep was forged. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Mar. 2022"
],
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"Middle English corusible , from Medieval Latin crucibulum earthen pot for melting metals":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200452"
},
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"noun",
"verb"
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": a deposit or incrustation of filth, grease, or refuse":[],
": something disgusting : rubbish":[],
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": a usually ill-defined or imperfectly identified bodily disorder":[],
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},
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"\u02c8kr\u0259d"
],
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"dirt",
"filth",
"grime",
"gunk",
"muck",
"smut",
"soil"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"I spent an hour scrubbing the crud off the old stove.",
"He complains that there's too much crud on TV these days.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Nordica engineers back in Austria set out to enhance that loose and surfy feel while maintaining the brand\u2019s famous crud -busting and high-speed-bashing guts. \u2014 Heather Schultz, Outside Online , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Despite all those head-shaking moments in the Beijing bubble, though, there were plenty of world records, broken barriers and soaring performances to stir the emotions of figure skating fans that stuck it out through the crud . \u2014 Dave Skretta, ajc , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Winter riding comes with its own unique demands: icy roads and trails that make for dicey traction, slushy crud that sprays all over you and your machine, and short days calling for extra lighting. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Unlike streaming networks, which can bury their junk and still win awards for its prestige content or broadcast networks that have to worry deeply about offending any of their increasingly fewer viewers, TLC lives in their crud . \u2014 Sandra Gonzalez, CNN , 5 Nov. 2021",
"For additional friction to remove pesky interior crud , add salt\u2014large rock salt is especially effective\u2014with the ice. \u2014 Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens , 3 Sep. 2021",
"The kittens were cold, unable to shiver or cry, and their eyes were covered in crud . \u2014 Maria Lopez, cleveland , 29 July 2021",
"Future archaeologists examining the leavings of the 21st century will likely find scads of toxic crud , along with plenty of plastic trash. \u2014 Sam Kean, Science | AAAS , 2 July 2021",
"But those concerns often conveniently overlooked the tatty crud regularly published in the country\u2019s reactionary right-wing tabloids, many of which are owned by Murdoch, which have had a profoundly deleterious effect on British society for decades. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 21 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The announcement, interpreted in the market as an oil price war, sent Brent and West Texas Intermediate crudes tumbling. \u2014 Brian Wingfield, BostonGlobe.com , 31 Mar. 2020",
"Just apply gentle pressure, rinsing the scraper or toothbrush off after each pass to avoid re-depositing all that crud back on your tongue. \u2014 Lindsey Lanquist, SELF , 18 Mar. 2018"
],
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"Middle English crud, curd (usually in plural cruddes, croddes, curddys ) \"coagulated milk, any thickened substance, dregs, lees\" \u2014 more at curd entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English crudden, crodden, curdden \"to curdle or make curdle (of milk), coagulate, congeal,\" perhaps going back to Germanic *krutt\u014dn-/*krud\u014dn- (whence also Norwegian regional krota \"to curdle, clump,\" kroda \"to huddle\"), iterative derivative of *kr\u016bdan- \"to press, push forward\" \u2014 more at crowd entry 1":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003415"
},
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"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": marked by the primitive, gross, or elemental or by uncultivated simplicity or vulgarity":[
"a crude stereotype",
"crude tools",
"crude jokes"
],
": existing in a natural state and unaltered by cooking or processing":[
"crude oil",
"crude ore"
],
": rough or inexpert in plan or execution":[
"a crude shelter"
],
": lacking a covering, glossing, or concealing element : obvious":[
"crude facts"
],
": tabulated without being broken down into classes":[
"the crude death rate"
],
": unripe , immature":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u00fcd"
],
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"native",
"natural",
"raw",
"rude",
"undressed",
"unprocessed",
"unrefined",
"untreated"
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"dressed",
"processed",
"refined",
"treated"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for crude Adjective rude , rough , crude , raw mean lacking in social refinement. rude implies ignorance of or indifference to good form; it may suggest intentional discourtesy. rude behavior rough is likely to stress lack of polish and gentleness. rough manners crude may apply to thought or behavior limited to the gross, the obvious, or the primitive. a crude joke raw suggests being untested, inexperienced, or unfinished. turning raw youths into polished performers",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"They built a crude shelter out of branches.",
"a crude summary of the country's history",
"She first described the procedure in crude terms, and then went into more detail.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Coincidentally, because the price for crude oil has moderated somewhat over the past two weeks, the price of gas at the pump has moderated as well. \u2014 David Blackmon, Forbes , 3 July 2022",
"At the same time, supplies for crude oil and gasoline have remained tight. \u2014 CBS News , 1 July 2022",
"The disruption of crude oil from Russia has led to soaring costs for fuel, transportation and food production. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Energy stocks made solid gains as U.S. crude oil prices rose 2%. \u2014 Damian J. Troise And Alex Veiga, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
"Traders drove down the price of U.S. crude oil 11% over the past two weeks and gas prices followed suit, dropping 21 cents a gallon from Florida\u2019s record high of $4.89 set on June 13, travel club AAA said in its weekly gas price update. \u2014 Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel , 27 June 2022",
"ConocoPhillips is Alaska\u2019s largest crude oil producer and is leading the push westward across the reserve. \u2014 Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
"Imposing sanctions on countries that continue to scoop up large volumes of Russian crude oil, including China and India, would wreak havoc on global markets that are already under severe strain. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 26 June 2022",
"Gasoline shortages are frequent in Nigeria even though the country is one of Africa\u2019s biggest producers of crude oil. \u2014 Chinedu Asadu, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Oil prices gained a bit Tuesday, but the benchmark Brent crude now sits about $10 below its recent highs. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 21 June 2022",
"Pavel Molchanov, an analyst at Raymond James, noted that Russian oil is selling for $35 per barrel less than Brent crude , the international benchmark, reflecting the discount buyers demand for doing business with the nation. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 21 June 2022",
"The Indian government has asked state oil companies to scoop up huge volumes of cheap crude from Russia, according to industry executives, strengthening commercial ties with the country even as the West tightens sanctions on Moscow. \u2014 Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"New pipelines from the North Dakota Bakken region and the Permian Basin in Texas had begun pumping crude directly to Gulf Coast and Midwest refineries. \u2014 Evan Halper, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2022",
"Moscow was compelled to slash prices as European sanctions dried up demand for its crude in Germany and other countries. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 20 June 2022",
"New pipelines from the North Dakota Bakken region and the Permian Basin in Texas had begun pumping crude directly to Gulf Coast and Midwest refineries. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
"India, for example, has increased its share of Russia\u2019s total crude exports from 1% to 18% since the invasion, according to the BBC. \u2014 Chloe Taylor, Fortune , 20 June 2022",
"However, Chee said the oil found bubbling up on Thursday did not resemble the thick, black crude oil found at wells but was instead watery and thin. \u2014 Jonah Valdezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Latin crudus raw, crude, undigested \u2014 more at raw":"Adjective and Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective",
"circa 1904, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061926"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": the quality or state of being crude":[],
": something that is crude":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u00fc-d\u0259-t\u0113"
],
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"bawdiness",
"blueness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"dirt",
"dirtiness",
"filth",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"grossness",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"nastiness",
"obscenity",
"profanity",
"raunch",
"raunchiness",
"ribaldry",
"smut",
"smuttiness",
"vulgarity",
"wantonness"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the crudity of the drawing",
"The movie's crudities were supposed to be funny, but they didn't make me laugh.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"During scenes at the duke\u2019s palace, Rigoletto\u2019s sneering crudity barely masked his hatred for the court. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Today\u2019s targeting of successful Asian-American kids lacks the crudity of a Jim Crow lunch counter or a whites-only drinking fountain. \u2014 William Mcgurn, WSJ , 12 July 2021",
"In writing this movie Stone was driven by both the self-gratification of indulging his contempt for America and his attraction to sordid crudity . \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 6 Mar. 2021",
"All traces of sportscar crudity have been filtered out. \u2014 Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver , 27 Nov. 2020",
"Or perhaps Trump\u2019s twitter crudity is shocking given the sober comportment of his current would-be presidential opponents. \u2014 Victor Davis Hanson, National Review , 27 Aug. 2019",
"The crowd listed toward retirement age; Instead of candy, there were tables of fruit and crudities , and a cash bar. \u2014 Karen Heller, Washington Post , 31 Oct. 2019",
"The progressive party, many past presidents, the media, and Hollywood didn\u2019t need to be schooled by Donald Trump on the arts of crudity , unprofessionalism, and unethical behavior. \u2014 Victor Davis Hanson, National Review , 27 Aug. 2019",
"Kathleen is relentlessly animated and quick-witted, with thick tangerine hair, steely eyes, and an endearing personal idiolect that suggests both an autodidactic reading in philosophy and economics and the gusty crudity of the merchant marine. \u2014 Gideon Lewis-kraus, WIRED , 18 June 2018"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024337"
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"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a small fragment especially of something baked (such as bread)":[],
": a porous aggregate of soil particles":[],
": bit":[
"a crumb of good news"
],
": the soft part of bread":[],
": a worthless person":[],
"George Henry 1929\u2013 American composer":[],
": to break into crumbs":[],
": to cover or thicken with crumbs":[],
": to remove crumbs from":[
"crumb a table"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smack",
"smell",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"soup\u00e7on",
"spark",
"spatter",
"speck",
"splash",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"touch",
"trace"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He swept the crumbs from under the table.",
"a neglected dog who is desperate for any crumb of affection he might get from strangers",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Then, with your bread, stale or toasted, use a food processor to grind into a fine crumb . \u2014 Becca Miller, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
"Just as important, his deep dish is ever so slightly underbaked, resulting in a crust whose exterior crunch gives way to a softer, more elastic crumb . \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Extra baking soda causes the crumb to have more air bubbles, giving it a light and airy texture. \u2014 Charlyne Mattox, Country Living , 21 Apr. 2022",
"This simple recipe for chamomile tea cake uses every opportunity to imbue the final crumb with its flowery flavor. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Bake for 30 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through, until a cake tester comes out with a moist crumb or two, the cake bounces back when lightly pressed with your finger and is just starting to come away from the sides of the pan. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Sweeney served a smokey eye on the carpet and left nary a crumb . \u2014 ELLE , 4 May 2022",
"Swapping in butter could lead to a squatter cake with a less velvety crumb . \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Around noon on Good Friday, Lymar began preparing the dough for her Paska, the traditional egg bread with a soft and airy crumb . \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The dredge is seasoned flour, beaten egg and panko, the Japanese bread crumb that fries up so crispy and airy. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Choose a 1-pound loaf of country, rustic, sweet French or even sourdough, one with a tighter (not too airy) crumb that can soak up liquid. \u2014 Christian Reynoso, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 Nov. 2020",
"Rather, the concept is summed up in one word: simplicity \u2014 just like a streusel crumb that elevates a muffin or danish to a next level while keeping the beauty intact. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Aug. 2020",
"The bread crumb channel sent an indication that the ship had achieved its minimum distance from Bennu, 65 meters. \u2014 Chris Wright, Wired , 8 June 2020",
"The Jets\u2019 defensive line ended up crumbing around Williams\u2014Muhammad Wilkerson and Sheldon Richardson are both playing elsewhere\u2014but the former USC product has been a valuable inside force. \u2014 Conor Orr, SI.com , 29 May 2018",
"In a later email, Kohler said that the power had been restored at 8:30 p.m. Neither Smith nor Hunter could say whether the storm had caused erosion on Quinhagak's already crumbing shoreline. \u2014 Anna Rose Macarthur, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Dec. 2017",
"President Donald Trump gave condolences to everyone involved in the accident, but not before placing blame on U.S.'s crumbing infrastructure, a problem that stretches across all of America. \u2014 Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics , 18 Dec. 2017",
"The company, Water Lilies Food Inc. of Astoria, N.Y., was notified by an ingredient supplier that bread crumbs the company used potentially contained milk, the USDA said. \u2014 Carrie Wells, baltimoresun.com , 8 June 2017"
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"Zelenskyy has previously warned that negotiations could crumble if Russia continues to aggressively bombard civilians trapped inside Mariupol. \u2014 Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Earthquakes rattled their town after the storm and startled the couple, who often slept outside in their car out of fear that their concrete house would crumble in a quake, Juan Luis Mercado Martinez said. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Despite fears that the Ukrainian military would crumble under the combat power Russia continues to pour into the country, Ukrainian command and control remains intact. \u2014 W.j. Hennigan, Time , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"There\u2019s no point in investing time and energy into an opportunity that will crumble at the time the individual goes to resign. \u2014 Stephanie Cramer, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"On top of uncertainty about the direction and speed of Xi\u2019s reforms are fears that China\u2019s attempts to stay out of Putin\u2019s war on Ukraine will ultimately crumble . \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022",
"La Bomba, created tableside, involves a chocolate half sphere, vanilla, dulce de leche and strawberry ice creams, berries and crumble drizzled with vanilla berry sauce. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Press tofu between reusable cloth towel to squeeze out any excess water, and then crumble into a blender. \u2014 Benjamin Liong Setiawan, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
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"Customers have three salad choices, including a Summer Salad ($14) that is a mix of greens topped with a crumble of feta cheese and lightly coated with a lemon vinaigrette. \u2014 Elgin Nelson, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 June 2022",
"Desktop Metal went public in 2020 by merging with a special purpose acquisition company, but has since seen its stock price crumble , dropping 90 percent. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Of two choices, neither of which is included with the prix fixe, go for the semifreddo: frozen coconut custard topped with a crumble of cranberry-and-black-pepper cookie. \u2014 Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker , 10 June 2022",
"And Alex Ross at the New Yorker looks at how conductor Valery Gergiev has seen a storied career crumble due to his close relationship with Putin. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The scene in Berlin on Wednesday \u2014 volunteers in yellow vests offering food, Berliners opening their homes \u2014 was reminiscent of the beginning of the 2015 migration wave, when Germans greeted asylum seekers with cheers and homemade crumble . \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The dizzying ascent is a reminder of what can happen to a group of players when the walls of impossibility crumble . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Dec. 2021",
"By dessert, a pear sorbet with a pecan-and-coconut crumble , my spa-brain buzz had reached its apex. \u2014 David Kortava, The New Yorker , 26 Nov. 2021",
"The crumble is full of oats, almond meal, sugar, salt, butter, and even more cinnamon. \u2014 Paulina Jayne Isaac, Glamour , 10 Nov. 2021"
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"All around, the mood is kind of crummy \u2014 consumer sentiment hit a record low last month. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"One reason the Browns had to guarantee Deshaun Watson every penny of a $230 million contract \u2014 Cleveland\u2019s notoriously crummy weather. \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 2 Apr. 2022",
"With crummy weather leading the field until Sunday, the best that the best in the world could do was hunker down and play smart. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Confront the fear of failure by writing a deliberately crummy story. \u2014 cleveland , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Confront the fear of failure by writing a deliberately crummy story. \u2014 Annie Lane, oregonlive , 11 Jan. 2022",
"My neighborhood is filled with really crummy signs and beat up things that need to be fixed. \u2014 Diana Budds, Curbed , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Well maybe if your boss gave you a raise, you guys could afford a new one instead of that crummy old lemon. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 14 Feb. 2022",
"For the last 18 months, millions of people put their lives at risk running themselves ragged in crummy jobs, working long hours often for low wages and meager benefits. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 16 Oct. 2021"
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"All around, the mood is kind of crummy \u2014 consumer sentiment hit a record low last month. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"One reason the Browns had to guarantee Deshaun Watson every penny of a $230 million contract \u2014 Cleveland\u2019s notoriously crummy weather. \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 2 Apr. 2022",
"With crummy weather leading the field until Sunday, the best that the best in the world could do was hunker down and play smart. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Confront the fear of failure by writing a deliberately crummy story. \u2014 cleveland , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Confront the fear of failure by writing a deliberately crummy story. \u2014 Annie Lane, oregonlive , 11 Jan. 2022",
"My neighborhood is filled with really crummy signs and beat up things that need to be fixed. \u2014 Diana Budds, Curbed , 10 Dec. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Something that incorporates the way we dance, maybe crumps . \u2014 Tamar Herman, Billboard , 10 Feb. 2020",
"But on January 5th some were woken by the less melodious rattle and crump of distant battle. \u2014 The Economist , 11 Jan. 2020",
"The same pops and crumps and booms that haunt these ghosts are now supposed to be a soundtrack in the ears of 1,400 captive migrant children who crossed the desert in search of a new life and found\u2026 this. \u2014 Matthew Farwell, The New Republic , 3 July 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The venerable Las Nieves Fruit Cups & More, on the other hand, serves raspas made with ice ground into coarse pebbles that crunch with every bite. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 22 June 2022",
"By comparison, Tower specializes not in digital circuits that crunch data but analog ones that can be found in electronics that regulate functions like the flow of current\u2014inverters, for example. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Its algorithms then crunch that data in search of patterns. \u2014 Rhiannon Hoyle, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
"And that\u2019s because, today, you\u2019re spoiled for choice of financial apps that crunch the numbers for you. \u2014 Q.ai - Make Genius Money Moves, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021",
"So there will be a lot of data to crunch and shape into enhanced self-driving models. \u2014 James Morris, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Baxter of California Thickening Style Gel tames frizz and, best of all, the product promises not to flake or crunch . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"This recipe gets an elegant upgrade with the addition of fennel, an aromatic veggie with a licorice-like flavor and crunch that reminds you of celery. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 25 Apr. 2022",
"People from Cincinnati and all over the country will gather to crunch data and come up with new solutions. \u2014 Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The continued spread of Covid, the labor shortage, disruptions to the supply chain, the energy crunch and the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine are all contributing to rising prices and are beyond the control of any single policymaker to stop. \u2014 Cnn Business, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"The cosmetics giant, owned by billionaire Ron Perelman, sought court protection in the Southern District of New York after the global supply chain crunch and steep inflation deepened its woes. \u2014 Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"In the United States \u2014 the world\u2019s second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases after China \u2014 the hurdles go beyond the supply chain crunch and sanctions linked to the war in Ukraine. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"Ricky Allen, Gray's best man, made the wedding cake: a vanilla cake with mascarpone icing, espresso crunch and chocolate dust filling. \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2022",
"Gluten-free Kind Protein Bars, on the other hand, have actual texture and crunch . \u2014 Elaheh Nozari, Bon App\u00e9tit , 27 May 2022",
"It\u2019s a convenient, cost-effective move that can infuse so many dishes with flavor and crunch . \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"The recall exacerbated an existing baby formula shortage related to ongoing supply chain disruptions, a labor crunch and transportation delays. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 May 2022",
"Moves like the sit-up (and all its variations) hit your rectus abdominis, while exercises like the bicycle crunch and the side plank taps target your obliques. \u2014 Christa Sgobba, SELF , 27 Apr. 2022"
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"In crunch time maybe Lowry is still out on the floor. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 6 June 2022",
"Davis was huge in crunch time of the Lakers\u2019 play-in victory over Golden State on Wednesday, scoring 13 points in the fourth quarter. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2021",
"But even Brannen had never seen Vogt take over in crunch time of a college basketball game as the primary scoring threat. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 2 Dec. 2020",
"Considering that the Grizzlies present plenty of matchup problems for the Warriors, Kerr hopes his team\u2019s playoff pedigree will give it an edge in crunch time . \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 Apr. 2022",
"During the Warriors\u2019 March 10 game in Denver, the Nuggets twice doubled Curry in crunch time , leaving Poole wide-open for 3-pointers that sealed the win. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Apr. 2022",
"On Friday night, the Cavs led the Nets in the fourth quarter before crumbling in crunch time . \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Vogel later benched him again in crunch time in a win over New York. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"He isn\u2019t plastered to the bench during crunch time . \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 25 Nov. 2021"
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"The West Memphis Three garnered international attention with fans around the country and world joining the crusade of exoneration. \u2014 Lara Farrar, Arkansas Online , 24 June 2022",
"The allegations around the ESG funds in question risks tarnishing the reputation of CEO Christian Sewing, who has been on a crusade to get Deutsche out of the headlines since taking over the reins in April 2018. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
"Since then, Hahnah Williams and her family have been on a crusade to have those officers held responsible for her younger brother\u2019s death. \u2014 Shaddi Abusaid, ajc , 12 Apr. 2022",
"L\u00f3pez Obrador has been on a crusade against the National Electoral Institute, charging that it is biased against him. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2022",
"For years, Andy Parker has been on a crusade to cleanse cyberspace of the disturbing footage. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Previously, the Alabama representative worked to help Trump in his crusade to overturn the 2020 election. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 22 May 2022",
"Seemingly, a death toll that\u2019s already unimaginably high has made some people willing to accept additional human losses as unavoidable casualties in their crusade for normalcy. \u2014 Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone , 12 May 2022",
"The phone call by Mr. Trump was perhaps the most audacious moment in a monthslong pressure campaign aimed at enlisting the Justice Department in his crusade to overturn the election results. \u2014 New York Times , 30 July 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Stern boasts a fabled history of leading successful investigations, as the New York assistant DA who handled the Malcolm X murder, and as the crusading U.S. attorney for New Jersey who prosecuted leading politicians across the state. \u2014 Fortune Editors, Fortune , 29 Mar. 2020",
"The drama, which opened Christmas Day, stars Michael B. Jordan as crusading lawyer Bryan Stevenson and Jamie Foxx as death row inmate Walter McMillian. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 19 Mar. 2020",
"Washington and Adam Driver prove their mettle as top thespians of their generation, and Lee finds plenty of humor and modern relevance here with a narrative of cops crusading against white supremacists. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 27 Dec. 2019",
"Tony Pro told a series of obscene jokes about Attorney General Robert Kennedy, who was crusading against the Mob. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 16 Dec. 2019",
"Stanley Sporkin forced changes in corporate behavior in the 1970s as a crusading enforcement chief at the Securities and Exchange Commission who cracked down on bribery of foreign officials. \u2014 James R. Hagerty, WSJ , 27 Mar. 2020",
"There is a deep well of affection and nostalgia for this version of Sessions among Alabama primary voters \u2014 the pre-recusal Sessions, the crusading conservative senator. \u2014 David Montgomery, Washington Post , 6 Feb. 2020",
"Roberts, a Stanford University freshman student, has been crusading for gun-violence prevention ever since 17 people were killed and 17 others were injured in a mass shooting at her high school. \u2014 Lauren Hern\u00e1ndez, SFChronicle.com , 12 Feb. 2020",
"Of course, the Hospitallers were still operational, unlike the Knights Templar, so Ramsey quickly changed his claim to the Templars being the Freemasons\u2019 crusading ancestry. \u2014 Patrick Masters, Quartz , 30 Dec. 2019"
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"\u2014 usually used with on She's been crushing on him all summer. Turns out Fat Monica was motivated to lose all the weight after she overhead Chandler (whom she was crushing on) tell Ross: \"I don't want to be stuck here all night with your fat sister.\" \u2014 Entertainment Weekly"
],
": a crowding together (as of people)":[],
": an act of crushing":[],
": the quantity of material crushed":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0259sh"
],
"synonyms":[
"mash",
"pulp",
"squash"
],
"antonyms":[
"infatuation",
"mash",
"passion"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for crush Noun crowd , throng , horde , crush , mob mean an assembled multitude. crowd implies a close gathering and pressing together. a crowd gathered throng and horde suggest movement and pushing. a throng of reporters a horde of shoppers crush emphasizes the compactness of the group, the difficulty of individual movement, and the attendant discomfort. a crush of fans mob implies a disorderly crowd with the potential for violence. an angry mob",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Unfortunately some of the flowers got crushed when we were moving them.",
"The bicycle was crushed under the truck's tires.",
"The machine crushes the cans so that they can be stored until they are recycled.",
"Her arm was crushed in the accident.",
"Crush the nuts and sprinkle them on top of the cake.",
"The rocks were crushed into dust.",
"Noun",
"Yesterday I saw my old high school crush for the first time in five years.",
"The crush in the train station is at its worst during the afternoon rush hour.",
"Outside the hotel stood a crush of reporters waiting for her arrival.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Economists say that while refiners may see some temporary benefits, they\u2019re squeezed by the same forces that crush retail profit margins. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Still, almost all of the EU has refrained from an outright ban on Russian oil and natural gas that would likely crush the Russian economy. \u2014 Aamer Madhani, Josh Boak, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Junta forces seeking to crush opposition have killed more than 1,300 people, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners monitoring group. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Dec. 2021",
"So with the tweezers, apply steady and even pressure, but not too hard being careful not to crush it. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 31 May 2022",
"The crown jewel of Ole Miss football's 2021 recruiting class doesn't just crush quarterbacks. \u2014 Nick Suss, USA TODAY , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Then fold in butter, followed by \u00be cup raspberries, taking care not to crush berries. \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 15 Jan. 2022",
"Coaches are wired to push and develop players, not crush their dreams. \u2014 Dallas News , 1 Sep. 2021",
"Vaccination, even if readily available, won't crush the curve for months in places where there is explosive spread now. \u2014 Dr. Tom Frieden, CNN , 16 May 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Ayesha Harris plays Britt, another graphic designer who has a long-time crush on a colleague, leading to them matching and beginning a relationship that gets serious in more ways than one. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 30 June 2022",
"Staples developed a crush on Sam Cooke, who lived nearby, and routinely encountered the stars of the gospel world, including her role model, Mahalia Jackson. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"Rowan Blanchard stars as high schooler Paige, an aspiring artist and out lesbian with a massive crush on the beautiful and popular Gabby Campos (Isabella Ferreira). \u2014 Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 June 2022",
"The titular 12-year-old Sunny has heart surgery, grieves her mother and develops a crush on another girl. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"Marcia lives alone and has a painful crush on her surgeon, to the point of trailing him around London, hoping for a glimpse of him. \u2014 Sara Paretsky, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"Given her long-time love of Outlander (and her crush on Sam), maybe this meet-cute could be the start of something more? \u2014 Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
"It\u2019s about her early 1990s crush on former Vice President Al Gore, and how her plan to stalk him at a climate change summit in Istanbul, Turkey, was foiled by street protests and an unexpected love affair with her Turkish guide. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 June 2022",
"Despite Franklin having a new love in his life, there\u2019s no denying his childhood crush , Melody Wright, is a fan favorite. \u2014 Brande Victorian, Essence , 23 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English crusshen , from Anglo-French croissir, croistre , of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Low German krossen to crush":"Verb and Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224628"
},
"crusty":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": having or being a crust":[],
": giving an effect of surly incivility in address or disposition":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0259-st\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrupt",
"bluff",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"curt",
"downright",
"short",
"short-spoken",
"snippy",
"unceremonious"
],
"antonyms":[
"circuitous",
"mealymouthed"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for crusty bluff , blunt , brusque , curt , crusty , gruff mean abrupt and unceremonious in speech and manner. bluff connotes good-natured outspokenness and unconventionality. a bluff manner blunt suggests directness of expression in disregard of others' feelings. a blunt appraisal brusque applies to a sharpness or ungraciousness. a brusque response curt implies disconcerting shortness or rude conciseness. a curt command crusty suggests a harsh or surly manner sometimes concealing an inner kindliness. a crusty exterior gruff suggests a hoarse or husky speech which may imply bad temper but more often implies embarrassment or shyness. puts on a gruff pose",
"examples":[
"a basket of warm, crusty bread",
"We could see deer tracks in the crusty snow bank.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The pretty-as-a-picture salad, which takes about 30 minutes to make, can be served as a main dish when paired with crusty bread. \u2014 Ann Maloney, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"This dish can be dense enough to serve as an entr\u00e9e or makes a great hors d'oeuvre with crusty bread and cornichons, which are tiny crisp pickles. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"This means that two of the slices will have a crusty edge along the entire length of the piece. \u2014 Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"The petite slabs are lacquered in a salty-sweet glaze that caramelizes while the ribs cook through, creating crusty , sugary edges that taste like meat candy. \u2014 Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
"Jonsson\u2019s gorgeous paintings evoke brilliant sunsets or sunrises with raking light sweeping over crusty scraps of sharp, black rocks frosted with blowing snow. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 15 May 2022",
"But even for a crusty critic, excellence doesn\u2019t seem to be the only important metric right now. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2022",
"Here, the bulldog Prime Minister is more spoken of than seen, played by a cranky, crusty Simon Russell Beale in just a couple of scenes. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Sometimes thickened with pieces of stale crusty bread, sometimes brightened by a squeeze of a lemon, sometimes made creamy with yogurt or topped with olives, there are infinite ways to enjoy it. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 24 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053619"
},
"cry":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to utter loudly : shout",
": beg , beseech",
": to proclaim publicly : advertise",
": to call loudly : shout",
": to shed tears often noisily : weep , sob",
": to utter a characteristic sound or call",
": to require or suggest strongly a remedy or disposition (see disposition sense 2b )",
": to sound an alarm",
": to express vain regrets for what cannot be recovered or undone",
": to give alarm unnecessarily",
": an instance of crying: such as",
": an inarticulate utterance of distress, rage, or pain",
": outcry , clamor",
": proclamation",
": banns",
": entreaty , appeal",
": a loud shout",
": watchword , slogan",
": common report",
": a general opinion",
": the public voice raised in protest or approval",
": a fit of weeping",
": the characteristic sound or call of an animal",
": a pack of hounds",
": pursuit",
": a peak of activity or excitement",
": to shed tears : weep",
": to make a loud call : shout , exclaim",
": to utter a special sound or call",
": a loud call or shout (as of pain, fear, or joy)",
": appeal entry 1 sense 2",
": an act or period of weeping",
": the special sound made by an animal"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u012b",
"\u02c8kr\u012b"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawl",
"blub",
"blubber",
"sob",
"weep"
],
"antonyms":[
"holler",
"hoot",
"howl",
"shout",
"whoop",
"yell",
"yowl"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Oliviia saw a red flash out the window and began to cry . \u2014 Ed Caesar, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"Belly, Steven, and Laurel cry together when talking about Susannah's diagnosis and how summers at Cousins are going to change forever. \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 19 June 2022",
"The world sees the necessity to cry and donate and get involved. \u2014 Vogue , 18 June 2022",
"Insurers have also stopped selling and renewing pandemic insurance policies, leading customers who applied for coverage or policy renewals to cry foul. \u2014 Joyu Wang, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"Asked afterward to reflect on his decision to seek the mayor\u2019s office \u2014 after turning aside the contest in earlier years \u2014 the candidate choked up and began to cry . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"As Patel talked, Phuong began to cry , but Goltzene could barely keep his eyes open and focused. \u2014 Angus Chen, STAT , 2 June 2022",
"As the speech went on and Henry became Vecna, Brown began to cry . \u2014 Emily Longeretta, Variety , 31 May 2022",
"One young woman even began to cry , and Fremont hugged her close with one arm, the other continuing to bolster her message and the sign. \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 23 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For those who just need a good cry , there's Being Elmo: A Puppeter's Journey, a heartwarming documentary about the creative forces behind one of Sesame Street's most beloved characters. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
"But, for those of us with sensitive eyes and a penchant for a good cry , Glossier\u2019s Lash Slick is the best mascara on the market. \u2014 Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country , 21 Aug. 2021",
"There\u2019s nothing more cathartic than a good cry to a great basketball movie. \u2014 Kathleen Newman-bremang, refinery29.com , 16 July 2021",
"See how the singer-songwriter and actress wrote her chart-topping first single \u2014 after a good cry and with TikTok in mind. \u2014 Sarah Bahr, New York Times , 26 Feb. 2021",
"But the weight of this moment \u2014 of Israel\u2019s human rights and international law violations and of Palestine\u2019s cry for freedom \u2014 demands this step. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 1 May 2022",
"The words were hurtful and made my daughter cry , which woke up the mama bear in me. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The words were hurtful and made my daughter cry , which woke up the mama bear in me. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Their siren-like cry \u2014 a harsh rising note that chills the vestigial part of the mammalian brain that remembers living in burrows \u2014 echoed off the stone buildings. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171707"
},
"cry off":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to beg off":[],
": to call off (something, such as a bargain)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"abandon",
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"cancel",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"scrap",
"scrub"
],
"antonyms":[
"continue",
"keep"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"their film deal had been abruptly cried off , and now the filmmakers were back to square one",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tamika, keep it in, don\u2019t cry off your lashes, girl. \u2014 Niema Jordan, Essence , 17 May 2022",
"Here are 11 waterproof eyeliners that not even a level 100 Cancer could cry off . \u2014 Allure , 20 June 2019",
"Here are 9 waterproof eyeliner that not even a level 100 Cancer would not cry off . \u2014 Sable Yong, Allure , 21 June 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1775, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222153"
},
"cry up":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to praise publicly in order to enhance in value or repute":[
"cried up his skills as a writer"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhoo",
"blow up",
"crack up",
"glorify",
"tout",
"trumpet",
"tub-thump"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"in exchange for his hefty endorsement fee, the basketball player is expected to cry up that brand of sneaker at every opportunity"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1593, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071231"
},
"crybaby":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one who cries or complains easily or often":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u012b-\u02ccb\u0101-b\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"fussbudget",
"fusser",
"fusspot",
"griper",
"grumbler",
"kvetch",
"kvetcher",
"sniveler",
"whiner"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"\u201cDon't be such a crybaby ,\u201d she told her little sister.",
"car trips that were often spoiled by a couple of crybabies in the back seat",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ermengarde, the school dunce, Lottie, the school crybaby , and Becky, the scullery maid, quickly find a defender, surrogate mother, and friend in Sara. \u2014 Sarah Schutte, National Review , 13 Mar. 2022",
"The latest to make his appearance \u2014 excuse me, reappearance \u2014 in the crybaby ranks is former hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman, 78, whose net worth is pegged by Forbes at $2.5 billion. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 16 Nov. 2021",
"But there\u2019s nothing new under the sun: Hawley is facing some feather-soft consequences for his actions, and The New York Post\u2019s front page is conveniently available for his crybaby act. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 26 Jan. 2021",
"The ostensibly proper balance \u2014 confident and strong but not arrogant and aggressive, sensitive without being a crybaby \u2014 is subjective and murky. \u2014 Teddy Wayne, New York Times , 28 Feb. 2020",
"Are any of these crybabies going to pull out his, her, or their checkbooks to support the Whitney? \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 4 Jan. 2020",
"Super-deep repertoire of falls and flails, plus a classic crybaby Flop Face. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 18 Dec. 2019",
"One is a petulant, frowny-faced, tantrum-throwing crybaby who has never been held accountable for anything. \u2014 J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al , 13 Dec. 2019",
"Yes, there are new creatures including Sobble, described by the company as a crybaby . Get it: Sob-ble? \u2014 Harold Goldberg, Washington Post , 18 June 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1851, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025512"
},
"crystal":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": quartz that is transparent or nearly so and that is either colorless or only slightly tinged":[],
": something resembling crystal in transparency and colorlessness":[],
": a body that is formed by the solidification of a chemical element, a compound, or a mixture and has a regularly repeating internal arrangement of its atoms and often external plane faces":[],
": the glass or transparent plastic cover over a watch or clock dial":[],
": a crystalline material used in electronics as a frequency-determining element or for rectification":[],
"city in southeastern Minnesota north of Minneapolis population 22,151":[],
": consisting of or resembling crystal : clear , lucid":[],
": relating to or using a crystal":[
"a crystal radio receiver"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kris-t\u1d4al",
"\u02c8kri-st\u1d4al"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear",
"crystal clear",
"crystalline",
"limpid",
"liquid",
"lucent",
"pellucid",
"see-through",
"transparent"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloudy",
"opaque"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the crystal structure of minerals",
"a necklace made of crystal",
"Some of the crystals used in the necklace are a pale pink color.",
"The wine glasses are made of the finest crystal .",
"She inherited her mother's crystal .",
"Adjective",
"an unspoiled region with majestic mountains and crystal streams",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Why: The actress looks positively angelic in this ivory silk satin dress overlaid with a crystal netting. \u2014 ELLE , 23 June 2022",
"At home in Maryland, an ornate faux crystal bowl on our dining room table was always stacked high with apples, pears, and bananas, a fruit my father has eaten every morning since I was born. \u2014 Joseph Lamour, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 June 2022",
"Think of how water freezes, with crystal formation snaking away in all directions. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 22 June 2022",
"Or, use it to more gently clean a load of delicate but filmy crystal that needs freshening. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"The play\u2019s title refers to the polished quartz crystal that Tom gives Izzy. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Inside the children\u2019s three booster seats, agents discovered several packages containing a white crystal substance that tested positive for methamphetamine. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 20 June 2022",
"Instead of embracing others, this Buzz time-traveled far into the future, put together a horde of mechanical soldiers and traveled back to use young Buzz's hyper-speed crystal to fix everything. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 18 June 2022",
"They can be formed from a variety of elements and even incorporate organic chemicals as one of the ions present in the crystal . \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"For crystal blue water and sandy beaches head to the Capitano Beach Bar on Vrsi, or to Portus Beach Club to hang out in their over-water beach cabanas. \u2014 Lea Lane, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Horses in crystal blue water, white sand beaches, rum and sugar served in a coconut: this is the idyllic promise of Jamaica, the 3rd largest island in the Caribbean and one frequented by more than 4 million tourists a year. \u2014 Beck Bamberger, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
"As the title suggests, the gorgeous new footage was filled with shots of the lithe Na'vi people swimming in crystal -blue pools, soaring over sparkling waterways on winged creatures and emerging from the ocean to wage battle. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The crystal iDrive rotary dial crosses over from the iX, and the same material is used in strips across the dashboard and the doors\u2014BMW calls it the interaction bar. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The doors opened at 11 a.m. and the crowd was happily occupied by the crystal blue pools, floating beach balls and seemingly endless sea of bare skin. \u2014 Kyle Eustice, Variety , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The frame would feature majestic snowy grounds, crystal blue ocean water with a smattering of geese, and the focal point: a massive barge. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Outside the city limits, the island is covered in lush, almost tropical fauna and shorelines are met with white-faced cliffs jutting out of a crystal blue sea. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Bartolome, 56, lives in one of the most biodiverse places on earth, a stunning island that draws legions of tourists to its crystal blue waters and pristine nature reserves. \u2014 NBC news , 8 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English cristal \"transparent quartz, object made from it,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin crystallum, crystallus, crustallum \"clear ice, rock crystal,\" borrowed from Greek kr\u00fdstallos, probably borrowed from a pre-Greek substratum; replacing Old English cristalla, cristal, cristallum, borrowed from Latin crystallum":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224129"
},
"crystal clear":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": perfectly or transparently clear":[
"crystal clear water",
"her directions were crystal clear"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"clear",
"crystal",
"crystalline",
"limpid",
"liquid",
"lucent",
"pellucid",
"see-through",
"transparent"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloudy",
"opaque"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"\u201cWas my request clear?\u201d \u201cYes, crystal clear .\u201d",
"Eventually it became crystal clear that something had to change.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But there is so much more to this gigantic alpine lake (one of the largest in the world) than crystal clear water and skiing in the winter, including mountain biking, kayaking, and boating. \u2014 Outside Online , 23 June 2022",
"In the photos that followed, the couple posed together in the crystal clear water, plus videos of Kardashian posing and paddling were included. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 20 June 2022",
"Erdogan laid out his blueprint for Turkish expansionism in crystal clear terms back in 2016. \u2014 Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News , 8 June 2022",
"Natural landscapes, crystal clear blue waters, extraordinary beaches, sun and good food have made Croatia into one of the trendiest countries in recent years. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 15 May 2022",
"Grenada, known as one of the Spice Islands, has always been known for its crystal clear waters, vibrant culture and hospitality. \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 14 May 2022",
"Our top picks: Read on for more about the best summer scents of 2022 to try right now. With notes of Sicilian lemon and jasmine, this classic summery scent that conjures up an image of sipping spritzes on a boat floating in crystal clear waters. \u2014 Katie Berohn, Good Housekeeping , 11 May 2022",
"The couple can be seen paddleboarding in crystal clear water under sunny blue skies. \u2014 Melody Leibner, Harper's BAZAAR , 17 June 2022",
"The Kylie Cosmetics mogul, 24, shared a snap to Instagram Friday of her posing on a paddle board while rocking a bikini in crystal clear water while on vacation. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 6 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1528, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193440"
},
"crystallize":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form":[],
": to cause to take a definite form":[
"tried to crystallize his thoughts"
],
": to coat with crystals especially of sugar":[
"crystallize grapes"
],
": to become crystallized":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kri-st\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[
"form",
"jell",
"shape (up)",
"solidify"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Eventually the paint will start to crystallize .",
"Certain conditions can cause carbon to crystallize into diamonds.",
"Certain conditions can crystallize carbon into diamonds.",
"The final paragraph of the essay crystallizes her theory.",
"He tried to crystallize his thoughts.",
"Her theory crystallizes in the final paragraph of the essay.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The researchers\u2019 findings began to crystallize in a new way while one of the mathematicians\u2014Carolyn Gordon, now an emeritus professor at Dartmouth College\u2014was on a short visit to Europe. \u2014 Rachel Crowell, Scientific American , 28 June 2022",
"Their visceral response to the beauty in the game helped crystallize for him how the digital world, for their generation, is an actual place. \u2014 Michelle Groskopf, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
"The radio didn\u2019t help, as the scope and scale of the carnage in Texas began to crystallize . \u2014 Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"The shooting at a Brooklyn subway station this month was an unusual outburst of violence but served to crystallize those worries. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The 2022 World Cup draw, held Friday in a lush auditorium in Doha, Qatar, is supposed to crystallize a national team\u2019s path in the planet\u2019s most popular sporting event. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Caffeine is water-soluble and must be dissolved in order to crystallize . \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 23 Mar. 2022",
"What's more, the links between local, state, and federal systems need time to crystallize . \u2014 ABC News , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The fallout means massive ripple effects heading into the 2022 draft, which is really beginning to crystallize as more picks shuffle hands and team needs come into clearer focus: 1. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 19 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"crystal entry 1 + -ize":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1600, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063227"
},
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the very best":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krem-d\u0259-l\u00e4-\u02c8krem",
"-l\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"best",
"choice",
"corps d'elite",
"cream",
"elect",
"elite",
"fat",
"flower",
"illuminati",
"pick",
"pink",
"pride",
"priesthood",
"prime",
"royalty",
"upper crust"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a list of titles that represents the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of the multitude of books published over the past year",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Speaking of expensive, the Bootleg Series, which launched in 2019, is the creme de la creme of high-priced, rarified Heaven\u2019s Door whiskey. \u2014 Jonah Flicker, Robb Report , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Overall 1 Hotel South Beach is a 9/10 \u2014 which, by Miami standards is the creme de la creme . \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 24 Aug. 2021",
"As against the current randomised lottery system, the newer system will prioritise wages to protect US jobs and ensure only the creme de la creme are allocated H-1Bs, according to the notification. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India , 11 Jan. 2021",
"Consider these the creme de la creme of the best Amazon Prime Day deals 2020. \u2014 Bella Cacciatore, Glamour , 13 Oct. 2020",
"Available by invitation only, the elite card offers members not only top-tier rewards, concierge service and travel perks, but a host of curated events celebrating the creme de la creme of food, drink and culture. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 20 Nov. 2019",
"So, below is the creme de la creme of Italian football. \u2014 SI.com , 12 Aug. 2019",
"But, to experience the creme de la creme in service and craftsmanship, make an appointment at Unistella. \u2014 Kristin Braswell, USA TODAY , 23 July 2019",
"Beaver Creek, located 90 miles west of Denver, is the creme de la creme of resorts. \u2014 Discover Magazine , 22 June 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, literally, cream of the cream":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1848, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213221"
},
"cruise":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to sail about touching at a series of ports":[],
": to move or proceed speedily, smoothly, or effortlessly":[
"I'll cruise over to her house to see if she's home"
],
": to travel without destination or purpose":[],
": to go about the streets at random but on the lookout for possible developments":[
"the cabdriver cruised for an hour before being hailed"
],
": to search (as in public places) for a sexual partner":[],
": to fly at the most efficient operating speed":[],
": to travel at a speed suitable for being maintained for a long distance":[],
": to cruise over or about":[],
": to inspect (land) with reference to possible lumber yield":[],
": to search in (a public place) for a sexual partner":[],
": to approach and suggest sexual relations to":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u00fcz"
],
"synonyms":[
"bat",
"drift",
"float",
"gad (about)",
"gallivant",
"galavant",
"kick around",
"knock (about)",
"maunder",
"meander",
"mooch",
"ramble",
"range",
"roam",
"rove",
"traipse",
"wander"
],
"antonyms":[
"crossing",
"passage",
"sail",
"voyage"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"We cruised for a week down the Yangtze River.",
"He dreams of cruising the Mediterranean.",
"The bus was cruising at 55 miles per hour.",
"We were cruising along the highway.",
"The plane was cruising at 30,000 feet.",
"On Friday nights, teenagers cruise the main street in town to show off their cars.",
"A car cruised past us.",
"Noun",
"We went on a weeklong cruise down the Yangtze River.",
"They went on a cruise for their honeymoon.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Motorists would cruise the mall\u2019s vast parking lots searching for a rare empty spot during the busy holiday seasons. \u2014 Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"The best way to get around the property is on two wheels, and bicycles are available to cruise along the paths to and from your tree house. \u2014 Caren Osten Gerszberg, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
"Visitors to the Augusta Canal Boat Tours cruise the canal in a historic Petersburg boat, where guides offer the history of the 19th-century mills, gunpowder factory, and some of Georgia\u2019s oldest homes. \u2014 Avery Newmark, AccessAtlanta , 17 June 2022",
"In time, no Russian fishing boat, oil tanker, or intelligence trawler should cruise any sea without at least some measure of concern. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"California\u2019s schools chief could cruise to a second term, despite criticism. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
"The first two games have confirmed most of the suspicions heading into the series: Miami will cruise as long as Joel Embiid is out for Philadelphia. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
"Whoever wins the primary will cruise to victory, since the race in the Republican-heavy district has no Democratic candidates. \u2014 Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic , 11 Apr. 2022",
"And then the hope for this year was, have a nice Olympics that, again, bolsters our international position and so on and then cruise our way to a Party Congress where I get crowned, so on. \u2014 CBS News , 15 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But in April, at least eight people were killed when two cruise missiles struck a residential neighborhood on the outskirts of the city, Ukrainian officials said. \u2014 Eduardo Medina, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
"Russia also escalated its use of cruise missiles over the weekend, launching dozens of strikes at targets across the country. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022",
"In the south, Oleksandr Senkevych, mayor of Mykolaiv near the Black Sea, said five cruise missiles hit the city and nearby areas on Saturday. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 25 June 2022",
"That seems to correspond with the sea-skimming cruise missiles seen in the video. \u2014 Sebastien Roblin, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Ukraine says its air defense system shot down two Russian cruise missiles targeting the southern Odesa region. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
"Ukraine says its air defense system shot down two Russian cruise missiles targeting the southern Odesa region. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"Ukraine says its air defense system shot down two Russian cruise missiles targeting the southern Odesa region. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, ajc , 14 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, Ukraine\u2019s General Staff said Russian forces fired five X-22 cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea toward Kyiv, and one was destroyed by air defenses. \u2014 John Leicester, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Dutch kruisen to make a cross, cruise, from Middle Dutch crucen , from cr\u016bce cross, from Latin cruc-, crux":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1651, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1696, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055517"
},
"crepuscule":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": twilight":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"kri-\u02c8p\u0259-(\u02cc)sky\u00fcl"
],
"synonyms":[
"dusk",
"eve",
"evenfall",
"evening",
"eventide",
"gloaming",
"night",
"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset",
"twilight"
],
"antonyms":[
"aurora",
"cockcrow",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"daybreak",
"daylight",
"morn",
"morning",
"sunrise",
"sunup"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"from the deck of our sloop we watched as the island slowly faded from sight in the golden crepuscule of a beautiful Caribbean day"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, borrowed from Latin crepusculum, from presumed earlier *krepos- \"twilight\" (of obscure origin) + -culum, probably after d\u012bl\u016bculum \"dawn, daybreak\" (from d\u012bl\u016bc\u0113re \"to be clear\" + -ulum, diminutive suffix)":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185315"
},
"crestfallen":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": having a drooping crest or hanging head":[],
": feeling shame or humiliation : dejected":[
"After losing the playoff game, the team was crestfallen ."
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krest-\u02ccf\u022f-l\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"cast down",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"down in the mouth",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"buoyed",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"she was crestfallen when she found out she hadn't got the job",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Addressing the nation from the White House on Tuesday night, President Joe Biden seemed crestfallen and exasperated. \u2014 Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News , 25 May 2022",
"Brian said his kids were glued to the postgame for Milwaukee's game two nights later against Brooklyn \u2014 and the boys were crestfallen that even though Giannis told another dad joke, the book wasn't present. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Dickens was crestfallen when she was originally written off the show in season 4. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
"His crestfallen girlfriend, Nora, a German, agrees to join them in following him, as does Akash, a trans woman from India who falls in love with Knut. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"In all fairness, many Black people \u2014 myself included \u2014 can\u2019t differentiate between crestfallen whitefamous actresses like Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet (who might also be Scarlett Johansson). \u2014 Michael Harriot, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Feb. 2022",
"In short, the program\u2019s 55,000 spots were significantly underused and many winners were left completely crestfallen . \u2014 Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Even so, the decision to cancel a festival that celebrates the natural wonder of sedge warblers, ospreys, redwings and wigeons that are able to take to the skies carbon-free has left many fans crestfallen . \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Rogen stated something about Father Christmas\u2019s nonexistence and took pleasure in the crestfallen look on Daley\u2019s face that followed. \u2014 Justin Caffier, Vulture , 14 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"see crest entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040750"
},
"crust":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": the hardened exterior or surface part of bread":[],
": a piece of this or of bread grown dry or hard":[],
": the pastry shell of a pie : piecrust":[],
": the bready layer that forms the foundation of a pizza":[],
": a hard or brittle external coat or covering: such as":[],
": a hard surface layer (as of soil or snow)":[],
": the outer part of a planet, moon, or asteroid composed essentially of crystalline rocks":[],
": a deposit built up on the interior surface of a wine bottle during long aging":[],
": gall , nerve":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0259st"
],
"synonyms":[
"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"brashness",
"brass",
"brassiness",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"chutzpah",
"chutzpa",
"hutzpah",
"hutzpa",
"effrontery",
"face",
"gall",
"nerve",
"nerviness",
"pertness",
"presumption",
"presumptuousness",
"sauce",
"sauciness",
"temerity"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Her children prefer to eat their sandwiches with the crust cut off.",
"a pie with flaky crust",
"He likes pizza with thin crust .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The first, which calls for making the crust from scratch, as The Pioneer Woman directs in her recipe, takes more time and more effort. \u2014 Morgan Hines, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
"Hidden inside the Earth\u2014within the first several hundred kilometers below the crust \u2014there is another ocean. \u2014 Theo Nicitopoulos, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2022",
"Make Ahead: The pretzel crust can be baked up to 1 day in advance. \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"To keep the crust from sogging, the crepe layer is crucial. \u2014 Gordon Hamersley, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"But as wind erodes the crust over time, those contaminants become airborne. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"The crust strikes that wonderful balance between crisp and chewy. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 7 June 2022",
"Free of weighty toppings, the crust becomes an extra snappy stage for the cheesy and sodium-packed toppings to converge. \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
"These patties were perfectly cooked on a griddle, giving them just the right crust while keeping them incredibly juicy. \u2014 al , 27 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English crouste, cruste, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French cruste, crouste, going back to Latin crusta \"hard coating or surface layer, shell of an arthropod or crustacean, mineral flake, stone slab used in paneling,\" perhaps, if going back to *krus-to- \"something crushed or pounded into a hard layer,\" from a zero-grade nominal derivative of Indo-European *kreu\u032fs- \"beat, crush, pound,\" whence also Old English hruse \"earth, ground,\" Old High German roso, rosa \"crust, layer of ice\" (going back to Germanic *hrus\u014dn- ) \u2014 more at anacrusis":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225159"
},
"crotchet":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small hook or hooked instrument":[],
": brooch":[],
": a highly individual and usually eccentric opinion or preference":[],
": a peculiar trick or device":[],
": quarter note":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u00e4-ch\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"curiosity",
"eccentricity",
"erraticism",
"idiosyncrasy",
"individualism",
"kink",
"mannerism",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"quiddity",
"quip",
"quirk",
"singularity",
"tic",
"trick",
"twist"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for crotchet caprice , whim , vagary , crotchet mean an irrational or unpredictable idea or desire. caprice stresses lack of apparent motivation and suggests willfulness. by sheer caprice she quit her job whim implies a fantastic, capricious turn of mind or inclination. an odd antique that was bought on a whim vagary stresses the erratic, irresponsible character of the notion or desire. he had been prone to strange vagaries crotchet implies an eccentric opinion or preference. a serious scientist equally known for his bizarre crotchets",
"examples":[
"her one crotchet is a fondness for eating cookies while soaking in the tub",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The origins of brackets \u2014 once referred to as crotchets , crooks, or hooks \u2014 are a mystery. \u2014 Sarah Fay, Longreads , 17 Mar. 2020",
"Among his other crotchets was an aversion to bare canvas. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 7 May 2018",
"Maxine attended to his every whim and crotchet , never lost faith in his brilliance or potential, and delighted in surrounding him with exactly the sort of frivolous company his wife abhorred. \u2014 Sadie Stein, New York Times , 11 Oct. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English crochet , from Anglo-French crochet, croket \u2014 more at crocket":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164448"
},
"crystalize":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form":[],
": to cause to take a definite form":[
"tried to crystallize his thoughts"
],
": to coat with crystals especially of sugar":[
"crystallize grapes"
],
": to become crystallized":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kri-st\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[
"form",
"jell",
"shape (up)",
"solidify"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Eventually the paint will start to crystallize .",
"Certain conditions can cause carbon to crystallize into diamonds.",
"Certain conditions can crystallize carbon into diamonds.",
"The final paragraph of the essay crystallizes her theory.",
"He tried to crystallize his thoughts.",
"Her theory crystallizes in the final paragraph of the essay.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The researchers\u2019 findings began to crystallize in a new way while one of the mathematicians\u2014Carolyn Gordon, now an emeritus professor at Dartmouth College\u2014was on a short visit to Europe. \u2014 Rachel Crowell, Scientific American , 28 June 2022",
"Their visceral response to the beauty in the game helped crystallize for him how the digital world, for their generation, is an actual place. \u2014 Michelle Groskopf, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
"The radio didn\u2019t help, as the scope and scale of the carnage in Texas began to crystallize . \u2014 Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"The shooting at a Brooklyn subway station this month was an unusual outburst of violence but served to crystallize those worries. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The 2022 World Cup draw, held Friday in a lush auditorium in Doha, Qatar, is supposed to crystallize a national team\u2019s path in the planet\u2019s most popular sporting event. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Caffeine is water-soluble and must be dissolved in order to crystallize . \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 23 Mar. 2022",
"What's more, the links between local, state, and federal systems need time to crystallize . \u2014 ABC News , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The fallout means massive ripple effects heading into the 2022 draft, which is really beginning to crystallize as more picks shuffle hands and team needs come into clearer focus: 1. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 19 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"crystal entry 1 + -ize":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1600, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203600"
},
"crumple":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to press, bend, or crush out of shape : rumple":[],
": to cause to collapse":[],
": to become crumpled":[],
": collapse":[],
": a wrinkle or crease made by crumpling":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0259m-p\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"crinkle",
"rumple",
"scrunch",
"wrinkle"
],
"antonyms":[
"flatten",
"iron out",
"smooth",
"smoothen",
"uncrumple"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"She crumpled the piece of paper into a ball and tossed it into the garbage can.",
"The car's fender was crumpled in the accident.",
"At the sight of blood, he crumpled to the floor.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Sorters could crumple films and tell\u2014by their sound\u2014their polymer lattices. \u2014 Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Fernando, crumple up that application to be a wild-animal trainer. \u2014 Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Now take just one of those sheets and crumple it up into a ball. \u2014 Rhett Allain, Wired , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Barrett lofted a left-handed floater while also hitting his defender, Reggie Jackson, hard enough for Jackson to momentarily crumple . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The videos, which were also obtained by The Washington Post, show that Hall\u2019s hands remained up, with one of them holding the pellet gun, when two state troopers began firing at him, causing the teen to crumple to the ground almost immediately. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Pull the corners of the aluminum foil square together and crumple the square into a loose ball that is approximately six cm in diameter. \u2014 Science Buddies, Scientific American , 12 Apr. 2012",
"The seminar comes as the southern border continues to crumple under the compounding crisis. \u2014 Bill Melugin, Fox News , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Now crumple the ball a little more tightly, into one that is approximately five cm in diameter. \u2014 Science Buddies, Scientific American , 12 Apr. 2012",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The crumple of a man unfolding a newspaper, and a pencil scribbling the answers to a crossword puzzle. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 20 May 2022",
"Along the Gulf Coast, this is largely due to the extraction of oil and water, which makes the ground crumple like an empty plastic bottle. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The man was outside, on a mobile, his voice dipping in and out amid the ambient scratch and crumple of the elements. \u2014 Colin Barrett, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Then came Osaka, a winner of the U.S. and Australian opens, acknowledging that athletes can publicly share vulnerability and truths about the types of pressure that would cause most to crumple . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Aug. 2021",
"The frenetic music in the background, the melodramatic slaps, Sarah Jane\u2019s slow crumple to the asphalt. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Feb. 2021",
"Just like seat belts, crumple -zones and airbags increase the odds of surviving an accident, masks, physical distancing (and common sense) will lower the risk of catching this virus. \u2014 Paul Douglas, Star Tribune , 15 Sep. 2020",
"Seat belts won\u2019t prevent all fatal car crashes, but cars also come with airbags and crumple zones. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 9 Sep. 2020",
"The cells flex to produce initial frictional forces, then cells crumple like a car bumper on impact. \u2014 Gregg Ellman Tribune News Service, Star Tribune , 12 Aug. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English crumplen , frequentative of Middle English crumpen":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214426"
},
"crossroad":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a road that crosses a main road or runs cross-country between main roads":[],
": the place of intersection of two or more roads":[],
": a small community located at such a crossroads":[],
": a central meeting place":[],
": a crucial point especially where a decision must be made":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"also -\u02c8r\u014dd",
"\u02c8kr\u022fs-\u02ccr\u014dd"
],
"synonyms":[
"carrefour",
"corner",
"crossing",
"crossway(s)",
"intersection",
"junction"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Traffic was stopped at the crossroad .",
"We turned onto a crossroad .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hong Kong\u2019s future is at a trepidatious crossroad and Beijing knows it. \u2014 Karson Yiu, ABC News , 30 June 2022",
"Having come to a crossroad in her own career journey, Ruettimann had a few recommendations for those feeling stuck in their current job. \u2014 Kwame Christian, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2022",
"But here at an international crossroad , changes are often driven by forces far away. \u2014 Sandra Dibble, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"Little Miami Scenic Trail named one of best U.S. urban trails From the south, Old 3-C will be the last crossroad to exit the trail before the closure. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 25 Apr. 2022",
"This is one of those crossroad moments for an Alabama program in Year 3 under Nate Oats. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 13 Mar. 2022",
"This week, Ohio finds itself at a historic crossroad . \u2014 Staff Report, cleveland , 21 Feb. 2022",
"At each crossroad , the machine turned right by default. \u2014 Saugat Bolakhe, Scientific American , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Finally, the last incident involved a truck approaching from a crossroad and moving into the highway. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 1 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020453"
},
"crisis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the turning point for better or worse in an acute disease or fever":[],
": a paroxysmal attack of pain, distress, or disordered function":[],
": an emotionally significant event or radical change of status in a person's life":[
"a midlife crisis"
],
": the decisive moment (as in a literary plot)":[
"The crisis of the play occurs in Act 3."
],
": a situation that has reached a critical phase":[
"the environmental crisis",
"the unemployment crisis"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u012b-s\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiling point",
"breaking point",
"clutch",
"conjuncture",
"crossroad(s)",
"crunch",
"crunch time",
"Dunkirk",
"emergency",
"exigency",
"extremity",
"flash point",
"head",
"juncture",
"tinderbox",
"zero hour"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for crisis juncture , exigency , emergency , contingency , pinch , strait ( or straits ) crisis mean a critical or crucial time or state of affairs. juncture stresses the significant concurrence or convergence of events. an important juncture in our country's history exigency stresses the pressure of restrictions or urgency of demands created by a special situation. provide for exigencies emergency applies to a sudden unforeseen situation requiring prompt action to avoid disaster. the presence of mind needed to deal with emergencies contingency implies an emergency or exigency that is regarded as possible but uncertain of occurrence. contingency plans pinch implies urgency or pressure for action to a less intense degree than exigency or emergency . come through in a pinch strait , now commonly straits , applies to a troublesome situation from which escape is extremely difficult. in dire straits crisis applies to a juncture whose outcome will make a decisive difference. a crisis of confidence",
"examples":[
"She was dealing with a family crisis at the time.",
"Most people blame the government for the country's worsening economic crisis .",
"last year's state budget crisis",
"In times of national crisis , we need strong leaders we can trust.",
"A year ago, both companies were in crisis .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In January 2020, for example, the WHO didn\u2019t declare the emerging coronavirus crisis a PHEIC, only to do so a week later. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 28 June 2022",
"During Russia\u2019s financial crisis and ruble collapse of 1998, President Boris Yeltsin\u2019s government defaulted on $40 billion of its local debt. \u2014 Giulia Morpurgo, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
"It\u2019s been said before that crisis eras tend to reinforce traditional gender roles as people turn to social structures that can seem strong and enduring and perhaps even optimized for hard times. \u2014 Liz Elting, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Industry sources say that public health crisis prompted the government to shift its priorities away from the cultural sector. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"The think tank\u2019s embrace of upheaval and crisis as necessary to usher in America\u2019srenewal aligned neatly with the norms-busting president. \u2014 Melanie Masonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 June 2022",
"Voters turned out in extraordinary numbers in the 2008 presidential election, sensing a historic moment and stung by economic crisis . \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 26 June 2022",
"Others mentioned crisis -alert technology that the school staff may use to summon help during an emergency. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022",
"The governor launched a website \u2013 life.sd.gov \u2013 to get resources to individuals with unplanned pregnancies or in crisis situations to coordinate financial assistance, health care and nonprofit support. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 26 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English crise, crisis , borrowed from Latin crisis \"judgment, critical stage,\" borrowed from Greek kr\u00edsis \"act of separating, decision, judgment, event, outcome, turning point, sudden change,\" from kri- , variant stem of kr\u012b\u0301nein \"to separate, choose, decide, judge\" + -sis , suffix forming nouns of action or process \u2014 more at certain entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180622"
},
"creature":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": something created either animate or inanimate: such as":[],
": a human being":[],
": a being of anomalous or uncertain aspect or nature":[
"creatures of fantasy"
],
": one that is the servile dependent or tool of another : instrument":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0113-ch\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"being",
"bird",
"bod",
"body",
"character",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"customer",
"devil",
"duck",
"egg",
"face",
"fish",
"guy",
"head",
"human",
"human being",
"individual",
"life",
"man",
"mortal",
"party",
"person",
"personage",
"scout",
"slob",
"sort",
"soul",
"specimen",
"stiff",
"thing",
"wight"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"rabbits, squirrels, and other furry creatures",
"Few living creatures can survive without water.",
"a giant hairy apelike creature",
"She's a creature of rare beauty.",
"A social creature by nature, he loves working with people.",
"The poor creature had no way to get home.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sure, money can buy attendees greater creature comforts, but attendees who invest their time dancing, singing along and taking in the festival\u2019s artistry are the ones who always stand to gain the most from the Coachella experience. \u2014 Dave Brooks, Billboard , 28 June 2022",
"Every creature , myself included, found ways to preserve and treasure that one precious thing. \u2014 Blair Braverman, Outside Online , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Most of us never knew, but one thing is very certain \u2013 our favorite PBS creature will be missed! \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 22 Feb. 2022",
"She\u2019s this beautiful creature filled with potential who makes a series of choices that inevitably lead to her slow decline. \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Killing a whale leaves a hole in the ocean that\u2019s far bigger than the creature itself. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Overall, Loire Valley Lodges brings a modern twist with creature comforts to nature lovers in a region that thrives on history. \u2014 Caren Osten Gerszberg, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
"If the last few years were all about creature comforts as the pandemic raged outside our homes, this year is about a desire for being transported\u2014to a different era, to a different country, or even just to the outdoors. \u2014 Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor , 14 June 2022",
"Yet while young urbanites crave fresh air and nature, many are unwilling to give up creature comforts like soft mattresses. \u2014 Ziyu Zhang, CNN , 10 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Late Latin cre\u0101t\u016bra \"act of bringing into being, something brought into being,\" from Latin cre\u0101tus, past participle of cre\u0101re \"to beget, give birth to, create entry 1 \" + -\u016bra":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040443"
},
"criticize":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to act as a critic":[],
": to consider the merits and demerits of and judge accordingly : evaluate":[
"He asked me to criticize his drawings."
],
": to find fault with : point out the faults of":[
"His boss criticized him for his sloppy work."
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kri-t\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[
"blame",
"censure",
"condemn",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"dispraise",
"fault",
"knock",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"slag"
],
"antonyms":[
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for criticize criticize , reprehend , censure , reprobate , condemn , denounce mean to find fault with openly. criticize implies finding fault especially with methods or policies or intentions. criticized the police for using violence reprehend implies both criticism and severe rebuking. reprehends the self-centeredness of today's students censure carries a strong suggestion of authority and of reprimanding. a Senator formally censured by his peers reprobate implies strong disapproval or firm refusal to sanction. reprobated his son's unconventional lifestyle condemn usually suggests an unqualified and final unfavorable judgment. condemned the government's racial policies denounce adds to condemn the implication of a public declaration. a pastoral letter denouncing abortion",
"examples":[
"His boss criticized him for his sloppy work habits.",
"The judge was widely criticized for his verdict.",
"The editor criticized the author's work as trite.",
"It seems as though all he ever does is criticize .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One key is authenticity with an audience that will ignore or publicly criticize anything that feels too hyped and artificial. \u2014 David Bloom, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Many also resonated with certain lyrics that criticize the soul-crushing effect of typical nine-to-five jobs. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 June 2022",
"Her more extreme opponents have taken direct aim at her with racist tropes, and criticize her class and political legitimacy. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
"Throughout the defamation trial, which took place in Fairfax County Circuit Court, Depp fans flocked to both the courthouse and to social media to support him and criticize Heard, who was often painted as a liar and abuser herself. \u2014 Sonia Rao, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Her decision to certify Biden\u2019s election and criticize Trump over the Jan. 6 Capitol attack catapulted her to a rare level of fame for a congressional newbie. \u2014 Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
"On Saturday, former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to criticize a former House speaker and offer his support to the man who may be the next to hold the office. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 5 June 2022",
"Avenatti was once one of cable television's most prolific pundits, regularly appearing on news shows to speak for Daniels and criticize then-President Trump, who was accused of paying hush money to Daniels. \u2014 David K. Li, NBC News , 2 June 2022",
"The press could criticize the authorities, the police were held to account, and the courts operated according to the rule of law. \u2014 Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic , 25 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"critic entry 1 + -ize":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1643, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180827"
},
"crazed":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to make insane or as if insane":[
"crazed by pain and fear",
"crazed addicts"
],
": to produce minute cracks on the surface or glaze of":[
"crazed glass",
"crazed pottery"
],
": break , shatter":[],
": to become insane":[],
": to develop a mesh of fine cracks":[],
": shatter , break":[],
": an exaggerated and often transient enthusiasm : mania":[
"the latest craze in music"
],
": a crack in a surface or coating (as of glaze or enamel)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0101z"
],
"synonyms":[
"crack",
"derange",
"frenzy",
"loco",
"madden",
"unbalance",
"unhinge",
"unstring"
],
"antonyms":[
"buzz",
"chic",
"dernier cri",
"enthusiasm",
"fad",
"fashion",
"flavor",
"go",
"hot ticket",
"last word",
"latest",
"mode",
"rage",
"sensation",
"style",
"ton",
"trend",
"vogue"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for craze Noun fashion , style , mode , vogue , fad , rage , craze mean the usage accepted by those who want to be up-to-date. fashion is the most general term and applies to any way of dressing, behaving, writing, or performing that is favored at any one time or place. the current fashion style often implies a distinctive fashion adopted by people of taste. a media baron used to traveling in style mode suggests the fashion of the moment among those anxious to appear elegant and sophisticated. slim bodies are the mode at this resort vogue stresses the wide acceptance of a fashion. short skirts are back in vogue fad suggests caprice in taking up or in dropping a fashion. last year's fad is over rage and craze stress intense enthusiasm in adopting a fad. Cajun food was the rage nearly everywhere for a time crossword puzzles once seemed just a passing craze but have lasted",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"soldiers who had been crazed by months of combat and chaos in the countryside",
"Noun",
"if history is any guide, this latest diet for losing weight is just another craze",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Ford, which started the high-performance truck craze a decade ago with the F-150 Raptor, confirmed that a Raptor R version with even more power and torque will soon go into production. \u2014 Bymorgan Korn, ABC News , 11 June 2022",
"The exclamatory marketing epitomizes the desire of folks to post filtered photos of themselves on social media, connecting with millions who craze this basic connection to some semblance of the art world. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 28 Feb. 2021",
"Anderson is one of a select few managers from whom La Russa learned, although that was supplemented by his interest in statistics well before the sabermetrics craze . \u2014 Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com , 29 Oct. 2020",
"Meantime, in Arizona Territory in 1893, a frontierswoman named Nora is beginning to grow crazed with want \u2014 for thirst. \u2014 John Freeman, BostonGlobe.com , 15 Aug. 2019",
"In this movement, the hopeful, major-key passage that arrives unexpectedly near the end was hurried, if crazed , almost like a mad scene for plunging, again, to gloomy melodrama. \u2014 Joshua Barone, New York Times , 6 Oct. 2019",
"Fashion insiders fly all across the world to craze over a city that is filled with different cultures which whip up a whirlwind of fashion. \u2014 Nandi Howard, Essence , 16 Sep. 2019",
"That pairing was extremely appealing to tennis fans in a nation that rapidly was becoming sports- crazed . \u2014 Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com , 2 Mar. 2018",
"Robert Mann, an airline consultant and former American Airlines executive, said windows are periodically polished to remove crazing , the formation of cracks in the acrylic windows from exposure to chemicals and the sun's rays. \u2014 Kathleen Joyce, Fox News , 2 May 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Revlon, the struggling makeup and cosmetics company that filed for bankruptcy last week, is the latest meme stock craze among the army of individual investors on Reddit. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"But the videos drew criticism from users on Reddit and Twitter, the same forums where retail traders had gathered during the meme stock craze of early 2021. \u2014 Christine Mui, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
"The Wall Street Journal in January reported that GameStop, a poster child of the meme-stock craze that drove frenetic trading last year, was establishing a division to develop an NFT marketplace and establish cryptocurrency partnerships. \u2014 Will Feuer, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"The bottom line Between stimulus checks, meme stocks and the crypto craze , the oddities and opportunities of the market inspired many Americans to dip their toes into the investment waters over the last few years. \u2014 Jared Lindzon, Time , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The latest gaming craze , Wordle, came with an adorable origin story\u2014evidence against the theory that puzzles lead to domestic strife\u2014and served as a reminder that, once in a while, the Internet can give us something nice. \u2014 Liz Maynes-aminzade, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Last year, the stock was the poster-child for the meme stock craze which sent the stock soaring to $483/share in a matter of weeks. \u2014 Adam Sarhan, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"But guess who profited most from the meme stock craze ? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The source is the latest pandemic craze : an online game called Wordle. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English crasen to crush, craze, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Swedish krasa to crush":"Verb and Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3":"Verb",
"1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035125"
},
"credentials":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": warranting credit or confidence":[
"\u2014 used chiefly in the phrase credential letters"
],
": testimonials or certified documents showing that a person is entitled to credit or has a right to exercise official power":[
"a doctor's credentials"
],
": certificate , diploma":[],
": to furnish with credentials":[
"\u2026 to credential adequate academic performance \u2026",
"\u2014 K. Patricia Cross",
"journalists who have been credentialed by the Secret Service"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"kri-\u02c8den(t)-sh\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"capability",
"goods",
"qualification",
"stuff"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"My experience as a manager is my strongest credential .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Someone who has gained access to an account may be able to leverage that username and password for credential stuffing. \u2014 Ari Jacoby, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"The rate was even higher \u2014 75 percent didn\u2019t earn a credential \u2014 at private, for-profit institutions. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"The state\u2019s Department of Motor Vehicles is planning to test an identity-verifying credential stored on your smartphone. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"Another protection is encrypting the credential sent by the phone. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 19 May 2022",
"Gutierrez Reed had no formal training or credential \u2014 nor was she required to have any. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 19 May 2022",
"In educational attainment, the greatest job growth is expected to be for those requiring no formal educational credential , 11.2%. \u2014 Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant , 12 May 2022",
"There have been several programs at the state level \u2014 including Future for Frontliners and Michigan Reconnect \u2014 aimed at helping adults earn some sort of credential or degree past high school. \u2014 David Jesse, Detroit Free Press , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Colleges, continuing education training providers, and even employers now offer an array of short-term credential programs. \u2014 Lindsay Daugherty, Fortune , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The financial firm is the issuer of the Mastercard payment credential that\u2019s used to complete Apple Pay Later purchases. \u2014 Mark Gurman, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"Asi says that he was also placed on probation by the BBC and by his newspaper, Al Quds Al Arabi, and was forced to pay for his own credential to attend the Cannes Film Festival. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 12 May 2022",
"The same credential can also be stored on a device running Android or Windows. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 6 May 2022",
"The Nursing Support Program II has a statewide goal to increase the number of full-time faculty with the CNE credential to 300 by 2025, according to a news release from the commission. \u2014 Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The San Ysidro union that represents classified workers like Rios \u2014 employees who work in school positions that don\u2019t require a teaching credential \u2014 has been rallying the school district over the past few months, calling for better wages. \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Apr. 2022",
"All motorcycles found without the appropriate credential will be impounded. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 3 Apr. 2022",
"To obtain the credential , a person must earn a bachelor\u2019s degree (majoring in nutrition or a related field), complete 900 hours of supervised practice, pass an exam, and pay fees. \u2014 Ren\u00e9e Flaherty, National Review , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The rest go out into the world with the gleaming Goldman credential . \u2014 Geoff Colvin, Fortune , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Mary Sandy at the Commission on Teacher Credentialing said the agency must credential about 20,000 teachers a year to keep up with the staffing needs of districts across the state. \u2014 Joe Hong, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Sep. 2021",
"As attendees began lining up on the stairs lined with black candles by 10 p.m., the crowds were promptly credentialed and let inside. \u2014 Rob Ledonne, Billboard , 27 Jan. 2020",
"TruNews was also credentialed for the G-20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, in June. \u2014 Mike Brest, Washington Examiner , 22 Jan. 2020",
"The only constant is that a reporter or credentialed expert will authoritatively assert a theory as a fact and demonize those who disagree \u2014 only to be proven wrong tomorrow. \u2014 Victor Davis Hanson, National Review , 28 Apr. 2020",
"The problem with the raid, however, was that the department sought the warrants without fully informing the judge that Carmody was a reporter even though he had been credentialed by the San Francisco Fire Department for 16 years. \u2014 Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Only lawmakers, staff, credentialed members of the press and those with official business are permitted to access the facilities. \u2014 Melissa Quinn, CBS News , 30 Mar. 2020",
"Employees, authorized visitors and credentialed Capitol Hill staff will continue to have access to the facilities, the library said. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Mar. 2020",
"In addition, attendance at all UO home athletic events will be restricted primarily to participating student-athletes, essential personnel and credentialed media. \u2014 James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 12 Mar. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"see credence":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1655, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1860, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044739"
},
"crudeness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": marked by the primitive, gross, or elemental or by uncultivated simplicity or vulgarity":[
"a crude stereotype",
"crude tools",
"crude jokes"
],
": existing in a natural state and unaltered by cooking or processing":[
"crude oil",
"crude ore"
],
": rough or inexpert in plan or execution":[
"a crude shelter"
],
": lacking a covering, glossing, or concealing element : obvious":[
"crude facts"
],
": tabulated without being broken down into classes":[
"the crude death rate"
],
": unripe , immature":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u00fcd"
],
"synonyms":[
"native",
"natural",
"raw",
"rude",
"undressed",
"unprocessed",
"unrefined",
"untreated"
],
"antonyms":[
"dressed",
"processed",
"refined",
"treated"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for crude Adjective rude , rough , crude , raw mean lacking in social refinement. rude implies ignorance of or indifference to good form; it may suggest intentional discourtesy. rude behavior rough is likely to stress lack of polish and gentleness. rough manners crude may apply to thought or behavior limited to the gross, the obvious, or the primitive. a crude joke raw suggests being untested, inexperienced, or unfinished. turning raw youths into polished performers",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"They built a crude shelter out of branches.",
"a crude summary of the country's history",
"She first described the procedure in crude terms, and then went into more detail.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Coincidentally, because the price for crude oil has moderated somewhat over the past two weeks, the price of gas at the pump has moderated as well. \u2014 David Blackmon, Forbes , 3 July 2022",
"At the same time, supplies for crude oil and gasoline have remained tight. \u2014 CBS News , 1 July 2022",
"The disruption of crude oil from Russia has led to soaring costs for fuel, transportation and food production. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Energy stocks made solid gains as U.S. crude oil prices rose 2%. \u2014 Damian J. Troise And Alex Veiga, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
"Traders drove down the price of U.S. crude oil 11% over the past two weeks and gas prices followed suit, dropping 21 cents a gallon from Florida\u2019s record high of $4.89 set on June 13, travel club AAA said in its weekly gas price update. \u2014 Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel , 27 June 2022",
"ConocoPhillips is Alaska\u2019s largest crude oil producer and is leading the push westward across the reserve. \u2014 Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
"Imposing sanctions on countries that continue to scoop up large volumes of Russian crude oil, including China and India, would wreak havoc on global markets that are already under severe strain. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 26 June 2022",
"Gasoline shortages are frequent in Nigeria even though the country is one of Africa\u2019s biggest producers of crude oil. \u2014 Chinedu Asadu, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Oil prices gained a bit Tuesday, but the benchmark Brent crude now sits about $10 below its recent highs. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 21 June 2022",
"Pavel Molchanov, an analyst at Raymond James, noted that Russian oil is selling for $35 per barrel less than Brent crude , the international benchmark, reflecting the discount buyers demand for doing business with the nation. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 21 June 2022",
"The Indian government has asked state oil companies to scoop up huge volumes of cheap crude from Russia, according to industry executives, strengthening commercial ties with the country even as the West tightens sanctions on Moscow. \u2014 Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"New pipelines from the North Dakota Bakken region and the Permian Basin in Texas had begun pumping crude directly to Gulf Coast and Midwest refineries. \u2014 Evan Halper, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2022",
"Moscow was compelled to slash prices as European sanctions dried up demand for its crude in Germany and other countries. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 20 June 2022",
"New pipelines from the North Dakota Bakken region and the Permian Basin in Texas had begun pumping crude directly to Gulf Coast and Midwest refineries. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
"India, for example, has increased its share of Russia\u2019s total crude exports from 1% to 18% since the invasion, according to the BBC. \u2014 Chloe Taylor, Fortune , 20 June 2022",
"However, Chee said the oil found bubbling up on Thursday did not resemble the thick, black crude oil found at wells but was instead watery and thin. \u2014 Jonah Valdezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Latin crudus raw, crude, undigested \u2014 more at raw":"Adjective and Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective",
"circa 1904, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062126"
},
"crosswise":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": in the form of a cross":[],
": so as to cross something : across":[
"carrot sticks cut crosswise"
],
": transverse , crossing":[],
": involved in conflict or disagreement":[
"got crosswise with his teacher"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u022fs-\u02ccw\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[
"athwart",
"bias",
"cornerways",
"cornerwise",
"crossways",
"diagonally",
"kitty-corner",
"catty-corner",
"catercorner",
"kitty-cornered",
"catty-cornered",
"catercornered",
"obliquely",
"transversely"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"Cut the potato crosswise rather than lengthwise into thin slices.",
"first cut the sandwiches crosswise and then trim the crusts",
"Adjective",
"He got crosswise with his boss and nearly lost his job.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Serve: Carve the chicken breasts off the bone, slice them crosswise , and serve with the salad. \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Slice each wedge crosswise into triangles, no more than 1/8-inch-thick. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Jan. 2020",
"Cut each half crosswise into 1/16-inch-thick half-moon slices. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 July 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
"1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211903"
},
"croquette":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small often rounded mass consisting usually of minced meat, fish, or vegetable coated with egg and bread crumbs and deep-fried":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"kr\u014d-\u02c8ket"
],
"synonyms":[
"cake",
"cutlet",
"fritter",
"galette",
"patty",
"pattie"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a fish croquette that tasted more of filler than of fish",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The dish is a Japanese iteration of the French croquette : a patty of mashed potatoes, simmered vegetables and protein. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"The croquette is a classic Japanese potato version, breaded in panko and fried. \u2014 Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Aug. 2021",
"The first tasting menu will start out with a trio of small dishes: sashimi, a croquette and a pancake. \u2014 Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Since 2014, the shop has been serving other savory foods like salmon croquette sandwiches, Amish chicken wings, and black-eyed peas and collard green soup. \u2014 Andrea Kramar, USA TODAY , 5 Sep. 2020",
"On the menu are ham croquettes , Segovian-style suckling-pig empanadas, seafood fritters, octopus and filet mignon. \u2014 Darla Guillen Gilthorpe, Houston Chronicle , 22 Apr. 2020",
"Commuters passing by on their way to the California Green Line stop should be on the lookout for pastries and salmon croquettes . \u2014 Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com , 9 Oct. 2019",
"What to expect: The Mardis Gras happy hour and reverse happy hour menus include choices such as fried frog legs, short rib gorditas and redfish croquettes for $9-$15. \u2014 Melissa Yeager, azcentral , 6 Mar. 2020",
"Transfer the fried croquettes to a platter lined with paper towels. \u2014 Wolfgang Puck, chicagotribune.com , 12 Nov. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from croquer to crunch, from Middle French, to strike, break, cause to crack, of imitative origin":""
},
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"1706, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204646"
},
"crew":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": a band or force of armed men",
": a group of people associated together in a common activity or by common traits or interests",
": gang sense 1a",
": a company of people working on one job or under one foreman or operating a machine",
": the whole company belonging to a ship sometimes including the officers and master",
": one who assists the skipper of a sailboat",
": the persons who have duties on an aircraft in flight",
": the rowers and coxswain of a racing shell",
": rowing",
": to act as a member of a crew",
": to serve as a crew member on (a ship, an aircraft, etc.)",
": to supply (something) with people (as for service)",
": the group of people who operate a ship, train, or airplane",
": a group of people working together",
": a gathering of people"
],
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"\u02c8kr\u00fc",
"\u02c8kr\u00fc",
"\u02c8kr\u00fc"
],
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"cabal",
"conspiracy",
"gang",
"Mafia",
"mob",
"ring",
"syndicate"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This live-action version of everyone's favorite mystery-solving crew takes place on Spooky Island, where a magical force threatens to put a spell over everyone on Earth. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 22 June 2022",
"My first year out of college, I was hired to be on a firefighting engine crew . \u2014 Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
"The ship, which was built at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, is the fifth in the Disney Cruise Line fleet, with a capacity of 4,000 passengers and 1,555 crew . \u2014 Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
"There's a surprisingly useful bench crew on this Pacers team as well. \u2014 Nat Newell, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
"Jammcard could also be appealing in the post-Covid touring environment in which many musicians and road crew members stopped touring altogether or found a new line of work, leaving artists needing to find new people to tour with. \u2014 Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022",
"Moving planes and crew around during massive disruptions takes time. \u2014 Sam Sweeney, ABC News , 21 June 2022",
"The watch travelled to space in April, worn by a crew member on a space mission from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, conducted by Axiom Space. \u2014 Carol Besler, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"That would imply most of the Black Panther 2 cast and crew have no knowledge of the scene. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 21 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That was enough to make many involved in the production understandably unwilling or unable to perform or crew the show. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 3 May 2022",
"The Oregonian/OregonLive obtained the information sheet that was distributed to crew working for ESPN in front of the Oregon-WSU game. \u2014 John Canzano, oregonlive , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Though the Seawolf-class submarine suffered some injuries to crew members and some damage, the Navy said the nuclear propulsion plant was not damaged in the accident. \u2014 Oren Liebermann, CNN , 2 Nov. 2021",
"The producing company for the film, Rust Movie Productions LLC, in a statement called safety of cast and crew its top priority. \u2014 Katherine Sayre, WSJ , 23 Oct. 2021",
"There were not enough firefighters to crew the long hoses, so citizens jumped in to help. \u2014 Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Service on the line is attentive and personal; the generous passenger to crew ratio aboard the new ship will be 1:1.38. \u2014 Irene S. Levine, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021",
"And then there\u2019s the question of who will crew the vessels. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Strechay believes the fictional world of See has real-world lessons for everyone, from the actors to crew to audiences at home. \u2014 Steven Aquino, Forbes , 31 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1900, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-173616"
},
"crack up":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": crash , wreck",
": a mental collapse : nervous breakdown",
": collapse , breakdown",
": praise , tout sense 1",
": to damage or destroy (a vehicle) by crashing",
": to cause to laugh out loud",
": to damage or destroy a vehicle (as by losing control)",
": to laugh out loud",
": breakdown sense 2",
": crash entry 2 sense 3 , wreck"
],
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"\u02c8krak-\u02cc\u0259p",
"\u02c8krak-\u02cc\u0259p"
],
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"breakdown",
"nervous breakdown",
"tailspin"
],
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"acclaim",
"accredit",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"that sports car isn't all it's cracked up to be",
"the movie is being cracked up as the blockbuster of the summer",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Kieran Culkin made Succession co-star Jeremy Strong crack up on the Bemelmans Bar steps. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 3 May 2022",
"So there\u2019s nothing self-conscious about it, just a couple of bored friends making a racket to crack up each other and piss off the world. \u2014 Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Even with a quick resolution, however, much of the crack up is unlikely to be reversed. \u2014 Josh Zumbrun, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"With that, the couple both crack up in a way that only two people who are already in on the joke would. \u2014 Seth Combs Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Watching Snoop rolling a joint and attempting not to crack up during a Haddish tale \u2014 and at least once exploding in laughter mid-inhale \u2014 is tremendous entertainment. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The houses were so close together that the families would tape happy birthday messages for each other in their facing kitchen windows, and Bill Cullen would crack up the Soloves\u2019 kids by dancing most mornings in their backyard. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Using rocks, farmers could crack up to 2.5 metric tons of nuts a week to get a decent purity level. \u2014 Frederick Daso, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"In an exclusive clip from the special, which airs on Netflix Nov. 23, Legend serenades Nick, Joe, and Kevin as their respective partners \u2014 Priyanka Chopra, Sophie Turner, and Danielle Jonas \u2014 look on (and crack up ). \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 22 Nov. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"circa 1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1829, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190304"
},
"credence":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": mental acceptance as true or real",
": credibility sense 1",
": credentials",
": a Renaissance sideboard used chiefly for valuable plate",
": a small table where the bread and wine rest before consecration",
"[Middle French, from Old Italian credenza ]"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0113-d\u1d4an(t)s"
],
"synonyms":[
"confidence",
"faith",
"stock",
"trust"
],
"antonyms":[
"distrust",
"mistrust"
],
"examples":[
"The theory is gaining credence among scientists.",
"I'm afraid I don't put much credence in common gossip.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And Chris Low\u2019s recent espn.com story on Spencer Rattler, who transferred from Oklahoma to South Carolina, gives credence to the theories. \u2014 Berry Tramel, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The finding gives further credence to Apple\u2019s claims that a software update can fix the camera experience on the Studio Display. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 18 Mar. 2022",
"This consensus gives credence to the idea, which perpetuates the societal belief of the model minority, and generalizes college hopefuls from Sri Lanka and Japan under a singular, undesired bracket. \u2014 WSJ , 1 Feb. 2022",
"The loss gives skeptics more credence that Coastal Carolina had played a weak schedule and was overrated in the polls. \u2014 Steve Reed, ajc , 21 Oct. 2021",
"What a manager wants from an employee begins with the job description and gains credence when the person is hired, and the job is explained. \u2014 John Baldoni, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Syria has largely prevailed against the rebels, and Russia\u2019s false-flags claims gained credence among Moscow\u2019s allies and sowed confusion elsewhere. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"And even India\u2019s 2020 figures gave additional credence to the W.H.O. estimates, said Dr. Jha, who has also studied excess deaths in India. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
"These moments gave more credence to the nudity in the finale. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 24 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin credentia , from Latin credent-, credens , present participle of credere to believe, trust \u2014 more at creed ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190832"
},
"crescendo":{
"type":[
"adverb or adjective",
"intransitive verb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the peak of a gradual increase : climax":[
"\u2026 complaints about stifling smog conditions reach a crescendo \u2026",
"\u2014 Down Beat"
],
": a crescendo musical passage":[],
": with an increase in volume":[
"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"kri-\u02c8shen-d\u014d",
"kr\u0259-\u02c8shen-(\u02cc)d\u014d"
],
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"acme",
"apex",
"apogee",
"capstone",
"climax",
"crest",
"crown",
"culmination",
"head",
"height",
"high noon",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"ne plus ultra",
"noon",
"noontime",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"sum",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottom",
"nadir",
"rock bottom"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The noise rose to a crescendo .",
"their divorce was merely the formal crescendo of a long period of marital stress and estrangement",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"On my evening runs, the mechanical whine of the cicadas would reach a crescendo that drowned out all other sounds, then cease abruptly, plunging the purple air into a silence broken only by my own footfall and the sea murmuring to itself below. \u2014 Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
"Back on that busy spring night, the band just ended its break, as the drummer begins a crescendo into the start of the next set on his snare. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
"The series is a slow build, but by the fifth episode, the horrific truth of what is taking place on the island is fully revealed, and the series ends with a terrifying crescendo . \u2014 Therese Odell, Chron , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Love for Sale is both a formal end to Bennett's career and an eternal testament to the life of a legend who, like his work, lived in permanent crescendo . \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Prosecutors drilled down into the amnesia defense, missing gun barrel and the emotional temperament of Nancy Crampton Brophy as the Oregon romance writer\u2019s trial in the killing of her chef husband reached a crescendo Tuesday. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
"Stamitz came up with the idea of the crescendo : music building and getting louder in order to excite the audience. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Dec. 2021",
"The only thing more life-affirming than that lyric is the soaring guitar lead that brings the song to a glorious crescendo . \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 1 May 2022",
"The song reached its rock crescendo as the siblings jammed out onstage above the aforementioned set, joined by a full drum kit. \u2014 Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Italian, noun derivative of crescendo \"increasing,\" gerund of crescere \"to increase, grow,\" going back to Latin cr\u0113scere \"to come into existence, increase in size or numbers\" \u2014 more at crescent entry 1":"Noun",
"borrowed from Italian \u2014 more at crescendo entry 1":"Adverb or adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1807, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb or adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204656"
},
"cranny":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small break or slit : crevice":[],
": an obscure nook or corner":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kra-n\u0113"
],
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"check",
"chink",
"cleft",
"crack",
"crevice",
"fissure",
"rift",
"split"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"We saw strange, colorful creatures in the crannies of the reef while scuba diving.",
"We explored every cranny of the old castle.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The first three minutes of the new show start off with an incredible drone sequence that takes us through the homes and offices of the Kardashians, diving through every nook and cranny of the spaces. \u2014 Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"And the volunteers sanitized with a vengeance, lugging around 30-kilogram (66-pound) tubs of chemicals and donning full hazmat suits to douse in disinfectant every incoming package, every nook and cranny . \u2014 Serenitie Wang, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"Managing cyberthreats requires having visibility into every nook and cranny of your organization. \u2014 Lyndon Brown, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Inspectors don\u2019t always go over every nook and cranny of a home\u2019s appliances. \u2014 al , 16 May 2022",
"Keeping current levels from going any higher means getting carbon out of every nook and cranny of the global economy, including aviation. \u2014 Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
"Sit on the piece to check it for comfort and the condition of coil springs, Make sure there aren't any lingering odors or stains, and inspect every nook and cranny for bed bugs. \u2014 Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens , 8 June 2022",
"Inspectors don\u2019t always go over every nook and cranny of a home\u2019s appliances. \u2014 al , 16 May 2022",
"Inspectors don\u2019t always go over every nook and cranny of a home\u2019s appliances. \u2014 al , 16 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English crany , from Middle French cren, cran notch":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201742"
},
"crane":{
"type":[
"biographical name ()",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": any of a family (Gruidae of the order Gruiformes) of tall wading birds superficially resembling the herons but structurally more nearly related to the rails",
": any of several herons",
": an often horizontal projection swinging about a vertical axis: such as",
": a machine for raising, shifting, and lowering heavy weights by means of a projecting swinging arm or with the hoisting apparatus supported on an overhead track",
": an iron arm in a fireplace for supporting kettles",
": a boom for holding a motion-picture or television camera",
": to raise or lift by or as if by a crane",
": to stretch toward an object of attention",
": to stretch one's neck toward an object of attention",
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": a machine with a swinging arm for lifting and carrying heavy weights",
": to stretch the neck to see better",
"(Harold) Hart 1899\u20131932 American poet",
"Stephen 1871\u20131900 American writer",
"Walter 1845\u20131915 English artist"
],
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"\u02c8kr\u0101n",
"\u02c8kr\u0101n",
"\u02c8kr\u0101n"
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"boost",
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"heave",
"heft",
"heighten",
"hike",
"hoist",
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"lift",
"perk (up)",
"pick up",
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"drop",
"lower"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"We craned our necks toward the stage.",
"craned her head to see the roof",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Russian forces also took on a gradually obsessive mission to shoot down a Ukrainian flag planted on another crane but failed to do so for weeks, Chmut said. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Russian forces also took on a gradually obsessive mission to shoot down a Ukrainian flag planted on another crane but failed to do so for weeks, Chmut said. \u2014 Alex Horton, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The 13 people hurt in the fiery crash included the Caltrain engineer and the contractor on the crane , officials said. \u2014 Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Mar. 2022",
"As the installation nears completion, DiPietro crouches by a piece of her steel heart and signs the back of it before it\u2019s raised on a crane and affixed to the concrete. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The result is like the deus ex machina moment in an ancient Greek play, when a hopeless situation is resolved by the sudden appearance of a god on a crane . \u2014 New York Times , 27 Feb. 2022",
"At approximately 10:06 am, the two individuals located on the crane were taken into custody as well. \u2014 Julia Cherner, ABC News , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Working from a barge topped with a crane , divers felt their way through murky water to determine the condition of the ship's wreckage, which was an unidentified hazard on navigation charts before being identified as Clotilda in 2019. \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022",
"Keeping the vessel moving often comes down to executing out-of-the-boat tasks \u2014 like moving a power source with a crane , sawing a piece of wood, or heating up the engine to generate electrical power that can be used in different situations. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Don\u2019t crane your neck watching those Atlanta receivers. \u2014 Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"She\u2019s usually the one who forces necks to crane upwards. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The ceiling pieces are also angled so that viewers don\u2019t need to crane their necks to view them. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Proceedings were slowed by the need to carry building materials up a spiral staircase or crane them in through a window. \u2014 Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2021",
"This whimsical park will especially captivate the attention of young visitors, who may crane their necks to discover the magic on this trail. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 29 Oct. 2021",
"The images force you to crane your neck to decipher them, or bring the page closer to your face, as if receiving a secret. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Sep. 2021",
"In museums, people in portraits crane their necks to look at her. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Aug. 2021",
"After several minutes of technical sound issues, Paffrath stepped off the stage with microphone in hand and moved in front of the crowd, prompting dozens of attendees to crane their necks and lean closer. \u2014 Lauren Hern\u00e1ndez, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1570, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195152"
},
"crouch":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to lower the body stance especially by bending the legs":[
"The sprinter crouched and was ready to go."
],
": to lie close to the ground with the legs bent":[
"\u2026 a pair of cats, crouching on the brink of a fight.",
"\u2014 Aldous Huxley"
],
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": to stand at a low height":[
"Cottages crouched along the river."
],
": to bow especially in humility or fear : bend":[
"The dog crouched its head."
]
},
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"\u02c8krau\u0307ch"
],
"synonyms":[
"couch",
"huddle",
"hunch",
"hunker (down)",
"scrunch",
"squat",
"squinch"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"She crouched down, trying to get a closer look at the spider.",
"The lion crouched in the tall grass, waiting to attack the gazelle.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Land with soft knees (this marks one repetition) and immediately crouch again to repeat the process. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 14 Apr. 2020",
"Then, have the kids mix themselves up and crouch down. \u2014 Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day , 5 May 2022",
"This means whoever created the art had to crouch or crawl through the chamber -- and the drawings can only be viewed by lying on the cave floor. \u2014 CNN , 4 May 2022",
"Japanese tits, which nest in tree cavities, have one call that causes their chicks to crouch down to avoid being pulled out of the nest by crows, and another call for tree snakes that sends the chicks jumping out of the nest entirely. \u2014 Betsy Mason, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Land softly like a ninja, crouch down, swing your arms back and jump back toward the left. \u2014 Jon-erik Kawamoto, Outside Online , 11 Mar. 2020",
"Stand on your left leg and crouch down while swinging your arms behind you. \u2014 Jon-erik Kawamoto, Outside Online , 11 Mar. 2020",
"As Williams and other deputies crouch behind vehicles parked in front of the home, the helicopter crew again radios with a warning that the man is armed with a rifle. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Nov. 2021",
"The guests and the employees crouch and circle one another like animals in a cage. \u2014 The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190448"
},
"crackerjack":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"trademark"
],
"definitions":[
": a person or thing of marked excellence"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kra-k\u0259r-\u02ccjak",
"\u02c8kra-k\u0259r-\u02ccjak"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"artist",
"authority",
"cognoscente",
"connoisseur",
"dab",
"dab hand",
"expert",
"fiend",
"geek",
"guru",
"hand",
"hotshot",
"maestro",
"master",
"maven",
"mavin",
"meister",
"past master",
"proficient",
"scholar",
"shark",
"sharp",
"virtuoso",
"whiz",
"wizard"
],
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"amateur",
"inexpert",
"nonexpert"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a young prospect who's supposed to be a crackerjack on the baseball diamond",
"the cheese maker's aged cheddar is a real crackerjack",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"When sober, Sheean was a fearless crackerjack reporter. \u2014 Edward Kosner, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
"This crackerjack of a novel, published on 195 pages of poor-quality paper\u2014in conformity with the pinched standards of postwar Britain\u2014was an instant bestseller. \u2014 Rachel Johnson, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Forbes put its crackerjack team of fictional wealth investigators to the task of calculating Logan Roy\u2019s net worth, estimated at roughly $18 billion. \u2014 Lisette Voytko, Forbes , 16 Oct. 2021",
"And a crackerjack team that mixes new and familiar faces. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Criminals hijack a New York City subway train and hold its passengers for a million-dollar ransom in director Joseph Sargent\u2019s crackerjack 1974 thriller starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Director Kari Ringer, who also musical directed, has assembled a crackerjack cast; not easy when her performers have to act, sing, proficiently play their instruments and essentially impersonate iconic figures \u2014 but not in a cheesy or ironic way. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 8 Mar. 2021",
"All of the four lead actors in King\u2019s crackerjack ensemble get multiple chances to feast on such brilliant dialogue, and all of them make the most of it. \u2014 Mike Scott, NOLA.com , 18 Jan. 2021",
"Teenage Bounty Hunters is also propelled by excellent comic performances by Phillips and Fellini, who don't look all that similar but do share a fizzy chemistry, especially in their crackerjack -timed quips and clairvoyant communications. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Aug. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1893, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195938"
},
"crookedness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": not straight":[
"a crooked road",
"Your tie is crooked ."
],
": dishonest":[
"a crooked election",
"crooked politicians"
]
},
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"a long, crooked line of people had formed in front of the ticket booth",
"the common belief that gambling casinos are often crooked businesses",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Belle Isle Rumrunning Scandal, also called the Police Rum Scandal, involved elite Detroiters at a private club, crooked cops, a drunken zookeeper and the James Scott fountain on Belle Isle. \u2014 Mickey Lyons, Detroit Free Press , 8 May 2022",
"His mouth twisted into a crooked smile and his eyes twinkled, an expression reserved only for moments of pure joy. \u2014 Asonta Benetti, Bon App\u00e9tit , 6 Apr. 2022",
"When the filmmakers find Leclerc, the climber proves to be a sweet guy with curly hair, a crooked smile and zero interest in self-promotion. \u2014 Lisa Kennedy, Variety , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Mila, a Namibian, has the most crooked husband \u2014 and the hottest takes on American exceptionalism. \u2014 Seija Rankin, EW.com , 8 July 2021",
"The 26-year-old accountant had spent her teen years wearing varying combinations of braces and retainers only to have her teeth go slightly crooked again in young adulthood. \u2014 Kathryn Dill, WSJ , 5 May 2021",
"Family pictures hung crooked on walls coated with a brown film from thousands of cigarettes. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2021",
"Quinto's George is practically pickled, the tilt of his crooked grin dragging itself downward with each drink and palpable hit at his competitors. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 6 May 2022",
"Bad Guys, about a wickedly smart group of crooked animals, grossed $8 million on Friday from 4,009 theaters after receiving an A CinemaScore. \u2014 Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Apr. 2022"
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"see crook entry 2":""
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": to make insane or as if insane",
": to produce minute cracks on the surface or glaze of",
": break , shatter",
": to become insane",
": to develop a mesh of fine cracks",
": shatter , break",
": an exaggerated and often transient enthusiasm : mania",
": a crack in a surface or coating (as of glaze or enamel)",
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"\u02c8kr\u0101z",
"\u02c8kr\u0101z"
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"crack",
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"loco",
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"fashion",
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"last word",
"latest",
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"Verb",
"soldiers who had been crazed by months of combat and chaos in the countryside",
"Noun",
"if history is any guide, this latest diet for losing weight is just another craze",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Ford, which started the high-performance truck craze a decade ago with the F-150 Raptor, confirmed that a Raptor R version with even more power and torque will soon go into production. \u2014 Bymorgan Korn, ABC News , 11 June 2022",
"The exclamatory marketing epitomizes the desire of folks to post filtered photos of themselves on social media, connecting with millions who craze this basic connection to some semblance of the art world. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 28 Feb. 2021",
"Anderson is one of a select few managers from whom La Russa learned, although that was supplemented by his interest in statistics well before the sabermetrics craze . \u2014 Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com , 29 Oct. 2020",
"Meantime, in Arizona Territory in 1893, a frontierswoman named Nora is beginning to grow crazed with want \u2014 for thirst. \u2014 John Freeman, BostonGlobe.com , 15 Aug. 2019",
"In this movement, the hopeful, major-key passage that arrives unexpectedly near the end was hurried, if crazed , almost like a mad scene for plunging, again, to gloomy melodrama. \u2014 Joshua Barone, New York Times , 6 Oct. 2019",
"Fashion insiders fly all across the world to craze over a city that is filled with different cultures which whip up a whirlwind of fashion. \u2014 Nandi Howard, Essence , 16 Sep. 2019",
"That pairing was extremely appealing to tennis fans in a nation that rapidly was becoming sports- crazed . \u2014 Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com , 2 Mar. 2018",
"Robert Mann, an airline consultant and former American Airlines executive, said windows are periodically polished to remove crazing , the formation of cracks in the acrylic windows from exposure to chemicals and the sun's rays. \u2014 Kathleen Joyce, Fox News , 2 May 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The ice cream was one of its kind, igniting an entire category of low-calorie and high protein products where top companies even launched copycat competitors to get in on the craze . \u2014 Dave Knox, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"The government, in an effort to capitalize on the global coffee craze , plans to localize production. \u2014 Hadas Gold And Abeer Salman, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"The pickleball paddle may have started out as one used for table tennis, but companies such as Joola are looking to cash in on the pickleball craze with paddles specific to the sport. \u2014 NBC News , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Girard-Perregaux wants in on the vintage craze too. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The country made bitcoin legal tender last September and now is aiming to raise $1 billion to fund expansive economic policies by cashing in on the crypto craze . \u2014 WSJ , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Kinostar was quick to capitalize on the K-pop craze . \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 May 2022",
"One of the most iconic of his career, the Rich Man's Frug scene in 1969's Sweet Charity not only offered up three different interpretations of the Frug dance craze , but put the power ponytail on the map to extraordinary effect. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The duo feel left out of the new viral dance craze but learn that it\u2019s a monster-in-disguise. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Feb. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3",
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"noun"
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"This is religion as the Crusaders knew it: a battle to the death for souls that if not saved will be forever lost.",
"\u2014 Benjamin R. Barber",
"Cleanliness improved during the Middle Ages\u2014particularly after the Crusaders imported the Turkish bath.",
"\u2014 Winifred Gallagher",
"Then the church was looted by the Christian crusaders from the West, who converted it for fifty-seven years to the Roman Catholic ritual.",
"\u2014 Mario Salvadori"
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"human rights crusaders",
"an anti-government crusader",
"Black women lawyers early on were in the forefront of the civil rights struggle. Many women attorneys were crusaders for the poor and needy \u2026",
"\u2014 Rita E. Hauser"
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"red hot",
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"1742, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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": an intense, urgent, or abnormal desire or longing",
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"\u02c8kr\u0101-vi\u014b",
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"I had a sudden craving for french fries, so I pulled into the nearest fast-food restaurant.",
"a pregnant woman with a craving for pickles",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This life-long craving for better-tasting, gluten-free snacks and a proclivity for business, led the 26-year-old entrepreneur to start her own snack company called Chasin\u2019 Dreams Farms. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"This was that crucial phase of the Renaissance when a craving to imitate antiquity dovetailed with fresh ideas about nature and the human body and a new awareness of time and space. \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"And while one person's go-to hamburger snack might be another's katsu sando or chivito, there's hardly a country on the planet that doesn't turn to some type of bread with something stuffed inside it to cure a craving . \u2014 Terry Ward, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"Acute isolation causes social craving , similar to the way fasting causes hunger. \u2014 Ryan Jenkins, Fortune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"This variety snack box is chock full of salty, sweet and crunchy munchies that will satisfy just about any craving . \u2014 Karla Pope, Woman's Day , 4 May 2022",
"After a lot of use, that kettle can get full of white salt-like scales and just won\u2019t boil water fast enough to satisfy that tea craving . \u2014 Charlyne Mattox, Country Living , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Landing on the cover of Sports Illustrated, even in 2017, only electrified the hype machine in a sport craving excitement. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Designed with both the face and undereye area in mind, this flexible concealer satisfies the craving for coverage, while imparting a healthy, natural finish to the skin regardless of your skin type! \u2014 Essence , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"1633, in the meaning defined above"
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"noun"
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"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
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"battle royal",
"bicker",
"brawl",
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"controversy",
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"donnybrook",
"falling-out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"imbroglio",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"rhubarb",
"row",
"scrap",
"set-to",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
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"examples":[
"viewers tune in to witness the weekly cross fire between the liberal and conservative commentators",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Caught in the cross fire , the FDA and CDC issued a series of seemingly contradictory communications about who should be signing up for extra shots and when. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 28 June 2022",
"The market has indiscriminately penalized tech stocks across the board and cybersecurity stocks are simply caught in the cross fire . \u2014 Beth Kindig, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Lester said 70 to 80 people were in the vicinity of the gunfire and many were caught in the cross fire . \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 4 May 2022",
"Expect more of this cross fire over how to carve up the state\u2019s gambling turf. \u2014 Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 Oct. 2021",
"Just on Monday night, two young residents were killed in the cross fire near Mr. Alim\u2019s watermelon stand. \u2014 New York Times , 14 July 2021",
"The ferocious media blitzkrieg that arose when both stories became public led to Allen and Farrow being maligned in the press, with their friends and family flinging accusations into the cross fire . \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 23 Feb. 2021",
"Caught in the cross fire of these combative tackles was Lo Celso, who picked up a groin injury following a stamp from Chile's Charles Aranguiz. \u2014 SI.com , 11 Sep. 2019",
"As the federal government prepares to roll out $16 billion to help farmers caught in the cross fire of Trump\u2019s trade wars, Democratic congressmen want fishermen included in the deal. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 6 Aug. 2019"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1799, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221634"
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"credulous":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": ready to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence":[
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"Few people are credulous enough to believe such nonsense."
],
": proceeding from credulity":[
"credulous superstitions"
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"\u02c8kre-j\u0259-l\u0259s"
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"examples":[
"Few people are credulous enough to believe such nonsense.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Like all efforts to brand the modern GOP as populist or even populism-curious, arguing that the party has abandoned the core of its last half-century of politics requires credulous and contorted readings of statements intended as mere rhetoric. \u2014 Ed Burmila, The New Republic , 15 June 2022",
"Even credulous reporters will think twice before running with another Fusion lead. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"Like the Afghanistan debacle, Theranos is a horror story of wishful thinking, credulous media, and celebrity impunity. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 10 Sep. 2021",
"The series features Judy Greer as the prosecutor who targeted Russ, Josh Duhamel as Russ\u2019 credulous defense attorney, Sean Bridgers as Pam\u2019s husband, Mark, and Celia Weston as Pam\u2019s mother. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Second, spreading overheated rumors about miracle drugs before the evidence is in will lead credulous people to take it without knowledge of proper dosage or considering toxic interactions. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 27 Aug. 2021",
"Reporters, often explicitly recalling credulous reporting of Bush administration claims of intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq War, have pressed officials to provide evidence backing up the releases. \u2014 Katie Bo Lillis, Natasha Bertrand And Kylie Atwood, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022",
"The tweet is a typical Yangism \u2014 tone deaf, credulous , but broadly appealing to people who don\u2019t want to do any critical thinking about a subject. \u2014 Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Unlike the efforts of Republican Never Trumpers, such as the Lincoln Project, which released a series of videos during the 2020 election season that delighted in making fun of the President and his minions, the tone is earnest, often credulous . \u2014 Sue Halpern, The New Yorker , 4 Feb. 2022"
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"Latin credulus , from credere to believe, entrust \u2014 more at creed":""
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"1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030923"
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"noun",
"verb"
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"color",
"flush",
"glow",
"redden"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"he crimsoned the minute he realized the foolishness of what he'd said",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Dutch-American artist de Kooning used vivid hues of yellow, turquoise and crimson and a distinctive, gestural brush stroke. \u2014 Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022",
"Across town at Alcova, designer Leo Rydell Jost unveiled similarly exuberant carpets in super-saturated swirls of gold, violet, and crimson . \u2014 Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor , 14 June 2022",
"The book with its vibrant cover (an image of model Fadhi Mohamed in a crimson , sequined Bottega Veneta dress surrounded by a bed of anthuriums) encapsulates the eye through which Campbell sees the world. \u2014 Essence , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Jacob's character, Kane, debuted as a crimson , masked and mute demon who was half-brothers with fan-favorite superstar The Undertaker. \u2014 Fox News , 7 June 2022",
"Amrit wore a couture crimson Lehenga by Shyamal & Bhumika, paying homage to the traditional red shades worn by an Indian bride. \u2014 Alexandra Macon, Vogue , 5 May 2022",
"Set in pearlescent medallions against a blue-green field coiled with gold and crimson filigree, the angels held harps, guitars and violins in their hands, their Baroque lips curved into smiles \u2014 an image of heaven filled with music, order and joy. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Panjin Red Beach, China Come autumn in the northeastern province of Liaoning, miles of Suaeda heteroptera plants bloom crimson in this vast seaside marsh, making the beach as red as the Chinese flag. \u2014 Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Strout still has the nylon windbreaker, which time has faded from royal blue and crimson to a drab navy and maroon. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The crimson beauty features a gray leather interior, Recaro bucket seats with four-point racing harnesses and 18-inch alloys shod in Michelin tires. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 27 May 2022",
"But the deep crimson walls hint that this will not be an ideal place for recovery and relaxation. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 May 2022",
"Strong colors bring intensity to Ms. Gravier\u2019s seasonal tableaux: peonies and hydrangeas in a family garden; a shimmering beetle on a hollow log; crimson strawberries amid a profusion of green leaves. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"The area is known for U.F.O. sightings, and its arid terrain, dotted with crimson sandstone outcroppings, has often been likened to Mars. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Dec. 2020",
"Barefoot and wearing the most perfectly bellowing crimson dress, Welch kicked off the concert with a pair of new songs. \u2014 Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone , 7 May 2022",
"But between the smart styling and the gown\u2019s subdued crimson color, this look transformed into one of the most intriguing on the red carpet. \u2014 ELLE , 4 May 2022",
"Succulent crimson -red strawberries in the depth of winter? \u2014 Laura Manske, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The crimson outfit was complete with a dramatic train. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"Middle English crimisin , from Old Spanish cremes\u00edn , from Arabic qirmiz\u012b , from qirmiz kermes":"Noun, Adjective, and Verb"
},
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1609, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
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"noun"
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"amenity",
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"convenience",
"luxury",
"mod con",
"nicety"
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"burden",
"millstone",
"weight"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"she's too addicted to creature comforts to enjoy roughing it, even for a few days",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Phase 3, creature comfort projects, will be finished in 2023. \u2014 Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2021",
"In a nod to Disney, the film did show her indulging in the creature comfort of a hot spring bath. \u2014 Martin Tsai, Washington Post , 4 Sep. 2020",
"The Car and Driver Editors' Choice award winner starts at $34,695, giving me plenty of room to add to the creature comforts that come standard, which include a 9.0-inch infotainment screen, lane-keeping assist, and automatic windshield wipers. \u2014 Car and Driver , 14 Apr. 2020",
"Plus, the elderly couple next to me was already so bewildered at my high-maintenance setup that one more creature comfort was definitively not surprising. \u2014 Jenny Earnest, Outside Online , 28 Mar. 2020",
"The plan was to cover lots of ground by bike during our seven-night visit but return every evening to the same gulet, or wooden Turkish yacht, fitted with creature comforts like hot showers and Wi-Fi. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 14 May 2020",
"The vagabonds do miss some creature comforts : no beer for Ted as alcohol is currently banned in the town. \u2014 cleveland , 2 Apr. 2020",
"Any creature comforts in the room are limited to one furry creature \u2014 Otis, a 2-month old Labradoodle. \u2014 Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Mar. 2020",
"As low-density suburbs arose on the edge of every city, low-cost houses with abundant space and creature comforts became a singular symbol of progress and proof that the American way was winning. \u2014 Conor Dougherty, Time , 18 Feb. 2020"
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"1652, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010139"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
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"the Nicene Creed"
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"credo",
"doctrine",
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"examples":[
"central to the creed of this organization of medical volunteers is the belief that health care is a basic human right",
"the Amish live by a strict creed that rejects many of the values and practices of modern society",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Crowley blended Thelema and an older creed called OTO, Ordo Templi Orientis. \u2014 Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"Gray is revered in France, but his auteur creed has never translated into major success with the Academy Awards or with U.S. audiences for that matter. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"The theocracy has shed any pretense of internal debate\u2014a centuries-old tradition within the religious schools\u2014in favor of a modern Middle Eastern dictatorship inextricably wedded to an increasingly harsh Islamist creed . \u2014 Reuel Marc Gerecht And Ray Takeyh, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"This design feature, this core consequence of the Islamic creed , should hearten democrats and deject despots. \u2014 Haroon Moghul, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Over the 18 years of publishing my literature and music website Largehearted Boy, that has always been my creed . \u2014 David Gutowski, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
"But there exists a politico-economic creed called neoliberalism that, despite its name, is incompatible with both of these conceptualizations. \u2014 Win Mccormack, The New Republic , 20 Apr. 2022",
"But a man does not scream into the void for 19 months only to abandon his creed when a politician makes a promise. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Over the 18 years of publishing my literature and music website Largehearted Boy, that has always been my creed . \u2014 David Gutowski, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020"
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"Middle English crede , from Old English cr\u0113da , from Latin credo (first word of the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds), from credere to believe, trust, entrust; akin to Old Irish cretid he believes, Sanskrit \u015brad-dadh\u0101ti":""
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"noun"
],
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": god sense 1",
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": god sense 1"
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"kr\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-t\u0259r",
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"the creator of the popular television show",
"although some people see Freud as the creator of psychology, that isn't really true",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some Mad Men fans even speculated that the character of Don Draper was in fact supposed to be D.B. Cooper, though the show's creator , Matthew Weiner, ultimately debunked that theory. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 16 June 2022",
"During this time, Hall also had a memorable guest role on a Season Three episode of Seinfeld, and a decade or so later, the show\u2019s co- creator , Larry David, cast him on Curb Your Enthusiasm. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 13 June 2022",
"Along with Druckmann, Craig Mazin serves as co- creator , executive producer, writer and director. \u2014 Jordan Moreau, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"Haizlip, the documentary\u2019s producer, writer and director, dedicated the award to her uncle, Ellis Haizlip, who was the original show\u2019s creator , producer and host. \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 6 June 2022",
"The creator , writer and EP has spoken about how losing his mother and not having the opportunity to say goodbye to her has helped shape Rebecca\u2019s journey with her children. \u2014 Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
"My neighbors are thoughtful and supportive of my ways of showing gratitude to the creator , which include waving flags and burning incense. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 May 2022",
"Digital creator , Steph Hui teamed naturally wavy hair with cute baby braids framing her face. \u2014 Elle Turner, Glamour , 21 May 2022",
"Delaney-Smith gave the girls a brief explanation of Title IX\u2019s content and credited its creator , Patsy Mink, the first Asian-American congresswoman. \u2014 Sarah Barber, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English creatour, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French criator, creator, borrowed from Latin cre\u0101tor \"one who begets or brings into being,\" from cre\u0101re \"to beget, give birth to, create entry 1 \" + -tor, agent suffix",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-044433"
},
"crown jewel":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the jewels (such as the crown and scepter) belonging to a sovereign's regalia",
": the most attractive or valuable one of a collection or group"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"boast",
"credit",
"glory",
"honor",
"jewel",
"pride",
"treasure",
"trophy"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The painting is the crown jewel of the museum's collection.",
"one of the company's crown jewels",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Trump notoriously tried to snatch the crown jewel of Helmsley\u2019s property portfolio, the Empire State building. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"The mission was a high-stakes race to save a Pentagon crown jewel from the extreme depths, with their frigid temperatures and crushing pressure. \u2014 Jason Sherman, Scientific American , 2 May 2022",
"On top of that, the game is taking place in the league\u2019s crown jewel of a stadium. \u2014 Dan Labbe, cleveland , 8 Oct. 2021",
"This season's collection highlights the crown jewel of the French countryside in autumn. \u2014 Jordi Lippe-mcgraw, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021",
"Harrison Eidsgaard has just unveiled the crown jewel of expedition yachts. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 23 Aug. 2021",
"In the rest of the city, people said an eerie calm had taken over the streets after the storm that saw the militants take the crown jewel of Afghan cities. \u2014 Saphora Smith, NBC News , 16 Aug. 2021",
"Located on the border between France and Switzerland, the LHC is the crown jewel ofCERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research near Geneva. \u2014 Daniel Garisto, Scientific American , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The crown jewel of the football calendar \u2013 at least the portion that doesn't contain any actual football \u2013 is the NFL draft. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 15 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1643, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-075724"
},
"crapshoot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": something (such as a business venture) that has an unpredictable outcome":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krap-\u02ccsh\u00fct"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventure",
"chance",
"enterprise",
"flier",
"flyer",
"flutter",
"gamble",
"speculation",
"throw",
"venture"
],
"antonyms":[
"sure thing"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"there are almost no sure bets in the movie business\u2014almost everything is a crapshoot",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lamppa\u2019s believes that the phenom's prospects are somewhat of a crapshoot . \u2014 Duncan Larkin, Outside Online , 15 May 2015",
"What if the future is one big crapshoot and we're all doomed to make mistakes? \u2014 Ira Wolfe, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"While in a sense the post-season is a crapshoot , the A\u2019s have come up snake eyes for fully one third of a century. \u2014 Tony Blengino, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Oftentimes, the postseason is a crapshoot ; that\u2019s simply the nature of a win-or-go-home format. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Seth Richardson reports that how much Ohio is losing out on betting action is \u2013 to borrow a phrase \u2013 something of a crapshoot . \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Most Parlays \u2014 Gambling on MMA fights is always a bit of a crapshoot even compared to other sports betting. \u2014 Josh Chesler, SPIN , 23 Jan. 2022",
"No individual team has proved a consistently elite product, which makes ordering the top of the NFL Power Rankings a relative crapshoot . \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 15 Nov. 2021",
"So the Americans can\u2019t afford to take anything for granted, particularly when Concacaf road games are a crapshoot . \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 13 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1971, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060648"
},
"cross (out)":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to draw a line through (something) to show that it is wrong":[
"cross out a mistake",
"He had crossed his name out ."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233050"
},
"crispy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": appealingly crunchy : crisp sense 1b":[
"crispy bacon"
],
": crisp sense 3":[
"crispy hair"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kri-sp\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"brickle",
"brittle",
"crisp",
"crumbly",
"embrittled",
"flaky",
"flakey",
"friable",
"short"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Fry the potatoes until they are brown and crispy .",
"the crispy potato chips snapped satisfyingly in my mouth",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The irregular rice patties were crispy with a soft middle, something Sayavong said comes from her use of Japanese rice. \u2014 Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"With the correct cooking process, cauliflower wings are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. \u2014 Jessica Hickam & Jais Tollette, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Add corn kernels and stir fry until corn is crispy throughout, about 5-6 minutes. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 31 May 2022",
"These crispy , golden potatoes provide the perfect base for any (and every) vegan topping! \u2014 Taylor Worden, Good Housekeeping , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Look for the croutons to be crispy and golden, though Jensen looks for a bit char for a range of flavors and textures. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Mother\u2019s Ruin opened Friday in Avondale and offers creative slushy cocktails and hearty food, like hot and crispy waffle fries, with a simplified approach: Everything is ordered at the bar. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The shell is almond icing, while what looks like farmyard straw is actually crispy kataifi dough. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 17 Mar. 2022",
"It is always served with crispy French bread for dipping in the rich sauce. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194134"
},
"crick":{
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a painful spasmodic condition of muscles (as of the neck or back)":[],
"Francis Harry Compton 1916\u20132004 British biophysicist":[],
": to cause a crick in":[
"crick one's neck"
],
": to turn or twist (something, such as one's head) especially into a strained position":[],
": creek sense 1":[
"I grew up fishing on little cricks with my dad.",
"\u2014 C. W. Welch"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krik"
],
"synonyms":[
"charley horse",
"cramp",
"kink",
"spasm"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"got a crick in my neck from sleeping while sitting up",
"Verb",
"He cricked his back sleeping on the sofa.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"One of my favorite distinctions is when Steve described the difference between calling a particular stream a creek or a crick . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 11 Apr. 2021",
"Old, lumpy pillows that give you a crick in your neck won't do you any favors when trying to fall asleep. \u2014 Lauren Corona, chicagotribune.com , 29 Mar. 2021",
"If watching from your sofa or bed gives you a crick in your neck? \u2014 Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science , 23 Feb. 2021",
"Yet most of us reach a day when merely sleeping in the wrong position on a pillow that\u2019s too soft or too flat brings on a crick in the neck that sticks around for days. \u2014 Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living , 10 June 2020",
"So massage that crick in your neck, put on your blue-light glasses and settle down with these digital offerings. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 18 Apr. 2020",
"The hunters cruise slowly and look for them out the windows, and get cricks in their necks from it. \u2014 Gena Steffens, Smithsonian , 11 July 2019",
"Pirates fans got a crick in their necks, from trying to avoid looking at their future, which looks like their past, which was mostly terrible. \u2014 Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com , 16 Jan. 2018",
"His neck was stiff, as if there were a crick on both sides. \u2014 Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times , 1 Feb. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That nagging ache in your lower back, sharp pain in your wrist, or crick in your neck means something. \u2014 Simon Hill, Wired , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The gear selector for the standard six-speed manual gearbox also is a mite too far back in the cabin, cricking elbows during shifts into the even-numbered ratios. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 23 Mar. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English cryk":"Noun",
"variant of creek , probably by shortening of Middle English crike":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1608, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043959"
},
"cry down":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": disparage , depreciate":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"derogate",
"diminish",
"dis",
"diss",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"minimize",
"play down",
"poor-mouth",
"put down",
"run down",
"talk down",
"trash",
"trash-talk",
"vilipend",
"write off"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"magnify",
"praise"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"she cried down any party to which she wasn't invited"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1598, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222759"
},
"crisply":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": easily crumbled : brittle",
": desirably firm and crunchy",
": notably sharp, clean-cut, and clear",
": concise and to the point",
": noticeably neat",
": briskly cold",
": fresh , invigorating",
": deftly and powerfully executed",
": brisk , lively",
": curly , wavy",
": having close stiff or wiry curls or waves",
": something crisp or brittle",
": potato chip",
": a baked dessert of fruit with crumb topping",
": to make or keep crisp",
": curl , crimp",
": to cause to ripple : wrinkle",
": to become crisp",
": curl",
": ripple",
": being thin, hard, and easily crumbled",
": pleasantly firm and fresh",
": being clear and brief",
": pleasantly cool and invigorating : brisk",
": having clear details",
": to make or keep something crispy or fresh"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krisp",
"\u02c8krisp"
],
"synonyms":[
"brickle",
"brittle",
"crispy",
"crumbly",
"embrittled",
"flaky",
"flakey",
"friable",
"short"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"I put on a crisp shirt and tie.",
"The stereo's sound is crisp and clear.",
"Verb",
"Crisp the celery in ice water.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Nothing tastes like summer more than a crisp , juicy, refreshing slice of watermelon. \u2014 Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
"Both methods will reward you with a crisp crust on the outside while keeping your patty moist and juicy on the inside. \u2014 Marygrace Taylor, SELF , 7 June 2022",
"Then proceed with baking as instructed, leaving you with a pristine, crisp crust for all of your pie and tart needs. \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"And since the nearest source of industrial pollution is located more than 850 miles away on Portugal\u2019s mainland, the air is crisp , clear, and fragrant. \u2014 Laura Neilson, Vogue , 31 May 2022",
"But for our testers, the crisp crust and even cooking job was well worth the wait. \u2014 Barbara Bellesi Zito, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
"Serve your quiche hot or warm to ensure a flaky, crisp crust. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Serve your quiche hot or warm to ensure a flaky, crisp crust. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 13 Apr. 2022",
"When ready to serve, allow the rice to sit in the wok without tossing to create a crisp crust underneath, about 1 minute. \u2014 J. Kenji L\u00f3pez-alt, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This lightbulb is made specifically to provide indoor plants with their daily dose of light without burning them to a crisp . \u2014 Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The commercial follows the life-long journey of one devoted Pringles fan, who gets his hand trapped at a college party while reaching for the last delicious crisp . \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 13 Feb. 2022",
"This will ensure all your vegetables come out tender- crisp and perfectly browned. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Cook, tossing occasionally, until well browned and tender- crisp , about 10 minutes. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The fish had been caught from a skiff on the shore of Lake Victoria and only an hour or two later dredged in flour, fried to a golden crisp in a vat of vegetable oil over a wood fire, and served to me with lime and piri-piri sauce. \u2014 Torrey Peters, Bon App\u00e9tit , 4 Jan. 2022",
"An air fryer is one of the fastest, easiest and least messy way of sizzling chicken wings to a crisp . \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Reduced to a crisp by a March 1942 British bombing raid, the World War II\u2013era dessert still features shriveled swirls of icing carefully applied by a baker. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Oct. 2021",
"As the cost of bacon and other goods sizzles, more people want to protect their savings from getting burnt to a crisp by inflation. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The garlic slices used to infuse the butter crisp up when cooled and add a textural crunch against the silky smooth potatoes. \u2014 Ben Mimscooking Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
"First, slice the shallots evenly, as thinner slices will brown before thicker slices are able to crisp . \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"Just bring along a paring knife and a spoon to prep the avocados, then crisp up the bread and garnish with edible leaves, like those plucked from a marigold. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 13 May 2022",
"An elongated shape maximizes the contrast in texture, from the tender interior to crisp , brown tips. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in the skillet and add the chorizo, cooking and stirring constantly until the chorizo begins to crisp . \u2014 Outside Online , 10 May 2021",
"Between these dramatic scenes, Gammell and Keough treat viewers to crisp and mesmerizing shots of the landscapes surrounding Pine Ridge. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"Let soak to crisp up, at least 10 minutes, then drain, dry and transfer to a large mixing bowl. \u2014 Sarah Karnasiewicz, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"Air fryers can crisp up food in minutes and provide a healthier alternative to traditional frying. \u2014 Dwyer Frame, PEOPLE.com , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3",
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-135950"
},
"credible":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": offering reasonable grounds for being believed":[
"a credible account of the accident",
"credible witnesses"
],
": of sufficient capability to be militarily effective":[
"a credible deterrent",
"credible forces"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kre-d\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"believable",
"creditable",
"likely",
"plausible",
"presumptive",
"probable"
],
"antonyms":[
"far-fetched",
"implausible",
"improbable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unlikely",
"unplausible"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"We've received credible information about the group's location.",
"She does a credible job of playing the famous singer.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The inspector general\u2019s report said the FBI mishandled witness interviews and did not share credible information regarding abuse with relevant authorities. \u2014 Katie Benner, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"Still, the State Department's travel page is frequently cited as a credible source for security information. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, Forbes , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Tuesday police received credible information that Ellis-Brown was inside a house along the 2900 block of North 9th Street, in the North Division neighborhood of Milwaukee's north side. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Mar. 2022",
"And until such legislation passes at the federal level, lies and prejudices faced by LGBTQ people need to be confronted with credible information. \u2014 Claire Mccully, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
"All of the students started out with a very low ability to discern credible information. \u2014 Julie Jargon, WSJ , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Even if credible information is presented separately from advertisements, in pregnancy apps or elsewhere, individuals have trouble distinguishing it. \u2014 Nina Jankowicz, Wired , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Last year, Twitter added a new climate topic to direct users to credible information on climate change. \u2014 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY , 21 Jan. 2022",
"The reward for any credible information about Brendan's whereabouts has grown to over $20,000. \u2014 Abigail Shalawylo, ABC News , 17 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Latin credibilis , from credere \u2014 see credence":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070916"
},
"craftiness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": skillful , clever":[],
": adept in the use of subtlety and cunning":[
"a crafty swindler",
"The crafty detective got the suspect to confess to the crime."
],
": marked by subtlety and guile":[
"a crafty scheme"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kraf-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"artful",
"beguiling",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"cunning",
"cute",
"designing",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"scheming",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"wily"
],
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"undesigning"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for crafty sly , cunning , crafty , wily , tricky , foxy , artful , slick mean attaining or seeking to attain one's ends by guileful or devious means. sly implies furtiveness, lack of candor, and skill in concealing one's aims and methods. a sly corporate raider cunning suggests the inventive use of sometimes limited intelligence in overreaching or circumventing. the cunning fox avoided the trap crafty implies cleverness and subtlety of method. a crafty lefthander wily implies skill and deception in maneuvering. the wily fugitive escaped the posse tricky is more likely to suggest shiftiness and unreliability than skill in deception and maneuvering. a tricky political operative foxy implies a shrewd and wary craftiness usually involving devious dealing. a foxy publicity man planting stories artful implies indirectness in dealing and often connotes sophistication or cleverness. elicited the information by artful questioning slick emphasizes smoothness and guile. slick operators selling time-sharing",
"examples":[
"a crafty real estate broker who got people to sell their property at bargain prices",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bears are incredibly crafty , and can open most coolers or boxes. \u2014 Hannah Singleton, SELF , 8 June 2022",
"Show producers were crafty enough to use these red state laws to their advantage, as Teehee\u2019s and Lefty\u2019s initiated full safety protocols: spaced out, wiped down, masked up, no messing around. \u2014 Lee Keeler, SPIN , 10 May 2022",
"But their resemblance is the only thing audience members will be able to see clearly in Rona Munro\u2019s crafty puzzle box of a play, which opened Friday in the Moxie Theatre space. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Darting across the same court his father graces for Lakers home game, Bronny finished with an efficient 19 points on seven-of-11 shooting from the field, a variety of deep looks and crafty finishes in transition. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 4 Dec. 2021",
"Maurice never really gets there, but this modest film \u2014 as crafty as its subject \u2014 comes close. \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"On his first two solo LPs, Styles\u2019 music \u2014 a crafty pastiche of crinkly dad-rock signifiers \u2014 also distinguished him from the likes of Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber and Timberlake. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"Kuminga can be a bit foul-prone against crafty scorers. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 May 2022",
"Jalen Brunson adds another potent element to their drive-and-dish game and is a crafty finisher inside. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"see craft entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041800"
},
"criterion":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based":[
"the university's criteria for admission"
],
": a characterizing mark or trait":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"kr\u012b-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259n",
"also kr\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"barometer",
"benchmark",
"gold standard",
"grade",
"mark",
"measure",
"metric",
"par",
"standard",
"touchstone",
"yardstick"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for criterion standard , criterion , gauge , yardstick , touchstone mean a means of determining what a thing should be. standard applies to any definite rule, principle, or measure established by authority. standards of behavior criterion may apply to anything used as a test of quality whether formulated as a rule or principle or not. questioned the critic's criteria for excellence gauge applies to a means of testing a particular dimension (such as thickness, depth, diameter) or figuratively a particular quality or aspect. polls as a gauge of voter dissatisfaction yardstick is an informal substitute for criterion that suggests quantity more often than quality. housing construction as a yardstick of economic growth touchstone suggests a simple test of the authenticity or value of something intangible. fine service is one touchstone of a first-class restaurant",
"examples":[
"There is really only one criterion for a grab bag of culinary facts and anecdotes like this: It has to make you look up occasionally and remark, \"Hey! I never knew that.\" \u2014 Laura Shapiro , New York Times Book Review , 25 Dec. 1994",
"\u2026 the induction committee waived its normal five-year retirement criteria for fear Kelley might never retire. \u2014 Todd Balf , Yankee , 4 Apr. 1992",
"Christo argues that art must be measured by its effect on the shape of a community. By this criterion Running Fence was enormously successful. \u2014 O. B. Hardison, Jr. , Disappearing Through the Skylight , 1989",
"What were the criteria used to choose the winner?",
"one criterion for grading these essays will be their conformity to the rules of traditional grammar",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Researchers at Grand Canyon University found last year that educational attainment is the most important dating criterion for Millennials, exceeding earning potential, physical attributes, and political and religious affiliations. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Many, therefore, asked for a more selective recruitment process than is often the case in a sector in which the ability to pay is the main selection criterion . \u2014 Adi Gaskell, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"In other words, the criterion for a life-shaping decision is based not on quantitative standards but on the examiner\u2019s subjective experience. \u2014 David L. Faigman, Nicholas Scurich, Scientific American , 25 May 2022",
"After two doses of Moderna\u2019s vaccine, the antibody response of children in both subsets compared favorably to that of people 18 to 25, meeting the trial\u2019s primary criterion for success. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The criterion for deciding if someone has died from Covid is not standardized across the world. \u2014 George Calhoun, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"That doesn't mean no kids can go to school until every criterion is met. \u2014 Katia Hetter, CNN , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Some health officials have been discussing whether to make booster shots the criterion for what is considered full vaccination. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Carbon impact is a criterion in all our M&A and CapEx decisions across our supply chain. \u2014 Jeff Thomson, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Greek krit\u1e17rion , from kri- , variant stem of kr\u012b\u0301nein \"to separate, choose, decide, judge\" + -t\u0113rion , suffix of instruments \u2014 more at certain entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010128"
},
"crime":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a grave offense especially against morality":[],
": criminal activity":[
"efforts to fight crime"
],
": something reprehensible, foolish, or disgraceful":[
"It's a crime to waste good food."
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u012bm"
],
"synonyms":[
"criminality",
"lawbreaking",
"lawlessness"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for crime offense , sin , vice , crime , scandal mean a transgression of law. offense applies to the infraction of any law, rule, or code. at that school no offense went unpunished sin implies an offense against moral or religious law. the sin of blasphemy vice applies to a habit or practice that degrades or corrupts. regarded gambling as a vice crime implies a serious offense punishable by the law of the state. the crime of murder scandal applies to an offense that outrages the public conscience. a career ruined by a sex scandal",
"examples":[
"She paid dearly for her crimes .",
"evidence that helped them solve the crime",
"He was punished for a crime that he didn't commit .",
"the recent increase in violent crime",
"Being single is not a crime .",
"There's no greater crime than forgetting your anniversary.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When Antonio arrives with migrants at a drop-off point, the group is met by gang members who ask for a password, usually the nickname of the local crime boss. \u2014 Juan Carlos Rivera, WSJ , 1 July 2022",
"Boston is one of few cities its size to include demographic information with its shooting and violent crime statistics on a consistent basis, the Globe review found. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
"That means federal, tribal and state governments can prosecute cases in which a non-Native person commits a crime against a Native person on tribal land. \u2014 Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News , 30 June 2022",
"Anyone with information about this crime is encouraged to call Detective Eliud Henry at 203-581-5258 or the Bridgeport Police Tips Line at 203-576-TIPS (8477). \u2014 Ahjan\u00e9 Forbes, Hartford Courant , 30 June 2022",
"The department said the statute of limitations had run out on any potential federal crime , but the FBI worked with state investigators to determine if state charges could be brought. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"June 30, 2022 Police in New York say the overall number of shootings in the city is down year-on-year \u2014 though the latest data show crime increased in each of the seven categories indexed by the Federal Bureau of Investigations. \u2014 Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Megan Cassidy is a crime reporter with The Chronicle, also covering cops, criminal justice issues and mayhem. \u2014 Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 June 2022",
"Witnessing the death of fellow students while surrounded by violent crime is a constant stressor for children. \u2014 Rod Berger, Forbes , 30 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, \"wrongdoing, sin,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin cr\u012bmin-, cr\u012bmen \"accusation, charge, indictment, source of an accusation, misdeed, offense,\" probably from cr\u012b- , variant stem of cernere \"to sift, discern, decide, determine\" + -men , resultative noun suffix (probably originally \"decision,\" then \"judicial decision, indictment\") \u2014 more at certain entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044107"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
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": a deposit or incrustation of filth, grease, or refuse":[],
": something disgusting : rubbish":[],
": a contemptible person":[],
": a usually ill-defined or imperfectly identified bodily disorder":[],
": curd":[],
": curd entry 2":[]
},
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"\u02c8kr\u0259d"
],
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"dirt",
"filth",
"grime",
"gunk",
"muck",
"smut",
"soil"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"I spent an hour scrubbing the crud off the old stove.",
"He complains that there's too much crud on TV these days.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Nordica engineers back in Austria set out to enhance that loose and surfy feel while maintaining the brand\u2019s famous crud -busting and high-speed-bashing guts. \u2014 Heather Schultz, Outside Online , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Despite all those head-shaking moments in the Beijing bubble, though, there were plenty of world records, broken barriers and soaring performances to stir the emotions of figure skating fans that stuck it out through the crud . \u2014 Dave Skretta, ajc , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Winter riding comes with its own unique demands: icy roads and trails that make for dicey traction, slushy crud that sprays all over you and your machine, and short days calling for extra lighting. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Unlike streaming networks, which can bury their junk and still win awards for its prestige content or broadcast networks that have to worry deeply about offending any of their increasingly fewer viewers, TLC lives in their crud . \u2014 Sandra Gonzalez, CNN , 5 Nov. 2021",
"For additional friction to remove pesky interior crud , add salt\u2014large rock salt is especially effective\u2014with the ice. \u2014 Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens , 3 Sep. 2021",
"The kittens were cold, unable to shiver or cry, and their eyes were covered in crud . \u2014 Maria Lopez, cleveland , 29 July 2021",
"Future archaeologists examining the leavings of the 21st century will likely find scads of toxic crud , along with plenty of plastic trash. \u2014 Sam Kean, Science | AAAS , 2 July 2021",
"But those concerns often conveniently overlooked the tatty crud regularly published in the country\u2019s reactionary right-wing tabloids, many of which are owned by Murdoch, which have had a profoundly deleterious effect on British society for decades. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 21 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The announcement, interpreted in the market as an oil price war, sent Brent and West Texas Intermediate crudes tumbling. \u2014 Brian Wingfield, BostonGlobe.com , 31 Mar. 2020",
"Just apply gentle pressure, rinsing the scraper or toothbrush off after each pass to avoid re-depositing all that crud back on your tongue. \u2014 Lindsey Lanquist, SELF , 18 Mar. 2018"
],
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"Middle English crud, curd (usually in plural cruddes, croddes, curddys ) \"coagulated milk, any thickened substance, dregs, lees\" \u2014 more at curd entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English crudden, crodden, curdden \"to curdle or make curdle (of milk), coagulate, congeal,\" perhaps going back to Germanic *krutt\u014dn-/*krud\u014dn- (whence also Norwegian regional krota \"to curdle, clump,\" kroda \"to huddle\"), iterative derivative of *kr\u016bdan- \"to press, push forward\" \u2014 more at crowd entry 1":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053547"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": an animal : creature sense 1":[
"Most of her sublime illustrations involve hippos and pigs, which are appealing critters , especially when they have a few chocolate smudges around the mouth.",
"\u2014 People Weekly",
"When the wind is blowing just so, the field is set afire on three sides, and all manner of critters get flushed out of one end\u2014snakes, possums, raccoons, and rabbits, lots of rabbits.",
"\u2014 Alexander Wolff",
"Flies, gnats, mosquitoes, ticks, mites and lice pester your horse year-round. If you ignore them, these critters can cause your equine friend months of misery.",
"\u2014 Charlene Strickland",
"\u2014 sometimes used of a person Sale admits that humans, being the relatively big-brained critters we are, cannot do without technology \u2026 \u2014 M. Kujawa"
]
},
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"\u02c8kri-t\u0259r"
],
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"animal",
"beast",
"beastie",
"brute",
"creature"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The woods are filled with skunks, raccoons, and other critters .",
"she's so fond of every kind of critter that she ought to be a veterinarian",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"How about SpongeBob, Bob Marley, J.R.R. Tolkien and a certain flying red-nosed critter ? \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 May 2022",
"These little critter bots are still in development, but the researchers envision a future that could include minimally invasive surgeries or even flight. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 28 May 2022",
"The fan didn\u2019t appear to let the critter loose either. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 14 May 2022",
"Some miserable human critter published their real identities. \u2014 Michael Lapointe, The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Although the Arizona Humane Society tends to adopt out mostly dogs and cats from their adoption facilities, this compassionate animal welfare organization has a soft spot for and loves helping out our critter friends too! \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The coarsely haired critter went extinct more than 100 years ago on that island in the Indian Ocean, scientists think because of diseases brought by European ships. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 10 Mar. 2022",
"An actual bat was spotted swooping around inside the theater, putting the movie on pause while management called animal control and tried \u2014 unsuccessfully \u2014 to get the critter out, KXAN reported Friday. \u2014 Chron , 7 Mar. 2022",
"However, finding an aquatic critter fossilized in resin is extremely rare. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"by alteration":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1815, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171723"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": the act or action of crossing: such as":[],
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": an opposing, blocking, or thwarting especially in an unfair or dishonest manner":[],
": the place in a cruciform church where the transept crosses the nave":[],
": a place where a railroad track crosses a street":[]
},
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"\u02c8kr\u022f-si\u014b"
],
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"cruise",
"passage",
"sail",
"voyage"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Stop at the railroad crossing .",
"a crossing for ferry boats",
"the crossing of a mountain range",
"a weeklong crossing of the Atlantic Ocean",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Beach access has long been an issue along the tracks in Del Mar, where the only legal pedestrian crossing is at Coast Boulevard between Powerhouse Park and Seagrove Park. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"After testing positive in Stockholm in early April, one American traveler and her wife decided to return to Seattle via Vancouver, because a U.S.- Canada border crossing was relatively close to their home. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"After testing positive in Stockholm in early April, one American traveler and her wife decided to return to Seattle via Vancouver, because a U.S.- Canada border crossing was relatively close to their home. \u2014 Ceylan Yeginsu, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"The crossing is two hundred feet long and a hundred and sixty-five feet wide; the campaign fund-raising goal is more than a hundred million dollars. \u2014 Emily Witt, The New Yorker , 17 May 2022",
"Washington's crossing has been the focus of a movie and countless books. \u2014 CBS News , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The border crossing with Russia in Imatra, Finland, March 23. \u2014 Elliot Kaufman, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"Among those is construction of a second rail bridge over the Potomac River to create a four-track crossing , a project that is expected to be built by 2030. \u2014 Laura Vozzella, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"Spring chinook salmon anglers are moving with the run into the Willamette River below the falls between Oregon City and West Linn as returning fish stage for their annual crossing through the fish ladder upriver into valley tributaries. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 May 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1575, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050649"
},
"crux":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question",
": an essential point requiring resolution or resolving an outcome",
": a main or central feature (as of an argument)"
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"\u02c8kr\u0259ks",
"\u02c8kru\u0307ks"
],
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"bottom line",
"bull's-eye",
"centerpiece",
"core",
"essence",
"gist",
"heart",
"kernel",
"keynote",
"meat",
"meat and potatoes",
"net",
"nub",
"nubbin",
"nucleus",
"pith",
"pivot",
"point",
"root",
"sum"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the crux of the problem is that the school's current budget is totally inadequate",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The clandestine work of this underground network lies at the crux of The Janes, which drops Wednesday (June 8) on HBO Max. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 7 June 2022",
"At the crux of the biggest Packers trade in recent memory was Adams\u2019 desire to bring wife Devanne and daughter Deija to a familiar region. \u2014 Ryan Wood, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"And those questions of who has the right to tell the story is at the crux of our show. \u2014 Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
"At the crux of Meta\u2019s policy is the desire to avoid a hostile work environment. \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz , 24 May 2022",
"This freedom is at the crux of the ride-hailing and food-delivery companies\u2019 argument. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022",
"The restriction at the crux of Cruz's dispute with the FEC was enacted by Congress under the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2002, known as the McCain-Feingold Act after its two sponsors. \u2014 Melissa Quinn, CBS News , 16 May 2022",
"The key reasons are: \u25cf Strategic position - Greek stands at the crux of where the east meets the west and can be a key player in energy transportation. \u2014 Rhett Power, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"That size advantage was seemingly also the crux of Rivers's decision to play Jordan over his other potential minute-fillers. \u2014 Mark Deeks, Forbes , 1 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin cruc-, crux cross, torture",
"first_known_use":[
"1718, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-192814"
},
"crease":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a line, mark, or ridge made by or as if by folding a pliable substance":[],
": to make a crease in or on : wrinkle":[
"a smile creased her face"
],
": to wound slightly especially by grazing":[
"creased by a bullet"
],
": to become creased":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0113s"
],
"synonyms":[
"crimp",
"crinkle",
"furrow",
"wrinkle"
],
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"crinkle",
"furrow",
"rumple",
"wrinkle"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He ironed his pants to make the creases sharp.",
"a crease in the paper",
"tiny creases at the corners of his eyes",
"Players from the opposing team may not enter the crease .",
"The batsman moved out of the crease .",
"Verb",
"a neatly creased pair of pants",
"The pages of the book were stained and creased .",
"She looked up, her face creasing into a smile.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Roy tried to slide across the crease , but McCarty one-timed the puck into the back of the net. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 26 June 2022",
"The Rangers\u2019 best chance came from Alexis Lafreniere, alone, from just outside the crease . \u2014 Filip Bondy, Hartford Courant , 12 June 2022",
"Shesterkin survived a furious ending to finish with 29 saves, including 13 in the third period \u2013 and one huge one while sprawling across the crease on Steven Stamkos with under a minute to play. \u2014 Vincent Z. Mercogliano, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
"Matthew Tkachuk and Gaudreau, both 100-point and 40-goal scorers in the regular season, got off quick shots in succession that had Oettinger scrambling and diving across the crease . \u2014 Stephen Hawkins, ajc , 14 May 2022",
"Dallas led 2-0 late in the first when 40-goal scorer Jason Robertson\u2019s shot ricocheted off the left post and slid across the crease behind Harri Sateri before Seguin knocked it in for his 24th goal. \u2014 Stephen Hawkins, The Arizona Republic , 27 Apr. 2022",
"It was unassisted: a high shot nearly from the blue line that sailed waist-high past at least three Rangers as well as Corey Perry of the Lightning camped in the crease , then most importantly Igor Shesterkin, who could do nothing. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"There was no goaltender interference or anything else amiss, but, by rule, Turgeon\u2019s skate couldn\u2019t be in the crease when the puck wasn\u2019t. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Slovakia capitalized with the net empty for an extra attacker when captain Marek Hrivik got his stick on the puck that was loose in the crease and put it in with 43.7 seconds left in regulation. \u2014 Stephen Whyno, chicagotribune.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Plus, the fabric is machine-washable and doesn't easily crease or wrinkle, even when folded up in a bag. \u2014 Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
"Finding the best undereye concealer that checks all the boxes \u2014 looks invisible on, doesn't crease , and remains flawless all day \u2014 might feel like an impossible task. \u2014 Allure , 31 May 2022",
"The subtle shimmer wears beautifully in natural light, and the formula doesn\u2019t crease on top of my moisturizer and SPF. \u2014 Glamour , 25 May 2022",
"The stretch fabric is unlikely to wrinkle and crease on a plane or even in a suitcase, which allows for easy, worry-free travel. \u2014 Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure , 13 May 2022",
"The cream eyeshadow is super pigmented and doesn't crease or smudge. \u2014 Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Before hanging, gently crease the bat wings to create a 3D design. \u2014 Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Akers has a trim gray mustache, a military crew cut and soft brown eyes that crease at the corners. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Sep. 2021",
"With the seam placed at the center, crease the long edges. \u2014 Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably alteration of earlier creaste , from Middle English creste crest":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1588, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014127"
},
"crossing file":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a file similar to a half-round file but convex on both faces":[]
},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063244"
},
"crag":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun ()"
],
"definitions":[
": a steep rugged rock or cliff",
": a sharp detached fragment of rock",
": neck , throat",
": a steep rock or cliff"
],
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"\u02c8krag",
"\u02c8krag"
],
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"barranca",
"barranco",
"bluff",
"cliff",
"escarpment",
"palisade",
"precipice",
"scar",
"scarp"
],
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"Noun (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-132740"
},
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"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Paul J(osef) 1933\u20132021 Dutch chemist":[]
},
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"\u02c8kr\u1d6bt-",
"\u02c8kr\u0259t-s\u0259n"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021129"
},
"crack down (on)":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force a repressive government that cracked down on political demonstrations"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-135141"
},
"cream puff":{
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"noun"
],
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": an ineffectual person":[],
": something trifling, inconsiderable, or easily dealt with":[],
": a usually used motor vehicle that is in especially good condition":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"breeze",
"cake",
"cakewalk",
"child's play",
"cinch",
"duck soup",
"kid stuff",
"picnic",
"pushover",
"roses",
"snap"
],
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"bear",
"beast",
"chore",
"headache",
"horror show",
"killer",
"labor",
"murder",
"pain",
"sticky wicket",
"stinker"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"We'll never win with a bunch of cream puffs on our team!",
"everyone thinks tonight's game will be a cream puff , and so it hasn't generated a lot of interest",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What landed in front of me was a baseball-sized cream puff with a crunchy craquelin top, filled to order with caramelized banana creme diplomat and sour orange caramel. \u2014 Kendra Vaculin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 May 2022",
"Beard Papa's Japanese cream puff shop Beard Papa\u2019s officially debuted in Arizona and chose Gilbert for its second location. \u2014 Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic , 14 Apr. 2022",
"There will be a cream puff drive-thru at Wisconsin State Fair Park Dec. 9 through Dec. 12. \u2014 Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Nov. 2021",
"The holiday season just got a little merrier for State Fair cream puff lovers. \u2014 Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Nov. 2021",
"For desserts, the tarte trop\u00e9zienne is more cream puff than tart, but the Pavlova and the warm chocolate cake with white chocolate ice cream are worth every calorie. \u2014 New York Eateries, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Hearty starters include truffle and wild mushroom bisque with a parmesan cream puff and beef tartare with mezcal, hot mustard and marrow aioli. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 13 Sep. 2021",
"Anyone who gets a shot there will receive a voucher for a free cream puff redeemable at the Cream Puff Pavilion. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 5 Aug. 2021",
"That cream puff weighed in at 125.6 pounds, and measured at 7\u00bd inches high and 38 inches wide. \u2014 Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 Aug. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011415"
},
"crunch (on)":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to chew (a piece of food) in a way that makes a loud sound":[
"She crunched on a carrot while watching TV."
]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035826"
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"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krim-n\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
"\u02c8kri-m\u0259-n\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
],
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"illegalize",
"outlaw"
],
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"decriminalize",
"legalize"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a law that criminalized alcohol",
"wanted to criminalize an activity that the mountaineers had been engaging in for generations",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While Abbott\u2019s order has been partially blocked by a court ruling, at least two states have enacted laws this year that criminalize gender-affirming medical care for trans youth: Alabama and Arizona. \u2014 Nico Lang, Rolling Stone , 28 June 2022",
"In Wisconsin \u2014 where an 1849 law that is still on the books would criminalize doctors for performing abortions in most cases \u2014 some providers plan to head out of state. \u2014 Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"Rather than serve unhoused people\u2019s needs, the expansion of access to shelter launders efforts to criminalize them. \u2014 Tracy Rosenthal, The New Republic , 19 May 2022",
"Attempts by Texas and Idaho to criminalize gender-affirming healthcare for minors have so far stalled amid a national outcry, but dozens of similar bills have been introduced in red states across the country. \u2014 Doug Smith Senior Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Campbell writes that to hold Conyers to the 20-year ban would violate a clause in the United States Constitution that prohibits federal and state governments from passing laws that retroactively criminalize behavior. \u2014 Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press , 27 May 2022",
"So rather than, than further criminalize their hobby Jackson sought to draw them in. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 24 May 2022",
"In February, the Alabama Senate passed the bill by Sen. Shay Shelnutt, R-Trussville, to criminalize puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries for transgender minors on a 24-6 vote, with the six no votes from Democrats. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Defense lawyers have argued that prosecutors have stretched the law beyond its scope and used it to criminalize behavior that too closely resembles ordinary protest protected by the First Amendment. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"criminal entry 1 + -ize":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1956, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070213"
},
"crave":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to ask for earnestly : beg , demand":[
"crave a pardon for neglect"
],
": to want greatly : need":[
"craves drugs",
"craves attention"
],
": to yearn for":[
"crave a vanished youth"
],
": to have a strong or inward desire":[
"craves after affection"
]
},
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"\u02c8kr\u0101v"
],
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"ache (for)",
"covet",
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"desire",
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"hanker (for ",
"hunger (for)",
"itch (for)",
"jones (for)",
"long (for)",
"lust (for ",
"pant (after)",
"pine (for)",
"repine (for)",
"salivate (for)",
"sigh (for)",
"thirst (for)",
"want",
"wish (for)",
"yearn (for)",
"yen (for)"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for crave desire , wish , want , crave , covet mean to have a longing for. desire stresses the strength of feeling and often implies strong intention or aim. desires to start a new life wish sometimes implies a general or transient longing especially for the unattainable. wishes for permanent world peace want specifically suggests a felt need or lack. wants to have a family crave stresses the force of physical appetite or emotional need. craves sweets covet implies strong envious desire. covets his rise to fame",
"examples":[
"Like many celebrities, he craves attention.",
"I was craving french fries, so I pulled into the nearest fast-food restaurant.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While soliciting social media influencers has been a go-to tactic for several years, in the end, consumers still crave the authentic content of their fellow digital neighbors. \u2014 Susan Frech, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Before moving on, Hailey reminds us to apply moisturizer to the neck and chest, as these areas crave hydration as well. \u2014 Seventeen , 22 June 2022",
"For dry, frizzy curls that crave definition and volume, this conditioner packs a powerful punch without a huge price tag. \u2014 ELLE , 15 June 2022",
"Privately held TikTok now has all the momentum, particularly with the younger Millennial and Gen Z subscribers that advertisers crave . \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 6 June 2022",
"As a result, we are bombarded with products, services, and marketing aimed directly at the part of our brains that crave immediate-reward products, services, and experiences. \u2014 Brad Stulberg, Outside Online , 24 May 2022",
"The bigger challenge is to groom potential audiences long term, and teach the public to appreciate and even crave the art form. \u2014 Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"His approach amounts to the first soundings of a sort of Trump-without-the-chaos strategy, a bet that Republican primary voters crave the policy record of the last administration but without the impulsiveness, norm-breaking and naked demagogy. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"And the company had already run ads playing on the belief that pregnant women crave pickles. \u2014 Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English crafian ; akin to Old Norse krefja to crave, demand":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181630"
},
"cringe":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to recoil in distaste":[
"Americans cringed \u2026 at the use of a term now regarded as a slur",
"\u2014 William Safire"
],
": to shrink in fear or servility":[
"The terrified animal cringed in the corner."
],
": to behave in an excessively humble or servile way":[
"beggars cringing to tourists for money"
],
": to draw in or contract one's muscles involuntarily (as from cold or pain)":[
"\u2026 we cringe under the blasting wind \u2026",
"\u2014 Charles S. Houston"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krinj"
],
"synonyms":[
"blench",
"flinch",
"quail",
"recoil",
"shrink",
"squinch",
"wince"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for cringe Verb fawn , toady , truckle , cringe , cower mean to behave abjectly before a superior. fawn implies seeking favor by servile flattery or exaggerated attention. waiters fawning over a celebrity toady suggests the attempt to ingratiate oneself by an abjectly menial or subservient attitude. toadying to his boss truckle implies the subordination of oneself and one's desires or judgment to those of a superior. truckling to a powerful lobbyist cringe suggests a bowing or shrinking in fear or servility. a cringing sycophant cower suggests a display of abject fear in the company of threatening or domineering people. cowering before a bully",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Many English teachers cringe when their students use the word \u201cain't.\u201d",
"I always cringe when I hear that song.",
"Just the thought of eating broccoli makes me cringe .",
"The dog cringed at the noise.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There are bits that might make some viewers cringe , like Macdonald's use of the R-word before launching into an uncomfortable bit about people with Down syndrome. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 30 May 2022",
"And not just because of the way Heard was pilloried and mocked in a fashion that would make Jay Leno cringe . \u2014 Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"Some will sing along... others (like me) will cringe . \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"Most people today cringe at the thought of a doctor who acts overly authoritative. \u2014 Morris Panner, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Even those \u2014 like me \u2014 with a higher-than-average tolerance may cringe at this supposedly light and philosophical comedy. \u2014 Jesse Hassenger, The Week , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Some attending might have very different views of the tone of this moment, which appeared to segue from comedy to cringe to offense. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Even those of us who cringe at the idea of matching Christmas sweaters or T-shirts have to admit: There is something undeniably charming about wearing matching family pajamas on Christmas. \u2014 Sabrina Rojas Weiss, PEOPLE.com , 4 Nov. 2021",
"These two teams, as much as their fanbases may cringe at the mere thought, are a lot alike. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Despite it being remembered as a cringe -y street style and music festival circuit trend, there were some notable examples in the early 2010s. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Every year, at least a handful of people (celebrities very much included) come up with cringe -worthy, harmful and offensive Halloween costumes that ruin everyone's good time. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
"On TikTok, there perhaps is no insult more withering and devastating than to be told by a teenager that your content is cringe . \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Worrying about being cringe is the enemy of art, failure tolerance is essential for creativity. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Worrying about being cringe is the enemy of art, failure tolerance is essential for creativity. \u2014 Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times , 3 Oct. 2021",
"There was a cringe -worthy broken leg, then a headshaking second. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"The video is pretty cringe -worthy, especially when compared to Kayvon Thibodeaux\u2019s combine performance. \u2014 Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press , 27 May 2022",
"But for a long time, men have been left to use cringe -worthy 2-in-1 shampoos or bogus formulations full of fillers. \u2014 Rolling Stone , 20 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English crengen ; akin to Old English cringan to yield, Middle High German krank weak":"Verb and Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Verb",
"1597, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051032"
},
"crammed":{
"type":[
"biographical name ()",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to pack tight : jam",
": to fill with food to satiety : stuff",
": to eat voraciously : bolt",
": to thrust in or as if in a rough or forceful manner",
": to prepare hastily for an examination",
": to eat greedily or to satiety : stuff",
": to study a subject intensively especially for an imminent examination",
": a compressed multitude or crowd : crush",
": last-minute study especially for an examination",
": to stuff or pack tightly",
": to fill full",
": to study hard just before a test",
"Donald James 1919\u20132001 American chemist",
"Ralph Adams 1863\u20131942 American architect and author"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kram",
"\u02c8kram",
"\u02c8kram"
],
"synonyms":[
"crowd",
"crush",
"jam",
"ram",
"sandwich",
"shoehorn",
"squeeze",
"stuff",
"wedge"
],
"antonyms":[
"army",
"bike",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mass",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"rout",
"scrum",
"swarm",
"throng"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He crammed the suitcase with his clothes.",
"Before the trip I crammed my head with information about Spain.",
"Noun",
"battling the rush-hour cram in the subway",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Unihertz did manage to cram in dual physical SIM slots and an IR blaster, though. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 28 Apr. 2022",
"In the place where sport bikes keep their engines, the Navi has a lockable storage compartment large enough to cram in shoes, books or laptops (but not a full-face helmet). \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Members managed to cram quite a few items into the spending bill, including some controversial ones, such as changes to campaign finance rules. \u2014 Dan Woo, CBS News , 12 Dec. 2014",
"Maintenance work in the hangars is supported by a network of 20 specialized shops, where technicians struggle to cram high-tech gear into aging, World War II-era buildings, trying to perch their million-dollar machines above flood level. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"But economy is the greenest way to fly -- and budget airlines that cram as many seats in as possible are the most efficient planes in the sky. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 21 May 2022",
"The investment needed to continue to cram more transistors into ever smaller spaces\u2014while still turning a profit\u2014has forced consolidation among large semiconductor producers. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
"Hall sees the project, however, as a way to cram as many homes as possible on land that is not able to absorb septic effluents without endangering public health or the Provo River, a crucial water source for Utah and Salt Lake counties. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"Magna opera have been written on these topics for hundreds of years; Sciamma manages to cram numerous insights into just 72 minutes. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But Friday\u2019s program also served as an evening-length cram session on composer William Levi Dawson (1899-1990). \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Mar. 2022",
"With no attendance limits in place, more than 300,000 cram into Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the Sunday before Memorial Day. \u2014 Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Feb. 2022",
"As farmers, goats, street vendors, chickens, scuba divers and more cram onto the bus, Khan squeezes in Swahili and Arabic words, and L\u00f3pez loads head scarves and umbrellas with African patterns. \u2014 Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Authorities are also trying to rein in what the government sees as the excesses of society, including rabid celebrity fandom, academic cram schools and video gaming. \u2014 Fortune , 11 Jan. 2022",
"And while players like LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo cram games with high-flying feats, Curry has elevated the humble jump shot into something special. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Dec. 2021",
"The experts had cleared the 59% of Americans who are vaccinated to return to a semblance of pre-pandemic life \u2014 to board flights and cram into homes without masks for long-overdue reunions. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Dec. 2021",
"The experts had cleared the 59% of Americans who are vaccinated to return to a semblance of pre-pandemic life \u2014 to board flights and cram into homes without masks for long-overdue reunions. \u2014 Jaweed Kaleem, Kurtis Lee And Molly Hennessy-fiske, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Since wealthy Chinese can afford individual tutors to replace cram school classes, middle-class families who can\u2019t may end up losing out. \u2014 Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"1810, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-174449"
},
"creance":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a fine line used to leash a hawk during training":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0113\u0259n(t)s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English creaunce trust, confidence, leash for a hawk, from Middle French creance , from (assumed) Vulgar Latin credentia trust, belief (whence Medieval Latin credentia promise, security given, credit, belief)":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202251"
},
"creashaks":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": bearberry sense 1":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223000"
},
"credo":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a guiding belief or principle : creed"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0113-(\u02cc)d\u014d",
"\u02c8kr\u0101-"
],
"synonyms":[
"creed",
"cult",
"faith",
"persuasion",
"religion"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the credo of the ancient Egyptians involved a variety of polytheism",
"we must abide by the simple credo that \u201cThe customer is always right\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That statement became the unofficial credo of anyone who believed in expanding access to firearms and everyone who bought into the notion that ever more powerful firearms were the solution to every problem. \u2014 Kris Brown, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"Never complain, never explain is Rihanna\u2019s credo , and, when in doubt, choose Fenty products. \u2014 The New Yorker , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The Progressive Era also involved an equilibrium between a communitarian ethos and the liberal credo of individual freedom. \u2014 Win Mccormack, The New Republic , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The atmosphere has changed since then, but the credo of simple food and friendly service remains. \u2014 Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Foods that require cultivation or processing, on the other hand, are to be avoided when following the paleo credo . \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 10 Jan. 2022",
"True to the character's credo , Dusek embodies equanimity as Scott. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Strong buildings come from strong ideas, and to distill the beliefs of 39 very different tribes into a unified credo is no easy matter. \u2014 Michael J. Lewis, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The local mayor is a right-wing politico with national ambitions and a nationalistic credo . \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 6 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin, I believe",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-192051"
},
"creasol":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of creasol variant spelling of creosol"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-194002"
},
"crank (up)":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"to cause to function crank up the CD player so we can dance"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-195138"
},
"crack (on)":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"to proceed or move quickly the postman cracked on in an effort to get the mail delivered on time"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-201140"
},
"cryptic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": secret , occult",
": having or seeming to have a hidden or ambiguous meaning : mysterious",
": marked by an often perplexing brevity",
": serving to conceal",
": exhibiting cryptic coloration",
": not recognized",
": employing cipher or code",
": difficult to understand or make sense of",
": serving to conceal",
": not recognized"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krip-tik",
"\u02c8krip-tik",
"\u02c8krip-tik"
],
"synonyms":[
"arcane",
"deep",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"impenetrable",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"occult",
"uncanny"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"\u2026 his hectic characters either communicate in choppy or cryptic exchanges or rattle on in breathless recitations full of contradictions and asides. \u2014 Donna Seaman , Booklist , 15 Mar. 1994",
"Since Hughes's poems contained neither Eliot's footnotes nor Ezra Pound's cryptic orientalism, many critics and editors assumed the poet unintelligent and his work raw or, at best, slight. \u2014 Rita Dove , New York Times Book Review , 9 Oct. 1988",
"The remark seemed cryptic to Philip, but when he heard her say it two or three times to different persons, and found that it aroused hearty agreement, he came to the conclusion that it was only obscure to his own intelligence. \u2014 W. Somerset Maugham , Of Human Bondage , 1915",
"His instructions were cryptic . He said only to wait until we felt certain the answer was clear.",
"puzzled by the cryptic e-mail message left on his computer",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Beyonc\u00e9 is known for her surprise album drops and cryptic messages online. \u2014 Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
"The Twitter page has been posting cryptic messages for weeks, which are seemingly bits and pieces of lyrics to Harry\u2019s House songs. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Last week, the band began teasing a comeback through had cryptic messages\u2014postcards and online ads. \u2014 Ilana Kaplan, SPIN , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Bruce/Batman has other things to worry about, namely a killer that keeps leaving cryptic messages for him. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 27 Dec. 2021",
"But someone knows and is sending Jacob cryptic messages. \u2014 Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Three dozen witnesses testified, including experts on white supremacy tasked with decoding white supremacists' cryptic messages of violence, frequently masked by humor to grant members plausible deniability. \u2014 Nicole Sganga, CBS News , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Meanwhile, Zodiac claims victim after victim and taunts the authorities with cryptic messages, cyphers and menacing phone calls. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 9 Oct. 2021",
"More crucially, though, Osman\u2019s heroes, while trying to solve brutal murders and decipher cryptic messages, never stop being concerned with their health, grandchildren and the pleasure of just sipping wine and bantering with one another. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Late Latin crypticus \"hidden,\" borrowed from Late Greek kryptik\u00f3s \"obscuring\" (Greek kryptik\u00f4s \"secretly\"), from krypt\u00f3s \"hidden, secret\" + -ikos -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at crypt ",
"first_known_use":[
"1620, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-202529"
},
"Crypteroniaceae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a family (coextensive with the genus Crypteronia ) of East Indian trees of uncertain affinities within the order Myrtales that have long finger-shaped clusters of greenish white flowers and capsular fruits":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cckript\u0259\u02ccr\u014dn\u0113\u02c8\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Crypteronia , type genus (irregular from crypt- + Greek eros love) + -aceae ; akin to Greek er\u014ds love":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052516"
},
"crux ansata":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": ankh"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccan\u02c8s\u0101t\u0259",
"-s\u00e4-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"New Latin, literally, cross with a handle",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-205414"
},
"cross infection":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": infection especially between the newborn":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"cross entry 3":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211746"
},
"criminality":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being criminal":[],
": criminal activity":[
"urban criminality"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cckri-m\u0259-\u02c8na-l\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"crime",
"lawbreaking",
"lawlessness"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"criminality and physical violence often go hand in hand",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fraud and other varieties of criminality are so rampant in the crypto space \u2014 including its even less savory offspring, such as NFTs (nonfungible tokens) \u2014 that a whole lexicon of scams has sprung up. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Nor is the disagreement an indication of how panel members view the criminality of Trump\u2019s actions. \u2014 Jacqueline Alemany And Devlin Barrett, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
"The Philadelphia District Attorney at the heart of this Independent Lens docuseries is Larry Krasner, a criminal justice reform-minded lawyer who approached his role as a chance to rethink how the city of Philadelphia understood criminality . \u2014 Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 June 2022",
"The police seized thirty-two photographs from Roslyn Oxley9 under provisions regarding child pornography, and federal officers were sent to galleries in Canberra and Melbourne to assess the criminality of Henson\u2019s other exhibited work. \u2014 Madeleine Watts, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"For many American communities, the recent rise in criminality is an emergency. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 24 June 2021",
"Throughout the series run, Ada has been a continuous victim, both of the Shelby\u2019s own criminality and the convenience of the plot. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
"In -- in some cases, criminality in our big cities has escalated enormously. \u2014 CBS News , 5 June 2022",
"Duterte, the outgoing president, carved a political name starting in the 1980s as a longtime Davao mayor with his extra-tough campaign against criminality . \u2014 Jim Gomez, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"criminal entry 1 + -ity , perhaps after French criminalit\u00e9":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004329"
},
"cross (up)":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to make (someone) confused":[
"The team crossed up their opponent by throwing the ball instead of running it."
],
": to ruin (something) completely":[
"His failure to meet the deadline crossed up the deal."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034714"
},
"Credo play":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a medieval play based on the Apostles' Creed acted at York, England, at Lammastide"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-214607"
},
"crunchingness":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being crunching":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063030"
},
"crux capitata":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": crux immissa"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02cckap\u0259\u02c8t\u0101t\u0259",
"-t\u00e4-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"New Latin, literally, cross having a head",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-220650"
},
"crumbly":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": easily crumbled : friable":[
"crumbly soil"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0259m-bl\u0113",
"\u02c8kr\u0259m-b(\u0259-)l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"brickle",
"brittle",
"crisp",
"crispy",
"embrittled",
"flaky",
"flakey",
"friable",
"short"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Alcocer has re-created the crumbly Mexican cheese with koji, almond milk cr\u00e8me fra\u00eeche and pecans. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The mixture will be quite crumbly and will not form a cohesive dough. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Apr. 2021",
"The last great reader of the family was Bear\u2019s grandmother, and there were thousands of crumbly novels from the turn of the twentieth century. \u2014 Lauren Groff, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2021",
"Additionally, a higher proportion of goat milk makes for a more crumbly cheese. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2021",
"Increasing the tofu ratio diluted the meaty flavor and made for crumbly results, whereas getting the balance right produced a light, moist texture. \u2014 Andrea Nguyen, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2020",
"Trying to compress the crumbly dough by hand is self-punishment. \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Sep. 2020",
"Return pan to oven and bake until the chocolate has puffed up a bit and does not jiggle, and the crumbly top is light golden brown, about 15 to 20 minutes. \u2014 Rick Nelson, Star Tribune , 19 Aug. 2020",
"An icebox cake with soft and crumbly cookie layers. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 27 June 2018"
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"1523, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163026"
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": articulated armor protecting the upper surface of the neck of a medieval war horse":[]
},
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"\u02c8krin\u0259\u0307t"
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"Middle French crinete, crignete mane, from Old French crignete , diminutive of crin hair, horsehair, mane":""
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"1530, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212301"
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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"\u02c8kript\u0259\u0307d"
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"1814, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211255"
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"noun"
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"kr\u0259-\u02c8vat"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Just pair a red curly wig with a giant top hat, cravat , overcoat and mismatched socks. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 8 June 2022",
"Anthony Bridgerton hoisting himself out of a lake, white shirt clinging to his body like Saran Wrap, removing his cravat as a stripper would a pair of tear-away pants. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The bear in question is the mural known informally as the Asbury Bear, a fuzzy, scruffy mascot with big koala ears, a body green as a rainforest, and a worldly cravat of dark red fur. \u2014 Nick Rallo, Dallas News , 14 Sep. 2021",
"Standing nearby was Ross Hetrick, dressed as Thaddeus Stevens in a black frock coat, cravat and ill-fitting wig. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 June 2021",
"Aarons, who died on May 30, 2006, is better known for donning a cravat and linen jacket than military fatigues. \u2014 Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country , 28 May 2021",
"The necktie, which has its origins in the 17th-century cravat once worn as military garb, appears to be falling out of fashion in many parts of the world. \u2014 Natasha Frost, BostonGlobe.com , 10 Feb. 2021",
"At the Collar For a dressier affair, consider a modern day cravat . \u2014 Marykate Boylan, Town & Country , 19 Jan. 2021",
"Meanwhile, John\u2019s studio sourced a cravat jacquard in mauve from Charvet, the storied Parisian men\u2019s outfitter, and a selection of textiles in shades of grape and wisteria. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 8 May 2019"
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"French cravate , from Crabate, Cravate Croatian":""
},
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"circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202353"
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"type":[
"plural noun"
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"\u02c8kr\u0259m-b(\u0259-)li\u014bz"
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"first_known_use":{
"1660, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161741"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": one of two or more morphologically indistinguishable biological groups that are incapable of interbreeding \u2014 compare physiologic race":[]
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"crunch (the) numbers":{
"type":[
"idiom"
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": to process numbers : to examine and analyze numbers, especially to determine exactly how much money is available, needed, etc.":[
"When we sat down to crunch the numbers we realized that we couldn't afford a new car."
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230233"
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"noun",
"verb"
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": an open box typically of wooden slats or latticed plastic and used for transporting and storing goods",
"\u2014 see also milk crate",
": a usually wooden protective case or framework used for shipping",
": a usually box-shaped container or cage that has openings for airflow and that is used for confining or carrying animals (such as dogs or cats)",
": a dilapidated old car or airplane",
": to pack or place in a crate",
": a box or frame of wooden slats or boards for holding and protecting something in shipment",
": to pack in a wooden box or frame"
],
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"\u02c8kr\u0101t",
"\u02c8kr\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"beater",
"clunker",
"jalopy",
"junker"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"The bear arrived at the zoo in a crate .",
"Each milk crate holds nine bottles.",
"They used a crate of oranges to make enough juice for everyone.",
"One day the old crate just wouldn't start.",
"Verb",
"The equipment was crated today and will be shipped tomorrow.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Someone put the dog inside a wire crate and abandoned the pet in the river, WILX reported on Tuesday. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
"But the officer found the husky dead inside a crate covered with a black blanket, the affidavit said. \u2014 Monivette Cordeiro, orlandosentinel.com , 18 Aug. 2021",
"In the back seat, Daisy, her chicken, sat in her crate . \u2014 Arlyssa Becenti, The Arizona Republic , 25 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s Vivian, a one-eyed, German Shepherd mix with heartworms who curls up in the back of her crate and watches people pass by. \u2014 Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"But instead of showing festivalgoers, the image featured farm worker Albam Ochoa holding a crate of dates. \u2014 Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The visual culture that produced the crate of prints in my basement now seems as remote as the glass-plate image of the Victorian lady. \u2014 Hari Kunzru, Harper's Magazine , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Mansory has also ditched the Roma's body-color egg- crate grille for black mesh. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 18 Mar. 2022",
"TikTok also recently removed the hashtag and videos of the milk crate challenge, in which people were climbing pyramids made of milk crates and often falling, which led to some injuries. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Alongside McDonalds, a whole slew of companies in the food and beverage industry\u2014Costco, K-Mart, Heinz, Sodexo, Kraft, Carl\u2019s Jr, Denny\u2019s and more (pdf)\u2014had all set the goal of transitioning to crate -free pork production in 2012. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The military had been working for weeks to shrink-wrap attack helicopters, crate hundreds of armored Humvees, pack up the computers, and operate burn pits where sensitive paperwork and classified documents could be destroyed. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 Aug. 2021",
"The filling is completely made of egg crate orthopedic foam that provides ample air circulation and relieves pressure points on their body. \u2014 Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens , 2 June 2021",
"Monkeys and birds prove to be the most troubling to crate , while herding large animals into hurricane-code shelters runs much smoother, Hinson said. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 8 Mar. 2021",
"At the same time, wind farms across the state froze up, and households heated with natural gas competed with power plants that burn natural gas to crate electricity \u2014 a frenzy that dramatically drove up natural gas prices. \u2014 Diego Mendoza-moyers, San Antonio Express-News , 16 Feb. 2021",
"Wingshooters at the end of the day often gather around the truck to case the guns and crate the dogs. \u2014 Field & Stream , 30 July 2020",
"For more information, the Humane Society has a very helpful guide to crate training. \u2014 Medea Giordano, Wired , 4 June 2020",
"However, some homeowners prefer a wood dog crate for in the house, using it both as a decoration and a place to crate their dog. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 8 Apr. 2020"
],
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"Noun",
"1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1871, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-005730"
},
"cream-of-tartar tree":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a desert tree ( Adansonia gregorii ) of northern Australia that produces an agreeably acid fruit":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"so called from the taste of the fruit":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033344"
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"criminal law":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": the law of crimes and their punishments",
": public law that deals with crimes and their prosecution \u2014 compare civil law"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Laurie Levenson, a professor of criminal law at Loyola Law School, said the blanket policy to disregard strike allegations was always going to run into trouble. \u2014 Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Cunningham is deputy division chief of the Violent Crime Unit in the commonwealth\u2019s attorney\u2019s office, while Bellows has practiced civil and criminal law for 17 years. \u2014 Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal , 1 May 2022",
"Edriuna looks forward to partnering with her fianc\u00e9, Bobby L. Davis of The Law Office of Bobby L. Davis, a firm that specializes in personal injury, criminal law , family law, medical malpractice, and wrongful death cases. \u2014 al , 31 May 2022",
"The draft opinion is not a classified document, Orin Kerr, a criminal law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, told Reuters. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 5 May 2022",
"John Pfaff, a criminal law professor at Fordham University, said the mayor was right to focus on the national context and systemic issues at play. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Other, more difficult cases may need to go to the International Criminal Court at The Hague, in the Netherlands, said Abraham, who specializes in international criminal law at Garden Court North Chambers in Manchester. \u2014 Elena Becatoros, Chicago Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"This is in contrast to most areas of civil and criminal law , in which defendants cannot use ignorance as an excuse for misconduct. \u2014 Champe Barton, USA TODAY , 11 Apr. 2022",
"If the metaverse looks and feels like the real world but that is unencumbered by criminal law , and with experiences that are more extreme, there are major risks around trauma and negative mental health impacts. \u2014 Martin Boyd, Forbes , 16 May 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1672, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-015647"
},
"crumblingness":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being crumbling":[]
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"-b(\u0259)li\u014bn\u0259\u0307s"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015932"
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"crag and tail":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an elongate hill having at one end a steep face of ice-smoothed rock and at the other a gentle slope of rock or glacial drift":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030920"
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"crispness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
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"definitions":{
": easily crumbled : brittle":[
"a crisp cracker"
],
": desirably firm and crunchy":[
"crisp lettuce"
],
": noticeably neat":[
"crisp new clothes"
],
": deftly and powerfully executed":[
"a crisp tennis serve"
],
": brisk , lively":[
"a crisp tale of intrigue",
"crisp musical tempi"
],
": something crisp or brittle":[
"burned to a crisp",
"rye crisps"
],
": potato chip":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
],
": a baked dessert of fruit with crumb topping":[
"apple crisp"
],
": to make or keep crisp":[],
": curl , crimp":[],
": to cause to ripple : wrinkle":[],
": to become crisp":[],
": curl":[],
": ripple":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krisp"
],
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"brickle",
"brittle",
"crispy",
"crumbly",
"embrittled",
"flaky",
"flakey",
"friable",
"short"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for crisp Adjective fragile , frangible , brittle , crisp , friable mean breaking easily. fragile implies extreme delicacy of material or construction and need for careful handling. a fragile antique chair frangible implies susceptibility to being broken without implying weakness or delicacy. frangible stone used for paving brittle implies hardness together with lack of elasticity or flexibility or toughness. brittle bones crisp implies a firmness and brittleness desirable especially in some foods. crisp lettuce friable applies to substances that are easily crumbled or pulverized. friable soil",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"I put on a crisp shirt and tie.",
"The stereo's sound is crisp and clear.",
"Verb",
"Crisp the celery in ice water.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Set your sights on the changing leaves and breathe in the crisp air. \u2014 Terri Huggins Hart, Woman's Day , 24 June 2022",
"The crisp , slightly-hazy beer is named after the Rainbow Wall in Las Vegas\u2019 Red Rock Canyon, which features many 1,000-foot multi pitch climbs (and is also where Johnson did her first multi-pitch climb). \u2014 Outside Online , 3 June 2022",
"West-northwest breezes are lighter but still bringing in that crisp , dry air (dew points in the 40s again). \u2014 A. Camden Walker, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Utilize screens to keep mosquitos and flies out but let in the crisp air to cool your home overnight. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 1 June 2022",
"The sounds of revving motors, piped in from speakers, filled the crisp , 70-degree air. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 26 May 2022",
"The sun through the clouds had done little to warm the cold, crisp air as the boaters returned to the shore of the lake\u2019s southern section, a roughly 5-square-mile area known by irrigators as Sump 1B. \u2014 Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Calmness and quietness permeate the crisp air surrounding Vermont's Smugglers' Notch ski resort in the winter. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Load the table with these fast snacks that are nevertheless impressive and add the perfect salty, rich counter to a crisp game day beer. \u2014 Ariel Cheung, chicagotribune.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Laughing, always laughing\u2014at the dickey birds hopping in the tree branches, at the urchin who was burned to a crisp by an angry mob, at the slandering neighbor woman who got turned into a neighing donkey. \u2014 Okwiri Oduor, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"This lightbulb is made specifically to provide indoor plants with their daily dose of light without burning them to a crisp . \u2014 Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The commercial follows the life-long journey of one devoted Pringles fan, who gets his hand trapped at a college party while reaching for the last delicious crisp . \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 13 Feb. 2022",
"This will ensure all your vegetables come out tender- crisp and perfectly browned. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Cook, tossing occasionally, until well browned and tender- crisp , about 10 minutes. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The fish had been caught from a skiff on the shore of Lake Victoria and only an hour or two later dredged in flour, fried to a golden crisp in a vat of vegetable oil over a wood fire, and served to me with lime and piri-piri sauce. \u2014 Torrey Peters, Bon App\u00e9tit , 4 Jan. 2022",
"An air fryer is one of the fastest, easiest and least messy way of sizzling chicken wings to a crisp . \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Reduced to a crisp by a March 1942 British bombing raid, the World War II\u2013era dessert still features shriveled swirls of icing carefully applied by a baker. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The garlic slices used to infuse the butter crisp up when cooled and add a textural crunch against the silky smooth potatoes. \u2014 Ben Mimscooking Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
"First, slice the shallots evenly, as thinner slices will brown before thicker slices are able to crisp . \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"Just bring along a paring knife and a spoon to prep the avocados, then crisp up the bread and garnish with edible leaves, like those plucked from a marigold. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 13 May 2022",
"An elongated shape maximizes the contrast in texture, from the tender interior to crisp , brown tips. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in the skillet and add the chorizo, cooking and stirring constantly until the chorizo begins to crisp . \u2014 Outside Online , 10 May 2021",
"Between these dramatic scenes, Gammell and Keough treat viewers to crisp and mesmerizing shots of the landscapes surrounding Pine Ridge. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"Let soak to crisp up, at least 10 minutes, then drain, dry and transfer to a large mixing bowl. \u2014 Sarah Karnasiewicz, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"Air fryers can crisp up food in minutes and provide a healthier alternative to traditional frying. \u2014 Dwyer Frame, PEOPLE.com , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English, from Latin crispus ; akin to Welsh crych curly":"Adjective"
},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235903"
},
"credo quia absurdum est":{
"type":[
"Latin quotation based on Tertullian"
],
"definitions":{
": I believe (it) because it is absurd":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cckr\u0101-d\u014d-\u02c8kw\u0113-\u00e4-\u00e4p-\u02ccsu\u0307r-du\u0307m-\u02c8est"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024305"
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"crookery":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": crooked dealings or practices":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kru\u0307-k\u0259-r\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"cheating",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookedness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"foxiness",
"fraud",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"wiliness"
],
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"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the dealer encouraged his sales reps to engage in crookery of all sorts, so long as it sold cars",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But most of all, the NCAA needs Ogunbowale to remind the public that the collegiate model is worth defending, and that the enterprise is more than just crookery . \u2014 Sally Jenkins, chicagotribune.com , 2 May 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1927, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204155"
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"crumb-of-bread sponge":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a common encrusting sponge ( Halichondria panicea ) lacking microscleres and having the megascleres irregularly arranged":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035212"
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"cratch":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": manger":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krach"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English cracche , from Anglo-French creche manger \u2014 more at cr\u00e8che":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184302"
},
"crumbled":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": broken into small pieces or crumbles":[
"\u2026 cheeses that add a piquant accent include freshly grated parmesan or romano and crumbled feta or cotija.",
"\u2014 Betsy Reynolds Bateson",
"Try this Italian classic with romaine lettuce and fun toppers, such as crumbled bacon or dry-roasted sunflower seeds \u2026",
"\u2014 Jeanne Ambrose et al."
],
": having fallen apart : completely collapsed or disintegrated":[
"Over the centuries, the crumbled neighborhood endured, until 20 years ago, Unesco declared it a World Heritage site \u2026",
"\u2014 Liesl Schillinger",
"Not that much of it here is still standing, because this end was built of rammed earth, not stone. The crumbled remnants are only about fifteen feet high, with a thin pathway along the top.",
"\u2014 Christina Dodwell",
"Scattered among the ruins of the vault, shrouded in clouds of dust and crumbled brick, were frescoes by Giotto and Cimabue that had stood since the late 13th century.",
"\u2014 Alida Becker"
]
},
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"\u02c8kr\u0259m-b\u0259ld"
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"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192259"
},
"cryptarithm":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an arithmetic problem in which letters have been substituted for numbers and which is solved by finding all possible pairings of digits with letters that produce a numerically correct answer":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krip-t\u0259-\u02ccri-t\u035fh\u0259m"
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Here is a cryptarithm (digit substitution) puzzle that may help (incidentally, all these words are acceptable in Scrabble). \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 20 Apr. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"crypt- + -arithm (as in logarithm ), after French cryptarithmie, alluding to either such problems collectively or to the branch of mathematics dealing with them":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051724"
},
"creek":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
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": a small inlet or bay narrower and extending farther inland than a cove":[],
": a narrow or winding passage":[],
": in a difficult or perplexing situation":[],
": a member of any of a group of Indigenous American peoples that formed a confederacy in Georgia and eastern Alabama in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and that were forcibly removed to Indian Territory in 1836 to 1840":[],
": a member of the people who comprised the nucleus of the Creek confederacy : muscogee sense 1":[],
": the Muskogean language of this people : muscogee sense 2":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krik",
"\u02c8kr\u0113k"
],
"synonyms":[
"beck",
"bourn",
"bourne",
"brook",
"brooklet",
"burn",
"gill",
"rill",
"rivulet",
"run",
"runlet",
"runnel",
"streamlet"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"The children waded in the creek .",
"The coast is dotted with tiny creeks .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There was an old creek bed in the back that went into the Seven Bridges (Trail) area in Grant Park. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"The family was worried that Cameron could be hiding, injured or stuck in a crevice, creek bed or heavily wooded area. \u2014 Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The creek \u2019s flows are at an all time-high and running heavy with silt, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
"While plans are not final, county officials want to lease about five acres east of the A-1 Self Storage on Riverford Road, between a creek and the San Vicente Freeway. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"The county plans to partner with the nonprofit San Antonio River Foundation to revitalize the creek , Commissioner Justin Rodriguez said. \u2014 Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News , 10 June 2022",
"Schools and parks are nearby, and a creek runs through the leafy community. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"In addition to the stone house, the property has several outbuildings and a spring-fed creek . \u2014 Kathy Orton, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Communal bathrooms and showers are available, and guests are encouraged to enjoy access to a healing creek and chakra meditation area. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 1 June 2022"
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"Middle English crike, creke , from Old Norse -kriki bend":"Noun"
},
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
"1725, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195426"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": one that crawls":[],
": a vehicle (such as a crane) that travels on endless chain belts":[]
},
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"\u02c8kr\u022f-l\u0259r"
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"dallier",
"dawdler",
"dragger",
"laggard",
"lagger",
"lingerer",
"loiterer",
"plodder",
"slowpoke",
"snail",
"straggler"
],
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],
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"examples":[
"he's always the crawler who makes everyone else late",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The diablo-like dungeon crawler Minecraft Dungeons was also released in 2020, though both titles received mixed reviews. \u2014 Francisco Lahoz, PCMAG , 13 June 2022",
"This crawler tag did experience a rise in traffic correlated with the release of CVE-2022-1388. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 18 May 2022",
"The first thing everyone will see on Thursday will be the giant rocket verrry slooowwwly rolling out on a *Star Wars\u2013*style crawler , a moving platform with tanklike treads, at a max speed of 0.8 miles per hour. \u2014 Ramin Skibba, Wired , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The best way to control the insect is in the crawler stage when the scale first hatch. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The crawler used Thursday was the same one that transported the Saturn 5s, albeit refurbished and modernized for Artemis, the new NASA program to return astronauts to the lunar surface one day. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Engineers will collect data while en route, checking whether the little vibrations from the crawler \u2019s motions affect the rocket in any way. \u2014 Ramin Skibba, Wired , 17 Mar. 2022",
"And, unsurprisingly, the crawler has incredibly tight tolerances. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The rocket, with an Orion capsule on top where astronauts will one day sit, was slowly carried on top of a giant crawler to the launch site more than 4 miles away. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 19 Mar. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032146"
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"adverb",
"noun"
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": disposed to inflict pain or suffering : devoid of humane feelings":[
"a cruel tyrant",
"has a cruel heart"
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": causing or conducive to injury, grief, or pain":[
"a cruel joke",
"a cruel twist of fate"
],
": unrelieved by leniency":[
"cruel punishment"
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"\u02c8kr\u00fc-\u0259l",
"\u02c8kr\u00fc(-\u0259)l"
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"atrocious",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"brutal",
"brute",
"butcherly",
"fiendish",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"truculent",
"vicious",
"wanton"
],
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"benign",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tenderhearted"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for cruel fierce , ferocious , barbarous , savage , cruel mean showing fury or malignity in looks or actions. fierce applies to humans and animals that inspire terror because of their wild and menacing aspect or fury in attack. fierce warriors ferocious implies extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality. a ferocious dog barbarous implies a ferocity or mercilessness regarded as unworthy of civilized people. barbarous treatment of prisoners savage implies the absence of inhibitions restraining civilized people filled with rage, lust, or other violent passion. a savage criminal cruel implies indifference to suffering and even positive pleasure in inflicting it. the cruel jokes of schoolboys",
"examples":[
"a cruel twist of fate",
"Hunger is a cruel fact of nature.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The cat declawing ban Hogan signed on Thursday will make Maryland just the second state to outlaw the increasingly controversial practice, which animal welfare advocates describe as cruel , unnecessary and inhumane. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 21 Apr. 2022",
"There are billions more people shackled by poverty, addiction, depression, anxiety, abuse, loneliness, and of course, this cruel and senseless war in Ukraine. \u2014 Rabbi Steve Leder, CBS News , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The footage prompted shock and anger, with many calling the dog's killing cruel and unnecessary. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Maradiaga, Chamorro, and their fellow political prisoners are held in cruel and inhumane conditions. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Calling for pressure on Russia to stop this cruel war. \u2014 Fox News , 22 Mar. 2022",
"This cruel and pointless war against Ukraine is an extension of that disposition. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Bear League, an advocacy group for bears, told the outlet that euthanizing the bear is unnecessary and cruel . \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The View after sharing a personal observation on the driving force behind the Nazi\u2019s cruel and inhumane actions during the Holocaust. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 2 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin crudelis , from crudus \u2014 see crude entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215657"
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"Crookes":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"Sir William 1832\u20131919 English physicist and chemist"
],
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"\u02c8kru\u0307ks"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-152830"
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"definitions":[
"Definition of creasote variant spelling of creosote 1"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-173132"
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"crag-fast":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": stranded on or as if on a crag and unable to ascend or descend"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-173921"
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"crudo":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a dish of sliced, seasoned, uncooked seafood often served with a sauce":[]
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"\u02c8kr\u00fc-(\u02cc)d\u014d"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"How the colorful purees on a plate of salt cod crudo follow traffic indicators, starting with good-to-go green (avocado)? \u2014 Tom Sietsema, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
"The shorter monthly tasting menu \u2014 with tuna crudo and local scallops \u2014 allows Calhoun to stock ingredients more easily and to more precisely map out his staff needs. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
"Bubbles for my bride of course, and a Maris French Syrah Grenache that was excellent, not just with the tuna crudo and octopus, but perfect with their spin on a vodka sauce that incorporated Grappa as the spirit. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
"Diners savor nigiri, sashimi, and crudo made by a Japanese chef using only the freshest, locally caught fish. \u2014 Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure , 1 June 2022",
"Order a crudo \u2014 live local scallops with truffle and endive, a beady-eyed langoustine with Thai basil oil and pickled rhubarb. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
"For Mother\u2019s Day, the famous dining spot has a three-course, prix fixe, $85 menu with dishes like tuna fluke crudo with caviar and Meyer lemon, Lobster Benedict and its famous Fiori Burger. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"Top menu options include the bigeye tuna crudo ; the 16-ounce New York strip steak served with Argentinian chimichurri; the double-cut pork chop and the local New Jersey fluke, which is served with wild mushrooms and a truffle leek sauce. \u2014 Judy Koutsky, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"With sashimi and crudo -style dishes, quality and freshness are of the utmost importance, and Zovkic and his chefs aren\u2019t skimping. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 5 Apr. 2022"
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"Italian, raw, from Latin crudus":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"2000, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231836"
},
"creasy":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having or forming creases":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0113s\u0113",
"-si"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"crease entry 1 + -y":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055341"
},
"criminalistics":{
"type":[
"noun plural but singular in construction",
"noun, plural in form but singular in construction"
],
"definitions":{
": application of scientific techniques in collecting and analyzing physical evidence in criminal cases":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cckri-m\u0259-n\u0259-\u02c8lis-tiks",
"\u02cckri-m\u0259-n\u0259-\u02c8li-stiks",
"\u02cckrim-n\u0259-\u02c8li-"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hatten is still employed by the Las Vegas police department, assigned to the criminalistics bureau, which includes crime scene investigations, the Review-Journal reported. \u2014 Fox News , 29 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"criminal entry 1 + -ist entry 1 + -ics":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1910, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043435"
},
"crossing guard":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a person whose job is to help people (such as schoolchildren) go across busy streets safely"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-214532"
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"craggy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": full of crags",
": rough , rugged",
": having many steep rocks or cliffs"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kra-g\u0113",
"\u02c8kra-g\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"broken",
"jagged",
"ragged",
"scraggly",
"scraggy"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"even",
"smooth",
"soft",
"unbroken"
],
"examples":[
"a famous actor who is known for his craggy good looks",
"his white hair and craggy face",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The craggy 59-year-old of today is infused with the collective memory of the handsome heartthrob of yesteryear. \u2014 Rhonda Garelick, New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"The island is a craggy basalt rock that juts up from water so rough that boats cannot dock. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Above us was a gray, craggy world of rocks and dust\u2014a piece of the moon jutting out of Eden. \u2014 Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022",
"In his youth, Mr. Wesley somewhat resembled a comic-book character himself: tall and stooped with craggy good looks and a shock of straight brown hair. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Their house wasn\u2019t in imminent danger of collapse, but the earth around it was craggy and dotted with small indentations. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Parts of it are so dry the ground is sharp and craggy , with no vegetation. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Scant grids of symbolic leaves from the original game became swirls of gnarled trees; straight lines meant to suggest cliffs became craggy , precipitous rock faces. \u2014 Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Marguerita Bay was a stretch of rocky green hills that dropped off in craggy white walls, framing the shore and the narrow, sandy beach. \u2014 Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press , 31 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-215544"
},
"creamy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": containing cream":[],
": resembling cream (as in color, texture, or taste)":[
"a creamy consistency",
"creamy skin",
"a creamy voice"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0113-m\u0113"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The sauce has a smooth, creamy texture.",
"Do you prefer creamy or crunchy peanut butter?",
"She sings with a creamy voice.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For concealer, the Kosas\u2019s creamy formula not only offers dewy medium coverage, but brightens, soothes, and plumps skin over time thanks to a blend of caffeine, peptides, vitamins, and hyaluronic acid. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 13 June 2022",
"This shampoo boasts a creamy formula infused with a blend of oils and natural ingredients (aloe vera leaf juice, coconut oil, and honey) to not only cleanse the hair of dirt and buildup, but also hydrate and add moisture to dry strands. \u2014 Casey Clark, SELF , 6 June 2022",
"The creamy formula clocked perfect scores in all categories, including texture, feel, blendability, and pigment. \u2014 Theresa Holland, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022",
"Hydrating Body wash is a creamy formula that uses only essential ingredients and omits harmful chemicals. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"The creamy formula is gentle on your skin and won\u2019t leave you with dry patches like other spot treatments. \u2014 Editors Of Men's Health, Men's Health , 24 May 2022",
"After pre-freezing the bowl for 24 hours, this attachment prepared smooth, super aerated, creamy vanilla ice cream in our Lab tests. \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
"This is a bright, creamy , pomegranate-eggplant salad, but hold the tahini, please. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 16 June 2022",
"His chicken Caesar croquetas have a creamy interior of Parmesan-anchovy b\u00e9chamel. \u2014 Kathleen Squires, WSJ , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1618, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205406"
},
"crunchingly":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": in a crunching manner":[]
},
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040141"
},
"crined":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": emblazoned with hair":[
"a unicorn argent crined or"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u012bnd"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French crin hair (from Latin crinis ) + English -ed":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1572, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214735"
},
"cream of tartar":{
"type":[
"noun phrase"
],
"definitions":{
": a white crystalline salt C 4 H 5 KO 6 used especially in baking powder and in certain treatments of metals":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1662, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001148"
},
"crossing-over":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an interchange of genes or segments between homologous chromosomes",
": an interchange of genes or segments between homologous chromosomes"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cckr\u022f-si\u014b-\u02c8\u014d-v\u0259r",
"\u02cckr\u022f-si\u014b-\u02c8\u014d-v\u0259r"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1912, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-004244"
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"crowd-pleasing":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one (such as a performer or product) that is notably or reliably popular or appealing":[
"a flamboyant crowd-pleaser given to mad feats of daring",
"\u2014 Tony Hendra"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krau\u0307d-\u02ccpl\u0113-z\u0259r"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230807"
},
"crafter":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity":[
"\"We have not the strength with which to fight this man; we must \u2026 win, if win we can, by craft .\"",
"\u2014 Jack London"
],
": an occupation, trade, or activity requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill":[
"the carpenter's craft",
"the craft of writing plays",
"crafts such as pottery, carpentry, and sewing",
"He learned the craft as an apprentice."
],
": articles made by craftspeople":[
"a store selling crafts",
"a crafts fair"
],
": skill in deceiving to gain an end":[
"used craft and guile to close the deal"
],
": the members of a trade or trade association":[],
": a boat especially of small size":[],
": aircraft":[],
": spacecraft":[],
": to make or produce with care, skill, or ingenuity":[
"She is crafting a new sculpture.",
"a carefully crafted story"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kraft"
],
"synonyms":[
"art",
"handcraft",
"handicraft",
"trade"
],
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"cast",
"compose",
"draft",
"draw up",
"formulate",
"frame",
"prepare"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for craft Noun art , skill , cunning , artifice , craft mean the faculty of executing well what one has devised. art implies a personal, unanalyzable creative power. the art of choosing the right word skill stresses technical knowledge and proficiency. the skill of a glassblower cunning suggests ingenuity and subtlety in devising, inventing, or executing. a mystery plotted with great cunning artifice suggests technical skill especially in imitating things in nature. believed realism in film could be achieved only by artifice craft may imply expertness in workmanship. the craft of a master goldsmith",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the craft of cabinetmaking was much admired in colonial times",
"borrowed a craft to get across the river",
"Verb",
"The furniture is crafted from bamboo.",
"He is crafting a new sculpture.",
"She crafted a strategy to boost the company's earnings.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"With public support, a group of drone enthusiasts and engineers built a craft with a ten-foot wingspan and a flight endurance of more than five hours with a cruising speed of around 55 mph. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Much of that lies in his use of Indian artisanal craft . \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"But for families, dog owners, and friends keen to venture out on the water in one craft , consider a tandem kayak. \u2014 Chantae Reden, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022",
"Enjoy vintage, antiques, art, craft and just some pretty cool items for sale as well as live music and food trucks. \u2014 cleveland , 20 June 2022",
"Except for food and craft vendors from both cities, most everything is free. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"The $10 billion bipartisan deal Romney helped craft stalled in Congress amid a dispute over immigration policy. \u2014 Rachel Cohrs, STAT , 18 June 2022",
"There will be a wide selection of craft and domestic beers plus a variety of bottled wines and other beverages. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 18 June 2022",
"As a teenager, Selmer did bead weaving, a Native American craft . \u2014 Lyndi Mcnulty, Baltimore Sun , 18 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Whether people want to watch it or vote on it, for now, appears secondary to that desire to craft an official historical record. \u2014 James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"The current tour, stopping in arenas and amphitheaters, is a testament to Orzabal\u2019s and Smith\u2019s ability to craft artful music, as well as to their onstage chemistry. \u2014 Glenn Peoples, Billboard , 9 June 2022",
"Here is how to craft a resilient small business sales strategy. \u2014 Samantha Todd, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Aground is a Mining/Crafting RPG, where there is an overarching goal, story and reason to craft and build. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 31 May 2022",
"Alcorn created a community task force whose mission will be to craft a master plan for the Reston area that will include more permanent supportive housing and upgrades to the Embry Rucker emergency shelter. \u2014 Antonio Olivo, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"The goal was to craft a form that embodies the qualities encouraged by the content: pithy nuggets demanding careful thought, mental experimentation, and wide-ranging curiosity about morality and psychology. \u2014 Nate Anderson, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022",
"But behind the scenes in Washington, quiet work was underway to craft a plan in case all that failed. \u2014 Phil Mattingly, CNN , 26 Feb. 2022",
"The group says its aim was to craft a proposal free of pressure from special interests that respects the boundaries of the city\u2019s neighborhoods. \u2014 John Byrne, chicagotribune.com , 22 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, strength, skill, from Old English cr\u00e6ft ; akin to Old High German kraft strength":"Noun and Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223730"
},
"craunch":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": crunch":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u022fnch",
"\u02c8kr\u00e4nch"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably imitative":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1631, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214626"
},
"crudle":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": curdle":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0259d\u1d4al",
"-ru\u0307d-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"frequentative of crud entry 2":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041502"
},
"crednerite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a grayish to black foliated mineral CuMn 2 O 4 consisting of copper, manganese, and oxygen":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kredn\u0259\u02ccr\u012bt"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German crednerit , from K. F. Heinrich Credner \u20201876 German geologist + German -it -ite":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1849, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165329"
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"cruel and unusual punishment":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"His business, Rachel & Rose, serves up local coffee, wine and craft beer out of a double-decker bus Maestas imported from London and painstakingly converted into a mobile bar and caf\u00e9. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 June 2022",
"In all, 16 venues share the Milk Market space at 1800 Wazee St., including restaurants, a wine and craft beer specialist, gelato maker and others. \u2014 David Bloom, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"There's live music, food and craft beer , the opportunity to screen print your own commemorative T-shirt at the ArtsConnect tent, and raffles with unique, handcrafted items. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 18 May 2022",
"For the first time since the pandemic, downtown New Braunfels will transform into the Wein and Saengerfest, a street festival featuring wine and craft beer tastings and live music. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The complex will also house a venue for ax throwing and craft beer drinking. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Stroll down historic Grand Avenue sampling chocolates paired with fine wines, Champagne and craft beer at 16 locations. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Dahlia Ghabour joins the Courier Journal this month as our new Food & Dining reporter and will be covering everything from restaurant openings and closings to food trends, restaurant business news, the bourbon and craft beer industries and more. \u2014 Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Enjoy local craft beer , music and dancing, retail vendor market, kids zone and more. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 13 June 2022"
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"we could see fish swimming beneath the crystalline ice of the frozen lake",
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"The park is home to sixteen lakes filled with crystalline turquoise water, all connected by a series of wooden walkways. \u2014 Outside Online , 20 June 2021",
"About 90% of this show is crystalline in imagery, honesty and idea; the less specific 10% needs more attention. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"Of course, Edelman added, there were a few downsides to visiting the gorgeous islands surrounded by crystalline waters in the cooler months. \u2014 Mia Taylor, Travel + Leisure , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Her voice doesn\u2019t have the crystalline beauty of such predecessors as Barbara Cook and Shirley Jones, and many of the songs aren\u2019t really suited for her. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Notice here the trees slumping under heavy snow; the steep, crystalline rocks; the sliding, unfocused perspective. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s a jarring sight for long-time residents of the Hill Country, a rural oasis of scrubby green hills, crystalline water, and bright white limestone west of Austin and San Antonio. \u2014 Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 Mar. 2022",
"After all, the Japanese poem style lends itself to spare reflections on nature, crystalline musings on blossoms, songbirds or hoar frost. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Mar. 2022",
"This zany, cartoon-soundbite\u2013like track somehow fits comfortably on A Couple of Good Days next to playful hip-house, crystalline piano thumpers, funky strut, and alluringly low-key disco. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 18 Feb. 2022"
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"The least creditworthy companies will struggle to raise money needed to hire and expand. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022",
"The least creditworthy companies will struggle to raise money needed to hire and expand. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 19 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, mostly affluent White neighborhoods were considered the most desirable and creditworthy . \u2014 CNN , 19 June 2022",
"This is the interest rate banks charge their most creditworthy borrowers, like large corporations. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 16 June 2022",
"That guaranty should come from a creditworthy guarantor. \u2014 Joshua Stein, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Following the invasion, Fitch downgraded Ukraine\u2019s debt rating to CCC, which places it deep in junk bond territory and among some of the least creditworthy issuers around. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The lower the credit score, the higher the interest rate, so those new buyers are paying more every month on their mortgage than more creditworthy buyers would. \u2014 Ross Martin, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
"However, this may not mean those in this age group are more creditworthy . \u2014 Nerd Wallet, oregonlive , 29 Nov. 2021"
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"The craftsperson gives a part of his or her soul to create a product. \u2014 Sonya Rehman, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Master craftsperson Masaaki Ito builds 22 of these nearly 6-foot tubes a year\u2014without nails. \u2014 Nina Molina, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
"California, then Kimura, who often gave workshops in Europe, espoused a vision for bonsai that was as vivid, muscular and ego-driven as Modernist painting, recasting the master not as a craftsperson but as an auteur. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Nov. 2021",
"Then there is Rick Carlson, who views himself as a craftsperson , the beach as his work bench. \u2014 Michael Bernick, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021",
"On display is a birchbark canoe made in the traditional Indigenous style by Ms. Gould\u2019s husband, Bill Gould, who is Abenaki, and Reid Schwartz, a local craftsperson . \u2014 Chelsea Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 June 2021",
"Then, Chaisson removed nearly 60 pounds of honeycomb, which was melted down into wax and donated to a local craftsperson . \u2014 Mallory Hughes, CNN , 11 May 2020",
"As a craftsperson , Eastwood brings the goods to Richard Jewell. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 10 Dec. 2019",
"Jayne was an extraordinary homemaker, baker, and craftsperson . \u2014 courant.com , 3 Nov. 2019"
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"She gets crabby if she doesn't get enough sleep.",
"a crabby old dog who snapped at passersby",
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"The edge of a coin provides an ample landscape for its crabby walk. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 26 May 2022",
"Lorne Michaels\u2019 show is actually getting general plaudits from typically crabby critics. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 15 Dec. 2021",
"The musical, while meant to appeal to crabby commuters of all stripes, is not meant to vilify the T or its workers. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Oh no! Don't get crabby , but your summertime feasts may look a little different this year. \u2014 Melissa Locker, Southern Living , 16 Apr. 2021",
"Sure, there\u2019s a plot: a mayoral race to rig, a friendship to repair, a crabby romance to kickstart. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 9 Apr. 2021",
"But Clooney\u2014who also stars, as a crabby , obsessive scientist bearing the comically hifalutin name Augustine Lofthouse\u2014is at the very least a thoughtful filmmaker, and The Midnight Sky is made with obvious care. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 23 Dec. 2020",
"The Cleveland Browns\u2019 postseason drought grew from a crabby and cranky toddler into an exasperating adolescent. \u2014 Ben Shpigel, New York Times , 6 Dec. 2020",
"Gizelle Bryant campaigned for The Real Housewives of Potomac to ditch their champagne title sequences and get crabby . \u2014 Marcus Jones, EW.com , 2 Aug. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sabyasachi founded his label with 20,000 rupees from his father and sister, who both went on to work with him for many years, and a team of two craftspeople in his parents\u2019 apartment. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"Doubling down on its commitment to Islamic art, the museum tapped celebrated designer and textile connoisseur Madeline Weinrib to curate a selection of modern-day craftspeople from throughout the Islamic world. \u2014 Kareem Rashed, Robb Report , 22 Apr. 2022",
"This new breed of craftspeople will also salvage suedes, repaint scuffed heels and, when necessary, swap out crumbling soles for new ones, all to bring decrepit, decades-old sneakers back from the brink of death. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 5 Apr. 2022",
"But too often, the editorial craftspeople helping to bring this content to the screen don\u2019t enjoy the same union protections that their counterparts in live-action do. \u2014 Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 May 2022",
"Among the local craftspeople used, Jim Sherraden, who led Nashville\u2019s Hatch Show Print for 30 years, is the designer of the colorful decorative tile visitors will see immediately upon entering. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Officially, Etsy is an online marketplace founded in 2005 where artisans and craftspeople sell handmade goods directly to consumers. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Tyler Ronald says work by other artists, artisans and craftspeople will find their way into the Collective. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The deals cover technicians, artisans and craftspeople who perform a wide variety of non-acting and non-directing jobs for feature films, television shows and streaming programs. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 15 Nov. 2021"
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"\u02c8kr\u00fc-\u0259l-t\u0113",
"\u02c8kr\u00fc(-\u0259)l-t\u0113"
],
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"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"barbarity",
"barbarousness",
"brutality",
"cruelness",
"fiendishness",
"heartlessness",
"inhumanity",
"inhumanness",
"sadism",
"savageness",
"savagery",
"truculence",
"viciousness",
"wantonness"
],
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"benignity",
"compassion",
"good-heartedness",
"humaneness",
"humanity",
"kindheartedness",
"kindness",
"sympathy",
"tenderheartedness"
],
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"examples":[
"a dictator known for his cruelty",
"The cruelty of children can be surprising.",
"They protested against cruelty to animals.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The vegan, cruelty -free, and mermaid-inspired cosmetics line, Emily Alexandra Cosmetics, is set to cover beauty needs at the show. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"After two years in the making, the 48-piece, cruelty -free and vegan lip collection is only the beginning for Nova Beauty, which has already released previews of its upcoming drop, the Eye Collection, consisting of 29 novel eye and brow products. \u2014 Nitya Rao, Seventeen , 17 June 2022",
"Melbourne police recommended an animal cruelty charge during the investigation after a doctor said Zena likely died from a heat stroke, WKMG reported. \u2014 Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel , 19 May 2022",
"He was wanted on several outstanding warrants, including the animal cruelty charge. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Cox received a 90-day sentence, with all but 10 days suspended for the animal cruelty charge, and seven days for the night hunting charge, which will be served concurrently. \u2014 Amanda Watts, CNN , 16 July 2021",
"As a result, Patterson continues to face the animal cruelty charge, which is punishable by up to five years in prison. \u2014 Marc Freeman, sun-sentinel.com , 1 June 2021",
"These deodorant wipes are also portable and convenient, on top of also being compostable, vegan, paraben-free, and cruelty -free. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry And Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day , 13 June 2022",
"This shampoo is cruelty -free and has never been tested on animals. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 June 2022"
],
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"Middle English cruelte , from Anglo-French cruelt\u00e9 , from Latin crudelitat-, crudelitas , from crudelis":""
},
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022948"
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"Definition of cratur Scottish and Irish variant of creature"
],
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"\u02c8kr\u0101t\u0259r"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-181913"
},
"craftsmaster":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a skilled craftsman or craftswoman":[]
},
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"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"crafts genitive of craft entry 1 ) + master":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221900"
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"creamware":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": earthenware having a cream-colored glaze":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0113m-\u02ccwer"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This teapot is in the style of Thomas Whieldon, a successful English potter who partnered with Wedgwood in his factory between 1754 and 1759, chiefly to improve the lead glazes for creamware pieces like this. \u2014 Catherine Bindman, The New York Review of Books , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Our favorites include these creamware mugs, molded from white Cornish clay and coated in a clear glaze, which were first made in a village outside Leeds in the mid 18th century. \u2014 Peter Terzian, ELLE Decor , 15 June 2010"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1780, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225428"
},
"crabbit":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of crabbit chiefly Scottish variant of crabbed"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krab\u0259\u0307t"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-190209"
},
"Crataeva":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small genus of tropical shrubs (family Capparidaceae) having trifoliolate leaves, flowers with stalked petals, and striped berries \u2014 see garlic pear":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u0113v\u0259"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, irregular after Cratevas (Greek Krateuas ), 1st century b.c. Greek herbalist":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031955"
},
"cross up":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to make (someone) confused":[
"The team crossed up their opponent by throwing the ball instead of running it."
],
": to ruin (something) completely":[
"His failure to meet the deadline crossed up the deal."
]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235716"
},
"crake":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of various rails",
": a short-billed rail (such as the corncrake)",
": the corncrake's cry"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0101k"
],
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"Middle English, probably from Old Norse kr\u0101ka crow or kr\u0101kr raven; akin to Old English cr\u0101wan to crow"
],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-201710"
},
"cross-index":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to index (an item) under a second or under more than one heading":[],
": to supply with a cross-referenced index":[
"cross-index a book"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u022fs-\u02c8in-\u02ccdeks"
],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
"1892, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195439"
},
"creat":{
"type":[
"combining form",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": flesh":[
"creat ine",
"creato phagous"
]
},
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"(\u02c8)kr\u0113\u00a6at"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hindi kariy\u0101t, kiry\u0101t":"Noun",
"from cr\u00e9at- , from Greek kreas":"Combining form"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023401"
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"cross-immunization":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": the act or action of effecting cross-immunity"
],
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"cross entry 3"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-210558"
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"cross-immunity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": immunity toward one of a pair of antigens following immunization toward the other that is used to assess the relationship between certain antigens":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"cross entry 3":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-160916"
},
"crystalligerous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": crystalliferous":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6krist\u0259\u00a6lij\u0259r\u0259s"
],
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"examples":[],
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"crystall- + -i- + -gerous":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1885, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203220"
},
"cryptanalyze":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to solve by cryptanalysis":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)kript+"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"from cryptanalysis , after English analysis: analyze":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224829"
},
"crooked-wood":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": buttonbush":[]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034316"
},
"crowd out":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to push, move, or force (something or someone) out of a place or situation by filling its space":[
"The quick-growing grass is crowding out native plants.",
"She worries that junk food is crowding fruits and vegetables out of her children's diet."
]
},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005728"
},
"cradle vault":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": barrel vault":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011353"
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"cruelness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": disposed to inflict pain or suffering : devoid of humane feelings":[
"a cruel tyrant",
"has a cruel heart"
],
": causing or conducive to injury, grief, or pain":[
"a cruel joke",
"a cruel twist of fate"
],
": unrelieved by leniency":[
"cruel punishment"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u00fc-\u0259l",
"\u02c8kr\u00fc(-\u0259)l"
],
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"atrocious",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"brutal",
"brute",
"butcherly",
"fiendish",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"truculent",
"vicious",
"wanton"
],
"antonyms":[
"benign",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tenderhearted"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for cruel fierce , ferocious , barbarous , savage , cruel mean showing fury or malignity in looks or actions. fierce applies to humans and animals that inspire terror because of their wild and menacing aspect or fury in attack. fierce warriors ferocious implies extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality. a ferocious dog barbarous implies a ferocity or mercilessness regarded as unworthy of civilized people. barbarous treatment of prisoners savage implies the absence of inhibitions restraining civilized people filled with rage, lust, or other violent passion. a savage criminal cruel implies indifference to suffering and even positive pleasure in inflicting it. the cruel jokes of schoolboys",
"examples":[
"a cruel twist of fate",
"Hunger is a cruel fact of nature.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The cat declawing ban Hogan signed on Thursday will make Maryland just the second state to outlaw the increasingly controversial practice, which animal welfare advocates describe as cruel , unnecessary and inhumane. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 21 Apr. 2022",
"There are billions more people shackled by poverty, addiction, depression, anxiety, abuse, loneliness, and of course, this cruel and senseless war in Ukraine. \u2014 Rabbi Steve Leder, CBS News , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The footage prompted shock and anger, with many calling the dog's killing cruel and unnecessary. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Maradiaga, Chamorro, and their fellow political prisoners are held in cruel and inhumane conditions. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Calling for pressure on Russia to stop this cruel war. \u2014 Fox News , 22 Mar. 2022",
"This cruel and pointless war against Ukraine is an extension of that disposition. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Bear League, an advocacy group for bears, told the outlet that euthanizing the bear is unnecessary and cruel . \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The View after sharing a personal observation on the driving force behind the Nazi\u2019s cruel and inhumane actions during the Holocaust. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 2 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin crudelis , from crudus \u2014 see crude entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171105"
},
"crowd-pleaser":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one (such as a performer or product) that is notably or reliably popular or appealing"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krau\u0307d-\u02ccpl\u0113-z\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1943, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-122411"
},
"cry (out)":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to make a loud sound because of pain, fear, surprise, etc.":[
"She cried out in pain."
],
": to speak in a loud voice : to say something loudly or from a distance":[
"We could hear them on the shore crying out to us, so we waved.",
"She cried out for help."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200021"
},
"cream tea":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a small meal eaten in the afternoon that includes tea with scones, jam, and cream"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-132117"
},
"cry out against (something)":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to say publicly that (something) is wrong or unfair : to protest (something)":[
"People around the world are crying out against the government's civil rights abuses."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162035"
},
"crag martin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": rock swallow":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034015"
},
"cryptobatholithic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to ore deposits formed near a batholith that is not exposed at the surface":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6krip(\u02cc)t\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"crypt- + batholithic":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002923"
},
"crowdsourcing":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people and especially from the online community rather than from traditional employees or suppliers":[
"Online crowdsourcing strategies that induce masses of people to solve a task, such as locating far-flung items or alleviating world hunger, work best when financial incentives impel participants to enlist friends and acquaintances in the effort, a new study concludes.",
"\u2014 Bruce Bower",
"These sites take advantage of the phenomenon known as crowdsourcing , or turning to the online masses for free or low-cost submissions.",
"\u2014 Katie Hafner"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krau\u0307d-\u02ccs\u022fr-si\u014b"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Then broaden out the crowdsourcing and ask your external vendors, stakeholders, and partners to comment in a similar fashion. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"The Wisconsin Public Service Commission has since gathered its own data, through crowdsourcing and other means, and came up with the higher estimate. \u2014 Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
"In 2018, the library began to ask the public for help, launching Letters to Lincoln, a massive crowdsourcing endeavor. \u2014 Maris Kreizman, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 May 2022",
"Connect on social media Look for support groups on social media websites such as Facebook that are dedicated to helping parents find formula through crowdsourcing . \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 13 May 2022",
"Examining the astounding abilities of Internet crowdsourcing , the documentary proves that people power can often aid in solving crimes. \u2014 Amy Mackelden, ELLE , 30 Apr. 2022",
"While some enterprises resort to third-party crowdsourcing services, others build proprietary solutions. \u2014 Alex Kalinovsky, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Going back to the Waze analogy, human crowdsourcing is just one piece of the puzzle today. \u2014 Rohyt Belani, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The Ride Vision system can also integrate a variety of other components including parking assist, driver monitoring and map crowdsourcing . \u2014 Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"crowd entry 2 + out sourcing, gerund of outsource":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"2006, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204818"
},
"Crago":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus (the type of the family Crangonidae) of large shrimps including the black-tailed shrimp ( C. nigricauda ) of the Pacific coast of North America":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0101g\u014d"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, alteration of Crangon":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002642"
},
"craisey":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of craisey variant of crazy:3"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0101zi"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-164945"
},
"cruelty-free":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": developed or produced without inhumane testing on animals":[
"cruelty-free cosmetics"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u00fc(-\u0259)l-t\u0113-\u02c8fr\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1983, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231710"
},
"cruel plant":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of several plants of the genera Araujia, Schubertia , or Cynanchum (family Asclepiadaceae)"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"so called from the fact that insects become entangled in the flowers"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-170920"
},
"cryptobiotic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": living in concealment"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"crypt- + -biotic"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1914, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-174946"
},
"cross-interrogate":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to cross-question orally or by a written interrogatory":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"cross entry 5":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014501"
},
"cry out (something)":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to say (something) loudly or from a distance":[
"\"I'm stuck,\" she cried out .",
"She cried out that she was stuck."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032919"
},
"crine":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": shrink , shrivel",
": to cause to dry up, shrink, or shrivel"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u012bn"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Scottish Gaelic cr\u012bon to wither; akin to Old Irish cr\u012bn withered, Latin caries decay"
],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1513, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-190406"
},
"crafty":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": skillful , clever":[],
": adept in the use of subtlety and cunning":[
"a crafty swindler",
"The crafty detective got the suspect to confess to the crime."
],
": marked by subtlety and guile":[
"a crafty scheme"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kraf-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"artful",
"beguiling",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"cunning",
"cute",
"designing",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"scheming",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"wily"
],
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"undesigning"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for crafty sly , cunning , crafty , wily , tricky , foxy , artful , slick mean attaining or seeking to attain one's ends by guileful or devious means. sly implies furtiveness, lack of candor, and skill in concealing one's aims and methods. a sly corporate raider cunning suggests the inventive use of sometimes limited intelligence in overreaching or circumventing. the cunning fox avoided the trap crafty implies cleverness and subtlety of method. a crafty lefthander wily implies skill and deception in maneuvering. the wily fugitive escaped the posse tricky is more likely to suggest shiftiness and unreliability than skill in deception and maneuvering. a tricky political operative foxy implies a shrewd and wary craftiness usually involving devious dealing. a foxy publicity man planting stories artful implies indirectness in dealing and often connotes sophistication or cleverness. elicited the information by artful questioning slick emphasizes smoothness and guile. slick operators selling time-sharing",
"examples":[
"a crafty real estate broker who got people to sell their property at bargain prices",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bears are incredibly crafty , and can open most coolers or boxes. \u2014 Hannah Singleton, SELF , 8 June 2022",
"Show producers were crafty enough to use these red state laws to their advantage, as Teehee\u2019s and Lefty\u2019s initiated full safety protocols: spaced out, wiped down, masked up, no messing around. \u2014 Lee Keeler, SPIN , 10 May 2022",
"But their resemblance is the only thing audience members will be able to see clearly in Rona Munro\u2019s crafty puzzle box of a play, which opened Friday in the Moxie Theatre space. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Darting across the same court his father graces for Lakers home game, Bronny finished with an efficient 19 points on seven-of-11 shooting from the field, a variety of deep looks and crafty finishes in transition. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 4 Dec. 2021",
"Maurice never really gets there, but this modest film \u2014 as crafty as its subject \u2014 comes close. \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"On his first two solo LPs, Styles\u2019 music \u2014 a crafty pastiche of crinkly dad-rock signifiers \u2014 also distinguished him from the likes of Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber and Timberlake. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"Kuminga can be a bit foul-prone against crafty scorers. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 May 2022",
"Jalen Brunson adds another potent element to their drive-and-dish game and is a crafty finisher inside. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What to drink Just one master cooper, a skilled craftsman who designs wine barrels, is based in the United States. \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 June 2022",
"Built in 1910, the residence features custom designer and craftsman details throughout with some high-tech fixtures, while the home's timeless charm is maintained. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"Dwight Womer is a craftsman and furniture repairman. \u2014 Lyndi Mcnulty, Baltimore Sun , 4 June 2022",
"The talented, young craftsman recently launched a raffle for one of his handmade bowls \u2014 etched with a blue and yellow ring, the colors of Ukraine's flag \u2014 to raise money for Ukrainian children. \u2014 Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"This guitar was made by world renowned, Irish guitar, craftsman , Michael O\u2019Leary, but factored into that 20,000 valuation or a number of other variables related to. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 11 Apr. 2022",
"And training is enhanced when a master craftsman \u2014 the Takumi \u2014 demonstrates the tricks of the trade. \u2014 Prasad Akella, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
"There, Rapha\u00ebl \u2014 a talented craftsman who works with wood \u2014 nestles into a tiny homey community and painfully tries to resume something like normal life, despite his harrowing losses. \u2014 Manohla Dargis, New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"His adviser, Eric Feron, remembered Bayraktar as a dedicated craftsman and an observant Muslim, with a passion for youth education. \u2014 The New Yorker , 9 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Country stores exist to provide the material essentials \u2014 eggs, toilet paper, bait and tackle, beer, and Ben & Jerry\u2019s \u2014 and the nonessentials \u2014 homemade mittens, carrot cake, cream soda , and artisanal bread flour. \u2014 Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Still, with more buttery biscuit and cream soda notes. \u2014 Gina Pace, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The little lollipops come in so many flavors, from cream soda to peach-mango to sour apple \u2014 and, best yet, Mystery Flavor\u2122, the wrapper imprinted with ebullient yellow question marks. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Some of the glass appeared to be from a broken bottle of cream soda . \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Doja Cat's new collaboration with Pepsi comes as the soda company announces their new, throwback Soda Shop flavors cream soda and black cherry and celebrates the 50th anniversary of Grease. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, PEOPLE.com , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Dreamsicle features vanilla vodka and housemade orange cream soda . \u2014 Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Twice Clarno comes to bat and smashes two banana cream soda cans into his mouth, and then snaps his bat like a toothpick over his knee. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 July 2021",
"The drink comes in three flavors: original, cherry and cream soda . \u2014 Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News , 12 Apr. 2021"
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"her intelligence and artistic creativity",
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"Jobs where human elements such as creativity , strategic thinking and empathy make all the difference. \u2014 Raf Peeters, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"The Sporkies finalists' dishes will be judged on appearance, presentation, creativity , originality and taste. \u2014 Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
"These five gatherings, whether intimate or outrageous, represent all that Pride stands for: Community, creativity , and fearlessness. \u2014 Ian Malone, Vogue , 27 June 2022",
"Consulate-General Los Angeles, brought together prominent Australians and Americans to celebrate and showcase Australian creativity , talent and strong partnership with the United States. \u2014 Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
"And leaders in the Biden-Harris administration are addressing them with resolve, creativity , and thoughtfulness. \u2014 Marcia Fudge, Essence , 17 June 2022",
"His approach to leadership, entrepreneurism, art and culture, public service, creativity , relentlessness, academia, integrity, and curiosity plus his love for Brooklyn inspire us. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"Her work ethic, creativity , and talent have made her one of the most respected professionals in her field. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"The creativity and the inventive qualities of that music, the way those types of people are searching for new ground, has been really compelling for the past five to 10 years. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 6 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Economists say that while refiners may see some temporary benefits, they\u2019re squeezed by the same forces that crush retail profit margins. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Still, almost all of the EU has refrained from an outright ban on Russian oil and natural gas that would likely crush the Russian economy. \u2014 Aamer Madhani, Josh Boak, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Junta forces seeking to crush opposition have killed more than 1,300 people, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners monitoring group. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Dec. 2021",
"So with the tweezers, apply steady and even pressure, but not too hard being careful not to crush it. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 31 May 2022",
"The crown jewel of Ole Miss football's 2021 recruiting class doesn't just crush quarterbacks. \u2014 Nick Suss, USA TODAY , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Then fold in butter, followed by \u00be cup raspberries, taking care not to crush berries. \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 15 Jan. 2022",
"Coaches are wired to push and develop players, not crush their dreams. \u2014 Dallas News , 1 Sep. 2021",
"Vaccination, even if readily available, won't crush the curve for months in places where there is explosive spread now. \u2014 Dr. Tom Frieden, CNN , 16 May 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Ayesha Harris plays Britt, another graphic designer who has a long-time crush on a colleague, leading to them matching and beginning a relationship that gets serious in more ways than one. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 30 June 2022",
"Staples developed a crush on Sam Cooke, who lived nearby, and routinely encountered the stars of the gospel world, including her role model, Mahalia Jackson. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"Rowan Blanchard stars as high schooler Paige, an aspiring artist and out lesbian with a massive crush on the beautiful and popular Gabby Campos (Isabella Ferreira). \u2014 Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 June 2022",
"The titular 12-year-old Sunny has heart surgery, grieves her mother and develops a crush on another girl. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"Marcia lives alone and has a painful crush on her surgeon, to the point of trailing him around London, hoping for a glimpse of him. \u2014 Sara Paretsky, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"Given her long-time love of Outlander (and her crush on Sam), maybe this meet-cute could be the start of something more? \u2014 Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
"It\u2019s about her early 1990s crush on former Vice President Al Gore, and how her plan to stalk him at a climate change summit in Istanbul, Turkey, was foiled by street protests and an unexpected love affair with her Turkish guide. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 June 2022",
"Despite Franklin having a new love in his life, there\u2019s no denying his childhood crush , Melody Wright, is a fan favorite. \u2014 Brande Victorian, Essence , 23 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For a bank or credit union , that was a no-go \u2014 period, end, full stop. \u2014 Peter Su, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
"In the city\u2019s Upper Albany neighborhood, for example, there is just one bank and a credit union . \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 12 June 2022",
"The program is available to full-time teachers in San Diego and Riverside counties, or credit union members teaching in California, who want to fund special learning opportunities for their students. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Apr. 2022",
"While banks do send texts to alert you of a matter, a bank or credit union isn't going to ask you for personal or financial information in a text message. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Woccu reported a total of 375,160,065 credit union members in 118 countries. \u2014 Seth Onyango, Quartz , 18 Jan. 2022",
"In a study commissioned by CO-OP Financial Services and conducted by EY in January and February of 2021, 30% of the 3,000 credit union members surveyed said their primary financial relationship (PFR) is with a fintech firm. \u2014 Samantha Paxson, Forbes , 25 May 2021",
"If another government agency, such as a regulator for a community bank or credit union , would be better able to help you, the CFPB forwards your message to them. \u2014 Nerd Wallet, oregonlive , 20 Apr. 2021",
"Banks, of Grosse Pointe, stepped down from the state Legislature in 2017 after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of falsifying documents to obtain a $3,000 loan from a metro Detroit credit union . \u2014 Christine Macdonald, Detroit Free Press , 31 May 2022"
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"Nicolas Ghesqui\u00e8re, the creative director for French fashion house Louis Vuitton, just bought one of the most stylish estates in L.A. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
"While that\u2019s not feasible for every situation, the idea here is to get creative . \u2014 Roger Boutin, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Eyeliner has always been one of the more popular makeup looks to get creative with\u2014and the new transparent eyeliner trend is proof. \u2014 Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour , 27 June 2022",
"Should an opportunity pop, the Blazers could get creative with their remaining chips. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 June 2022",
"Instead, Saunders had to get creative with small design interventions that would maximize the functionality of the small space. \u2014 Ann Abel, House Beautiful , 23 June 2022",
"The NBA Draft does not pause for teams that reach the Finals, so the Celtics\u2019 compact front office did not pause, either, even if it was forced to get slightly creative at times. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"Construction projects across the U.S. are running short on labor just as $1 trillion in federal infrastructure money starts to kick in, leading companies to get creative in their quest to attract and retain workers. \u2014 Julie Bykowicz, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"Workers have been leaving their jobs at a record pace, and employers have had to get creative to attract the best candidates. \u2014 Aaron Gregg, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
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"The culinary creative is the daughter of a Black-American father and a South Korean mother and says she was made in Korea, born in New York City, and raised in Atlanta. \u2014 Tiffani Rozier, Essence , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Ironically, as in many cases with successful brand, a Black creative was the prime protagonist to its success. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 3 Dec. 2021",
"London\u2019s international reach is important for Kershen Teo, a Singaporean creative who settled in the city after coming to study in his twenties. \u2014 Alexander Freeling, Robb Report , 22 Dec. 2021",
"These are some of the ways people have described Virgil Abloh after it was announced that the 41-year-old creative died on Sunday following a private two-year battle with cancer. \u2014 Irina Grechko, refinery29.com , 30 Nov. 2021",
"The professional creative , who was previously featured in Essence, brandished his collection of metal bracelets to reflect perseverance through the hard times of the pandemic and racial inequality. \u2014 Essence , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Each year, the award recognizes a creative who has excelled at their craft and made an outstanding contribution to cinema and entertainment. \u2014 Pat Saperstein, Variety , 2 Sep. 2021",
"In 2018, The 25-year-old creative became the first Black photographer to shoot a Vogue cover in its 125-year history, in which his subject was Beyonce. \u2014 Nandi Howard, Essence , 6 Nov. 2020",
"LADBible spoke with the 61-year-old, pink-haired creative , who owns Mary Rose\u2019s Gallery and Workshop in Gloucestershire, England. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 18 June 2020"
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"Without enough sulfur, bread has a harder crust and poor crumb structure \u2014 resulting in something more like a brick than a baguette. \u2014 Julie Ingwersen Reuters, Star Tribune , 1 Aug. 2020"
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"Marathon times are getting slower, says RunRepeat data cruncher Paul Ronto, and the correlation to climate change is clear. \u2014 Amanda Loudin, Outside Online , 15 Aug. 2019",
"As the campaign's top data cruncher , Oczkowski sat in front of a computer and performed real-time analysis of precinct data to stay ahead of state calls and to spot any trouble on the horizon. \u2014 Carol D. Leonnig And Philip Rucker Washington Post, Star Tribune , 13 July 2021",
"Unlike her Cook Political Report colleague, national editor Amy Walter (@amyewalter; 189,800 followers), is not a pollster or a number- cruncher . \u2014 Stuart Emmrich, Vogue , 1 Nov. 2020",
"Some number- crunchers had speculated the greater increase in Democratic voters stemmed from a contested presidential primary, while Trump is unopposed. \u2014 Darrel Rowland, Cincinnati.com , 21 Apr. 2020",
"Marroquin\u2019s group is fully funded by UPMC and is embedded within its clinical network, eliminating the distractions of vying for outside research grants common among data crunchers in rival hospital systems. \u2014 Scientific American , 24 Mar. 2020",
"Is non-disease news: The number of cars per people in the US is still down slightly since 2006, according to the data- crunchers at Sivak Applied Research. \u2014 Aarian Marshall, Wired , 15 Mar. 2020",
"London\u2019s financial industry would be lost without number- crunchers from Italy, India and Indiana. \u2014 The Economist , 14 Nov. 2019",
"CricViz\u2019s number- crunchers have found some evidence for the first two theories. \u2014 M.j., The Economist , 18 July 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On offer, therefore, are: heart rate variability testing, platelet-rich plasma (PRP therapy), nutrient IV therapy, cryotherapy , ozone therapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. \u2014 Angelina Villa-clarke, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Best Ice Bring cryotherapy , the anti-aging treatment said to depuff, plump, and boost cell rejuvenation and collagen, to your at-home spa day with this set of two 18-karat gold plated wands by celebrity facialist Angela Caglia. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 24 May 2022",
"My first dive into cryotherapy was not in an ice bath. \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022",
"On top of all that napping, William tries hydrotherapy, switching between hot and cold water to improve blood flow, and cryotherapy . \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 15 May 2022",
"Aesthetician Joanna Czech\u2019s coveted custom treatments incorporate a combination of ultrasound, microcurrent, radio frequency, cryotherapy and LED therapy. \u2014 Claire Coghlan, Variety , 25 Mar. 2022",
"An in-spa cryotherapy body treatment is always the best way to jumpstart another year in wellness. \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022",
"In a city which lacks a top-notch gym, the bank\u2019s vault will have cutting edge treatments including cryotherapy . \u2014 Sarah Turner, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"In addition to cryotherapy , Ronaldo is a big fan of using massage guns to aid muscle recovery. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 5 Feb. 2022"
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"Magic words and letters play their part in these dogmas of demonology, which dip far down into the glooming depths of human credulity . \u2014 Robert Shackleton, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"That happens only when Rahimi sets a trap for him that\u2019s all-too easily executed and strains credulity , as do a few other aspects of the plot. \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022",
"Yet, his rendition of heteroflexibility in Vietnam-era New England has a guilelessness that strains credulity . \u2014 New York Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Or who seem to rely exclusively on their hearing daughter and sister to a degree that strains credulity in a story that, as many have noted, seems to ignore the provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
"On the page, the story stretched the bounds of credulity and even taste\u2014the young couple\u2019s conflict culminates in a controversial scene in which the Daphne tries to impregnate herself without the Hastings\u2019 consent. \u2014 Eliana Dockterman, Time , 24 Mar. 2022",
"So sure, Reacher might strain credulity , especially when Hollywood could find no more likely actor to play him than the tiny if feisty Tom Cruise. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The cultish devotion among Otsuka\u2019s swimmers sometimes strains credulity . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Such a suspect explanation strains credulity , since it is so far removed from anything even remotely close to the complete, unvarnished truth. \u2014 Steven Tian, Fortune , 7 Feb. 2022"
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"Rotunno was joined by Damon Cheronis, a law-school classmate and an accomplished criminal lawyer . \u2014 Ken Auletta, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"Better Call Saul, a prequel to Breaking Bad, has followed Odenkirk\u2019s Jimmy McGill on his journey from small-time attorney to the powerful criminal lawyer known as Saul Goodman, who goes on to represent Bryan Cranston\u2019s Walter White. \u2014 Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 Apr. 2022",
"One of Broadway's longest-running shows, the musical focuses on the story of 1920s housewife and dancer Roxie Hart who murders her lover and attempts to avoid going to jail by hiring a slick criminal lawyer . \u2014 Andrea Towers, EW.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Bowman is charged with a felony account of resisting arrest with force or violence and a misdemeanor for simple battery on a police officer, his criminal lawyer , Keith Whiddon, said. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Aug. 2021",
"Soon after, Foppoli hired a criminal lawyer , Vaghti of Santa Rosa. \u2014 Alexandria Bordas, Cynthia Dizikes, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 May 2021",
"But attorney Linda Bernard \u2014 a civil and criminal lawyer who has argued cases in the U.S. Supreme Court and is a member of the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners \u2014 disagreed. \u2014 Omar Abdel-baqui, Detroit Free Press , 19 Feb. 2021",
"Chris Cox, who is currently executive assistant Jefferson Parish district attorney, and Pat Rooney, a civil and criminal lawyer , are running for the Div. \u2014 Chad Calder, NOLA.com , 12 Aug. 2020",
"Turndorf is one of a handful of criminal lawyers who have defended a client charged under the seldom used law. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Sep. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There\u2019s a famous statue by Rodin, which shows the soul of a young woman striving to break free of the flesh of an old crone . \u2014 Richard A. Lovett, Outside Online , 1 Sep. 2021",
"Dana\u00eb\u2019s prison guard, an old crone , tries to catch the god\u2019s golden sperm in her apron. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Aug. 2021",
"In the comics, Agatha Harkness is often depicted as a classic old crone type of witch. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Mar. 2021",
"The surprisingly hilarious script gives great material to Angela Lansbury as a boozy romance writer, Maggie Smith as a sadistic nurse and Bette Davis as a vicious crone . \u2014 Staff Reports Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 8 Oct. 2020",
"The couple has since added to this touching scene, upping the ante by including a glowing gargoyle, a vintage hearse with a beheading theme, a crone cradling a precociously horrifying popeyed infant. \u2014 Kevin Conley, Town & Country , 31 Oct. 2014",
"The rest of the plot is driven by a shadowy cabal of feminist vigilantes who, among other things, target and assassinate rapists while dressed as crones . \u2014 Sonia Saraiya, HWD , 5 June 2018",
"Billy\u2019s boss, the vulgar and mercenary crone Mrs. Mullin (Margaret Colin), couldn\u2019t give two figs for the happiness her joy machine gives to the community: her eyes are on the green, and on Billy. \u2014 Junot D\u00edaz, The New Yorker , 17 Apr. 2018",
"But things got a bit mystical with Margaret (guest star Cherry Jones), the crone in the stone house the Mayor visits to get permission to open a bridge to let the marathon runners pass. \u2014 Kristi Turnquist, OregonLive.com , 22 Mar. 2018"
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"Middle English, a term of abuse, from Anglo-French caroine, charoine dead flesh \u2014 more at carrion":""
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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": a musical canon (see canon entry 1 sense 6 ) in which the comes (see comes entry 2 sense 4 ) is a retrograde version of the dux":[]
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"\u02c8kript"
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"Noun",
"the old church's crypt is the final resting place for the president and his beloved wife",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Most of the private crypt rooms in the mausoleum are closed to the public and open only to family, but the Rae descendants allow this special room to be opened once a year. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
"But a staff member failed to check records that would have differentiated the veterans before burying the woman in a crypt with the wrong veteran. \u2014 Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online , 12 June 2022",
"In 1992, Hefner purchased the crypt next to Monroe\u2019s for $75,000. \u2014 Vogue , 1 June 2022",
"The critical job involves caring for and maintaining the parish buildings and equipment, including an 18th-century clock, the 75-piece chandeliers and the crypt where more than 1,100 people have been laid to rest. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
"Robertson was photographed making an obscene gesture in front of a statute of John Stark in the Capitol's crypt , prosecutors said. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 19 Mar. 2022",
"One of her first tasks will be managing a major renovation and restoration of the crypt . \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
"Robertson was photographed making an obscene gesture in front of a statute of John Stark in the Capitol's crypt , prosecutors said. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Robertson was photographed making an obscene gesture in front of a statute of John Stark in the Capitol's crypt , prosecutors said. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 19 Mar. 2022"
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"borrowed from Latin crypta, crupta \"covered passage, underground room,\" borrowed from Greek krypt\u1e17 \"underground room,\" noun derivative from feminine of krypt\u00f3s \"hidden, secret,\" verbal adjective of kr\u00fdptein \"to hide, conceal,\" of uncertain origin":"Noun",
"combining form from Greek krypt\u00f3s \"hidden, secret\" \u2014 more at crypt":"Combining form"
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": the engine on a power shovel that forces the dipper into the material":[]
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"\u2014 O. W. Holmes \u20201894"
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"kri\u02c8sp\u0101sh\u0259n"
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": to lie down and be carried over the top of a crowd (as at a rock concert) with one's weight supported by the people in the crowd":[
"Lemon lifted her arms, launched herself at the crowd gathered around the stage, and crowd-surfed . As Blue slid down to the stage, Jules launched herself after Lemon.",
"\u2014 Jude Watson",
"And I'm passed overhead, hand to hand, crowd surfing toward the door. I'm floating. I'm flying.",
"\u2014 Chuck Palahniuk"
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"first_known_use":{
"1991, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the oozing of blood from a corpse after incision or according to superstitious belief in the presence of the murderer":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"-\u00fc\u0259n-",
"\u02cckr\u00fc\u02ccen\u2027\u02c8t\u0101sh\u0259n"
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"Late Latin cruentation-, cruentatio staining with blood, from Latin cruentatus (past participle of cruentare to make bloody, from cruentus bloody) + -ion-, -io -ion; akin to Latin cruor blood":""
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"noun"
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": one who follows a creed":[]
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"\u02c8kr\u0113dzm\u0259n"
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"Latin noun phrase"
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"definitions":{
": ordeal of critics : a difficult problem for critics":[]
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"\u02c8kru\u0307ks-\u02cckri-ti-\u02c8k\u022fr-u\u0307m"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163431"
},
"criminalistic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": tending to criminality":[]
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"-mn\u0259\u00a6li-",
"\u00a6krim\u0259n\u1d4al\u00a6istik"
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"first_known_use":{
"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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": not having cream":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220506"
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": earthenware":[]
},
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"\u02c8kr\u00e4-k(\u0259-)r\u0113",
"\u02c8kr\u00e4-k\u0259-r\u0113"
],
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"earthenware",
"pottery",
"stoneware"
],
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"examples":[
"a display of beautifully hand-painted crockery on the kitchen countertop",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fourteen West Bengali artists spent nearly a month painting jungle foliage in the style of Henri Rousseau on the walls, only to have those walls covered in countless pieces of art, artifacts and crockery . \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"The store carried hardware, agricultural implements, glass, paint, kitchen appliances, crockery , groceries, meats, clothing, footwear, jewelry, books, and religious articles among other items. \u2014 cleveland , 4 June 2022",
"There are still do not disturb signs, menus, folders of guest information, time sheets, crockery , and all sorts of other things among the debris. \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Dishes from conceptual tasting menus are served in custom red crockery . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Just as impressive is the list of one-of-a-kind accessories, which include dashboard clocks made by Bovet (more on those below), a champagne cooler, a unique crockery set by Christofle of Paris and a matching parasol. \u2014 Sean Evans, Robb Report , 8 Feb. 2022",
"This invisible barrier between actor and character only comes down when a bearlike Peter is bellowing and hurling crockery . \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Connoisseurs of crockery and tableware might even have likened the sight to a setting of Wedgwood china, with a bit of morning breeze constantly rearranging the pattern. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Dec. 2021",
"The picnic banquet for ten, designed by The Federicas in collaboration with Hesteria Floristeria, took place at a table designed in shades of blue contrasted with mustards, pinks, and old clay crockery . \u2014 Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR , 26 Oct. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1715, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a woman who practices a trade or handicraft as a job":[
"The \u2026 program employs craftsmen and craftswomen who might otherwise be out of work in the current economy. Crews install energy-efficient lighting, fix plumbing problems to conserve water and check for possible electrical hazards.",
"\u2014 Units"
],
": a woman who is skilled in a craft (see craft entry 1 sense 2a )":[
"\u2026 a philosophical treatise on food offered by \u2026 a true culinary craftswoman .",
"\u2014 Heather Weber"
]
},
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"\u02c8kraf(t)s-\u02ccwu\u0307-m\u0259n"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fun fact: each hammock has the craftswoman \u2019s name on the tag, which will make your dad feel like it was made just for him. \u2014 Wendy Altschuler, Forbes , 11 June 2021",
"The craftswoman \u2019s background in design, leadership development, business strategy and sales is supplemented by her studies at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School and Massachusetts College of Art and Design. \u2014 Gia Yetikyel, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Apr. 2021",
"On the photography side, however, Gulick proves herself not just a fine craftswoman , but a varied one as well. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Jan. 2020",
"An adjacent wall holds two embroidered world maps, their political territories marked by national flags, commissioned from Afghani craftswomen by the Italian artist Alighiero Boetti. \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 13 July 2019",
"The Te\u00e7ume craftswomen live in an area of the Amazon along the Tupana and Igap\u00f3-A\u00e7u rivers that is still relatively untouched by deforestation. \u2014 Chioma Nnadi, Vogue , 11 Sep. 2018",
"The bag is made in Portugal by craftswomen following the ancient technique of weaving reed by hand. \u2014 Minna Shim, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 July 2017",
"With help from fair trade nonprofit Global Goods Partners, proceeds from items purchased on the site will help the craftswomen care for their families and send their children to school. \u2014 Lauren Le Vine, Redbook , 21 Nov. 2013",
"All of the collection\u2019s brightly colored reed bags are handmade by craftswomen in Portugal and are decorated with porcelain talisman charms that are also handmade in Galicia, Spain, where Alvarez is from originally. \u2014 Brooke Bobb, Vogue , 26 Mar. 2018"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1568, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234820"
},
"cross-interrogatory":{
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"noun"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002656"
},
"Crataegus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of usually thorny shrubs and small trees (family Rosaceae) having usually stipulate leaves, an inferior ovary, and mature carpels that are hard and bony with a pulpy fruit \u2014 see hawthorn":[]
},
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"kr\u0259\u02c8t\u0113g\u0259s"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek krataigos , probably from kratos strength + -aigos (akin to Greek aigil\u014dps Turkey oak)":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042255"
}
}
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