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{
"Fulfulde":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": fulani":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"fu\u0307l\u02c8fu\u0307ld\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045528"
},
"fud":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an old-fashioned, unimaginative, or pompous person : fuddy-duddy":[
"\u2026 he thinks the old man is a plodder\u2014a fud who never had the nerve to go anywhere or do anything.",
"\u2014 Pauline Kael",
"\u2026 a public figure whose private, one-on-one or small-group personality was \u2026 startlingly different from the fud that is projected on television.",
"\u2014 Meg Greenfield",
"She greeted Pug with just enough deference to acknowledge that he was Warren's father, and just enough sparkle to hint that he was no old fud for all that, but an attractive man himself.",
"\u2014 Herman Wouk"
],
"fear, uncertainty, doubt":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[
"antediluvian",
"Colonel Blimp",
"dodo",
"fogy",
"fogey",
"fossil",
"fuddy-duddy",
"mossback",
"reactionary",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"stuffed shirt"
],
"antonyms":[
"hipster",
"modern",
"trendy"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a stagnant company that has been run by some old fuds for far too long",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"On Telegram accounts, repeat fud spreaders are booted out. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1913, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011940"
},
"fuddle":{
"type":"verb",
"definitions":[
"booze , tipple",
"to make drunk intoxicate",
"to make confused muddle"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8f\u0259-d\u1d4al",
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"baffle",
"bamboozle",
"beat",
"befog",
"befuddle",
"bemuse",
"bewilder",
"buffalo",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discombobulate",
"disorient",
"flummox",
"fox",
"get",
"gravel",
"maze",
"muddle",
"muddy",
"mystify",
"perplex",
"pose",
"puzzle",
"vex"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the hotel staff is completely fuddled by the guest's request for a dozen pillows"
],
"history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
"first_known_use":[
"1588, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162327"
},
"fudge":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to devise as a substitute : fake":[],
": falsify":[
"fudged the figures"
],
": to fail to come to grips with : dodge":[
"fudged the issue"
],
": to fail to perform as expected":[],
": to avoid commitment : hedge":[
"the government's tendency to fudge on delicate matters of policy",
"\u2014 Claire Sterling"
],
": foolish nonsense":[
"\u2014 often used interjectionally to express annoyance, disappointment, or disbelief"
],
": a soft creamy candy made typically of sugar, milk, butter, and flavoring":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259j"
],
"synonyms":[
"equivocate",
"hedge",
"pussyfoot",
"tergiversate",
"waffle",
"weasel"
],
"antonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"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"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Politicians have been known to fudge the issues.",
"The treasurer fudged the figures.",
"It was later discovered that the researchers had fudged their data.",
"Noun",
"We bought three kinds of fudge .",
"His response to these charges has been a series of denials and fudges .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Don\u2019t fudge your college major or minor, any of your certifications or degrees, or relevant work experience. \u2014 Fortune , 1 June 2022",
"When former state health department employee Rebekah Jones claimed she was fired for refusing to fudge state Covid data to support the state\u2019s reopening in spring 2020, national and local media outlets reported her allegations as fact. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
"The complexity of food and consumers\u2019 bandwidth for information prompts most brands to fudge the facts with ambiguity and toothless terminology. \u2014 Erik Oberholtzer, Rolling Stone , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Perhaps the White House will try to fudge the issue or water down the proposal, but its basic stance is untenable and shows. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
"There were fewer new drugs approved because researchers could no longer fudge the data. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Alternately, perhaps some future Treasury Secretary will persuade Europeans (and other governments) to fudge their interpretations of their own laws to suit political reality in Washington. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Acosta-C\u00f3rdova views the air quality ordinance as essentially theater, the environmental impact assessments as work companies can fudge to deflect community criticism. \u2014 Talia Soglin, chicagotribune.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
"History has taught us that people don\u2019t typically fudge numbers unless there are compelling reasons\u2013and there are plenty of compelling reasons to misstate ESG efforts. \u2014 Fortune , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The literary equivalent of a hot fudge sundae for me would be dishy books about Hollywood. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022",
"Somewhat wild aromas with dark fudge and green grass. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"Egly said the zingers, doughnuts topped with raspberry jelly and coconut cream filling, and tiger tails, doughnuts rolled with chocolate fudge to look like a tiger's tail, are particularly popular. \u2014 Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal , 11 Nov. 2021",
"The Litchfield Candy Company has some fun with its fudge flavors. \u2014 Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant , 16 June 2022",
"One readers likely recommended for the kids menu including a pork or beef BBQ plate, or the homemade desserts like lemon ice box pie, chocolate fudge pie, banana pudding and peanut butter pie. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
"At some point in January between pints of chocolate chip cookie dough and double fudge swirl, Uiagalelei decided enough was enough. \u2014 Todd Shanesy, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"In 1960, Callewaert and Ryba opened their first fudge operation in a storefront on Mackinac Island. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 10 May 2022",
"Among them are, per CNN: Fudgeamentals of Melville, New York, is recalling fudge made with Jif. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 27 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1674, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1766, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220339"
},
"fugacious":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": lasting a short time : evanescent":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"fy\u00fc-\u02c8g\u0101-sh\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"brief",
"deciduous",
"ephemeral",
"evanescent",
"flash",
"fleeting",
"fugitive",
"impermanent",
"momentary",
"passing",
"short-lived",
"temporary",
"transient",
"transitory"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"dateless",
"deathless",
"endless",
"enduring",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"lasting",
"long-lived",
"permanent",
"perpetual",
"timeless",
"undying",
"unending"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"savor the fugacious pleasures of life as intensely as the more enduring ones"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin fugac-, fugax , from fugere":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1634, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200324"
},
"fugitive":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"running away or intending flight",
"moving from place to place wandering",
"being of short duration",
"difficult to grasp or retain elusive",
"likely to evaporate, deteriorate, change, fade, or disappear",
"being of transient (see transient entry 1 sense 1 ) interest",
"a person who flees or tries to escape such as",
"a person who flees a country or location to escape danger (such as war) or persecution refugee",
"a person (such as a suspect, witness, or defendant) involved in a criminal case who tries to elude law enforcement especially by fleeing the jurisdiction",
"something elusive or hard to find",
"running away or trying to escape",
"a person who is running away",
"tending to be inconstant or transient",
"a person who flees",
"a person who flees one jurisdiction (as a state) for another in order to elude law enforcement personnel"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8fy\u00fc-j\u0259-tiv",
"synonyms":[
"elusive",
"evasive",
"slippery"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"As he daydreamed, fugitive thoughts passed through his mind.",
"that fugitive trait called artistic creativity",
"Noun",
"They discovered that he was a fugitive of the law.",
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"One woman is a fugitive freedom fighter, the other an outcast bounty hunter. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 13 June 2022",
"Lincoln was also literally saying that if the slave states remained in the Union, the northern states would return their fugitive slaves. \u2014 James Oakes, The New York Review of Books , 12 May 2022",
"The suspect eluded capture until March, when the APD fugitive unit along with federal officers located him in East Point. \u2014 Alexis Stevens, ajc , 8 June 2022",
"Bertucci failed to appear in court on May 13 and was arrested Monday in Addison by a fugitive apprehension team. \u2014 Stephanie Casanova, Chicago Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Inexhaustibly surprising smears, blotches, fugitive lines, and incomplete patterns feel less applied than turned loose, to tell enigmatic stories of their own. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"Since Tubman herself was a fugitive slave, few details about her activities in Cape May are known, but her mark was substantial. \u2014 Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 June 2022",
"This is one of the ways in which AR enables fugitive identification and tracking. \u2014 Naveen Joshi, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Two years after California entered the U.S. as a free state, legislators passed a fugitive slave law that allowed for the capture and deportation of men and women fleeing enslavement. \u2014 P.r. Lockhart, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"During his time as a fugitive , Taddeo dropped 70 pounds and grew a beard to hide his identity. \u2014 al , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Fleeing before he could be arrested, Dibee had spent years as a fugitive in Syria, Russia and Mexico, until he was picked up passing through Havana. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"On Vanuatu, which boasts verdant volcanic landscapes and turquoise waters, Philbrick lived a life many an international fugitive would envy. \u2014 Victoria Bekiempis, Rolling Stone , 23 May 2022",
"Wengui fled China in 2014 and is viewed as a fugitive by the PRC. \u2014 Ali Dukakis, ABC News , 19 May 2022",
"At a news conference Wednesday morning, Blodgett said McClendon was arrested in Alabama on Tuesday night and charged as a fugitive of justice. \u2014 CBS News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"As time passed without any leads on their whereabouts, investigators released images of the jailer and the fugitive to highlight their stark height difference. \u2014 Faith Karimi, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"The search was on for a hulking fugitive , a jailer and their orange car. \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022",
"The search was on for a hulking fugitive , a jailer and their orange car. \u2014 Michael Balsamo, Anchorage Daily News , 11 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162359"
},
"fulfil":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to put into effect : execute",
": to meet the requirements of (a business order)",
": to measure up to : satisfy",
": to bring to an end",
": to develop the full potentialities of",
": to convert into reality",
": to make full : fill",
": to make real",
": satisfy sense 4"
],
"pronounciation":[
"fu\u0307(l)-\u02c8fil",
"also"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"complete",
"comply (with)",
"fill",
"keep",
"meet",
"redeem",
"satisfy"
],
"antonyms":[
"breach",
"break",
"transgress",
"violate"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Alongside its recommendation on Friday, the commission set a list of conditions for Ukraine to fulfill before the EU can consider opening accession negotiations with Kyiv, something that appears unlikely before next year at the earliest. \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Even after that project was finished, the CHA still needed to build 1,773 more units, including 469 for public housing residents, to fulfill its commitments. \u2014 Nick Blumberg, ProPublica , 14 June 2022",
"From the article: Executives remain committed to securing land in the right locations to fulfill founder Jeff Bezos\u2019 vision of making an online purchase as instantly gratifying as a trip to the store. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"To fulfill its guarantee, each bottle is made up of extra overages, is handled with care, and is tested for efficacy. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"On one hand, humans want social robots to be human enough in appearance and behavior to fulfill our relationship needs. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 June 2022",
"The team took advantage of the adaptability of plant cells in a way that calls to mind how stem cells change form to fulfill specific functions. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 9 June 2022",
"As part of the legendary, highly personalized service of The Ritz-Carlton, and inspired by the ancient royal customs of the Maldivian royal courts, each room is assigned an \u2018Aris Meeha\u2018 or island butler to fulfill a guest\u2019s every wish. \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 4 June 2022",
"Winner is responsible for selecting their correct tire size and providing any information needed to fulfill this portion of the prize. \u2014 Outside Online , 3 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English fulfillen , from Old English fullfyllan , from full + fyllan to fill",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174551"
},
"fulgent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": dazzlingly bright : radiant"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fu\u0307l-j\u0259nt",
"\u02c8f\u0259l-"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaming",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"candescent",
"clear",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"lustrous",
"radiant",
"refulgent",
"sheeny",
"shining",
"shiny",
"splendid"
],
"antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"lackluster",
"unbright",
"unbrilliant"
],
"examples":[
"a fulgent sun peeked from behind the clouds"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin fulgent-, fulgens , present participle of fulg\u0113re to shine; akin to Latin flagrare to burn \u2014 more at black entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185304"
},
"fuliginous":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": sooty":[],
": obscure , murky":[],
": having a dark or dusky color":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"fyu\u0307-\u02c8li-j\u0259-n\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"arcane",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"deep",
"Delphic",
"double-edged",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"inscrutable",
"murky",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"occult",
"opaque"
],
"antonyms":[
"accessible",
"clear",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"plain",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a fuliginous prose style that's not exactly ideal for writing for the mass media"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Late Latin f\u016bl\u012bgin\u014dsus \"covered with soot,\" from Latin f\u016bl\u012bgin-, f\u016bl\u012bg\u014d \"soot\" + -\u014dsus -ous ; f\u016bl\u012bg\u014d, from f\u016bl\u012b- (going back to Indo-European *d h uh 2 -li- \"smoke, dust,\" whence also Sanskrit dh\u016bli- \"dust,\" Lithuanian d\u016b\u0301lis \"mist, dust from tree rot used to drive out bees\") + -gin-, -g\u014d, suffix denoting something coating or enveloping, usually undesirable, as r\u014db\u012bg\u014d \"rust,\" mell\u012bg\u014d \"bee glue\"":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061755"
},
"full":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": containing as much or as many as is possible or normal":[
"a full hamper",
"\u2014 often used with of a bin full of corn"
],
": complete especially in detail, number, or duration":[
"a full report",
"gone a full hour",
"my full share"
],
": lacking restraint, check, or qualification":[
"full retreat",
"full support"
],
": having all distinguishing characteristics : enjoying all authorized rights and privileges":[
"full member",
"full professor"
],
": not lacking in any essential : perfect":[
"in full control of your senses"
],
": completely occupied by runners":[
"came to bat with the bases full"
],
": having three balls and two strikes":[
"a full count"
],
": being at the highest or greatest degree : maximum":[
"full speed",
"full strength"
],
": being at the height of development":[
"full bloom"
],
": being a full moon : completely illuminated":[
"the moon is full tonight"
],
": rounded in outline":[
"a full figure"
],
": possessing or containing a great number or amount":[
"\u2014 used with of a room full of pictures full of hope"
],
": having an abundance of material especially in the form of gathered, pleated, or flared parts":[
"a full skirt"
],
": rich in experience":[
"a full life"
],
": satisfied especially with food or drink":[
"He was full after eating the large supper."
],
": large enough to satisfy":[
"a full meal"
],
": completely weary":[],
": having both parents in common":[
"full sisters"
],
": having volume or depth of sound":[
"full tones"
],
": completely occupied especially with a thought or plan":[
"full of his own concerns"
],
": possessing a rich or pronounced quality":[
"a food of full flavor"
],
": not to be believed":[],
": very , extremely":[
"knew full well they had lied to me"
],
": entirely":[
"swung full around",
"\u2014 Morley Callaghan"
],
": straight , squarely":[
"got hit full in the face"
],
": the highest or fullest state or degree":[
"the full of the moon"
],
": the utmost extent":[
"enjoy to the full"
],
": to the requisite or complete amount":[
"paid in full"
],
": to the fullest extent : completely":[
"read the book in full"
],
": to become full":[],
": to make full in sewing":[],
": to shrink and thicken (woolen cloth) by moistening, heating, and pressing":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"also \u02c8f\u0259l",
"\u02c8fu\u0307l"
],
"synonyms":[
"brimful",
"brimming",
"bursting",
"chockablock",
"chock-full",
"chockful",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"filled",
"jammed",
"jam-packed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"stuffed"
],
"antonyms":[
"all",
"all of",
"all over",
"altogether",
"clean",
"completely",
"dead",
"enough",
"entire",
"entirely",
"even",
"exactly",
"fast",
"flat",
"fully",
"heartily",
"out",
"perfectly",
"plumb",
"quite",
"soundly",
"thoroughly",
"through and through",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"wide"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for full Adjective full , complete , plenary , replete mean containing all that is wanted or needed or possible. full implies the presence or inclusion of everything that is wanted or required by something or that can be held, contained, or attained by it. a full schedule complete applies when all that is needed is present. a complete picture of the situation plenary adds to complete the implication of fullness without qualification. given plenary power replete implies being filled to the brim or to satiety. replete with delightful details",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The plane was carrying a full load of passengers.",
"The theater was full to capacity.",
"We bought a full set of dishes.",
"They waited for three full months.",
"He has a full array of stereo equipment.",
"The soldiers were wearing full combat gear.",
"This will be his first full season with the team.",
"His theories have not yet found full acceptance.",
"I hope that you'll give us your fullest cooperation.",
"Please give me your full attention.",
"Adverb",
"The cup was filled full to the brim.",
"The ball hit him full in the chest.",
"He kissed her full on the lips.",
"Noun",
"the account is now paid in full",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"This frank, poetic visual approach works especially well when the actors take flight on their artfully awkward monologues, full of hesitations and repetitions. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"Others are simply united in determination that living and loving to the full are more important than ever in the face of so much death and destruction. \u2014 Hanna Arhirova, ajc , 26 June 2022",
"The legendary music mogul was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 BET Music Awards, featuring an all-star tribute full of the Hip-Hop pioneer\u2019s long list of collaborators and Bad Boy artists. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 26 June 2022",
"The reaction to the Supreme Court\u2019s reversal of Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health has been predictably vitriolic and often full of distortions. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 26 June 2022",
"More than a thousand men turned up for lunch, set out in a square of large tents full of small tables on the edge of town. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022",
"Video posted by Colombia's President-elect Gustavo Petro shows a stand full of spectators collapsing as people run from the area. \u2014 Stefano Pozzebon, CNN , 26 June 2022",
"Johnson went through a year full of change, having switched teams to Union Athletics Club in Portland and gone through the recovery process following a stress fracture in her hip. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 June 2022",
"Southington home, there is an open bin full of trash. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 24 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"All sizes will be available, including twins from $99, fulls ($149), queens ($199) and kings ($299). \u2014 Don Maines, Houston Chronicle , 27 Feb. 2020",
"When in their feeding grounds, a gray whale typically eats about 1.3 tons of food \u2014 mouth- fulls of crustaceans, worms, shrimp and small, schooling fish \u2014 per day, according to researchers. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 25 Jan. 2020",
"The idea of the world's greatest young talent moving to Bayern and playing under Pep Guardiola back in 2013 was one full of promise, but never was a fruitful situation in reality. \u2014 SI.com , 16 Oct. 2019",
"My mother was crabbing at the end of the pier, dropping her steel net full of chicken guts Into the murky water, shimmering in July heat. \u2014 T. R. Hummer, The New Yorker , 28 Oct. 2019",
"The Voyager probe of course famously bore a plaque that depicted our location in the galaxy as well as a golden record full of music and sounds from Earth. \u2014 Shannon Stirone, Wired , 4 Oct. 2019",
"Scoring hat fulls of goals in quick succession might fill up most of Lewandowski's bitesize highlight reels, but the Poland international has actually been one of the most consistent goalscorers in recent years. \u2014 SI.com , 27 Sep. 2019",
"Isabel is a beautiful full of heart and love young women. \u2014 Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping , 9 Sep. 2019",
"Meanwhile, their families have been arriving in waves, but their reunions, fulls of tears, have so far only been allowed through a window. \u2014 Anna Werner, CBS News , 11 July 2018"
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"the unsuspecting parents arrived home to find the stereo going full blast and the kitchen a mess",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Turn on the cold water full blast when rinsing off your deep conditioner. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"In Beverlywood, the sprinklers at one house on Hillsboro Avenue were running at full blast , sending water streaming down the sidewalks and into the street, even though Wednesdays are now, technically, non-watering days. \u2014 Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"Turn your faucet to full blast and flush skin for several minutes, and don\u2019t clean it with anything other than mild soap. \u2014 Aliese Willard Muhonen, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
"Colombian actress Maria Clara Ospina plays Carmela in an open, engaging manner, with every emotion dialed up to full blast , which suits the ages of both the character and the audience. \u2014 Emily Mcclanathan, Chicago Tribune , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The imperative of the streaming boom is to turn the content spigot to full blast , but that makes content seem forgettable and cheap. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Dec. 2021",
"My bedroom bulbs are set to gradually start brightening from 8:00 AM to full blast by 8:30 AM. \u2014 Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics , 15 Oct. 2021",
"In a prior test, our car consumed about 26 percent more energy traveling at 70 mph with the heat on full blast and all five seat heaters on than with the climate control switched off. \u2014 Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver , 28 Apr. 2022",
"In gyms where the AC is on full blast , or for outdoor workouts on cooler days, this long-sleeve t-shirt will have your back. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 20 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"On Sunday, San Francisco Police Chief William Scott, in full dress uniform, passed out small rainbow pride flags to spectators. \u2014 Bobby Caina Calvan, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
"On Sunday, San Francisco Police Chief William Scott, in full dress uniform, passed out small rainbow pride flags to spectators. \u2014 Bobby Caina Calvan, Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
"On Sunday, San Francisco Police Chief William Scott, in full dress uniform, passed out small rainbow pride flags to spectators. \u2014 Bobby Caina Calvan, Chicago Tribune , 26 June 2022",
"On Sunday, San Francisco Police Chief William Scott, in full dress uniform, passed out small rainbow pride flags to spectators. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
"The native of Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, was invited to an Olympic youth camp in Beijing, which included a chance to see the opening ceremony in a full dress rehearsal. \u2014 James T. Areddy, WSJ , 5 Feb. 2022",
"That final look includes lace, soft tulle, and eyelash trim from 100% recycled materials and a lining with 80%, totaling 96% for the full dress . \u2014 Stephanie Cain, Fortune , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The Sixth Circuit is looking at a full dress Tax Court opinion on the validity of the regulations - Oakbrook Land Holdings. \u2014 Peter J Reilly, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Then the photographs, so many photographs: Leroy in a tux, Leroy in camo, Leroy in full dress uniform, Leroy holding his newborn daughter Aalexis, his big body curled over her tiny, swaddled form. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Sep. 2021"
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"From J\u2019ouvert in Brooklyn to Caribana in Toronto and Notting Hill in London, Carnival has come to be a full tilt joy fest of renewal, resistance and remembering for Caribbean immigrants. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Feb. 2021",
"The vessel is expected to reach around 13 knots at full tilt and can cover up to 3,500 nautical miles when traveling at a cruising speed of 10 knots, according to Perini Navi. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 10 June 2022",
"To make that happen, Amazon hires hundreds of thousands of additional workers, both full-time employees and contractors, and runs its operations at full tilt . \u2014 New York Times , 12 Dec. 2021",
"There was as much soul as punk \u2014 and a bit of jazz \u2014 in Lightmare\u2019s style, and the band sounded as good at half speed as full tilt . \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Nov. 2021",
"Defensive back Patrick McMorris lunging full tilt to run down a Bronco spying open grass. \u2014 Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Nov. 2021",
"And Hoffman, aware of the burdens her character carries, is a strong match for Phoenix in the part \u2014 at first tentative, then full tilt open. \u2014 Angelica Jade Basti\u00e9n, Vulture , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Coal power plants are running at full tilt in parts of Europe and enjoying a rare bout of massive profitability, a setback to efforts to cut carbon emissions. \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 17 Nov. 2021",
"For thrill seekers, there will also be a high-speed foiling option with an electric drive that allows the vessel to reach more than 40 knots full tilt . \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 11 Oct. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In its broader travel guidance, the CDC has recommended avoiding all international travel until you are fully vaccinated. \u2014 CNN , 21 June 2022",
"Virginia Pitzer, an epidemiologist at the Yale School of Public Health, said that shift stemmed in part from a growing share of cases occurring in people who were fully vaccinated, previously infected or both. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
"Mehrbrodt is looking forward to traveling, playdates with cousins and just feeling less worried, once her kids are fully vaccinated. \u2014 Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"There have been 1,619,587 people who've been fully vaccinated in the state. \u2014 Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online , 20 June 2022",
"Virginia Pitzer, a researcher at the Yale School of Public Health, said that shift stemmed in part from a growing share of cases occurring in people who were fully vaccinated, previously infected or both. \u2014 Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"About 44% of youth ages 12 to 17 are fully vaccinated. \u2014 Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star , 20 June 2022",
"Similarly, among Americans over the age of 50, the unvaccinated had a risk of dying that was 42 times higher than people who had been fully vaccinated and double boosted. \u2014 Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News , 20 June 2022",
"According to data compiled by The Times, 67% of those ages 12 to 17 have been fully vaccinated. \u2014 Luke Money, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022"
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"Like the town of Simons, Dolgeville also fielded an amateur baseball team, and had an official post office, a bank, and a firehouse, where locals met in 1906 to fulminate about the brothels and saloons thriving outside of the town limits. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 Aug. 2021",
"But with the 2020 election, the show also no longer had Donald Trump to fulminate against. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 July 2021",
"The candidate himself would fulminate in his own speech about violence in the streets, but Don Jr. eloquently heralded his father\u2019s common touch. \u2014 Sarah Ellison, Washington Post , 24 Aug. 2020",
"As the two walked to the car, Sherman fulminated about how the working classes were shiftless to a man, corrupted by welfare and socialism. ... \u2014 William Mcgurn, WSJ , 13 Apr. 2020",
"Coaches such as Leach and Clemson\u2019s Dabo Swinney, who also fulminated against the bill, don\u2019t want players to be able to get out from under their paternal thumb. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Oct. 2019",
"In answer, a furious Trump weaved and bobbed, fulminating about walls, fake news, and hoaxes, but of course, never going near the question. \u2014 Lynn Yaeger, Vogue , 6 Oct. 2019",
"Where Republicans could fulminate freely, Democrats had to go somewhat gingerly, trying to thread the needle, to hold a lawless president responsible for violating the Constitution without setting off a backlash that would hand him a second term. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 Dec. 2019",
"Despite the fulminating royal statement, every Thai knows that no one can beat the king himself for ingratitude, misbehaviour and disloyalty. \u2014 The Economist , 24 Oct. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"While Washington fulminates , progress toward an RCEP is gradually moving the world\u2019s economic center of gravity into Beijing\u2019s orbit. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Sep. 2019",
"Pundits on the left are fond of reminding us of how Trump storms and fulminates , the White House itself unable to contain his petulance and rage. \u2014 Fred Turner, Harper's magazine , 10 Jan. 2019"
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"Like the town of Simons, Dolgeville also fielded an amateur baseball team, and had an official post office, a bank, and a firehouse, where locals met in 1906 to fulminate about the brothels and saloons thriving outside of the town limits. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 Aug. 2021",
"But with the 2020 election, the show also no longer had Donald Trump to fulminate against. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 July 2021",
"The candidate himself would fulminate in his own speech about violence in the streets, but Don Jr. eloquently heralded his father\u2019s common touch. \u2014 Sarah Ellison, Washington Post , 24 Aug. 2020",
"As the two walked to the car, Sherman fulminated about how the working classes were shiftless to a man, corrupted by welfare and socialism. ... \u2014 William Mcgurn, WSJ , 13 Apr. 2020",
"Coaches such as Leach and Clemson\u2019s Dabo Swinney, who also fulminated against the bill, don\u2019t want players to be able to get out from under their paternal thumb. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Oct. 2019",
"In answer, a furious Trump weaved and bobbed, fulminating about walls, fake news, and hoaxes, but of course, never going near the question. \u2014 Lynn Yaeger, Vogue , 6 Oct. 2019",
"Where Republicans could fulminate freely, Democrats had to go somewhat gingerly, trying to thread the needle, to hold a lawless president responsible for violating the Constitution without setting off a backlash that would hand him a second term. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 Dec. 2019",
"Despite the fulminating royal statement, every Thai knows that no one can beat the king himself for ingratitude, misbehaviour and disloyalty. \u2014 The Economist , 24 Oct. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"While Washington fulminates , progress toward an RCEP is gradually moving the world\u2019s economic center of gravity into Beijing\u2019s orbit. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Sep. 2019",
"Pundits on the left are fond of reminding us of how Trump storms and fulminates , the White House itself unable to contain his petulance and rage. \u2014 Fred Turner, Harper's magazine , 10 Jan. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite the absence of the higher-quality AAC and aptX codecs, these earbuds have a fulsome sound with a bass-heavy feel, but the midrange is never squashed and there\u2019s sufficient treble to bring focus to the music. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"There are fulsome discussions around ensuring a person with a juvenile record of violence or mental health struggles cannot get hold of such a weapon upon turning 18, when many juvenile records are expunged. \u2014 Jennifer Haberkornstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"After the final benediction, congregants streamed past him, eager to offer hugs or handshakes and fulsome congratulations. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 30 May 2022",
"The way the drivers are glued together produces a more fluid sound and a bass that\u2019s mellow and fulsome , while the treble is packed with detail but without ever verging on being harsh or rasping. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Smith responded in turn with a more fulsome apology. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Antony nonetheless receives a eulogy from Professor Strauss scarcely less fulsome than Cleopatra\u2019s. \u2014 Andrew Roberts, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Fox said giving the defense access to a fulsome database and also specifically identifying information that might be relevant to their case echoes what federal prosecutors have done on other complicated cases with multiple defendants. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Like many aspects of a relationship, communication before any deception occurs, as well fulsome communication after the revelation of deception, are critical. \u2014 Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Although scallop fume inhalation was proving nonreactive, surely sharing scallop protein particles via mouth-to-mouth contact would not be. \u2014 Bonnie Garmus, Bon App\u00e9tit , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The legislation would create new mandates for crew training and for reporting and investigating fume events. \u2014 Kiera Feldmanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Its surface was sending out a faint autumnal fume , like faraway burning leaves. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"One of those designs includes the Endeavour Centre Seconds Concept X seconde/seconde/, which is similar in design to the new perpetual calendar models featuring a brightly colored fume dial with a cartoonish rubber eraser at its center. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Many in the vice president's circle fume that she's not being adequately prepared or positioned, and instead is being sidelined. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Many in the vice president's circle fume that she's not being adequately prepared or positioned, and instead is being sidelined. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Big rigs hogged streets and highways, waddling to and from the nearby fume -spewing port. \u2014 Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 13 Nov. 2021",
"Many in the vice president's circle fume that she's not being adequately prepared or positioned, and instead is being sidelined. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The price at the pump this week in Florida may cause some drivers to fume . \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 12 May 2022",
"But from that point forward, Straw Man Army \u2014 Owen Deutsch and Sean Fentress \u2014 refuses to fume , panic, scowl or proselytize. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
"All through the Beijing Games, the unchecked swagger of Canada\u2019s women\u2019s hockey team had been conspicuous for all to see \u2014 and to admire, fume over and fear. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The back-door alley entrance of the SEC headquarters is where people go to smoke, and sometimes also maybe to fume . \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Verstappen was left to fume while Hamilton built up a comfortable cushion, only for the safety car to bring the pack back together for the closing stages. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Both senators have yet to publicly do so, even as liberal Democrats continue to publicly fume over the reticence. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
"So while Team Logan goes in search of a country where the kingpin can fume and avoid extradition, and Team Kendall swings wildly between fist-bumping triumph and holy-moly terror, both sides are living in equal fear of the near future. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Oct. 2021",
"That means that musical-theater aficionados \u2014 for whom judging is a contact sport \u2014 will have plenty of opportunities to fume , rave, or shrug at the cinematic treatment of some favorite shows. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, \"smoke, exhalation,\" borrowed from Anglo-French fum, going back to Latin f\u016bmus \"smoke, fumes,\" going back to Indo-European *d h uh 2 -m\u00f3- \"smoke, vapor\" (whence also Old Church Slavic dym\u016d \"smoke,\" Lithuanian d\u016b\u0301mai, Sanskrit dh\u016bm\u00e1\u1e25, and probably Greek th\u0233m\u00f3s \"spirit, mind, courage\"), noun derivative from a verbal base *d h u\u032feh 2 - or *d h eu\u032fh 2 - \"produce smoke by burning,\" whence Greek th\u00fd\u014d, th\u00fdein \"to sacrifice,\" Latin suffi\u014d, suff\u012bre \"to subject to smoke, fumigate,\" Old Church Slavic duj\u01eb, duti \"to blow\" and perhaps Tocharian B tw\u0101s- \"kindle, ignite\"":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180715"
},
"fun":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a mood for finding or making amusement":[
"all in fun"
],
": amusement , enjoyment":[
"sickness takes all the fun out of life",
"play games for fun"
],
": derisive jest : sport , ridicule":[
"a figure of fun",
"They made fun of the way he talked."
],
": violent or excited activity or argument":[
"Insults were exchanged and then the fun began."
],
": to indulge in banter or play : joke":[],
": providing entertainment, amusement, or enjoyment":[
"a fun party",
"a fun person to be with"
],
": full of fun : pleasant":[
"have a fun time"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"delight",
"distraction",
"diversion",
"divertissement",
"entertainment",
"pleasure",
"recreation"
],
"antonyms":[
"banter",
"chaff",
"fool",
"gag",
"jape",
"jest",
"jive",
"joke",
"jolly",
"josh",
"kid",
"quip",
"wisecrack",
"yuk",
"yuck"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fun Noun fun , jest , sport , game , play mean action or speech that provides amusement or arouses laughter. fun usually implies laughter or gaiety but may imply merely a lack of serious or ulterior purpose. played cards just for fun jest implies lack of earnestness and may suggest a hoaxing or teasing. hurt by remarks said only in jest sport applies especially to the arousing of laughter against someone. teasing begun in sport led to anger game is close to sport , and often stresses mischievous or malicious fun. made game of their poor relations play stresses the opposition to earnest without implying any malice or mischief. pretended to strangle his brother in play",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"I can't remember when I've had so much fun .",
"Sickness takes all the fun out of life.",
"Verb",
"He's just funning with you.",
"just a couple of old friends funning with each other",
"Adjective",
"Our vacation was a fun time.",
"She's a fun person to be with.",
"The park is a fun place to visit.",
"We had a fun time at the movie.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Virtual games can add an element of fun to team-building activities. \u2014 Stephen Baer, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The filmmakers have a lot of fun with the period setting, with much of the action taking place in a groovy San Francisco. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 June 2022",
"Expect floats, costumes, bikes and trikes, and lots of fun for kids and pets alike. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 June 2022",
"And like hanging out with a pal, between these heart-to-heart conversations is a whole lot of fun . \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 24 June 2022",
"And, more important, the \u201970s aesthetics add a bit of fun . \u2014 Helena Madden, ELLE Decor , 24 June 2022",
"Twenty acres of fun through the waterpark, amusement park and escape rooms. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
"But Kosinski has a lot of fun with the freaky, clinical comforts of Spiderhead\u2019s indoor setting, suffusing even the most drab office with potent threat. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 20 June 2022",
"Whatever the decision, life without Jose was not a lot of fun on Saturday. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 19 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That aspect has been great to see and fun to work with as well. \u2014 Gail Mitchell, Billboard , 30 June 2022",
"From festive baskets to fun collectable toys, Easter gifts require a lot of details and there is no better way to get everything together than some online shopping. \u2014 Victoria Priola, oregonlive , 25 Mar. 2022",
"That doesn\u2019t even include the cost of fuel to actually fun the facilities. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 12 Jan. 2022",
"McEnroe was embarrassing some of the time, but really fun some of the time, too. \u2014 Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Going to fun to be around our fans again in our building. \u2014 Scott Patsko, cleveland , 6 Aug. 2021",
"Polaris\u2019s latest model, the 2022 General XP 1000 Trailhead Edition, is an off-roader designed to bring even more performance and fun your next camping trip. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 4 Aug. 2021",
"And fun their date was, according to Allison and Reid. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 July 2021",
"The course offers a playful way to see most corners of the preserve, is an inexpensive activity to try and fun for all ages. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 11 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"And these two Supes working together, well, that's not going to be fun for anyone. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 1 July 2022",
"The \u201870s references, and the relentless assault of \u201870s needle drops, are fun , to a point, but the movie itself is a hallucinatory, cacophonous fever dream of nonsensical subplots and Minion gibberish, our reviewer writes. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"The past few months, customers have packed both restaurants, ready for a good time after more than two years of so much that hasn\u2019t been fun . \u2014 Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun , 30 June 2022",
"Pinto is also grateful for the chance to bring audiences a story that is fun and upbeat at a time when the news often isn\u2019t. \u2014 Lakshmi Gandhi, NBC News , 30 June 2022",
"Safety Safety gear, like a first aid kit and headlamp, may not be fun to think about but should absolutely be in your car camping kit. \u2014 Hannah Singleton, SELF , 28 June 2022",
"However, unlike the expansionary money phase, the contractionary phase won\u2019t be fun . \u2014 Ivan Illan, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"And sure, foosball tables, free food and company parties are fun . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 26 June 2022",
"When the thought of Disneyland comes to mind, the initial impression is often fun , yet long, hot days full of marathon walking, soundtracked by active children and punctuated with long lines and dancing characters. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 22 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"English dialect fun to hoax, perhaps alteration of Middle English fonnen , from fonne dupe":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1726, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1802, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061125"
},
"functional":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": of, connected with, or being a function",
": affecting physiological or psychological functions but not organic structure",
": used to contribute to the development or maintenance of a larger whole",
": designed or developed chiefly from the point of view of use",
": performing or able to perform a regular function",
": of, connected with, or being a function \u2014 compare structural sense 1",
": affecting physiological or psychological functions but not organic structure",
"\u2014 compare organic sense 1b",
": performing or able to perform a regular function"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259\u014b(k)-shn\u0259l",
"-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al",
"\u02c8f\u0259\u014b(k)-shn\u0259l, -sh\u0259n-\u1d4al"
],
"synonyms":[
"active",
"alive",
"functioning",
"going",
"live",
"living",
"on",
"operating",
"operational",
"operative",
"running",
"working"
],
"antonyms":[
"broken",
"dead",
"inactive",
"inoperative",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"nonactivated",
"nonfunctional",
"nonfunctioning",
"nonoperating",
"nonoperational",
"nonoperative"
],
"examples":[
"They worked outside, so they preferred wearing functional clothes.",
"The building's design is not only functional but also beautiful.",
"The flashlight was still functional after I dropped it.",
"The computer network is fully functional .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This highly functional rain barrel is less expensive than similar models and is sure to get the job done. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 8 June 2022",
"The highly functional music of wellness is often arranged to hang at a distance, never threatening to disrupt, but these twinkling tracks seem to pull ever closer, like a rolling fog. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
"Some solar lights are meant to be pretty, some are purely functional . \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 18 May 2022",
"The fabric is smooth and slightly compressive, plus the racerback looks stylish yet is functional for movement during exercise. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
"Ruffle swimsuits are feminine and youthful, but also super functional . \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 12 May 2022",
"Despite a probable high retail price and the reasonable associations between the word glass and the word broken, the Heven designers are confident that their product is highly functional . \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Additionally, the use of application platform as a service (aPaaS) gives nontechnical users the visual tools to build highly functional business applications without the need to write code. \u2014 Sudhir Mehta, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The Uperfect is a highly functional piece of kit, too. \u2014 Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1633, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214123"
},
"fundamental":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic":[
"Responsibility is fundamental to democracy.",
"The Constitution ensures our fundamental rights."
],
": serving as an original or generating source : primary":[
"a discovery fundamental to modern computers"
],
": adhering to fundamentalism":[
"a preacher who is evangelical, Bible-teaching, and fundamental"
],
": of central importance : principal":[
"fundamental purpose",
"such fundamental events as birth, marriage, and death"
],
": belonging to one's innate or ingrained characteristics : deep-rooted":[
"her fundamental good humor"
],
": of, relating to, or produced by the lowest component of a complex vibration (see vibration sense 1 )":[],
": the principal musical tone produced by vibration (as of a string or column of air) on which a series of higher harmonics is based":[],
": the root of a chord":[],
": the harmonic component of a complex wave that has the lowest frequency and commonly the greatest amplitude":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccf\u0259n-d\u0259-\u02c8men-t\u1d4al",
"\u02ccf\u0259n-d\u0259-\u02c8ment-\u1d4al"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarian",
"basal",
"basic",
"beginning",
"elemental",
"elementary",
"essential",
"introductory",
"meat-and-potatoes",
"rudimental",
"rudimentary",
"underlying"
],
"antonyms":[
"ABC(s)",
"alphabet",
"basics",
"elements",
"essentials",
"grammar",
"principles",
"rudiments"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fundamental Adjective essential , fundamental , vital , cardinal mean so important as to be indispensable. essential implies belonging to the very nature of a thing and therefore being incapable of removal without destroying the thing itself or its character. conflict is essential in drama fundamental applies to something that is a foundation without which an entire system or complex whole would collapse. fundamental principles of algebra vital suggests something that is necessary to a thing's continued existence or operation. cut off from vital supplies cardinal suggests something on which an outcome turns or depends. a cardinal rule in buying a home",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The Constitution ensures our fundamental rights.",
"There's a fundamental difference between these two political parties.",
"These ideas are of fundamental importance.",
"The revolution brought about a fundamental change in the country.",
"We need to make some fundamental changes in the way we do business.",
"We need to address these problems on a more fundamental level.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The exhibition, and the subtle and deeply felt catalogue essay by curator Sarah Greenough, focuses considerable attention on Adams\u2019s religious life, and tenancy is fundamental to his spirituality. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"The justices start by laying out how Roe v. Wade, and the subsequent 1992 decision Planned Parenthood v. Casey, are so fundamental to women\u2019s autonomy. \u2014 Sofia Lotto Persio, Quartz , 24 June 2022",
"The new ruling establishes that the gun right recognized by the Second Amendment is a fundamental right like any other and must be accorded the highest level of protection. \u2014 Morgan Marietta, The Conversation , 23 June 2022",
"Cybersecurity is a must in order to provide users with a safe experience and their fundamental right to privacy. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"As such, Nonhuman Rights Project asserted, the elephant was not a thing lacking rights but akin to a person with a fundamental right to liberty based on the principle of habeas corpus, which guards against unlawful detention. \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
"The defendants told the appellate court that binding legal precedent has established there\u2019s no fundamental right to education under the Constitution. \u2014 Jennifer Mcdermott, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"This all goes to a fundamental truth: America and the rest of the developed world have very weak white collar crime laws. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 9 May 2022",
"Katie Eyer, a professor at Rutgers University with expertise in anti-discrimination law, said Alito\u2019s draft opinion relies on a narrow interpretation of what constitutes a fundamental right - the same question at issue in Obergefell. \u2014 Marisa Iati, Anchorage Daily News , 4 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"While the technology may be new to some organizations, hiring the right people and assembling great teams is a business fundamental that has stood the test of time. \u2014 Daphne Kis, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"One fundamental that makes coaching successful is the nature of the relationship between the two people involved. \u2014 Jack Zenger, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The short-yardage problems were more muscle-mass fundamental . \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 6 Nov. 2021",
"Together, the advances span the fundamental to the applied. \u2014 Chad Mirkin, Scientific American , 9 Oct. 2021",
"The program teaches students the fundamental of electricity as well as the math and sciences needed to work on power lines. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 6 Apr. 2021",
"This has always been a timeless fundamental of marketing, but so much more evident now. \u2014 Sarah Hofstetter, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2021",
"Called Fleming's Left Hand Rule, this fundamental of electromagnetism states that the confluence of a magnetic field and an electric current passing through a fluid will cause the fluid to be propelled in one direction. \u2014 Abe Dane, Popular Mechanics , 14 Jan. 2021",
"For a company of its size, that kind of a move is less a reflection of business fundamentals ,... \u2014 Laura Forman, WSJ , 26 May 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin fund\u0101ment\u0101lis \"serving as a foundation,\" from Latin fund\u0101mentum \"foundation, basis\" + -\u0101lis -al entry 1 \u2014 more at fundament":"Adjective",
"derivative of fundamental entry 1":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Adjective",
"1617, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214356"
},
"funeral":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or constituting a funeral":[],
": funereal sense 2":[],
": the observances held for a dead person usually before burial or cremation":[],
": a funeral sermon":[],
": a funeral procession":[],
": an end of something's existence":[],
": a matter of concern to one : worry":[
"if you flunk, it's your funeral"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fy\u00fc-n\u0259-r\u0259l",
"\u02c8fy\u00fcn-r\u0259l",
"\u02c8fy\u00fc-n\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[
"aching",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"bitter",
"deploring",
"doleful",
"dolesome",
"dolorous",
"grieving",
"heartbroken",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"plangent",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"woeful"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a slow and heavy funeral song",
"Noun",
"Only family attended the funeral .",
"His funeral will be held on Friday.",
"His cousin made the funeral arrangements.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Some services will be held at the funeral homes rather than at church, including the one scheduled Thursday for Eliahana Torres, 10. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"This week, Morales was repeating the same rhythm of funeral masses, their rituals meant to ease the grief of the survivors. \u2014 Teo Armus, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"Instead on Monday, the first two of 19 children slain inside a classroom were being remembered at funeral visitations. \u2014 CBS News , 31 May 2022",
"Instead, the first two of 19 children slain inside a Uvalde, Texas, classroom were being remembered at funeral visitations. \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"Instead, the first two of 19 children slain inside a classroom were being remembered at funeral visitations. \u2014 Adriana Gomez Licon, Chron , 31 May 2022",
"Funeral services for the victims are set to begin Monday and funeral homes in Uvalde have committed to covering costs for families. \u2014 Travis Caldwell, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"Jerusalem police were criticized internationally for beating mourners at Abu Akleh's funeral two weeks ago. \u2014 Josef Federman, ajc , 29 May 2022",
"Amid the funeral preparations, Wayne\u2019s eyes sometimes landed on no place in particular, and his mind wandered. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In 2018, Master P paid for the funeral of Ki'Anthony Tyus, a 13-year-old Louisville boy who was killed in a car crash following a police pursuit. \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 21 June 2022",
"The conversation gets awkward enough that Ben agrees to fly down for the funeral . \u2014 John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
"Todd Murphy, the chaplain for the Washington County Sheriff\u2019s Office, said donations from local residents and businesses paid for the funeral . \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"Harry was in Britain last year for the funeral of his grandfather Prince Philip. \u2014 Adela Suliman, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff traveled to Buffalo, N.Y., on Saturday for the funeral of Buffalo mass shooting victim 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
"By the time the finale episode begins, Rebecca has already passed and the family is getting ready for the funeral . \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
"In one memorable panel in Stuck Rubber Baby, hundreds of mourners, assembled for the funeral of Black choir kids murdered by a racist\u2019s bomb in \u201960s Alabama, spill across nearly an entire page. \u2014 The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
"About 100 residents of the village turned out for the funeral . \u2014 Isabel Coles, WSJ , 15 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Late Latin funeralis , from Latin funer-, funus funeral (noun)":"Adjective",
"Middle English funerelles (plural), from Middle French funerailles (plural), from Medieval Latin funeralia (plural), from Late Latin, neuter plural of funeralis , adjective":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-155625"
},
"funk":{
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a strong offensive smell":[],
"Casimir 1884\u20131967 American (Polish-born) biochemist":[],
": to become frightened and shrink back":[],
": to be afraid of : dread":[],
": to shrink from undertaking or facing":[],
"Isaac Kauffman 1839\u20131912 American editor and publisher":[],
": a state of paralyzing fear":[],
": a depressed state of mind":[],
": one that funks : coward":[],
": slump sense 1":[
"an economic funk",
"the team went into a funk"
],
": music that combines elements of rhythm and blues and soul music and that is characterized by a percussive vocal style, static harmonies, and a strong bass line with heavy downbeats":[],
": the quality or state of being funky":[
"jeans \u2026 have lost much of their funk",
"\u2014 Tom Wolfe"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259\u014bk",
"\u02c8fu\u0307\u014bk"
],
"synonyms":[
"reek",
"stench",
"stink"
],
"antonyms":[
"chicken",
"coward",
"craven",
"cur",
"dastard",
"poltroon",
"recreant",
"sissy"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably ultimately from French dialect (Picard) funquer to give off smoke":"Noun",
"perhaps from obsolete Dutch dialect (Flanders) fonck":"Noun",
"back-formation from funky entry 1":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1606, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"circa 1746, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
"1743, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1970, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230925"
},
"funnel":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a utensil that is usually a hollow cone with a tube extending from the smaller end and that is designed to catch and direct a downward flow":[],
": something shaped like a funnel":[],
": a stack or flue for the escape of smoke or for ventilation (as on a ship)":[],
": to have or take the shape of a funnel":[],
": to pass through or as if through a funnel or conduit":[
"the crowd funnels through the doors"
],
": to form in the shape of a funnel":[
"funneled his hands and shouted through them"
],
": to move to a focal point or into a conduit or central channel":[
"contributions were funneled into one account"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259-n\u1d4al",
"\u02c8f\u0259n-\u1d4al"
],
"synonyms":[
"canalize",
"channel",
"channelize",
"conduct",
"direct",
"pipe",
"siphon",
"syphon"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the funnel cloud of a tornado",
"Verb",
"Winds funneled through the canyon.",
"Smoke funneled up the chimney.",
"The crowd funneled through the doors.",
"He funneled the gas into the tank.",
"They funneled money into the campaign.",
"The information was being secretly funneled to the head of the organization.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Then insert the funnel and spoon coffee grinds into it. \u2014 Laurie Jennings, Good Housekeeping , 28 June 2022",
"Each approach relies on strategies that concentrate on distinct time frames, sales funnel stages and ways to generate revenue. \u2014 John Hall, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Creating the infrastructure and processes to monitor the performance of the experience and funnel insights back into the teams is where the real change and business impact happens. \u2014 Billy Seabrook, Fortune , 11 June 2022",
"Australia's 'Megaspider,' a massive funnel -web spider donated to the Australian Reptile Park, is said to be capable of biting through human fingernails with its large fangs. \u2014 Jodi Upchurch, CNN , 19 Nov. 2021",
"With the help of a jam funnel , add the rice, the Grana Padano cream, the coffee grounds and beer reduction. \u2014 CNN , 8 May 2022",
"Brian Emfinger captured this astounding video of a red pickup truck getting whipped around by a funnel , then driving off. \u2014 Richard Hall, USA TODAY , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Behind it, like a funnel , the whole earth seemed to be drawn in. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 8 Dec. 2021",
"This step looks quite natural as advertisers, in their turn, shifted their focus from just getting installs to acquiring active solvent users who quickly make their way up the in-app sales funnel . \u2014 Boris Abaev, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The popcorn, fried mushrooms and funnel cake fries loaded with powdered sugar come recommended here. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 15 June 2022",
"So stop whining and funnel that energy into making changes. \u2014 William Arruda, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"FirstEnergy is the subject of an ongoing FBI probe over a $60 million bribery scandal in which the company essentially bought seats in the state legislature to funnel itself a $1 billion bailout. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 19 May 2022",
"China doesn\u2019t prohibit its citizens from setting up or investing in offshore firms, which can serve legitimate purposes but have also been used to evade taxes and funnel illicit funds abroad. \u2014 Chun Han Wong, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"The commitment follows the EU\u2019s decision earlier this year to scrap rules limiting government aid for chip manufacturing, as well as Congress\u2019 preliminary passage of bills designed to funnel tens of billions of dollars to the sector. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 16 May 2022",
"Through his investment company Thirty-Five Ventures (35V), plans to funnel funding with an aim to support women athletes. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 11 May 2022",
"West Virginia is one of the nation\u2019s poorest states, and McKinley is one of 13 Republicans who voted for Biden\u2019s infrastructure bill that is expected to funnel $6 billion to the state. \u2014 Hannah Demissie, ABC News , 10 May 2022",
"Top state transportation officials recently pulled the plug on a $6-billion interstate widening in L.A. County and are pledging to funnel billions of dollars toward mass transit and road repairs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022"
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"verbal derivative of funnel entry 1":"Verb"
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"examples":[
"she opted for a simple wedding dress that did without all the frills and furbelows",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Porsche's design department clearly had fun with this model, reaching deep into the brand's endless reservoir of badges and colors, frills and furbelows . \u2014 Jens Meiners, Car and Driver , 1 June 2020"
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"examples":[
"the warrior furbished his sword and shield so that they glinted in the sunlight",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One item on HC3\u2019s to-do list is re- furbishing the old Hammond Library branch on Martha Street \u2014 a 2,000-square-feet structure that needs extensive repairs. \u2014 Sue Ellen Ross, Post-Tribune , 4 June 2018",
"The furry couple will move into a ritzy new nine-million-euro ($10 million) compound, furbished with Chinese-style pavilions, red lanterns, a climbing area and a mountain landscape. \u2014 Kirsten Grieshaber, The Seattle Times , 24 June 2017"
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"Middle English furbisshen , from Anglo-French furbiss- , stem of furbir , of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German furben to polish":""
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"wild"
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"examples":[
"She's furious at how slowly the investigation is proceeding.",
"I was furious with them for printing the story.",
"We worked all night at a furious pace.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the meantime, patients eager to get access to the drug are furious about the coverage decision. \u2014 Fortune , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Norwegian and German ski jumpers were furious about their suit disqualifications. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Democrats were furious about Reagan's efforts to gut the social safety net, while many conservatives feared that the president was unwilling to go far enough. \u2014 Julian Zelizer, CNN , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Our allies have been apoplectic and haven't been shy about sharing their anger and dismay with journalists, many of whom are equally furious about colleagues in Afghanistan facing a dismal future. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 26 Aug. 2021",
"And the coach\u2019s presence was certainly felt when the Knights, trailing 7-1, staged a furious seventh-inning rally and brought the tying run to the plate before coming up two runs short. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
"But Speak of the Devil's furious rally on the final turn sent the 4-year-old filly flying past the five other horses in the field. \u2014 Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal , 7 May 2022",
"With Tatum out again, the Celtics needed a 50-point night from Jaylen Brown and a furious fourth-quarter rally to top the lowly Orlando Magic in overtime on Jan. 2. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In Game 3 of the Warriors\u2019 initial playoff series against the Nuggets, Golden State was able to survive a furious second-half rally from the Nuggets to pull off a 118-113 victory and take a critical 3-0 series lead over Denver. \u2014 C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 Apr. 2022"
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"Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French furieus , from Latin furiosus , from furia madness, fury":""
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":""
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"\u02c8f\u0259r"
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"pile",
"wool"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"The cat has black-and-white fur .",
"The rabbit's fur is soft.",
"Her gloves are lined with fur .",
"He made his fortune trading furs in the 17th century.",
"Her new fur is a full-length mink coat.",
"a teddy bear with soft fur",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Perhaps some day Levi will watch one of his father\u2019s cartoons and notice a mama bear with tender eyes and fur the color of coffee. \u2014 Soudi Jim\u00e9nez, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2021",
"Without the companion app, FurReal is still a responsive robot who makes calm, happy noises when kids pet it on its furred back, or barks a warning when its tail is tweaked. \u2014 USA TODAY , 27 Mar. 2020",
"Whether feathered or furred , all of these animals belong to the same political species: the bird-dogger. \u2014 Samuel Ashworth, Washington Post , 24 Feb. 2020",
"At the pool\u2019s edge, mosses fur the stones in newborn green, and white flowers bloom, their perfume carried lightly on the vapor cast off by the waterfall. \u2014 Seija Rankin, EW.com , 22 Jan. 2020",
"That was my America right there: pastel greenish-brown of grass furring the rolling hills. \u2014 Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine , 5 July 2019",
"Even a few hours in a fruit bowl on a summer afternoon is enough to fur them with mold, after which emergency measures may or may not help. 3. \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2018",
"One vendor sold from racks of authentic furs while another offered a fur tissue box covers and fur hot water bottles. \u2014 Beth Spotswood, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 May 2018",
"His usual hot-spot area is fully furred and not itchy. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 24 Apr. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"His father, Samuel Dreiwitz, worked in the fur industry, and his mother, Charlotte (Silver) Dreiwitz, was a homemaker. \u2014 Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2022",
"Avoid clothing with dangling objects that can be swallowed, do not dye your pet's fur and never leave your pet unattended in a costume. \u2014 Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
"The picturesque city of Astoria, Ore., was settled in 1811, named for fur trading magnate John Jacob Astor. \u2014 Leslie Kelly, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"People in many countries consume the meat and fur of wild animals \u2014 the cause of several spillover virus outbreaks, including SARS, monkeypox, and two strains of Ebola. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 26 June 2022",
"The interior of the 1970s-style home was filled with more antique TV sets, and a fur -like carpet covered a portion of the floor and ceiling. \u2014 Anna Mazurek, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"People who adopted a pandemic pup are looking for dog feeding stations and fur -friendly products like seat covers, rugs and patio furniture, said Houzz. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 June 2022",
"The swirling patterns of Earth showed up on jacquard coats and intarsia knitwear and fur , and on a pair of ample coveralls. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 18 June 2022",
"Kardashian did not zip the dress all the way, instead wearing a fur stole to cover the back while on the red carpet at the Met Gala. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 17 June 2022"
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"Middle English furren , from Anglo-French furrer to stuff, fill, line, from fuerre sheath, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German fuotar sheath; akin to Greek p\u014dma lid, cover, Sanskrit p\u0101ti he protects":"Verb"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"noun",
"verb"
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"furnished food and shelter for the refugees"
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"examples":[
"The inn is beautifully furnished .",
"He has enough money to furnish the apartment nicely.",
"We'll furnish the food for the party.",
"Can he furnish the information to us?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These are pieces that could easily furnish an upscale Los Angeles boutique or a West Village townhouse\u2014all with hundreds of reviews backing their quality. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 June 2022",
"Each will be 20,000-square-feet, similar in size to the other 15 branches, and cost about $17 million to design, build, furnish and stock with books, audio recordings, movies and other materials. \u2014 Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"For reasons no one can fully explain or understand, renters must furnish their living spaces with their own fridges, which has created an underground economy for the essential appliance. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"For now, the State Department will furnish its own security, from a corps of guards in the Diplomatic Security Service, for the embassy in Kyiv. \u2014 Gordon Lubold, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
"For now that means being able to furnish loan guarantees for feasibility studies for new mines, and upgrading existing production sites. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The gut renovation included rewiring the home and installing a four-zone HVAC system, full water filtration and smart technology, so there is virtually nothing the future buyer has to do except furnish the space. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 6 May 2022",
"In the past, Chandrasekar said, the IRC would receive several weeks\u2019 notice that a family was on its way, allowing the agency to secure and furnish an apartment before its arrival. \u2014 Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun , 30 Mar. 2022",
"These deals might not last, so now is the time to fill your cart and furnish your home for way less compared to other furniture stores \u2014 this is not a drill! \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 20 Apr. 2022"
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"Middle English furnisshen , from Anglo-French furniss- , stem of furnir, fournir to complete, equip, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German frummen to further, fruma advantage \u2014 more at foremost":""
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"\u2014 Henry Fuseli"
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"\u2014 Janet Flanner"
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"\u2014 T. M. Bernstein"
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"hurricane",
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"row",
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"shindy",
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"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
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"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
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"examples":[
"The book caused a furor across the country.",
"Amid a public furor , the senator continues to deny the allegations.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What's potentially alarming is that prices in most metros, though below levels of the mid-2000s furor , sit much higher than their 22-year averages. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The commutation of Jones' sentence ignited a furor in Western Kentucky because of the gruesome nature of the crime and Boling's role in helping procure it. \u2014 Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal , 4 May 2022",
"Soon unverified and graphic videos \u2014 some reportedly years old \u2014 of Iranians harassing Afghans started circulating on Afghan social media, setting off an anti-Iranian furor in Afghanistan. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The 18-year-old's gold medal performance in the big air competition thrust her into the global spotlight Tuesday, sparking such a furor in China that social media platform Weibo crashed under the weight of interest. \u2014 Teele Rebane, CNN , 10 Feb. 2022",
"His assertion in 2020 that apartheid was not a crime against humanity stirred up a furor in South Africa. \u2014 Andrew Meldrum And Cara Anna, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 Nov. 2021",
"His assertion in 2020 that apartheid was not a crime against humanity stirred up a furor in South Africa. \u2014 Andrew Meldrun And Cara Anna, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Nov. 2021",
"In the wake of the furor , Williams found herself at a crossroads. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 11 May 2022",
"In the midst of the furor , the subject of expanding the field size for the tournament was broached. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 10 May 2022"
],
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"Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin, from furere to rage":""
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"adjective",
"noun"
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"spoke with a furry voice"
],
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"The workshops will focus on caring for small furries , such as guinea pigs, gerbils and rabbits \u2026",
"\u2014 dailyrecord.co.uk",
"Last month's feature on a home gardener's measures \u2026 generated a number of letters from readers describing their innovations to keep the furries out of gardens.",
"\u2014 Joan Lee Faust"
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"Online definitions of ' furries ' vary, but basically it's a group of people who enjoy dressing up in human-sized animal costumes.",
"\u2014 Dave Blount",
"Although she doesn't get the chance to suit up a lot because of her rigorous work schedule, she said she stays connected with other furries \u2026",
"\u2014 Duy Vu"
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"\u02c8f\u0259r-\u0113"
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"cottony",
"fleecy",
"furred",
"hairy",
"hirsute",
"rough",
"shaggy",
"silky",
"unshorn",
"woolly",
"wooly"
],
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"furless",
"glabrous",
"hairless",
"shorn",
"smooth"
],
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"My children love furry animals.",
"The plant has furry leaves.",
"Furry mold was growing on the cheese.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Tudors and his family have named the furry newcomer Princess. \u2014 Amanda Taheri, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
"That\u2019s because these furry little rodents have a social organization and a stress response that is very human-like. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 26 June 2022",
"Cats do not have perfect genes\u2014our furry feline pals can inherit devastating genetic diseases. \u2014 Fionna M. D. Samuels, Scientific American , 23 June 2022",
"If the kids are already big fans of this furry trio, then play this adventure film that pairs the hilarious trouble-makers with Frankenstein. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 22 June 2022",
"Three more canine contenders will be named finalists, joining the four furry finalists who were named Tuesday evening. \u2014 Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"The fashion plate showed off an off-the-shoulder top, Tabi Mary Jane shoes with bobby socks, and a furry belt that was strapped into her divisive yet chic jorts. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 18 June 2022",
"Footwear included furry slippers, canvas or macrame sneakers with rope laces. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 18 June 2022",
"When a furry mammal eventually paddled into view, Hill shot it twice and appeared to be moments away from enjoying a meal of delicious beaver chops. \u2014 Frederick Dreier, Outside Online , 17 June 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1674, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1945, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224720"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": most distant : farthest":[]
},
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"\u02c8f\u0259r-t\u035fh\u0259r-\u02ccm\u014dst"
],
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"extreme",
"farthermost",
"farthest",
"furthest",
"outermost",
"outmost",
"remotest",
"ultimate",
"utmost"
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"inmost",
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"nearest"
],
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"examples":[
"a probe that will travel into the furthermost reaches of deep space",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is the furthermost northern latitude where Pinot Noir is cultivated. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233522"
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"adverb or adjective"
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],
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"\u02c8f\u0259r-t\u035fh\u0259st",
"\u02c8f\u0259r-t\u035fh\u0259st"
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"nearest"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Last year, research confirmed what observation led many parents to believe: that the pandemic left students with academic setbacks, widening the education gap with the most vulnerable students left furthest behind. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The district on Thursday announced new one-on-one literacy tutoring for students who fell furthest behind during the pandemic, a step in the right direction but one that leaves a long way to go. \u2014 Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Le was parked in the south parking lot, furthest away from the testing site. \u2014 Seamus Mcavoy, courant.com , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Pfizer and BioNTech are furthest ahead with development of a vaccine for children under 12 years old. \u2014 Julie Wernau, WSJ , 22 Oct. 2021",
"The health-care sector, which employs more Americans than any other, is also the one in which hard mandates have gone furthest : nearly half of U.S. hospitals now require vaccination for employees. \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Sometimes the best couples costumes are the ones that stray furthest away from the traditional ones that are meant for, well, actual couples. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Jonathan India was out of the Cincinnati Reds lineup Saturday for the first time in six weeks as manager David Bell called him probably the player furthest away from 100% healthy. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 3 Oct. 2021",
"That makes senior citizens the age group furthest out from vaccination. \u2014 Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times , 29 Sep. 2021"
],
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious",
": expressive of stealth : sly",
": obtained underhandedly : stolen",
": done in a sneaky or sly manner"
],
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"\u02c8f\u0259r-tiv",
"\u02c8f\u0259r-tiv"
],
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"shady",
"shifty",
"slippery",
"sly",
"sneaking",
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"stealthy"
],
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"examples":[
"This means that they need use only quantum mechanics or only general relativity and can, with a furtive glance, shrug off the barking admonition of the other. \u2014 Brian Greene , The Elegant Universe , 1999",
"Fall's pleasures were furtive , risky, short-lived-buckeye fights, \u2026 the endless recipes for the apples Mrs. Railsbeck asked him to fetch from the cobwebbed crate in the basement. \u2014 Stewart O'Nan , The Names of the Dead , 1996",
"\u2026 it made Shepherd look furtive , wary, hunted\u2014as if the photographer had shot him against his will, in the act of slamming the door. \u2014 Helen Garner , The First Stone , 1995",
"He cast a furtive glance in our direction.",
"We exchanged furtive smiles across the table.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Until this year, museum officials and employees were extremely furtive about the exhibition\u2014so much so that the New York Times\u2019 Corey Kilgannon struggled to find sources for a 2012 story on the show. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 June 2022",
"Every encounter has the air of a furtive conspiracy, and the hero, Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen), is often clad in black robes, with his face half masked. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
"On Monday, Tene testified that, while dining at Towne Stove and Spirits, she was caught trying to take a furtive photo of the chef who, before the #MeToo era, was a multimedia star. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"And in California, the Brennan Center obtained records showing that third-party social media monitoring companies had pitched their services to the Los Angeles Police Department, including the ability to create furtive accounts for officers. \u2014 Steve Karnowski, ajc , 2 May 2022",
"Elton was not the only event headliner to put in a furtive appearance. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Much of the story unfolds between lines of dialogue, in furtive glances between characters, or in clever feats of magician-like misdirection. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 18 Mar. 2022",
"There are also ways to sneak out: bribes to border guards, furtive dashes through unattended parts of the border. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022",
"This was before locking gas caps and flaps, and midnight rustlers put siphons to furtive use. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Mar. 2022"
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"\u2014 C. K. Finlay"
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"\u2014 W. L. Carmichael"
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"derivative of fuse entry 1":"Noun",
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"derivative of fuse entry 2 or fuse entry 3":"Verb"
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"1868, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1644, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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": the union of atomic nuclei to form heavier nuclei resulting in the release of enormous quantities of energy when certain light elements unite":[
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"examples":[
"a fusion of different methods",
"a fusion of musical styles",
"The show is a fusion of news and entertainment.",
"The fusion of different cultural influences is evident in her sculpture.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s a singular fusion of memoir and natural history. \u2014 Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
"Perhaps no art form is more iconic-American than rock and roll \u2014 a fusion of artistic and cultural influences that conquered global pop music within a decade. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
"Chef Hidemasa Yamamoto, who has restaurants in Singapore and Dubai, oversees the menu, which includes sushi, teppanyaki, tempura and robata (charcoal grill) and Nikkei (a fusion of Japanese and Peruvian) dishes. \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"In professional circles, Gonz\u00e1lez went by Paco Mufote, but indie filmmaker Jos\u00e9 Paredes knew him better by another nickname: Pacovich \u2014 a fusion of Paco and the last name of Argentine Mexican guitarist Alejandro Marcovich. \u2014 Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times , 19 June 2022",
"Ninja City offers a fusion of pan-Asian and American food and drinks. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
"From there, Tokamak Energy hopes to make modular fusion reactors the same way companies are chasing modular fission reactors today. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Britain might even build a series of small nuclear fusion reactors, a promising but still unproven technology. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
"All in all, the collaboration with DeepMind could prove most pivotal as fusion reactors get bigger. \u2014 Amit Katwala, Wired , 16 Feb. 2022"
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"borrowed from Medieval Latin f\u016bsi\u014dn-, f\u016bsi\u014d \"process of pouring, casting of molten metal,\" going back to Latin, \"process of pouring, effusion,\" from fud-, variant stem of fundere \"to pour, shed, cast (liquid metal)\" (Medieval Latin also, \"to melt down, make liquid\") + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at found entry 5":""
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"They got down to business without any fuss ."
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"\u2014 Molly L. Bar-David"
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"the fuss they are raising \u2026 over certain words and phrases",
"\u2014 B. J. Hendricks"
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"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"They got down to business without any fuss .",
"What is all the fuss about?",
"Her new novel has caused quite a fuss .",
"I don't want to make a fuss , but this soup is cold.",
"Verb",
"She'll fuss the whole time we're gone.",
"I told him not to fuss .",
"The baby fussed all day.",
"Stop fussing and get to work!",
"He's fussing about his new assignment.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Wonderful instruments for an actor, really, suggesting without fuss the toll of time. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
"It can be used on both dry or wet hair to style, add hydration, and tame frizz without a fuss . \u2014 ELLE , 10 June 2022",
"Shea butter, aloe and jojoba seed hydrate without a fuss and won\u2019t lie heavily on your hair. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"This Olmsted Falls High School Post Prom fundraiser will bring fun to your young ones without any fuss on your part. \u2014 cleveland , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Here\u2019s to getting a good night\u2019s sleep without the fuss ! \u2014 Daisy Maldonado, SELF , 11 Mar. 2022",
"But they're being prioritized without a fuss in the booster rollout \u2014 a sign, advocates said, of their newfound political muscle. \u2014 Gene Myers, USA TODAY , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Just be sure to get in there and give your burrs a sweep now and then\u2014maintenance which the OXO makes easy, with a bean bin that snaps apart without any fuss . \u2014 Jess Grey, Wired , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Contrary to the social media fuss , Kim Kardashian didn't damage the iconic dress lent to her for the Met Gala, according to Ripley's. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Known as the de minimis rule, the exemption has been around for decades, deriving its name from the Latin term for something too small to fuss with. \u2014 Josh Zumbrun, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Don\u2019t want to fuss around with a pitcher full of water? \u2014 Mike Rose, cleveland , 6 Apr. 2022",
"There's no promo code to fuss with entering to get these savings. \u2014 Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Discounted prices are shown on the product pages, so there's no need to fuss with entering a promo code. \u2014 Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The technology frees parents from having to fuss at their kids about their TV viewing, going so far as to black out the screen when someone is too close. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Having a bunch of different people to fuss over \u2014 probably still crossing boundaries, but spread out widely enough to outrun people\u2019s objections \u2014 probably gave her purpose. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Each product is clearly marked with the new low price, so there's no need to fuss over adding a promo code at checkout to get the additional discount. \u2014 Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Neighborhood fussbudgets are sure to demand extensive design review of the triplex, a process that take years while neighbors fuss and hassle developers over glazing requirements, curb cuts, color swatches. \u2014 Roger Valdez, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021"
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"origin unknown":"Noun and Verb"
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"1701, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"examples":[
"a customer who's a real fussbudget about wanting her food very hot",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But Schulz soon began fleshing out his cast with more eccentric, more specific, more driven characters: Schroeder, piano prodigy and Beethoven superfan; Lucy, vain fussbudget and perpetually aggrieved scold; Linus, thumb-sucking philosopher. \u2014 Bruce Handy, The Atlantic , 29 Aug. 2019",
"The progressive mayor of New York wanted a mega financial institution to anchor his preferred business district, and no preservationist fussbudgets were going to get in the way. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Daily Intelligencer , 22 Feb. 2018"
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"But Schulz soon began fleshing out his cast with more eccentric, more specific, more driven characters: Schroeder, piano prodigy and Beethoven superfan; Lucy, vain fussbudget and perpetually aggrieved scold; Linus, thumb-sucking philosopher. \u2014 Bruce Handy, The Atlantic , 29 Aug. 2019",
"The progressive mayor of New York wanted a mega financial institution to anchor his preferred business district, and no preservationist fussbudgets were going to get in the way. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Daily Intelligencer , 22 Feb. 2018"
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"to create or be in a state of restless activity",
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"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"Contrary to the social media fuss , Kim Kardashian didn't damage the iconic dress lent to her for the Met Gala, according to Ripley's. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"Alva ST has been designed for vinyl lovers who want to listen to records at the best possible audio quality but without any of the fuss or complexity associated with old-school turntables. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The controversial rapper, 31, made a fuss onstage Friday night at her Wynwood Pride performance in Miami, tossing her microphone and storming off after complaining about the event promoters' alleged unprofessionalism. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 11 June 2022",
"Two guys from Windsor recognized him and made the typical fuss . \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
"Anyone can pick them up and dive right in, with a minimum of fuss . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 5 June 2022",
"The lack of fuss in service doesn\u2019t mean lack of quality. \u2014 Juyoung Seo, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"The ones who make it out of Double A are the ones who don\u2019t tire of all the fuss , but are bemused by it, think the whole scene is actually pretty cool. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 20 Apr. 2022",
"This swift dive into a family-friendly corner of the preserve is one to keep in mind for entertaining visitors or just wallowing in local flora and fauna without a lot of fuss . \u2014 Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"Known as the de minimis rule, the exemption has been around for decades, deriving its name from the Latin term for something too small to fuss with. \u2014 Josh Zumbrun, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Don\u2019t want to fuss around with a pitcher full of water? \u2014 Mike Rose, cleveland , 6 Apr. 2022",
"There's no promo code to fuss with entering to get these savings. \u2014 Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Discounted prices are shown on the product pages, so there's no need to fuss with entering a promo code. \u2014 Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The technology frees parents from having to fuss at their kids about their TV viewing, going so far as to black out the screen when someone is too close. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Having a bunch of different people to fuss over \u2014 probably still crossing boundaries, but spread out widely enough to outrun people\u2019s objections \u2014 probably gave her purpose. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Each product is clearly marked with the new low price, so there's no need to fuss over adding a promo code at checkout to get the additional discount. \u2014 Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Neighborhood fussbudgets are sure to demand extensive design review of the triplex, a process that take years while neighbors fuss and hassle developers over glazing requirements, curb cuts, color swatches. \u2014 Roger Valdez, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021"
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"examples":[
"as a professional gardener with a well-heeled clientele, he's used to dealing with fusspots",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The strongest performances \u2014 Dan Hiatt\u2019s fusspot Polonius, Lozano\u2019s regally detached Gertrude \u2014 combine color with clarity. \u2014 Charles Mcnulty, latimes.com , 3 Oct. 2017"
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"examples":[
"I'm not fussy about where we eat.",
"The room was cluttered and fussy .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These old-fashioned favorites are popular with good reason: Christmas cacti are not fussy , and some live for decades! \u2014 Jada Jackson, House Beautiful , 29 May 2022",
"Maybe a tent is being fussy , maybe your raft frame is a bit loose. \u2014 Outside Online , 23 May 2022",
"Playing with the paint scheme\u2014Benjamin Moore Black Panther in a flat finish on the bottom half of the wall and PPG Hot Stone on the stop\u2014creates some visual interest without fussy pattern. \u2014 Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine , 8 June 2022",
"In the history of fictional literary detectives, British mystery writer Agatha Christie\u2019s fussy Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is tops on the list. \u2014 Michelle F. Solomon, Sun Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
"Even reasonable predictions on a twenty-year event horizon are seen as fussy impediments to construction. \u2014 Emily Witt, The New Yorker , 3 May 2022",
"Edging garden beds is one of those things that on the outside one, seems like a minor and fussy detail, but isn\u2019t, two, looks easy, but isn\u2019t, and three, can be done with any old garden implement ... \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 13 May 2022",
"Pancakes are the Charlottes of the breakfast menu: boring and fussy . \u2014 Maggie Lange, Bon App\u00e9tit , 14 Mar. 2022",
"High-end stylist Val (James Cusati-Moyer) might remember Anna as an ice queen with flawless taste, for example, while hotel concierge Neff (Alexis Floyd) paints her as a fussy but generous guest and friend. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Feb. 2022"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for futile futile , vain , fruitless mean producing no result. futile may connote completeness of failure or unwisdom of undertaking. resistance had proved so futile that surrender was the only choice left vain usually implies simple failure to achieve a desired result. a vain attempt to get the car started fruitless comes close to vain but often suggests long and arduous effort or severe disappointment. fruitless efforts to obtain a lasting peace",
"examples":[
"In a digitized land of national ID cards, dropping out will be impossible, and dreaming about it will be futile. \u2014 Walter Kirn , Atlantic , May 2002",
"After Redemption and disfranchisement destroyed black political influence, open challenges to white supremacy were futile and dangerous. \u2014 Adam Fairclough , Journal of American History , June 2000",
"In some futile bid for gentility, the management has barred employees from using the front door, so my first day I enter through the kitchen \u2026 \u2014 Barbara Ehrenreich , Harper's , January 1999",
"In 1845 explorer Charles Sturt led an expedition through these parts on a futile search for an inland sea. \u2014 Thomas O'Neill , National Geographic , April 1997",
"All our efforts proved futile .",
"a futile and foolish gesture",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In such a case, resistance is not futile , for the virus that is. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Caring for rivals' offspring is futile , so stallions have evolved strategies to prevent having to raise colts unrelated to them -- including killing young foals, according to research published in the journal Applied Animal Ethology. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 19 June 2022",
"As Kravitz made several futile attempts to continue introducing herself to the audience, more and more catty characters came crawling out of the woodwork. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Mar. 2022",
"The loan account had been declared as a non-performing asset (NPA) in July 2016, after futile attempts at restructuring it by the SBI and a failure to recover the money through the process laid out under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). \u2014 Anirban Bhattacharya, Quartz , 20 Feb. 2022",
"But texts obtained by CNN show that Lee, too, had spent months after the election aiding Trump\u2019s futile effort to overturn it. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The House on Wednesday will pass a one-week government funding bill to give lawmakers more time to sort through the mess created after months of futile negotiations and posturing and recent rounds of flip-flopping. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 9 Dec. 2020",
"Efforts to pass gun restrictions \u2014 even background checks \u2014 have been futile in Washington, met with opposition from Republican lawmakers. \u2014 Hannah Fingerhut, ajc , 27 May 2022",
"Attempts by deputies and paramedics to revive him were futile and he was pronounced dead at 4:40 p.m. \u2014 Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Latin f\u016btilis, futtilis \"brittle, fragile (of containers), serving no purpose, pointless,\" perhaps (if original sense was \"leaky\") from f\u016b- (going back to Indo-European *\u01f5 h eu\u032f- \"pour, shed\") + -tilis \"obtained by, characterized by (the action of the verb)\" \u2014 more at found entry 5":""
},
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"circa 1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183930"
},
"fuzz":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": fine light particles or fibers (as of down or fluff)":[],
": a blurred effect":[],
": to fly off in or become covered with fluffy particles":[],
": to become blurred":[
"her frame of reference fuzzing at the edges",
"\u2014 Jane O'Reilly"
],
": to make fuzzy":[],
": to envelop in a haze":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259z"
],
"synonyms":[
"down",
"floss",
"fluff",
"fur",
"lint",
"nap",
"pile"
],
"antonyms":[
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"blacken",
"blear",
"blur",
"cloud",
"darken",
"dim",
"dislimn",
"fog",
"haze",
"mist",
"obscure",
"overcast",
"overcloud",
"overshadow",
"shadow",
"shroud"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably back-formation from fuzzy":"Noun",
"origin unknown":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1674, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1702, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1924, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051330"
},
"fuzzy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by or giving a suggestion of fuzz",
": lacking in clarity or definition",
": being, relating to, or invoking pleasant and usually sentimental emotions",
": covered with or looking like short fine hairs or fibers",
": not clear"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259-z\u0113",
"\u02c8f\u0259-z\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"furry",
"hairy",
"rough",
"shaggy",
"woolly",
"wooly"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The plant has fuzzy leaves.",
"Without my glasses everything looks fuzzy .",
"The line between our areas of responsibility is fuzzy .",
"I think his reasoning is a little fuzzy .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a fun transition, with one hop Williams and Olympia's matching outfits change from nighttime to bedtime, and the pair spend the rest of the video in matching white pajama sets complete with fuzzy slippers. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 6 May 2022",
"There are two camps of Mother\u2019s Day celebrators: those who like nothing more than a lavish brunch/lunch/dinner at a restaurant, and those who hope for a homey celebration enjoyed while wearing a pair of fuzzy slippers. \u2014 Katie Workman, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
"Not too long after Savannah Guthrie suffered a small injury that landed her in fuzzy slippers, the broadcast journalist was back in action. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Hall wore an emerald green look with leather bow sandals by Alexandre Birman, Schumer wore her black PJs with playful Ugg slippers and Sykes stepped out in fuzzy pink slippers and pink sleepwear finished with red piping. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Another StyleSnap offering that was super similar to my uploaded photo were these Fitory open-toe fuzzy slippers, available in seven colors. \u2014 Amanda Richards, Travel + Leisure , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Kay Ivey is shaking in her fuzzy no-use-for-the-big-lie-insurrection-Trump slippers. \u2014 J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al , 8 Dec. 2021",
"This past week, Bella Hadid stepped out in a deceptively simple look: a white hooded zip-up, a tank top with a striped neckline and hem, baggy jeans, a pair of fuzzy slippers, and light blue socks. \u2014 Vogue , 5 Nov. 2021",
"In the Versace store, a pair of pink fuzzy slippers fetches $525. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"perhaps from Low German fussig loose, spongy",
"first_known_use":[
"1713, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190826"
},
"full-bodied":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": having a large body",
": imparting to the palate the general impression of substantial weight and rich texture",
": having importance, significance, or meaningfulness"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fu\u0307l-\u02ccb\u00e4-d\u0113d"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"concentrated",
"full",
"heady",
"lusty",
"muscular",
"plush",
"potent",
"rich",
"robust",
"strong"
],
"antonyms":[
"delicate",
"light",
"mild",
"thin",
"thinned",
"weak",
"weakened"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-113545"
},
"fun and games":{
"type":[
"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
],
"definitions":{
": light amusement":[]
},
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"synonyms":[
"beer and skittles",
"easy street",
"hog heaven",
"picnic"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The symphony\u2019s finale is all fun and games until the shattering return of the first movement\u2019s brass theme, which was exceptionally devastating on Monday night. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"Summer is all fun and games until the pool can\u2019t open. \u2014 Allison Prang, WSJ , 1 June 2022",
"For fathers and all father figures and for daughters age 4 and up, featuring dinner, dessert, dancing, photos, fun and games . \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 29 Apr. 2022",
"There are chills and sorrows, as well as fun and games , in the riddle of time regained. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 21 Apr. 2022",
"For fathers and all father figures and for daughters age 4 and up, featuring dinner, dessert, dancing, photos, fun and games . \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Taking a life, be the life grouse or moose should have no relationship to fun and games . \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The film follows a group of four friends who get together for a nostalgic evening of fun and games after a decade apart. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Or, perhaps, fun and games were the best uses for cyberspace after all. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 10 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1920, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202646"
},
"furtherance":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the act of furthering : advancement":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259r-t\u035fh\u0259-",
"\u02c8f\u0259rt\u035fh-r\u0259n(t)s"
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"advancement",
"going",
"headway",
"march",
"onrush",
"passage",
"process",
"procession",
"progress",
"progression"
],
"antonyms":[
"recess",
"recession",
"regress",
"regression",
"retreat",
"retrogression"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"They made the furtherance of science their life's work.",
"the 1965 Civil Rights Act was a major step in the furtherance of social justice in the U.S.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In addition to the double murder, the jury convicted all three men for drug and murder conspiracy charges and using a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. \u2014 Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
"Graham, 44, was serving a 120-month sentence for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and 28 grams or more of cocaine base and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, the agency has said. \u2014 Keith Allen And Ralph Ellis, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"In examining the trove of documents contested by Eastman, Carter found one email, dated Dec. 22, may have been in furtherance of a crime. \u2014 Melissa Quinn, CBS News , 8 June 2022",
"Reardon eventually pleaded guilty to two federal felony counts: transmitting a threatening communication and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, said Herdman. \u2014 Sabrina Eaton, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
"Following his indictment, Williams engaged in a plea deal with prosecutors, pleading guilty to a charge of conspiracy to possess a firearm in furtherance of violent and drug-trafficking crimes. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Carter cited the crime-fraud exception to legal privilege, which prohibits lawyers from withholding documents if the communications were made in the furtherance of a crime. \u2014 Alex Wayne, Bloomberg.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Following his indictment, Williams engaged in a plea deal with prosecutors, pleading guilty to a charge of conspiracy to possess a firearm in furtherance of violent and drug-trafficking crimes. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Smith pleaded guilty in October to possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 11 May 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191335"
},
"fur":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to cover, line, trim, or clothe with fur":[],
": to coat or clog as if with fur":[],
": to apply furring to":[],
": to become coated or clogged as if with fur":[],
": a piece of the dressed pelt of an animal used to make, trim, or line wearing apparel":[],
": an article of clothing made of or with fur":[],
": a coating resembling fur: such as":[],
": a coat of epithelial debris on the tongue":[],
": the thick pile of a fabric (such as chenille)":[],
"furlong":[]
},
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"\u02c8f\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"coat",
"fleece",
"hair",
"jacket",
"pelage",
"pile",
"wool"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The cat has black-and-white fur .",
"The rabbit's fur is soft.",
"Her gloves are lined with fur .",
"He made his fortune trading furs in the 17th century.",
"Her new fur is a full-length mink coat.",
"a teddy bear with soft fur",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Perhaps some day Levi will watch one of his father\u2019s cartoons and notice a mama bear with tender eyes and fur the color of coffee. \u2014 Soudi Jim\u00e9nez, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2021",
"Without the companion app, FurReal is still a responsive robot who makes calm, happy noises when kids pet it on its furred back, or barks a warning when its tail is tweaked. \u2014 USA TODAY , 27 Mar. 2020",
"Whether feathered or furred , all of these animals belong to the same political species: the bird-dogger. \u2014 Samuel Ashworth, Washington Post , 24 Feb. 2020",
"At the pool\u2019s edge, mosses fur the stones in newborn green, and white flowers bloom, their perfume carried lightly on the vapor cast off by the waterfall. \u2014 Seija Rankin, EW.com , 22 Jan. 2020",
"That was my America right there: pastel greenish-brown of grass furring the rolling hills. \u2014 Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine , 5 July 2019",
"Even a few hours in a fruit bowl on a summer afternoon is enough to fur them with mold, after which emergency measures may or may not help. 3. \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2018",
"One vendor sold from racks of authentic furs while another offered a fur tissue box covers and fur hot water bottles. \u2014 Beth Spotswood, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 May 2018",
"His usual hot-spot area is fully furred and not itchy. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 24 Apr. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"His father, Samuel Dreiwitz, worked in the fur industry, and his mother, Charlotte (Silver) Dreiwitz, was a homemaker. \u2014 Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2022",
"Avoid clothing with dangling objects that can be swallowed, do not dye your pet's fur and never leave your pet unattended in a costume. \u2014 Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
"The picturesque city of Astoria, Ore., was settled in 1811, named for fur trading magnate John Jacob Astor. \u2014 Leslie Kelly, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"People in many countries consume the meat and fur of wild animals \u2014 the cause of several spillover virus outbreaks, including SARS, monkeypox, and two strains of Ebola. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 26 June 2022",
"The interior of the 1970s-style home was filled with more antique TV sets, and a fur -like carpet covered a portion of the floor and ceiling. \u2014 Anna Mazurek, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"People who adopted a pandemic pup are looking for dog feeding stations and fur -friendly products like seat covers, rugs and patio furniture, said Houzz. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 June 2022",
"The swirling patterns of Earth showed up on jacquard coats and intarsia knitwear and fur , and on a pair of ample coveralls. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 18 June 2022",
"Kardashian did not zip the dress all the way, instead wearing a fur stole to cover the back while on the red carpet at the Met Gala. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 17 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English furren , from Anglo-French furrer to stuff, fill, line, from fuerre sheath, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German fuotar sheath; akin to Greek p\u014dma lid, cover, Sanskrit p\u0101ti he protects":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185606"
},
"furlough":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a temporary leave from work that is not paid and is often for a set period of time":[
"One possible way to avoid layoffs is through furloughs \u2014making workers take an unpaid leave of absence \u2026",
"\u2014 Paul B. Brown"
],
": a set period of time when a prisoner is allowed to leave a prison":[
"Those probation officers are then able to monitor criminals serving their sentences in work camps or on furlough rather than in jail as a way of relieving overcrowding.",
"\u2014 Richard Willing"
],
": to grant a leave of absence or furlough to (someone)":[
"a soldier being furloughed",
"a furloughed prisoner"
],
": to put (a worker) on furlough : to lay off (a worker) for usually a brief or temporary period":[
"\u2026 other airlines are placing pressure on the unionized pilots to take large salary cuts\u2014at least those pilots who haven't already been \" furloughed \" (the word pilots use instead of the more plebeian \"laid off\").",
"\u2014 George Hopkins",
"Although no one could supply exact figures, sources in Washington, D.C., said nearly 500,000 federal workers were furloughed for all or part of Thursday. In the Los Angeles-Long Beach area about 11,000 of the 40,000 federal workers were sent home because of the operating fund impasse in Congress.",
"\u2014 Jerry Belcher"
]
},
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"\u02c8f\u0259r-(\u02cc)l\u014d",
"\u02c8f\u0259r-l\u014d"
],
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"ax",
"axe",
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"layoff",
"redundancy"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Each employee will have a one-day furlough every month.",
"the landscaping company usually has to put most of its personnel on furlough during the extremely slow winter months",
"Verb",
"The company will consider furloughing a small number of workers.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Norton Healthcare reported 268 hospitalized COVID-19 patients as of Wednesday and had 230 employees out of 18,000 out on medical furlough , according to a spokeswoman. \u2014 Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal , 28 Jan. 2022",
"That makes Unfaithful an artful send-off, both for a director going on a two-decade furlough and a genre that still hasn't recovered its old prominence. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 10 May 2022",
"Hyatt contended its March furlough was not a termination since the employment relationship continued. \u2014 Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Baquer Namazi, who suffers from a heart condition and other health issues, was released on temporary medical furlough in 2018. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Maybe The Flash will reckon with all these complexities, or send him off into the multiverse for a decades-long furlough . \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Red Sox third baseman Fred Thomas, who was on a brief furlough from the Navy, immediately snapped to attention and saluted. \u2014 Fay Vincent, WSJ , 19 Jan. 2022",
"That funding has already expired once, which resulted in a brief furlough of 3,700 Transportation Department employees. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 25 Oct. 2021",
"The podcast was quietly recorded over a podcasting app, with Wright in Singapore and Francis under house arrest at an undisclosed location in San Diego, where he has been allowed to remain out of custody on medical furlough to treat cancer. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"By the end of that year, many cities were forced to furlough large portions of their workforces and cut programs as tax revenues from sources such as retail sales, hotels and property shrank. \u2014 Peter Grant, WSJ , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Delta could still furlough 1,700 pilots next month if the union doesn't agree to contract concessions or if Congress and the White House don't provide more aid for the airline industry. \u2014 David Koenig, Star Tribune , 13 Oct. 2020",
"United threatened to furlough 2,850 pilots in October 2020, when federal pandemic relief briefly expired. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
"Leaders at South Boston Community Health Center made the decision not to furlough their staff in 2020, even as other clinics and hospitals temporarily laid off thousands. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Women there left the workforce at a lower rate than men during the pandemic, according to The Wall Street Journal,due in part to policies that paid workers to furlough , which helped mothers keep their jobs while home-schooling kids. \u2014 Tamar Hallerman, ajc , 25 Mar. 2022",
"As the industry tottered in 2020, the city saw its general fund drop from $659 million to $583 million, forcing the city to furlough employees and cut contracts. \u2014 Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Hiring pilots is a stark change from just a few months ago when American Airlines was threatening to furlough more workers without additional government payroll support, including 1,850 pilots. \u2014 Dallas News , 20 Apr. 2021",
"While essential functions would continue, a shutdown would furlough hundreds of thousands of federal employees. \u2014 Dylan Wells, USA TODAY , 9 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Dutch verlof , literally, permission, from Middle Dutch, from ver- for- + lof permission; akin to Middle High German loube permission \u2014 more at for- , leave":"Noun and Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1781, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055844"
},
"funny":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": affording light mirth and laughter : amusing",
": seeking or intended to amuse : facetious",
": differing from the ordinary in a suspicious, perplexing, quaint, or eccentric way : peculiar",
": involving trickery or deception",
": one that is funny",
": joke",
": comic strips or the comic section of a periodical",
": causing laughter : full of humor",
": strange sense 2",
": in an odd or peculiar way"
],
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"\u02c8f\u0259-n\u0113",
"\u02c8f\u0259-n\u0113"
],
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"comedic",
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"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"killing",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious"
],
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"cartoon",
"comic",
"comic strip",
"strip"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"This year in particular, making light of tragedy isn't funny . \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
"The topic isn't funny , but the drawings are still cartoons. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"The new material opens with a song about trying to be funny while being stuck in a room. \u2014 Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone , 31 May 2022",
"Someone like Sabi can be funny and can be sad and confused and heartbroken. \u2014 Elaina Patton, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
"It\u2019s just so funny that people are always against you when you big-up yourself. \u2014 Robert Solomon, Rolling Stone , 26 May 2022",
"To think that [Van\u2019s entire time in France] could have been just a week is just funny . \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 23 May 2022",
"Some episodes are funny , others skew poignant and all are a great listen. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 23 May 2022",
"Skarsg\u00e5rd has long come across as an actor who, like Jon Hamm, would like to be funny but is too broodingly handsome \u2014 and too good at playing intense-bordering-on-terrifying men \u2014 to get those opportunities. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Many readers found Caity\u2019s self-deprecating tone in the article funny , and others commented that the van life wasn\u2019t supposed to be glamorous. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"The voice will be instantly recognizable as Saundersesque to anyone familiar with his fiction: jocular and often stand-up-comic funny , with a focus on providing joyful surprises with every turn of phrase. \u2014 Lisa Zeidner, Star Tribune , 8 Feb. 2021",
"This Netflix look at vulgar language, starring Nicolas Cage, is bust-a-gut funny . \u2014 Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com , 9 Jan. 2021",
"Anyway, how does a run-through of all these funnies and memes and LOLs and ROFLs out there in the English football world sound? \u2014 SI.com , 20 Aug. 2019",
"Here For Golden State Convention By ANDREW MAKARUSHKA More than 200 persons who take their funnies seriously gathered in the U.S. Grant Hotel yesterday for the start of the first San Diego Golden State Comics Convention. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 July 2019",
"Let\u2019s feast on some funnies : A tasty typo turned a U.S. Senate candidate\u2019s name into that of a sandwich. \u2014 Morning Brief, The Seattle Times , 6 July 2018",
"Lewandowski assured her Facebook followers that Quinn later found the melted doll funny and wasn't traumatized at all. \u2014 Jackie Frere, Redbook , 21 Nov. 2017",
"The special featured funny takes on money-hungry televangelists, and a hilarious impression of Ugandan President Idi Amin. \u2014 Matthew Allen, The Root , 15 Sep. 2017"
],
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"Adjective",
"1739, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191116"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": any of the avenging deities in Greek mythology who torment criminals and inflict plagues":[],
": an avenging spirit":[],
": extreme fierceness or violence":[],
": a state of inspired exaltation : frenzy":[]
},
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"\u02c8fy\u0259r-",
"\u02c8fyu\u0307r-\u0113"
],
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"battle-ax",
"battle-axe",
"dragon lady",
"harpy",
"harridan",
"shrew",
"termagant",
"virago",
"vixen"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fury anger , ire , rage , fury , indignation , wrath mean an intense emotional state induced by displeasure. anger , the most general term, names the reaction but by itself does not convey cause or intensity. tried to hide his anger ire , more frequent in literary contexts, suggests an intense anger, often with an evident display of feeling. cheeks flushed with ire rage and fury suggest loss of self-control from violence of emotion. shook with rage could not contain his fury indignation stresses righteous anger at what one considers unfair, mean, or shameful. a comment that caused general indignation wrath is likely to suggest a desire or intent to punish or get revenge. I feared her wrath if I was discovered",
"examples":[
"I could see the fury in her eyes.",
"Nothing could contain his fury over their accusations.",
"He turned away from them in fury .",
"The hurricane unleashed its fury on hundreds of homes and businesses.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fifty years ago, the remnants of Hurricane Agnes engulfed Maryland and the rest of the Eastern Shore in a relentless fury of torrential rain and mass flooding, killing 21 people and causing $62 million in damages. \u2014 Ashley Barrientos, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
"For Your Pleasure parallels Ferry and Eno\u2019s conflicting personalities, careening between Ferry schmaltz and Eno soundscapes in a disorienting fury . \u2014 Jill Krajewski, SPIN , 8 June 2022",
"The Beatles returned to Liverpool for the next phase of their launch, and Sutcliffe began painting with a fury , selling his Hofner to Voormann and using the cash for paints and canvases. \u2014 The New Yorker , 27 Mar. 2022",
"And so, many league insiders predict that Rodgers will attack this season with a fury . \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 27 July 2021",
"The derecho hit with a fury , winds whipping up sand and snapping limbs overhead. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Apr. 2021",
"The stocks of the companies with the best vaccine candidates soared and many of their executives rushed to sell shares with a fury that generated scrutiny. \u2014 Nathan Vardi, Forbes , 19 Apr. 2021",
"February 15, 2021 Dallas started 2021 with a fury , sweeping a Seattle Surge team that struggled at the bottom of the standings for all of the inaugural season. \u2014 Sean Collins, Dallas News , 14 Feb. 2021",
"All the while, my hands were trembling with fury for the parents of Ulvade, who begged the police to do literally anything to help their children and were screamed at and handcuffed in response. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English furie , from Latin furia , from furere to rage":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000718"
},
"furore":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": furor sense 3":[],
": furor sense 4b":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u0259r",
"\u02c8fyu\u0307r-\u02cc\u022fr",
"especially British fyu\u0307-\u02c8r\u022f-r\u0113"
],
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"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the store's going-out-of-business sale caused such a furore that security guards had to be called in to restore order",
"baseball fans in a furore as the game stretched to 11 innings",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite the furore over halal meat from time to time, India\u2019s buffalo meat exports depend on demand from countries like Malaysia and Indonesia, which are either Muslim dominated or have a significant Muslim population. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The First 5000 Days by the artist Beeple (aka Mike Winkelmann) for $69 million by the auction house Christie\u2019s created a furore by becoming the third most expensive by a living artist. \u2014 Kamayani Sharma, Quartz , 12 Apr. 2022",
"But throughout her career Britney has faced not just harsh criticism but genuine media furore and relentless prying into her personal life. \u2014 Eilish Gilligan, refinery29.com , 1 Oct. 2021",
"The incident led to a furore among foreign politicians, with CEO Noel Quinn summoned for questioning by British lawmakers. \u2014 Michelle Toh And Kristie Lu Stout, CNN , 26 Aug. 2021",
"But the incident led to a furore among foreign politicians, and HSBC CEO Noel Quinn was summoned to appear before British lawmakers for questioning in January. \u2014 Michelle Toh, CNN , 25 June 2021",
"At the time of the incident emotions were high and despite the furore , the band invited me to continue with them. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 24 June 2021",
"The furore over Xinjiang cotton just won't go away, and Western fashion houses can't win. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 29 Mar. 2021",
"The decision, which follows the furore earlier this year over the data-sharing, marks the first time the regulator has flexed its muscles in a major way. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 4 Mar. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, from Latin furor":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052200"
},
"fundament":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": an underlying ground, theory, or principle":[],
": buttocks":[],
": anus":[],
": the part of a land surface that has not been altered by human activities":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259n-d\u0259-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"backside",
"behind",
"booty",
"bootie",
"bottom",
"breech",
"bum",
"buns",
"butt",
"buttocks",
"caboose",
"can",
"cheeks",
"derriere",
"derri\u00e8re",
"duff",
"fanny",
"hams",
"haunches",
"heinie",
"hunkers",
"keister",
"keester",
"nates",
"posterior",
"rear",
"rear end",
"rump",
"seat",
"tail",
"tail end",
"tush"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a naked fundament was clearly visible for an instant in the movie",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Concentrate on the fundaments of California cuisine: salads, pastas, heartier meats. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Sep. 2019",
"But if poetry is the fundament of the Oulipo, prose has brought it its greatest triumphs, a fact that is reflected in this anthology only somewhat. \u2014 Luc Sante, Harper's magazine , 10 Jan. 2019",
"He is particularly concerned about Trump\u2019s attack on institutions that are fundaments of democracy, like a free press, an independent judiciary, the legitimacy of elections, and the importance of honesty. \u2014 Annie Linskey, BostonGlobe.com , 15 Apr. 2018",
"For me, there is a lot of personal emotion in the record that is deep down to the core, but also the true fundaments of being in the studio. \u2014 Taylor Weatherby, Billboard , 5 Oct. 2017",
"But in the fundaments of its setting \u2014 moral compromise by a gringo in Mexico \u2014 Caputo ventures into crowded territory. \u2014 Simon Akam, New York Times , 19 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Latin fund\u0101mentum \"foundation, basis,\" from fund\u0101re \"to establish, found entry 4 \" + -mentum -ment ; replacing earlier and Middle English foundement, borrowed from Anglo-French fundement, fondement, borrowed from Latin fund\u0101mentum":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010655"
},
"fumble":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly",
": to make awkward attempts to do or find something",
": to search by trial and error",
": blunder",
": to feel one's way or move awkwardly",
": to drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder",
": to lose hold of a football while handling or running with it",
": to bring about by clumsy manipulation",
": to feel or handle clumsily",
": to deal with in a blundering way : bungle",
": to make (one's way) in a clumsy manner",
": misplay",
": to lose hold of (a football) while handling or running",
": an act or instance of fumbling",
": a fumbled ball",
": to feel about for or handle something in a clumsy way",
": to lose hold of the ball in football",
": an act of losing hold of the ball in football"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259m-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8f\u0259m-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
],
"antonyms":[
"blunder",
"bobble",
"boo-boo",
"boob",
"brick",
"clanger",
"clinker",
"error",
"fault",
"flub",
"fluff",
"gaff",
"gaffe",
"goof",
"inaccuracy",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"oversight",
"screwup",
"slip",
"slipup",
"stumble",
"trip"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"She fumbled in her pocket for her keys.",
"They fumbled a good opportunity to take control of the market.",
"He was hit hard and fumbled on the 20-yard line.",
"He fumbled the ball on the 20-yard line.",
"Noun",
"played the entire piano piece without a single fumble",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Perhaps shortstop Jorge Mateo doesn\u2019t fumble a backhand grounder. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Sure enough, Baltimore\u2019s defenders responded as rookie linebacker Odafe Oweh forced Kansas City running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire to fumble just as his team had entered field goal range. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 20 Sep. 2021",
"The Supreme Court could fumble a major case with a former high school football coach who sought to impose prayer on his players. \u2014 Jack Durschlag, Fox News , 2 May 2022",
"The smart sunglasses win major points for its high quality video and audio recording that allow travelers to capture memories without having to fumble around with their smartphone or camera while trying to be in the moment. \u2014 Kaitlyn Mcinnis, Travel + Leisure , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Other games might fumble such a melting pot of themes and mechanics, spilling into your lap a steaming hodgepodge of incoherent randomness. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2021",
"The latest from Joachim Trier (Thelma; Oslo, August 31st) considers the new possibilities and new woes of the 21st from the perspective of someone trying to fumble through it one misstep and fresh passion at a time. \u2014 Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone , 31 Jan. 2022",
"That sequence came after BYU converted a fourth-down conversion only to fumble the ball away to the Blazers late in the game. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 Dec. 2021",
"Stevenson, drafted in the fourth round earlier this year, had earned snaps in New England\u2019s season opener against the Miami Dolphins, only to fumble on his second touch \u2014 a 9-yard reception in the first quarter. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Hurts had a freak interception and a fumble on Philadelphia\u2019s first two possessions as Washington built a 10-0 lead. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 23 Dec. 2021",
"After early sputtering attempts to move the ball by both sides, Moeller caught a break late in the opening quarter when Joseph Ginnetti recovered a Firebird fumble on the 7-yard line. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 21 Nov. 2021",
"After two Christian McCaffrey runs netted 14 yards, Collins, as part of the group led by Adrian Phillips, forced a McCaffrey fumble on the next snap. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Still, Carr threw a pick-six and the Raiders went 1 for 6 in the red zone, which included a fumble on the Giants\u2019 13-yard line while trying for a game-tying touchdown on the final drive. \u2014 Adam Burke Vsin, Los Angeles Times , 8 Nov. 2021",
"On Davidson\u2019s second play from scrimmage, the Toreros forced a turnover with Kyle Bilchik recovering a fumble at the USD 30. \u2014 Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Sep. 2021",
"Dallas Christian then had a prime opportunity to take its first lead on the next series, recovering a fumble on the kickoff at the Regents 22 with 9:23 remaining. \u2014 Dallas News , 19 Dec. 2020",
"On the other side, Bengals safety Vonn Bell had another busy afternoon, recovering a fumble for the second week in a row and making six tackles. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 7 Dec. 2020",
"The Maulers were held to 228 yards on 10 drives and lost a fumble near the goal line. \u2014 Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press , 2 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1534, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-231750"
},
"further":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": farther sense 1",
": to a greater degree or extent",
": in addition : moreover",
": farther sense 1",
": going or extending beyond : additional",
": to help forward : promote",
": farther entry 1 sense 1",
": besides entry 2 , also",
": to a greater degree or extent",
": to help forward : promote",
": farther entry 2",
": going or extending beyond : additional"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259r-t\u035fh\u0259r",
"\u02c8f\u0259r-t\u035fh\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"beyond",
"farther",
"yon",
"yonder"
],
"antonyms":[
"added",
"additional",
"another",
"else",
"farther",
"fresh",
"more",
"other"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"For a sentimental spin on graduation gifting, look no further than this retro reel viewer. \u2014 Lauren Gray, Popular Mechanics , 16 June 2022",
"For a crowd-pleasing outdoor movie screen that'll surpass all your expectations, look no further than Elite Screens' Yard Master 2, our overall choice for the best outdoor movie screen. \u2014 Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
"In a sign on how long China\u2019s strict measures may last, look no further than next year\u2019s Asia Football Confederation\u2019s Asian Cup soccer tournament set to begin in mid-June 2023. \u2014 Karson Yiu, ABC News , 15 June 2022",
"If staying at an all-inclusive resort is a must for your girlfriend getaway, look no further than Mexico. \u2014 Terri Huggins Hart, Woman's Day , 14 June 2022",
"For an even more convenient cooking method, look no further than your microwave. \u2014 Audrey Bruno, SELF , 11 June 2022",
"Look no further than your car's exterior to earn cash to help pay for the surging cost of filling up. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"Look no further than U of L's late rally against Michigan in the regional final. \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 9 June 2022",
"For a robot vacuum that will take care of all your floor-cleaning needs, look no further than the Roborock S7. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Weather experts say conditions are ripe for further heavy rainstorms in the south of the country and heatwaves in the north. \u2014 Kathleen Magramo, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"Curbing exports, for example, would intensify fuel shortages in Europe and could lead to further political destabilization there. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
"And the prospect of further interest rate hikes may mean more bad news for the crypto markets. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 20 June 2022",
"Amalgamated decided to appeal the decision after seeking further input from the card company employees. \u2014 Jim Axelrod, Clare Hymes, CBS News , 20 June 2022",
"Those issues will have to be resolved when this case goes back to the lower courts for further consideration. \u2014 Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"Gaddis, an executive board member of Major League Soccer's Black Players for Change, is using his years of awareness and further research to help spread information on Juneteenth on a broad scale. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 20 June 2022",
"In a further sign of normality being restored, the top two titles were Korean-made. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 19 June 2022",
"For further reading, past articles in this series delved deeper into the origins of Delaney Park, Russian Jack Springs Park, and Valley of the Moon Park. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 19 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Is there a chance that Theroux may want to further his hip-hop career? \u2014 Suzy Expositostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
"The film follows a carnival worker (Cooper) with a sordid past who takes major risks to further his career. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 25 Mar. 2022",
"She was recognized as a 2021 Originator on The Discover List for creating the popular Savage dance to Megan Thee Stallion\u2019s hit song, and plans on getting certified to become a group fitness instructor to further her career. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Just weeks later came the stunning announcement that Smollett was charged with staging the attack to further his career and secure a higher salary. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Nov. 2021",
"The work includes more than 1,800 Inspire Change matching grants that the NFL Foundation has awarded current and former players to further their charitable efforts. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Mission Zero was a part of one of the 15 teams that were shortlisted in the first phase of the prize and awarded a $1 million grant to further their technology. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
"Starbucks leadership says organizers are harassing customers and employees to further their union efforts, while Starbucks Workers United says the company is hindering them by firing pro-union employees, according to The Wall Street Journal. \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"According to a news release, those hired will work on the Light + Fit marketing team, receive training and support to further their skills and have the option to apply for full-time employment after successful completion of the program. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 30 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adverb, Adjective, and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-233236"
},
"fulfill":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to put into effect : execute",
": to meet the requirements of (a business order)",
": to measure up to : satisfy",
": to bring to an end",
": to develop the full potentialities of",
": to convert into reality",
": to make full : fill",
": to make real",
": satisfy sense 4"
],
"pronounciation":[
"fu\u0307(l)-\u02c8fil",
"also"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"complete",
"comply (with)",
"fill",
"keep",
"meet",
"redeem",
"satisfy"
],
"antonyms":[
"breach",
"break",
"transgress",
"violate"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Alongside its recommendation on Friday, the commission set a list of conditions for Ukraine to fulfill before the EU can consider opening accession negotiations with Kyiv, something that appears unlikely before next year at the earliest. \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Even after that project was finished, the CHA still needed to build 1,773 more units, including 469 for public housing residents, to fulfill its commitments. \u2014 Nick Blumberg, ProPublica , 14 June 2022",
"From the article: Executives remain committed to securing land in the right locations to fulfill founder Jeff Bezos\u2019 vision of making an online purchase as instantly gratifying as a trip to the store. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"To fulfill its guarantee, each bottle is made up of extra overages, is handled with care, and is tested for efficacy. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"On one hand, humans want social robots to be human enough in appearance and behavior to fulfill our relationship needs. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 June 2022",
"The team took advantage of the adaptability of plant cells in a way that calls to mind how stem cells change form to fulfill specific functions. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 9 June 2022",
"As part of the legendary, highly personalized service of The Ritz-Carlton, and inspired by the ancient royal customs of the Maldivian royal courts, each room is assigned an \u2018Aris Meeha\u2018 or island butler to fulfill a guest\u2019s every wish. \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 4 June 2022",
"Winner is responsible for selecting their correct tire size and providing any information needed to fulfill this portion of the prize. \u2014 Outside Online , 3 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English fulfillen , from Old English fullfyllan , from full + fyllan to fill",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-010115"
},
"fuddy-duddy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that is old-fashioned, unimaginative, or conservative"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259-d\u0113-\u02ccd\u0259-d\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"antediluvian",
"Colonel Blimp",
"dodo",
"fogy",
"fogey",
"fossil",
"fud",
"mossback",
"reactionary",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"stuffed shirt"
],
"antonyms":[
"hipster",
"modern",
"trendy"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
"first_known_use":[
"1868, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-173520"
},
"fusty":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": impaired by age or dampness : moldy",
": saturated with dust and stale odors : musty",
": rigidly old-fashioned or reactionary"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259-st\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"fetid",
"foul",
"frowsty",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"funky",
"malodorous",
"musty",
"noisome",
"rank",
"reeking",
"reeky",
"ripe",
"smelly",
"stenchy",
"stinking",
"stinky",
"strong"
],
"antonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"aromatic",
"fragrant",
"perfumed",
"redolent",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scented",
"sweet"
],
"examples":[
"The trunk was full of fusty clothing.",
"couldn't stay too long in the fusty attic without sneezing",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Gone are the clapboard shutters and fusty colonial style of the common areas, which have been upgraded to embody a lighter, 1960s vibe of patterned fabrics and polished Carrara marble. \u2014 Paul Winner, Travel + Leisure , 17 Apr. 2022",
"For Rihanna, now in her third trimester of pregnancy, fusty notions of maternity wear were an easy target. \u2014 Chioma Nnadi, Vogue , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The museum\u2019s Fifth Avenue mansion has long been a challenging space in which to show contemporary design and to project a future forward sensibility (the museum aimed to counter its fusty image with a renovation in 2014). \u2014 New York Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The deliciously macabre displays of taxidermy are a highlight, but the museum also manages to avoid feeling too fusty by bringing in contemporary artists to produce works in conversation with its collections, from Sterling Ruby to Jeff Koons. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Because a bit more quirkiness might not be all bad for this staid, tradition-laden, and wonderfully fusty old game. \u2014 John Guaspari, National Review , 26 Sep. 2021",
"Connecticut is grappling with a fusty , outdated state government and an economy hampered by a protectionist impulse, Gov. Ned Lamont told an elite business group this week. \u2014 Stephen Singer, courant.com , 23 Sep. 2021",
"That linguistic shift had political dimensions, too, as Cosimo championed Italian within the larger and relatively fusty framework of Latin as a Pan-European language with an ancient pedigree. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 June 2021",
"Hand-washing is an easy way to take your must-have silk blouses and delicates from fusty to fresh in the comfort of your own home\u2014while avoiding additional costs and chemicals used at local dry-cleaners. \u2014 Taylor Ayers, Marie Claire , 14 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"probably alteration of Middle English foisted, foist musty, from foist wine cask, from Anglo-French fust, fuist wood, tree trunk, cask, from Medieval Latin fustis ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-195949"
},
"futurity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": time to come : future",
": the quality or state of being future",
": future events or prospects",
": a horse race usually for two-year-olds in which the competitors are nominated at birth or before",
": a race or competition for which entries are made well in advance of the event"
],
"pronounciation":[
"fy\u00fc-\u02c8tu\u0307r-\u0259-t\u0113",
"-\u02c8tyu\u0307r-",
"-\u02c8chu\u0307r-"
],
"synonyms":[
"by-and-by",
"future",
"hereafter",
"offing",
"tomorrow"
],
"antonyms":[
"past"
],
"examples":[
"In English we can express futurity with \u201cwill\u201d and \u201cshall.\u201d",
"we can scarcely imagine what observers in some remote futurity will think of civilization as it existed at the dawn of the 21st century",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Constituent\u2019s biggest win of the year came in the Restricted Grade 1 Governor\u2019s Cup Futurity when the son of Seperate Interest outdueled stablemate Squid Word to win the 350-yard futurity by a nose. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021",
"His five victories were second overall among freshman sprinters behind Grade 1 futurity winner Apollitical Patty\u2019s six wins. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Her victory was the largest margin by a Two Million winner in his or her next start after winning the rich futurity . \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2021",
"The 10 fastest qualifiers will move on to compete in the first futurity final of the year. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2021",
"The trials to the track\u2019s first futurity , the Grade 2 Robert Adair Kindergarten, will take place on Sunday, April 25. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Her margin of victory was the largest ever by a Million winner in his or her next start following the rich futurity . \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2021",
"Home to Hollywood and situated at the edge of the country right up against the glistening Pacific Ocean, Los Angeles represents the promise of futurity : fortune and fame, health and beauty, sunshine and open space. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 10 Feb. 2021",
"The Best Feeling was tremendous in his two starts at Grants Pass, winning his futurity trial there by two lengths before winning the 350-yard final by \u00be lengths. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 26 Dec. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Data is absolutely fundamental to the ability of machines to think and learn. \u2014 Bernard Marr, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"The legislation in California helped convince shareholders, and then companies, that these protections are fundamental . \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
"Copying classical Chinese masterpieces was fundamental to his education, and Zhang learned to skillfully replicate the great artists of the Ming and Qing dynasties (and later became a highly-skilled forger). \u2014 CNN , 12 June 2022",
"In a panel conversation with Variety co-editor in chief Cynthia Littleton, Spencer revealed that engaging with and searching for the truth of a person is fundamental to how an actor portrays a character. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 10 June 2022",
"This is fundamental to understanding today\u2019s Russia because Patrushev\u2019s conspiratorial beliefs and view of the world is the lens through which his friend Putin sees it. \u2014 Susanne Sternthal, The Conversation , 7 June 2022",
"For a countless number of us, Music Supervisors have been fundamental in helping us fuel dreams, build wealth, and create security for ourselves and our families. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"Being simple and being fundamental can also beat those guys that like to press up. \u2014 Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online , 2 June 2022",
"What could be more fundamental to the protection of life than protecting innocent children from the wanton killing enabled by the unrestricted sale of firearms? \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"While the technology may be new to some organizations, hiring the right people and assembling great teams is a business fundamental that has stood the test of time. \u2014 Daphne Kis, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"One fundamental that makes coaching successful is the nature of the relationship between the two people involved. \u2014 Jack Zenger, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The short-yardage problems were more muscle-mass fundamental . \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 6 Nov. 2021",
"Together, the advances span the fundamental to the applied. \u2014 Chad Mirkin, Scientific American , 9 Oct. 2021",
"The program teaches students the fundamental of electricity as well as the math and sciences needed to work on power lines. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 6 Apr. 2021",
"This has always been a timeless fundamental of marketing, but so much more evident now. \u2014 Sarah Hofstetter, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2021",
"Called Fleming's Left Hand Rule, this fundamental of electromagnetism states that the confluence of a magnetic field and an electric current passing through a fluid will cause the fluid to be propelled in one direction. \u2014 Abe Dane, Popular Mechanics , 14 Jan. 2021",
"For a company of its size, that kind of a move is less a reflection of business fundamentals ,... \u2014 Laura Forman, WSJ , 26 May 2020"
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"a girl who loves all furred animals, from hamsters to bears",
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"The hybrid is a short- furred bear that is more adept at handling hot temperatures than the grizzly. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 1 June 2022",
"Doosan Digital Innovation is selling NFTs of the team's players and blue- furred bear mascot. \u2014 Brian Jackson, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The moth was female, her furred body already heavy with eggs. \u2014 Jackie Polzin, Star Tribune , 6 July 2021",
"News reports showed photographs of Lady Gaga\u2019s bodyguard picking up the black- furred dog at the Hollywood Police station. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Feb. 2021",
"The ranch manages its lands for all its furred and feathered inhabitants, wild and domestic, that aren\u2019t predators. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 Oct. 2020",
"Winter, an 8-year-old white- furred cat with blue-green eyes, lived with her elderly owner. \u2014 Kara Scannell, CNN , 12 May 2020",
"But researchers report in a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday that the swamp wallaby, a small, dark- furred creature, has an even more peculiar way of doing things. \u2014 Veronique Greenwood, New York Times , 2 Mar. 2020",
"Information on the dark- furred rodents is limited because, contrary to popular belief, black squirrels aren\u2019t a unique species. \u2014 Benjamin Peters, cleveland.com , 11 July 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"In lieu of flowers, donations for future projects in memory of Regina Najarian can be made to Camp Haiastan, P.O. Box C, Franklin 02038. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"In April, Rolling Stone reported that Warner Bros. and DC executives decided to pause future projects involving Miller. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 16 June 2022",
"Identify your future leaders, encourage them, and embrace them. \u2014 Domenic Rom, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
"Did that realization change your approach on future projects? \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"Here's to hoping the couple's future projects are smooth sailing! \u2014 Caitlin Scott, House Beautiful , 15 June 2022",
"The chapter received a $250 check for future projects. \u2014 cleveland , 12 June 2022",
"Salt Lake County plans to lower permit prices on future solar projects, too. \u2014 Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"That could be a higher pay scale for workers or consideration of future projects in the district. \u2014 Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As the debate over the future of the U.S. economy rages on, there are a few important economic signposts that investors and consumers should keep an eye on. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 18 June 2022",
"The Eagles also made two errors to the Hawks' one. With Parks headed to Indianapolis to become a Bulldog next season, FHE will miss its dugout-leading senior, but Hearn expressed optimism about his program's future . \u2014 Mason Young, Detroit Free Press , 18 June 2022",
"Those who didn\u2019t buy in were letting the future pass them by. \u2014 Corrie Driebusch, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"Solar energy generation is the present, not the future . \u2014 Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 June 2022",
"Coach Andy Johnson isn't ignoring the past to forge Mesa Mountain View's future ahead in boys basketball. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 18 June 2022",
"But injuries to the Warriors' future Hall of Famers halted the dynasty for a bit and Poole would learn about the growing pains of being an NBA player. \u2014 Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
"Bradley Beal's potential free agency looms over the team and clouds the future . \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"That potential future is all the more believable in a society where some people are driven to death by overwork, said Yasunori Ando, an associate professor at Tottori University who studies spirituality and bioethics. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022"
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"a funnyman who honed his shtick in vaudeville, Milton Berle was credited with popularizing the medium of television",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Audiences, by and large, seem to be loving the British funnyman \u2019s new special, which Netflix summarizes as follows. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 May 2022",
"Every funnyman has his calling card, and Sam Richardson\u2019s is a mien of indefatigable bafflement. \u2014 The New Yorker , 29 May 2022",
"The British funnyman argued comedy was threatened if comics couldn\u2019t predict what might be considered offensive in the future. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 May 2022",
"The actor and funnyman 's post caught the attention of several of his peers. \u2014 Jolie Lash, EW.com , 30 Apr. 2021",
"Kim Kardashian can't get enough of her funnyman , Pete Davidson. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Which is when the nearly 300-pound former soprano slapped him with an open hand, opening up a four-inch gash along the funnyman \u2019s face as her costume jewelry hit his cheek. \u2014 Rob Long, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
"As a funnyman and late-night host, Kimmel (and others like him) could deliver a sharp monologue, engage a large crowd inside the theater as well as those hopefully watching from home, and keep the show moving at a clip. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
"But this story, the one at the heart of After Life, is one of the most profound creative projects the sometimes controversial funnyman has ever produced in his career. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 15 Jan. 2022"
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"Verb",
"She's still fuming about not being invited to the party.",
"We sat there waiting for him, fuming with anger at the delay.",
"\u201cThey made these changes without even asking our opinion,\u201d one employee fumed .",
"The volcano was fuming thick black smoke.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Although scallop fume inhalation was proving nonreactive, surely sharing scallop protein particles via mouth-to-mouth contact would not be. \u2014 Bonnie Garmus, Bon App\u00e9tit , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The legislation would create new mandates for crew training and for reporting and investigating fume events. \u2014 Kiera Feldmanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Its surface was sending out a faint autumnal fume , like faraway burning leaves. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"One of those designs includes the Endeavour Centre Seconds Concept X seconde/seconde/, which is similar in design to the new perpetual calendar models featuring a brightly colored fume dial with a cartoonish rubber eraser at its center. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Many in the vice president's circle fume that she's not being adequately prepared or positioned, and instead is being sidelined. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Many in the vice president's circle fume that she's not being adequately prepared or positioned, and instead is being sidelined. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Big rigs hogged streets and highways, waddling to and from the nearby fume -spewing port. \u2014 Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 13 Nov. 2021",
"Many in the vice president's circle fume that she's not being adequately prepared or positioned, and instead is being sidelined. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The price at the pump this week in Florida may cause some drivers to fume . \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 12 May 2022",
"But from that point forward, Straw Man Army \u2014 Owen Deutsch and Sean Fentress \u2014 refuses to fume , panic, scowl or proselytize. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
"All through the Beijing Games, the unchecked swagger of Canada\u2019s women\u2019s hockey team had been conspicuous for all to see \u2014 and to admire, fume over and fear. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The back-door alley entrance of the SEC headquarters is where people go to smoke, and sometimes also maybe to fume . \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Verstappen was left to fume while Hamilton built up a comfortable cushion, only for the safety car to bring the pack back together for the closing stages. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Both senators have yet to publicly do so, even as liberal Democrats continue to publicly fume over the reticence. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
"So while Team Logan goes in search of a country where the kingpin can fume and avoid extradition, and Team Kendall swings wildly between fist-bumping triumph and holy-moly terror, both sides are living in equal fear of the near future. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Oct. 2021",
"That means that musical-theater aficionados \u2014 for whom judging is a contact sport \u2014 will have plenty of opportunities to fume , rave, or shrug at the cinematic treatment of some favorite shows. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 Sep. 2021"
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"Verb",
"His forehead furrows when he frowns.",
"we had to furrow the field before we could plant the wheat",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But in nearby Severodonetsk, workers brought a fresh batch of corpses in body bags to the southern edge of the city, even as a bulldozer dug out a fresh furrow in the expanding cemetery. \u2014 Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Stage three required more silicone cheeks, chin, neck, back of neck, lips and stretch and stipple to age around her eyes, forehead and furrow . \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 16 Mar. 2022",
"British company Pavegen has been ploughing a similar furrow , also applying its technology to public spaces like sidewalks, transport hubs, retail outlets and educational establishments. \u2014 Eamonn Forde, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
"The vast majority plow the same furrow for their whole careers, evolving the details of their positions but rarely flipping them. \u2014 Julian Baggini, WSJ , 26 Aug. 2021",
"Legend holds that Romulus, the mythological founder of Rome, created the city\u2019s first pomerium by plowing a furrow in the eighth century B.C.E. Romulus supposedly killed his twin brother, Remus, after Remus jumped over the perimeter in jest. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Since her poignant pen-and-ink microhistories in the New York Times\u2019 Op-Art section, Redniss has plowed a furrow between word and text, facts and fantasy, that, for lack of a better term, might be called visual nonfiction. \u2014 Max Norman, The New Yorker , 23 July 2021",
"The furrow leads back and forth through fields of sesame, cowpeas, kidney beans, pulses. \u2014 Paul Salopek, National Geographic , 4 Nov. 2020",
"But, with Britain about to leave Europe, the tap will soon be turned off and the farm will have to plough its own furrow . \u2014 David Mcclure, Town & Country , 19 Sep. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In short, there\u2019s a confounding number of products, and some pretty outlandish medical claims out there\u2014but making the right choices needn\u2019t furrow the forehead. \u2014 Nick Scott, Robb Report , 12 June 2022",
"Maybe Coke thinks that scrutinizing gamers will furrow their eyebrows at inauthentic branding attempts, or respond with links to the company's dubious practices regarding nutritional research and science. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 30 Apr. 2022",
"His eyebrows furrow in a pensive formation when the question turns to the topic of his status with the United States men\u2019s national team on the path to qualifying for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. \u2014 Emily Olsen, USA TODAY , 23 Feb. 2022",
"That\u2019s not what causing Fukunaga\u2019s brow to furrow at the moment, however. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Now, furrow your forehead and sigh in disappointment at the recognition that this culture of ours still fails to either value the work of women or recognize our capacities beyond the possession of a womb and a faculty for baking. \u2014 Liz Elting, Forbes , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Seconds later, Bourgeois peered up toward the glass dividing him from the media and other witnesses in adjoining rooms, and then appeared to grimace and furrow his eyebrow. \u2014 Michael Tarm, chicagotribune.com , 11 Dec. 2020",
"Neither of which means anything to the horrific new engine, which affects the Suburban in strange and scary ways, ways that furrow the brows and tighten the lips of any upstanding suburbanite. \u2014 Don Schroeder, Car and Driver , 25 May 2020",
"Sheeran continues as the prince\u2019s brow furrows deeper. \u2014 Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times , 10 Oct. 2019"
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"A fusillade of bullets filled the courtyard.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And some more good news for lovers of the distinctive fusillade produced by the original Impreza rally cars: this one keeps anti-lag, injecting fuel into the turbocharger to keep it spinning off-throttle. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 21 June 2022",
"The fusillade would usually start around 9 a.m. on Saturdays. \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"Minutes after the man mimicked the rockets, a fusillade of them sailed into a residential area next to the stores. \u2014 James Verini, New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"The Dodgers, widely expected to return to the playoffs for a 10th consecutive season, will attack the season with a fusillade of eight starters. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 8 Apr. 2022",
"On Wednesday, Sacramento police said that a preliminary investigation suggested at least five shooters may have been involved Sunday in unleashing the fusillade of bullets that struck 18 people, six of them fatally. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"What can government agencies and businesses do to prepare for a fusillade of attacks? \u2014 Danny Lopez, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Near the ring road that surrounds the capital, trucks with rocket launchers parked in fields and released a fusillade toward Russian forces\u2019 position to the northwest. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Initial reports said a vicious firefight followed the blast, as surviving Marines defended themselves from militants who unleashed a fusillade of gunfire. \u2014 Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica , 21 Jan. 2022"
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"The function of the heart is to pump blood through the body.",
"He believes that the true function of art is to tell the truth.",
"What functions do these programs fulfill?",
"infants learning to control their bodily functions",
"The instrument is chiefly used to measure and record heart function .",
"The design achieves a perfect blend of form and function .",
"His job combines the functions of a manager and a worker.",
"Her chief function is to provide expert legal advice.",
"They went to several functions during their college reunion weekend.",
"Verb",
"The new machine functions well.",
"His bad health has prevented him from being able to function effectively in recent weeks.",
"Her heart now seems to be functioning normally.",
"The computer network is not yet fully functioning .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"However in Japan, the sport, which was brought to the country in 1872 by Horace Wilson, an American English teacher at the Kaisei Academy in Tokyo, took on a different political function . \u2014 Kimmy Yam, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
"Metro Atlanta added 8,800 jobs in May and also saw its unemployment rate rise slightly, but the uptick in the region\u2019s historically low jobless rate may be more a function of seasonality than looming fears of economic storm clouds. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"The victims, who went to get something to eat after attending a church function , did get a license plate for the Ford, which was traced to a Broadview Heights address. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"The Trust Barometer further finds that businesses must take the lead on societal issues and that this leadership has become a core business function . \u2014 Kelly Feist, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"These may be able to offer a browning function , whereas Crockpots and crockpot-style cookers usually do not. \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"Maybe that\u2019s a natural function of Joseph finally allowing his characters to get into some serious arguments in these latter phases. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"A few weeks later, Zillow creates a brand-new function to pair left-behind citizens with now-vacant houses; the CMS works like a charm, with excellent functionality and zero error messages. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
"With the frequency channel, however, timing becomes a function of data\u2014even when only safe instructions are used. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"It was introduced as a means of supporting low-income Oregonians who helped the state continue to function during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic by working. \u2014 Connor Radnovich, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"Congress and the judiciary played out their respective roles and the executive branch continued to function despite unprecedented political pressures. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"Tommy still hasn't quite figured out how to function without her. \u2014 Samantha Highfill, EW.com , 11 June 2022",
"In addition, the IAEA has around 40 cameras in place at Iran\u2019s main enrichment plants, which will continue to function . \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Only the radios carried by Border Patrol agents appeared to function well, the review found. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Regardless of the geopolitical climate, Ukraine's IT sector continues to function \u2014and even thrive. \u2014 Nazariy Hazdun, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Children shouldn\u2019t have to function on empty stomachs during what should be one of the most enjoyable times of the year for them. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 2 June 2022",
"So the agency is developing new connections to allow existing technologies, which were not originally designed to work together, to function as an effective system. \u2014 Jason Sherman, Scientific American , 2 June 2022"
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"Latin function-, functio performance, from fungi to perform; probably akin to Sanskrit bhu\u1e45kte he enjoys":"Noun and Verb"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"However in Japan, the sport, which was brought to the country in 1872 by Horace Wilson, an American English teacher at the Kaisei Academy in Tokyo, took on a different political function . \u2014 Kimmy Yam, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
"Metro Atlanta added 8,800 jobs in May and also saw its unemployment rate rise slightly, but the uptick in the region\u2019s historically low jobless rate may be more a function of seasonality than looming fears of economic storm clouds. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"The victims, who went to get something to eat after attending a church function , did get a license plate for the Ford, which was traced to a Broadview Heights address. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"The Trust Barometer further finds that businesses must take the lead on societal issues and that this leadership has become a core business function . \u2014 Kelly Feist, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"These may be able to offer a browning function , whereas Crockpots and crockpot-style cookers usually do not. \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"Maybe that\u2019s a natural function of Joseph finally allowing his characters to get into some serious arguments in these latter phases. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"A few weeks later, Zillow creates a brand-new function to pair left-behind citizens with now-vacant houses; the CMS works like a charm, with excellent functionality and zero error messages. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
"With the frequency channel, however, timing becomes a function of data\u2014even when only safe instructions are used. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"It was introduced as a means of supporting low-income Oregonians who helped the state continue to function during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic by working. \u2014 Connor Radnovich, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"Congress and the judiciary played out their respective roles and the executive branch continued to function despite unprecedented political pressures. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"Tommy still hasn't quite figured out how to function without her. \u2014 Samantha Highfill, EW.com , 11 June 2022",
"In addition, the IAEA has around 40 cameras in place at Iran\u2019s main enrichment plants, which will continue to function . \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Only the radios carried by Border Patrol agents appeared to function well, the review found. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Regardless of the geopolitical climate, Ukraine's IT sector continues to function \u2014and even thrive. \u2014 Nazariy Hazdun, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Children shouldn\u2019t have to function on empty stomachs during what should be one of the most enjoyable times of the year for them. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 2 June 2022",
"So the agency is developing new connections to allow existing technologies, which were not originally designed to work together, to function as an effective system. \u2014 Jason Sherman, Scientific American , 2 June 2022"
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"examples":[
"shivered with cold in the dark and funereal Victorian mansion",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Wearing a funereal dark suit, white shirt and muted tie, Joe Biden delivered Thursday night one of the most somber White House speeches in recent history. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 3 June 2022",
"Several categories, including items taken by colonial violence, human remains and sacred and funereal objects, will be most affected. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"The parallels to America are clear, but Harris gives Sugarland its own ceremonies of remembrance and loss, including a semi-Pentecostal, funereal holler that made a holy terror announce itself in my body. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Played by a sadly juiceless Jeremy Irons in funereal mode, the Chamberlain here is a quietly heroic figure who perceptively negotiates with Hitler to avoid another war. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Garrison and Jones work themselves into a funereal groove, and Tyner somehow makes his piano sound like it\u2019s crying. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Dec. 2021",
"During the long stretch when the Advance failed to live up to its upbeat billing, the event took on a funereal vibe, even amid the splendor of a historic hotel decked out for Christmas. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Dec. 2021",
"Originally funereal , the first move Ashworth made was increasing tempos \u2014 while adding richly textured acoustic and electronic arrangements that firmly pushed the songs toward contemporary pop. \u2014 Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The day after that day, four years ago, was funereal . \u2014 Ishion Hutchinson, The New York Review of Books , 19 Nov. 2020"
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": having an offensive odor : foul",
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": characterized by rhythmic elements similar to those of funk",
": odd or quaint in appearance or feeling",
": unconventionally stylish : hip",
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"kookie",
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"fu\u0307(l)-\u02c8fi-li\u014b",
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"gladdening",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Related, 71% said their passion projects would be equally as fulfilling as having children. \u2014 Christine Michel Carter, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"For me, there\u2019s nothing more fulfilling than seeing technology enhance the way people live. \u2014 Achin Bhowmik, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"The best summer dinner ideas are fresh and fulfilling \u2014and are the perfect cap to a perfect summer day. \u2014 Janae Mckenzie, Glamour , 12 May 2022",
"To own that work is very empowering and very fulfilling . \u2014 Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Work became more fulfilling to him and the company profited from his growth. \u2014 Carolyn Chen, The Atlantic , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Everyone else, the vast majority of humanity, lacks Reality Privilege \u2014 their online world is, or will be, immeasurably richer and more fulfilling than most of the physical and social environment around them in the quote-unquote real world. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Even if your presence is in demand, devoting yourself to domestic pleasures might feel more fulfilling than going out. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 29 Nov. 2021",
"This might be something that proves to be very fulfilling for you in the end! \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022"
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"adverb"
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"also",
"besides",
"either",
"further",
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"then",
"too",
"withal",
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"examples":[
"I'm not interested in what you are selling, and furthermore , I asked your company not to contact me ever again.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And furthermore , the details of the jar are also considered [and] chosen because of its specific size and design. \u2014 Mariah Tyler, Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
"Playing Communion politics, furthermore , reveals the hypocritical partisanship among some vocal segments of the Catholic right. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"Political analysts have furthermore feared that China will feel embolden by Putin\u2019s war in Ukraine to act on plans for an attack on Taiwan. \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 22 May 2022",
"The Clinic, furthermore , has been using the complex to train members of its in-house police force. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Lawmakers are, furthermore , also investigating whether there was a larger effort to cover-up records from January 6. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Internal conflicts furthermore dogged the team as disagreements reportedly ensued as to whether Apple should develop an entire car or simply focus on its intelligence and user interface. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 4 May 2022",
"Election officials, furthermore , can no longer send absentee ballot applications to all qualified voters. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 15 Apr. 2022",
"And that the streamer, furthermore , is scraping the bottom of the barrel. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 18 Mar. 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"endow",
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"The fund was established to aid the poor.",
"All her funds were in a checking account.",
"His funds were getting lower as he continued to look for a job.",
"The comedian had a large fund of jokes.",
"Verb",
"The group funded three new scholarships.",
"Who funds the company pension plan?",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Lawmakers have approved a $100 million settlement fund for men and women who were abused as children at the Sununu Youth Services Center, formerly called the Youth Development Center. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"The deal sets up a $1.02 billion fund for people who lost family members in the collapse of the 12-story building, as well as those who suffered physical or mental injuries. \u2014 Adriana Gomez Licon And Curt Anderson, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"In addition to his work with CrossCheck Studios, Richards\u2019 other ventures include the venture fund Animal Capital, co-founding the talent collective Sway House, and formerly co-founding TikTok management and production company TalentX. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 23 June 2022",
"Klein is perhaps best known for investments made through the Seed-stage specialist, LocalGlobe and it sister breakout fund , Latitude. \u2014 Trevor Clawson, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Lake Powell sees millions of visitors annually, and power sales from the Glen Canyon Dam fund important environmental programs as well as dam maintenance and irrigation projects. \u2014 Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 June 2022",
"About $1,050,000 comes from Cleveland\u2019s general fund , which pays for routine city operating expenses, such as police and waste collector salaries. \u2014 Courtney Astolfi, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
"The vast bulk will be funneled into Norway\u2019s massive sovereign wealth fund \u2014 the world\u2019s largest \u2014 to support the nation when oil runs dry. \u2014 Mark Lewis, ajc , 28 May 2022",
"The vast bulk will be funneled into Norway\u2019s massive sovereign wealth fund \u2014 the world\u2019s largest \u2014 to support the nation when oil runs dry. \u2014 Mark Lewis, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"With Congressional action the Federal Reserve could use post offices as physical locations for people to access individual digital savings accounts and fund the initiative with income the bank earns ($107 billion in 2021). \u2014 Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"The $5 million appropriated for the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s (DOE) low-dose radiation program in 2021 and 2022 is not sufficient even to get a research program off the ground, let alone fund the research itself. \u2014 Lindsay Morton, STAT , 23 June 2022",
"Expect vigorous debates over how much to tax residents and businesses, how much to spend on police and which new programs to fund . \u2014 Michael Brice-saddler, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"Benjamin Rome, one of the researchers and a physician at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, told Fortune that Cuban and his pharmacy did not fund or have any involvement in the study. \u2014 Christine Mui, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin announced in a news release Friday that the Service to the Fleet Act will completely fund the Coast Guard\u2019s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Plan. \u2014 Ashley Barrientos, Baltimore Sun , 17 June 2022",
"Local entities commonly seek federal grants to fund projects. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 16 June 2022",
"While state universities are unable to offer in-state tuition to undocumented students, there are other resources available that can help students fund their education. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
"Both bills, which LA28 helped guide, would allow the Department of Transportation to fund temporary facilities, equipment, operations and maintenance. \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022"
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"earlier fond, borrowed (with later respelling after Latin fundus ) from French fond \"bottom, base, foundation,\" (in plural) \"sum of money, capital, resources,\" going back to Old French funt, font \"bottom, base, cultivated ground,\" going back to Latin fundus \u2014 more at bottom entry 1":"Noun",
"derivative of fund entry 1":"Verb"
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"1628, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
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"noun"
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"\u02c8f\u0259\u014b(k)-t\u0259r"
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"1935, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021708"
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"adverb",
"noun"
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": affording light mirth and laughter : amusing":[
"His account of the war came in bits and pieces, sometimes bloody, sometimes funny .",
"\u2014 Robert Penn Warren"
],
": seeking or intended to amuse : facetious":[
"Don't take him so seriously; he was just being funny ."
],
": differing from the ordinary in a suspicious, perplexing, quaint, or eccentric way : peculiar":[
"My car has been making a funny noise.",
"\u2014 often used as a sentence modifier Funny , things didn't turn out the way we planned."
],
": involving trickery or deception":[
"told his prisoner not to try anything funny"
],
": comic strips or the comic section of a periodical":[
"\u2014 usually used with the"
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"antic",
"chucklesome",
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"hilarious",
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"humorous",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"killing",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious"
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He told a funny story.",
"He's a very funny guy.",
"What are you laughing at? There's nothing funny about it.",
"There's something funny going on here.",
"She has some funny ideas about how to run a company.",
"\u201cI can't find my keys.\u201d \u201cThat's funny \u2014they were here a minute ago.\u201d",
"My car has been making a funny noise lately.",
"A funny thing happened to me the other day.",
"It feels funny to be back here again.",
"It's funny that you should say that\u2014I was just thinking the same thing myself.",
"Noun",
"reading the Sunday funnies is part of my weekend ritual",
"let's can the funnies \u2014we've got serious work to do here",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The extended ballroom scenes, led by the miraculous Billy Porter as the witty, shady emcee, are funny , flamboyant, and vibrant. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The show was also, always, incredibly funny \u2014 and fearless. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 21 June 2022",
"That may not sound like a fun afternoon at the theater, but the two-hour play that closed its run with a Sunday matinee at Lamplighters Community Theatre in La Mesa was surprisingly funny , clever, touching and entertaining. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"It\u2019s so deeply funny , but also the kindness in the show \u2014 my mom was a public school teacher, and there\u2019s something that kind of hits me squarely in the heart every week. \u2014 Kate Aurthur, Variety , 20 June 2022",
"There's some intriguing twists afoot, and Hemsworth is a funny , trippy and sometimes scary hoot. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"The evening promises to be heartwarming, funny , and a little bit tear-jerking; and will be hosted by Rob Riggle and Joe Tessitore. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 May 2022",
"Their conversational, often funny approach to reporting what was happening in my one square foot gave me focus. \u2014 Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer , 23 May 2022",
"The film is funny , odd and sometimes inappropriate \u2014 a whole vibe, as the kids say. \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Many readers found Caity\u2019s self-deprecating tone in the article funny , and others commented that the van life wasn\u2019t supposed to be glamorous. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"The voice will be instantly recognizable as Saundersesque to anyone familiar with his fiction: jocular and often stand-up-comic funny , with a focus on providing joyful surprises with every turn of phrase. \u2014 Lisa Zeidner, Star Tribune , 8 Feb. 2021",
"This Netflix look at vulgar language, starring Nicolas Cage, is bust-a-gut funny . \u2014 Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com , 9 Jan. 2021",
"Anyway, how does a run-through of all these funnies and memes and LOLs and ROFLs out there in the English football world sound? \u2014 SI.com , 20 Aug. 2019",
"Here For Golden State Convention By ANDREW MAKARUSHKA More than 200 persons who take their funnies seriously gathered in the U.S. Grant Hotel yesterday for the start of the first San Diego Golden State Comics Convention. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 July 2019",
"Let\u2019s feast on some funnies : A tasty typo turned a U.S. Senate candidate\u2019s name into that of a sandwich. \u2014 Morning Brief, The Seattle Times , 6 July 2018",
"Lewandowski assured her Facebook followers that Quinn later found the melted doll funny and wasn't traumatized at all. \u2014 Jackie Frere, Redbook , 21 Nov. 2017",
"The special featured funny takes on money-hungry televangelists, and a hilarious impression of Ugandan President Idi Amin. \u2014 Matthew Allen, The Root , 15 Sep. 2017"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1739, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025210"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a word (such as a preposition, auxiliary verb, or conjunction) that expresses primarily a grammatical relationship":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1927, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045228"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": an outdoor event featuring games, rides, exhibitions, and other forms of entertainment"
],
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"\u02c8f\u0259n-\u02ccfer"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The queen\u2019s youngest son, Prince Edward, and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex, visited a 1950s-themed seaside funfair in Belfast. \u2014 Danica Kirka And Sylvia Hui, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
"The queen's youngest son, Prince Edward, and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex, visited a 1950s-themed seaside funfair in Belfast. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 5 June 2022",
"Just to the east of central Oslo, Gr\u00f8nland hosted a funfair where ice cream vendors did a roaring trade. \u2014 David Nikel, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"As well as having its share of villainous lairs, concrete bunkers, and secret laboratories, Blackreef has its own funfair complex, a rooftop bar, and even a plush, renovated castle that comes with a dance floor and comedy club. \u2014 Ewan Wilson, Wired , 15 Sep. 2021",
"In the amusement tent of a funfair , Zhou Zenong, who was pursuing Ai\u2019ai, is distracted by the sight of a woman\u2019s head that looks as if it\u2019s suspended above a vase on a machine draped in black cloth. \u2014 Jiwei Xiao, The New York Review of Books , 14 Mar. 2020",
"However, Saliba knew what was good for him and, with the help of fellow precocious Frenchman Matteo Guendouzi, who 'bumped' into him at a funfair and 'gently advised' him to choose the red side of London, the defender made his decision. \u2014 SI.com , 25 July 2019",
"Catch a free concert or four, learn about football in the Arab world, or take the kids to the Tuileries\u2019 annual funfair . \u2014 Rachel Brown, National Geographic , 12 June 2019",
"There will be dodgems and funfair rides, coconut shies, lots of food stalls, loads of cocktails, bloody Marys for the hangovers and a festival vibe. \u2014 Lucy Wood, Marie Claire , 13 Oct. 2018"
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"1908, in the meaning defined above"
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"noun"
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"\u2014 Walter Goodman"
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"\u02c8f\u0259m-b\u0259l"
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"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
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"boob",
"brick",
"clanger",
"clinker",
"error",
"fault",
"flub",
"fluff",
"gaff",
"gaffe",
"goof",
"inaccuracy",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"oversight",
"screwup",
"slip",
"slipup",
"stumble",
"trip"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"She fumbled in her pocket for her keys.",
"They fumbled a good opportunity to take control of the market.",
"He was hit hard and fumbled on the 20-yard line.",
"He fumbled the ball on the 20-yard line.",
"Noun",
"played the entire piano piece without a single fumble",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Users appreciate not having to fumble for their ID cards or remembering answers to security questions. \u2014 Gaurav Tewari, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Perhaps shortstop Jorge Mateo doesn\u2019t fumble a backhand grounder. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Sure enough, Baltimore\u2019s defenders responded as rookie linebacker Odafe Oweh forced Kansas City running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire to fumble just as his team had entered field goal range. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 20 Sep. 2021",
"The Supreme Court could fumble a major case with a former high school football coach who sought to impose prayer on his players. \u2014 Jack Durschlag, Fox News , 2 May 2022",
"The smart sunglasses win major points for its high quality video and audio recording that allow travelers to capture memories without having to fumble around with their smartphone or camera while trying to be in the moment. \u2014 Kaitlyn Mcinnis, Travel + Leisure , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Other games might fumble such a melting pot of themes and mechanics, spilling into your lap a steaming hodgepodge of incoherent randomness. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2021",
"The latest from Joachim Trier (Thelma; Oslo, August 31st) considers the new possibilities and new woes of the 21st from the perspective of someone trying to fumble through it one misstep and fresh passion at a time. \u2014 Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone , 31 Jan. 2022",
"That sequence came after BYU converted a fourth-down conversion only to fumble the ball away to the Blazers late in the game. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Hurts had a freak interception and a fumble on Philadelphia\u2019s first two possessions as Washington built a 10-0 lead. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 23 Dec. 2021",
"After early sputtering attempts to move the ball by both sides, Moeller caught a break late in the opening quarter when Joseph Ginnetti recovered a Firebird fumble on the 7-yard line. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 21 Nov. 2021",
"After two Christian McCaffrey runs netted 14 yards, Collins, as part of the group led by Adrian Phillips, forced a McCaffrey fumble on the next snap. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Still, Carr threw a pick-six and the Raiders went 1 for 6 in the red zone, which included a fumble on the Giants\u2019 13-yard line while trying for a game-tying touchdown on the final drive. \u2014 Adam Burke Vsin, Los Angeles Times , 8 Nov. 2021",
"On Davidson\u2019s second play from scrimmage, the Toreros forced a turnover with Kyle Bilchik recovering a fumble at the USD 30. \u2014 Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Sep. 2021",
"Dallas Christian then had a prime opportunity to take its first lead on the next series, recovering a fumble on the kickoff at the Regents 22 with 9:23 remaining. \u2014 Dallas News , 19 Dec. 2020",
"On the other side, Bengals safety Vonn Bell had another busy afternoon, recovering a fumble for the second week in a row and making six tackles. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 7 Dec. 2020",
"The Maulers were held to 228 yards on 10 drives and lost a fumble near the goal line. \u2014 Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press , 2 May 2022"
],
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"probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish fumla to fumble":"Verb"
},
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"1534, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193009"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a gathering for amusements":[
"turned the monthly meeting of their dance group into a public funfest",
"the town's annual funfest attracts crowds of tourists"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"was entirely self-taught, and his earliest paintings reveal a certain fumblingness",
"\u2014 R. M. Coates"
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"verb"
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": to make awkward attempts to do or find something":[
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"\u02c8f\u0259m-b\u0259l"
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"bobble",
"boggle",
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"boot",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
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"boo-boo",
"boob",
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"error",
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"flub",
"fluff",
"gaff",
"gaffe",
"goof",
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"screwup",
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"Verb",
"She fumbled in her pocket for her keys.",
"They fumbled a good opportunity to take control of the market.",
"He was hit hard and fumbled on the 20-yard line.",
"He fumbled the ball on the 20-yard line.",
"Noun",
"played the entire piano piece without a single fumble",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Users appreciate not having to fumble for their ID cards or remembering answers to security questions. \u2014 Gaurav Tewari, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Perhaps shortstop Jorge Mateo doesn\u2019t fumble a backhand grounder. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Sure enough, Baltimore\u2019s defenders responded as rookie linebacker Odafe Oweh forced Kansas City running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire to fumble just as his team had entered field goal range. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 20 Sep. 2021",
"The Supreme Court could fumble a major case with a former high school football coach who sought to impose prayer on his players. \u2014 Jack Durschlag, Fox News , 2 May 2022",
"The smart sunglasses win major points for its high quality video and audio recording that allow travelers to capture memories without having to fumble around with their smartphone or camera while trying to be in the moment. \u2014 Kaitlyn Mcinnis, Travel + Leisure , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Other games might fumble such a melting pot of themes and mechanics, spilling into your lap a steaming hodgepodge of incoherent randomness. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2021",
"The latest from Joachim Trier (Thelma; Oslo, August 31st) considers the new possibilities and new woes of the 21st from the perspective of someone trying to fumble through it one misstep and fresh passion at a time. \u2014 Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone , 31 Jan. 2022",
"That sequence came after BYU converted a fourth-down conversion only to fumble the ball away to the Blazers late in the game. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Hurts had a freak interception and a fumble on Philadelphia\u2019s first two possessions as Washington built a 10-0 lead. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 23 Dec. 2021",
"After early sputtering attempts to move the ball by both sides, Moeller caught a break late in the opening quarter when Joseph Ginnetti recovered a Firebird fumble on the 7-yard line. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 21 Nov. 2021",
"After two Christian McCaffrey runs netted 14 yards, Collins, as part of the group led by Adrian Phillips, forced a McCaffrey fumble on the next snap. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Still, Carr threw a pick-six and the Raiders went 1 for 6 in the red zone, which included a fumble on the Giants\u2019 13-yard line while trying for a game-tying touchdown on the final drive. \u2014 Adam Burke Vsin, Los Angeles Times , 8 Nov. 2021",
"On Davidson\u2019s second play from scrimmage, the Toreros forced a turnover with Kyle Bilchik recovering a fumble at the USD 30. \u2014 Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Sep. 2021",
"Dallas Christian then had a prime opportunity to take its first lead on the next series, recovering a fumble on the kickoff at the Regents 22 with 9:23 remaining. \u2014 Dallas News , 19 Dec. 2020",
"On the other side, Bengals safety Vonn Bell had another busy afternoon, recovering a fumble for the second week in a row and making six tackles. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 7 Dec. 2020",
"The Maulers were held to 228 yards on 10 drives and lost a fumble near the goal line. \u2014 Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press , 2 May 2022"
],
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"probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish fumla to fumble":"Verb"
},
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"1534, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042650"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a set of keys on a computer keyboard that have or can be programmed to have special functions":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"However, there is a function key that allows many keys to have secondary functions and the stock key cap set reveals these with small logos. \u2014 Antony Leather, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021",
"But others, like keyboard backlight brightness, have to be changed deep within the Settings app, whereas they could be changed with one or two taps on the MacBook Pro's Touch Bar or the MacBook Air's function keys . \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 5 June 2020",
"Unfortunately for them, Apple no longer sells any MacBook Pros with physical function keys . \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 12 May 2020",
"To type a number or use the arrows, hold down a function key , which unlocks the alternate characters. \u2014 Boone Ashworth, Wired , 21 Jan. 2020",
"There's a top row of numbers, standard function keys along the bottom, a full-size space bar, and adjustable feet for the right amount of tilt. \u2014 Boone Ashworth, Wired , 21 Jan. 2020",
"The prep work unfolds in rooms that are accessible by haphazardly functioning key cards. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 Dec. 2019",
"The prep work unfolds in rooms that are accessible by haphazardly functioning key cards, and are punctuated by late-night vacuum screams. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, New York Times , 7 Dec. 2019",
"The keyboard also includes macro keys, user-programmable shortcuts, above the function keys . \u2014 Cameron Faulkner, The Verge , 12 July 2019"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1964, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023112"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": feeling happiness and satisfaction":[
"\u2026 giving truly did make him feel happy and fulfilled .",
"\u2014 Sam Kean",
"felt fulfilled as an actor"
],
": feeling that one's abilities and talents are being fully used":[
"\u2026 giving truly did make him feel happy and fulfilled .",
"\u2014 Sam Kean",
"felt fulfilled as an actor"
],
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"living a more fulfilled life"
]
},
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"also f\u0259(l)-",
"fu\u0307(l)-\u02c8fild"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Matching the right personality profile to sell to the right customer profile creates a stronger relationship depth fit match, and happier more fulfilled sales professionals sell more and their happiness buzz motivates customers to buy more. \u2014 Cindy Gordon, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Holistapet\u2019s line of pet products is intended to assist your pet in living a more fulfilled and healthy existence. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"And other measures of what constitutes a rich and fulfilled life. \u2014 Katherine Singh, refinery29.com , 18 May 2022",
"After all, more fulfilled and happier versions of ourselves are likely to thrive and have more to contribute to bettering the world. \u2014 Bija Bennett, Rolling Stone , 18 Apr. 2022",
"This lighter, more fulfilled and focused Beckham has seen his journey bring him to the doorstep of fulfilling his lifelong aspiration. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 9 Feb. 2022",
"This could translate into happier, more fulfilled employees and reduce voluntary turnover, saving organisations big dollars. \u2014 Tom Bennett, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
"If your pj\u2019s aren\u2019t matching, how is the world supposed to know you\u2019re an adorable and fulfilled family of three? \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 27 Dec. 2021",
"No one wants to be changed, but change and personal growth are critical to success, and more importantly, to a fulfilled life. \u2014 Rhett Power, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-160319"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of, used for, or associated with burial":[
"a pharaoh's funerary chamber"
]
},
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"\u02c8fy\u00fc-n\u0259-\u02ccrer-\u0113"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By studying Egyptian literature, scholars could understand millennia-old traditions, funerary rites and everyday life under the pharaohs. \u2014 Mary Winston Nicklin, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"Because cultural strictures required the reburial of the original pipe\u2014a funerary object\u2014tribal officials requested three replicas that could be used to educate people about the pipe\u2019s history and the repatriation. \u2014 Rachel Parsons, Scientific American , 29 June 2022",
"Nepthys is a goddess associated with funerary arts. \u2014 Tracy Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The forms are suggestive: Urns, traditionally, hold human remains; a wreath is a funerary offering going back centuries. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"And other Houston museum's, like the National Museum of Funeral History, house the most funerary artifacts in the world. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 20 May 2022",
"Rather than treating unusual (to many American eyes) funerary rites as something to be gaped at and dissected, Doughty describes how people bond with and grieve over our dead with earnestness, reverence, and even humor and joy. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 10 Sep. 2020",
"That find included funerary masks and statues of deities of the dead. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 June 2022",
"Nepthys is a goddess associated with funerary arts. \u2014 Tracy Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022"
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"No one is ever allowed to be just a plot functionary . \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 2 June 2022",
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"Principal Jennifer Tyrrell said 97 % of the graduating students notified the school of high school plans and 96 % will pursue further education at two-year or four-year colleges, technical schools, apprenticeships or the military. \u2014 Pioneer Press Staff, Chicago Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"Leave the money in the account to fund further education for the beneficiary\u2014or withdraw it and pay the resulting taxes and penalties. \u2014 Leonard Sloane, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
"The family fully supports all plans for further education to help young people truly understand the history of the Holocaust and all other curriculum designed to teach and promote compassion towards all people. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022",
"Of course, currently employed professionals who are considering further education need to think long and hard about how more education would address their specific gaps and advance their career. \u2014 Mark C. Perna, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"All Women ambassador who has taken the lead in curating the stories, sees these lessons as a starting point for further education . \u2014 Christine Yu, Outside Online , 22 Sep. 2020",
"Both programs pair students with dermatologists in the field and give them opportunities for research, clinical experience, and fellowships for further education . \u2014 Shivani Majmudar, SELF , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Newport Aquarium will cover tuition, fees, and the cost of books for employees who choose to pursue further education . \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 23 June 2021",
"For SMEs, the key might be partnerships with further education colleges, universities and bootcamps. \u2014 Trevor Clawson, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022"
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"At least one funnel cloud was seen, according to the service. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"Stunning dashcam video footage of the New Hampshire tornado uploaded to YouTube shows the large funnel cloud spinning furiously near a travel lane. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
"At least one funnel cloud has been spotted after a tornado warning was issued for Wheaton, Elmhurst and Lombard and other areas of north central Cook County, according to the National Weather Service. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"As the funnel cloud and debris spin around Leon, his red Chevrolet Silverado is flipped on its side, rotated around once, and then flipped back upright again \u2014 and Leon continues driving. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Urgent tornado warnings were issued for the city around 7:20 p.m., and video from NBC affiliate WDSU showed a dark funnel cloud moving through the area. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Mar. 2022",
"At least one person was killed and several others were injured in Texas after a funnel cloud touched down in the Crockett area, the AP reports. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
"One video posted on social media shows a large funnel cloud barreling toward people running for cover in a Walmart parking lot in Round Rock. \u2014 Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News , 22 Mar. 2022",
"If there is no ground contact, it's simply known as a funnel cloud . \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"I hit my funny bone on the edge of the table.",
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"What tickles the funny bone or bruises the heart is subjective; so, too, is what chills the spine. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"If dad has an envelope-pushing sense of humor, tickle his funny bone with a collection of cartoons rejected by The New Yorker \u2014 because they were judged too dumb, too weird, or too dirty. \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 12 June 2022",
"The director located and utilized the funny bone of Terminator actor Schwarzenegger with 1988's Twins, 1990's Kindergarten Cop, and 1994's Junior while also crafting one of the all-time great political comedies with 1993's Dave. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Overall, this year's crop of Super Bowl ads aimed for the funny bone , with few somber or serious ads in the mix. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Budweiser is back, and while other brands may appeal to your funny bone , or your appetite, or your willingness to comprehend cryptocurrency, the beer giant is very earnestly taking on a far more somber and colossal task. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Bud Light commercials are known for their nod-and-wink humor, and this year\u2019s crop are expected to aim for the funny bone . \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"The Hot Rocks fumarole , where the heat from the earth never allows snow to accumulate, is just climber\u2019s left. \u2014 Outside Online , 29 May 2022",
"One of the characteristics that makes Yellowstone National Park so famous is its many readily visible hydrothermal features, including hot springs, geysers, mudpots, fumaroles , and travertine terraces. \u2014 Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure , 8 Apr. 2020",
"In May 2014, Adams tumbled 1,000 feet and slid into one of the mountain\u2019s notorious vents, or fumaroles , that emit toxic gases. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Feb. 2020",
"Its fumaroles are active enough that visitors wear gas masks to avoid breathing the acrid sulfur gas. \u2014 Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica , 9 Dec. 2019",
"These wheezing, roaring fumaroles dyed much of the landscape a bright yellow. \u2014 Eva Sohlman, New York Times , 7 Oct. 2019",
"The center of the island supports a field of fumaroles , openings through which hot gases emerge. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Oct. 2019",
"The center of the island supports a field of fumaroles , openings through which hot gases emerge. \u2014 Dan Joling, Anchorage Daily News , 4 Oct. 2019",
"The center of the island supports a field of fumaroles , openings through which hot gases emerge. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Oct. 2019"
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"Hermann Goering, Hitler\u2019s air force chief and deputy fuhrer , was, says the judge, highly intelligent. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Yorki is Jojo's best friend and, outside the imaginary fuhrer , his closest confidant. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Oct. 2019",
"In 1933, deputy fuhrer Rudolf Hess ordered Heinz Spanknobel, a German immigrant, to form Friends of New Germany, a group based in NYC, with the goal of spreading National Socialism throughout the United States. \u2014 Matt Giles, Longreads , 13 Aug. 2017"
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"the funeral director instructed the pallbearers on how to proceed",
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"According to Stone, the parlor had a place for casket storage, upstairs living quarters for the funeral director and their family and embalming rooms, among other things. \u2014 Tandra Smith | Tsmith@al.com, al , 25 May 2022",
"Against that backdrop, Geoff Burke, a local funeral director , recalled weeks when his Lewistown funeral home would handle up to 17 deaths, many of them from COVID-19 \u2014 triple its average. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Later that day, the Baltimore funeral director counseled the family of a 13-year-old who had died of covid-19, after weeks on a ventilator. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The son of a funeral director and a senior home nurse (mother Petra), Lindholm was respectful of his elders. \u2014 Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Among the first was Jeremiah C. Gaffney, a Long Island funeral director who Close always called for advice on New York cases. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2022",
"According to his attorney, state law does not require a funeral director 's license to bury people. \u2014 Fox News , 15 Jan. 2022",
"Mike Kuhn, a funeral director in Reading, Pennsylvania, says his three funeral homes have laid to rest hundreds of people who died of COVID-19, but many of the grieving families wanted all mention of COVID left off the death notices. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Hardin's attorney, Richard Kerger, said Thursday that a former funeral director named Robert Tate Jr. asked Hardin in 2017 to store the ashes of people whose families had not claimed them. \u2014 Fox News , 15 Jan. 2022"
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"her commendably prompt fulfillment of any assignment given her",
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"Amazon is currently trialing a Cardinal prototype for handling packages up to 50 pounds and expects to deploy the technology in fulfillment centers next year. \u2014 Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG , 22 June 2022",
"Workers organizing for a union at Amazon\u2019s Bessemer fulfillment center received a standing ovation this morning before the AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 13 June 2022",
"Joey Desatnik started working at the CLE2 fulfillment center just southeast of Cleveland in August 2020 but didn\u2019t start trying to organize a union until the end of March. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 24 May 2022",
"Human Research Program scientists have questioned if this feeling of fulfillment can be taken a step further. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 4 June 2022",
"Most of us are aware that the absence of social interaction that accompanied the pandemic eroded our health, productivity and sense of fulfillment . \u2014 Vince Molinaro, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Amos, who spent the 2020 season as a graduate transfer at Arkansas State, found a sense of fulfillment in waiting his turn at Alabama. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 18 May 2022",
"But which aspects of our jobs are most likely to provide a sense of fulfillment ? \u2014 Heather Landy, Quartz , 12 May 2022",
"Finally, there are many ways to use anxiety to create a deeper sense of personal fulfillment . \u2014 Tracy Dennis-tiwary, WSJ , 6 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Amerie\u2019s funeral was the first since the massacre, with Maite Rodriguez\u2019s scheduled for later Tuesday at an Uvalde funeral home . \u2014 Nathan Ellgren, Adriana Gomez Licon And Jim Salter, Anchorage Daily News , 1 June 2022",
"Visitation for another 10-year-old, Maite Rodriguez, was at the town's other funeral home . \u2014 CBS News , 31 May 2022",
"Visitation for Maite Rodriguez, also 10, was held at the town's other funeral home . \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 31 May 2022",
"Visitations at the same funeral home also began on Tuesday for Nevaeh Alyssa Bravo and Jose Manuel Flores Jr., both 10 years old. \u2014 Julia Jacobo, ABC News , 31 May 2022",
"Visitation for another 10-year-old, Maite Rodriguez, was at the town's other funeral home . \u2014 Adriana Gomez Licon, Chron , 31 May 2022",
"From outside, Wilhelm\u2019s Portland Memorial Mausoleum in the Sellwood neighborhood looks like any other funeral home . \u2014 oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
"The primary funder was the Latin American Civic and Cultural Committee, a group headed by Zeferino and Julia Ramirez, a father-and-daughter duo who ran a pioneering mortuary and funeral home on the Eastside. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
"Two witnesses meanwhile, who were at a funeral home across the street from the school, hear the crash and go to see what happened. \u2014 Christina Maxouris, CNN , 27 May 2022"
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"Tests proved him right. Spraying experimental rice plants with artificial acid rain immediately cut their release into the soil of three relevant bacterial foodstuffs\u2014 fumaric acid , galactose and glucose. \u2014 The Economist , 12 July 2018"
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"Amazon is currently trialing a Cardinal prototype for handling packages up to 50 pounds and expects to deploy the technology in fulfillment centers next year. \u2014 Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG , 22 June 2022",
"Workers organizing for a union at Amazon\u2019s Bessemer fulfillment center received a standing ovation this morning before the AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 13 June 2022",
"Joey Desatnik started working at the CLE2 fulfillment center just southeast of Cleveland in August 2020 but didn\u2019t start trying to organize a union until the end of March. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 24 May 2022",
"Human Research Program scientists have questioned if this feeling of fulfillment can be taken a step further. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 4 June 2022",
"Most of us are aware that the absence of social interaction that accompanied the pandemic eroded our health, productivity and sense of fulfillment . \u2014 Vince Molinaro, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Amos, who spent the 2020 season as a graduate transfer at Arkansas State, found a sense of fulfillment in waiting his turn at Alabama. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 18 May 2022",
"But which aspects of our jobs are most likely to provide a sense of fulfillment ? \u2014 Heather Landy, Quartz , 12 May 2022",
"Finally, there are many ways to use anxiety to create a deeper sense of personal fulfillment . \u2014 Tracy Dennis-tiwary, WSJ , 6 May 2022"
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"economic futurists predict a new world order in which information is the resource that drives a nation's economy",
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"Polygon1993 is known for a retro- futurist style and has said each of the NFTs incorporate an element of nostalgia. \u2014 Nicole Gull Mcelroy, Fortune , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Jeremy Hindle\u2019s retro- futurist production design, creating alienation in the weirdly spare offices and closets and mining bursts of energy from long tracking shots through Lumon\u2019s overlit and winding hallways. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 Feb. 2022",
"All of this fascinates Jason Silva, famed Venezuelan-American TV personality, filmmaker, futurist and speaker, who recently shared a new, awe-inspiring innovation with us: Cybernetics. \u2014 Javier Hasse, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"This high-concept film is action-packed, and Cruise is a key chess piece for Spielberg to use to tell his futurist story. \u2014 cleveland , 11 June 2022",
"That ethos extends to the film\u2019s aesthetic, with practical filmmaking techniques employed to attain its futurist vision. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Desmond Dickerson, the Director of Future of Work Marketing at Microsoft, describes himself as a futurist . \u2014 David Miller, ABC News , 3 May 2022",
"The futurist and the test pilot Is the world ready for wingless hovercraft levitating over cities and hotrodding through congested air corridors? \u2014 New York Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Blake Morgan is a bestselling author and customer experience futurist , in addition to being the founder of CustomerExperienceCommunity.com. \u2014 Blake Morgan, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Pose star and singer might be an early contender for best manicure with his metallic green nails, but of course the focal point of this look are those dramatic fake shoulders, which are more futuristic than 9 to 5. \u2014 Allure Staff, Allure , 26 June 2022",
"If a technology is futuristic or disruptive, Mr. Metz most likely knows about it. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"In many ways Voyage puts futuristic technology in service to nostalgia. \u2014 Vogue , 26 May 2022",
"For years, we\u2019ve been sold the idea that artificial intelligence (AI) is a hard-to-understand, futuristic technology reserved for tech giants like Amazon and Facebook. \u2014 Lewis Liu, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"After all, what's more retro- futuristic than pairing a 2007-vintage iPod to the latest Apple AirPods? \u2014 Brendan Nystedt, Wired , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Instead of futuristic technology or breathless action driving his vision, Villeneuve embraced deep connections to the source material\u2019s existential roots for a uniquely naturalistic and unexpectedly intimate science-fiction opus. \u2014 Todd Gilchrist, Variety , 15 Jan. 2022",
"The first, set in 2022, sees Jade moving with her father and her sister Billy to the futuristic New Raccoon City. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 12 May 2022",
"On Eighth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, right next to a Chik-fil-A, is Spyscape \u2014 a two-floor, futuristic -looking museum/interactive experience space that gives spycraft lovers a close-up look at the world of espionage. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 3 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Geometric decals along the side and on the grille accent the pure white exterior and play into the futurism still surrounding the concept of EVs. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 16 June 2022",
"The Hyundai Ioniq 5\u2019s angular style, reminiscent of a futurism once practiced by Renault and Peugeot, stands out in a parking lot. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
"The Indigenous futurism of Pueblo artist Virgil Ortiz stands out. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Indigenous futurism , which has been gaining attention in recent years across North America, is part of a social and cultural rights movement of self-determination among Indigenous creators and artists. \u2014 Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Elsewhere, though, there are jolts of neon futurism . \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic , 10 May 2022",
"The members of Aespa\u2014Karina, Giselle, Winter, and Ningning\u2014have A.I. avatars, a narrative concept that spans multiple dimensions and creates a distinct visual language that blends fantasy and futurism . \u2014 Crystal Bell, Glamour , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Jaehee Yi, an associate professor at the University of Utah, is also a fellow for the Social Work Health Futures Lab \u2014 a nationwide program that uses futurism as a base for conversations and new thinking. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 May 2022",
"Where some would channel futurism by referencing the starkness of sci-fi, his dresses\u2014with their rainbow colors and plentiful pleats\u2014reflect a more exuberant path forward. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 22 Feb. 2022"
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