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2242 lines
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{
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"bile":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a yellow or greenish viscid alkaline fluid secreted by the liver and passed into the duodenum where it aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats":[],
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": acrimony , vitriol":[],
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": either of two humors associated in old physiology with irascibility and melancholy":[],
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": inclination to anger":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"One writer objected to what she described as \u201cthe bile that is spewed from the newspaper's editorial page.\u201d",
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"with considerable bile , the author recounts a childhood filled with misery and loneliness",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Within weeks he was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a blockage in the ducts that carry bile from the liver to the gallbladder, a rare form of liver disease only seen in infants. \u2014 Hadley Chittum, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
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"Your liver helps filter waste material out of your blood, detoxify chemicals, break down drugs, secrete bile into your intestines which helps with your digestion, and manufacture proteins such as those used for blood clotting. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Biliary atresia is a blockage of the ducts that carry bile from the liver to the gallbladder. \u2014 Deanese Williams-harris, chicagotribune.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"Bitate and his people watch broadcasts of the President\u2019s bile not with shock but a disconsolate shrug. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 22 Jan. 2022",
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"In 2013, the farm received a new owner who was uninterested in continuing the cruel practice of extracting bile from live moon bears. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 10 Aug. 2021",
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"There, their gallbladders and bile were harvested and marketed as cures for everything from sore throats to cancer \u2014 and, more recently, as a coronavirus treatment. \u2014 Cathy Free, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
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"The views Icke has expressed, and Walker has promoted, are unapologetically antisemitic bile . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
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"The researchers also noted that the optic glands began producing more of the components used in bile acids. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 19 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin bilis ; akin to Welsh bustl bile":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u012bl",
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"\u02c8b\u012b(-\u0259)l",
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"\u02c8b\u012b(\u0259)l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"acidity",
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"acidness",
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"acridity",
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"acridness",
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"acrimony",
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"asperity",
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"bitterness",
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"cattiness",
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"corrosiveness",
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"mordancy",
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"tartness",
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"virulence",
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"virulency",
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"vitriol"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174644",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bilevel positive airway pressure":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a technique that is used for relieving breathing problems (such as those associated with sleep apnea or congestive heart failure) by pumping a flow of air through the nose to prevent the narrowing or collapse of air passages or to help the lungs expand and that differs from continuous positive airway pressure by pumping air at a reduced pressure during each exhalation":[
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"One alternative is a unit that provides what is known as bilevel positive airway pressure , or BIPAP. It delivers more pressure when you inhale and less when you exhale, and tends to be better tolerated than CPAP.",
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"\u2014 Joseph Kaplan",
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"\u2014 abbreviation BiPAP , BIPAP , BiPap , BPAP , BPap"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1989, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112626",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bilge":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": stale or worthless remarks or ideas":[],
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": the bulging part of a cask or barrel":[],
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": the lowest point of a ship's inner hull":[],
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": the part of the underwater body of a ship between the flat of the bottom and the vertical topsides":[],
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": to become damaged in the bilge":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"That magazine prints a lot of bilge about celebrities.",
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"tried to justify his unhinged tirade with a lot of stale and insincere bilge",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"In a building across a gully was a wooden rowboat, its blue paint peeling and prickly pear cactus growing in the bilge . \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022",
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"The researchers found pieces of the ships, including bronze nails, lead pipes from a bilge pump and parts of a large iron anchor, likely broken in a storm. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Dec. 2021",
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"For example, the vehicles must now have four operational bilge pumps and functioning emergency escape lights before going into the water. \u2014 Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Oct. 2021",
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"When the AAVs did enter the ocean, one began taking on water from multiple spots, as the transmission failed and bilge pumps were overwhelmed, causing the vehicle to sink. \u2014 Oren Liebermann, CNN , 7 Oct. 2021",
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"When the AAVs did enter the ocean, one began taking on water from multiple spots, as the transmission failed and bilge pumps were overwhelmed, causing the vehicle to sink. \u2014 Oren Liebermann, CNN , 7 Oct. 2021",
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"Army Corps officials countered that the Asian carp DNA likely was coming from some other source - bird feces, contaminated bilge water, even the toilet flush of someone who had consumed the fish. \u2014 jsonline.com , 30 Aug. 2021",
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"The bilge pumps were not operational, and the AAV began taking on water. \u2014 Samantha Hendrickson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Aug. 2021",
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"Drain all water from the boat, including the motors, bilge , live wells, and bait buckets. \u2014 Abigail Rosenthal, Chron , 6 Aug. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1513, in the meaning defined at sense 2b":"Noun",
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"1728, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably modification of Middle French boulge, bouge leather bag, curved part \u2014 more at budget":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bilj"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"applesauce",
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"balderdash",
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"baloney",
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"boloney",
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"beans",
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"blah",
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"blah-blah",
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"blarney",
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"blather",
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"blatherskite",
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"blither",
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"bosh",
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"bull",
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"bunk",
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"bunkum",
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"buncombe",
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"claptrap",
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"codswallop",
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"crapola",
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"crock",
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"drivel",
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"drool",
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"fiddle",
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"fiddle-faddle",
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"fiddlesticks",
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"flannel",
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"flapdoodle",
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"folderol",
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"falderal",
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"folly",
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"foolishness",
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"fudge",
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"garbage",
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"guff",
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"hogwash",
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"hokeypokey",
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"hokum",
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"hoodoo",
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"hooey",
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"horsefeathers",
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"humbug",
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"humbuggery",
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"jazz",
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"malarkey",
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"malarky",
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"moonshine",
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"muck",
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"nerts",
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"nonsense",
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"nuts",
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"piffle",
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"poppycock",
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"punk",
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"rot",
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"rubbish",
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"senselessness",
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"silliness",
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"slush",
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"stupidity",
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"taradiddle",
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"tarradiddle",
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"tommyrot",
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"tosh",
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"trash",
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"trumpery",
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"twaddle"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183906",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bilinite":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a mineral FeSo 4 .Fe 2 (SO 4 ) 3 .22H 2 O consisting of a hydrous iron sulfate occurring in yellowish radiating fibers":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Czech b\u00edlinit , from B\u00edlina , Czechoslovakia + Czech -it -ite":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bil\u0259\u02ccn\u012bt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133808",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bilious":{
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"antonyms":[
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"amiable",
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"good-humored",
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"good-natured",
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"good-tempered"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": appearing as if affected by a bilious disorder":[
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"a sickly bilious face"
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],
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": marked by or suffering from liver dysfunction and especially excessive secretion of bile":[
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"a bilious attack",
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"a bilious patient"
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],
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": of or indicative of a peevish ill-natured disposition":[
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"bilious commentary",
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"her bilious humor"
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],
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": of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile sense 1b )":[],
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": sickeningly unpleasant":[
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"the bilious weather",
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"with clapboards painted red and bilious yellow",
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"\u2014 Sinclair Lewis"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a bilious old dog who snaps at everyone",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Via social media and email, bilious readers shared stats and articles that purported to show minority groups commit more mass shootings than white people. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
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"Nevertheless, Strickland builds his own worlds with such a distinctive style \u2014 down to the fonts, the bilious shades of green and the textures of the silks \u2014 that the viewer can\u2019t help feeling pulled into his crazy maelstrom of quirk. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"Beneath the bilious loner is a nostalgic relic of Old Hollywood, a caustically witty observer and, on some level, a real human being. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 7 Dec. 2021",
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"Tropical Storm Kate is still spinning in the mid Atlantic but its organization is looking bilious . \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 31 Aug. 2021",
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"Maybe Zuckerberg envisioned that, in determining whether Trump should return, the board would unroll a litany of bilious Trump posts to justify its ruling. \u2014 Steven Levy, Wired , 5 May 2021",
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"The freedom inside the bilious green room, while naughty, funny, and subversive, also included the darker liberties. \u2014 Jeremy Lybarger, The New Republic , 7 Apr. 2021",
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"But the election was more than a vindication of persistence or even a partial rejection of the bilious , boodling, brain-dead regime of Donald J. Trump. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 7 Nov. 2020",
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"This tune, dotted with Roth\u2019s patented milk-curdling screams, ended with the lead screamer striking a devilish pose at the stage\u2019s end while being bathed in torrents of bilious green lights. Want more"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle French bilieux , from Latin biliosus , from bilis":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bil-y\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"acid",
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"bearish",
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"bloody-minded",
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"cantankerous",
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"disagreeable",
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"dyspeptic",
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"ill-humored",
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"ill-natured",
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"ill-tempered",
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"ornery",
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"splenetic",
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"surly"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033818",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bilirubin":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a reddish-yellow water-insoluble pigment C 33 H 36 N 4 O 6 that is formed by the breakdown of heme , is excreted in a water-soluble form by liver cells into bile , and occurs in blood and urine especially in diseased states \u2014 see jaundice":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Garrett was placed under blue lights to treat his jaundice and bring down his bilirubin levels. \u2014 jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"The blue light helps to make the bilirubin easier for the liver to break down. \u2014 Rebecca Cairns, CNN , 21 Feb. 2022",
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"That count had dropped to 20,000, and his bilirubin had nearly doubled. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Oct. 2021",
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"Each appointment is 30 minutes and allows the pediatrician to check the newborn's weight, perform a physical exam, provide counseling, and check the infant's bilirubin levels if necessary. \u2014 Meredith Spelbring, Detroit Free Press , 30 Mar. 2020",
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"When cholestasis happens, waste product known as bilirubin gets into the bloodstream. \u2014 Ratika Gupta, SELF , 13 Sep. 2018",
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"The blue light, explained Benes, decreases the level of bilirubin and helps yellowish bruises disappear faster. \u2014 Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com , 2 July 2019",
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"This action can cause itchiness, possibly due to the bilirubin building up in the skin. \u2014 Ratika Gupta, SELF , 13 Sep. 2018",
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"Those issues included abnormal levels of liver enzymes and bilirubin (a compound usually excreted by the liver). \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 24 Sep. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1871, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin bilis + ruber red \u2014 more at red":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccbil-i-\u02c8r\u00fc-b\u0259n, \u02c8bil-i-\u02cc",
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"\u02ccbi-li-\u02c8r\u00fc-b\u0259n",
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"\u02c8bi-li-\u02ccr\u00fc-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132936",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bilk":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bilker",
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"cheat",
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"cheater",
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"chiseler",
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"chiseller",
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"confidence man",
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"cozener",
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"defrauder",
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"dodger",
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"fakir",
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"finagler",
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"fraudster",
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"hoaxer",
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"scammer",
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"scamster",
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"shark",
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"sharper",
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"sharpie",
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"sharpy",
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"skinner",
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"swindler",
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"tricker",
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"trickster"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an untrustworthy tricky individual : cheat":[],
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": to block the free development of : frustrate":[
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"fate bilks their hopes"
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],
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": to cheat out of something valuable : defraud":[
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"bilking investors out of their life savings"
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],
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": to evade payment of or to":[
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"bilks his creditors"
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],
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": to obtain (something) by defrauding someone":[
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"The Tampa couple sent out phony sonograms and bilked money from couples wanting children, authorities say.",
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"\u2014 Brady Dennis"
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],
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": to slip away from":[
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"bilked her pursuers"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"an investigation revealed that the garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made",
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"Noun",
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"people who lost money in the scheme discovered that the investment company was a fake and the \u201cowner\u201d just a bilk",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"How did an international scheme based in London to bilk old people out of cash through booze get brought down because of someone in Highland Heights",
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"The committee, which has in its possession hundreds of thousands of documents, revealed that Trump monetized the false claim that he was cheated out of a win during the last presidential election, using it in turn to bilk his supporters. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 15 June 2022",
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"How a member of a breakaway Mormon sect teamed up with a Lambo-driving, hard-partying tycoon to bilk the government for hundreds of millions of dollars. \u2014 Mark Robinson, Wired , 22 Dec. 2021",
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"Her boss, Jason Sugarman, is facing SEC charges for his alleged role in a scheme to bilk $43 million in client funds intended for Native American tribal bonds. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 29 Nov. 2021",
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"Along with paying kickbacks to other physicians, including for an expensive Naloxone auto-injector, Abdalla and the other pharmacists took out fake prescriptions in various names to bilk insurance companies, according to court documents. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Sep. 2021",
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"State prosecutors alleged Timmons and O'Malley used direct and indirect costs, inflated expense reports and false bills to bilk the state's low-income health care system out of at least $10.9 million over five years, from 2013 to 2018. \u2014 Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic , 21 June 2021",
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"The answer appears to be that, just as Wirecard simulated a global presence to bilk German investors, zu Guttenberg simulated worldliness to pull the wool over the eyes of German politicians, voters, and journalists. \u2014 Adrian Daub, The New Republic , 21 Apr. 2021",
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"But the call had come from Canada, with the money directed to a vacant home in Baltimore and intercepted by people working as part of a sophisticated network throughout North America to bilk seniors. \u2014 Justin Fenton, baltimoresun.com , 26 Mar. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"And, despite its super hinky backstory, a bronze behemoth of bilk is taking shape in Everett. \u2014 Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1641, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Verb",
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"1777, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"perhaps alteration of balk entry 1":"Verb and Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bilk"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"beat",
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"bleed",
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"cheat",
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"chisel",
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"chouse",
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"con",
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"cozen",
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"defraud",
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"diddle",
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"do",
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"do in",
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"euchre",
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"fiddle",
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"fleece",
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"flimflam",
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"gaff",
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"hose",
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"hustle",
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"mulct",
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"nobble",
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"pluck",
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"ream",
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"rip off",
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"rook",
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"screw",
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"shake down",
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"short",
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"shortchange",
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"skin",
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"skunk",
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"squeeze",
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"stick",
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"stiff",
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"sting",
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"sucker",
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"swindle",
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"thimblerig",
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"victimize"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113852",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bilker":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bilker",
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"cheat",
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"cheater",
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"chiseler",
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"chiseller",
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"confidence man",
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"cozener",
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"defrauder",
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"dodger",
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"fakir",
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"finagler",
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"fraudster",
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"hoaxer",
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"scammer",
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|
"scamster",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"skinner",
|
|
"swindler",
|
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"tricker",
|
|
"trickster"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an untrustworthy tricky individual : cheat":[],
|
|
": to block the free development of : frustrate":[
|
|
"fate bilks their hopes"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cheat out of something valuable : defraud":[
|
|
"bilking investors out of their life savings"
|
|
],
|
|
": to evade payment of or to":[
|
|
"bilks his creditors"
|
|
],
|
|
": to obtain (something) by defrauding someone":[
|
|
"The Tampa couple sent out phony sonograms and bilked money from couples wanting children, authorities say.",
|
|
"\u2014 Brady Dennis"
|
|
],
|
|
": to slip away from":[
|
|
"bilked her pursuers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"an investigation revealed that the garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"people who lost money in the scheme discovered that the investment company was a fake and the \u201cowner\u201d just a bilk",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"How did an international scheme based in London to bilk old people out of cash through booze get brought down because of someone in Highland Heights",
|
|
"The committee, which has in its possession hundreds of thousands of documents, revealed that Trump monetized the false claim that he was cheated out of a win during the last presidential election, using it in turn to bilk his supporters. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"How a member of a breakaway Mormon sect teamed up with a Lambo-driving, hard-partying tycoon to bilk the government for hundreds of millions of dollars. \u2014 Mark Robinson, Wired , 22 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Her boss, Jason Sugarman, is facing SEC charges for his alleged role in a scheme to bilk $43 million in client funds intended for Native American tribal bonds. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 29 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Along with paying kickbacks to other physicians, including for an expensive Naloxone auto-injector, Abdalla and the other pharmacists took out fake prescriptions in various names to bilk insurance companies, according to court documents. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"State prosecutors alleged Timmons and O'Malley used direct and indirect costs, inflated expense reports and false bills to bilk the state's low-income health care system out of at least $10.9 million over five years, from 2013 to 2018. \u2014 Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic , 21 June 2021",
|
|
"The answer appears to be that, just as Wirecard simulated a global presence to bilk German investors, zu Guttenberg simulated worldliness to pull the wool over the eyes of German politicians, voters, and journalists. \u2014 Adrian Daub, The New Republic , 21 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"But the call had come from Canada, with the money directed to a vacant home in Baltimore and intercepted by people working as part of a sophisticated network throughout North America to bilk seniors. \u2014 Justin Fenton, baltimoresun.com , 26 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"And, despite its super hinky backstory, a bronze behemoth of bilk is taking shape in Everett. \u2014 Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1641, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Verb",
|
|
"1777, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"perhaps alteration of balk entry 1":"Verb and Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bilk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"chouse",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"ream",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"victimize"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065304",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beak",
|
|
"neb",
|
|
"nib"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a declaration in writing stating a wrong a complainant has suffered from a defendant or stating a breach of law by some person":[
|
|
"a bill of complaint"
|
|
],
|
|
": a formal petition":[],
|
|
": a mouthpart (such as the beak of a turtle) that resembles a bird's bill":[],
|
|
": a piece of paper money":[
|
|
"a $20 bill"
|
|
],
|
|
": a programmed presentation (such as a motion picture, play, or concert)":[
|
|
"the opening of a new bill"
|
|
],
|
|
": a statement of charges for food or drink : check":[
|
|
"asked the waiter to bring the bill"
|
|
],
|
|
": a weapon in use up to the 18th century that consists of a long staff ending in a hook-shaped blade":[],
|
|
": a written document or note":[],
|
|
": advertise , promote":[
|
|
"the book is billed as a \"report\"",
|
|
"\u2014 P. G. Altbach"
|
|
],
|
|
": an amount expended or owed":[
|
|
"paid the electricity bill"
|
|
],
|
|
": an individual or commercial note (see note entry 2 sense 3c(1) )":[
|
|
"bills receivable"
|
|
],
|
|
": an itemized account of the separate cost of goods sold, services performed, or work done : invoice":[
|
|
"a bill of charges"
|
|
],
|
|
": an itemized list or a statement of particulars (such as a list of materials or of members of a ship's crew)":[
|
|
"a bill of quantities"
|
|
],
|
|
": billhook":[],
|
|
": one hundred dollars":[],
|
|
": the jaws of a bird together with their horny covering":[
|
|
"a duck's bill"
|
|
],
|
|
": the point of an anchor fluke \u2014 see anchor illustration":[],
|
|
": the visor (see visor sense 2a ) of a cap or hood":[],
|
|
": to announce (something, such as a performance) especially by posters or placards":[
|
|
"Both writers are billed to appear at the conference."
|
|
],
|
|
": to be exactly what is needed : be suitable":[],
|
|
": to caress affectionately":[
|
|
"billing and cooing"
|
|
],
|
|
": to enter (something, such as freight) in a waybill":[],
|
|
": to enter in an accounting system : prepare a bill of (charges)":[
|
|
"billing each month's charges"
|
|
],
|
|
": to issue a bill of lading to or for":[],
|
|
": to submit a bill (see bill entry 4 sense 4a ) of charges to":[
|
|
"They bill their customers every month."
|
|
],
|
|
": to touch and rub bill to bill (see bill entry 1 sense 1 )":[
|
|
"a pair of doves billing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
|
|
"1584, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English bil , from Old English bill sword; akin to Old High German bill pickax":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English bile , from Old English; akin to Old English bill":"Noun and Verb",
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French bille , from Medieval Latin billa , perhaps alteration of bulla , papal seal, bull \u2014 more at bull":"Noun and Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"invoice",
|
|
"statement",
|
|
"tab"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211229",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"billet":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"bivouac",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"domicile",
|
|
"encamp",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"quarter",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"room",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"take in"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a bar of metal":[],
|
|
": a brief letter : note":[],
|
|
": a chunky piece of wood (as for firewood)":[],
|
|
": a nonferrous casting suitable for rolling or extrusion":[],
|
|
": a piece of semifinished iron or steel nearly square in section made by rolling an ingot or bloom":[],
|
|
": a section of nonferrous metal ingot hot-worked by forging, rolling, or extrusion":[],
|
|
": an official order directing that a member of a military force be provided with board and lodging (as in a private home)":[],
|
|
": cudgel":[],
|
|
": position , job":[
|
|
"a lucrative billet"
|
|
],
|
|
": quarters assigned by or as if by a billet":[],
|
|
": to assign lodging to (someone, such as a soldier) by or as if by a billet":[],
|
|
": to serve with a billet":[
|
|
"billet a householder"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"every colonial household was expected to billet a British soldier"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English bylet , from Anglo-French billete , diminutive of bille log, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish bile landmark tree":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English bylet , from Anglo-French billette , diminutive of bille bill":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bi-l\u0259t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234728",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"billfold":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a folding pocketbook for paper money : wallet":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Despite its slim size \u2014 a key component for women's wallets that need to fit in a variety of purses \u2014 with 16 card slots, a clear ID slip, and two zippered pockets for cash and receipts, this billfold can fit all of your essentials. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"For the woman whose billfold is overflowing with receipts, this classic leather wallet by Nisolo is one of the best Mother\u2019s Day gifts for moms who could use a minimalist upgrade. \u2014 Celia Shatzman, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Inside were a pink billfold , stamps, fifty-year-old toothpaste, eye makeup. \u2014 Ryan Katz, The New Yorker , 3 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Dear Readers: Thank you for your heartfelt and humbling responses to Second Wife, who is bothered that her second husband continues to carry a photo of his late wife in his billfold . \u2014 Annie Lane, oregonlive , 23 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Dear Readers: Thank you for your heartfelt and humbling responses to Second Wife, who is bothered that her second husband continues to carry a photo of his late wife in his billfold . \u2014 cleveland , 23 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Everyone remembers the vacuum-cleaner appetite that raged at that age, as lint fell out of the billfold . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 July 2021",
|
|
"Originally $158, this light pink billfold is on sale for $79, down 50% from its original retail price. \u2014 Melissa Lee, USA TODAY , 26 June 2020",
|
|
"Weight comes in right at 9.15 pounds, and the retail price is\u2014grasp your billfold tightly\u2014$11,581. \u2014 Outdoor Life , 23 Jan. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1879, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"short for earlier billfolder":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bil-\u02ccf\u014dld"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114150",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"billi-bi":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a soup of mussel stock, white wine, and cream served hot or cold":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1961, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, alteration of Billy B. , perhaps from William B. Leeds, Jr. \u20201972 American industrialist":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bi-l\u0113-\u02ccb\u0113",
|
|
"\u02ccbi-l\u0113-\u02c8b\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103111",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"billiard table":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105356",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"billiards":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"There are hookups for large-screen televisions in a bedroom, the family room, the billiards room, and above a soaking tub in the master bath. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"The house also has an office, a billiards room and a home theater. \u2014 Sarah Paynter, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Other hyper-specific areas of the home include a billiards room and an exercise, spa and beauty room. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"After dinner, the sleekly chic El Bar\u2014once the billiards room of the Duke\u2014makes a seductive spot for a craft cocktail. \u2014 Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"One room that could be changed in some ways was the billiards room, which was formerly a library. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"The lower level has guest quarters, a billiards room and a fitness area with a spa and sauna. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Other features include a home theater, which is fully soundproof, as well as an indoor-outdoor gym, and billiards room. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s a step-down lounge, spacious living room, billiards room and even a barbershop that Donald added during his four-year stay. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1580, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle French billard billiard cue, billiards, from bille wooden stick, log \u2014 more at billet":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bil-y\u0259rdz",
|
|
"\u02c8bi(l)-y\u0259rdz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123754",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun, plural in form but singular in construction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"billie":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": brother":[],
|
|
": comrade , companion":[
|
|
"my old school billie"
|
|
],
|
|
": lad , fellow , boy":[
|
|
"when chapman billies leave the street",
|
|
"\u2014 Robert Burns"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably from the name Billie, Billy":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bi-l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103730",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"billingsgate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": coarsely abusive language":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the intemperate billingsgate to which the staff in customer service were sometimes subjected"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1652, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Billingsgate , old gate and fish market, London, England":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"British usually -git",
|
|
"\u02c8bi-li\u014bz-\u02ccg\u0101t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for billingsgate abuse , vituperation , invective , obloquy , billingsgate mean vehemently expressed condemnation or disapproval. abuse , the most general term, usually implies the anger of the speaker and stresses the harshness of the language. scathing verbal abuse vituperation implies fluent and sustained abuse. a torrent of vituperation invective implies a comparable vehemence but suggests greater verbal and rhetorical skill and may apply to a public denunciation. blistering political invective obloquy suggests defamation and consequent shame and disgrace. subjected to obloquy and derision billingsgate implies practiced fluency and variety of profane or obscene abuse. directed a stream of billingsgate at the cabdriver",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"fulmination",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"obloquy",
|
|
"scurrility",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"vituperation"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110539",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"billow":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"jut",
|
|
"overhang",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pooch",
|
|
"pouch",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"protrude",
|
|
"stand out",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a rolling mass (as of flame or smoke) that resembles a high wave":[
|
|
"Billows of smoke poured out of the building.",
|
|
"billows of fog"
|
|
],
|
|
": to bulge or swell out (as through action of the wind)":[
|
|
"billowing clouds",
|
|
"\u2026 the flags \u2026 billowed out in pride \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 G. B. Oxnam"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cause to billow":[
|
|
"a field of burning grass billowing thick black clouds of smoke into the sky",
|
|
"\u2014 Donald Windham"
|
|
],
|
|
": to rise or roll in waves or surges":[
|
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"the billowing sea"
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Billows of smoke poured out of the burning building.",
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"the rolling billows of the sea",
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"Verb",
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"the curtains in the open windows billowed in the summer wind",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The helicopters kicked up huge plumes of powder that had fallen Monday night, and the aircraft quickly disappeared in a billow of snow. \u2014 Frederick Dreier, Outside Online , 22 Feb. 2022",
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"The first to ride on the new Mercedes-Benz EV platform, the EQS is a flagship at full billow . \u2014 Nicholas Wallace, Car and Driver , 15 Feb. 2022",
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"Smoke and ash billow from the cone of Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world\u2019s most active volcanoes, instead of the molten lava that streamed from its flanks on May 22, killing dozens of people and destroying 5,000 homes in nearby Goma. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2021",
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"Don\u2019t go quiet while emotions like loneliness and anxiety billow inside you. \u2014 Malia Wollan, New York Times , 29 Dec. 2020",
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"Speaking of curls, Adut Akech rocked cornrows that cascaded into a billow of her spirals. \u2014 Akili King, Vogue , 8 Nov. 2020",
|
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"Thrown canisters and grenades of tear gas produce clouds of powder with an appearance akin to smoke that billow in the air like a mist. \u2014 Kelsey D. Atherton, Scientific American , 23 June 2020",
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"When the stones are red-hot, water is thrown onto them, raising billows of light steam. \u2014 Rachel Polonsky, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2020",
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"And so the wretched wander the business district, pitching camp on the sidewalks, warming their suppers and sandwiches on the sewer caps that billow with steam. \u2014 Charlie Leduff, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2020",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Every weekend, plumes of smoke billow up from the parking lot of the Wat Thai Temple in Sun Valley. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
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"The two open doors allowed smoke to billow through the stairwell, Nigro said. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 12 Jan. 2022",
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"Officials said two truck drivers were stranded on the burning vessel awaiting a helicopter rescue that required assistance from Fire Department special forces due to the thick smoke that continued to billow out of the vessel. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Feb. 2022",
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"Lewis, who was living in Southern Utah during the 2002 Games, said the excitement around them felt closer to the epicenter didn\u2019t exactly billow in down south. \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Feb. 2022",
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"All the bubbling fruit and sugar produces a lot of foam that threatens to billow over the side of the pot. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
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"At the oil wells, thick plumes of steam billow overhead from the millions of gallons of water heated by natural-gas facilities. \u2014 Vipal Monga, WSJ , 13 Jan. 2022",
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"Scores of players continue to be caught in the league's virus protocol as the omicron variant continues to billow across the nation. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 3 Jan. 2022",
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"On Good Friday in Bermuda, people gather on the country\u2019s beaches to watch enormous, multicolored pinwheel-like kites billow through the clouds in homage to Christ\u2019s ascension. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Sep. 2021"
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"1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1592, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Old Norse bylgja ; akin to Old High German balg bag \u2014 more at belly":"Noun and Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bi-l\u014d",
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"\u02c8bi-(\u02cc)l\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"surge",
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"swell",
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"wave"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021750",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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"billy":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a metal or enamelware pail or pot with a lid and wire bail":[],
|
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": billy club":[],
|
|
": billy goat":[]
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1839, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Scots billy-pot cooking utensil":"Noun",
|
|
"probably from the name Billy":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bi-l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"baton",
|
|
"billy club",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"shillelagh",
|
|
"shillalah",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"truncheon",
|
|
"waddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054925",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"billy club":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"rapping the shoes of the sleeping vagrant with his billy club , the policeman told him to move on",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Lopez, who was armed with a gun while Sales had a knife and billy club , said he was punched by Sales, then opened fire, hitting him eight times. \u2014 Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"My weapon was a billy club \u2014a ball of lead wrapped in leather with a nine-inch stem and a loop handle. \u2014 John Mcphee, The New Yorker , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Dallas County Sheriff Jim Clark had prodded her in the neck with a billy club and ordered her to vacate the premises. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2021",
|
|
"In the 2008 presidential election, Roman made a splash by promoting a video of two members of the New Black Panther Party standing outside a polling place in Philadelphia, one of them holding a billy club . \u2014 Michael Biesecker And Garance Burke, Star Tribune , 2 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"Lewis, a civil-rights pioneer, preached nonviolence even after a state trooper cracked his skull with a billy club as Lewis and other protesters were crossing a bridge in Selma, Ala., in 1965. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 18 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"As the police, beating billy clubs on their shields, got closer, Wallace urged the protesters to not run even as police hit some of them with pepper spray and pulled many to the ground before zip-tying their wrists to make arrests. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com , 4 June 2020",
|
|
"The story of voter suppression today is no longer the stuff of billy clubs and hoses that Ms. Abrams heard about as a child. \u2014 Elaina Plott, New York Times , 16 May 2020",
|
|
"Testimony at the inquest revealed that on the day of his murder, Sturgus had left his billy club , handcuffs, money and identification at home. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Jan. 2020"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1885, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"billy entry 2":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bi-l\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"baton",
|
|
"billy",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"shillelagh",
|
|
"shillalah",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"truncheon",
|
|
"waddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074719",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"billy gar":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": long-nosed gar":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"bill entry 1 + -y":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192259",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"billy gate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the moving carriage in a slubbing machine":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"billy entry 2":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133311",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"billyboy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a flat-bottomed bluff-bowed river or coasting boat usually rigged as a ketch or sloop and carrying leeboards":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably from the name Billy + boy":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175212",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"billycock":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": derby sense 4":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1721, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"origin unknown":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bi-l\u0113-\u02cck\u00e4k"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074111",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"billietite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mineral consisting of a hydrous barium uranium oxide closely related to becquerelite":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0259\u02c8l\u0113\u02cct-",
|
|
"\u02c8bil(\u0113)\u0259\u02cct\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, from Val\u00e8re Louis Billiet \u20201945 Belgian mineralogist":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150840"
|
|
},
|
|
"billfish":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bil-\u02ccfish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"These hostile zones also likely afford refuge for Humboldt squid from many of their own predators, such as tuna, billfish and sharks, Field points out. \u2014 Katherine Harmon, Scientific American , 8 Apr. 2010",
|
|
"Here's what is going to protect us instead Download the USA TODAY mobile app Adult tuna, billfish and dolphinfish are the target catch for the FADS, but juvenile fish, sharks and other species also can get caught up in the catch. \u2014 Kimberly Miller, USA TODAY , 28 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"For example, circle hooks must be used for billfish , sharks, reef fish, and striped bass in some areas and situations. \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"PSATs have been used in multiple studies of billfish and tunas, species that are notoriously difficult to study with conventional methods. \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"Big-game fishermen who went after yellowfin and bluefin tuna and billfish put the J.A Coxe 12/0 to good use starting in the 1920s. \u2014 Colin Moore, Outdoor Life , 22 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Use a lip gaff in the front lower jaw, or a snooter for billfishes . \u2014 Saryn Chorney, PEOPLE.com , 21 May 2018",
|
|
"Sabin actually caught and released 10 billfish during her 11-month trek, including a shortbill spearfish and roundscale spearfish. \u2014 Gary Garth, USA TODAY , 27 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"Prince, a billfish expert who has since retired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, was stumped. \u2014 National Geographic , 4 Jan. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1782, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163910"
|
|
},
|
|
"billiard room":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a room in which billiards is played : poolroom":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164310"
|
|
},
|
|
"billiardist":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one who plays billiards especially professionally":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-d\u0259\u0307st"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
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|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173548"
|
|
},
|
|
"billhead":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a printed form commonly headed with the seller's name and address on which accounts of money owed are rendered":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"bill entry 4 + head":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193036"
|
|
},
|
|
"biliousness":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile sense 1b )":[],
|
|
": marked by or suffering from liver dysfunction and especially excessive secretion of bile":[
|
|
"a bilious attack",
|
|
"a bilious patient"
|
|
],
|
|
": appearing as if affected by a bilious disorder":[
|
|
"a sickly bilious face"
|
|
],
|
|
": of or indicative of a peevish ill-natured disposition":[
|
|
"bilious commentary",
|
|
"her bilious humor"
|
|
],
|
|
": sickeningly unpleasant":[
|
|
"the bilious weather",
|
|
"with clapboards painted red and bilious yellow",
|
|
"\u2014 Sinclair Lewis"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bil-y\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bloody-minded",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"splenetic",
|
|
"surly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"good-humored",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bilious old dog who snaps at everyone",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Via social media and email, bilious readers shared stats and articles that purported to show minority groups commit more mass shootings than white people. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Nevertheless, Strickland builds his own worlds with such a distinctive style \u2014 down to the fonts, the bilious shades of green and the textures of the silks \u2014 that the viewer can\u2019t help feeling pulled into his crazy maelstrom of quirk. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Beneath the bilious loner is a nostalgic relic of Old Hollywood, a caustically witty observer and, on some level, a real human being. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 7 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Tropical Storm Kate is still spinning in the mid Atlantic but its organization is looking bilious . \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 31 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Maybe Zuckerberg envisioned that, in determining whether Trump should return, the board would unroll a litany of bilious Trump posts to justify its ruling. \u2014 Steven Levy, Wired , 5 May 2021",
|
|
"The freedom inside the bilious green room, while naughty, funny, and subversive, also included the darker liberties. \u2014 Jeremy Lybarger, The New Republic , 7 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"But the election was more than a vindication of persistence or even a partial rejection of the bilious , boodling, brain-dead regime of Donald J. Trump. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 7 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"This tune, dotted with Roth\u2019s patented milk-curdling screams, ended with the lead screamer striking a devilish pose at the stage\u2019s end while being bathed in torrents of bilious green lights. Want more"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle French bilieux , from Latin biliosus , from bilis":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210539"
|
|
},
|
|
"bill of exchange":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an unconditional written order from one person to another to pay a specified sum of money to a designated person":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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|
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"examples":[],
|
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|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1534, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212501"
|
|
},
|
|
"billiken":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a squat smiling comic figure used as a mascot":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bil\u0259\u0307k\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably from the name Billy + -ken (alteration of -kin )":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213524"
|
|
},
|
|
"bill of fare":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": menu":[],
|
|
": program":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215637"
|
|
},
|
|
"bill of sale":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a formal instrument for the conveyance or transfer of title to goods and chattels":[]
|
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": of, relating to, or affecting the right and left sides of the body or the right and left members of paired organs":[
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"bilateral nephrectomy"
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": having bilateral symmetry":[]
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"(\u02cc)b\u012b-\u02c8la-t(\u0259-)r\u0259l",
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"\u02ccb\u012b-\u02c8la-t\u0259-r\u0259l",
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"(\u02c8)b\u012b-\u02c8lat-\u0259-r\u0259l, -\u02c8la-tr\u0259l"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Both Australia and New Zealand are part of regional and bilateral security pacts in the Pacific. \u2014 Simone Mccarthy, CNN , 6 June 2022",
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"South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office on May 10, had agreed with Biden to increase bilateral military drills to deter North Korea. \u2014 Fox News , 5 June 2022",
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"Alarmed by the numbers, Washington recently resumed direct bilateral migration talks for the first time in four years. \u2014 Alejandra Ibarra Chaoul, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
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"Separately, the United States and Germany signed an agreement Friday to deepen their bilateral cooperation on shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy. \u2014 Frank Jordans, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
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"This falls short of a full bilateral co-production treaty as neither country is currently in a position to do so. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 22 May 2022",
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"This bilateral carrier is basically two J-bars combined into one, providing the most convenient way to haul a couple of kayaks at the same time. \u2014 Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2022",
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"Now, scientists are intrigued by another species that has evolved to think outside the bilateral box: Lovebirds. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 May 2022",
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"Basically, the facts appear to suggest that animals with three legs do not exist simply because animals spring from an evolutionary constraint imposed by the adoption of a bilateral body plan extremely early in evolution. \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 18 May 2022"
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"1751, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-232805"
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"bile salt":{
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"type":[
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": a dry mixture of the principal salts of the gall of the ox used as a liver stimulant and as a laxative":[]
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Bile, along with bile salts , is used to break down fats during the digestive process. \u2014 Kate Wehr, Good Housekeeping , 18 Apr. 2019",
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"The divers inject the starfish with a solution of bile salts or white vinegar, which kill the starfish without hurting other marine life. \u2014 Isabella Kwai, New York Times , 5 Jan. 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000239"
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"billholder":{
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": one that holds a bill or acceptance":[],
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": a device by means of which bills are held":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"bill entry 4 + holder":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022923"
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},
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"billhook":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a cutting or pruning tool with a hooked blade":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bil-\u02cchu\u0307k"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1604, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041906"
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"bile duct":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a duct by which bile passes from the liver or gallbladder to the duodenum":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Finding nothing wrong with her except for extremely high levels of liver enzymes, her doctors did a hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid (HIDA) scan, which uses a radioactive dye of sorts to diagnose problems with the liver, bile duct and gallbladder. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
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"Her brother, Roger Rooke, said the cause was bile duct cancer. \u2014 Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Her brother, Roger Rooke, said the cause was bile duct cancer. \u2014 Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Her brother, Roger Rooke, said the cause was bile duct cancer. \u2014 Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"David McIntyre was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in September 2018 and sought treatment from OHSU. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 May 2022",
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"Her brother, Roger Rooke, said the cause was bile duct cancer. \u2014 Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Mercedes Angelica LeAnza, a film and television producer who had been serving as a lead creative producer at Amazon Studios and Prime Video, died on April 10 of bile duct cancer. \u2014 J. Kim Murphy, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"Her brother, Roger Rooke, said the cause was bile duct cancer. \u2014 Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Apr. 2022"
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"1774, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043702"
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"bilateral symmetry":{
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": symmetry in which similar anatomical parts are arranged on opposite sides of a median axis so that only one plane can divide the individual into essentially identical halves":[]
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Related Articles Dakota beadwork often uses the concept of bilateral symmetry \u2014 the children\u2019s coat\u2019s left and right lapels are completely identical. \u2014 Liv Martin, Twin Cities , 1 Dec. 2019"
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],
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"1828, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052546"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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"\u2014 often used in the phrase sell a bill of goods"
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"1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"bile cyst":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": gallbladder":[]
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},
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"type":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a creditor's bill filed to reach assets subject to execution but fraudulently transferred":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064011"
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},
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"Bilateria":{
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"type":[
|
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"plural noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": bilaterally symmetrical animals":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccb\u012bl\u0259\u02c8tir\u0113\u0259",
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"\""
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from bi- entry 1 + Latin later-, latus side + New Latin -ia":"Plural noun",
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"bilateria , New Latin, from bi- entry 1 + Latin later-, latus side + New Latin -ia; bilateralia , New Latin, from bi- entry 1 + Latin lateralia , neuter plural of lateralis lateral":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064209"
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},
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"billety":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": charged or studded with heraldic billets":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"French billet\u00e9 , from billette billet (log)":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-065335"
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},
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"bill of rights":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"noun phrase"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02c8r\u012bts"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1701, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-075704"
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},
|
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"billboard":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to promote by a conspicuous display on or as if on a billboard":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8bil-\u02ccb\u022frd"
|
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],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Cabs drive in front of a billboard surrounding the future home of a new Abercrombie & Fitch store on June 2, 2005, in New York. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Vol 1, was announced via the Scottish producer\u2019s social media, which featured a photo of a billboard near the 10 freeway near Indio, Calif., with the new album title. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
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"On Thursday, the 32-year-old Paralympian reacted after the Keeping Up with the Kardashians alum, 41, uploaded a photograph of a billboard with her image on it promoting Kardashian's SKIMS collaboration with Team USA. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
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"As stores become less transactional and more of a billboard for e-commerce, many landlords argue the sales used to calculate percentage rent should include a component of online sales. \u2014 Brin Snelling, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Military action flick Interceptor topped the Netflix charts last weekend without a big-name cast member or splashy L.A. billboard in sight, and first-time director Matthew Reilly has an inkling of why that is. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 16 June 2022",
|
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"They could be used to display relevant information, but EV Safe Charge\u2019s renders of the device also suggests the device could be used as a rolling billboard . \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Companies and individuals who have requested a zoning change, a tract map, a billboard district and many other types of planning approvals will be barred from donating directly to candidates, according to the Ethics Commission announcement. \u2014 David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
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"Over his career, the elder Mr. Stuckey\u2019s 100 ideas a day begot a billboard company, a timber business, a trucking business and a car dealership, among others. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"Like a lot of Russian fans, Savinov was dressed to billboard his indignation. \u2014 David Segal, New York Times , 20 Feb. 2018",
|
|
"Read more: Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Barry Manilow Scores 26th Top 40 Album With ' \u2014 Gail Mitchell, Billboard , 10 May 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1843, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1904, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102556"
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"billiard green":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a deep yellowish green":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113312"
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},
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"bilateralistic":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": bilateral sense 2":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u0259\u00a6listik"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121158"
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},
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"bill of attainder":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun phrase"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a legislative act that imposes punishment without a trial":[]
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},
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|
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"1787, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123436"
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},
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"bilander":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a small 2-masted merchant ship":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8b\u012b-",
|
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"\u02c8bil\u0259nd\u0259(r)"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"obsolete Dutch billander (now bijlander ), alteration of (assumed) obsolete Dutch binlander , from obsolete Dutch bin inside (from Middle Dutch, alteration of binnen , from be- + innen inside) + Dutch land + -er ; akin to Old English, Old High German & Old Norse innan from the inside, Gothic innana , Old English in , and to Old High German lant land":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-140646"
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},
|
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"bilaminate":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": formed of or having two laminae":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"bi- entry 1 + laminate or laminated or laminar":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143141"
|
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},
|
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"bilamellar":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": composed of, having, or involving two lamellae or layers":[
|
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"\u2026 a bilamellar plasma membrane separates the cytoplasm from the external milieu and provides primary homeostatic regulation.",
|
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"\u2014 David W. Galbraith et al., in Flow Cytometry for Biotechnology , 2005"
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],
|
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"\u2014 compare unilamellar":[
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"\u2026 a bilamellar plasma membrane separates the cytoplasm from the external milieu and provides primary homeostatic regulation.",
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"\u2014 David W. Galbraith et al., in Flow Cytometry for Biotechnology , 2005"
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]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccb\u012b-l\u0259-\u02c8me-l\u0259r"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1825, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-145417"
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},
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"bill of sight":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a form of entry at the customhouse by which goods respecting which the importer is not possessed of full information may be provisionally landed for examination":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185734"
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"bilaterian":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an animal having bilateral symmetry":[
|
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"Scientists refer to animals, including humans, with this two-sided symmetry as bilaterians .",
|
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"\u2014 Carl Zimmer , New York Times , 21 June 2005",
|
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"Comb jellies and cnidarians branched off before bilaterians diversified into the variety of animal groups known today, and they are considered relatively \"simple\" organisms.",
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"\u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi , Science , 6 July 2007"
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]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccb\u012b-l\u0259-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259n"
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"1983, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191325"
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},
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"bills":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the jaws of a bird together with their horny covering":[
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"a duck's bill"
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],
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": a mouthpart (such as the beak of a turtle) that resembles a bird's bill":[],
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": the point of an anchor fluke \u2014 see anchor illustration":[],
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": the visor (see visor sense 2a ) of a cap or hood":[],
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": to touch and rub bill to bill (see bill entry 1 sense 1 )":[
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"a pair of doves billing"
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],
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": to caress affectionately":[
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"billing and cooing"
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],
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": a weapon in use up to the 18th century that consists of a long staff ending in a hook-shaped blade":[],
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": billhook":[],
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": an itemized list or a statement of particulars (such as a list of materials or of members of a ship's crew)":[
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"a bill of quantities"
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],
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": a written document or note":[],
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": a formal petition":[],
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": an itemized account of the separate cost of goods sold, services performed, or work done : invoice":[
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"a bill of charges"
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],
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": an amount expended or owed":[
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"paid the electricity bill"
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],
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": a statement of charges for food or drink : check":[
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"asked the waiter to bring the bill"
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],
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": a programmed presentation (such as a motion picture, play, or concert)":[
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"the opening of a new bill"
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],
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": a declaration in writing stating a wrong a complainant has suffered from a defendant or stating a breach of law by some person":[
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"a bill of complaint"
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],
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": a piece of paper money":[
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"a $20 bill"
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],
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": an individual or commercial note (see note entry 2 sense 3c(1) )":[
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"bills receivable"
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],
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": one hundred dollars":[],
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": to be exactly what is needed : be suitable":[],
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": to enter in an accounting system : prepare a bill of (charges)":[
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"billing each month's charges"
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],
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": to submit a bill (see bill entry 4 sense 4a ) of charges to":[
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"They bill their customers every month."
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],
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": to enter (something, such as freight) in a waybill":[],
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": to issue a bill of lading to or for":[],
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": to announce (something, such as a performance) especially by posters or placards":[
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"Both writers are billed to appear at the conference."
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],
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": advertise , promote":[
|
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"the book is billed as a \"report\"",
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"\u2014 P. G. Altbach"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bil"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"account",
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"check",
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"invoice",
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"statement",
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"tab"
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],
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"antonyms":[
|
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"beak",
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"neb",
|
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"nib"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English bile , from Old English; akin to Old English bill":"Noun and Verb",
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"Middle English bil , from Old English bill sword; akin to Old High German bill pickax":"Noun",
|
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French bille , from Medieval Latin billa , perhaps alteration of bulla , papal seal, bull \u2014 more at bull":"Noun and Verb"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
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"1584, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200225"
|
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},
|
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"billets":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a brief letter : note":[],
|
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": an official order directing that a member of a military force be provided with board and lodging (as in a private home)":[],
|
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": quarters assigned by or as if by a billet":[],
|
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": position , job":[
|
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"a lucrative billet"
|
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],
|
|
": to assign lodging to (someone, such as a soldier) by or as if by a billet":[],
|
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": to serve with a billet":[
|
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"billet a householder"
|
|
],
|
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": a chunky piece of wood (as for firewood)":[],
|
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": cudgel":[],
|
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": a bar of metal":[],
|
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": a piece of semifinished iron or steel nearly square in section made by rolling an ingot or bloom":[],
|
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": a section of nonferrous metal ingot hot-worked by forging, rolling, or extrusion":[],
|
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": a nonferrous casting suitable for rolling or extrusion":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bi-l\u0259t"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"appointment",
|
|
"berth",
|
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"capacity",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"bivouac",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"domicile",
|
|
"encamp",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"quarter",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"room",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"take in"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Verb",
|
|
"every colonial household was expected to billet a British soldier"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English bylet , from Anglo-French billette , diminutive of bille bill":"Noun",
|
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"Middle English bylet , from Anglo-French billete , diminutive of bille log, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish bile landmark tree":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221151"
|
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},
|
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"billetwood":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a tropical African timber tree ( Diospyros dendo ) with wood similar to ebony":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"billet entry 3 + wood":""
|
|
},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221155"
|
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},
|
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"bill of indictment":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun phrase"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": an indictment before it is found or ignored by the grand jury":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1530, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224103"
|
|
},
|
|
"billman":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one using or armed with a bill":[],
|
|
": one that posts advertising bills : billposter":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\"",
|
|
"\u02c8bilm\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"bill entry 3 + man":"Noun",
|
|
"bill entry 4 + man":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230711"
|
|
},
|
|
"billian":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a valuable timber tree ( Eusideroxylon zwageri ) of the family Lauraceae of Borneo having heavy hard antproof wood":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-ly\u0259n",
|
|
"\u02c8bil\u0113\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Malay ( pokok ) b\u0115lian , literally, sorcerer's tree, from pokok tree + b\u0115lian sorcerer":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231058"
|
|
},
|
|
"billiard":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bi(l)-y\u0259rd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In later years, there would be a billiard room, but that was about it for entertainment. \u2014 Rob Goss, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Every time Naomi\u2019s voice ripped through the speakers, college kids would wander over from the billiard tables to watch. \u2014 Saki Knafo, Vulture , 23 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"After Michaelis died, in 1912, the place became the Junction Bar, with billiard tables and even a shoeshine stand. \u2014 Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 July 2021",
|
|
"Inside the more than 21,000-square-foot mansion a full-scale airplane is suspended from the ceiling of the billiard room. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Douglas designed the house as a hotel for mining officials and investors as well as for his own family and included a wine cellar, billiard room, marble shower, steam heat and, a novelty at the time, a central vacuum system. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The house also has a finished basement with theater, billiard and exercise rooms. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Featured sports include competitions in billiard games, archery, and dance, among others. \u2014 al , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"And of course, Project UNIQUE 71 also boasts plenty of entertainment and relaxation areas, including a gym, sauna, 12-seat theater, and billiard /bar room. \u2014 Bill Springer, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1580, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232150"
|
|
},
|
|
"billiard cloth":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the smooth green woolen cloth thoroughly shrunk and felted that is used to cover billiard and pool tables":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235623"
|
|
},
|
|
"bill and coo":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to kiss and talk quietly":[
|
|
"A young couple sat together in the corner, billing and cooing ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235650"
|
|
},
|
|
"bill broker":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun,"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one who negotiates the discount of bills of exchange either as agent or usually by buying and selling them or buying them and carrying them with money borrowed upon them as security \u2014 compare note broker":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"bill entry 4 + broker":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010157"
|
|
},
|
|
"Billerica":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"town south of Lowell in northeastern Massachusetts population 40,243":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02cc)bil-\u02c8ri-k\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024503"
|
|
},
|
|
"bill of particulars":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a detailed listing of charges or claims brought in a legal action or of a defendant's response or counterclaim":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1815, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025418"
|
|
},
|
|
"billion-dollar grass":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": japanese millet":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025434"
|
|
},
|
|
"billet rolls":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": roughing rolls":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"billet entry 3":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025707"
|
|
}
|
|
} |