dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/ble_MW.json

{
  "bleach":{
    "antonyms":[
      "darken",
      "deepen",
      "embrown"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a preparation used in bleaching":[],
      ": the act or process of bleaching":[],
      ": the degree of whiteness obtained by bleaching":[],
      ": to expel symbiotic zooxanthellae exposing a white skeleton":[],
      ": to grow white or lose color":[],
      ": to make whiter or lighter especially by physical or chemical removal of color":[
        "bleach clothing",
        "the sun had bleached her hair"
      ],
      ": to remove color or stains from":[],
      ": to remove, make dull, or sanitize as if by removing color":[
        "bleaches colonialism of its genocidal legacy",
        "\u2014 H. A. Giroux"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "bones bleached white by the sun",
      "She bleached her hair blonde.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The depot held clothing ready for export as well as drums filled with hydrogen peroxide, a chemical compound often used to bleach and dye fabric. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
      "Benzoyl peroxide products should be used with caution as it is known to be a skin irritant when exposed to the skin for long periods of time and can bleach the hairline and clothes. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
      "All flours will bleach (i.e. lighten) over time with exposure to air. \u2014 Carmen Collins, Country Living , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Spider mites suck the juices from leaf cells, causing leaves to bleach out. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "For example, many people will bleach their skin in Jamaica and alter their appearance to look lighter. \u2014 Stephanie Tharpe, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "Sharp also says to bleach any mildew because paint won't adhere properly to mildewed surfaces. \u2014 Alicia Chilton, Better Homes & Gardens , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "Waxing to its First Quarter phase tonight, our satellite now becomes bright enough to begin to bleach the night sky. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 5 Dec. 2021",
      "So thank you, Rihanna, for giving me my daily urge to bleach my hair with complete abandon. \u2014 Nicola Dall'asen, Allure , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The gun used to kill Simpson was found in a box of bleach powder under the bathroom sink. \u2014 John Lynch, Arkansas Online , 2 July 2022",
      "To wash out the formula, Scott suggests using a shampoo and water to rinse the bleach and stop the chemical reaction. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 30 June 2022",
      "Avoid abrasive scouring powders, scrubbers, bleach and ammonia to keep from damaging the appliance's finish. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 29 June 2022",
      "Chlorine is widely used in household products such as bleach , for waste sanitation, and in drinking water and pool water to kill harmful bacteria. \u2014 Rachel Pannett, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
      "Just be sure to wash them with cold water (no bleach ) and use a low dryer setting. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 26 June 2022",
      "If this doesn't do the trick, mix a solution of 3/4 cup bleach and 1 gallon water. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 23 June 2022",
      "Bird feeders and baths should be properly maintained, with bird baths and feeders cleaned every two weeks with a solution of nine parts water to one part bleach . \u2014 Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News , 22 June 2022",
      "Much to the delight of cleaning product and bleach manufacturers, the all-white look was in style for a very long time. \u2014 Amanda Lauren, Forbes , 20 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1746, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English blechen , from Old English bl\u01e3cean ; akin to Old English bl\u0101c pale; probably akin to Latin flagrare to burn \u2014 more at black entry 1":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bl\u0113ch"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "blanch",
      "blench",
      "decolorize",
      "dull",
      "fade",
      "pale",
      "snow",
      "wash out",
      "whiten"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203257",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bleach liquor":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125758",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bleach-out process":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several processes of color photography in which light-sensitive dyes are bleached directly by the action of light":[
        "\u2014 distinguished from dye-bleach process"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082106",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bleaching clay":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an adsorbent clay or earth (such as activated clay) used for removing the coloring matter from liquids (such as oils)":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-131012",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bleaching powder":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a white powder consisting chiefly of calcium hydroxide, calcium chloride, and calcium hypochlorite and used as a bleach, disinfectant, or deodorant":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The steamship England, which cleared from Queenstown on January 12th, with 200 passengers on board, was obliged to put back to harbor in consequence of the breaking, during a heavy storm, of a number of barrels of bleaching powder in the hold. \u2014 Dan Schlenoff, Scientific American , 26 Jan. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1805, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccbl\u0113-chi\u014b-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084613",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bleak":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": exposed and barren and often windswept":[
        "a bleak landscape",
        "bleak soils"
      ],
      ": cold , raw":[
        "a bleak November evening"
      ],
      ": lacking in warmth, life, or kindliness : grim":[
        "a bleak prison documentary"
      ],
      ": not hopeful or encouraging : depressing":[
        "a bleak prognosis",
        "a bleak outlook",
        "the future looks bleak"
      ],
      ": severely simple or austere":[
        "a bleak hotel room"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bl\u0113k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "cheerless",
      "chill",
      "Cimmerian",
      "cloudy",
      "cold",
      "comfortless",
      "dark",
      "darkening",
      "depressing",
      "depressive",
      "desolate",
      "dire",
      "disconsolate",
      "dismal",
      "drear",
      "dreary",
      "dreich",
      "elegiac",
      "elegiacal",
      "forlorn",
      "funereal",
      "gloomy",
      "glum",
      "godforsaken",
      "gray",
      "grey",
      "lonely",
      "lonesome",
      "lugubrious",
      "miserable",
      "morbid",
      "morose",
      "murky",
      "plutonian",
      "saturnine",
      "sepulchral",
      "solemn",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "sullen",
      "sunless",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "cheerful",
      "cheering",
      "cheery",
      "comforting",
      "cordial",
      "festive",
      "friendly",
      "gay",
      "heartwarming",
      "sunshiny"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bleak dismal , dreary , bleak , gloomy , cheerless , desolate mean devoid of cheer or comfort. dismal indicates extreme and utterly depressing gloominess. dismal weather dreary , often interchangeable with dismal , emphasizes discouragement resulting from sustained dullness or futility. a dreary job bleak suggests chill, dull, and barren characteristics that utterly dishearten. the bleak years of the depression gloomy often suggests lack of hope or promise. gloomy war news cheerless stresses absence of anything cheering. a drab and cheerless office desolate adds an element of utter remoteness or lack of human contact to any already disheartening aspect. a desolate outpost",
    "examples":[
      "a bleak outlook for the team for the rest of the season",
      "it was a dark and bleak wintry day",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The outlier, Beyond Sleep, superbly translated by Ina Rilke, is the least bleak and violent, and has a far more appealing\u2014if no less incompetent\u2014hero, a geology graduate student. \u2014 Francine Prose, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
      "Saunders\u2019s short story has a bleak and introspective ending that might not have translated well to screen. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 20 June 2022",
      "The alternative to that, i.e., continuing to be desperate, can be pretty bleak and even for some, traumatic. \u2014 Svetlana Whitener, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "What a bleak and unforgiving view of office culture all these considerations present. \u2014 Chloe Schama, Vogue , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Return to menu President Biden entered office at both a bleak and a hopeful moment in the trajectory of the pandemic. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Still, the familiar premise\u2014an odd couple thrown together by circumstances\u2014is refreshed, in a paradoxical way, by the bleak and moldering state of Russian transport after the collapse of the Soviet Union. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "The treeless island looks bleak and nearly deserted. \u2014 Barry Neild, CNN , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Amid the bleak outlook for glove exports and other global headwinds, the index of Malaysian healthcare stocks has dropped 37% in the past year, with glove manufacturers among the worst performers. \u2014 Anu Raghunathan, Forbes , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bleke pale; probably akin to Old English bl\u0101c":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203344"
  },
  "bleakly":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "cheerful",
      "cheering",
      "cheery",
      "comforting",
      "cordial",
      "festive",
      "friendly",
      "gay",
      "heartwarming",
      "sunshiny"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": cold , raw":[
        "a bleak November evening"
      ],
      ": exposed and barren and often windswept":[
        "a bleak landscape",
        "bleak soils"
      ],
      ": lacking in warmth, life, or kindliness : grim":[
        "a bleak prison documentary"
      ],
      ": not hopeful or encouraging : depressing":[
        "a bleak prognosis",
        "a bleak outlook",
        "the future looks bleak"
      ],
      ": severely simple or austere":[
        "a bleak hotel room"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a bleak outlook for the team for the rest of the season",
      "it was a dark and bleak wintry day",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The outlier, Beyond Sleep, superbly translated by Ina Rilke, is the least bleak and violent, and has a far more appealing\u2014if no less incompetent\u2014hero, a geology graduate student. \u2014 Francine Prose, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
      "Saunders\u2019s short story has a bleak and introspective ending that might not have translated well to screen. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 20 June 2022",
      "The alternative to that, i.e., continuing to be desperate, can be pretty bleak and even for some, traumatic. \u2014 Svetlana Whitener, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "What a bleak and unforgiving view of office culture all these considerations present. \u2014 Chloe Schama, Vogue , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Return to menu President Biden entered office at both a bleak and a hopeful moment in the trajectory of the pandemic. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Still, the familiar premise\u2014an odd couple thrown together by circumstances\u2014is refreshed, in a paradoxical way, by the bleak and moldering state of Russian transport after the collapse of the Soviet Union. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "The treeless island looks bleak and nearly deserted. \u2014 Barry Neild, CNN , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Amid the bleak outlook for glove exports and other global headwinds, the index of Malaysian healthcare stocks has dropped 37% in the past year, with glove manufacturers among the worst performers. \u2014 Anu Raghunathan, Forbes , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bleke pale; probably akin to Old English bl\u0101c":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bl\u0113k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bleak dismal , dreary , bleak , gloomy , cheerless , desolate mean devoid of cheer or comfort. dismal indicates extreme and utterly depressing gloominess. dismal weather dreary , often interchangeable with dismal , emphasizes discouragement resulting from sustained dullness or futility. a dreary job bleak suggests chill, dull, and barren characteristics that utterly dishearten. the bleak years of the depression gloomy often suggests lack of hope or promise. gloomy war news cheerless stresses absence of anything cheering. a drab and cheerless office desolate adds an element of utter remoteness or lack of human contact to any already disheartening aspect. a desolate outpost",
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "cheerless",
      "chill",
      "Cimmerian",
      "cloudy",
      "cold",
      "comfortless",
      "dark",
      "darkening",
      "depressing",
      "depressive",
      "desolate",
      "dire",
      "disconsolate",
      "dismal",
      "drear",
      "dreary",
      "dreich",
      "elegiac",
      "elegiacal",
      "forlorn",
      "funereal",
      "gloomy",
      "glum",
      "godforsaken",
      "gray",
      "grey",
      "lonely",
      "lonesome",
      "lugubrious",
      "miserable",
      "morbid",
      "morose",
      "murky",
      "plutonian",
      "saturnine",
      "sepulchral",
      "solemn",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "sullen",
      "sunless",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104943",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bleakness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bright",
      "cheerful",
      "cheering",
      "cheery",
      "comforting",
      "cordial",
      "festive",
      "friendly",
      "gay",
      "heartwarming",
      "sunshiny"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": cold , raw":[
        "a bleak November evening"
      ],
      ": exposed and barren and often windswept":[
        "a bleak landscape",
        "bleak soils"
      ],
      ": lacking in warmth, life, or kindliness : grim":[
        "a bleak prison documentary"
      ],
      ": not hopeful or encouraging : depressing":[
        "a bleak prognosis",
        "a bleak outlook",
        "the future looks bleak"
      ],
      ": severely simple or austere":[
        "a bleak hotel room"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a bleak outlook for the team for the rest of the season",
      "it was a dark and bleak wintry day",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The outlier, Beyond Sleep, superbly translated by Ina Rilke, is the least bleak and violent, and has a far more appealing\u2014if no less incompetent\u2014hero, a geology graduate student. \u2014 Francine Prose, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
      "Saunders\u2019s short story has a bleak and introspective ending that might not have translated well to screen. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 20 June 2022",
      "The alternative to that, i.e., continuing to be desperate, can be pretty bleak and even for some, traumatic. \u2014 Svetlana Whitener, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "What a bleak and unforgiving view of office culture all these considerations present. \u2014 Chloe Schama, Vogue , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Return to menu President Biden entered office at both a bleak and a hopeful moment in the trajectory of the pandemic. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Still, the familiar premise\u2014an odd couple thrown together by circumstances\u2014is refreshed, in a paradoxical way, by the bleak and moldering state of Russian transport after the collapse of the Soviet Union. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "The treeless island looks bleak and nearly deserted. \u2014 Barry Neild, CNN , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Amid the bleak outlook for glove exports and other global headwinds, the index of Malaysian healthcare stocks has dropped 37% in the past year, with glove manufacturers among the worst performers. \u2014 Anu Raghunathan, Forbes , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bleke pale; probably akin to Old English bl\u0101c":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bl\u0113k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bleak dismal , dreary , bleak , gloomy , cheerless , desolate mean devoid of cheer or comfort. dismal indicates extreme and utterly depressing gloominess. dismal weather dreary , often interchangeable with dismal , emphasizes discouragement resulting from sustained dullness or futility. a dreary job bleak suggests chill, dull, and barren characteristics that utterly dishearten. the bleak years of the depression gloomy often suggests lack of hope or promise. gloomy war news cheerless stresses absence of anything cheering. a drab and cheerless office desolate adds an element of utter remoteness or lack of human contact to any already disheartening aspect. a desolate outpost",
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "cheerless",
      "chill",
      "Cimmerian",
      "cloudy",
      "cold",
      "comfortless",
      "dark",
      "darkening",
      "depressing",
      "depressive",
      "desolate",
      "dire",
      "disconsolate",
      "dismal",
      "drear",
      "dreary",
      "dreich",
      "elegiac",
      "elegiacal",
      "forlorn",
      "funereal",
      "gloomy",
      "glum",
      "godforsaken",
      "gray",
      "grey",
      "lonely",
      "lonesome",
      "lugubrious",
      "miserable",
      "morbid",
      "morose",
      "murky",
      "plutonian",
      "saturnine",
      "sepulchral",
      "solemn",
      "somber",
      "sombre",
      "sullen",
      "sunless",
      "tenebrific",
      "tenebrous",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130731",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bleaky":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": somewhat bleak":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bl\u0113k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223139",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "blear":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bleary",
      "blurry",
      "dim",
      "faint",
      "foggy",
      "fuzzy",
      "gauzy",
      "hazy",
      "indefinite",
      "indistinct",
      "indistinguishable",
      "misty",
      "murky",
      "nebulous",
      "obscure",
      "opaque",
      "pale",
      "shadowy",
      "unclear",
      "undefined",
      "undetermined",
      "vague"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": dim , blur":[],
      ": dim with water or tears":[],
      ": obscure to the view or imagination":[],
      ": to make (the eyes) sore or watery":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "her image was bleared , as if I were staring at it through a watery lens",
      "Adjective",
      "I can't describe him; all I saw was a blear figure for an instant."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bleren , probably from Old English *blerian ; akin to Low German bleer-oged bleary-eyed":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8blir",
      "\u02c8bli(\u0259)r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "becloud",
      "bedim",
      "befog",
      "blacken",
      "blur",
      "cloud",
      "darken",
      "dim",
      "dislimn",
      "fog",
      "fuzz (up)",
      "haze",
      "mist",
      "obscure",
      "overcast",
      "overcloud",
      "overshadow",
      "shadow",
      "shroud"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025421",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bleary":{
    "antonyms":[
      "unwearied"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": dull or dimmed especially from fatigue or sleep":[],
      ": poorly outlined or defined : dim":[
        "a bleary view"
      ],
      ": very tired":[
        "bleary travelers"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She looked at me with bleary eyes.",
      "disoriented, bleary passengers departing from the red-eye",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Uzi came onstage 30 minutes after his scheduled start time Sunday and saw his sound cut in the middle of one of his bleary emo-rap songs \u2014 a demonstration that not every troublemaker enjoys the industry leeway that Tyler does. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "The song is spare, with a bleary electric-guitar line but not much else; in the open space, Nas is able to use his vocals to mark the contours of his emotions more delicately than on his other songs. \u2014 Carrie Battan, The New Yorker , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "Sun or not, bleary -eyed race winner Alex Bowman needed his shades. \u2014 Dan Gelston, Orlando Sentinel , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Silver hair tousled, dark eyes bleary , Tosh grabs her phone from the nightstand, taps off the soft music and starts scrolling through her texts and emails. \u2014 Andrea Ball, USA TODAY , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "Notre Dame wasn\u2019t the only bleary -eyed arrival to San Diego early Thursday. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Americans may be bleary -eyed from Zoom fatigue, and many may be desperate to get back to live concerts and movie theaters. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 24 June 2021",
      "People emerged bleary eyed and unsure, lining up at bank machines and stores, rushing to collect valuables and making plans to wait out the storm. \u2014 Marc Santora, BostonGlobe.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "The passengers stepped out bleary -eyed, clutching their luggage, pets and young children. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bli(\u0259)r-\u0113",
      "\u02c8blir-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "all in",
      "aweary",
      "beat",
      "beaten",
      "burned-out",
      "burnt-out",
      "bushed",
      "dead",
      "done",
      "drained",
      "exhausted",
      "fatigued",
      "jaded",
      "knackered",
      "limp",
      "logy",
      "loggy",
      "played out",
      "pooped",
      "prostrate",
      "spent",
      "tapped out",
      "tired",
      "tuckered (out)",
      "washed-out",
      "wearied",
      "weary",
      "wiped out",
      "worn",
      "worn-out"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085704",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bleat":{
    "antonyms":[
      "beef",
      "bitch",
      "carp",
      "complaint",
      "fuss",
      "grievance",
      "gripe",
      "grouch",
      "grouse",
      "grumble",
      "holler",
      "kvetch",
      "lament",
      "miserere",
      "moan",
      "murmur",
      "plaint",
      "squawk",
      "wail",
      "whimper",
      "whine",
      "whinge",
      "yammer"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a feeble outcry, protest, or complaint":[],
      ": blather":[],
      ": to talk complainingly or with a whine":[],
      ": to utter in a bleating manner":[],
      ": whimper":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The lamb bleated as I approached.",
      "\u201cBut why can't I go",
      "The labor union is always bleating about the management.",
      "Noun",
      "a very patient, understanding person who accepts life's inconveniences without a bleat",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "For decades, conservative Republicans have posed as the party of chest-thumping ultra-patriots who bleat constantly about how America is the best country on the planet. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 9 Aug. 2021",
      "Watching smug, satisfied 1 percenters bleat on about their unlimited financial options is about as welcome as a wet teddy bear. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 July 2021",
      "She was booted from her GOP leadership spot for refusing to go along with her reprobate and deceitful Republican colleagues, who continue to lay prostrate before former President Donald Trump and bleat that the election was stolen from him. \u2014 Mika Brzezinski, NBC News , 17 May 2021",
      "On the small farm that Alberto Barroso runs a few miles from his apartment, the sprightly stems of potatoes and onions peek through fresh soil; his hundreds of goats bleat into the clean air. \u2014 Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 Mar. 2021",
      "The New York Times will bellow and bleat , And the silence will echo down Mulberry Street. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 3 Mar. 2021",
      "Even those inside that didn\u2019t come out must have heard the truck horns moaning, the air brakes bleating , the hymn of an industrial funeral. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2020",
      "The buck bleated several times but soon stopped struggling. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Mar. 2020",
      "The season opens with the faintest noise: A single French horn bleats a plaintive melody while a platoon of hoary men from the Royal Mail service, all wearing dark suits, shuffles into a stateroom in Buckingham Palace. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Republic , 12 Dec. 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The biographer gave out what could pass for a happy bleat . \u2014 Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "In the nine-episode first season\u2014filmed mostly in Troy, New York\u2014viewers hear sheep bleat in Central Park, watch workers sweep away ceaselessly accumulating street dust and listen to the crackling of interior fires. \u2014 Kimberly Hamlin, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "The 93rd Academy Awards ended not with a bang but a bleat . \u2014 Glenn Whipp Entertainment Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "On a recent weekday morning, the shrill bleat of a drill unscrewing a wooden crate echoed over music playing from a small speaker in the building\u2019s rotunda. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "As Bryant scrupulously took notes on dance moves, and Davis practiced his bleat , some moments seemed sure to land differently, even though they were crafted years ago. \u2014 Michael Paulson, New York Times , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "The alarm continued its steady bleat , the volume seeming to increase. \u2014 Emma Cline, The New Yorker , 1 June 2020",
      "Hungry fawns often make a soft bleat that has a begging tone to it. \u2014 Jarrod Spilger, Field & Stream , 6 Dec. 2019",
      "Solar Sister, so tell us\u2014how to, how to disassemble our fragile empire without ballooning the glottal- bleat system for another. \u2014 Aria Aber, The New Republic , 17 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1508, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bleten , from Old English bl\u01e3tan ; akin to Latin fl\u0113re to weep, Old English bellan to roar \u2014 more at bellow":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bl\u0113t",
      "Northern also \u02c8blat",
      "Southern usually \u02c8bl\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "beef",
      "bellyache",
      "bitch",
      "carp",
      "caterwaul",
      "complain",
      "crab",
      "croak",
      "fuss",
      "gripe",
      "grizzle",
      "grouch",
      "grouse",
      "growl",
      "grumble",
      "grump",
      "holler",
      "inveigh",
      "keen",
      "kick",
      "kvetch",
      "maunder",
      "moan",
      "murmur",
      "mutter",
      "nag",
      "repine",
      "scream",
      "squawk",
      "squeal",
      "wail",
      "whimper",
      "whine",
      "whinge",
      "yammer",
      "yawp",
      "yaup",
      "yowl"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065436",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bleed":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": sap":[
        "cost overruns \u2026 bleed other programs",
        "\u2014 Alex Roland"
      ],
      ": the escape of blood from vessels : hemorrhage":[],
      ": to be printed so as to run off one or more edges of the page after trimming":[],
      ": to cause (something, such as a printed illustration) to bleed":[],
      ": to diminish gradually":[
        "\u2014 usually used with off a pilot bleeding off airspeed"
      ],
      ": to drain of blood or resources":[],
      ": to draw sap from (a tree)":[],
      ": to emit or lose blood":[],
      ": to escape by oozing or flowing (as from a wound)":[],
      ": to extract or cause to escape from a container":[],
      ": to extract or let out some or all of a contained substance from":[
        "bleed a brake line"
      ],
      ": to feel anguish, pain, or sympathy":[
        "a heart that bleeds at a friend's misfortune"
      ],
      ": to get or extort money from especially over a prolonged period":[],
      ": to give up some constituent (such as sap or dye) by exuding or diffusing it":[],
      ": to have money extorted":[],
      ": to lose rapidly and uncontrollably":[
        "the company was bleeding money"
      ],
      ": to pay out or give money":[],
      ": to remove or draw blood from":[],
      ": to sacrifice one's blood especially in battle":[],
      ": to spread into or through something gradually : seep":[
        "foreign policy bleeds into economic policy",
        "\u2014 J. B. Judis"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "She was bleeding from the face and hands.",
      "Doctors used to bleed their patients in an effort to cure them.",
      "We bled air from the tank.",
      "You'll need to bleed the car's brake lines.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Another wrinkle in this year\u2019s COVID/allergy season: the symptoms of the two maladies, which used to be clearly distinct, have started to bleed together. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Moon grew so distressed her nose started to bleed on camera. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "The prohibition, which exists in 28 states, is a free-rider strategy to bleed union treasuries dry. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Fedorov told me about an expedition, in 2013, to Maly Lyakhovsky Island, off the northern coast of Yakutia; when researchers there dug up a frozen mammoth carcass, its flesh started to bleed . \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "The Raiders, in turn after the punt, may have an incentive to bleed the clock rather than trying to march all the way down field and chance an interception or giving Los Angeles the ball back. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Twitter\u2019s most recent quarterly loss shows the company suffers from a number of challenges, and while Musk is no stranger to running companies that bleed red ink, the red ink has usually reflected heavy investments in growth. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
      "All of the issues regarding inconsistencies within the TV Academy don\u2019t exist solely within the variety categories but also bleed into the series acting categories, creating a cross-pollination of recognition for programs. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 13 June 2022",
      "Businesses often unknowingly bleed excess money through unnecessary expenses for products and services that once served a need but no longer benefit the business. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The effects would come through the legends strongly with some light bleed on the lower corners of some keycaps. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 24 May 2022",
      "The child suffered a brain bleed that would likely have resulted in death had doctors not provided treatment. \u2014 Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Sarah Staudte was admitted to the ICU with a brain bleed and organ failure. \u2014 Joseph Diaz, ABC News , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Symptoms can vary based on where in the brain the bleed occurs but can include numbness or weakness in part of the face or body, confusion, severe headache, and difficulty speaking, walking and/or seeing. \u2014 Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun , 16 May 2022",
      "Despite the bleed of parishioners, white evangelicals have managed to maintain their power in electoral politics by solidifying their stake in the Republican Party. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The goal has transitioned from fixing the devaluation to merely slowing the bleed . \u2014 Prem Ramkumar, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Areas for employees' medical training such as stop the bleed practices, and awareness of what law enforcement response looks like. \u2014 Edward Segal, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "This means better contrast and less bleed from light to dark. \u2014 Parker Hall, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1917, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bleden , from Old English bl\u0113dan , from bl\u014dd blood":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bl\u0113d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "agonize",
      "anguish",
      "grieve",
      "hurt",
      "mourn",
      "sorrow",
      "suffer"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051336",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bleed (for)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "to have sympathy for the young man bleeds for his friend, who just lost his father"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-171808",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bleeder":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "Don't let those bleeders grind you down.",
      "\u201cI've won the lottery.\u201d \u201cYou lucky bleeder !\u201d",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On Kelley\u2019s very first big-league pitch in 21 months, Travis d\u2019Arnaud hit a bleeder against the shift for a single that scored the runner who began the inning on second. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 May 2022",
      "Next, make sure the bleeder valves can be loosened. \u2014 Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics , 8 Oct. 2020",
      "This big, cut-on-contact model with bleeder blades brought back fond memories of the old-school Bear Razorheads in my dad\u2019s archery tackle box. \u2014 Will Brantley, Field & Stream , 5 June 2020",
      "Trailing behind the main blades is a pair of 1-1/8-inch-cut bleeder blades. \u2014 Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream , 9 Jan. 2020",
      "What continues below is a first-time free bleeder \u2019s review. \u2014 Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF , 30 Oct. 2018",
      "Shane Greene returned from the disabled list Greene made his official return in the bottom of the eighth inning and allowed a pair of bleeder hits to Jose Altuve and Yulieski Gurriel to start the inning. \u2014 Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press , 13 July 2018",
      "Bloopers, bleeders and infield singles did in starter Charlie Morton \u2014 not to mention a pair of three-run homers that barely cleared the fence. \u2014 USA TODAY , 17 Oct. 2017",
      "The offensive attack was opportunistic and relentless, swarming Giants starter Ty Blach with an array of bleeders , bloopers and broken bats. \u2014 Rustin Dodd, kansascity.com , 13 June 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1803, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bl\u0113-d\u0259r",
      "\u02c8bl\u0113d-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bastard",
      "beast",
      "blighter",
      "boor",
      "bounder",
      "bugger",
      "buzzard",
      "cad",
      "chuff",
      "churl",
      "clown",
      "creep",
      "cretin",
      "crud",
      "crumb",
      "cur",
      "dirtbag",
      "dog",
      "fink",
      "heel",
      "hound",
      "jerk",
      "joker",
      "louse",
      "lout",
      "pill",
      "rat",
      "rat fink",
      "reptile",
      "rotter",
      "schmuck",
      "scum",
      "scumbag",
      "scuzzball",
      "skunk",
      "sleaze",
      "sleazebag",
      "sleazeball",
      "slime",
      "slimeball",
      "slob",
      "snake",
      "so-and-so",
      "sod",
      "stinkard",
      "stinker",
      "swine",
      "toad",
      "varmint",
      "vermin"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163258",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "blemish":{
    "antonyms":[
      "blight",
      "blotch",
      "defect",
      "deformity",
      "disfigurement",
      "excrescence",
      "excrescency",
      "fault",
      "flaw",
      "imperfection",
      "mar",
      "mark",
      "pockmark",
      "scar"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to spoil by a flaw":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "A series of burn marks blemish the table's surface.",
      "The incident blemished his reputation.",
      "Noun",
      "The cream is supposed to prevent blemishes on the skin.",
      "The table had a few scratches and minor blemishes .",
      "The book fails to mention any of the organization's many blemishes .",
      "The incident was a blemish on his record.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "However, dirt, debris, and food can blemish these tough surfaces over time. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 23 June 2022",
      "While liquid is simmering, peel the pears, leaving the stem intact and being careful not to blemish the flesh of the pears. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "But Paul\u2019s latest shortcoming and his uncertain playoff future should not blemish an otherwise impeccable basketball r\u00e9sum\u00e9. \u2014 Mark Medina, USA TODAY , 21 July 2021",
      "And while some have sought therapy or medications to cope, others fear that engaging in these support systems could blemish their records and dissuade future employers from hiring them. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Nov. 2020",
      "For his part, Hinch defended his players' talents but acknowledged the clubhouse put itself in a position where its achievements may be blemished . \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 7 Feb. 2020",
      "Such a policy would ensure that individuals did not emerge from this crisis burdened with debts and blemished credit Renters need help, too. \u2014 Sendhil Mullainathan, New York Times , 19 Mar. 2020",
      "Skin lighteners generate a less painted look than skin whiteners by removing rather than concealing blemished or melanin-rich skin. \u2014 Lynn M. Thomas, Quartz Africa , 9 Mar. 2020",
      "Fort Scott takes blemished bullets from their production line and turns them into Bullet Bait, a run of handmade fishing lures. \u2014 Matthew Every, Outdoor Life , 11 Feb. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But the right blemish -banishing ingredients can put your skin at ease. \u2014 Catharine Malzahn, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
      "A year earlier, Alabama\u2019s record-setting 2020 offense outpaced Texas A&M in a 52-24 win that was the only blemish on the Aggies\u2019 9-1 record. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "The lone blemish from Faedo came in the sixth inning, when Brett Phillips hit a home run off the catwalk. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 17 May 2022",
      "The lone blemish on Michigan\u2019s record was its loss at Michigan State, but a win over Iowa in the Big Ten Championship Game secured Michigan\u2019s spot in the playoff for the first time in the Jim Harbaugh era. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Dec. 2021",
      "Sure, the mind-boggling number of weapons in the hands of civilians is a daunting problem with deadly consequences, and the failure to address it is a blemish on America's system of government. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "The lone blemish on the team\u2019s record is a 7-4 loss to Palm Beach Gardens. \u2014 Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com , 16 Apr. 2021",
      "The Hero Cosmetics Mighty Patch collection features an array of hydrocolloid bandages in different shapes and sizes to treat any blemish that might form. \u2014 Angela Trakoshis, Allure , 17 May 2022",
      "Halfway up is a huge scar that looks as if a giant took a bite out of it; Velasquez said there is no record of what caused that blemish . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1535, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English blemisshen , to damage, injure, sully, from Anglo-French blemiss- , stem of blemir, blesmir , from Old French, literally, to make pale by wounding, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German blas ros horse with a blaze, Old Norse blesi blaze \u2014 more at blaze":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ble-mish",
      "\u02c8blem-ish"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "darken",
      "mar",
      "poison",
      "spoil",
      "stain",
      "taint",
      "tarnish",
      "touch",
      "vitiate"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053226",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "blench":{
    "antonyms":[
      "blanch",
      "bleach",
      "decolorize",
      "dull",
      "fade",
      "pale",
      "snow",
      "wash out",
      "whiten"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": bleach , whiten":[],
      ": to draw back or turn aside from lack of courage : flinch":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Voters bored by the whole subject may blench at the prospect. \u2014 The Economist , 27 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1797, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, to deceive, blench, from Old English blencan to deceive; akin to Old Norse blekkja to impose on":"Verb",
      "alteration of blanch":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8blench"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for blench Verb (1) recoil , shrink , flinch , wince , blench , quail mean to draw back in fear or distaste. recoil implies a start or movement away through shock, fear, or disgust. recoiled at the suggestion of stealing shrink suggests an instinctive recoil through sensitiveness, scrupulousness, or cowardice. shrank from the unpleasant truth flinch implies a failure to endure pain or face something dangerous or frightening with resolution. faced her accusers without flinching wince suggests a slight involuntary physical reaction (such as a start or recoiling). winced in pain blench implies fainthearted flinching. stood their ground without blenching quail suggests shrinking and cowering in fear. quailed before the apparition",
    "synonyms":[
      "cringe",
      "flinch",
      "quail",
      "recoil",
      "shrink",
      "squinch",
      "wince"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060415",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "blend":{
    "antonyms":[
      "admixture",
      "alloy",
      "amalgam",
      "amalgamation",
      "cocktail",
      "combination",
      "composite",
      "compound",
      "conflation",
      "emulsion",
      "fusion",
      "intermixture",
      "meld",
      "mix",
      "mixture",
      "synthesis"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a group of two or more consecutive consonants that begin a syllable":[],
      ": a product prepared by blending":[],
      ": a word (such as brunch ) produced by combining other words or parts of words":[],
      ": something produced by blending : such as":[],
      ": to combine into an integrated whole":[],
      ": to mingle intimately or unobtrusively":[],
      ": to prepare by thoroughly intermingling different varieties or grades":[],
      ": to produce a harmonious effect":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The music blends traditional and modern melodies.",
      "She blends psychology and crime in her new novel.",
      "Noun",
      "a blend of cream and eggs",
      "a blend of traditional and modern melodies",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Ethanol prices have risen steadily this year, boosted by a Biden administration mandate to blend more of the biofuel into gasoline and some of the highest U.S. consumer inflation in decades. \u2014 Hardika Singh, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
      "When Wayman spoke to the Globe last August, her Boston startup, Shimmy, was focused on marketing its touch-free dispensers to consumers, with swappable faceplates in a range of colors and patterns to blend into home decor. \u2014 Annie Probert, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
      "The simple and chic gray frame is complemented by matching gray cushions and pillows and should blend right into your current outdoor decor. \u2014 Annie Burdick, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
      "The refinery was also not equipped to blend ethanol into its fuels, forcing it to purchase expensive credits on the open market to meet its obligations under the federal Renewable Fuels Standard. \u2014 Evan Halper, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2022",
      "The refinery was also not equipped to blend ethanol into its fuels, forcing it to purchase expensive credits on the open market to meet its obligations under the federal Renewable Fuels Standard. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
      "It is also designed to look like a landscaping rock or boulder to blend into your backyard. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 24 May 2022",
      "In Laredo, a city of roughly 261,000 people where downtown shops and parks seem almost to blend into the border, the nation\u2019s immigration fight is personal. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
      "Keeping true to the promise to blend into the community, lounge areas are decorated with artwork from exclusively local Colorado artists. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 7 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "With blender or processor running, drizzle in olive oil and pulse or blend to combine. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022",
      "That includes argan oil, biotin, and a blend of 17 herbs. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
      "Even in a French press or pour-over context, decaf (or a blend of decaf and caffeinated beans) is a good pick for afternoon coffee service. \u2014 Jaina Grey Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 30 June 2022",
      "The other popular, selling item is a coffee combo pack, $89, which includes three different barrel aged blends and the house blend . \u2014 Jeanette Hurt, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "Add the remaining 2 peaches and the lemon juice to a food processor or blender, and blend on high until completely pureed. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 June 2022",
      "Instructions: Combine all ingredients (except vodka and ice) in a blender and blend until smooth. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
      "When your box arrives, pop everything in the freezer and then either blend , soak or heat according to the instructions for each item when ready to eat. \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-cpt, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
      "Lightly dot a lighter shade to your natural skin tone under the inner corner of your eye and blend outward. \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 14 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, probably from Old Norse blend- , present stem of blanda to mix; akin to Old English blandan to mix, Lithuanian blandus impure, cloudy":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8blend"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for blend Verb mix , mingle , commingle , blend , merge , coalesce , amalgamate , fuse mean to combine into a more or less uniform whole. mix may or may not imply loss of each element's identity. mix the salad greens mix a drink mingle usually suggests that the elements are still somewhat distinguishable or separately active. fear mingled with anticipation in my mind commingle implies a closer or more thorough mingling. a sense of duty commingled with a fierce pride drove her blend implies that the elements as such disappear in the resulting mixture. blended several teas to create a balanced flavor merge suggests a combining in which one or more elements are lost in the whole. in his mind reality and fantasy merged coalesce implies an affinity in the merging elements and usually a resulting organic unity. telling details that coalesce into a striking portrait amalgamate implies the forming of a close union without complete loss of individual identities. refugees who were readily amalgamated into the community fuse stresses oneness and indissolubility of the resulting product. a building in which modernism and classicism are fused",
    "synonyms":[
      "amalgamate",
      "combine",
      "comingle",
      "commingle",
      "commix",
      "composite",
      "concrete",
      "conflate",
      "fuse",
      "homogenize",
      "immingle",
      "immix",
      "incorporate",
      "integrate",
      "interfuse",
      "intermingle",
      "intermix",
      "meld",
      "merge",
      "mingle",
      "mix"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125157",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "blend well":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to fit together well":[
        "The flavor of the sauce blends well with the fruit."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130504",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "bless":{
    "antonyms":[
      "deconsecrate",
      "desacralize",
      "desanctify"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": endow , favor":[
        "blessed with athletic ability"
      ],
      ": praise , glorify":[
        "bless his holy name"
      ],
      ": protect , preserve":[
        "Bless me from marrying a usurer!",
        "\u2014 Shakespeare"
      ],
      ": to confer prosperity or happiness upon":[
        "God has blessed us with four children."
      ],
      ": to hallow or consecrate by religious rite or word":[
        "asked the priest to bless their marriage",
        "Bless this home."
      ],
      ": to hallow with the sign of the cross":[
        "He blessed himself before liftoff."
      ],
      ": to invoke divine care for":[
        "bless your heart",
        "\u2014 used in the phrase bless you to wish good health especially to one who has just sneezed"
      ],
      ": to speak well of : approve":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The priest blessed their marriage at the wedding.",
      "The water for the baptism has been blessed .",
      "The priest blessed the baby I held in my arms.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There are some important aspects of American life that are not subject to a vote or to the will of any majority, and bless the wisdom of the Founders for that. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 5 June 2022",
      "Sometimes the popcorn attendants would bless us hungry ushers with a trash bag full of unsold popcorn. \u2014 Bailey Pennick, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "Inspiration can bless lives, but what about when messages come not from above but from beneath \u2014 or within",
      "Until recently, investors and market analysts believed Beijing would bless the most straightforward of those options: allowing the ride-hailing giant to buy back shares traded on Wall Street, and then issue shares again in Hong Kong. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 23 May 2022",
      "Almost universally considered the mother\u2019s domain and God bless east Cleveland for this paradigm shift. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 6 May 2022",
      "God bless the people of a free and democratic Ukraine and may God protect our troops. \u2014 Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "God bless our wonderful costume designer Joanna Johnston. \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
      "Liam Payne, bless his heart, popped up on Logan Paul\u2019s podcast and earned a robust round of ire from One Direction fans with some rather wild comments about his former bandmates and his solo career. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 1 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English bl\u0113tsian , from bl\u014dd blood; from the use of blood in consecration":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bles"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "consecrate",
      "hallow",
      "sacralize",
      "sanctify"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112705",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "blessed":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": beatific":[
        "a blessed visitation"
      ],
      ": bringing pleasure, contentment, or good fortune":[
        "a blessed event"
      ],
      ": held in reverence : venerated":[
        "the blessed saints"
      ],
      ": honored in worship : hallowed":[
        "the blessed Trinity"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The rain brought blessed relief from the heat.",
      "He spent his weekend in blessed freedom.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The adults in our wildly blessed country can't figure out traffic circles . \u2014 Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press , 4 June 2022",
      "So its actual appearance at the Metropolitano Stadium opener was considered a blessed event indeed. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 1 June 2022",
      "There are times when the show still manages to pull off that blessed trick, especially when taking satirical jabs at Black grifters who\u2019ve figured out how to siphon White money into their own bank accounts. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "Butch navigates his broad shoulders through the maze that is his cramped garage, past his freshly blessed boat, a freezer filled with bluefin tuna steaks, a 1966 Volvo up on blocks and two more boats. \u2014 Steven E. Banks, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
      "Copper, like dozens of other hard assets, was already shooting higher over the past few months thanks to that blessed combination of surging demand and supply shortages. \u2014 Brett Owens, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Definitely without a doubt, so blessed to have him. \u2014 Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "The dumbest stroke of luck, but a blessed one nonetheless. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "All of us are so blessed and honored to have been inspired by him. \u2014 Angelique Jackson, Variety , 27 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see bless":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8blest",
      "\u02c8ble-s\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "divine",
      "godlike",
      "godly",
      "heavenly",
      "holy",
      "sacred",
      "supernatural"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102026",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "blessedness":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": beatific":[
        "a blessed visitation"
      ],
      ": bringing pleasure, contentment, or good fortune":[
        "a blessed event"
      ],
      ": held in reverence : venerated":[
        "the blessed saints"
      ],
      ": honored in worship : hallowed":[
        "the blessed Trinity"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The rain brought blessed relief from the heat.",
      "He spent his weekend in blessed freedom.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The adults in our wildly blessed country can't figure out traffic circles . \u2014 Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press , 4 June 2022",
      "So its actual appearance at the Metropolitano Stadium opener was considered a blessed event indeed. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 1 June 2022",
      "There are times when the show still manages to pull off that blessed trick, especially when taking satirical jabs at Black grifters who\u2019ve figured out how to siphon White money into their own bank accounts. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "Butch navigates his broad shoulders through the maze that is his cramped garage, past his freshly blessed boat, a freezer filled with bluefin tuna steaks, a 1966 Volvo up on blocks and two more boats. \u2014 Steven E. Banks, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
      "Copper, like dozens of other hard assets, was already shooting higher over the past few months thanks to that blessed combination of surging demand and supply shortages. \u2014 Brett Owens, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Definitely without a doubt, so blessed to have him. \u2014 Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "The dumbest stroke of luck, but a blessed one nonetheless. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "All of us are so blessed and honored to have been inspired by him. \u2014 Angelique Jackson, Variety , 27 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see bless":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8blest",
      "\u02c8ble-s\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "divine",
      "godlike",
      "godly",
      "heavenly",
      "holy",
      "sacred",
      "supernatural"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095300",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "blessing":{
    "antonyms":[
      "anathema",
      "curse",
      "execration",
      "imprecation",
      "malediction"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a thing conducive to happiness or welfare":[
        "My daughter is a blessing to me in my old age.",
        "Their absence turned out to be a blessing in disguise.",
        "Count your blessings ."
      ],
      ": approval , encouragement":[
        "asked her parents for their blessing before he proposed"
      ],
      ": grace (see grace entry 1 sense 5 ) said at a meal":[
        "said the blessing before dinner"
      ],
      ": the act or words of one that blesses":[
        "say the blessing over the wine",
        "a priestly blessing"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Presumably he was acting with the government's blessing .",
      "They got married without their parents' blessing .",
      "We asked the Lord's blessing on us and on our project.",
      "He said a blessing before the meal.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "So there was a blessing , and eating, and laughter, and conversation. \u2014 John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
      "Having the ability to predict someone\u2019s future has not always been a blessing for Seul-bi or her mother. \u2014 Joan Macdonald, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
      "Steliac made his way up a path where parishioners had lined up with their baskets, waiting for a blessing , the faint smell of incense wafting in the air. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Then, as if out of nowhere, a big double chorus, accompanied by an orchestra with timpani thumping, announces a grand Hosanna that lasts no more than 45 seconds for a dazzling but startlingly perfunctory blessing . \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "May primaries in Ohio and Pennsylvania are heating up as GOP candidates jockey for former President Donald Trump's blessing . \u2014 Simone Pathe, CNN , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "According to the Moscow City News Agency, the image shows a ritual blessing of the participants in the Victory Parade and the consecration of launches on the Khodynka field. \u2014 Ana Faguy, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
      "The Cavs also have around $4 million in cash remaining to buy a pick, with chairman Dan Gilbert\u2019s blessing to be aggressive. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 23 June 2022",
      "In those court documents, the meeting of the phony Arizona Republican electors would be erroneously described as taking place at the state Capitol, conferring a sheen of official legislative blessing . \u2014 Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see bless":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ble-sing",
      "\u02c8ble-si\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "benediction",
      "benison"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094944",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "blest":{
    "antonyms":[
      "deconsecrate",
      "desacralize",
      "desanctify"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": endow , favor":[
        "blessed with athletic ability"
      ],
      ": praise , glorify":[
        "bless his holy name"
      ],
      ": protect , preserve":[
        "Bless me from marrying a usurer!",
        "\u2014 Shakespeare"
      ],
      ": to confer prosperity or happiness upon":[
        "God has blessed us with four children."
      ],
      ": to hallow or consecrate by religious rite or word":[
        "asked the priest to bless their marriage",
        "Bless this home."
      ],
      ": to hallow with the sign of the cross":[
        "He blessed himself before liftoff."
      ],
      ": to invoke divine care for":[
        "bless your heart",
        "\u2014 used in the phrase bless you to wish good health especially to one who has just sneezed"
      ],
      ": to speak well of : approve":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The priest blessed their marriage at the wedding.",
      "The water for the baptism has been blessed .",
      "The priest blessed the baby I held in my arms.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There are some important aspects of American life that are not subject to a vote or to the will of any majority, and bless the wisdom of the Founders for that. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 5 June 2022",
      "Sometimes the popcorn attendants would bless us hungry ushers with a trash bag full of unsold popcorn. \u2014 Bailey Pennick, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "Inspiration can bless lives, but what about when messages come not from above but from beneath \u2014 or within",
      "Until recently, investors and market analysts believed Beijing would bless the most straightforward of those options: allowing the ride-hailing giant to buy back shares traded on Wall Street, and then issue shares again in Hong Kong. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 23 May 2022",
      "Almost universally considered the mother\u2019s domain and God bless east Cleveland for this paradigm shift. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 6 May 2022",
      "God bless the people of a free and democratic Ukraine and may God protect our troops. \u2014 Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "God bless our wonderful costume designer Joanna Johnston. \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
      "Liam Payne, bless his heart, popped up on Logan Paul\u2019s podcast and earned a robust round of ire from One Direction fans with some rather wild comments about his former bandmates and his solo career. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 1 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English bl\u0113tsian , from bl\u014dd blood; from the use of blood in consecration":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bles"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "consecrate",
      "hallow",
      "sacralize",
      "sanctify"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044820",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "blende":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": sphalerite":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8blend"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German, from blenden to deceive, literally, to blind, from Old High German blenten ; akin to Old English blind":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1728, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144327"
  },
  "blend in":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to look like things nearby":[
        "The fish settles on the sandy ocean bottom where it blends in perfectly."
      ],
      ": to look like one belongs with a particular group":[
        "She tried to blend in by dressing like the other girls.",
        "\u2014 often + with I've always found it difficult to blend in with my peers."
      ],
      ": to add (something) to a mixture or substance and mix it thoroughly":[
        "Mix the first three ingredients together, then blend in the cream.",
        "Blend the white paint in last."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145214"
  },
  "blending inheritance":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8blend-i\u014b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1903, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150746"
  },
  "blended family":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family that includes children of a previous marriage of one spouse or both":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For example, Cardi B cooked up oxtails for hubby Offset and their beautiful blended family . \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 21 June 2022",
      "In April, Kardashian celebrated her birthday at Disneyland with her blended family and shared photos from the occasion on Instagram. \u2014 Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s the product of a thoroughly functional blended family . \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 7 May 2022",
      "Alicia Keys and Mashonda Tifrere are a good example of a blended family . \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "In an interview with Essence for the magazine's cover story last month, Offset opened up about his blended family with his wife. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 4 May 2022",
      "When a blended family equals 10 kids, two parents and no extra help, chaos (but the heartwarming kind) ensues. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 10 May 2022",
      "The blended family coordinated their outfits for the premiere, each member wearing a different all-black ensemble. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The blended family appeared together on the cover of Essence magazine, released Thursday night. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1972, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151548"
  },
  "blepharoplasty":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": plastic surgery on the eyelid especially to remove fatty or excess tissue":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccplas-t\u0113",
      "\u02c8ble-f\u0259-r\u014d-\u02ccpla-st\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For patients with moderate to severe skin laxity, a blepharoplasty is a more effective option while those with dark circles or pigment issues are better treated with laser resurfacing. \u2014 Kaitlin Clark, Allure , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Whether aesthetic or corrective, a blepharoplasty reconstructs the eyelids. \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "For a lower blepharoplasty , there are two types: fat removal and skin removal. \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "Asian blepharoplasty , or double eyelid surgery, is another major beauty trend that dates back to the 19th century and is especially popular in East Asian countries like Taiwan and Mongolia. \u2014 Shanon Maglente, Good Housekeeping , 14 Apr. 2021",
      "For prices that range from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars, Afghans can get a rhinoplasty (a nose job), a blepharoplasty (tautening the skin around the eyes), hair implants or liposuction. \u2014 The Economist , 13 Mar. 2021",
      "The procedure is a type of blepharoplasty (fancy word for eyelid surgery) that aims to create a visible crease at the eye socket. \u2014 Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 May 2018",
      "Advantages to this procedure are less prominent undereye circles achieved without surgery, but the results typically last approximately one year, which is much less long-lived than a surgical option like lower blepharoplasty . \u2014 Macaela Mackenzie, Allure , 30 Jan. 2018",
      "During a lower-eyelid blepharoplasty , your doctor can remove the fat that's swelling any of the three compartments under the eyes. \u2014 Liz Krieger, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Feb. 2015"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1842, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173412"
  },
  "blended whiskey":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": whiskey blended from two or more straight whiskeys or from whiskey and neutral spirits":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Take Irish blended whiskey and make this beautiful take on a Negroni, with a touch of Campari and Lillet rose for brightness and bitterness. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Irish regulations mandate that to carry the designation Irish whiskey a blended whiskey must be produced and aged in Ireland, although it can be shipped out in bulk and bottled elsewhere. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Steven Busch has his Walker\u2019s Cay bourbon brand, there is a Pabst Blue Ribbon Whiskey and now Molson Coors has entered the field with a blended whiskey called Five Trail. \u2014 Jonah Flicker, Robb Report , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "The term blended whiskey can mean a lot of different things. \u2014 Lou Bustamante, SFChronicle.com , 17 Dec. 2020",
      "All three companies also have interests in blended whiskey . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Oct. 2019",
      "For its new Ginger Zest, Belvedere separately distills fresh ginger, pink grapefruit, lemon, and honey vodkas then blends them with more base spirit, much as a blended whiskey would be made. \u2014 Elva Ramirez, charlotteobserver , 6 July 2018",
      "His traditional thought of a blended whiskey involved grain neutral spirits and caramel coloring. \u2014 Tony Sachs, Esquire , 14 Mar. 2018",
      "Yeah, blended whiskey in the States is a very nasty term. \u2014 Tony Sachs, Esquire , 14 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1876, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194745"
  },
  "blending":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to prepare by thoroughly intermingling different varieties or grades":[],
      ": to mingle intimately or unobtrusively":[],
      ": to combine into an integrated whole":[],
      ": to produce a harmonious effect":[],
      ": something produced by blending : such as":[],
      ": a product prepared by blending":[],
      ": a word (such as brunch ) produced by combining other words or parts of words":[],
      ": a group of two or more consecutive consonants that begin a syllable":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8blend"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amalgamate",
      "combine",
      "comingle",
      "commingle",
      "commix",
      "composite",
      "concrete",
      "conflate",
      "fuse",
      "homogenize",
      "immingle",
      "immix",
      "incorporate",
      "integrate",
      "interfuse",
      "intermingle",
      "intermix",
      "meld",
      "merge",
      "mingle",
      "mix"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "admixture",
      "alloy",
      "amalgam",
      "amalgamation",
      "cocktail",
      "combination",
      "composite",
      "compound",
      "conflation",
      "emulsion",
      "fusion",
      "intermixture",
      "meld",
      "mix",
      "mixture",
      "synthesis"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for blend Verb mix , mingle , commingle , blend , merge , coalesce , amalgamate , fuse mean to combine into a more or less uniform whole. mix may or may not imply loss of each element's identity. mix the salad greens mix a drink mingle usually suggests that the elements are still somewhat distinguishable or separately active. fear mingled with anticipation in my mind commingle implies a closer or more thorough mingling. a sense of duty commingled with a fierce pride drove her blend implies that the elements as such disappear in the resulting mixture. blended several teas to create a balanced flavor merge suggests a combining in which one or more elements are lost in the whole. in his mind reality and fantasy merged coalesce implies an affinity in the merging elements and usually a resulting organic unity. telling details that coalesce into a striking portrait amalgamate implies the forming of a close union without complete loss of individual identities. refugees who were readily amalgamated into the community fuse stresses oneness and indissolubility of the resulting product. a building in which modernism and classicism are fused",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The music blends traditional and modern melodies.",
      "She blends psychology and crime in her new novel.",
      "Noun",
      "a blend of cream and eggs",
      "a blend of traditional and modern melodies",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Ethanol prices have risen steadily this year, boosted by a Biden administration mandate to blend more of the biofuel into gasoline and some of the highest U.S. consumer inflation in decades. \u2014 Hardika Singh, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
      "When Wayman spoke to the Globe last August, her Boston startup, Shimmy, was focused on marketing its touch-free dispensers to consumers, with swappable faceplates in a range of colors and patterns to blend into home decor. \u2014 Annie Probert, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
      "The simple and chic gray frame is complemented by matching gray cushions and pillows and should blend right into your current outdoor decor. \u2014 Annie Burdick, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
      "The refinery was also not equipped to blend ethanol into its fuels, forcing it to purchase expensive credits on the open market to meet its obligations under the federal Renewable Fuels Standard. \u2014 Evan Halper, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2022",
      "The refinery was also not equipped to blend ethanol into its fuels, forcing it to purchase expensive credits on the open market to meet its obligations under the federal Renewable Fuels Standard. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
      "It is also designed to look like a landscaping rock or boulder to blend into your backyard. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 24 May 2022",
      "In Laredo, a city of roughly 261,000 people where downtown shops and parks seem almost to blend into the border, the nation\u2019s immigration fight is personal. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
      "Keeping true to the promise to blend into the community, lounge areas are decorated with artwork from exclusively local Colorado artists. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 7 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "With blender or processor running, drizzle in olive oil and pulse or blend to combine. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022",
      "That includes argan oil, biotin, and a blend of 17 herbs. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
      "Even in a French press or pour-over context, decaf (or a blend of decaf and caffeinated beans) is a good pick for afternoon coffee service. \u2014 Jaina Grey Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 30 June 2022",
      "The other popular, selling item is a coffee combo pack, $89, which includes three different barrel aged blends and the house blend . \u2014 Jeanette Hurt, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "Add the remaining 2 peaches and the lemon juice to a food processor or blender, and blend on high until completely pureed. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 June 2022",
      "Instructions: Combine all ingredients (except vodka and ice) in a blender and blend until smooth. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
      "When your box arrives, pop everything in the freezer and then either blend , soak or heat according to the instructions for each item when ready to eat. \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-cpt, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
      "Lightly dot a lighter shade to your natural skin tone under the inner corner of your eye and blend outward. \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 14 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, probably from Old Norse blend- , present stem of blanda to mix; akin to Old English blandan to mix, Lithuanian blandus impure, cloudy":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224913"
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225143"
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  "Blessing Way":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a Navajo rite intended to attract good fortune by establishing harmony with good spirits":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010417"
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  "blepharoplast":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a basal body especially of a flagellated cell":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8blef-\u0259-r\u014d-\u02ccplast",
      "\u02c8ble-f\u0259-r\u014d-\u02ccplast"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1897, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034128"
  },
  "blended-wing":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having a body shape that combines the functions of a wing and a fuselage":[
        "In blended-wing bodies, otherwise known as flying wings, the fuselage and wing function aerodynamically as a single unit.",
        "\u2014 Eric Adams , Popular Science , October 2002"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1972, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035843"
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  "Blepharisma":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of large ovoid or pyriform frequently rose-colored free-living ciliates (order Spirotricha) having the peristome highly developed":[]
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from New Latin, from Greek blepharid-, blephar\u00eds \"eyelash\" + New Latin -isma , probably after Lepisma Lepisma and similar genus names (borrowed from Greek -ismat-, -isma , suffix of nominal derivatives from verb stems ending in -id-, -iz- )":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040328"
  },
  "bless out":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to rebuke sternly : scold":[]
    },
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110101"
  },
  "blepharospasm":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": spasmodic winking of the eyelids due to contraction of the muscle encircling the orbit":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8blef-\u0259-r\u014d-\u02ccspaz-\u0259m, -r\u0259-",
      "\u02c8ble-f\u0259-r\u014d-\u02ccspa-z\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1842, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122132"
  },
  "blend into":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to gradually become the same as or part of (something)":[
        "One color blends into another.",
        "where the city blends into the suburbs"
      ],
      ": to look like (one's surroundings)":[
        "The animal's dark fur enables it to blend into the forest."
      ],
      ": to look like one belongs in (something)":[
        "He tried to blend into the crowd.",
        "A good journalist can easily blend into a community."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-134830"
  },
  "bless you":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135350"
  },
  "Blephilia":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small genus of North American herbs (family Labiatae) with opposite hairy leaves and purplish or bluish flowers in dense clusters":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "bl\u0259\u0307\u02c8fil\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from New Latin, of unknown origin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-161247"
  },
  "blender":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8blen-d\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Place almonds and garlic in the bowl of a food processor or blender , and pulse together until finely chopped. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
      "With the food processor or blender running, gradually and slowly add the olive oil. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
      "With the food processor or blender running, gradually and slowly add the olive oil. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
      "Some recipes leave the curds intact for that signature texture, while others transform it into something smooth with a food processor or blender . \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "To make the remoulade dipping sauce: In the jar of a blender or bowl of a food processor fitted with the blade attachment, combine the celery, parsley, vinegar, ketchup, mustards, paprika, cayenne, salt, onion, Tabasco and garlic. \u2014 Mackensy Lunsford, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
      "To make the dressing: Combine all of the ingredients in a blender or a bowl and mix or whisk to incorporate. \u2014 Reem Assil, Robb Report , 11 June 2022",
      "Portable, rechargeable, and wireless, this blender 's strong battery offer up to 15 mixes on a single charge. \u2014 Jordi Lippe-mcgraw, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "With a pastry blender or 2 blunt knives, cut the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles sand with pea-sized clumps. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1611, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192806"
  },
  "blendor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a mechanical device for producing a fine uniform suspension or blend":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-d\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "blend entry 2 + -or":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204038"
  },
  "blends":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to prepare by thoroughly intermingling different varieties or grades":[],
      ": to mingle intimately or unobtrusively":[],
      ": to combine into an integrated whole":[],
      ": to produce a harmonious effect":[],
      ": something produced by blending : such as":[],
      ": a product prepared by blending":[],
      ": a word (such as brunch ) produced by combining other words or parts of words":[],
      ": a group of two or more consecutive consonants that begin a syllable":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8blend"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amalgamate",
      "combine",
      "comingle",
      "commingle",
      "commix",
      "composite",
      "concrete",
      "conflate",
      "fuse",
      "homogenize",
      "immingle",
      "immix",
      "incorporate",
      "integrate",
      "interfuse",
      "intermingle",
      "intermix",
      "meld",
      "merge",
      "mingle",
      "mix"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "admixture",
      "alloy",
      "amalgam",
      "amalgamation",
      "cocktail",
      "combination",
      "composite",
      "compound",
      "conflation",
      "emulsion",
      "fusion",
      "intermixture",
      "meld",
      "mix",
      "mixture",
      "synthesis"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for blend Verb mix , mingle , commingle , blend , merge , coalesce , amalgamate , fuse mean to combine into a more or less uniform whole. mix may or may not imply loss of each element's identity. mix the salad greens mix a drink mingle usually suggests that the elements are still somewhat distinguishable or separately active. fear mingled with anticipation in my mind commingle implies a closer or more thorough mingling. a sense of duty commingled with a fierce pride drove her blend implies that the elements as such disappear in the resulting mixture. blended several teas to create a balanced flavor merge suggests a combining in which one or more elements are lost in the whole. in his mind reality and fantasy merged coalesce implies an affinity in the merging elements and usually a resulting organic unity. telling details that coalesce into a striking portrait amalgamate implies the forming of a close union without complete loss of individual identities. refugees who were readily amalgamated into the community fuse stresses oneness and indissolubility of the resulting product. a building in which modernism and classicism are fused",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The music blends traditional and modern melodies.",
      "She blends psychology and crime in her new novel.",
      "Noun",
      "a blend of cream and eggs",
      "a blend of traditional and modern melodies",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Ethanol prices have risen steadily this year, boosted by a Biden administration mandate to blend more of the biofuel into gasoline and some of the highest U.S. consumer inflation in decades. \u2014 Hardika Singh, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
      "When Wayman spoke to the Globe last August, her Boston startup, Shimmy, was focused on marketing its touch-free dispensers to consumers, with swappable faceplates in a range of colors and patterns to blend into home decor. \u2014 Annie Probert, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
      "The simple and chic gray frame is complemented by matching gray cushions and pillows and should blend right into your current outdoor decor. \u2014 Annie Burdick, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
      "The refinery was also not equipped to blend ethanol into its fuels, forcing it to purchase expensive credits on the open market to meet its obligations under the federal Renewable Fuels Standard. \u2014 Evan Halper, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2022",
      "The refinery was also not equipped to blend ethanol into its fuels, forcing it to purchase expensive credits on the open market to meet its obligations under the federal Renewable Fuels Standard. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
      "It is also designed to look like a landscaping rock or boulder to blend into your backyard. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 24 May 2022",
      "In Laredo, a city of roughly 261,000 people where downtown shops and parks seem almost to blend into the border, the nation\u2019s immigration fight is personal. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
      "Keeping true to the promise to blend into the community, lounge areas are decorated with artwork from exclusively local Colorado artists. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 7 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "With blender or processor running, drizzle in olive oil and pulse or blend to combine. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022",
      "That includes argan oil, biotin, and a blend of 17 herbs. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
      "Even in a French press or pour-over context, decaf (or a blend of decaf and caffeinated beans) is a good pick for afternoon coffee service. \u2014 Jaina Grey Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 30 June 2022",
      "The other popular, selling item is a coffee combo pack, $89, which includes three different barrel aged blends and the house blend . \u2014 Jeanette Hurt, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "Add the remaining 2 peaches and the lemon juice to a food processor or blender, and blend on high until completely pureed. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 June 2022",
      "Instructions: Combine all ingredients (except vodka and ice) in a blender and blend until smooth. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
      "When your box arrives, pop everything in the freezer and then either blend , soak or heat according to the instructions for each item when ready to eat. \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-cpt, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
      "Lightly dot a lighter shade to your natural skin tone under the inner corner of your eye and blend outward. \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 14 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, probably from Old Norse blend- , present stem of blanda to mix; akin to Old English blandan to mix, Lithuanian blandus impure, cloudy":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220705"
  },
  "bleached":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to remove color or stains from":[],
      ": to make whiter or lighter especially by physical or chemical removal of color":[
        "bleach clothing",
        "the sun had bleached her hair"
      ],
      ": to remove, make dull, or sanitize as if by removing color":[
        "bleaches colonialism of its genocidal legacy",
        "\u2014 H. A. Giroux"
      ],
      ": to grow white or lose color":[],
      ": to expel symbiotic zooxanthellae exposing a white skeleton":[],
      ": the act or process of bleaching":[],
      ": a preparation used in bleaching":[],
      ": the degree of whiteness obtained by bleaching":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bl\u0113ch"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blanch",
      "blench",
      "decolorize",
      "dull",
      "fade",
      "pale",
      "snow",
      "wash out",
      "whiten"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "darken",
      "deepen",
      "embrown"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "bones bleached white by the sun",
      "She bleached her hair blonde.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The depot held clothing ready for export as well as drums filled with hydrogen peroxide, a chemical compound often used to bleach and dye fabric. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
      "Benzoyl peroxide products should be used with caution as it is known to be a skin irritant when exposed to the skin for long periods of time and can bleach the hairline and clothes. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
      "All flours will bleach (i.e. lighten) over time with exposure to air. \u2014 Carmen Collins, Country Living , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Spider mites suck the juices from leaf cells, causing leaves to bleach out. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "For example, many people will bleach their skin in Jamaica and alter their appearance to look lighter. \u2014 Stephanie Tharpe, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "Sharp also says to bleach any mildew because paint won't adhere properly to mildewed surfaces. \u2014 Alicia Chilton, Better Homes & Gardens , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "Waxing to its First Quarter phase tonight, our satellite now becomes bright enough to begin to bleach the night sky. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 5 Dec. 2021",
      "So thank you, Rihanna, for giving me my daily urge to bleach my hair with complete abandon. \u2014 Nicola Dall'asen, Allure , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The gun used to kill Simpson was found in a box of bleach powder under the bathroom sink. \u2014 John Lynch, Arkansas Online , 2 July 2022",
      "To wash out the formula, Scott suggests using a shampoo and water to rinse the bleach and stop the chemical reaction. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 30 June 2022",
      "Avoid abrasive scouring powders, scrubbers, bleach and ammonia to keep from damaging the appliance's finish. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 29 June 2022",
      "Chlorine is widely used in household products such as bleach , for waste sanitation, and in drinking water and pool water to kill harmful bacteria. \u2014 Rachel Pannett, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
      "Just be sure to wash them with cold water (no bleach ) and use a low dryer setting. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 26 June 2022",
      "If this doesn't do the trick, mix a solution of 3/4 cup bleach and 1 gallon water. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 23 June 2022",
      "Bird feeders and baths should be properly maintained, with bird baths and feeders cleaned every two weeks with a solution of nine parts water to one part bleach . \u2014 Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News , 22 June 2022",
      "Much to the delight of cleaning product and bleach manufacturers, the all-white look was in style for a very long time. \u2014 Amanda Lauren, Forbes , 20 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English blechen , from Old English bl\u01e3cean ; akin to Old English bl\u0101c pale; probably akin to Latin flagrare to burn \u2014 more at black entry 1":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1746, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011149"
  }
}