dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/pla_MW.json

{
  "Plata, R\u00edo de la":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "estuary of the Paran\u00e1 and Uruguay rivers in South America between Uruguay and Argentina":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccr\u0113-\u014d-\u02cct\u035fh\u0101-l\u00e4-\u02c8pl\u00e4-t\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104750",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Platonician":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": platonist":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French platonicien , from Latin platonicus platonic + French -ien -ian":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccpl\u0101t\u014d\u02c8nish\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211841",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Platonism":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": neoplatonism":[],
      ": platonic love":[],
      ": the philosophy of Plato stressing especially that actual things are copies of transcendent ideas and that these ideas are the objects of true knowledge apprehended by reminiscence":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-t\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190243",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Platonize":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to adopt, imitate, or conform to Platonic opinions":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1577, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-t\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190245",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "Platt":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": plattdeutsch":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German, by shortening":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u00e4t",
      "\u02c8plat"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125556",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Platystomidae":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family of snout beetles with short beak, trapezoidal prothorax, and flexible palpi":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Platystomus , type genus (from platy- + -stomus ) + -idae":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115219",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "Plauen":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city in eastern Germany in the state of Saxony population 70,856":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plau\u0307-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202255",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Plautus":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "Titus Maccius circa 254\u2013184 b.c. Roman dramatist":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u022f-t\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113101",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "biographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Plavix":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plav-iks",
      "\u02c8pla-viks"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132217",
    "type":[
      "trademark"
    ]
  },
  "plac-":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": tablet : flat plate":[
        "plac odont",
        "placo derm"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek plak-, plako- flat surface, tablet, from plak-, plax":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190441",
    "type":[
      "combining form"
    ]
  },
  "placable":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": easily placated : tolerant , tractable":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1522, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-",
      "\u02c8pla-k\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013749",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "placableness":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": placability":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024351",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "placard":{
    "antonyms":[
      "post"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a notice posted in a public place : poster":[],
      ": a small card or metal plaque":[],
      ": to announce by or as if by posting":[],
      ": to cover with or as if with posters":[],
      ": to post in a public place":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The placard on the door says that the church was built in the late 1600s.",
      "a placard announcing a campaign rally at the downtown plaza",
      "Verb",
      "placarded the poster about the upcoming play to the bulletin board",
      "placarded the news about the planned construction project all over the neighborhood",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Courtney John included a picture of Jorts the cat on her picket line placard . \u2014 Allison Prang, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Matt Bradley, one of three SDSU players who hasn\u2019t been here before, neglected to take his name placard from the interview session Wednesday as a keepsake. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Contractors are then asked to show their bright orange placard in their vehicle windshield on job sites to give consumers and local officials a visual signal of their participation in the program. \u2014 Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "If a building had a red placard bearing a white X, firefighters were not supposed to enter unless there was a credible report of someone trapped inside. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
      "At Robb Elementary School, the Bidens placed a bouquet of white flowers at a tribute featuring 21 white crosses in front of the school\u2019s placard . \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 30 May 2022",
      "Gaines does not have a disability and does not have an accessibility placard . \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "At the end of the courses, she was awarded a kanban\u2014a wooden placard certifying her proficiency\u2014and given the professional pseudonym Kookyu. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "Each driver and car will have a unique driver ID displayed on a placard in the windshield, with a QR code that can be scanned to verify the driver through the app. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 6 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The city\u2019s Department of Transportation will have a 10-person team to target areas of the city prone to placard abuse, including lower Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn, the mayor said. \u2014 Katie Honan, WSJ , 21 Feb. 2019",
      "The order said that the property might be placarded with warning signs if the issues were not remediated. \u2014 cleveland.com , 18 May 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "circa 1713, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English placquart formal document, from Middle French placard , from plaquer to make adhere, plate \u2014 more at plaque":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pla-k\u0259rd",
      "-k\u0259rd",
      "\u02c8pla-\u02cck\u00e4rd",
      "-\u02cck\u00e4rd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bill",
      "poster"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085326",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "placate":{
    "antonyms":[
      "anger",
      "enrage",
      "incense",
      "inflame",
      "enflame",
      "infuriate",
      "ire",
      "madden",
      "outrage"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Although Rumsfeld was later thrown overboard by the Administration in an attempt to placate critics of the Iraq War, his military revolution was here to stay. \u2014 Jeremy Scahill , Nation , 2 Apr. 2007",
      "The first step that women took in their emancipation was to adopt traditional male roles: to insist on their right to wear trousers, not to placate , not to smile, not to be decorative. \u2014 Fay Weldon , Harper's , May 1998",
      "These spirits inhabited natural objects, like rivers and mountains, including celestial bodies, like the sun and moon. They had to be placated and their favors sought in order to ensure the fertility of the soil and the rotation of the seasons. \u2014 Stephen W. Hawking , A Brief History of Time , 1988",
      "But it seems important to the Thunderbirds to make a big deal out of this; evidently it placates congressmen who don't think the Air Force should be in show biz. \u2014 Frank Deford , Sports Illustrated , 3 Aug. 1987",
      "The administration placated protesters by agreeing to consider their demands.",
      "The angry customer was not placated by the clerk's apology.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The country sought to placate Moscow by not joining the alliance, but also built up its own military forces that would deter a Russian invasion. \u2014 Sune Engel Rasmussen, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
      "In an attempt to placate its fans, Audemars Piguet upped its production this year from 45,000 watches to 50,000. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 20 May 2022",
      "In an apparent effort to placate students, the school set up dance video games in several dorms, according to a post by the university. \u2014 Pei-lin Wu, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
      "The president replaced him with Wickremesinghe, an opposition parliamentarian who has held the post five times previously, in a desperate bid to placate protesters. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 17 May 2022",
      "The president replaced Mahinda Rajapaksa with Wickremesinghe, an opposition parliamentarian who has held the post five times previously, in a desperate bid to placate protesters. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 16 May 2022",
      "But at other times Vos has sought to placate the former president. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "After several years of officials in Seoul trying to placate Kim, South Korea\u2019s incoming administration is about to flip the script. \u2014 Patrick M. Cronin, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "That same observer might conclude Spotify was trying to placate the mob while protecting its $100 million investment. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 13 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1678, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin placatus , past participle of placare \u2014 more at please":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pla-",
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-\u02cck\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for placate pacify , appease , placate , mollify , propitiate , conciliate mean to ease the anger or disturbance of. pacify suggests a soothing or calming. pacified by a sincere apology appease implies quieting insistent demands by making concessions. appease their territorial ambitions placate suggests changing resentment or bitterness to goodwill. a move to placate local opposition mollify implies soothing hurt feelings or rising anger. a speech that mollified the demonstrators propitiate implies averting anger or malevolence especially of a superior being. propitiated his parents by dressing up conciliate suggests ending an estrangement by persuasion, concession, or settling of differences. conciliating the belligerent nations",
    "synonyms":[
      "appease",
      "assuage",
      "conciliate",
      "disarm",
      "gentle",
      "mollify",
      "pacify",
      "propitiate"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202900",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "placating":{
    "antonyms":[
      "anger",
      "enrage",
      "incense",
      "inflame",
      "enflame",
      "infuriate",
      "ire",
      "madden",
      "outrage"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Although Rumsfeld was later thrown overboard by the Administration in an attempt to placate critics of the Iraq War, his military revolution was here to stay. \u2014 Jeremy Scahill , Nation , 2 Apr. 2007",
      "The first step that women took in their emancipation was to adopt traditional male roles: to insist on their right to wear trousers, not to placate , not to smile, not to be decorative. \u2014 Fay Weldon , Harper's , May 1998",
      "These spirits inhabited natural objects, like rivers and mountains, including celestial bodies, like the sun and moon. They had to be placated and their favors sought in order to ensure the fertility of the soil and the rotation of the seasons. \u2014 Stephen W. Hawking , A Brief History of Time , 1988",
      "But it seems important to the Thunderbirds to make a big deal out of this; evidently it placates congressmen who don't think the Air Force should be in show biz. \u2014 Frank Deford , Sports Illustrated , 3 Aug. 1987",
      "The administration placated protesters by agreeing to consider their demands.",
      "The angry customer was not placated by the clerk's apology.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The country sought to placate Moscow by not joining the alliance, but also built up its own military forces that would deter a Russian invasion. \u2014 Sune Engel Rasmussen, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
      "In an attempt to placate its fans, Audemars Piguet upped its production this year from 45,000 watches to 50,000. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 20 May 2022",
      "In an apparent effort to placate students, the school set up dance video games in several dorms, according to a post by the university. \u2014 Pei-lin Wu, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
      "The president replaced him with Wickremesinghe, an opposition parliamentarian who has held the post five times previously, in a desperate bid to placate protesters. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 17 May 2022",
      "The president replaced Mahinda Rajapaksa with Wickremesinghe, an opposition parliamentarian who has held the post five times previously, in a desperate bid to placate protesters. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 16 May 2022",
      "But at other times Vos has sought to placate the former president. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "After several years of officials in Seoul trying to placate Kim, South Korea\u2019s incoming administration is about to flip the script. \u2014 Patrick M. Cronin, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "That same observer might conclude Spotify was trying to placate the mob while protecting its $100 million investment. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 13 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1678, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin placatus , past participle of placare \u2014 more at please":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pla-",
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-\u02cck\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for placate pacify , appease , placate , mollify , propitiate , conciliate mean to ease the anger or disturbance of. pacify suggests a soothing or calming. pacified by a sincere apology appease implies quieting insistent demands by making concessions. appease their territorial ambitions placate suggests changing resentment or bitterness to goodwill. a move to placate local opposition mollify implies soothing hurt feelings or rising anger. a speech that mollified the demonstrators propitiate implies averting anger or malevolence especially of a superior being. propitiated his parents by dressing up conciliate suggests ending an estrangement by persuasion, concession, or settling of differences. conciliating the belligerent nations",
    "synonyms":[
      "appease",
      "assuage",
      "conciliate",
      "disarm",
      "gentle",
      "mollify",
      "pacify",
      "propitiate"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184844",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "placatory":{
    "antonyms":[
      "anger",
      "enrage",
      "incense",
      "inflame",
      "enflame",
      "infuriate",
      "ire",
      "madden",
      "outrage"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Although Rumsfeld was later thrown overboard by the Administration in an attempt to placate critics of the Iraq War, his military revolution was here to stay. \u2014 Jeremy Scahill , Nation , 2 Apr. 2007",
      "The first step that women took in their emancipation was to adopt traditional male roles: to insist on their right to wear trousers, not to placate , not to smile, not to be decorative. \u2014 Fay Weldon , Harper's , May 1998",
      "These spirits inhabited natural objects, like rivers and mountains, including celestial bodies, like the sun and moon. They had to be placated and their favors sought in order to ensure the fertility of the soil and the rotation of the seasons. \u2014 Stephen W. Hawking , A Brief History of Time , 1988",
      "But it seems important to the Thunderbirds to make a big deal out of this; evidently it placates congressmen who don't think the Air Force should be in show biz. \u2014 Frank Deford , Sports Illustrated , 3 Aug. 1987",
      "The administration placated protesters by agreeing to consider their demands.",
      "The angry customer was not placated by the clerk's apology.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The country sought to placate Moscow by not joining the alliance, but also built up its own military forces that would deter a Russian invasion. \u2014 Sune Engel Rasmussen, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
      "In an attempt to placate its fans, Audemars Piguet upped its production this year from 45,000 watches to 50,000. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 20 May 2022",
      "In an apparent effort to placate students, the school set up dance video games in several dorms, according to a post by the university. \u2014 Pei-lin Wu, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
      "The president replaced him with Wickremesinghe, an opposition parliamentarian who has held the post five times previously, in a desperate bid to placate protesters. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 17 May 2022",
      "The president replaced Mahinda Rajapaksa with Wickremesinghe, an opposition parliamentarian who has held the post five times previously, in a desperate bid to placate protesters. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 16 May 2022",
      "But at other times Vos has sought to placate the former president. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "After several years of officials in Seoul trying to placate Kim, South Korea\u2019s incoming administration is about to flip the script. \u2014 Patrick M. Cronin, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "That same observer might conclude Spotify was trying to placate the mob while protecting its $100 million investment. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 13 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1678, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin placatus , past participle of placare \u2014 more at please":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pla-",
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-\u02cck\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for placate pacify , appease , placate , mollify , propitiate , conciliate mean to ease the anger or disturbance of. pacify suggests a soothing or calming. pacified by a sincere apology appease implies quieting insistent demands by making concessions. appease their territorial ambitions placate suggests changing resentment or bitterness to goodwill. a move to placate local opposition mollify implies soothing hurt feelings or rising anger. a speech that mollified the demonstrators propitiate implies averting anger or malevolence especially of a superior being. propitiated his parents by dressing up conciliate suggests ending an estrangement by persuasion, concession, or settling of differences. conciliating the belligerent nations",
    "synonyms":[
      "appease",
      "assuage",
      "conciliate",
      "disarm",
      "gentle",
      "mollify",
      "pacify",
      "propitiate"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213752",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "placcate":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a jacket or doublet lined with steel splints : brigandine":[],
      ": an extra piece of armor worn over the lower part of the breast":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably alteration of placard":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plak\u0259\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212048",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "place":{
    "antonyms":[
      "depose",
      "deposit",
      "dispose",
      "emplace",
      "fix",
      "lay",
      "position",
      "put",
      "set",
      "set up",
      "situate",
      "stick"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a building or locality used for a special purpose":[
        "a place of learning",
        "a fine eating place"
      ],
      ": a building, part of a building, or area occupied as a home":[
        "our summer place"
      ],
      ": a distinct condition, position, or state of mind":[
        "the postfeminist generation is in a different place",
        "\u2014 Betty Friedan"
      ],
      ": a particular part of a surface or body : spot":[],
      ": a particular region, center of population, or location":[
        "a nice place to visit"
      ],
      ": a position at the conclusion of a competition":[
        "finished in last place"
      ],
      ": a proper or designated niche or setting":[
        "the place of education in society"
      ],
      ": a public square : plaza":[],
      ": a small street or court":[],
      ": a step in a sequence":[
        "in the first place , it's none of your business"
      ],
      ": a way for admission or transit":[],
      ": an appropriate moment or point":[
        "this is not the place to discuss compensation",
        "\u2014 Robert Moses"
      ],
      ": an available seat or accommodation":[
        "needs a place to stay"
      ],
      ": an empty or vacated position":[
        "new ones will take their place"
      ],
      ": an indefinite region or expanse":[
        "all over the place"
      ],
      ": as a substitute or replacement for : instead of":[],
      ": established, instituted, or operational":[
        "systems in place"
      ],
      ": estimate":[
        "placed the value of the estate too high"
      ],
      ": improper , inappropriate":[],
      ": in an original or proper position":[],
      ": in the same spot without forward or backward movement":[
        "run in place"
      ],
      ": not in the proper or usual location":[],
      ": physical environment : space":[],
      ": physical surroundings : atmosphere":[],
      ": position in a social scale":[
        "kept them in their place"
      ],
      ": prestige accorded to one of high rank : status":[
        "an endless quest for preferment and place",
        "\u2014 Time"
      ],
      ": relative position in a scale or series: such as":[],
      ": remunerative employment : job":[],
      ": second place at the finish (as of a horse race)":[],
      ": the three-dimensional compass of a material object":[],
      ": to appoint to a position":[],
      ": to assign to a position in a series or category : rank":[],
      ": to cause (the voice) to produce free and well resonated singing or speaking tones":[],
      ": to direct to a desired spot":[],
      ": to distribute in an orderly manner : arrange":[],
      ": to find a place (such as a home or employment) for":[],
      ": to give (an order) to a supplier":[],
      ": to give an order for":[
        "place a bet"
      ],
      ": to identify by connecting with an associated context":[
        "couldn't quite place her face",
        "police placed them at the crime scene"
      ],
      ": to present for consideration":[
        "a question placed before the group"
      ],
      ": to put in a particular state":[
        "place a performer under contract"
      ],
      ": to put in or as if in a particular place or position : set":[],
      ": to try to establish a connection for":[
        "place a telephone call"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "New York City is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.",
      "I've heard it's a good place to raise children.",
      "places like Africa and South America",
      "the hottest place on earth",
      "churches and other places of worship",
      "You should plan to meet him in a public place .",
      "You've come to the right place . I have just what you need.",
      "They gave him a place to stay for the night.",
      "We're going to need a bigger place once the baby is born.",
      "He's looking to buy a place in the country.",
      "Verb",
      "The box was placed at the center of the room.",
      "You can really see the similarities when you place the two pictures side by side.",
      "Her name was placed on the list.",
      "The husbands and wives were placed in separate groups.",
      "They were placed next to each other in line.",
      "Working with sick people places him at risk for infection.",
      "By not accepting the prosecutor's deal, he places his future in the hands of the jury.",
      "We're placing you under arrest.",
      "He was released from jail and placed on probation.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Chicago did have gun restrictions in place in years past, but they have been struck down by court rulings, most recently in 2014. \u2014 Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
      "Trump eventually backed down, leaving Rosen in place . \u2014 Devlin Barrett, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
      "This best-selling spray is alcohol free, yet still manages to keep makeup in place for up to 16 hours. \u2014 Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 June 2022",
      "That move essentially flip-flops a format that had been in place for 20 years. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
      "Inmates at the jail are sheltering in place , said Blair Adams, a fire department spokesperson. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 23 June 2022",
      "Street closures along the parade route and the surrounding area will be in place starting as early as 8 a.m. Sunday on Halsted Street and Belmont Avenue. \u2014 Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
      "However, Arizona has a couple of restrictions in place . \u2014 Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
      "The natural cork lining keeps it in place and gives just the right amount of cushion. \u2014 Christina Montoya Fiedler, Good Housekeeping , 23 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "To serve, place on platter or plate and have a basket of crackers, bread, etc., alongside. \u2014 Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
      "Two of the bills that the mayors of California\u2019s 13 biggest cities, including San Francisco, have advocated for to reduce barriers to place people in conservatorships look unlikely to advance ahead of a key deadline. \u2014 Sophia Bollag, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 June 2022",
      "Last week, the county Registrar of Voters said a signature-gathering effort to place a half-cent sales tax increase proposal on the November ballot to provide for the plan fell short. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 June 2022",
      "Responders eventually had to make a small pit, place the car inside and fill it with about 4,500 gallons of water. \u2014 Fox News , 23 June 2022",
      "Those measures give less discretion to local officials to decide who can carry guns, but can still place significant restrictions on applicants. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
      "The 31-year-old brand consultant, who lives in Harlem, New York, would frequently place online orders at Clay, a new American restaurant in her neighborhood. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 June 2022",
      "Bespoke offerings come from third-party artisans including Liverano & Liverano, Tailor Caid and Pommella Napoli, who regularly visit Armoury locations during trunk shows that allow new clients to place orders. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 23 June 2022",
      "However, the deadline to place countywide and local proposals on the Nov. 8 ballot is 4 p.m. Aug. 16. \u2014 Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press , 23 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, open space, from Latin platea broad street, from Greek plateia ( hodos ), from feminine of platys broad, flat; akin to Sanskrit p\u1e5bthu broad, Latin planta sole of the foot":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "emplacement",
      "locale",
      "locality",
      "location",
      "locus",
      "point",
      "position",
      "site",
      "spot",
      "venue",
      "where"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100537",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "place a high value on":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to consider as very important":[
        "A lot of teenagers place a high value on being popular."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115856",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "place aux dames":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": (make) room for the ladies":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "pl\u00e4s-\u014d-d\u00e4m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-131123",
    "type":[
      "French phrase"
    ]
  },
  "placid":{
    "antonyms":[
      "agitated",
      "discomposed",
      "disturbed",
      "flustered",
      "perturbed",
      "unglued",
      "unhinged",
      "unstrung",
      "upset"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "a person with a sunny, placid disposition",
      "the placid surface of the lake",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Taylor occasionally films her subjects outside \u2014 against exquisite sunrises and sunsets, pink skies and lavender clouds reflected below by a placid pond. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "Instead of a placid child breathing in fresh high Alpine pastures, Heidi\u2019s now a butch late teen grimacing with fury, her head plastered by blood splat. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 26 May 2022",
      "Here and there, the placid atmosphere is interrupted by an unexpected production choice. \u2014 Mark Richardson, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
      "His placid , charming stories recount, with wry humor and perception, the triumphs and disappointments of daily life in tiny villages and on small farms. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Jan. 2022",
      "While much of the river was placid , certain sections were more turbulent, the water wending its way down sudden drops and around piles of cyclopean limestone boulders. \u2014 Matthew Sherrill, Outside Online , 17 June 2020",
      "The recent battle over voting rights in Georgia has briefly disrupted the usually placid relationship between America\u2019s corporate titans and the Republican Party. \u2014 Jacob Silverman, The New Republic , 5 Apr. 2021",
      "The unpredictable howling winds, which can create surfable white caps across Sand Hollow Reservoir\u2019s usually placid waters, do not stir any trepidation in her. \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022",
      "The posh Portland suburb has long prohibited the public from splashing in the placid waters at the three lakeside parks accessible to anyone. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1626, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin placidus , from plac\u0113re to please \u2014 more at please":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pla-s\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for placid calm , tranquil , serene , placid , peaceful mean quiet and free from disturbance. calm often implies a contrast with a foregoing or nearby state of agitation or violence. the protests ended, and the streets were calm again tranquil suggests a very deep quietude or composure. the tranquil beauty of a formal garden serene stresses an unclouded and lofty tranquility. watched the sunset of a serene summer's evening placid suggests an undisturbed appearance and often implies a degree of complacency. remained placid despite the criticism peaceful implies a state of repose in contrast with or following strife or turmoil. grown peaceful in old age",
    "synonyms":[
      "calm",
      "collected",
      "composed",
      "cool",
      "coolheaded",
      "equal",
      "level",
      "limpid",
      "peaceful",
      "possessed",
      "recollected",
      "sedate",
      "self-composed",
      "self-possessed",
      "serene",
      "smooth",
      "together",
      "tranquil",
      "undisturbed",
      "unperturbed",
      "unruffled",
      "unshaken",
      "untroubled",
      "unworried"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060130",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "placidity":{
    "antonyms":[
      "agitated",
      "discomposed",
      "disturbed",
      "flustered",
      "perturbed",
      "unglued",
      "unhinged",
      "unstrung",
      "upset"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "a person with a sunny, placid disposition",
      "the placid surface of the lake",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Taylor occasionally films her subjects outside \u2014 against exquisite sunrises and sunsets, pink skies and lavender clouds reflected below by a placid pond. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "Instead of a placid child breathing in fresh high Alpine pastures, Heidi\u2019s now a butch late teen grimacing with fury, her head plastered by blood splat. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 26 May 2022",
      "Here and there, the placid atmosphere is interrupted by an unexpected production choice. \u2014 Mark Richardson, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
      "His placid , charming stories recount, with wry humor and perception, the triumphs and disappointments of daily life in tiny villages and on small farms. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Jan. 2022",
      "While much of the river was placid , certain sections were more turbulent, the water wending its way down sudden drops and around piles of cyclopean limestone boulders. \u2014 Matthew Sherrill, Outside Online , 17 June 2020",
      "The recent battle over voting rights in Georgia has briefly disrupted the usually placid relationship between America\u2019s corporate titans and the Republican Party. \u2014 Jacob Silverman, The New Republic , 5 Apr. 2021",
      "The unpredictable howling winds, which can create surfable white caps across Sand Hollow Reservoir\u2019s usually placid waters, do not stir any trepidation in her. \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022",
      "The posh Portland suburb has long prohibited the public from splashing in the placid waters at the three lakeside parks accessible to anyone. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1626, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin placidus , from plac\u0113re to please \u2014 more at please":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pla-s\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for placid calm , tranquil , serene , placid , peaceful mean quiet and free from disturbance. calm often implies a contrast with a foregoing or nearby state of agitation or violence. the protests ended, and the streets were calm again tranquil suggests a very deep quietude or composure. the tranquil beauty of a formal garden serene stresses an unclouded and lofty tranquility. watched the sunset of a serene summer's evening placid suggests an undisturbed appearance and often implies a degree of complacency. remained placid despite the criticism peaceful implies a state of repose in contrast with or following strife or turmoil. grown peaceful in old age",
    "synonyms":[
      "calm",
      "collected",
      "composed",
      "cool",
      "coolheaded",
      "equal",
      "level",
      "limpid",
      "peaceful",
      "possessed",
      "recollected",
      "sedate",
      "self-composed",
      "self-possessed",
      "serene",
      "smooth",
      "together",
      "tranquil",
      "undisturbed",
      "unperturbed",
      "unruffled",
      "unshaken",
      "untroubled",
      "unworried"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043708",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plagiotropic":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": having the longer axis inclined away from the vertical":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1882, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek plagios + International Scientific Vocabulary -tropic":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccpla-",
      "-\u02c8tr\u00e4-",
      "\u02ccpl\u0101-j(\u0113-)\u0259-\u02c8tr\u014d-pik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202759",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "plagiotropism":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the quality or state of being or tending to be plagiotropic":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary plagi- + -tropism ; originally formed as German plagiotropismus":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccpl\u0101j\u0113\u02c8\u00e4\u2027tr\u0259\u02ccpiz\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105500",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plagiotropous":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": plagiotropic":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary plagi- + -tropous":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195231",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "plagiotropy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": plagiotropism":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary plagi- + -tropy":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092150",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plagium":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": kidnapping":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin, probably back-formation from Latin plagiarius kidnapper":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101j\u0113\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213835",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plague":{
    "antonyms":[
      "afflict",
      "agonize",
      "anguish",
      "bedevil",
      "beset",
      "besiege",
      "curse",
      "excruciate",
      "harrow",
      "persecute",
      "rack",
      "torment",
      "torture"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a cause of irritation : nuisance":[],
      ": a destructively numerous influx or multiplication of a noxious animal : infestation":[
        "a plague of locusts"
      ],
      ": a disastrous evil or affliction : calamity":[],
      ": a sudden unwelcome outbreak":[
        "a plague of burglaries"
      ],
      ": a virulent contagious febrile disease that is caused by a bacterium ( Yersinia pestis ) and that occurs in bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic forms":[],
      ": an epidemic disease causing a high rate of mortality : pestilence":[],
      ": to cause worry or distress to : hamper , burden":[],
      ": to disturb or annoy persistently":[],
      ": to smite, infest, or afflict with or as if with disease, calamity, or natural evil":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The country was hit by a plague of natural disasters that year.",
      "There has been a plague of bank robberies in the area.",
      "a plague that swept through the tribe in the 1600s",
      "Verb",
      "Computer viruses plague Internet users.",
      "Crime plagues the inner city.",
      "Drought and wildfires continue to plague the area.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "That a plague of robotic war machines wiped out life on Earth, and an AI called GAIA was designed to re-terraform the planet and seed life on Earth anew. \u2014 Eric Ravenscraft, Wired , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "And as a writer, covering the kick-off of a third plague year in Las Vegas would be an amazing scene. \u2014 Michael Goldstein, Forbes , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "Our plague year began, in fittingly grim fashion, with pro-Trump insurrectionists overrunning the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn the 2020 election and bring down democracy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "After a perilous 66-day journey across the North Atlantic and a harsh winter, the surviving Pilgrims and crew of the Mayflower encountered the Wampanoag, who were familiar with Europeans as traders, kidnappers, and agents of plague . \u2014 Smithsonian Magazine , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Death with a capital D had already arrived in camp by way of the plague . \u2014 Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "The festival, complete with a fireworks display, has been held for the past 500 years to celebrate the end of the plague in Europe. \u2014 Meredith Lepore, Travel + Leisure , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "Rabbi Yehuda Sherpin, who writes a column on Jewish law for Chabad.org, noted that Torah requires individuals to take life-saving measures, like vaccines, in times of plague . \u2014 Philissa Cramer, sun-sentinel.com , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Destruction was everywhere\u2014in the virus; in the long, cyclical history of plague ; in the supply chains that brought fruit across the world to the grocery store. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Set in the pre-civil rights era South, the story depicts an America that hardly exists anymore yet deals with issues of race and class that plague us still. \u2014 Amy Joyce, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
      "Jessie has to save herself while also grappling with numerous demons from her past who plague her as her mental and physical states deteriorate. \u2014 Gwen Ihnat, EW.com , 13 June 2022",
      "One of the biggest misconceptions that continues to plague the cannabis community is that most users are habitual stoners. \u2014 Iris Dorbian, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "An ongoing drought continues to plague the Southwest. \u2014 Judson Jones, CNN , 8 June 2022",
      "Since then, Russia has invaded Ukraine; supply chains, which expert consensus agreed would be fixed by now, still aren\u2019t fixed; the unprecedented U.S. labor shortage continues to plague employers; and recession expectations are rising by the day. \u2014 Geoff Colvin, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
      "President Biden on Saturday signed into law a bill aimed at bolstering access to baby formula as the national shortage meanwhile continues to plague American families. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 21 May 2022",
      "These declines have directly fed the drastic increase in the violence and crime that continues to plague our District. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
      "Misinformation continues to plague the country, preventing people from getting vaccinated, boosted, and taking necessary health precautions, Califf said. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 9 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English plage , from Late Latin plaga , from Latin, blow; akin to Latin plangere to strike \u2014 more at plaint":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101g"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for plague Verb worry , annoy , harass , harry , plague , pester , tease mean to disturb or irritate by persistent acts. worry implies an incessant goading or attacking that drives one to desperation. pursued a policy of worrying the enemy annoy implies disturbing one's composure or peace of mind by intrusion, interference, or petty attacks. you're doing that just to annoy me harass implies petty persecutions or burdensome demands that exhaust one's nervous or mental power. harassed on all sides by creditors harry may imply heavy oppression or maltreatment. the strikers had been harried by thugs plague implies a painful and persistent affliction. plagued all her life by poverty pester stresses the repetition of petty attacks. constantly pestered with trivial complaints tease suggests an attempt to break down one's resistance or rouse to wrath. children teased the dog",
    "synonyms":[
      "pest",
      "pestilence"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225911",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plague grasshopper":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193509",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plaguesome":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": pestilential":[],
      ": troublesome":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plague entry 1 + -some":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101gs\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043601",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "plaguey":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": causing irritation or annoyance : troublesome":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I've had this plaguey cough for weeks now."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1615, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-g\u0113",
      "\u02c8ple-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "abrasive",
      "aggravating",
      "annoying",
      "bothersome",
      "carking",
      "chafing",
      "disturbing",
      "exasperating",
      "frustrating",
      "galling",
      "irksome",
      "irritating",
      "maddening",
      "nettlesome",
      "nettling",
      "peeving",
      "pesky",
      "pestiferous",
      "pestilent",
      "pestilential",
      "pesty",
      "rankling",
      "rebarbative",
      "riling",
      "vexatious",
      "vexing"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105740",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "plagula":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a ventral sclerite in the pedicel of various spiders":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, probably from Latin, curtain, diminutive of plaga covering":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plagy\u0259l\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022109",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plaguy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": causing irritation or annoyance : troublesome":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I've had this plaguey cough for weeks now."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1615, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-g\u0113",
      "\u02c8ple-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "abrasive",
      "aggravating",
      "annoying",
      "bothersome",
      "carking",
      "chafing",
      "disturbing",
      "exasperating",
      "frustrating",
      "galling",
      "irksome",
      "irritating",
      "maddening",
      "nettlesome",
      "nettling",
      "peeving",
      "pesky",
      "pestiferous",
      "pestilent",
      "pestilential",
      "pesty",
      "rankling",
      "rebarbative",
      "riling",
      "vexatious",
      "vexing"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092352",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "plaice":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Sometimes lower value species such as plaice were chucked back into the water\u2014usually dying\u2014because captains wanted to save room in their holds for more profitable catch like sole. \u2014 Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS , 13 Jan. 2021",
      "Early on a recent Tuesday morning, about 50 merchants gathered around gray and red cartons containing species like turbot, hake and plaice and called out bids. \u2014 WSJ , 27 June 2018",
      "Overall, the menu lightens up the classics, sending out elegant plates of dark rye topped with, say, fried plaice with remoulade, or shrimps in mayo. \u2014 Bon Appetit , 18 June 2018",
      "When studying populations of a flounder-like North Sea fish called plaice in the early 1900\u2019s, a man named Heincke noticed that older, larger fish are found deeper in the water than younger, smaller fish. \u2014 Diana Gitig, Ars Technica , 8 June 2018",
      "Two Chelsea-porcelain plaice tureens, covers, and spoons, circa 1755. \u2014 Wendy Goodman, The Cut , 15 Apr. 2018",
      "Buyers crowd around stuffed crates of plaice , Dover sole, hake and a dozen other species. \u2014 Hannah George, Bloomberg.com , 31 July 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French plais , from Late Latin platessa":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220105",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plaid":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a fabric with a pattern of tartan or an imitation of tartan":[],
      ": a pattern of unevenly spaced repeated stripes crossing at right angles":[],
      ": a rectangular length of tartan worn over the left shoulder as part of the Scottish national costume":[],
      ": a twilled woolen fabric with a tartan pattern":[],
      ": tartan sense 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She likes to wear plaids .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Cher shoe calls upon the character\u2019s iconic yellow plaid outfit combo with a silver chain embellishment, while incorporating a platform into the classic Croc look. \u2014 Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Naturally, the packaging on each product is inspired by the trademark trends of the 90s \u2014 baby pink fluff, a pink flip phone and, yes, even Cher's iconic yellow plaid outfit that'd go on to inspire many Halloween costumes over the next two decades. \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 11 May 2021",
      "And an even more daunting masterpiece, a coat of 1961 cut from just two pieces of fabric (made in plaid , no less; 24 invisible darts in the collar), is exhibited along with its monolithic pattern\u2014a calculus beyond imagining. \u2014 Laura Jacobs, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "The putter consigned by Martin, along with a handwritten letter from Robert McFarlane, Reagan's National Security Advisor (the man in plaid in the above photo) is expected to fetch upwards of $35,000 dollars at an RR Auction sale on June 23rd. \u2014 Mike Dojc, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "Passing up the chance to wear Cher's yellow plaid outfit",
      "Meanwhile, Staud is launching two plaid and croc shoulder bags in a wide range of colors, starting at $275. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 3 June 2022",
      "The dress & plaid shirt combo is a little chaotic and definitely a statement-maker. \u2014 Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen , 1 June 2022",
      "Details also helped: eight pockets, two mesh windows with fabric shutters, a plaid patterned floor, and two 19.5-square-foot vestibules. \u2014 Ryan Stuart, Outside Online , 27 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1512, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Scottish Gaelic plaide":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plad"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035715",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a pocket formed by the sewed-up corner of a plaid":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191750",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plaiden":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of plaiden chiefly Scottish variant of plaiding"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101d\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-204606",
    "type":[]
  },
  "plaidie":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": plaid sense 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plaid entry 1 + -ie":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101di"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115205",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": plaid sense 2":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plaid entry 1 + -ing":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pladi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184547",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plaidoyer":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an address, plea, or argument made especially by an advocate in court":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Old French plaidoyer to plead, from plaid plea":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccpledw\u0259\u02c8y\u0101"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163650",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plaik":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of plaik variant of playock"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-161548",
    "type":[]
  },
  "plain":{
    "antonyms":[
      "campo",
      "champaign",
      "down(s)",
      "grassland",
      "heath",
      "lea",
      "ley",
      "llano",
      "moor",
      "pampa",
      "prairie",
      "savanna",
      "savannah",
      "steppe",
      "tundra",
      "veld",
      "veldt"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a broad unbroken expanse":[],
      ": absolutely sense 1a":[
        "plain wrong"
      ],
      ": an extensive area of level or rolling treeless country":[],
      ": belonging to the masses : common":[],
      ": characterized by simplicity : not complicated":[
        "plain home-cooked meals"
      ],
      ": clear":[
        "let me make my meaning plain"
      ],
      ": complain":[],
      ": even , level":[],
      ": evident to the mind or senses : obvious":[
        "it's perfectly plain that they will resist"
      ],
      ": free of extraneous matter : pure":[],
      ": free of impediments to view : unobstructed":[],
      ": in a plain manner : without obscurity or ambiguity":[
        "saw them clearly and told you plain",
        "\u2014 Amer. Documentation"
      ],
      ": lacking beauty or ugliness":[],
      ": lacking ornament : undecorated":[],
      ": lacking special distinction or affectation : ordinary":[],
      ": marked by outspoken candor : free from duplicity or subtlety : blunt":[
        "plain talk"
      ],
      ": something free from artifice, ornament, or extraneous matter":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "It was a plain room with no curtains.",
      "She was wearing plain black shoes.",
      "He printed the picture on plain paper.",
      "a piece of plain chicken",
      "You don't have to call me Mr. Johnson\u2014just plain Fred will be fine.",
      "What he said is a lie, plain and simple .",
      "Noun",
      "the Great Plains of the United States",
      "the first settlers in that area lived on the vast plains in lonely log cabins"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 8":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French pleindre, plaindre , from Latin plangere to lament \u2014 more at plaint":"Verb",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin planum , from neuter of planus flat, plain \u2014 more at floor":"Noun",
      "partly from Middle English plein entire, complete, from Anglo-French, full, from Latin plenus ; partly from plain entry 3 \u2014 more at full":"Adverb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for plain Adjective common , ordinary , plain , familiar , popular , vulgar mean generally met with and not in any way special, strange, or unusual. common implies usual everyday quality or frequency of occurrence a common error lacked common honesty and may additionally suggest inferiority or coarseness. common manners ordinary stresses conformance in quality or kind with the regular order of things. an ordinary pleasant summer day a very ordinary sort of man plain is likely to suggest homely simplicity. plain hard-working people familiar stresses the fact of being generally known and easily recognized. a familiar melody popular applies to what is accepted by or prevalent among people in general sometimes in contrast to upper classes or special groups. a writer of popular romances vulgar , otherwise similar to popular , is likely to carry derogatory connotations (as of inferiority or coarseness). souvenirs designed to appeal to the vulgar taste evident , manifest , patent , distinct , obvious , apparent , plain , clear mean readily perceived or apprehended. evident implies presence of visible signs that lead one to a definite conclusion. an evident fondness for sweets manifest implies an external display so evident that little or no inference is required. manifest hostility patent applies to a cause, effect, or significant feature that is clear and unmistakable once attention has been directed to it. patent defects distinct implies such sharpness of outline or definition that no unusual effort to see or hear or comprehend is required. a distinct refusal obvious implies such ease in discovering that it often suggests conspicuousness or little need for perspicacity in the observer. the obvious solution apparent is very close to evident except that it may imply more conscious exercise of inference. for no apparent reason plain suggests lack of intricacy, complexity, or elaboration. her feelings about him are plain clear implies an absence of anything that confuses the mind or obscures the pattern. a clear explanation frank , candid , open , plain mean showing willingness to tell what one feels or thinks. frank stresses lack of shyness or secretiveness or of evasiveness from considerations of tact or expedience. frank discussions candid suggests expression marked by sincerity and honesty especially in offering unwelcome criticism or opinion. a candid appraisal open implies frankness but suggests more indiscretion than frank and less earnestness than candid . open in saying what they think plain suggests outspokenness and freedom from affectation or subtlety in expression. plain talk",
    "synonyms":[
      "bald",
      "bare",
      "naked",
      "plain-vanilla",
      "simple",
      "unadorned",
      "undecorated",
      "unembellished",
      "unornamented",
      "unvarnished"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043440",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plain base":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": being without a gascheck":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plain entry 4":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195947",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "plain bob":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a method of ringing changes in which the treble alone has a plain hunt":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094104",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plain chart":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a nautical chart laid down on a Mercator projection":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020730",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plain chocolate":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a kind of chocolate that is a very dark brown color and that is made without milk":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102826",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plain-Jane":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": not fancy or glamorous : ordinary":[],
      ": one that is plain":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1912, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1936, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the name Jane":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8j\u0101n",
      "\u02c8pl\u0101n-\u02c8j\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053411",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plain-vanilla":{
    "antonyms":[
      "adorned",
      "decorated",
      "embellished",
      "fancy",
      "ornamented"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": lacking special features or qualities : basic":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1959, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bald",
      "bare",
      "naked",
      "plain",
      "simple",
      "unadorned",
      "undecorated",
      "unembellished",
      "unornamented",
      "unvarnished"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061728",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "plainchant":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": plainsong":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Also, just announced: the Jack Quartet, performing more modern pieces from John Zorn, Chaya Czernowin, and Marcos Balter, along with a new arrangement of medieval plainchant from Jack violinist Christopher Otto. \u2014 Corey Seymour, Vogue , 13 Aug. 2018",
      "Accompanied on historical instruments, scenes from the drama will be interwoven with polyphony, plainchant and instrumental improvisation. \u2014 Gerri Marmer, Washington Post , 5 May 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1740, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French plain-chant , literally, plain song":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101n-\u02ccchant"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013535",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plainclothes":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": civilian clothes : the dress of an ordinary citizen":[
        "\u2026 he had brought in a stenographer, more cops, and an older man in plain clothes .",
        "\u2014 E. L. Doctorow",
        "\u2014 used especially in describing the clothes of a police officer a detective in plain clothes"
      ],
      ": dressed in civilian clothes while on duty":[
        "\u2014 used especially of a police officer"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "In the early morning hours of February 4, 1999, Amadou was standing outside his building when four white plainclothes officers drove by. \u2014 CBS News , 9 June 2020",
      "The agents are part of the Ohio Investigative Unit, which is made up of plainclothes peace officers responsible for enforcing Ohio\u2019s alcohol, tobacco and food stamp fraud laws. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell/akron Beacon Journal, Cincinnati.com , 22 May 2020",
      "Taylor, 26, was at home with her boyfriend on March 13 when three plainclothes officers with the Louisville Metro Police Department arrived to execute a search warrant in a drug case. \u2014 NBC News , 13 May 2020",
      "Video taken in the East Village on Saturday shows a plainclothes officer tackling one man on the sidewalk as a crowd of bystanders looks on. \u2014 Brianna Provenzano, refinery29.com , 4 May 2020",
      "Kneeling on the top of Wright's back or neck to keep him down, the plainclothes officer started jawing and cursing at bystanders. \u2014 Michael R. Sisak, USA TODAY , 4 May 2020",
      "His plainclothes security agents loiter and listen in cafes and hotel lobbies. \u2014 David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times , 20 Feb. 2020",
      "As \u00c1\u00f1ez and her entourage arrived, a soldier and a plainclothes bodyguard took up protective positions: one behind her, the other by a window overlooking the plaza. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 16 Mar. 2020",
      "Detective Vaughan Ettienne, a bodybuilder and veteran member of plainclothes anti-crime teams in Brooklyn, is also on the list. \u2014 Joseph Goldstein, New York Times , 7 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1822, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1856, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101n-\u02c8kl\u014d(t\u035fh)z",
      "\u02c8pl\u0101n-\u02c8kl\u014dz, -\u02c8kl\u014dt\u035fhz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125948",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plainly":{
    "antonyms":[
      "campo",
      "champaign",
      "down(s)",
      "grassland",
      "heath",
      "lea",
      "ley",
      "llano",
      "moor",
      "pampa",
      "prairie",
      "savanna",
      "savannah",
      "steppe",
      "tundra",
      "veld",
      "veldt"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a broad unbroken expanse":[],
      ": absolutely sense 1a":[
        "plain wrong"
      ],
      ": an extensive area of level or rolling treeless country":[],
      ": belonging to the masses : common":[],
      ": characterized by simplicity : not complicated":[
        "plain home-cooked meals"
      ],
      ": clear":[
        "let me make my meaning plain"
      ],
      ": complain":[],
      ": even , level":[],
      ": evident to the mind or senses : obvious":[
        "it's perfectly plain that they will resist"
      ],
      ": free of extraneous matter : pure":[],
      ": free of impediments to view : unobstructed":[],
      ": in a plain manner : without obscurity or ambiguity":[
        "saw them clearly and told you plain",
        "\u2014 Amer. Documentation"
      ],
      ": lacking beauty or ugliness":[],
      ": lacking ornament : undecorated":[],
      ": lacking special distinction or affectation : ordinary":[],
      ": marked by outspoken candor : free from duplicity or subtlety : blunt":[
        "plain talk"
      ],
      ": something free from artifice, ornament, or extraneous matter":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "It was a plain room with no curtains.",
      "She was wearing plain black shoes.",
      "He printed the picture on plain paper.",
      "a piece of plain chicken",
      "You don't have to call me Mr. Johnson\u2014just plain Fred will be fine.",
      "What he said is a lie, plain and simple .",
      "Noun",
      "the Great Plains of the United States",
      "the first settlers in that area lived on the vast plains in lonely log cabins"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 8":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French pleindre, plaindre , from Latin plangere to lament \u2014 more at plaint":"Verb",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin planum , from neuter of planus flat, plain \u2014 more at floor":"Noun",
      "partly from Middle English plein entire, complete, from Anglo-French, full, from Latin plenus ; partly from plain entry 3 \u2014 more at full":"Adverb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for plain Adjective common , ordinary , plain , familiar , popular , vulgar mean generally met with and not in any way special, strange, or unusual. common implies usual everyday quality or frequency of occurrence a common error lacked common honesty and may additionally suggest inferiority or coarseness. common manners ordinary stresses conformance in quality or kind with the regular order of things. an ordinary pleasant summer day a very ordinary sort of man plain is likely to suggest homely simplicity. plain hard-working people familiar stresses the fact of being generally known and easily recognized. a familiar melody popular applies to what is accepted by or prevalent among people in general sometimes in contrast to upper classes or special groups. a writer of popular romances vulgar , otherwise similar to popular , is likely to carry derogatory connotations (as of inferiority or coarseness). souvenirs designed to appeal to the vulgar taste evident , manifest , patent , distinct , obvious , apparent , plain , clear mean readily perceived or apprehended. evident implies presence of visible signs that lead one to a definite conclusion. an evident fondness for sweets manifest implies an external display so evident that little or no inference is required. manifest hostility patent applies to a cause, effect, or significant feature that is clear and unmistakable once attention has been directed to it. patent defects distinct implies such sharpness of outline or definition that no unusual effort to see or hear or comprehend is required. a distinct refusal obvious implies such ease in discovering that it often suggests conspicuousness or little need for perspicacity in the observer. the obvious solution apparent is very close to evident except that it may imply more conscious exercise of inference. for no apparent reason plain suggests lack of intricacy, complexity, or elaboration. her feelings about him are plain clear implies an absence of anything that confuses the mind or obscures the pattern. a clear explanation frank , candid , open , plain mean showing willingness to tell what one feels or thinks. frank stresses lack of shyness or secretiveness or of evasiveness from considerations of tact or expedience. frank discussions candid suggests expression marked by sincerity and honesty especially in offering unwelcome criticism or opinion. a candid appraisal open implies frankness but suggests more indiscretion than frank and less earnestness than candid . open in saying what they think plain suggests outspokenness and freedom from affectation or subtlety in expression. plain talk",
    "synonyms":[
      "bald",
      "bare",
      "naked",
      "plain-vanilla",
      "simple",
      "unadorned",
      "undecorated",
      "unembellished",
      "unornamented",
      "unvarnished"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170107",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plainness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "campo",
      "champaign",
      "down(s)",
      "grassland",
      "heath",
      "lea",
      "ley",
      "llano",
      "moor",
      "pampa",
      "prairie",
      "savanna",
      "savannah",
      "steppe",
      "tundra",
      "veld",
      "veldt"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a broad unbroken expanse":[],
      ": absolutely sense 1a":[
        "plain wrong"
      ],
      ": an extensive area of level or rolling treeless country":[],
      ": belonging to the masses : common":[],
      ": characterized by simplicity : not complicated":[
        "plain home-cooked meals"
      ],
      ": clear":[
        "let me make my meaning plain"
      ],
      ": complain":[],
      ": even , level":[],
      ": evident to the mind or senses : obvious":[
        "it's perfectly plain that they will resist"
      ],
      ": free of extraneous matter : pure":[],
      ": free of impediments to view : unobstructed":[],
      ": in a plain manner : without obscurity or ambiguity":[
        "saw them clearly and told you plain",
        "\u2014 Amer. Documentation"
      ],
      ": lacking beauty or ugliness":[],
      ": lacking ornament : undecorated":[],
      ": lacking special distinction or affectation : ordinary":[],
      ": marked by outspoken candor : free from duplicity or subtlety : blunt":[
        "plain talk"
      ],
      ": something free from artifice, ornament, or extraneous matter":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "It was a plain room with no curtains.",
      "She was wearing plain black shoes.",
      "He printed the picture on plain paper.",
      "a piece of plain chicken",
      "You don't have to call me Mr. Johnson\u2014just plain Fred will be fine.",
      "What he said is a lie, plain and simple .",
      "Noun",
      "the Great Plains of the United States",
      "the first settlers in that area lived on the vast plains in lonely log cabins"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 8":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French pleindre, plaindre , from Latin plangere to lament \u2014 more at plaint":"Verb",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin planum , from neuter of planus flat, plain \u2014 more at floor":"Noun",
      "partly from Middle English plein entire, complete, from Anglo-French, full, from Latin plenus ; partly from plain entry 3 \u2014 more at full":"Adverb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for plain Adjective common , ordinary , plain , familiar , popular , vulgar mean generally met with and not in any way special, strange, or unusual. common implies usual everyday quality or frequency of occurrence a common error lacked common honesty and may additionally suggest inferiority or coarseness. common manners ordinary stresses conformance in quality or kind with the regular order of things. an ordinary pleasant summer day a very ordinary sort of man plain is likely to suggest homely simplicity. plain hard-working people familiar stresses the fact of being generally known and easily recognized. a familiar melody popular applies to what is accepted by or prevalent among people in general sometimes in contrast to upper classes or special groups. a writer of popular romances vulgar , otherwise similar to popular , is likely to carry derogatory connotations (as of inferiority or coarseness). souvenirs designed to appeal to the vulgar taste evident , manifest , patent , distinct , obvious , apparent , plain , clear mean readily perceived or apprehended. evident implies presence of visible signs that lead one to a definite conclusion. an evident fondness for sweets manifest implies an external display so evident that little or no inference is required. manifest hostility patent applies to a cause, effect, or significant feature that is clear and unmistakable once attention has been directed to it. patent defects distinct implies such sharpness of outline or definition that no unusual effort to see or hear or comprehend is required. a distinct refusal obvious implies such ease in discovering that it often suggests conspicuousness or little need for perspicacity in the observer. the obvious solution apparent is very close to evident except that it may imply more conscious exercise of inference. for no apparent reason plain suggests lack of intricacy, complexity, or elaboration. her feelings about him are plain clear implies an absence of anything that confuses the mind or obscures the pattern. a clear explanation frank , candid , open , plain mean showing willingness to tell what one feels or thinks. frank stresses lack of shyness or secretiveness or of evasiveness from considerations of tact or expedience. frank discussions candid suggests expression marked by sincerity and honesty especially in offering unwelcome criticism or opinion. a candid appraisal open implies frankness but suggests more indiscretion than frank and less earnestness than candid . open in saying what they think plain suggests outspokenness and freedom from affectation or subtlety in expression. plain talk",
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      "bald",
      "bare",
      "naked",
      "plain-vanilla",
      "simple",
      "unadorned",
      "undecorated",
      "unembellished",
      "unornamented",
      "unvarnished"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063944",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plainspoken":{
    "antonyms":[
      "dissembling",
      "uncandid",
      "unforthcoming"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": candid , frank":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a plainspoken woman who never hesitated to speak the unvarnished truth",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hers are lines of forceful simplicity, not so much plainspoken as distilled and vibrating with a mysterious ache. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
      "Harry's House is also emotionally heavy at times, with Styles' understated delivery adding power to his plainspoken lyrics. \u2014 Maura Johnston, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
      "In this searching, plainspoken poetry collection, the natural world\u2014infinitely more mysterious in the volatile era of advanced climate destruction\u2014provides a potent metaphor for the mark left by grief. \u2014 The New Yorker , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "Her plainspoken advice for anyone negotiating for better pay",
      "The final gallery is thoughtfully plainspoken , hung with Frances F. Denny\u2019s frank and stoic portraits of contemporary adherents of the Wiccan faith. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "In plainspoken terms, Redon\u2019s artwork was strange, his career straddling a rapidly-changing art world which saw the invention of Impressionism on one end and the invention of abstraction on the other. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "All these decades later, Elder still thinks that what society needs more of than government is the plainspoken wisdom of his parents. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Sep. 2021",
      "In 2019, the 30th anniversary of the hit, Markie told Entertainment Weekly that the plainspoken lyrics tell an age-old story rooted in reality. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 17 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1678, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101n-\u02c8sp\u014d-k\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "candid",
      "direct",
      "forthcoming",
      "forthright",
      "foursquare",
      "frank",
      "free-spoken",
      "freehearted",
      "honest",
      "open",
      "openhearted",
      "out-front",
      "outspoken",
      "plain",
      "straight",
      "straightforward",
      "unguarded",
      "unreserved",
      "up-front"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194457",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plainspokenness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "dissembling",
      "uncandid",
      "unforthcoming"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": candid , frank":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a plainspoken woman who never hesitated to speak the unvarnished truth",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hers are lines of forceful simplicity, not so much plainspoken as distilled and vibrating with a mysterious ache. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
      "Harry's House is also emotionally heavy at times, with Styles' understated delivery adding power to his plainspoken lyrics. \u2014 Maura Johnston, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
      "In this searching, plainspoken poetry collection, the natural world\u2014infinitely more mysterious in the volatile era of advanced climate destruction\u2014provides a potent metaphor for the mark left by grief. \u2014 The New Yorker , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "Her plainspoken advice for anyone negotiating for better pay",
      "The final gallery is thoughtfully plainspoken , hung with Frances F. Denny\u2019s frank and stoic portraits of contemporary adherents of the Wiccan faith. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "In plainspoken terms, Redon\u2019s artwork was strange, his career straddling a rapidly-changing art world which saw the invention of Impressionism on one end and the invention of abstraction on the other. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "All these decades later, Elder still thinks that what society needs more of than government is the plainspoken wisdom of his parents. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Sep. 2021",
      "In 2019, the 30th anniversary of the hit, Markie told Entertainment Weekly that the plainspoken lyrics tell an age-old story rooted in reality. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 17 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1678, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101n-\u02c8sp\u014d-k\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "candid",
      "direct",
      "forthcoming",
      "forthright",
      "foursquare",
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      "free-spoken",
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      "honest",
      "open",
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      "outspoken",
      "plain",
      "straight",
      "straightforward",
      "unguarded",
      "unreserved",
      "up-front"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084012",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plaint":{
    "antonyms":[
      "exultation",
      "rejoicing"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": lamentation , wail":[],
      ": protest , complaint":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the day after the massacre the plaints of bereaved mothers and wives could be heard throughout the village",
      "that taxes are too high is perhaps the most perennial of plaints",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The company said the decision to close came after the plaint failed to secure any capacity revenues in the latest auction held in May by the grid operator, PJM. \u2014 Chris Mayhew, The Enquirer , 22 July 2021",
      "These points are not the most cynical aspect of McConnell\u2019s plaint , however. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2020",
      "Among other things, this culture war plaint was a brazen gambit for a rich kid whose start-to-finish private education cost $500,000. \u2014 Alexander Zaitchik, The New Republic , 25 July 2019",
      "There\u2019s a scene in Fallen Kingdom that will stay with me for a little while: a lone brontosaurus, standing on a shore nearly engulfed in ash and flame, stretching its long neck up to the sky and braying out a mournful plaint . \u2014 Richard Lawson, HWD , 5 June 2018",
      "Their rhythms can be jagged, but in simpatico ways, and the slightly off-tilt production has echoes of the plaint of the Native Tongues and early Outkast. \u2014 Jon Caramanica, New York Times , 4 Apr. 2018",
      "This plaint comes as McCray\u2019s political ambitions are becoming clear, with The New York Times wondering if the couple is hoping to become a Clinton-style dynastic duo. \u2014 Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek , 21 Mar. 2018",
      "Hancock's plaint is that mainstream science is stuck in a uniformitarian model of slow, gradual change and so cannot accept a catastrophic explanation. \u2014 Michael Shermer, Scientific American , 1 June 2017",
      "Raspail\u2019s book is not so much a warning as a plaint \u2014a catastrophic summoning up of the loss of a coherent identity rooted in a common church and culture. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 30 Mar. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin planctus , from plangere to strike, beat one's breast, lament; akin to Old High German fluokh\u014dn to curse, Greek pl\u0113ssein to strike":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101nt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "groan",
      "howl",
      "keen",
      "lament",
      "lamentation",
      "moan",
      "wail"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045727",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plaintive":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy":[
        "a plaintive sigh"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "We could hear the plaintive cry of a wounded animal in the woods.",
      "the puppy's plaintive expression after we put the toy away was rather amusing",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "If the Supreme Court held an end-of-term awards ceremony, the Old College Try Prize for great effort with zero success would go to Chief Justice John Roberts for his plaintive concurring opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization. \u2014 David J. Garrow, WSJ , 26 June 2022",
      "Together, the pair\u2019s voices blend perfectly, painting a heartbreaking portrait of infidelity and love lost, all over the smooth, echoing strains of a plaintive guitar and some poignant vocal harmonies. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 10 June 2022",
      "The singer of that plaintive ballad is Sarah (Aisling Franciosi), a young woman with deep ties to the O\u2019Hara family, whose own parents have died, leaving her alone in an echoing house. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
      "The tempo is slowed and Nell\u2019s plaintive lead vocals drift in echoey layers over a steady acoustic guitar provided by Nev Cottee. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 3 May 2022",
      "The trailer, bowing exclusively in Variety, opens at a wake where Humberto\u2019s plaintive baritone plays against a series of images that hint at the family drama that unfolds. \u2014 Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety , 24 May 2022",
      "Anonymity and secrecy are key to the work but also a source of deep melancholy, and the novel uncovers a plaintive connection between artistic transcendence and personal loneliness. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
      "Ahmad al-Hamwi, whose brother died on the boat along with his two children, had one, plaintive demand: that religious leaders pressure the prime minister to do whatever was necessary to recover the victims. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
      "Slatkin\u2019s score is distinct and fitting, driving the documentary with detective-flick tension, plaintive heartache and shimmering hope as needed. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 27 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1570, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English plaintif grieving, from Anglo-French pleintif, plaintif , from plaint":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101n-tiv"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "aching",
      "agonized",
      "anguished",
      "bemoaning",
      "bewailing",
      "bitter",
      "deploring",
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      "dolesome",
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      "grieving",
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      "lamentable",
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      "plangent",
      "regretful",
      "rueful",
      "sorrowful",
      "sorry",
      "wailing",
      "weeping",
      "woeful"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195533",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plaintively":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy":[
        "a plaintive sigh"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "We could hear the plaintive cry of a wounded animal in the woods.",
      "the puppy's plaintive expression after we put the toy away was rather amusing",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "If the Supreme Court held an end-of-term awards ceremony, the Old College Try Prize for great effort with zero success would go to Chief Justice John Roberts for his plaintive concurring opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization. \u2014 David J. Garrow, WSJ , 26 June 2022",
      "Together, the pair\u2019s voices blend perfectly, painting a heartbreaking portrait of infidelity and love lost, all over the smooth, echoing strains of a plaintive guitar and some poignant vocal harmonies. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 10 June 2022",
      "The singer of that plaintive ballad is Sarah (Aisling Franciosi), a young woman with deep ties to the O\u2019Hara family, whose own parents have died, leaving her alone in an echoing house. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
      "The tempo is slowed and Nell\u2019s plaintive lead vocals drift in echoey layers over a steady acoustic guitar provided by Nev Cottee. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 3 May 2022",
      "The trailer, bowing exclusively in Variety, opens at a wake where Humberto\u2019s plaintive baritone plays against a series of images that hint at the family drama that unfolds. \u2014 Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety , 24 May 2022",
      "Anonymity and secrecy are key to the work but also a source of deep melancholy, and the novel uncovers a plaintive connection between artistic transcendence and personal loneliness. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
      "Ahmad al-Hamwi, whose brother died on the boat along with his two children, had one, plaintive demand: that religious leaders pressure the prime minister to do whatever was necessary to recover the victims. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
      "Slatkin\u2019s score is distinct and fitting, driving the documentary with detective-flick tension, plaintive heartache and shimmering hope as needed. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 27 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1570, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English plaintif grieving, from Anglo-French pleintif, plaintif , from plaint":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101n-tiv"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "aching",
      "agonized",
      "anguished",
      "bemoaning",
      "bewailing",
      "bitter",
      "deploring",
      "doleful",
      "dolesome",
      "dolorous",
      "funeral",
      "grieving",
      "heartbroken",
      "lamentable",
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      "mournful",
      "plangent",
      "regretful",
      "rueful",
      "sorrowful",
      "sorry",
      "wailing",
      "weeping",
      "woeful"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105450",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plait":{
    "antonyms":[
      "braid",
      "plat",
      "pleat"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": pleat":[],
      ": pleat sense 1":[],
      ": to interweave the strands or locks of : braid":[],
      ": to make by plaiting":[
        "plait a basket"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She wore her hair in plaits .",
      "she wore a plait down her back that reached her waist",
      "Verb",
      "My mum taught me how to plait my own hair.",
      "plaited the doll's hair so it wouldn't tangle",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But the numbers above imply ubiquity\u2014a new plait in the fabric of society. \u2014 Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
      "Merriweather is keen on emphasizing that each plait is done by hand to call attention to the time and care put into these hairstyles. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Actress Blake Lively's chunky plait is a showstopper. \u2014 Marielle Marlys, Good Housekeeping , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "This plait is anything but simple because silver beaded chains \u2014 possibly pearl necklaces",
      "Together, the pair have dreamed up floor-length pastel pink pigtails, neon orange cornrows, and an electric green plait that doubled as a necklace. \u2014 Vogue , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Assembling a loaf of challah, the briochelike Jewish bread coated with a soft brown egg wash and braided in a classic plait , is another undertaking entirely. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "The ponytail has a simple plait that wasn't braided all the way through, leaving the last fourth of the Kanekalon hair to sit freely at the end. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "The Big, Important Themes also get a little heavy-handed in the way this season weaves Brooke\u2019s personal story together with the intertwining plait of her patients. \u2014 Eric Vilas-boas And John Maher, Vulture , 6 Aug. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Leane was schooled in the art of Victorian era hair jewelry, learning to plait hair specifically for the jewelry, and encase it in glass. \u2014 Jill Newman, Town & Country , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "Price was wearing a blue summer dress and her thick hair was plaited in two French braids. \u2014 Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post , 21 Sep. 2019",
      "Nishia\u2019s hair is still plaited into the dark blue braids that Ashlynn did for her \u2013 new hair for the start of school. \u2014 Arika Herron, Indianapolis Star , 5 Sep. 2019",
      "Her hair was plaited into dreadlocks, covered with thick paste, and finished with tassels that looked like cows\u2019 tails. \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 21 Dec. 2018",
      "With heads of bisque, eyes of glass, and wigs of human hair\u2014carefully plaited and curled\u2014they are flawlessly composed and quite contained. \u2014 Laura Jacobs, WSJ , 17 Nov. 2018",
      "Another clip showcases the star using her plait as a prop in her choreography. \u2014 Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure , 1 Aug. 2018",
      "Her pigtails were perfect, each plaited into a tight, long braid and secured with a ribbon. \u2014 Longreads , 26 June 2018",
      "Everyone\u2019s coiffure was sectioned and plaited and sculpted by Nena Soul Fly to depict ancient Nigerian styles; their baby hairs were laid down as an ode to modern-day black and Latino communities, says Lu. \u2014 Kate Branch, Vogue , 14 May 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English pleit , from Anglo-French pleit, plei, pli , from Vulgar Latin *plicitum , from neuter of Latin plicitus , past participle of plicare to fold \u2014 more at ply":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plat",
      "\u02c8pl\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "braid",
      "lace",
      "lacing",
      "plat"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-102917",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plaited stitch":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an embroidery stitch having a braided appearance, usually made in herringbone or basket-weave patterns":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103859",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plaiting":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the interlacing of strands : braiding":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The three-quarter crew fits snugly, thanks to slight compression and the plaiting \u2014the sock\u2019s soft merino wool sandwiches stretchy nylon yarns that grip and flex with your foot. \u2014 Popular Mechanics , 30 June 2020",
      "That\u2019s achieved with slight compression from the lower calf down to the arch and bolstered by Farm to Feet\u2019s plaiting , a construction where stretchy nylon yarns that grip and flex with your foot are sandwiched between softer wool yarns for comfort. \u2014 James Lynch, Popular Mechanics , 23 Sep. 2019",
      "Look More Exceptional Than Ever Catapulting pretty plaiting into the realm of the sublime, the best woven hair to hit the runways proved that true decadence is in the details. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 3 Oct. 2018",
      "Make like the new Lara Croft and celebrate spring with an artful dose of power plaiting . \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 12 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-ti\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103259",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plan":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "combining form",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a drawing or diagram drawn on a plane : such as":[],
      ": a top or horizontal view of an object":[],
      ": a large-scale map of a small area":[],
      ": a method for achieving an end":[],
      ": an often customary method of doing something : procedure":[],
      ": a detailed formulation of a program of action":[],
      ": goal , aim":[],
      ": an orderly arrangement of parts of an overall design or objective":[],
      ": a detailed program (as for payment or the provision of some service)":[
        "pension plan"
      ],
      ": to arrange the parts of : design":[
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      ": to devise or project the realization or achievement of":[
        "planned their escape"
      ],
      ": to have in mind : intend":[
        "plans to leave soon"
      ],
      ": to make plans":[
        "plan ahead"
      ],
      ": to have a specified intention":[
        "\u2014 used with on plans on going"
      ],
      ": flat":[
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      ": flat and":[
        "plano- concave"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plan"
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    "synonyms":[
      "arrangement",
      "blueprint",
      "design",
      "game",
      "game plan",
      "ground plan",
      "master plan",
      "program",
      "project",
      "road map",
      "scheme",
      "strategy",
      "system"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "arrange",
      "blueprint",
      "budget",
      "calculate",
      "chart",
      "choreograph",
      "design",
      "frame",
      "lay out",
      "map (out)",
      "organize",
      "prepare",
      "project",
      "scheme (out)",
      "shape",
      "strategize (about)"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for plan Noun plan , design , plot , scheme , project mean a method devised for making or doing something or achieving an end. plan always implies mental formulation and sometimes graphic representation. plans for a house design often suggests a particular pattern and some degree of achieved order or harmony. a design for a new dress plot implies a laying out in clearly distinguished sections with attention to their relations and proportions. the plot of the play scheme stresses calculation of the end in view and may apply to a plan motivated by craftiness and self-interest. a scheme to defraud the government project often stresses imaginative scope and vision. a project to develop the waterfront",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the army's plan of attack",
      "We need to agree on a plan of action .",
      "Our plan was to have the guests park on the street, not the lawn.",
      "When we met them at the restaurant, they said there had been a change of plan .",
      "He changed his long-distance plan .",
      "Verb",
      "We are busy planning the party.",
      "The prisoners spent months planning their escape.",
      "a teacher planning her next lesson",
      "The students are planning a protest.",
      "We have something very special planned for your birthday.",
      "Their wedding is planned for June.",
      "a planned series of books about cars",
      "Things don't always go as planned .",
      "Always remember to plan ahead .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In November 2019, the Howard school board approved a redistricting plan that moved about 5,400 students to new schools for the 2020-21 academic year. \u2014 Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
      "Wildlife biologists have been on the lookout for the bird and had equipment and a plan to catch it and move it to a wildlife sanctuary. \u2014 Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "Duggan outlined a three-pronged plan for help available after the program ends. \u2014 Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
      "That would echo past episodes, including early in the pandemic, when the ECB\u2019s efforts at restoring market confidence fell flat, and the bank was pressured to produce a more ambitious plan . \u2014 Tom Fairless, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "But there's a plan to capitalize on all of the excitement. \u2014 Jonmaesha Beltran, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
      "Citing the challenges of raising a family, particularly in the midst of a pandemic and record inflation, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney has reintroduced a plan that would provide monthly payouts to working families with young children. \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "Aziza Robinson-Goodnight, another advocate for reparations in Boston, pointed out that a formal apology is the first step of a 10-point plan laid out by the National African American Reparations Commission. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan released a plan on Monday to reallocate tens of millions of dollars for mental health and school safety. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 15 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "If companies learned anything from 2021, it\u2019s that e-commerce does not plan on slowing down anytime soon in 2022. \u2014 Liz Tsai, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "The fifth-place finisher, Tara Sweeney, does not plan to challenge that decision in court, according to her campaign manager. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
      "The district doesn\u2019t plan on demolishing the buildings. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
      "But because her father was ill, the couple didn\u2019t plan a big party after their small ceremony, only a visit to her father in the hospital. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 16 June 2022",
      "About 27% of parents don\u2019t plan to vaccinate their child at all, and 11% will do so only if they are required, according to the survey. \u2014 Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "Just don\u2019t plan to heat more than one pot or pan at a time. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 15 June 2022",
      "MacMillan\u2019s pediatrician doesn\u2019t plan to offer the vaccines. \u2014 Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "As of now, the team doesn\u2019t plan to raise the ship\u2019s remains from the seabed, but a selection of artifacts and informational displays will go on view at the Norwich Castle Museum next year. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, plane, foundation, ground plan; partly from Latin planum level ground, from neuter of planus level; partly from French planter to plant, fix in place, from Late Latin plantare \u2014 more at floor , plant":"Noun",
      "Latin planus":"Combining form"
    },
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      "1735, in the meaning defined at sense 2c":"Noun",
      "1718, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195506"
  },
  "plan B":{
    "antonyms":[],
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      ": an alternative plan of action for use if the original plan should fail":[]
    },
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After failing to persuade executives of energy companies to take over the business, Mr. Scholz and his aides activated plan B , putting the company under the trusteeship of Germany\u2019s energy watchdog. \u2014 Bojan Pancevski, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "But the committee had a plan B \u2014 hours of Stepien\u2019s previous interview with the panel that was recorded on video. \u2014 Mary Clare Jalonick, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
      "Companies that are already sustaining billions of dollars in losses after investing in Russia should work on a plan B for China\u2013or face the likelihood of seeing those losses compounded in the future. \u2014 David Kamenetzky And Leopoldo L\u00f3pez, Fortune , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "And back up that trust with a plan B , at the very least, for every campaign. \u2014 Vix Reitano, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "His plan B was an international design competition, with a first prize of 500 guineas, about $80,000 in today's money. \u2014 Jacopo Prisco, CNN , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "There\u2019s definitely a smart way to leave without a plan B in place. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Clearly, a Golden Globes plan B needed to be hurled into action. \u2014 James Andrew Miller, Vulture , 19 Oct. 2021",
      "Many of the drivers competing in this year\u2019s W series have had to come up with creative ways to either earn enough money to keep racing or ensure there\u2019s a plan B if their career is cut short. \u2014 Laura Parker, WSJ , 23 June 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1977, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114948",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "trademark"
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      "chart",
      "choreograph",
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      "map (out)",
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        "pension plan"
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      ": a large-scale map of a small area":[],
      ": a method for achieving an end":[],
      ": a top or horizontal view of an object":[],
      ": an often customary method of doing something : procedure":[],
      ": an orderly arrangement of parts of an overall design or objective":[],
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        "plan a new layout"
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      ": to devise or project the realization or achievement of":[
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      ": to have a specified intention":[
        "\u2014 used with on plans on going"
      ],
      ": to have in mind : intend":[
        "plans to leave soon"
      ],
      ": to make plans":[
        "plan ahead"
      ]
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    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the army's plan of attack",
      "We need to agree on a plan of action .",
      "Our plan was to have the guests park on the street, not the lawn.",
      "When we met them at the restaurant, they said there had been a change of plan .",
      "He changed his long-distance plan .",
      "Verb",
      "We are busy planning the party.",
      "The prisoners spent months planning their escape.",
      "a teacher planning her next lesson",
      "The students are planning a protest.",
      "We have something very special planned for your birthday.",
      "Their wedding is planned for June.",
      "a planned series of books about cars",
      "Things don't always go as planned .",
      "Always remember to plan ahead .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In November 2019, the Howard school board approved a redistricting plan that moved about 5,400 students to new schools for the 2020-21 academic year. \u2014 Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
      "Wildlife biologists have been on the lookout for the bird and had equipment and a plan to catch it and move it to a wildlife sanctuary. \u2014 Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "Duggan outlined a three-pronged plan for help available after the program ends. \u2014 Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
      "That would echo past episodes, including early in the pandemic, when the ECB\u2019s efforts at restoring market confidence fell flat, and the bank was pressured to produce a more ambitious plan . \u2014 Tom Fairless, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "But there's a plan to capitalize on all of the excitement. \u2014 Jonmaesha Beltran, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
      "Citing the challenges of raising a family, particularly in the midst of a pandemic and record inflation, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney has reintroduced a plan that would provide monthly payouts to working families with young children. \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "Aziza Robinson-Goodnight, another advocate for reparations in Boston, pointed out that a formal apology is the first step of a 10-point plan laid out by the National African American Reparations Commission. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan released a plan on Monday to reallocate tens of millions of dollars for mental health and school safety. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 15 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "If companies learned anything from 2021, it\u2019s that e-commerce does not plan on slowing down anytime soon in 2022. \u2014 Liz Tsai, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "The fifth-place finisher, Tara Sweeney, does not plan to challenge that decision in court, according to her campaign manager. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
      "The district doesn\u2019t plan on demolishing the buildings. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
      "But because her father was ill, the couple didn\u2019t plan a big party after their small ceremony, only a visit to her father in the hospital. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 16 June 2022",
      "About 27% of parents don\u2019t plan to vaccinate their child at all, and 11% will do so only if they are required, according to the survey. \u2014 Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "Just don\u2019t plan to heat more than one pot or pan at a time. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 15 June 2022",
      "MacMillan\u2019s pediatrician doesn\u2019t plan to offer the vaccines. \u2014 Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "As of now, the team doesn\u2019t plan to raise the ship\u2019s remains from the seabed, but a selection of artifacts and informational displays will go on view at the Norwich Castle Museum next year. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1718, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb",
      "1735, in the meaning defined at sense 2c":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, plane, foundation, ground plan; partly from Latin planum level ground, from neuter of planus level; partly from French planter to plant, fix in place, from Late Latin plantare \u2014 more at floor , plant":"Noun",
      "Latin planus":"Combining form"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plan"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for plan Noun plan , design , plot , scheme , project mean a method devised for making or doing something or achieving an end. plan always implies mental formulation and sometimes graphic representation. plans for a house design often suggests a particular pattern and some degree of achieved order or harmony. a design for a new dress plot implies a laying out in clearly distinguished sections with attention to their relations and proportions. the plot of the play scheme stresses calculation of the end in view and may apply to a plan motivated by craftiness and self-interest. a scheme to defraud the government project often stresses imaginative scope and vision. a project to develop the waterfront",
    "synonyms":[
      "arrangement",
      "blueprint",
      "design",
      "game",
      "game plan",
      "ground plan",
      "master plan",
      "program",
      "project",
      "road map",
      "scheme",
      "strategy",
      "system"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115531",
    "type":[
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      "adverb",
      "combining form",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plane":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bumpy",
      "coarse",
      "lumpy",
      "rough",
      "uneven",
      "unsmoothed"
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      ": a flat or level surface":[],
      ": a level of existence, consciousness, or development":[
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      ],
      ": a surface in which if any two points are chosen a straight line joining them lies wholly in that surface":[],
      ": a tool for smoothing or shaping a wood surface":[],
      ": airplane":[],
      ": any of a genus ( Platanus of the family Platanaceae, the plane-tree family) of chiefly deciduous trees with large palmately lobed leaves, flowers in globose heads, and usually scaling bark":[],
      ": having no elevations or depressions : flat":[],
      ": lying in a plane":[
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      ],
      ": of, relating to, or dealing with geometric planes":[],
      ": one of the main supporting surfaces of an airplane":[],
      ": to do the work of a plane":[],
      ": to fly while keeping the wings motionless":[],
      ": to make smooth or even : level":[],
      ": to make smooth or even by use of a plane":[],
      ": to remove by or as if by planing":[
        "\u2014 often used with away or off"
      ],
      ": to skim across the surface of the water":[],
      ": to travel by airplane":[],
      ": to work with a plane":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "you can do these tracings on any plane surface"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1604, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin planum , from neuter of planus level":"Noun",
      "Latin planus":"Adjective",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French planer , from Late Latin planare , from Latin planus level \u2014 more at floor":"Verb",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin plana , from planare":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin platanus , from Greek platanos ; probably akin to Greek platys broad \u2014 more at place":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Middle French planer , from plain level, plain":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for plane Adjective level , flat , plane , even , smooth mean having a surface without bends, curves, or irregularities. level applies to a horizontal surface that lies on a line parallel with the horizon. the vast prairies are nearly level flat applies to a surface devoid of noticeable curvatures, prominences, or depressions. the work surface must be flat plane applies to any real or imaginary flat surface in which a straight line between any two points on it lies wholly within that surface. the plane sides of a crystal even applies to a surface that is noticeably flat or level or to a line that is observably straight. trim the hedge so it is even smooth applies especially to a polished surface free of irregularities. a smooth skating rink",
    "synonyms":[
      "even",
      "flat",
      "flush",
      "level",
      "smooth"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040858",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plane iron":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the blade of a plane":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plane entry 3":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124242",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plane sailing":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": plain sailing sense 2":[],
      ": the navigation or conducting of a ship by neglecting the earth's curvature and considering the earth or a part of it as a plane":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plane entry 5":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103331",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "planer knife":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": plane iron":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112009",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "planer tree":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a deciduous tree ( Planera aquatica ) of the elm family growing chiefly in wet southeastern U.S. soils and having an oval ribbed nutlike drupe":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1819, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "J. J. Planer \u20201789 German botanist":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-n\u0259r-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082500",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "planeshear":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": plank-sheer":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration (influenced by plane, sheer ) of plancher":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101n\u02ccshi(\u0259)r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123549",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "planeside":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": engaged in or made at planeside":[
        "paused first for a planeside interview",
        "\u2014 Time",
        "his planeside remark",
        "\u2014 Newsweek"
      ],
      ": the area adjacent to an airplane":[
        "speaking briefly at planeside",
        "\u2014 Christian Science Monitor"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1933, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1951, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plane entry 4 + side entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124244",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "planesman":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one who operates the bow or stern diving planes on a submarine":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plane entry 4":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101nzm\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125935",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "planet":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a celestial body held to influence the fate of human beings":[],
      ": a person or thing of great importance : luminary":[],
      ": a similar body associated with another star":[],
      ": any of the large bodies that revolve around the sun in the solar system":[],
      ": any of the seven celestial bodies sun, moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Saturn that in ancient belief have motions of their own among the fixed stars":[],
      ": earth":[
        "\u2014 usually used with the",
        "one of the hottest places on the planet"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "our collective responsibility to conserve the planet and its natural resources for future generations",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Furthermore, Lewandowski\u2014together with Karim Benzema\u2014is the best number 9 on the planet . \u2014 Manuel Veth, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "In this scenario, through quorum sensing, these bacteria set off a chemical glow that can become the largest display of bioluminescence on the planet . \u2014 Sam Keck Scott, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s also the matter of Obi-Wan once again leaving a wounded Darth Vader alone on a planet without delivering the killing blow. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 24 June 2022",
      "These people are the bravest, most beautiful human beings on the planet . \u2014 Rachael Ray, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
      "In addition to the oldest trees on the planet , Great Basin has some of the darkest night skies. \u2014 Outside Online , 23 June 2022",
      "These are all changes that can lead to other effects on the planet , including magnetic disturbances of technology around the world. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 20 June 2022",
      "Parts of London and the southeast of England might be among the wealthiest places on the planet , but swaths of northern England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are among Western Europe\u2019s poorest. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 19 June 2022",
      "The Avalanche have found a way to score early and often on Tampa Bay\u2019s Andrei Vasilevskiy, who\u2019s one of the best goaltenders on the planet . \u2014 Pat Graham, Hartford Courant , 19 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English planete , from Anglo-French, from Late Latin planeta , modification of Greek plan\u0113t-, plan\u0113s , literally, wanderer, from planasthai to wander \u2014 more at floor":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pla-n\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "earth",
      "globe",
      "world"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083402",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "planetary":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bantam",
      "bitty",
      "diminutive",
      "infinitesimal",
      "Lilliputian",
      "little bitty",
      "micro",
      "microminiature",
      "microscopic",
      "microscopical",
      "midget",
      "miniature",
      "minuscule",
      "minute",
      "pocket",
      "pygmy",
      "teensy",
      "teensy-weensy",
      "teeny",
      "teeny-weeny",
      "tiny",
      "wee"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": erratic , wandering":[],
      ": global , worldwide":[
        "planetary politics"
      ],
      ": having a motion like that of a planet":[
        "planetary electrons"
      ],
      ": having or consisting of an epicyclic train of gear wheels":[],
      ": immense":[
        "the scope of this project has reached planetary proportions"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, being, or resembling a planet":[],
      ": of, relating to, or belonging to the earth : terrestrial":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a positively planetary new shopping development",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For more than two months, Sojourner traveled hundreds of miles and transmitted an unprecedented amount of data directly from the red planet back to Earth, paving the way for future planetary exploration. \u2014 Meghan Willcoxon, Journal Sentinel , 1 July 2022",
      "Earlier this year, during a House Science Committee hearing on planetary defense, lawmakers registered their displeasure with NASA's decision to delay the launch of NEO Surveyor to at least 2028 for budgetary reasons. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 27 June 2022",
      "The first \u2014- which is currently the most accepted \u2014- is that the Asteroid Psyche was originally an ordinary asteroid that had lost most of its rocky layers due to violent collisions with other small planetary bodies. \u2014 Bruce Dorminey, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
      "Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were to line up in the pre-dawn sky, a planetary procession that could be seen above the eastern horizon every morning through the end of June, AccuWeather said. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
      "The moon will represent the Earth\u2019s relative position in the alignment, meaning this is where our planet will appear in the planetary order. \u2014 Megan Marples, CNN , 23 June 2022",
      "Britt Wray, a human and planetary health fellow at Stanford University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, knows exactly what that feels like. \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 18 June 2022",
      "For a while the rare planetary set piece unfolded largely unnoticed. \u2014 Tim Folger, Scientific American , 18 June 2022",
      "The quality of the air, the angle of the sun \u2014 this art belongs to a very particular piece of planetary geography. \u2014 Chris Richards, Washington Post , 16 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pla-n\u0259-\u02ccter-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "astronomical",
      "astronomic",
      "Brobdingnagian",
      "bumper",
      "colossal",
      "cosmic",
      "cosmical",
      "cyclopean",
      "elephantine",
      "enormous",
      "galactic",
      "gargantuan",
      "giant",
      "gigantesque",
      "gigantic",
      "grand",
      "herculean",
      "heroic",
      "heroical",
      "Himalayan",
      "huge",
      "humongous",
      "humungous",
      "immense",
      "jumbo",
      "king-size",
      "king-sized",
      "leviathan",
      "mammoth",
      "massive",
      "mega",
      "mighty",
      "monster",
      "monstrous",
      "monumental",
      "mountainous",
      "oceanic",
      "pharaonic",
      "prodigious",
      "super",
      "super-duper",
      "supersize",
      "supersized",
      "titanic",
      "tremendous",
      "vast",
      "vasty",
      "walloping",
      "whacking",
      "whopping"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205514",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "planform":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the contour of an object (such as an airplane) or mass as viewed from above":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The bad news is the tailess, flying wing planform of the X-47B comes with some inherent stability and low speed flying issues that make the take off and landing from an aircraft carrier a real engineering challenge. \u2014 Jason Paur, WIRED , 3 Nov. 2009"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1908, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plan-\u02ccf\u022frm"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105801",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "planful":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": according to a plan":[
        "persistent and planful arousing of the mind",
        "\u2014 Hugo M\u00fcnsterberg"
      ],
      ": full of plans : resourceful , scheming":[
        "a latter-day robber baron, planful , secretive, ruthless",
        "\u2014 Wolfgang Langewiesche"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plan entry 1 + -ful":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8planf\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231331",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun,"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the quality or state of being plangent":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But psychological acuity alone does not account for the novel\u2019s effect on the reader, which depends more profoundly on the curious plangency of its style. \u2014 Garth Greenwell, The New Yorker , 28 Aug. 2019",
      "The tenor William Burden was a winning Florestan, vividly projecting his character through singing of sweet-toned plangency . \u2014 Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com , 14 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1858, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plan-j\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004201",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": having a loud reverberating sound":[
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      ],
      ": having an expressive and especially plaintive quality":[
        "plangent lyrics"
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      "a plangent , haunting song about a long-ago love",
      "plangent organ music filled the church",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The piercing sense of place that Samuel D. Hunter brings to his work, the majority of it set in his home state of Idaho, has perhaps never been accompanied by such plangent notes of sorrow as in his new play, Greater Clements. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 Dec. 2019",
      "Image The pool party is a squirmy tour de force embellished with a punctuating zoom and a plangent sense of dread that make Kayla\u2019s isolation feel like alienation. \u2014 Bo Burnham, New York Times , 11 July 2018",
      "Though a handful of tracks feature plangent cello by Katinka Kleijn (a member of the CSO and ICE), who shades the chord changes and enriches the interplay, most of the album is just two guitars ringing out with relaxed, natural beauty. \u2014 Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader , 12 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1666, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin plangent-, plangens , present participle of plangere to strike, lament \u2014 more at plaint":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plan-j\u0259nt"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "deploring",
      "doleful",
      "dolesome",
      "dolorous",
      "funeral",
      "grieving",
      "heartbroken",
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      "lugubrious",
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      "plaintive",
      "regretful",
      "rueful",
      "sorrowful",
      "sorry",
      "wailing",
      "weeping",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164219",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a technique of cloth decoration in which a woven fabric is bunched and bound before it is dyed \u2014 compare ikat":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Malay kain p\u0115langi bandanna cloth gaudily colored by tie dyeing, from kain cloth + p\u0115langi striped in bright colors":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8planj\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185043",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": expressive of loud lamentation : wailing":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin plangor lamentation (from plangere to lament) + English -ous":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pla\u014bg\u0259r\u0259s"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171659",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": flat : level : plane":[
        "plani form",
        "plani graphy"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin planus":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094210",
    "type":[
      "combining form"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": resembling a planidium":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin planidi um + English -iform":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6plan\u0259\u00a6d\u012b\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010643",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a first-stage legless larva of various parasitic hymenopterous and dipterous insects":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from plan- entry 1 + -idium , diminutive suffix, from Greek -idion":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "pl\u0259\u02c8nid\u0113\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134848",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a hammer with slightly convex faces that is used in sheet-metal work to smooth and shape surfaces":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from gerund of planish":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124900",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "planisphere":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Monthly sky maps take the place of a planisphere in this atlas, which covers both the northern and southern hemisphere. \u2014 Popular Science , 13 Sep. 2019",
      "Kids can craft their own planispheres and play games about the night sky. \u2014 Sara Cagle, Los Angeles Times , 31 July 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of Middle English planisperie , from Medieval Latin planisphaerium , from Latin planum plane + sphaera sphere":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-n\u0259-\u02ccsfir"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235527",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "planispiral":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of planispiral variant of planospiral"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-203311",
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      ": a principal item of a policy or program":[],
      ": an article in the platform of a political party":[],
      ": an exercise in which a prone person balances on the toes and forearms while holding the rest of the body up and off the ground":[
        "Do two to three sets of these moves two days a week: push-ups (work up to 25) to build chest, shoulder and triceps strength; plank (support your body on your forearms and toes for up to 60 seconds) to build ab and back strength \u2026",
        "\u2014 Selene Yeager",
        "Start with basic moves like sit-ups, planks , and lunges \u2026",
        "\u2014 Oprah Magazine"
      ],
      ": an object made of a plank or planking":[],
      ": planking":[],
      ": to cook and serve on a board":[
        "planked salmon",
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      ": to cover, build, or floor with planks":[],
      ": to set down forcefully":[
        "\u2014 usually used with down"
      ]
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      "Noun",
      "Before the convention, there was debate over the foreign policy and economic planks .",
      "Verb",
      "planked the carton down on the counter and left",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The only development has been the placement of a wooden plank in the ground, creating a fence that is as narrow as the property and as overweening as the reach of property rights in New York City. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
      "After watching other rioters use a police shield and a wooden plank to break a window, Hunter Seefried used a gloved fist to clear a shard of glass in one of the broken windowpanes, prosecutors said. \u2014 Michael Kunzelman, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "After watching other rioters use a police shield and a wooden plank to break a window, Hunter Seefried used a gloved fist to clear a shard of glass in one of the broken windowpanes, prosecutors said. \u2014 Michael Kunzelman, ajc , 13 June 2022",
      "Another video showed Braun in an altercation with a journalist, wielding what appeared to be an 8-feet tall wooden plank , according to the affidavit. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Abbott, who is up for re-election in November, has made border security a central plank of his platform. \u2014 Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Populist messaging is a key plank of UAP\u2019s strategy. \u2014 Rachel Pannett, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "With most of the voting rights measures Democrats had hoped to pass dead in the Senate, labor organizing is now a vital plank in Biden\u2019s pro-democracy platform. \u2014 Jason Linkins, The New Republic , 14 May 2022",
      "In recent races for Oregon governor, education has been a substantial plank of each candidates\u2019 platform, given voters\u2019 concerns about public schools and the state\u2019s mediocre student outcomes. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Tighten your abs and shift to plank position, then shift your right foot to alongside your right hand. \u2014 Eric Leija, Men's Health , 6 May 2022",
      "Finally, moves like the shoulder tap and plank up-down that work on core stabilization\u2014say, by resisting rotation or bending\u2014challenge your transverse abdominis. \u2014 Christa Sgobba, SELF , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "From time to time, Art would call Todd and sing a line or two into his voice mail, hoping Todd could plank out the appropriate chords. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Throughout the course of this 20-minute workout video, Mays also drops some super important push-up and plank tips. \u2014 Christa Sgobba, SELF , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "The best chest workouts feature a variety of exercises that target this muscle group from all angles, including push-ups, alternating chest presses, chest flys, plank up-downs, and much more. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "Nearby, resident Griselda Alvarado stood shaded from the baking sun outside her bare wood plank home. \u2014 courier-journal.com , 26 Mar. 2021",
      "The bodyweight dips will fire up your arms and shoulders; the lateral lunge shift will work your glutes and hamstrings; and the side plank with rotation will work your core. \u2014 Amy Eisinger, M.a., SELF , 30 Dec. 2020",
      "Bay News 9 reporter Jorja Roman shared a video showing what appeared to be a plastic or metal plank dangling from powerlines overhead. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 16 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French plaunke, planche , from Latin planca":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pla\u014bk"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "flop",
      "flump",
      "plop",
      "plump",
      "plunk",
      "plonk"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184133",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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  "plank buttress":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": buttress root":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plank entry 1":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190704",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "plank down":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to declare oneself forcibly or unmistakably":[
        "planked squarely down on the side of the government",
        "\u2014 Mollie Panter-Downes"
      ],
      ": to pay or put down (money) on the spot":[
        "pulled out a silver dollar and planked it down for a year's subscription",
        "\u2014 A. W. Long",
        "planked down a fistful of money",
        "\u2014 Irish Digest"
      ],
      ": to set down forcibly or with emphasis":[
        "was herded into a corner and planked down among five other sufferers",
        "\u2014 Thomas Wood \u20201950",
        "delighted to slam us all in jail and plank down martial law",
        "\u2014 Laura Krey"
      ]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plank entry 2":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060639",
    "type":[
      "verb"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101453",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plank owner":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a member of the first crew to serve on a newly commissioned ship":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plank entry 1 ; from the tradition that he becomes part owner of the ship":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202318",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "planker":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": float sense 5 d (1)":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plank entry 1 + -er":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-k\u0259(r)"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104525",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "planking":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a quantity of planks":[],
      ": the act or process of covering or fitting with planks":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even more parts of bronze and marble statues were recovered during the 2017 excavation, along with a red marble sarcophagus lid, a large section of hull planking , and even more human remains. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 23 June 2022",
      "The boat, which is 7 feet, 4 inches wide, has a white oak keel, overlapping Port Orford cedar planking held together with 1,500 copper rivets and a 27-foot fir mast that is reclaimed wood from a former church building. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
      "The earthen walls were bolstered with thoughtful wood planking . \u2014 New York Times , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "The interiors are reminiscent of modern barns, with soaring ceilings and more rustic finishes such as white oak planking , metal detailing leather upholstery, and a chic neutral palette. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Guardrails would be added, rising about 42 inches from the deck, with 4-inch viewing gaps between slats of planking on the sides. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 July 2021",
      "The skyward soar of its fir and pine planking makes its setting in the woods feel natural in two senses. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 July 2021",
      "The coffin was moved off the platform and lowered into the grave using straps; the tubes were inserted, and planking was laid over the coffin to keep dirt out. \u2014 Celia Storey, Arkansas Online , 14 June 2021",
      "New developments over the shutdown include the addition of boardwalk planking and steps to make the trails easier to navigate and the completion and connection of trails. \u2014 Laurie Werner, Forbes , 13 May 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pla\u014b-ki\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-075851",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plankless":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": having no planks":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-kl\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-173951",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "planks":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a principal item of a policy or program":[],
      ": an article in the platform of a political party":[],
      ": an exercise in which a prone person balances on the toes and forearms while holding the rest of the body up and off the ground":[
        "Do two to three sets of these moves two days a week: push-ups (work up to 25) to build chest, shoulder and triceps strength; plank (support your body on your forearms and toes for up to 60 seconds) to build ab and back strength \u2026",
        "\u2014 Selene Yeager",
        "Start with basic moves like sit-ups, planks , and lunges \u2026",
        "\u2014 Oprah Magazine"
      ],
      ": an object made of a plank or planking":[],
      ": planking":[],
      ": to cook and serve on a board":[
        "planked salmon",
        "planked steak"
      ],
      ": to cover, build, or floor with planks":[],
      ": to set down forcefully":[
        "\u2014 usually used with down"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Before the convention, there was debate over the foreign policy and economic planks .",
      "Verb",
      "planked the carton down on the counter and left",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The only development has been the placement of a wooden plank in the ground, creating a fence that is as narrow as the property and as overweening as the reach of property rights in New York City. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
      "After watching other rioters use a police shield and a wooden plank to break a window, Hunter Seefried used a gloved fist to clear a shard of glass in one of the broken windowpanes, prosecutors said. \u2014 Michael Kunzelman, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "After watching other rioters use a police shield and a wooden plank to break a window, Hunter Seefried used a gloved fist to clear a shard of glass in one of the broken windowpanes, prosecutors said. \u2014 Michael Kunzelman, ajc , 13 June 2022",
      "Another video showed Braun in an altercation with a journalist, wielding what appeared to be an 8-feet tall wooden plank , according to the affidavit. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Abbott, who is up for re-election in November, has made border security a central plank of his platform. \u2014 Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Populist messaging is a key plank of UAP\u2019s strategy. \u2014 Rachel Pannett, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "With most of the voting rights measures Democrats had hoped to pass dead in the Senate, labor organizing is now a vital plank in Biden\u2019s pro-democracy platform. \u2014 Jason Linkins, The New Republic , 14 May 2022",
      "In recent races for Oregon governor, education has been a substantial plank of each candidates\u2019 platform, given voters\u2019 concerns about public schools and the state\u2019s mediocre student outcomes. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Tighten your abs and shift to plank position, then shift your right foot to alongside your right hand. \u2014 Eric Leija, Men's Health , 6 May 2022",
      "Finally, moves like the shoulder tap and plank up-down that work on core stabilization\u2014say, by resisting rotation or bending\u2014challenge your transverse abdominis. \u2014 Christa Sgobba, SELF , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "From time to time, Art would call Todd and sing a line or two into his voice mail, hoping Todd could plank out the appropriate chords. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Throughout the course of this 20-minute workout video, Mays also drops some super important push-up and plank tips. \u2014 Christa Sgobba, SELF , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "The best chest workouts feature a variety of exercises that target this muscle group from all angles, including push-ups, alternating chest presses, chest flys, plank up-downs, and much more. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "Nearby, resident Griselda Alvarado stood shaded from the baking sun outside her bare wood plank home. \u2014 courier-journal.com , 26 Mar. 2021",
      "The bodyweight dips will fire up your arms and shoulders; the lateral lunge shift will work your glutes and hamstrings; and the side plank with rotation will work your core. \u2014 Amy Eisinger, M.a., SELF , 30 Dec. 2020",
      "Bay News 9 reporter Jorja Roman shared a video showing what appeared to be a plastic or metal plank dangling from powerlines overhead. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 16 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French plaunke, planche , from Latin planca":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pla\u014bk"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "flop",
      "flump",
      "plop",
      "plump",
      "plunk",
      "plonk"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180042",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "planless":{
    "antonyms":[
      "arrange",
      "blueprint",
      "budget",
      "calculate",
      "chart",
      "choreograph",
      "design",
      "frame",
      "lay out",
      "map (out)",
      "organize",
      "prepare",
      "project",
      "scheme (out)",
      "shape",
      "strategize (about)"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a detailed formulation of a program of action":[],
      ": a detailed program (as for payment or the provision of some service)":[
        "pension plan"
      ],
      ": a drawing or diagram drawn on a plane : such as":[],
      ": a large-scale map of a small area":[],
      ": a method for achieving an end":[],
      ": a top or horizontal view of an object":[],
      ": an often customary method of doing something : procedure":[],
      ": an orderly arrangement of parts of an overall design or objective":[],
      ": flat":[
        "plano graphy"
      ],
      ": flat and":[
        "plano- concave"
      ],
      ": goal , aim":[],
      ": to arrange the parts of : design":[
        "plan a new layout"
      ],
      ": to devise or project the realization or achievement of":[
        "planned their escape"
      ],
      ": to have a specified intention":[
        "\u2014 used with on plans on going"
      ],
      ": to have in mind : intend":[
        "plans to leave soon"
      ],
      ": to make plans":[
        "plan ahead"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the army's plan of attack",
      "We need to agree on a plan of action .",
      "Our plan was to have the guests park on the street, not the lawn.",
      "When we met them at the restaurant, they said there had been a change of plan .",
      "He changed his long-distance plan .",
      "Verb",
      "We are busy planning the party.",
      "The prisoners spent months planning their escape.",
      "a teacher planning her next lesson",
      "The students are planning a protest.",
      "We have something very special planned for your birthday.",
      "Their wedding is planned for June.",
      "a planned series of books about cars",
      "Things don't always go as planned .",
      "Always remember to plan ahead .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In November 2019, the Howard school board approved a redistricting plan that moved about 5,400 students to new schools for the 2020-21 academic year. \u2014 Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
      "Wildlife biologists have been on the lookout for the bird and had equipment and a plan to catch it and move it to a wildlife sanctuary. \u2014 Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "Duggan outlined a three-pronged plan for help available after the program ends. \u2014 Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
      "That would echo past episodes, including early in the pandemic, when the ECB\u2019s efforts at restoring market confidence fell flat, and the bank was pressured to produce a more ambitious plan . \u2014 Tom Fairless, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "But there's a plan to capitalize on all of the excitement. \u2014 Jonmaesha Beltran, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
      "Citing the challenges of raising a family, particularly in the midst of a pandemic and record inflation, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney has reintroduced a plan that would provide monthly payouts to working families with young children. \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "Aziza Robinson-Goodnight, another advocate for reparations in Boston, pointed out that a formal apology is the first step of a 10-point plan laid out by the National African American Reparations Commission. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan released a plan on Monday to reallocate tens of millions of dollars for mental health and school safety. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 15 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "If companies learned anything from 2021, it\u2019s that e-commerce does not plan on slowing down anytime soon in 2022. \u2014 Liz Tsai, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "The fifth-place finisher, Tara Sweeney, does not plan to challenge that decision in court, according to her campaign manager. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
      "The district doesn\u2019t plan on demolishing the buildings. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
      "But because her father was ill, the couple didn\u2019t plan a big party after their small ceremony, only a visit to her father in the hospital. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 16 June 2022",
      "About 27% of parents don\u2019t plan to vaccinate their child at all, and 11% will do so only if they are required, according to the survey. \u2014 Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "Just don\u2019t plan to heat more than one pot or pan at a time. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 15 June 2022",
      "MacMillan\u2019s pediatrician doesn\u2019t plan to offer the vaccines. \u2014 Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "As of now, the team doesn\u2019t plan to raise the ship\u2019s remains from the seabed, but a selection of artifacts and informational displays will go on view at the Norwich Castle Museum next year. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 June 2022"
    ],
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      "1718, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb",
      "1735, in the meaning defined at sense 2c":"Noun"
    },
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      "French, plane, foundation, ground plan; partly from Latin planum level ground, from neuter of planus level; partly from French planter to plant, fix in place, from Late Latin plantare \u2014 more at floor , plant":"Noun",
      "Latin planus":"Combining form"
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    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for plan Noun plan , design , plot , scheme , project mean a method devised for making or doing something or achieving an end. plan always implies mental formulation and sometimes graphic representation. plans for a house design often suggests a particular pattern and some degree of achieved order or harmony. a design for a new dress plot implies a laying out in clearly distinguished sections with attention to their relations and proportions. the plot of the play scheme stresses calculation of the end in view and may apply to a plan motivated by craftiness and self-interest. a scheme to defraud the government project often stresses imaginative scope and vision. a project to develop the waterfront",
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      "project",
      "road map",
      "scheme",
      "strategy",
      "system"
    ],
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      "verb"
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      "adverb",
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      "noun",
      "verb"
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      ": a top or horizontal view of an object":[],
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      ": to devise or project the realization or achievement of":[
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      ],
      ": to have in mind : intend":[
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      ],
      ": to make plans":[
        "plan ahead"
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      ": to have a specified intention":[
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      ": flat":[
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      "arrangement",
      "blueprint",
      "design",
      "game",
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      "master plan",
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      "road map",
      "scheme",
      "strategy",
      "system"
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      "calculate",
      "chart",
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      "design",
      "frame",
      "lay out",
      "map (out)",
      "organize",
      "prepare",
      "project",
      "scheme (out)",
      "shape",
      "strategize (about)"
    ],
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    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the army's plan of attack",
      "We need to agree on a plan of action .",
      "Our plan was to have the guests park on the street, not the lawn.",
      "When we met them at the restaurant, they said there had been a change of plan .",
      "He changed his long-distance plan .",
      "Verb",
      "We are busy planning the party.",
      "The prisoners spent months planning their escape.",
      "a teacher planning her next lesson",
      "The students are planning a protest.",
      "We have something very special planned for your birthday.",
      "Their wedding is planned for June.",
      "a planned series of books about cars",
      "Things don't always go as planned .",
      "Always remember to plan ahead .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In November 2019, the Howard school board approved a redistricting plan that moved about 5,400 students to new schools for the 2020-21 academic year. \u2014 Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
      "Wildlife biologists have been on the lookout for the bird and had equipment and a plan to catch it and move it to a wildlife sanctuary. \u2014 Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "Duggan outlined a three-pronged plan for help available after the program ends. \u2014 Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
      "That would echo past episodes, including early in the pandemic, when the ECB\u2019s efforts at restoring market confidence fell flat, and the bank was pressured to produce a more ambitious plan . \u2014 Tom Fairless, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "But there's a plan to capitalize on all of the excitement. \u2014 Jonmaesha Beltran, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
      "Citing the challenges of raising a family, particularly in the midst of a pandemic and record inflation, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney has reintroduced a plan that would provide monthly payouts to working families with young children. \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "Aziza Robinson-Goodnight, another advocate for reparations in Boston, pointed out that a formal apology is the first step of a 10-point plan laid out by the National African American Reparations Commission. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan released a plan on Monday to reallocate tens of millions of dollars for mental health and school safety. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 15 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "If companies learned anything from 2021, it\u2019s that e-commerce does not plan on slowing down anytime soon in 2022. \u2014 Liz Tsai, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "The fifth-place finisher, Tara Sweeney, does not plan to challenge that decision in court, according to her campaign manager. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
      "The district doesn\u2019t plan on demolishing the buildings. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
      "But because her father was ill, the couple didn\u2019t plan a big party after their small ceremony, only a visit to her father in the hospital. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 16 June 2022",
      "About 27% of parents don\u2019t plan to vaccinate their child at all, and 11% will do so only if they are required, according to the survey. \u2014 Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "Just don\u2019t plan to heat more than one pot or pan at a time. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 15 June 2022",
      "MacMillan\u2019s pediatrician doesn\u2019t plan to offer the vaccines. \u2014 Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "As of now, the team doesn\u2019t plan to raise the ship\u2019s remains from the seabed, but a selection of artifacts and informational displays will go on view at the Norwich Castle Museum next year. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, plane, foundation, ground plan; partly from Latin planum level ground, from neuter of planus level; partly from French planter to plant, fix in place, from Late Latin plantare \u2014 more at floor , plant":"Noun",
      "Latin planus":"Combining form"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1735, in the meaning defined at sense 2c":"Noun",
      "1718, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143729"
  },
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      "choreograph",
      "design",
      "frame",
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      "map (out)",
      "organize",
      "prepare",
      "project",
      "scheme (out)",
      "shape",
      "strategize (about)"
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      ": to devise or project the realization or achievement of":[
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      ],
      ": to have a specified intention":[
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      ],
      ": to have in mind : intend":[
        "plans to leave soon"
      ],
      ": to make plans":[
        "plan ahead"
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      "Noun",
      "the army's plan of attack",
      "We need to agree on a plan of action .",
      "Our plan was to have the guests park on the street, not the lawn.",
      "When we met them at the restaurant, they said there had been a change of plan .",
      "He changed his long-distance plan .",
      "Verb",
      "We are busy planning the party.",
      "The prisoners spent months planning their escape.",
      "a teacher planning her next lesson",
      "The students are planning a protest.",
      "We have something very special planned for your birthday.",
      "Their wedding is planned for June.",
      "a planned series of books about cars",
      "Things don't always go as planned .",
      "Always remember to plan ahead .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In November 2019, the Howard school board approved a redistricting plan that moved about 5,400 students to new schools for the 2020-21 academic year. \u2014 Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
      "Wildlife biologists have been on the lookout for the bird and had equipment and a plan to catch it and move it to a wildlife sanctuary. \u2014 Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "Duggan outlined a three-pronged plan for help available after the program ends. \u2014 Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
      "That would echo past episodes, including early in the pandemic, when the ECB\u2019s efforts at restoring market confidence fell flat, and the bank was pressured to produce a more ambitious plan . \u2014 Tom Fairless, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "But there's a plan to capitalize on all of the excitement. \u2014 Jonmaesha Beltran, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
      "Citing the challenges of raising a family, particularly in the midst of a pandemic and record inflation, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney has reintroduced a plan that would provide monthly payouts to working families with young children. \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "Aziza Robinson-Goodnight, another advocate for reparations in Boston, pointed out that a formal apology is the first step of a 10-point plan laid out by the National African American Reparations Commission. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan released a plan on Monday to reallocate tens of millions of dollars for mental health and school safety. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 15 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "If companies learned anything from 2021, it\u2019s that e-commerce does not plan on slowing down anytime soon in 2022. \u2014 Liz Tsai, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "The fifth-place finisher, Tara Sweeney, does not plan to challenge that decision in court, according to her campaign manager. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
      "The district doesn\u2019t plan on demolishing the buildings. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
      "But because her father was ill, the couple didn\u2019t plan a big party after their small ceremony, only a visit to her father in the hospital. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 16 June 2022",
      "About 27% of parents don\u2019t plan to vaccinate their child at all, and 11% will do so only if they are required, according to the survey. \u2014 Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "Just don\u2019t plan to heat more than one pot or pan at a time. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 15 June 2022",
      "MacMillan\u2019s pediatrician doesn\u2019t plan to offer the vaccines. \u2014 Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "As of now, the team doesn\u2019t plan to raise the ship\u2019s remains from the seabed, but a selection of artifacts and informational displays will go on view at the Norwich Castle Museum next year. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1718, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb",
      "1735, in the meaning defined at sense 2c":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, plane, foundation, ground plan; partly from Latin planum level ground, from neuter of planus level; partly from French planter to plant, fix in place, from Late Latin plantare \u2014 more at floor , plant":"Noun",
      "Latin planus":"Combining form"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plan"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for plan Noun plan , design , plot , scheme , project mean a method devised for making or doing something or achieving an end. plan always implies mental formulation and sometimes graphic representation. plans for a house design often suggests a particular pattern and some degree of achieved order or harmony. a design for a new dress plot implies a laying out in clearly distinguished sections with attention to their relations and proportions. the plot of the play scheme stresses calculation of the end in view and may apply to a plan motivated by craftiness and self-interest. a scheme to defraud the government project often stresses imaginative scope and vision. a project to develop the waterfront",
    "synonyms":[
      "arrangement",
      "blueprint",
      "design",
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      "game plan",
      "ground plan",
      "master plan",
      "program",
      "project",
      "road map",
      "scheme",
      "strategy",
      "system"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113344",
    "type":[
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  },
  "plant":{
    "antonyms":[
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      "mill",
      "shop",
      "works",
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      ": a young tree, vine, shrub, or herb planted or suitable for planting":[],
      ": an act of planting":[],
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      ": colonize , settle":[],
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      ": to stock with animals":[]
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      "Verb",
      "I planted corn this year.",
      "I planted the border with roses.",
      "a field planted with corn",
      "She planted stakes in the garden to hold the vines.",
      "I firmly planted my feet and refused to move.",
      "He planted himself in front of the TV and stayed there.",
      "Terrorists planted a bomb in the bus station.",
      "She claims that the police planted the drugs in her car.",
      "He was a spy planted in the office by a rival company.",
      "Someone planted a rumor saying that he had died.",
      "Noun",
      "The gangsters never suspected that he was a police plant .",
      "a furniture plant that employs hundreds of people",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In June 2020, Kate joined families to plant a new patio garden and transform the terrace area at The Nook. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
      "Congratulations to the scholars, and hats off to the parents, friends, teachers and peers that helped plant and sow seeds of learning. \u2014 Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
      "Since Canadian troops began visiting the island in 1984 to plant maple leaf flags and leave behind bottles of Canadian whisky, Danes have been regularly dropping in to replace the Canadian items with schnapps and Danish flags. \u2014 Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "Since Canadian troops began visiting the island in 1984 to plant maple leaf flags and leave behind bottles of Canadian whisky, Danes have been regularly dropping in to replace the Canadian items with schnapps and Danish flags. \u2014 Ian Austen, New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "At the beginning of the pandemic, I was set to plant my feet firmly in the sand and not shut down my retail stores and offices. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Farmers of any species have to prepare their fields and plant their crops, battle weeds and parasites, and harvest the fruits of their labor. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 May 2022",
      "In front of the dock, there\u2019s a small sandy beach to plant an Adirondack chair or two and watch lake life in action, as well as a nearby beach house for easy lunches in the summer. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 16 May 2022",
      "If those efforts aren't enough, the band has also pledged to plant and protect millions of new trees \u2014 including one for every ticket sold. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In 2007, the first pilot FPV plant was installed in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. \u2014 Ariel Cohen, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
      "The plant operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
      "Students in Saturday detention are trapped in the school when the town's chemical plant explodes, freakifying the friends and family members outside those four walls. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 27 June 2022",
      "Tesla\u2019s flagship California assembly plant has been under fire lately for its treatment of past and present coworkers. \u2014 Roxane Gay, Essence , 27 June 2022",
      "The native plant project is to collect and cultivate seeds to increase Badlands prairie species, including rare and endangered plants. \u2014 Fox News , 27 June 2022",
      "Food, beer and wine were available for purchase with a special \u2018 plant wall\u2019 section prereserved for VIPs. \u2014 Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune , 27 June 2022",
      "State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes has said spending $300 million on an antiquated plant would not have solved the state\u2019s trash crisis. \u2014 Alison Cross, Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022",
      "The cause of the fire was undetermined, although Pilkerton said mulch can spontaneously ignite as the plant materials decompose and heat up. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English plante , from Old English, from Latin planta":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Old English plantian , from Late Latin plantare to plant, fix in place, from Latin, to plant, from planta plant":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plant"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "drill",
      "put in",
      "seed",
      "sow"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095647",
    "type":[
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    ]
  },
  "plant kingdom":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a basic group of natural objects that includes all living and extinct plants \u2014 compare animal kingdom , mineral kingdom":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Many members of the plant kingdom take to smoke fabulously, too, especially starchy-sweet root vegetables and fibrous produce like asparagus and summer squash. \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 27 May 2022",
      "Many of the colors seen in nature, particularly in the plant kingdom , are produced by pigments, which reflect a portion of the light spectrum while absorbing the rest. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 21 June 2021",
      "Many of the colors seen in nature, particularly in the plant kingdom , are produced by pigments, which reflect a portion of the light spectrum while absorbing the rest. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 21 June 2021",
      "Many of the colors seen in nature, particularly in the plant kingdom , are produced by pigments, which reflect a portion of the light spectrum while absorbing the rest. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 21 June 2021",
      "Many of the colors seen in nature, particularly in the plant kingdom , are produced by pigments, which reflect a portion of the light spectrum while absorbing the rest. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 21 June 2021",
      "Many of the colors seen in nature, particularly in the plant kingdom , are produced by pigments, which reflect a portion of the light spectrum while absorbing the rest. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 21 June 2021",
      "Many of the colors seen in nature, particularly in the plant kingdom , are produced by pigments, which reflect a portion of the light spectrum while absorbing the rest. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 21 June 2021",
      "Many of the colors seen in nature, particularly in the plant kingdom , are produced by pigments, which reflect a portion of the light spectrum while absorbing the rest. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 21 June 2021"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113227",
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  "plant/sow a seed of":{
    "antonyms":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111954",
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    "antonyms":[
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      ": to place in or on the ground":[],
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      ": to put or set in the ground for growth":[
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      ": to set or sow with seeds or plants":[],
      ": to stock with animals":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "I planted corn this year.",
      "I planted the border with roses.",
      "a field planted with corn",
      "She planted stakes in the garden to hold the vines.",
      "I firmly planted my feet and refused to move.",
      "He planted himself in front of the TV and stayed there.",
      "Terrorists planted a bomb in the bus station.",
      "She claims that the police planted the drugs in her car.",
      "He was a spy planted in the office by a rival company.",
      "Someone planted a rumor saying that he had died.",
      "Noun",
      "The gangsters never suspected that he was a police plant .",
      "a furniture plant that employs hundreds of people",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In June 2020, Kate joined families to plant a new patio garden and transform the terrace area at The Nook. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
      "Congratulations to the scholars, and hats off to the parents, friends, teachers and peers that helped plant and sow seeds of learning. \u2014 Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
      "Since Canadian troops began visiting the island in 1984 to plant maple leaf flags and leave behind bottles of Canadian whisky, Danes have been regularly dropping in to replace the Canadian items with schnapps and Danish flags. \u2014 Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "Since Canadian troops began visiting the island in 1984 to plant maple leaf flags and leave behind bottles of Canadian whisky, Danes have been regularly dropping in to replace the Canadian items with schnapps and Danish flags. \u2014 Ian Austen, New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "At the beginning of the pandemic, I was set to plant my feet firmly in the sand and not shut down my retail stores and offices. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Farmers of any species have to prepare their fields and plant their crops, battle weeds and parasites, and harvest the fruits of their labor. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 May 2022",
      "In front of the dock, there\u2019s a small sandy beach to plant an Adirondack chair or two and watch lake life in action, as well as a nearby beach house for easy lunches in the summer. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 16 May 2022",
      "If those efforts aren't enough, the band has also pledged to plant and protect millions of new trees \u2014 including one for every ticket sold. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In 2007, the first pilot FPV plant was installed in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. \u2014 Ariel Cohen, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
      "The plant operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
      "Students in Saturday detention are trapped in the school when the town's chemical plant explodes, freakifying the friends and family members outside those four walls. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 27 June 2022",
      "Tesla\u2019s flagship California assembly plant has been under fire lately for its treatment of past and present coworkers. \u2014 Roxane Gay, Essence , 27 June 2022",
      "The native plant project is to collect and cultivate seeds to increase Badlands prairie species, including rare and endangered plants. \u2014 Fox News , 27 June 2022",
      "Food, beer and wine were available for purchase with a special \u2018 plant wall\u2019 section prereserved for VIPs. \u2014 Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune , 27 June 2022",
      "State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes has said spending $300 million on an antiquated plant would not have solved the state\u2019s trash crisis. \u2014 Alison Cross, Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022",
      "The cause of the fire was undetermined, although Pilkerton said mulch can spontaneously ignite as the plant materials decompose and heat up. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English plante , from Old English, from Latin planta":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Old English plantian , from Late Latin plantare to plant, fix in place, from Latin, to plant, from planta plant":"Verb"
    },
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      "\u02c8plant"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "drill",
      "put in",
      "seed",
      "sow"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130329",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plantsman":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person skilled with plants : an expert gardener or horticulturist":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The program was named in honor of Theodore Klein, noted Crestwood, Kentucky plantsman and nurseryman who was known for outstanding new plant introductions and as a mentor to many in the business. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "Over the past century some prominent landscapers have called Wilmette home, including landscape architect Jens Jensen, who designed several Chicago parks and the Ravinia grounds, as well as F.A. Cushing Smith, a prominent plantsman . \u2014 Jen Banowetz, chicagotribune.com , 20 July 2021",
      "New Plants and Recent Introductions for the Changing California Garden, a Zoom class presented by Tree Town USA plantsman and spokesman Nicholas Staddon, is at 10 a.m. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 28 Oct. 2020",
      "This began 16 years ago, driven by the late German American plantsman Kurt Bluemel, then the society\u2019s chair. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Sep. 2020",
      "Nowhere is this better expressed than at Winterthur, the estate north of Wilmington, Del., whose garden and grounds were planted by its consummate plantsman owner, Henry Francis du Pont. \u2014 Adrian Higgins, Washington Post , 19 Feb. 2020",
      "Not so, according to Joey Barton, a second-generation plantsman at Barton Nurseries in Edison, New Jersey, and Sarah Elvington at the Plant Oregon nursery in Talent, Oregon. \u2014 Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics , 25 Apr. 2019",
      "Avid plantsman and garden designer Richard Hartlage knows a thing or two about orchestrating color \u2014 and bulbs \u2014 in the landscape. \u2014 Lorene Edwards Forkner, The Seattle Times , 13 Apr. 2019",
      "Documentary filmmaker Thomas Piper profiles designer and plantsman Piet Oudolf in this immersive look at his work and creative process. \u2014 Kevin Crust, latimes.com , 24 June 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1881, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "pronounciation":[
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    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124724",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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      ": the very young usually flattened oval or oblong free-swimming ciliated larva of a cnidarian":[]
    },
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1835, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin planus level, flat \u2014 more at floor":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plan-y\u0259-l\u0259"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120744",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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      "pour",
      "roll",
      "stream"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": splash":[],
      ": to break the surface of (water) : splash":[],
      ": to cause a splashing or spattering effect":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "water plashed down the drain",
      "a child happily plashing in the tub",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The park also contains the park district's administrative offices, an outdoor plash pad, athletic field, outdoor performance area, playground, walking path, an area of native plants and stormwater detention, and outdoor seating. \u2014 Staff Report, chicagotribune.com , 22 Dec. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The sea plashes in the dark out there, the trees whisper. \u2014 Smith Henderson, Popular Mechanics , 20 Nov. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1542, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "circa 1522, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably imitative":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plash"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "bubble",
      "dribble",
      "guggle",
      "gurgle",
      "lap",
      "ripple",
      "splash",
      "trickle",
      "wash"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080913",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plaster":{
    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a pasty composition (as of lime, water, and sand) that hardens on drying and is used for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions":[],
      ": to affix to or place on especially conspicuously or in quantity":[],
      ": to apply a plaster to":[],
      ": to apply as a coating or incrustation":[],
      ": to apply plaster":[],
      ": to cover over or conceal as if with a coat of plaster":[],
      ": to fasten or apply tightly to another surface":[],
      ": to inflict heavy damage or loss on especially by a concentrated or unremitting attack":[],
      ": to overlay or cover with plaster : coat":[],
      ": to smooth down with a sticky or shiny substance":[
        "plastered his hair down"
      ],
      ": to treat with plaster of paris":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "put a plaster on the burn and don't touch it",
      "Verb",
      "We plastered and sanded the walls before painting them.",
      "They plastered the walls with posters.",
      "Someone had plastered a political poster on the wall.",
      "His clothes were plastered to his body from the rain.",
      "He plastered his hair down with gel.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In the video, McCarthy smears plaster on a white brick wall. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
      "The building is old and the ceilings are made of plaster , Henry said, which could have made the trio's escape easier. \u2014 Raja Razek, Rebekah Riess And Christina Maxouris, CNN , 7 June 2022",
      "Inside one building, chunks of plaster were scattered, and doors, ripped from their hinges, lay across hallways. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "In 1941, the Yakutsk headquarters of the N.K.V.D., the Stalin-era secret police, sank into the earth, leading one of its walls to split open, spraying plaster over a room of operatives. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "On the night of August 19, marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols was taping up the walls in a bedroom of his home, prepping to lay some plaster . \u2014 Wallace J. Nichols, Outside Online , 25 Aug. 2020",
      "But sometime in the 200s BCE, the Maya smashed the plaster and razed the buildings at the site to the ground. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "There are several places on our westward-facing exterior wall where the plaster on the inside wall bubbles up. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "Bits of plaster , fallen off ceilings or walls, scatter dark hallways and forgotten corners. \u2014 Matthew Healey, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Its solution would plaster the Interstate 81 corridor with heavy snow. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "In practice, that means token holders get access to exclusive content, such as voting on which song to play in the stadium while the players warm up, or which motivational quote to plaster on the changing room wall. \u2014 Alex Webb, Bloomberg.com , 7 Sep. 2021",
      "This is Scheana once again making bad choices and then trying to plaster them over with a man\u2019s lies. \u2014 Brian Moylan, Vulture , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "Schiffilea\u2019s name was written in marker on the Sigma Nu fraternity house, where students gathered Friday to plaster the outside wall with protest signs and angry notes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "Throughout the month of October, companies eager to drive sales plaster their products with pink ribbons and inspirational quotes. \u2014 Hil Moss Reprints, STAT , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "In December, parent activists in New York City began going out after dark to plaster up hundreds of posters that call out child protective services. \u2014 Chris Gottlieb, Time , 17 Mar. 2021",
      "In fact, part of their media strategy going into Tuesday's election has been to plaster Trump's own words on billboards across Georgia, including one where Trump slammed Kemp and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey. \u2014 Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner , 4 Jan. 2021",
      "By apparently compromising moderator accounts, the attackers were able to plaster MAGA materials all over at least 70 popular subreddits. \u2014 Brian Barrett, Wired , 7 Aug. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English, from Latin emplastrum , from Greek emplastron , from emplassein to plaster on, from en- + plassein to mold, plaster; perhaps akin to Latin planus level, flat \u2014 more at floor":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plas-t\u0259r",
      "\u02c8pla-st\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "cataplasm",
      "dressing",
      "poultice"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034214",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plastered":{
    "antonyms":[
      "sober",
      "straight"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": drunk , intoxicated":[
        "Move over, children. Go eat your mini eggs somewhere else as your auntie wants to get plastered .",
        "\u2014 Mel Ramsay",
        "\u2026 oh we were plastered , we barely knew what we were doing \u2026",
        "\u2014 Dave Eggers",
        "College boys could get totally plastered , and the worst that would happen to them would be hangovers and missed morning classes.",
        "\u2014 Katha Pollitt"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I got totally plastered at the party.",
      "I don't believe it: you're totally plastered at your own dinner party.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Invoices filed with the city of Phoenix record Coze ordered more than 10 gallons of glue to hold the mural solidly in place on the plastered wall of Terminal 2. \u2014 Melissa Yeager, The Arizona Republic , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "Hidden behind a blank wall of plastered concrete, the building turns its back to the street, unveiling itself through a sequence of passages and stairwells that open into spaces of vivid austerity. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "The film\u2019s gorgeousness can occasionally get a bit coffee-table bookish, with pages turning to show you yet another plastered room lit by astonishing mountain light. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 3 Mar. 2021",
      "Their defensive backs will have to remain plastered to receivers while their rushers remain fully aware of where Rodgers is headed. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 1 Jan. 2021",
      "Tuya\u2019s smiling funerary mask is made from plastered and gilded linen. \u2014 National Geographic , 17 Sep. 2020",
      "Invoices show that Coze ordered more than 10 gallons of glue to hold the mural solidly in place on the plastered wall of Terminal 2. \u2014 Melissa Yeager, azcentral , 13 Dec. 2019",
      "The carefree clip shows Union casually strolling through an airport with a Joanna Vargas face mask plastered to her face. \u2014 Jennifer Ford, Essence , 21 Oct. 2019",
      "The pedestrian walkways near the protest site remain plastered with signs and pictures denouncing the police, who fired 150 rounds of tear gas, or about twice the amount used in the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement demonstrations. \u2014 David Pierson, latimes.com , 20 June 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1902, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pla-st\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "besotted",
      "blasted",
      "blind",
      "blitzed",
      "blotto",
      "bombed",
      "boozy",
      "canned",
      "cockeyed",
      "crocked",
      "drunk",
      "drunken",
      "fried",
      "gassed",
      "hammered",
      "high",
      "impaired",
      "inebriate",
      "inebriated",
      "intoxicated",
      "juiced",
      "lit",
      "lit up",
      "loaded",
      "looped",
      "oiled",
      "pickled",
      "pie-eyed",
      "potted",
      "ripped",
      "sloshed",
      "smashed",
      "sottish",
      "soused",
      "sozzled",
      "squiffed",
      "squiffy",
      "stewed",
      "stiff",
      "stinking",
      "stoned",
      "tanked",
      "tiddly",
      "tight",
      "tipsy",
      "wasted",
      "wet",
      "wiped out"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105106",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "plastering":{
    "antonyms":[
      "success",
      "triumph",
      "victory",
      "win"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a coating of or as if of plaster":[],
      ": a decisive defeat":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "our team's most recent plastering is just plain sad",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For years, the city and its residents have met the monsoon with precautionary measures including the clearing of municipal drains and the plastering of leaky roofs. \u2014 Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar, The Atlantic , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "The former Thomasina Tupponce, daughter of Thomas Tupponce, owner of a plastering business, and his wife, Hester Tupponce, a homemaker, was born in Washington, the fourth of seven children. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com , 8 Aug. 2021",
      "After a hailstorm a few years ago, the entire exterior got a makeover, including a new roof, windows and re- plastering by hand and a paint job. \u2014 Janice O'leary, Robb Report , 24 Feb. 2021",
      "Manuela Krager\u2019s protest involved her plastering signs throughout her town to demonstrate her opposition to the odor in the T\u00f6lzer Kasladen cheese shop in Bad-Heilbrunn, a town 40 miles south of Munich. \u2014 Joshua Bote, USA TODAY , 20 Dec. 2019",
      "The eco-friendly homes are built with a technique that uses local materials to build bricks that do not require plastering , thus cutting construction and transport costs. \u2014 Quartz Staff, Quartz Africa , 19 Sep. 2019",
      "The history of the three-story structure is seen throughout the interior: wooden beams and archways, mahogany floors, and artistic plastering by the famed American artist Sydney Richmond Burleigh. \u2014 Boston.com Real Estate , 26 July 2019",
      "In some buildings more than 450 layers of fine plastering have been documented on just four inches of wall. \u2014 National Geographic , 26 Mar. 2019",
      "Residents were told the process included sealing cracks in existing pavement - much like the plastering painters do to fill holes in walls before painting. \u2014 Bill Leukhardt, courant.com , 2 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pla-st(\u0259-)ri\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "beating",
      "defeat",
      "drubbing",
      "licking",
      "loss",
      "lump",
      "overthrow",
      "rout",
      "shellacking",
      "trimming",
      "trouncing",
      "whipping"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203118",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plastic":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": capable of adapting to varying conditions : pliable":[
        "ecologically plastic animals"
      ],
      ": capable of being deformed continuously and permanently in any direction without rupture":[],
      ": capable of being molded or modeled":[
        "plastic clay"
      ],
      ": credit cards used for payment":[],
      ": developing : forming":[
        "thrombo plastic"
      ],
      ": formative , creative":[
        "plastic forces in nature"
      ],
      ": made or consisting of a plastic":[],
      ": of or relating to (something designated by a term ending in -plasm, -plast, -plasty , or -plasy )":[
        "homo plastic",
        "neo plastic"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or involving plastic surgery":[],
      ": relating to, characterized by, or exhibiting neural plasticity":[],
      ": sculptural":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The toy was made of plastic .",
      "a company that manufactures plastics",
      "She used plastic to pay for her new computer.",
      "Adjective",
      "Silly Putty is famous for being very plastic .",
      "there's usually a plastic cordiality at these corporate events",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Bags included duffel-bucket combo shaped by the word FENDI cut out in leather; a denim Peekaboo incorporated as an external water bottle holder and bright shoppers were made out of recycled plastic . \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 18 June 2022",
      "The charismatic Italian surgeon who designed it foresaw a future where hearts and lungs could be made from plastic , and organ donations became a thing of the past. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
      "And last year, Lego unveiled a prototype brick made from recycled plastic . \u2014 Jordan Valinsky, CNN , 16 June 2022",
      "Made from a lightweight plastic , this tool is designed with a shape that's easy to hold in your hand. \u2014 Madison Yauger, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s built from the same black or white plastic and metal as Sonos other soundbars and speakers, and looks right at home alongside the company\u2019s other products. \u2014 Christian De Looper, BGR , 13 June 2022",
      "If guinea pigs are prone to chewing their hutches, the natural grass might help prevent them from ingesting plastic . \u2014 Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day , 6 June 2022",
      "This article from Cornell University, Growing Guide - Peppers, also suggests using black plastic or row covers. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 May 2022",
      "That includes learning how to cut back on carbon emissions and using less plastic . \u2014 Erin Spencer, The Conversation , 9 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Shareholder proposals called on companies to stop financing fossil fuels, reduce plastic waste and assess their positions on racial justice, among other issues, according to a review of the filings by The Wall Street Journal. \u2014 Dieter Holger, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
      "The United Nations, earlier this year, laid the foundations for an ambitious, legally binding treaty to reduce plastic waste. \u2014 Adela Suliman, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
      "Together these actions will eliminate more than 1.3 MILLION tonnes of plastic waste. \u2014 Adela Suliman, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "In addition, environmentalists and the petitioners are concerned that the legislation doesn\u2019t address the toxicity of plastic waste. \u2014 Susanne Ruststaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "The set is made from Eco+, billed as the first food-safe, sustainable material coming from mixed plastic waste or renewable sources. \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 15 June 2022",
      "In 2018, 107,000 metric tons of plastic waste from South Africa ended up in the marine environment. \u2014 CNN , 14 June 2022",
      "However, several of Utah\u2019s parks are ahead of the curve and have already begun taking steps to mitigate plastic waste, according to officials. \u2014 Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 June 2022",
      "Haaland notes in her order that the U.S. is one of the world\u2019s largest producers of plastic waste, with the Interior Department on its own creating nearly 80,000 tons of trash in 2020. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1624, in the meaning defined at sense 7":"Adjective",
      "1803, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek -plastikos , from plassein":"Adjective combining form",
      "Latin plasticus of molding, from Greek plastikos , from plassein to mold, form":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pla-stik",
      "\u02c8plas-tik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for plastic Adjective plastic , pliable , pliant , ductile , malleable , adaptable mean susceptible of being modified in form or nature. plastic applies to substances soft enough to be molded yet capable of hardening into the desired fixed form. plastic materials allow the sculptor greater freedom pliable suggests something easily bent, folded, twisted, or manipulated. pliable rubber tubing pliant may stress flexibility and sometimes connote springiness. an athletic shoe with a pliant sole ductile applies to what can be drawn out or extended with ease. ductile metals such as copper malleable applies to what may be pressed or beaten into shape. the malleable properties of gold adaptable implies the capability of being easily modified to suit other conditions, needs, or uses. computer hardware that is adaptable",
    "synonyms":[
      "malleable",
      "moldable",
      "shapable",
      "shapeable",
      "waxy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161835",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adjective combining form",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plastic wrap":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": thin, clear plastic that is used to wrap food or to cover containers that have food in them":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203858",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plat":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small piece of ground (such as a lot or quadrat) : plot":[],
      ": plait":[],
      ": to make a plat of":[],
      "plateau":[],
      "platoon":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1589, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, alteration of plaiten":"Verb",
      "Middle English, probably alteration of plot":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plat"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093243",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plat du jour":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dish that is featured by a restaurant on a particular day":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Feast on the plat du jour during lunch and charcuterie boards for dinner while sampling bottles of poulsard. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Most evenings, any entertainment that isn\u2019t associated with news is my go-to plat du jour . \u2014 Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "So, for this writer, the plat du jour of the Double Concerto is its second movement, the andante. \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com , 10 Nov. 2019",
      "There are some unassuming, excellent wine bars in the arches too\u2014ask about the plat du jour and of course the vermouth, at Vermuteria, then move along for a glass of petit manseng and a slice of olive cake with cherry compote at The Drop. \u2014 Vogue , 16 Sep. 2019",
      "F\u00e9au, formerly at the Royce and Wally\u2019s Santa Monica, will oversee a selection of French classics and plats du jour , including white-wine-poached mackerel, ahi tuna piperade, hanger steak with shallots, and a Grand Marnier souffl\u00e9. \u2014 Hadley Tomicki, latimes.com , 18 June 2019",
      "Quarterbacks are very much the plat du jour as far this year\u2019s free agency is concerned, with Kirk Cousins clearly the main prize. \u2014 Dan Cancian, Newsweek , 13 Mar. 2018",
      "Aside from the plat du jour , the menu never changed. \u2014 Don And Petie Kladstrup, Smithsonian , 9 Feb. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1906, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish pl\u00e1tano":""
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      ": a genus of trees (family Platanaceae) comprising the plane trees, being native in temperate regions, and having light brown often deciduous flaky bark, large palmately lobed leaves, and small monoecious flowers in globose heads \u2014 see london plane , sycamore sense 3a":[],
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      "noun"
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      ": a list or fillet between the flutings of a column":[],
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      ": domestic hollowware made of or plated with gold, silver, or base metals":[],
      ": food and service supplied to one person":[
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      ": to make a printing surface from or for":[],
      ": to provide with armor plate":[],
      ": without having been earned : as a gift":[
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      "Noun",
      "a plate of cheese and crackers",
      "I ate a salad and a plate of spaghetti.",
      "A shiny metal plate was screwed to the door.",
      "He had a steel plate put in his shoulder after the accident.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Beef Straganoff can be made in a pinch from a box, but to make your kids feel extra warm on a cold day, serve them up a plate of this homemade stew. \u2014 Courtney Campbell And Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 24 June 2022",
      "How the colorful purees on a plate of salt cod crudo follow traffic indicators, starting with good-to-go green (avocado)",
      "To me, the ideal pairing for a plate of BBQ ribs, pulled pork, chicken, etc. would be a bright, fruity Cru Beaujolais from France. \u2014 Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
      "Carpenter said other attendees tried to speak with him, invited him to join their table and offered to fix a plate of food for him. \u2014 Christine Fernando, USA TODAY , 18 June 2022",
      "After refueling yourself with a pizza-like flammkuchen, or a vesper plate of local ham, sausages and Bibbeles K\u00e4s, a regional cottage cheese, indulge in a piece of Schwarzw\u00e4lder Kirschschnitte. \u2014 Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "No other symbol has the power to instantly evoke the region or a plate of tacos by the mere shape of its outline. \u2014 Douglas C. Towne, The Arizona Republic , 11 June 2022",
      "At the buffet, a Luke attired in a white karate gi grabbed a plate of salmon as other passengers poured cups of blue milk, a delicacy on Tatooine. \u2014 Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "Wine tasting at Gilmanton Winery & Vineyard is best with a plate of nibbles. \u2014 Patricia Harris And David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Belle Hummel would then plate a pair on a triple as she was thrown out at home trying to round the circuit. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 24 May 2022",
      "Two errors from Rays fielders helped plate one more run in the seventh. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 22 May 2022",
      "Collin Brougham induced a ground-ball double play for the first two outs, but allowed Jacob Hager\u2019s single up the middle to plate the Red Wolves\u2019 only run before retiring Wil French on a ground ball to second base. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 6 May 2022",
      "Amelia Streuber allowed the Lancers to plate two more runs. \u2014 Alec White, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022",
      "Hoover threatened once more in the fifth, but was unable to plate any runs and was sat down in order in the final two frames. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "When ready to serve, remove the lid from your pot, place your serving dish or plate over top of it and carefully and quickly flip the whole thing over. \u2014 Felicia Campbell, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "When ready to serve, remove the lid from your pot, place your serving dish or plate over top of it and carefully and quickly flip the whole thing over. \u2014 Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "As the team went to plate a course, a young cook came up to Keller with stacks of dishes. \u2014 Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report , 18 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from plate , feminine of plat flat, from Vulgar Latin *plattus , probably from Greek platys broad, flat \u2014 more at place":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "lamella",
      "lamina",
      "scale"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193350",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": body armor of plates of metal \u2014 compare mail sense 1b":[],
      ": strong metal plate used especially for protecting naval vessels or forts":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005511",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": b battery":[]
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    "examples":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224936",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "plate-and-frame filter":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a filter press in which the spaces for the caked solid matter are formed by inserting hollow frames between each pair of plates instead of providing the plates with raised edges":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001855",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "plateau":{
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    "definitions":{
      ": a level of attainment or achievement":[
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      ": a region of little or no change in a graphic representation":[],
      ": a relatively stable level, period, or condition":[],
      ": a similar undersea feature":[],
      ": a usually extensive land area having a relatively level surface raised sharply above adjacent land on at least one side : tableland":[],
      ": to reach a level, period, or condition of stability or maximum attainment":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a plateau covering hundreds of miles",
      "The price of gas seems to have reached a plateau .",
      "Verb",
      "Sales of computers have plateaued in recent years.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Many Western nations fortunate enough to have abundant vaccine supplies have seen inoculation rates plateau , with more than 20 percent of their populations still unprotected. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Grant noted that Connecticut has seen a plateau in certain COVID-19 metrics. \u2014 Alex Putterman, courant.com , 4 Mar. 2021",
      "After his death, Birman's body was moved to a plateau and taken down from the mountain by helicopter before being sent to the Alaska medical examiner's office late Friday night. \u2014 CBS News , 6 June 2022",
      "But the April figures may yet hold signs that inflation could be starting to plateau . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
      "There is, however, some suggestion that coronavirus levels in wastewater are starting to plateau in Orange County and San Francisco, Yu said. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
      "The 5-foot-10 sophomore guard underwent surgery on Dec. 13 to repair anterior tibial plateau fracture and lateral meniscus tear. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "The fifth-year senior has missed two games because of a muscle strain after missing the first 14 coming off a tibial plateau fracture. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "Auriemma said Bueckers is considering surgery to repair the tibial plateau fracture. \u2014 Matt Sugam, ajc , 12 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Rising grain and corn costs eliminate some of the hope that inflation could plateau in the second half of the year. \u2014 Patrick Thomas And Alistair Macdonald, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "Love said health experts are hopeful that cases will plateau or drop off in two to three weeks. \u2014 Tom Steele, Dallas News , 24 Aug. 2021",
      "Modeling indicates that the area\u2019s outbreak could plateau toward the end of the month and start to abate sometime in February, Mayor Ron Nirenberg said during the daily coronavirus briefing. \u2014 Lauren Caruba, ExpressNews.com , 11 Jan. 2021",
      "But experts fear that without coordinated and sustained efforts, the country will plateau at this high level of cases. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 4 Sep. 2020",
      "Unemployment claims filed with the Texas Workforce Commission have plateaued since peaking in April. \u2014 Dallas News , 5 June 2020",
      "Both rates have decreased since the survey began and started to plateau in recent weeks. \u2014 Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY , 1 June 2020",
      "Despite Tuesday's grim numbers, Beshear and health commissioner Dr. Steven Stack said the rate of new virus cases continues to plateau . \u2014 Jonathan Bullington, The Courier-Journal , 5 May 2020",
      "Instead of falling, cases in Alabama have plateaued . \u2014 al , 29 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1743, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1939, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Middle French, platter, from plat flat":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pla-\u02cct\u014d",
      "pla-\u02c8t\u014d",
      "pla-\u02c8t\u014d, \u02c8pla-\u02cc"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "altiplano",
      "mesa",
      "table",
      "tableland"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100905",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plateau-basalt":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": basalt extruded on continental areas that lacks olivine and may contain quartz":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073319",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plateband":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": platband sense 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by alteration":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174300",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plateful":{
    "antonyms":[
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      "bit",
      "dab",
      "dram",
      "driblet",
      "glimmer",
      "handful",
      "hint",
      "lick",
      "little",
      "mite",
      "mouthful",
      "nip",
      "ounce",
      "peanuts",
      "pinch",
      "pittance",
      "scruple",
      "shade",
      "shadow",
      "smidgen",
      "smidgeon",
      "smidgin",
      "smidge",
      "speck",
      "spot",
      "sprinkle",
      "sprinkling",
      "strain",
      "streak",
      "suspicion",
      "tad",
      "taste",
      "touch",
      "trace"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a large number or amount":[
        "a plateful of problems"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a degree in that field would give you a plateful of possibilities for a career",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "People were making varenyky, soft Ukrainian dumplings stuffed with cheese or sauerkraut, by the plateful . \u2014 Anna Russell, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Or the lower spoiler, the Hyundai a plateful of triangular quesadilla slices. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "This week\u2019s lineup of entertainment options includes a plateful of funny ladies. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "The brakes resist fade more stubbornly than a kid faced with eating a plateful of broccoli. \u2014 Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "Picture a plateful of flounder leaping off the dish and chomping the epicure\u2019s nose. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Nov. 2021",
      "And the cencioni\u2019s meaty chew made the dish just as satisfying as a plateful of tteok. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "The holiday season is replete with platefuls of food, piles of gifts and swarms of travelers, all of which take a toll on the environment. \u2014 London Gibson, Indianapolis Star , 26 Dec. 2019",
      "After each of the clams break open, the chef tops them with the creamy mustard sauce and hands them out by the plateful . \u2014 Fortune , 14 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1641, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101t-\u02ccfu\u0307l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "abundance",
      "barrel",
      "basketful",
      "boatload",
      "bucket",
      "bunch",
      "bundle",
      "bushel",
      "carload",
      "chunk",
      "deal",
      "dozen",
      "fistful",
      "gobs",
      "good deal",
      "heap",
      "hundred",
      "lashings",
      "lashins",
      "loads",
      "lot",
      "mass",
      "mess",
      "mountain",
      "much",
      "multiplicity",
      "myriad",
      "oodles",
      "pack",
      "passel",
      "peck",
      "pile",
      "plenitude",
      "plentitude",
      "plenty",
      "pot",
      "potful",
      "profusion",
      "quantity",
      "raft",
      "reams",
      "scads",
      "sheaf",
      "shipload",
      "sight",
      "slew",
      "spate",
      "stack",
      "store",
      "ton",
      "truckload",
      "volume",
      "wad",
      "wealth",
      "yard"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185421",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "platform":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a basic pattern (such as the chassis) upon which an automobile or class of automobiles is constructed":[
        "Based on the platform of Fiat's upmarket Alfa Romeo Giulietta, though wider and longer for American roads, it's all in all a much sexier compact than anything Chrysler has ever designed.",
        "\u2014 Bill Saporito"
      ],
      ": a flat horizontal surface that is usually higher than the adjoining area: such as":[],
      ": a means or opportunity to communicate ideas or information to a group of people":[
        "The event provides a platform for Latino artists, writers and creators in the comic book industry.",
        "\u2014 Sonia Ramirez",
        "\u2026 a new understanding among the young of how celebrity now works, and the power of a personal brand as a marketing platform .",
        "\u2014 Strawberry Saroyan"
      ],
      ": a raised flooring (such as a stage or dais)":[
        "\u2026 a great stack of chairs piled up on and about the musicians' platform \u2026",
        "\u2014 Joseph Conrad",
        "From this official table on a raised platform \u2026 , Robert Thomas, the show's chairman, directs operations \u2026",
        "\u2014 Liz Horwitt"
      ],
      ": a shoe having such a sole":[],
      ": a usually thick layer (as of cork) between the inner sole and outer sole of a shoe":[],
      ": a vehicle (such as a satellite or aircraft) used for a particular purpose or to carry a usually specified kind of equipment":[],
      ": an application or website that serves as a base from which a service is provided":[
        "music streaming platforms",
        "\u2026 has built a cloud-computing platform for use by others.",
        "\u2014 The Economist",
        "\u2026 billions of photos scraped from Facebook and other social media platforms .",
        "\u2014 C. J. Ciaramella"
      ],
      ": an elevated area next to railroad tracks for the boarding of trains":[
        "The platform was crowded with waiting passengers."
      ],
      ": plan , design":[],
      ": the grounds or basis for further action":[
        "The company used the innovation as a platform for future growth."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He stepped up onto the platform and looked out into the audience.",
      "She stepped off the train onto the platform .",
      "Our train is boarding on platform 6.",
      "The party adopted a new platform .",
      "The company plans to use the show as a platform to launch the new soft drink.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Earlier this week, Lil Nas X released the pre-save code for the track and hilariously used fake collaborations with McDonald\u2019s and Grindr to get fans to add the single to their streaming platform of choice. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 22 June 2022",
      "Cisneros ran on a platform of progressive politics, promoting a pro-union message. \u2014 Thomas Phippen, Fox News , 21 June 2022",
      "Users must also be 16 years and over to launch their own TikTok LIVEs, according to the social media platform . \u2014 Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
      "YouTube took down a clip uploaded by the Jan. 6 committee to the video platform , saying the video, which featured a clip of former president Donald Trump telling lies about the 2020 election, spread misinformation without the proper context. \u2014 Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
      "Simply examining data on the tweets that are posted to Twitter may also leave out some bot or fake accounts that don't actually post to the platform . \u2014 Clare Duffy, CNN , 17 June 2022",
      "The consortium led by Viacom18, a joint venture between Paramount Global and Ambani\u2019s Reliance Industries, also includes Bodhi Tree Systems, a platform of James Murdoch\u2019s Lupa Systems and former Disney president Uday Shankar. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 14 June 2022",
      "With expansion to additional sites underway, NWSS provides technical assistance in sample collection and SARS-CoV-2 viral quantification, and access to a data analytics platform . \u2014 Aparna Keshaviah, STAT , 13 June 2022",
      "Netflix is mining popular original series like The Queen\u2019s Gambit and La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) for a slew of new mobile games coming to the streaming platform . \u2014 J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French plate-forme diagram, map, literally, flat form":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plat-\u02ccf\u022frm"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "dais",
      "podium",
      "rostrum",
      "stage",
      "stand",
      "tribune"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195714",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "platitude":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a banal, trite, or stale remark":[],
      ": the quality or state of being dull or insipid":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "His speech was filled with familiar platitudes about the value of hard work and dedication.",
      "\u201cblondes have more fun\u201d is a silly platitude",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This platitude has come to be a constant refrain on social media, as obnoxious and frequent as a car insurance commercial. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 23 June 2022",
      "No politician may come and simply repeat the platitude of thoughts and prayers. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "Dozens of motivational quotes tell us that is discomfort is where growth happens\u2014I\u2019ve repeated this platitude to my backpacking clients and friends while scrambling a ridgeline or taking off our hiking boots to ford an ice-cold river. \u2014 Hannah Singleton, Outside Online , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The triumphant stars would save face, in the knowledge that their dronings, rich in platitude and gratitude, would never make the cut, and our Sunday evening would be magically freed up. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Auburn wasted no time in making sure its belief in Johnson wasn\u2019t just an empty platitude . \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "The idea that earthly matters can\u2019t touch something as lofty as space travel is only a platitude , not a certainty. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "The idea that thought creates reality is not just a metaphysical platitude , but something that needs to be put into constant action through our choices and actions. \u2014 Jennifer Sodini, Rolling Stone , 29 Sep. 2021",
      "But to list these as elements of a Mexican story is to assert a platitude , and Melchor\u2019s novel is not a catalog of the country\u2019s troubles. \u2014 Emmanuel Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez Angulo, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1762, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "French, from plat flat, dull":""
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      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism":[]
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      "Whereas in the more northerly clime of England the courtly lover of Malory and the Round Table tended to platonic adoration from afar, the Parisian woman already expected\u2014and received\u2014more earthly devotion. \u2014 Alistair Horne , Seven Ages of Paris , 2002",
      "Relax. The Three Phils are strictly platonic . Yet three-pal business relationships are just as vulnerable to messy implosions as their romantic counterparts. \u2014 Anne Marie Cruz , ESPN , 7 Feb. 2000",
      "\u2026 before concluding that your PC is for work and not pleasure, try hooking up a couple of first-rate speakers and then planting yourself in the platonic ideal of the chair. \u2014 Fortune , Summer 1998",
      "They had a platonic friendship, not a romantic one.",
      "Our relationship was strictly platonic .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "What was important to accomplish in your characters\u2019 romantic lives as opposed to their platonic ones",
      "But the most compelling relationship in the film is the platonic one between Noah and Howie. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
      "After that swipe right, the two finance professionals cultivated a platonic bond, forged by a shared sense of humor and back-and-forth banter that kept them talking. \u2014 Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "The couple are moving in together after their relationship went from platonic to romantic over the course of six years while filming the Bravo series. \u2014 Alex Cramer, PEOPLE.com , 5 June 2022",
      "At the time, a source told People that the hand-holding was totally platonic . \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 13 May 2022",
      "The friendship between Bobbi and Frances is messy, fraught with emotion, and tinged with jealousy \u2014 and the lines between platonic and romantic are constantly blurred. \u2014 Maggie Zhou, refinery29.com , 16 May 2022",
      "Gonzalez created his ballet with a playful theme that alludes to platonic and romantic relationships. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Meanwhile, Keith\u2019s tomboy best friend Watts (Stuart Masterson) realizes that her feelings for him are more than platonic . \u2014 Kristina Garcia, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Latin platonicus , from Greek plat\u014dnikos , from Plat\u014dn Plato":""
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      ": any of the five regular geometrical solids comprising the simple tetrahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron":[]
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      ": a close relationship between two persons in which sexual desire is nonexistent or has been suppressed or sublimated":[],
      ": love conceived by Plato as ascending from passion for the individual to contemplation of the universal and ideal":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "However, the show\u2019s depiction of friendship \u2013 particularly that between Charlie and Tao \u2013 is challenging the idea of what platonic love can look like. \u2014 Chichi Offor, refinery29.com , 29 May 2022",
      "Set in a 2012 London house-share, with flashbacks to suburban adolescence in the early 2000s, the series is a deep dive into bad dates, heartaches and humiliations and asks whether platonic love can survive romantic love as the protagonists grow up. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "The result is a record that challenges the notion of experimental music\u2019s emotional capability via the undeniable warmth of romantic, familial, and platonic love . \u2014 Natalie Maher, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "Since the idea of a platonic love story comes from your own lives, do your characters resemble you",
      "The concept of platonic love comes directly from director Nikole Beckwith's experiences with deep friendship. \u2014 David Oliver, USA TODAY , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "In 1925 Kansas, a teenage girl suffers an emotional breakdown following a platonic love affair. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2021",
      "The platonic love that develops between these two men does become critical later in the story, as their situation becomes more desperate. \u2014 Bilge Ebiri, Vulture , 19 Mar. 2021",
      "Katherine Heigl of rom-com royalty is back, only this new show is more about a platonic love story. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 14 Oct. 2020"
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      "1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      ": a subdivision of a company-sized military unit normally consisting of two or more squads or sections":[],
      ": to alternate with another player at the same position":[],
      ": to play (one player) alternately with another player in the same position (as on a baseball team)":[],
      ": to use alternate players at the same position":[]
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      "Noun",
      "will need a platoon of assistants to mount the display at the spring flower show",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Adapted from a novel by Jack Carr, the series features Pratt as James Reece, a hard-driving Navy SEAL whose platoon is ambushed and decimated during a covert mission. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 1 July 2022",
      "Jack Reacher clone whose platoon is wiped out during a mission gone awry in Syria. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 30 June 2022",
      "In an early platoon scene, Pratt and Schwarzenegger \u2013 the son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver \u2013 are the only actors with no military experience. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
      "The first would be a solid platoon option in Rafael Ortega. \u2014 Jared Wyllys, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "The political action committee is also known by its acronym, CAVPAC, which points to Pompeo\u2019s service as an Army tank platoon leader and cavalry troop executive officer during the Cold War in Europe following his graduation from West Point. \u2014 Paul Steinhauser, Fox News , 27 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s a tank platoon in the dark forest here, holding in reserve on favorable terrain, lest the Russians succeed in crossing the river. \u2014 Mac William Bishop, Rolling Stone , 12 June 2022",
      "The British also will train a platoon at a time under the plan, Milley said, allowing Ukrainian forces to build up their rocket artillery. \u2014 Dan Lamothe And Cate Cadell, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
      "Much of that groundwork has been achieved by the likes of Mike Brosseau, Jace Peterson and Tyrone Taylor, who have come off the bench to give the Brewers a platoon advantage against opponents\u2019 bullpens. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The guess here is that Marsh, a left-handed batter, will platoon with the right-handed-hitting Ward in left, and Adell will get the bulk of the early starts in right field. \u2014 Mike Digiovannastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "The left-handed-hitting Marsh, who can play all three outfield spots and is the better defender, could platoon with Justin Upton in left field or win that spot outright if Upton struggles. \u2014 Mike Digiovannastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Adding a power hitter who could platoon at DH is intriguing. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 June 2021",
      "Pollock, who figures to platoon in left field with Matt Beaty, is batting .277 with four home runs and a .791 OPS in 32 games this season. \u2014 Iliana Lim\u00f3n Romero, Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2021",
      "As Purdue coach Matt Painter has done in recent seasons with his glut of centers, the post players often platoon . \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Mar. 2021",
      "Rookies Alex Kirilloff and Brent Rooker could platoon in left field, with left-handed hitting Kirilloff getting most of the at-bats. \u2014 Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2021",
      "Pinder and Kemp could platoon at second base but would thus be less free to roam. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Mar. 2021",
      "The Cavs\u2019 decision to platoon the center spot, splitting the minutes almost evenly, didn\u2019t work either. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 15 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1963, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
      "circa 1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French peloton small detachment, literally, ball, from Middle French pelote little ball \u2014 more at pellet":"Noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100519",
    "type":[
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      ": a departmentalized school in which the pupils of each grade are organized into platoons that take turns in using the classrooms, shops, auditorium, gymnasium, and other physical resources of the school plant":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a noncommissioned officer normally with the rank of sergeant first class in the U.S. Army and with the rank of staff sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Director Perry, a military veteran, based the latter character on his old platoon sergeant . \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 7 June 2022",
      "Separately on the base, the former platoon sergeant of the Bravo Company platoon involved in the sinking will face an administrative separation board. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "The lowest-ranking Marines facing boards are two enlisted men who were staff sergeants in July 2020 \u2014 the former platoon sergeant and the vehicle commander of the track that sank. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "Separately, the unnamed former platoon sergeant of the Bravo Company platoon involved in the sinking will face an administrative separation board. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "In the last weeks of World War II, in Italy, an exploding shell so racked his body that a platoon sergeant gave him a shot of morphine on the battlefield. \u2014 David M. Shribman, Los Angeles Times , 5 Dec. 2021",
      "He was deployed in the 1991 Gulf War and served in Korea and Germany before being deployed to Iraq in 2005 while serving as a platoon sergeant in the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Benning, Georgia. \u2014 Deena Zaru, ABC News , 16 Dec. 2021",
      "Over just a few days, 50 percent of the 40-man platoon was wounded in a series of IED attacks, including the platoon sergeant and other experienced Marines. \u2014 Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Nov. 2021",
      "Now retired from the Army and residing in El Paso, Texas, Richard Wilson was Davis\u2019 platoon sergeant in Iraq. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 11 Nov. 2021"
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      "1890, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082627",
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a system of assignment of divisions of the police of a large city to duty at stated times so that the city is equally policed at all hours":[],
      ": a system of football strategy in which defensive and offensive platoons are alternated in play":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060606",
    "type":[
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    "definitions":{
      ": applaud":[],
      ": praise , applause":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin plaudere to applaud":"Transitive verb",
      "probably back-formation from plaudite":"Noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100534",
    "type":[
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      "transitive verb"
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      ": an act or round of applause":[],
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      "the proud parents bragged that their daughter had received many plaudits for her academic achievements",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Each of the 57 members of the House and 11 Senators who voted against the bill would agree that the Ukrainian people deserve every plaudit , prayer and antitank missile coming their way. \u2014 Kevin Roberts, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
      "While his work \u2013 and indeed the performances of his players last summer \u2013 deserves every plaudit and will never be forgotten, there can be no doubt that Italian football must recognise the need for change. \u2014 Adam Digby, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Rettke reeled in her fourth plaudit as a senior earlier this year, then came back for a fifth season available to athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Dec. 2021",
      "To this point in the season, Brady had been the steady frontrunner for the plaudit , according to oddsmakers. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "The feature\u2019s best Basque Film Irizar Award, which these days is a highly competitive plaudit , has launched P\u00e9rez Sa\u00f1udo. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "The only times the network has given out the plaudit previously is when the title was bestowed on Chris Stapleton in 2015, Kelsea Ballerini in 2016 and Ashley McBryde two years ago, all seals of early-in-the-game approval that have aged well. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Gabe Kapler will earn that plaudit in the National League. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "Morikawa deserves every plaudit imaginable, his nerves-of-steel, bogey-free Sunday a testament to his mental and physical prowess. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin plaudite applaud, plural imperative of plaudere to applaud":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u022f-d\u0259t"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "acclamation",
      "applause",
      "cheer",
      "cheering",
      "ovation",
      "rave(s)",
      "r\u00e9clame"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100338",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[
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      ": an act or round of applause":[],
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        "\u2014 usually used in plural received the plaudits of the critics"
      ]
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    "examples":[
      "the proud parents bragged that their daughter had received many plaudits for her academic achievements",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Each of the 57 members of the House and 11 Senators who voted against the bill would agree that the Ukrainian people deserve every plaudit , prayer and antitank missile coming their way. \u2014 Kevin Roberts, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
      "While his work \u2013 and indeed the performances of his players last summer \u2013 deserves every plaudit and will never be forgotten, there can be no doubt that Italian football must recognise the need for change. \u2014 Adam Digby, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Rettke reeled in her fourth plaudit as a senior earlier this year, then came back for a fifth season available to athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Dec. 2021",
      "To this point in the season, Brady had been the steady frontrunner for the plaudit , according to oddsmakers. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "The feature\u2019s best Basque Film Irizar Award, which these days is a highly competitive plaudit , has launched P\u00e9rez Sa\u00f1udo. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "The only times the network has given out the plaudit previously is when the title was bestowed on Chris Stapleton in 2015, Kelsea Ballerini in 2016 and Ashley McBryde two years ago, all seals of early-in-the-game approval that have aged well. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Gabe Kapler will earn that plaudit in the National League. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "Morikawa deserves every plaudit imaginable, his nerves-of-steel, bogey-free Sunday a testament to his mental and physical prowess. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin plaudite applaud, plural imperative of plaudere to applaud":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u022f-d\u0259t"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233728",
    "type":[
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      ": an appeal for applause especially by an ancient Roman actor":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":{
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050228",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": applausive , laudatory":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "obsolete English plauditor one who applauds (from English plaudit entry 2 + -or ) + English -y":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-t\u022fr-",
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025720",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": something plausible":[],
      ": the quality or state of being plausible":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Best not to think too long or hard about the dumb plot, the threadbare romance, the fetishization of U.S. military might or the de rigueur plausibility issues. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
      "On occasion, Chou shoots for laughs over character consistency and plausibility . \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Audiences are adept at evaluating a movie in terms of its core elements, such as plot cohesion, character plausibility and thematic focus. \u2014 Michael Saler, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "The movie has every right to be fiction, but the heart of its drama lies in its patina of plausibility . \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Convincing every conservative to work voluntarily toward anti-Semitic policies lacks plausibility . \u2014 WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "But some theories came with a patina of plausibility . \u2014 Stephan Lewandowsky, Scientific American , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Indeed, some hate-watched the series to point out flaws, or question the plausibility of certain storylines or character decisions. \u2014 Amber Dowling, Variety , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "The island has long been split over the missile deployment, but the growing plausibility of a Taiwan conflict has stoked existential fears. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1649, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccpl\u022f-z\u0259-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-t\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170759",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "plausible":{
    "antonyms":[
      "far-fetched",
      "implausible",
      "improbable",
      "incredible",
      "unbelievable",
      "unlikely",
      "unplausible"
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    "definitions":{
      ": appearing worthy of belief":[
        "the argument was both powerful and plausible"
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      ": superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious":[
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      ],
      ": superficially pleasing or persuasive":[
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        "\u2014 R. W. Emerson"
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    "examples":[
      "In our solar system, the biggest moon is Jupiter's Ganymede, which has a mass only 2.5 percent that of Earth\u2014too small to easily hang on to an Earth-like atmosphere. But I realized that there are plausible ways for moons approaching the mass of Earth to form in other planetary systems, potentially around giant planets within their stars' habitable zones, where such moons could have atmospheres similar to our own planet. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 Heller , Scientific American , January 2015",
      "I watch the ospreys who nest on Perch Island high atop their white spruce. Our sense of a plausible summer depends much on their diligent success at nest-building and procreation, and on their chicks fledging in late August. \u2014 Richard Ford , Wall Street Journal , 14-15 June 2008",
      "\u2026 I'd mastered the quick size-up. Does the person seem agreeable over coffee at the drugstore counter and picking up his mail at the post office, drive a plausible vehicle, and know the weather forecast",
      "\u2026 string theorists can exhibit plausible models of a unified Universe, but unfortunately they cannot explain why we inhabit a particular one. \u2014 Michael Atiyah , Nature , 22-29 Dec. 2005",
      "it's a plausible explanation for the demise of that prehistoric species",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There\u2019s only one plausible explanation: the feds are covering for themselves. \u2014 Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
      "The most plausible explanation for this difference is the greater caution of the Japanese players, both toward issuing forecasts and toward charging more for their products. \u2014 Stephen Wilmot, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
      "The 2022 figure is plausible , but the 2023 number wont\u2019 get inflation down. \u2014 Bill Conerly, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "By some accounts, only two outcomes are plausible : mild or major recession. \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
      "But the contours of the violence make one explanation plausible . \u2014 Star Tribune , 18 Mar. 2021",
      "That shouldn't be the explanation here because, of course, there are a great many things these witnesses can testify with no even plausible claim of executive privilege. \u2014 CBS News , 5 June 2022",
      "Suffice to say that the scandalous accusations and details, back and forth, would get edited out of any plausible Hollywood script not written by John Waters. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2022",
      "Jordan, too, had a plausible motive for murder\u2014Stanford planned to fire him upon returning from her trip\u2014but White thinks that the bumbling administrator didn\u2019t have it in him. \u2014 Maia Silber, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin plausibilis worthy of applause, from plausus , past participle of plaudere":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u022f-z\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "believable",
      "credible",
      "creditable",
      "likely",
      "presumptive",
      "probable"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231102",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": manifesting praise or approval":[],
      ": pleasing":[],
      ": specious":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin plausus , past participle":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-siv",
      "\u02c8pl\u022f-ziv"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061344",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to a wagon or cart":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin plaustr um wagon + English -al ; probably akin to Latin plaudere to clap, beat, applaud":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u022fstr\u0259l"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224334",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an ancient Roman two-wheeled farm cart":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-tr\u0259m"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024113",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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      "dally",
      "disport",
      "frolic",
      "recreate",
      "rollick",
      "skylark",
      "sport",
      "toy"
    ],
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      ": a function of an electronic device that causes a recording to play":[],
      ": a move or series of moves calculated to arouse friendly feelings":[
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      ],
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      ": absence of serious or harmful intent : jest":[
        "said it in play"
      ],
      ": amorous flirtation : dalliance":[],
      ": an act, way, or manner of proceeding : maneuver":[
        "that was a play to get your fingerprints",
        "\u2014 Erle Stanley Gardner"
      ],
      ": brisk, fitful, or light movement":[
        "the gem presented a dazzling play of colors"
      ],
      ": cooperate":[],
      ": deal , venture":[],
      ": emphasis or publicity especially in the news media":[
        "wished the country received a better play in the American press",
        "\u2014 Hugh MacLennan"
      ],
      ": exploit , manipulate":[],
      ": flutter , frisk":[],
      ": gamble":[],
      ": game , sport":[],
      ": gaming , gambling":[],
      ": in condition or position to be legitimately played":[],
      ": masturbate":[],
      ": not in play":[],
      ": one's turn in a game":[
        "it's your play"
      ],
      ": scope or opportunity for action":[],
      ": sexual intercourse":[],
      ": show , run":[
        "what's playing at the theater"
      ],
      ": swordplay":[],
      ": the act or an instance of playing on words or speech sounds":[],
      ": the action during an attempt to advance the ball in football":[],
      ": the action in which a player is put out in baseball":[],
      ": the action in which cards are played after bidding in a card game":[],
      ": the conduct, course, or action of a game":[],
      ": the moving of a piece in a board game (such as chess)":[],
      ": the stage representation of an action or story":[],
      ": the state of being active, operative, or relevant":[
        "other motives surely come into play",
        "\u2014 M. R. Cohen",
        "several issues are at play"
      ],
      ": to act according to a code or set of standards":[],
      ": to act in a dramatic production":[],
      ": to act in the character or part of":[],
      ": to act or perform in":[
        "played leading theaters"
      ],
      ": to act so as to prove advantageous to another":[
        "\u2014 usually used in the phrase play into the hands of"
      ],
      ": to act with special consideration so as to gain favor, approval, or sympathy":[
        "might play to popular prejudices to serve his political ends",
        "\u2014 V. L. Parrington",
        "\u2014 often used in the phrase play up to"
      ],
      ": to act with the means available to one":[],
      ": to amount to by one's efforts":[
        "played an important role in their success"
      ],
      ": to be rational or sane":[],
      ": to be suitable for dramatic performance":[],
      ": to behave or conduct oneself in a specified way":[
        "play safe"
      ],
      ": to catch or pick up (a batted ball) : field":[
        "played the ball bare-handed"
      ],
      ": to cause (a device, such as a radio) to emit sounds":[],
      ": to cause the recorded sound or image of (something, such as a record, optical disk, or a digital file) to be reproduced":[],
      ": to cause to move or operate lightly and irregularly or intermittently":[],
      ": to contend against in or as if in a game":[],
      ": to date or have romantic connections with more than one person":[],
      ": to deal in a light, speculative, or sportive manner":[],
      ": to deal or behave frivolously or mockingly : jest":[],
      ": to deal with something without previous planning or instructions":[],
      ": to deal with, handle, or manage":[],
      ": to discharge, fire, or set off with continuous effect":[
        "played the hose on the burning building"
      ],
      ": to do something risky or dangerous":[],
      ": to emit sounds":[
        "the radio is playing"
      ],
      ": to engage in (an activity) as a game":[],
      ": to engage in or occupy oneself with":[
        "play baseball"
      ],
      ": to engage in sport or recreation : frolic":[],
      ": to engage or take part in a game":[],
      ": to feign a specified state or quality":[
        "play dead"
      ],
      ": to gain approval : go over":[
        "her idea did not play well"
      ],
      ": to guard or move into position to defend against (an opponent) in a specified manner":[],
      ": to keep (a hooked fish) in action":[],
      ": to make use of double meaning or of the similarity of sound of two words for stylistic or humorous effect":[],
      ": to make wagers on":[
        "play the races"
      ],
      ": to move aimlessly about : trifle":[],
      ": to move or function freely within prescribed limits":[],
      ": to move or operate in a lively, irregular, or intermittent manner":[],
      ": to operate on the basis of":[
        "play a hunch"
      ],
      ": to perform (music) on an instrument":[
        "play a waltz"
      ],
      ": to perform an action during one's turn in a game":[],
      ": to perform in a position in a specified manner":[
        "the outfielders were playing deep"
      ],
      ": to perform music":[
        "play on a violin"
      ],
      ": to perform music of (a certain composer)":[],
      ": to perform music on":[
        "play the violin"
      ],
      ": to perform or act the part of":[
        "play the fool"
      ],
      ": to perform or execute for amusement or to deceive or mock":[
        "play a trick"
      ],
      ": to perform the duties associated with (a certain position)":[
        "played quarterback"
      ],
      ": to pretend to be asleep or dead":[],
      ": to pretend to engage in the activities of":[
        "play war",
        "children playing house"
      ],
      ": to produce a specified impression in performance":[
        "a movie that plays like a sitcom"
      ],
      ": to produce a stream":[
        "hoses playing on a fire"
      ],
      ": to put on a performance of (a play)":[],
      ": to reproduce recorded sounds":[
        "a record is playing"
      ],
      ": to set opposing interests against each other to one's own ultimate profit":[],
      ": to sound in performance":[
        "the organ is playing"
      ],
      ": to speculate on or in":[
        "play the stock market"
      ],
      ": to take a subordinate position":[],
      ": to take advantage":[
        "playing on fears"
      ],
      ": to take part in or assent to some activity : cooperate":[
        "play along with his scheme"
      ],
      ": to toy or fiddle around with something":[
        "played with her food"
      ],
      ": to try to hide the truth from someone by deceptive means":[],
      ": to use as a contestant in a game":[
        "the coach did not play him"
      ],
      ": to use or introduce as a political or rhetorical strategy":[
        "play the national security card"
      ],
      ": to wager in a game : stake":[],
      ": wield , ply":[],
      ": wreak":[
        "play havoc"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The play is based on a real-life event.",
      "He wrote, directed, and starred in the play .",
      "His fifth grade class is putting on a play about the first Thanksgiving.",
      "I've gone to all of my daughter's school plays .",
      "The book discusses the role of play in a child's development.",
      "As the saying goes, \u201cAll work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.\u201d",
      "Please, no talking during play .",
      "Rain held up play for an hour.",
      "The chess match finally ended after three hours of play .",
      "The two golfers were tied at the start of play yesterday.",
      "Verb",
      "The children were playing in the yard.",
      "Can Sara come out and play ",
      "He played by himself in his room.",
      "Did you play any sports in high school",
      "No one dares to play chess with him.",
      "The children were playing hide-and-seek.",
      "I have a chess set. Do you want to play ",
      "It's your turn to play .",
      "She hurt her wrist but decided to continue playing .",
      "He played in every major tournament this year.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "How did injuries affect TyTy Washington's play at Kentucky",
      "The moves paid off as Kuemper made 37 saves and started a play in overtime that Kadri finished off for a 3-2 victory. \u2014 Mike Brehm, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
      "With one out, Ryan Mountcastle \u2014 who entered play tied for the American League lead in extra-base hits for the month \u2014 doubled, taking third on an error in the outfield. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun , 23 June 2022",
      "Alexander, backing up the play , chased the ball down and attempted a spinning throw to third but sent it far wide. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
      "Arkansas is vying to become the first team since Oregon State in 2018 to punch its ticket to the national championship series through the losers bracket of pool play . \u2014 Andrew Joseph, Arkansas Online , 23 June 2022",
      "The whole week was like being in a No\u00ebl Coward play . \u2014 Marshall Heyman, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
      "The Panthers\u2019 pretty play of the regular season didn\u2019t translate to the playoffs. \u2014 Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
      "On the Bengals' final offensive play , quarterback Joe Burrow was unable to connect with a wide open Ja'Marr Chase because of pressure from the Rams' defense. \u2014 Jason Hoffman, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Use orange face paint to portray the nose, and play with blue frosty shadow on the eyes. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
      "Matsui, who largely spoke through a translator during his 10-year career in the MLB, delivered an acceptance speech in English from memory, recounting his decision to play with the Yankees after a successful career with the Yomiuri Giants. \u2014 Kimmy Yam, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
      "Eventually, Cooper took Macintire's offerings of food and water \u2014 and allowed the soldiers to play with his puppies. \u2014 Fox News , 23 June 2022",
      "There will be more massive stars to hopefully spot black holes around for Breivik and yet more precise stellar positions and trajectories to play with, something that exoplanet explorers are excited about. \u2014 Sasha Warren, Scientific American , 22 June 2022",
      "This simple print\u2014laid out vertically or horizontally, thin or chunky\u2014tends to play well with other zanier options. \u2014 Aemilia Madden, Vogue , 22 June 2022",
      "Then Watson should be able to play in 2023, unless the league comes up with a stunning multiyear suspension. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
      "So much so that, today\u2019s young girls can\u2019t even fathom not being able to play their sports or go to medical school. \u2014 Jordan Ligons, Essence , 21 June 2022",
      "His goal: modernize how artists find musicians to play with. \u2014 Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English plega ; akin to Old English plegan to play, Middle Dutch pleyen":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for play Noun fun , jest , sport , game , play mean action or speech that provides amusement or arouses laughter. fun usually implies laughter or gaiety but may imply merely a lack of serious or ulterior purpose. played cards just for fun jest implies lack of earnestness and may suggest a hoaxing or teasing. hurt by remarks said only in jest sport applies especially to the arousing of laughter against someone. teasing begun in sport led to anger game is close to sport , and often stresses mischievous or malicious fun. made game of their poor relations play stresses the opposition to earnest without implying any malice or mischief. pretended to strangle his brother in play",
    "synonyms":[
      "dalliance",
      "frolic",
      "frolicking",
      "fun",
      "fun and games",
      "recreation",
      "relaxation",
      "rollicking",
      "sport"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031133",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "play (on":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make people do what one wants by using (their emotions, fears, concerns, etc.) in an unfair way":[
        "The company plays on the concerns of parents in order to sell their products."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-173820",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ]
  },
  "play (on ":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make people do what one wants by using (their emotions, fears, concerns, etc.) in an unfair way"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215753",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ]
  },
  "play (upon)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make people do what one wants by using (their emotions, fears, concerns, etc.) in an unfair way":[
        "Politicians often win votes by playing upon people's emotions."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031628",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ]
  },
  "play down":{
    "antonyms":[
      "acclaim",
      "applaud",
      "exalt",
      "extol",
      "extoll",
      "glorify",
      "laud",
      "magnify",
      "praise"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to attach little importance to : minimize":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "out of sheer envy, she would always play down her sister's accomplishments",
      "if you play down your part in the project, you won't get the credit you deserve"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1930, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bad-mouth",
      "belittle",
      "cry down",
      "decry",
      "denigrate",
      "deprecate",
      "depreciate",
      "derogate",
      "diminish",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "discount",
      "dismiss",
      "disparage",
      "kiss off",
      "minimize",
      "poor-mouth",
      "put down",
      "run down",
      "talk down",
      "trash",
      "trash-talk",
      "vilipend",
      "write off"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200919",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "play hell with":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cause many problems for (someone or something) : to have a very bad effect on (someone or something)":[
        "High oil prices are playing hell with the nation's economy."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192719",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "play host to":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to serve as a host for (someone or something)":[
        "Each year, the city plays host to the film festival for one week.",
        "As travel to the Third World has expanded, so, too, has concern about the damage wrought by mass tourism on the people and places that play host to wandering North Americans and Europeans.",
        "\u2014 Ira Silver",
        "St. John's meets No. 3-ranked Duke and the Big East rival Miami on the road, and will play host to No. 4 Syracuse, No. 13 Connecticut and surging Seton Hall at the Garden.",
        "\u2014 Jon Drape",
        "The grasslands play host to [=provide a home for] long-billed curlews and sage grouse, and eagles, osprey and coyotes scavenge the area.",
        "\u2014 Kay Clark"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1837, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050001",
    "type":[
      "idiomatic phrase"
    ]
  },
  "play into":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to help support (something, such as an idea)":[
        "Her methods play into the stereotype that lawyers are dishonest."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185832",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ]
  },
  "play into (someone's) hands":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to do something that one does not realize will hurt oneself and help someone else":[
        "You're only playing into your accusers' hands by making accusations in return."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192053",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "play it cool":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to act calm":[
        "She didn't want to seem too eager, so she decided to play it cool ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114334",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "play it safe":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to be careful and avoid risk or danger":[
        "I decided to play it safe and leave early so that I would be sure to arrive on time."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130603",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "play off":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a final contest, series of contests, or period of play to determine the winner between contestants or teams that have tied":[
        "a golf tournament decided by an 18-hole playoff",
        "a sudden-death playoff"
      ],
      ": a series of contests played after the end of the regular season to determine a championship":[
        "\u2014 usually plural except when used before another noun Will you watch the playoffs "
      ],
      ": to break (a tie) by a playoff":[],
      ": to complete the playing of (an interrupted contest)":[],
      ": to set in contrast":[],
      ": to set in opposition for one's own gain":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "After 71 playoff games over three seasons the Lightning had the bruises and sprains and strains of a team that had played a lot of hockey and was fueled the last few games by sheer pride and heart. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
      "Philadelphia got past the North Division champion New Jersey Generals, and the Stallions beat the New Orleans Breakers in their respective playoff games. \u2014 Ryan Gaydos, Fox News , 26 June 2022",
      "At age 34, Curry has now played in 134 playoff games. \u2014 Shane Young, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
      "The Warriors' run was highlighted by a defense that forced 12 turnovers and a rushing attack that averaged 303.2 yards per game in six playoff games. \u2014 Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022",
      "Game 4 is Wednesday night at Amalie Arena, where the Lightning have won a franchise-record eight straight playoff games and Colorado lost on the road for the first time this postseason. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 22 June 2022",
      "Gronkowski was also a huge weapon in the postseason, totaling 98 receptions for 1,389 yards and 15 touchdowns in 22 playoff games. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
      "Game 4 is Wednesday night at Amalie Arena, where the Lightning have won a franchise-record eight straight playoff games and where the Avalanche lost on the road for the first time this postseason. \u2014 Fred Goodall, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
      "Colorado has won seven consecutive playoff games, including its sweep of the Oilers in the Western Conference finals, and is 7-0 on the road \u2014 a juggernaut reaching peak speed in Game 2 of the finals. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1736, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1895, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-\u02cc\u022ff"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194725",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "play on":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make people do what one wants by using (their emotions, fears, concerns, etc.) in an unfair way":[
        "The company plays on the concerns of parents in order to sell their products."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184839",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ]
  },
  "play one's cards right":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to do things in an intelligent and well-planned way":[
        "If I play my cards right , I'll be able to graduate next year."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182614",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "play out":{
    "antonyms":[
      "renew",
      "replace"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": develop , unfold":[
        "see how things play out"
      ],
      ": to become spent or exhausted":[],
      ": to perform to the end":[
        "play out a role"
      ],
      ": unreel , unfold":[
        "played out a length of line",
        "\u2014 Gordon Webber"
      ],
      ": use up , finish":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "we've finally played out the leftovers from that huge holiday meal",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "How does that competitiveness play out in your music",
      "Under no scenario does that reality play out to the good of patients or the practice of medicine in America. \u2014 Carolyn Barber, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
      "Folks who visit can play out in the open or in a gaming room. \u2014 Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News , 15 June 2022",
      "The fight will play out in New York\u2019s 17th District, which under new boundaries includes parts of wealthy Westchester County, outside New York City, and conservative Hudson Valley hamlets. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
      "This type of conflict could even play out in the Black Sea. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "Concerns about crime and policing will also play out in some primaries. \u2014 Hannah Demissie, ABC News , 7 June 2022",
      "Florence and ghost Benji\u2019s tentative steps to connection play out against the backdrop of Florence\u2019s journey to make peace with her past. \u2014 Mary Cadden, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
      "If the high court were to decide not to take up the issue at all, according to the email, scenarios could play out in which Pelosi or Pence were elected acting president by Congress. \u2014 Robert Legare, CBS News , 3 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1598, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "absorb",
      "burn",
      "consume",
      "deplete",
      "devour",
      "drain",
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      "1927, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Trixie advises Alma to playact highness to flummox E.B. \u2014 Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture , 18 Dec. 2021",
      "Today, this dynamic lives on in the form of Roblox strip clubs, where young people \u2014 mostly, minors \u2014 playact at adult sexuality. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 12 Sep. 2021",
      "The world had first required her to playact as a man. \u2014 Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine , 15 Sep. 2020",
      "Yona has it better than the locals who have agreed to playact , and likely die, in Mui\u2019s fake new disaster. \u2014 Madeline Leung Coleman, The Atlantic , 13 Aug. 2020",
      "In a twist, The Sims is now a way to playact not just an alternate life, but any life at all. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 19 Apr. 2020",
      "One of the funniest answers to this question comes from the comedian Conner O\u2019Malley, who has built a career playacting the way consumerism warps our spirits. \u2014 Sam Anderson, New York Times , 6 Feb. 2020",
      "Cloud is almost childlike, a boy playacting at being a warrior and not always nailing the part. \u2014 Julie Muncy, Wired , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "Awkwafina contains multitudes, and Nora From Queens gets a kick out of putting the main character, already grappling with her place in the world, in situations that give her the opportunity to playact . \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Jan. 2020"
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      "1856, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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      "I'm just played out after the week I've had.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And one name that has always stuck in my mind is Jack Burke Jr., who played out of Kiamesha Lake, N.Y. \u2014 Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
      "In June 2010 a similar incident in Port Washington played out and that bear, estimated at 300 to 350 pounds, was also sedated and moved out of the area. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
      "And sadly, how is that still being played out today",
      "Congress and the judiciary played out their respective roles and the executive branch continued to function despite unprecedented political pressures. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
      "What emerged was the chilling story of a plot hatched before the results were in, extended through the Jan. 6 insurrection, and played out with amateurs flipping through ballots in the desert heat to bolster unfounded claims of election fraud. \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 13 June 2022",
      "De Jong has also criticized his boss Xavi Hernandez on Friday by suggesting he is played out of position in Blaugrana colors. \u2014 Tom Sanderson, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
      "With the 17-minute address, Mr. Biden abruptly shed the reluctance of his White House to engage in what could become yet another fruitless partisan confrontation, played out amid funerals in Uvalde, Buffalo and Tulsa. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
      "The same strategy Berry employed with Clowney is being played out with the Cleveland QB who needs a new team. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 28 May 2022"
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      "1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003914",
    "type":[
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      ": a device that reproduces recorded material (such as video images or music) from a usually specified medium":[
        "a CD player"
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        "\u2014 Michel Marriott",
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      "She's one of the team's best players .",
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      "Piano players are called pianists.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "His estimated 7,000 recording sessions, according to statistics on his website, suggest that more people have heard his harmonica work than that of any other player of the instrument. \u2014 Jon Burlingame, Variety , 2 July 2022",
      "Dahlkemper, skilled and powerful, played the most minutes of any U.S. player in the 2019 World Cup in France. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 July 2022",
      "The collectives pool the resources of boosters and use that money to buy the NIL rights of a player . \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 30 June 2022",
      "The travel part of the life of a professional tennis player definitely takes its toll. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 30 June 2022",
      "But those deals were done under former Bell Media president Randy Lennox, who stepped down and was replaced by Wade Oosterman as head of the media player in early 2021. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 June 2022",
      "Every facet of a player \u2019s game is amplified at the NBA level. \u2014 C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 June 2022",
      "Juraj Slafkovsk\u00fd already has the size and speed of an NHL player . \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 28 June 2022",
      "There were no protests, no disruptions, even with the participation and success of a player like Medvedev. \u2014 Patrick Mcenroe, CNN , 27 June 2022"
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": a piano containing a mechanism by which it plays automatically":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Gershwin wrote a number of piano rolls meant to be performed on a player piano . \u2014 Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "The often-uneven payouts for artists and their record labels can also be traced to the early 1900s with another advancement in music technology: the player piano . \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "For 10 minutes each hour, visitors hear what seem to be random notes from the scroll of an antique 1921 player piano . \u2014 Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 June 2021",
      "Then came player piano rolls, vinyl records, CDs and now streaming, innovations that whittled the tangible contribution to music down to almost nothing. \u2014 Greg Ip, WSJ , 26 Dec. 2020",
      "That digital stream could be reverse-programmed into the animation in a way that worked almost like a player piano signaling to the animators which key was being played with each note. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Dec. 2020",
      "The physics teacher, Jack Gibbs, is working on a history of the player piano \u2014a project Gaddis himself labored over throughout his life\u2014that has grown out of control. \u2014 Christopher Beha, Harper's Magazine , 27 Oct. 2020",
      "At the Curran, in another sellout, the San Francisco Symphony debuted a performance on a mechanical player piano , executing a preprogramed performance from star pianist Harold Bauer. \u2014 Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com , 30 Aug. 2020",
      "Perhaps there\u2019s some in the back game room, where a billiards table is serenaded by a working player piano alongside the original bar from the St. Regis Hotel in New York. \u2014 Tim Latterner, House Beautiful , 13 Aug. 2020"
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      "1905, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132617",
    "type":[
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      "He had a playful expression on his face.",
      "a playful tone of voice",
      "You're certainly in a playful mood!",
      "She gave him a light playful slap on the knee.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The third picture shows the couple's more playful side. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
      "The popularity of decor with a focus on fun (re: maximalism, retro mirrors, pastel accents) and over-the-top dining out experiences in 2022 reflect a desire for joy and playfulness, and there's nothing more playful than a Dirty Shirley. \u2014 Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 June 2022",
      "In a separate, more playful tweet, Olomouc turned the tables: What about Pastrnak going over there to play with Krejci",
      "And then styling these items make for a more playful dressing experience. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 20 May 2022",
      "And Clark is an increasingly commanding presence who\u2019s only gotten more provocative and playful with each passing tour. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "While the subjects are playful , Verrier\u2019s paintings are a study in craft. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 June 2022",
      "For a friend or couple who has a good sense of humor, be playful and have some fun. \u2014 Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping , 26 May 2022",
      "Swedish designers Mira Bergh and Josefin Zachrisson created Seats outdoor furniture that is playful and comforting. \u2014 Damon Johnstun, oregonlive , 26 May 2022"
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      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174617",
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      "She's an old dog, but she's still very playful .",
      "He had a playful expression on his face.",
      "a playful tone of voice",
      "You're certainly in a playful mood!",
      "She gave him a light playful slap on the knee.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The third picture shows the couple's more playful side. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
      "The popularity of decor with a focus on fun (re: maximalism, retro mirrors, pastel accents) and over-the-top dining out experiences in 2022 reflect a desire for joy and playfulness, and there's nothing more playful than a Dirty Shirley. \u2014 Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 June 2022",
      "In a separate, more playful tweet, Olomouc turned the tables: What about Pastrnak going over there to play with Krejci",
      "And then styling these items make for a more playful dressing experience. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 20 May 2022",
      "And Clark is an increasingly commanding presence who\u2019s only gotten more provocative and playful with each passing tour. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "While the subjects are playful , Verrier\u2019s paintings are a study in craft. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 June 2022",
      "For a friend or couple who has a good sense of humor, be playful and have some fun. \u2014 Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping , 26 May 2022",
      "Swedish designers Mira Bergh and Josefin Zachrisson created Seats outdoor furniture that is playful and comforting. \u2014 Damon Johnstun, oregonlive , 26 May 2022"
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      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112657",
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      ": a small house for children to play in":[],
      ": theater":[]
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      "they're renovating the old playhouse and adding extra screens",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "According to ABC News, the playhouse included a horse swing, ball pit, loft, slide, climbing wall and dog house for their pup. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 June 2022",
      "Those who stay in town will enjoy harbor restaurants, boutique shops, a playhouse with Broadway-style shows, and an unmistakable New England vibe. \u2014 Rebecca Deurlein, Travel + Leisure , 13 May 2022",
      "Her bar cart featuring Blue Run Spirits' catching butterfly logos sits just a couple feet or so from a playhouse for Finn filled with toys. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 4 May 2022",
      "This wooden swing set comes with an array of activities for kids to take part in, from swings to monkey bars to upper and lower playhouse spaces, and users say it's easily assembled, too. \u2014 Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics , 18 May 2022",
      "The Brattle, which opened in 1890, spent most of its first six decades as a playhouse . \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2022",
      "Crews begin tearing down the century-old playhouse on Main Street amid more last-ditch efforts to halt the demolition. \u2014 Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Group filed an emergency motion Sunday seeking to block plans to tear down the historic Main Street playhouse and replace it with a luxury apartment tower. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Interior features of the neoclassical playhouse , opened in 1919, have also been extensively documented in a digital archive now maintained at the University of Utah\u2019s Marriott Library. \u2014 Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Apr. 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040528",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": one of a set of 24 to 78 thin rectangular pieces of cardboard or plastic marked on one side to show its rank and suit and used in playing any of numerous games":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Between strategic chats and fun challenges, viewers get to see the two Spice Girls in a relatively normal setting: stewing berries in their pajamas, tidying up the kitchen, playing card games and lounging alongside B\u2019s dog, Cookie. \u2014 Ashley Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
      "And then there's the game-playing \u2014 everything from air hockey and pinball to board games and role- playing card games. \u2014 Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Crenshaw won the Texas Open in his first pro start, just days after winning the PGA Tour Players School by 12 strokes to earn his playing card . \u2014 John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "An engraved playing card produced in 1793-94 during the French Revolution presents a very different image of Black liberation. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "In the video, the singer\u2019s gold-laden, tattooed hands are seen turning over a playing card to reveal the same portrait next to a pink envelope with an ornate seal, all as the strum of a bass gradually gets louder. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "The same message appears translated to Latin on a patch near the bottom of the kit, which features a skull sitting on a stack of books with a rose in its mouth and a king of clubs playing card in the corner \u2014 a nod to the Timbers Army. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "The photo accompanying her announcement showed Adele laughing while holding a playing card . \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "The Midwest Gaming Classic returns to the Wisconsin Center this weekend, with thousands of games, from role- playing card games to kids' games to pinball and video arcade games. \u2014 Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 Nov. 2021"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This will finally level the playing field for two great programs whose visibility has been greatly reduced in the shadow of the dreaded SEC. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
      "If well-calibrated and deployed effectively, the EU\u2019s trade defense tools could go a long way towards ensuring a level playing field for businesses in the region. \u2014 Mary Hui, Quartz , 14 June 2022",
      "Unlike before, when many earlier states adopted cannabis and focused on raising revenue, the latest states are also aiming to keep a level playing field . \u2014 Igor Dunaevsky, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
      "That doesn\u2019t necessarily mean Pearl believes that federal regulation will be required to make for a more level playing field with NIL across the country, though. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 1 June 2022",
      "Level the playing field for adults and teenagers with an edition of Trivial Pursuit that focuses on just the past decade. \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 16 May 2022",
      "One goal of the pay transparency movement is to help level the playing field for minority groups and women. \u2014 Kim Elsesser, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
      "The measure is designed to monitor for unfair subsidies, prevent market-distorting practices and ensure a level playing field for American workers, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in an interview on Wednesday. \u2014 Eric Martin, Bloomberg.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The effort, driven by a core group of two dozen young activist alumni from top schools across the country, aims to create a more level playing field for all students \u2014 and to use the leverage of alumni themselves, with a donations boycott. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Sep. 2021"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1584, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110931",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193846",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-141626"
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      ": psychotherapy in which a child is encouraged to reveal feelings and conflicts in play rather than by verbalization":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For younger children, counselors may incorporate play therapy , a popular method among child psychologists that helps kids feel comfortable talking about their feelings. \u2014 Seamus Mcavoy, Hartford Courant , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Older children ages 3-to-5 are ideal candidates for play therapy , according to Whitson. \u2014 Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Like conventional play therapy , which uses toys to help patients express thoughts and feelings, online gaming offers another way to communicate. \u2014 Gina Rich, Wired , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "The new clinic will have a playroom for play therapy , confidential waiting rooms, and rooms of different sizes for counseling. \u2014 Sriya Reddy, Dallas News , 25 June 2021",
      "There will be children\u2019s play therapy and counseling rooms. \u2014 Cheryl Hall, Dallas News , 4 Dec. 2020",
      "There are two types of play therapy : nondirective and directive. \u2014 Zayna Syed, Dallas News , 18 June 2020",
      "Frei-Jones\u2019 daughter and Ariel\u2019s close friend Abby Jones, 17, was inspired to create her Gold Award project of play therapy doll houses from the troop\u2019s work at the center. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com , 29 June 2020",
      "Taylor\u2019s use of Candyland is an activity used in play therapy . \u2014 Zayna Syed, Dallas News , 18 June 2020"
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      "1936, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "He needed plastic surgery on his face after the car accident.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even today, people think of plastic surgery as purely cosmetic. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 13 June 2022",
      "Medical tourism in the border city is a thriving business because Americans seek out medical care, and plastic surgery , at substantially cheaper rates than in the U.S. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 May 2022",
      "Celebrities often deny plastic surgery :Here's why that's problematic. \u2014 Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "As much as her voice, she was known for her flamboyant makeup, extensive plastic surgery , gigantic wigs and outrageous dress style, which rivaled any of the dancers or performers at Rio\u2019s renowned annual Carnival. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "Jennifer Grey is opening up about her past history with plastic surgery . \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Bhad Bhabie is speaking up about her appearance in response to speculation that she's had plastic surgery . \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Kanye's mother Donda died in 2007 following complications from plastic surgery . \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
      "See: when Khlo\u00e9 addressed fans calling her out for plastic surgery and photo editing. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "All this talk of plane geometry is hard to visualize, so L\u2019Engle\u2019s 1962 novel comes complete with a diagram. \u2014 refinery29.com , 7 Mar. 2018"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This writing suggests not so much prose as plainsong \u2014timeless, full of deceptive simplicity, and somehow, in its uncanniness, modal, rather than major or minor. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 23 Sep. 2019"
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      "the judge ruled that the plaintiff's lawsuit was groundless, and he dismissed it",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The case was brought on by an anonymous plaintiff , a woman named Norma McCorvey, better known in court documents as Jane Roe. \u2014 Gloria Allred, Variety , 29 June 2022",
      "Another plaintiff , Caitlyn Hall, also had her hands up when she was allegedly struck in the face by Nolan\u2019s baton, according to the complaint. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
      "Buzbee, who says the settlements are confidential, is prepared to take the other four suits to trial after the season, including one by the first plaintiff , Ashley Solis. \u2014 cleveland , 21 June 2022",
      "The plaintiff , Angie Moriana, had signed an employment agreement that required disputes with Viking be resolved through private arbitration rather than traditional litigation in court. \u2014 Jan Wolfe, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "In fact, that\u2019s why plaintiff is moving forward with this case. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 17 June 2022",
      "The plaintiff should not receive a Form 1099, but the lawyer will. \u2014 Robert W. Wood, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "Jones hired New York attorney Paul Paradis, and ultimately became the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit against the city over the DWP\u2019s faulty billing system. \u2014 Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
      "One plaintiff alleged that she was placed on Google's Level 3 tier, meant for fresh college graduates, despite having four years of experience. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 13 June 2022"
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      "Middle English plaintif , from Anglo-French, from pleintif , adjective":""
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      ": a natural or synthetic organic substance (as an auxin or maleic hydrazide) other than a nutrient that acts in very small amounts to modify any physiological process in plants \u2014 compare plant hormone":[]
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      "Middle English plaunche plank, from Middle French planche , from Latin planca":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154944"
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      "noun"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Created by New York City plastic surgeon -to-the-stars Lara Devgan, Platinum Long Lash is a powerful serum that can also be used on brows. \u2014 Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR , 10 June 2022",
      "Grossman is the co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation and her husband is Dr. Peter Grossman, a prominent plastic surgeon . \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 5 June 2022",
      "Ponsky, a plastic surgeon with a private practice in Beachwood, fled South Vietnam with her family at age 5. \u2014 cleveland , 2 June 2022",
      "She has been accused of visiting a plastic surgeon with photographs of Carla Bruni, the supermodel and former French first lady to whom she has often been compared. \u2014 Rob Haskell, Vogue , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "An investigation into the killing of an Asheville, N.C., plastic surgeon and musician whose death was shrouded in mystery until an unlikely suspect came to light. \u2014 Hau Chu, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
      "Sajja \u2014 who shares 5-year-old daughter Aryana and 4-year-old son Avir with her husband and plastic surgeon Kiran Sajja \u2014 joined Married to Medicine as a full-time cast member for season eight, which wrapped production in July. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "In modern-day Seoul, Eun-soo (played by '90s icon Kim Hee-sun) is a plastic surgeon . \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Apparently what prompted this open speech on beauty was a trip Spears took to a plastic surgeon to potentially undergo breast augmentation. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 25 Mar. 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1863, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155519"
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      "noun"
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      ": a radarscope having a sweep synchronized with a usually rotating antenna so that the radar return can be used to find range and bearing":[]
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      "1932, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "type":[
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The check for the coconut planation will be deposited, its balance given to Ms. Dionisio\u2019s eldest sister. \u2014 Ellen Barry, New York Times , 22 Mar. 2020",
      "Even guided tours of towns, monuments and hallowed grounds tend to focus on the Civil War and a way of planation life that ended, more or less, 150 years ago. \u2014 cleveland.com , 23 June 2019"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172424"
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      "French, from Latin planta sole + French -grade":""
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      "1827, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172753"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Indian subcontinent had been the home of muslin, a cotton fabric of plain weave , for centuries. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Muslin, a loose plain weave cotton fabric, can be applied to the wall after a lining paper and before the wallpaper, according to one of Gracie\u2019s comments. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 6 Jan. 2021",
      "Peter Millett, who serves on the historical society's board, shared the plain weave , counter-balance loom's own special history. \u2014 Annie Gentile, Courant Community , 14 Dec. 2017"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175924"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1670, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "adjective"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Wordle runs in a browser, and all of the game\u2019s code is saved as plaintext on the Wordle website, according to Gizmodo. \u2014 Terry Collins, USA TODAY , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "An Internet of plaintext and crude images metastasized into the mercurial, glossy entanglement of today\u2019s Web. \u2014 Frank Guan, The New Yorker , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Without the plaintext , the decryption attack won't work. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 13 Aug. 2020",
      "Even worse, Nintendo emails the user the new password in plaintext . \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 22 Apr. 2020",
      "The researchers explained: Given a pair of correct and faulty ciphertext on the same plaintext , this attack is able to recover the full 128-bit AES key with a computational complexity of only 232+256 encryptions on average. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 10 Dec. 2019",
      "But there were at least five plaintext passwords that remained out of reach. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 10 Oct. 2019",
      "Even in the event that the website breach leaks passwords in plaintext , the password manager ensures that only a single account is compromised. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 16 Sep. 2019",
      "As if that wasn\u2019t bad enough, the devices transmitted all data in plaintext using commands that were easy to reverse engineer. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 5 Sep. 2019"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1918, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There\u2019s even prominent placement on the Tupperware site noting the pioneering plasticware used in the series. \u2014 Michael Goldstein, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "Most affect the government and trash collection companies, but residents might notice one: Restaurants will be barred by law from simply giving out plasticware with every meal. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Dec. 2021",
      "Wendy Greenspun, a psychotherapist in New York City, notes that one of her young clients was upset by her family\u2019s use of plasticware at large gatherings. \u2014 Liza Featherstone, The New Republic , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Like many companies across the nation, Wheat\u2019s operation suffered from shortages of signage material, food vendors, plasticware , janitorial supplies, and metal to build fences. \u2014 Leah Waters, Dallas News , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "After the dishwasher cycle is done, the plasticware is clean and ready for reuse. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 June 2021",
      "Walmart reported dramatic increases in sales of plasticware storage, vacuum seal machines and accessories. \u2014 USA Today , 15 Apr. 2021",
      "Romer said reducing plasticware in takeout would benefit restaurants. \u2014 Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY , 12 Dec. 2020",
      "Environmental activists are pressing businesses and policymakers to require consumers to ask for plasticware instead of automatically getting it along with their food. \u2014 Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY , 12 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1942, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184334"
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      ": a small carnivorous aquatic monotreme mammal ( Ornithorhynchus anatinus ) of eastern Australia and Tasmania that has a fleshy bill resembling that of a duck, dense fur, webbed feet, and a broad flattened tail":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The four-ounce layer is the platypus of run wear, resisting categories. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Outside Online , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The authors of the study specifically looked at two platypus specimens kept at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and one specimen kept at the University of Nebraska State Museum. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Nov. 2020",
      "Some people see a platypus , some people see a frog, and some people see this strange human. \u2014 Luke Leitch, Vogue , 13 Apr. 2021",
      "The scientists think Orretherium tzen cohabited with Magallanodon baikashkenke, which was thought to have been an evolutionary step between a platypus or marsupial, and dinosaurs such as the long-necked titanosaur. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Apr. 2021",
      "The springhare \u2014 whose coat glows a patchy pinkish-orange under UV light \u2014 joins the platypus and other mammals with this perplexing trait. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Feb. 2021",
      "Two centuries later, the platypus continues to astound scientists. \u2014 Animals , 30 Dec. 2020",
      "The platypus \u2019s native predators include big fish such as Murray cod, birds of prey and dingos. \u2014 National Geographic , 11 Nov. 2020",
      "The assessment echoes troubling findings reported earlier this year, which projected that the platypus population could decline between 47 and 66 percent by 2070. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Nov. 2020"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While both influencers and hotels agree the relationship between the two needs to be mutually beneficial, that doesn't mean the future for the industry is plain sailing . \u2014 Melissa Mahtani, CNN , 7 June 2022",
      "But her journey to becoming Instagram\u2019s favorite Ursula Andress has not been plain sailing . \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 9 Jan. 2022",
      "The family\u2019s first years in Canada were not at all plain sailing , however. \u2014 Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "The journey was relatively plain sailing , with only a minor hiccup of a music score flying off a stand, though quickly rescued from the water. \u2014 Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "If Pogacar's victory was one for the ages, this year's Tour wasn't always plain sailing , however, after a woman held out a banner and caused the crash of dozens of cyclists during the first stage. \u2014 Matias Grez, CNN , 18 July 2021",
      "But the future is far from plain sailing for Sunak. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Nov. 2020",
      "And even if Christmas does turn out to be better than expected \u2013 because a Brexit deal has been struck and an election delayed until 2020 \u2014 that doesn\u2019t mean plain sailing from now on. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Oct. 2019",
      "Staley\u2019s reign atop Barclays since 2015 has been anything but plain sailing . \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Aug. 2019"
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      "city in southeastern Florida west of Fort Lauderdale population 84,955":[]
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      "the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In media terms, BET is a new plantation , and an artist like Lizzo is among its hardest workers. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 29 June 2022",
      "That might mean slashing and burning rainforests for plantation agriculture in Indonesia, expanding mining in Zambia, or opening untouched nature to fracking in Argentina. \u2014 Rohan Montgomery, The New Republic , 26 June 2022",
      "Sherrod didn\u2019t learn of its history as a slave plantation until a year after the sale. \u2014 Ligaya Figueras, ajc , 19 June 2022",
      "Byrne said Logan, Penrose and the other cyber experts who stayed at the South Carolina plantation set up in a space above a garage on the property while Powell\u2019s lawyers worked from the main house about 50 yards away. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
      "Those include calls for accountability for the anti-Muslim riots and Easter bombings, as well as decent wages and housing for plantation laborers and the repeal of the country\u2019s controversial anti-terrorism law. \u2014 Munza Mushtaq, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
      "The plantation company paid workers both in cash and in food and supplies. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
      "The fortune shared by U.S.-educated brothers Lee Oi Hian and Hau Hian got a boost of more than a third as shares of Batu Kawan and its plantation subsidiary soared on rising profits. \u2014 Naazneen Karmali, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "The house, built in 1850, is living history, once the headquarters for a 1,300-acre tobacco plantation and a dilapidated outbuilding which turns out to be one of the best preserve quarters for enslaved people still standing. \u2014 Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune , 7 June 2022"
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      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "adjective"
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      "planet entry 1 + -al":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211035"
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      "noun"
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      ": a motile spore : zoospore sense a":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211405"
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      "noun"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Another popular option is to terrace sections of the slope within your lawn to create flat planting areas. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 July 2022",
      "Reyes collaborated with landscape designer Kathleen Ferguson to re-build the pool deck and add planting areas. \u2014 Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine , 27 May 2022",
      "The memoir imparts an abiding sense of the gravity of these acts\u2014of raising, tending, and killing animals; of planting , nurturing, and harvesting vegetables\u2014that lends an almost sacred quality to Gaydos\u2019s prose. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "The effort of yearly planting and a spring cleaning in recreational areas has elevated the appearance of Rocky River, with the beauty of new or replaced flower beds to specific tree plantings to trash pickup to holiday Christmas lights and trees. \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 23 May 2022",
      "The plants are sent as seedlings already growing and within two weeks of planting , our tester could harvest enough lettuce to make salads for five people with the 24-plant farmstand. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
      "The crop was planted unusually late, after the autumnal equinox, the traditional last day of planting in the area. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
      "The slowing pace of almond planting predicted above is not just driven by export market demand. \u2014 Steven Savage, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Spring planting season is upon us and a record number of Americans are readying for the annual rite of mulching their planting areas and trees. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1535, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211618"
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      "noun"
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      ": a device that heats a gas by electrical means to form a plasma for high-temperature operations (such as melting metal)":[]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The company first tested cutting through rock with a plasma torch in an industrial park in Oakland, California in 2018. \u2014 Khari Johnson, Wired , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Tesla cofounder Ian Wright joined the company about a year ago to work on energy consumption for powering a plasma torch but started moving the team away from the plasma-torch approach. \u2014 Khari Johnson, Wired , 9 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1959, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212848"
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      "noun"
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      ": any of several oscillating sifters arranged one above the other in a flour mill for separating and grading the stocks from the break rolls":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213202"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214033"
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        "I'm willing to put some stock in these polls since they've been accurate before."
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      "noun"
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      ": betta":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214248"
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      "noun"
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      ": the disruption of a cell by internal pressure due to swelling":[]
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      "New Latin, from plasmato- + -rrhexis":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215520"
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      "noun"
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      ": toy sense 1":[],
      ": toy sense 3":[]
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    "examples":[
      "VCRs were once the expensive, high-tech playthings of the rich.",
      "We mustn't let the environment become the plaything of oil companies.",
      "The emperor used people as his playthings .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The older man then offers Casey a thankless live-in position as houseboy and party plaything , basically stripping him of every last shred of dignity. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
      "There's nothing cuter than watching your precious kitty roll around on the floor, wrestling with their favorite plaything . \u2014 Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
      "Sometimes a single sort of edible is juxtaposed with an apt plaything , such as bananas piled under a toy gorilla or doughnut holes heaped beneath a miniature police officer. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "Musk himself will face heat for treating a multibillion-dollar enterprise as a plaything . \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 18 May 2022",
      "At $44 billion, Twitter is an extremely expensive plaything . \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The images embodied the comic dark side of a young child\u2019s obsessional devotion to a beloved object: When a new plaything appears, the object may be ruthlessly discarded. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Treating Giuliani as a plaything for our culture, albeit one who has made some controversial choices, is not a matter of policy disagreement, or of being a bit too grave about the lighter side of the news. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Twitter does not want to become a plaything of the world\u2019s richest person. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1674, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222621"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": an act of playing something (such as a piece of music or a game) from start to finish":[
        "More important, each work stands out as a carefully conceived musical journey, especially when compared to the usual recording process, which tends to be a patchwork of the best \"takes\" of dozens of playthroughs .",
        "\u2014 Graham Dwyer",
        "Rather, unlocking the full thought-provoking story requires an entire playthrough and time to actually reflect on Team Silent's overall message.",
        "\u2014 Jason Le"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-\u02ccthr\u00fc"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the phrasal verb to play through":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1948, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222855"
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    "type":[
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": an act or instance of plagiarizing":[],
      ": something plagiarized":[]
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      "also -j\u0113-\u0259-",
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "The student has been accused of plagiarism .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Any suggestion of plagiarism is investigated fully and is grounds for dismissal. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 23 June 2022",
      "More recently, a persuasive essay by Sands Hall, in the journal Alta, accuses Stegner of plagiarism , the appropriation of Foote\u2019s life, and the slandering of her name. \u2014 Roxana Robinson, The New Yorker , 1 June 2022",
      "The appearance or acknowledgment of plagiarism has impacted higher education in recent years. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
      "After his negotiating book was published, two academics accused him of plagiarism and sued for huge damages. \u2014 Edward Kosner, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "Far from putting meaningful distance between Trump and himself, this verges on plagiarism . \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "These tools will clean up your writing by detecting grammar and spelling mistakes, plagiarism and contextual errors. \u2014 Caroline Castrillon, Forbes , 12 Sep. 2021",
      "As opposed, of course, to the result of plagiarism . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
      "The man is accused of assaulting a rival author who accused him of plagiarism . \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1621, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223850"
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    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
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      ": the place where something is made or created":[
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225336"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a person without human failings":[]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the cost of rescuing Cash from the metaphysical fog has been to turn him into a plaster saint . \u2014 Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Politicians are people, after all, and not plaster saints . \u2014 Author: Mark Z. Barabak, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Sep. 2019",
      "Politicians are people, after all, and not plaster saints . \u2014 Author: Mark Z. Barabak, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Sep. 2019",
      "Politicians are people, after all, and not plaster saints . \u2014 Author: Mark Z. Barabak, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Sep. 2019",
      "Politicians are people, after all, and not plaster saints . \u2014 Author: Mark Z. Barabak, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Sep. 2019",
      "Politicians are people, after all, and not plaster saints . \u2014 Author: Mark Z. Barabak, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Sep. 2019",
      "But Margaret Thatcher is far too consequential to be retired as a plaster saint or to stand in for the creative destruction of global capitalism or to serve as the touchstone by which the bien-pensants establish their bona fides. \u2014 Benjamin Schwarz, New York Times , 12 Nov. 2019",
      "Politicians are people, after all, and not plaster saints . \u2014 Author: Mark Z. Barabak, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1890, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225352"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a depiction of a small portion of the earth's surface as plane with meridians and parallels of latitude appearing as two systems of straight lines at right angles and all arc degrees as equal":[]
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      "plane entry 5":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225412"
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      "noun"
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      ": a time for play or diversion":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "She has a little playtime in the morning before she goes to school.",
      "This isn't playtime ; get to work!",
      "The children have playtime after lunch.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Precautions mean no more music and movement classes, limited playtime with kids his age, and his relationship with his grandparents reduced to a computer screen. \u2014 Madeline Holcombe, CNN , 14 June 2022",
      "Spring's warmer weather means brunches in the sun, playtime on the patio, and finally tending to your garden after a long, harsh winter. \u2014 Nikhita Mahtani, Better Homes & Gardens , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Between middle-of-the-night feedings, playtime , and never-ending diaper changes, the first year of motherhood is pure exhaustion. \u2014 Shani Hillian, Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Avoid creating an association between come and the end of a dog\u2019s fun playtime . \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 10 June 2022",
      "Plus, the battery life will last up to 20 hours; certainly no playtime to scoff at. \u2014 Dale Arden Chong, Men's Health , 10 June 2022",
      "Video gaming has been part of the country\u2019s tech crackdown, with regulators demanding changes to game content and playtime limits for minors. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
      "Feel free to refresh the catnip pouch with your own supply for maximum fun playtime . \u2014 Bianca Rodriguez, Country Living , 17 May 2022",
      "These themes can cross over from playtime into real life, when your kids aren't getting their way or have a fight with a sibling. \u2014 Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping , 6 Apr. 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
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      "adverb"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231745"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235012"
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      "transitive verb"
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        "\u2014 K. M. Hussey"
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      ": to erode to a plain : plane":[
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        "\u2014 Journal of Geology"
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      "Late Latin planatus , past participle of planare to flatten, level, from Latin planus flat":"Adjective",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000758"
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      ": one that deposits or arranges":[],
      ": one of the winners in a competition":[],
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      "Spanish, from Catalan, submarine plain, from plaza place, from Latin platea broad street \u2014 more at place":"Noun"
    },
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      "circa 1578, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1834, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005000"
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  "platypusary":{
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      "noun"
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      ": a place for care and exhibition of the platypus":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005627"
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      "trademark"
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      ": an alternative plan of action for use if the original plan should fail":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After failing to persuade executives of energy companies to take over the business, Mr. Scholz and his aides activated plan B , putting the company under the trusteeship of Germany\u2019s energy watchdog. \u2014 Bojan Pancevski, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "But the committee had a plan B \u2014 hours of Stepien\u2019s previous interview with the panel that was recorded on video. \u2014 Mary Clare Jalonick, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
      "Companies that are already sustaining billions of dollars in losses after investing in Russia should work on a plan B for China\u2013or face the likelihood of seeing those losses compounded in the future. \u2014 David Kamenetzky And Leopoldo L\u00f3pez, Fortune , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "And back up that trust with a plan B , at the very least, for every campaign. \u2014 Vix Reitano, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "His plan B was an international design competition, with a first prize of 500 guineas, about $80,000 in today's money. \u2014 Jacopo Prisco, CNN , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "There\u2019s definitely a smart way to leave without a plan B in place. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Clearly, a Golden Globes plan B needed to be hurled into action. \u2014 James Andrew Miller, Vulture , 19 Oct. 2021",
      "Many of the drivers competing in this year\u2019s W series have had to come up with creative ways to either earn enough money to keep racing or ensure there\u2019s a plan B if their career is cut short. \u2014 Laura Parker, WSJ , 23 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1977, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005738"
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      "noun"
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      ": an embryo plant":[]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin plantula , diminutive of Latin planta plant":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005803"
  },
  "plaster stone":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": gypsum":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012224"
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  "play to":{
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      "phrasal verb"
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      ": to behave or perform in a particular way for (someone or something) in order to get approval or attention":[
        "He didn't mean what he was saying. He was just playing to the crowd .",
        "He loves publicity and plays to the cameras every chance he gets."
      ],
      ": to make use of (something)":[
        "a film that plays to stereotypes of housewives",
        "In his latest album, he once again plays to his strengths as a classical musician."
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012348"
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  "plastic sulfur":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": sulfur in an amorphous form obtained usually by pouring boiling sulfur into cold water and composed of molecules that are long chains of sulfur atoms":[]
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012856"
  },
  "plain wanderer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small Australian bird ( Pedionomus torquatus ) similar to the button quails":[]
    },
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013550"
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  "planer jack":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a jack used to level up the work to be machined on a planer":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013811"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a part of a planer that secures the cutting tool to the crossrail or housing and that contains the mechanism which feeds it toward the work":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014900"
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  "plasma membrane":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a semipermeable limiting layer of cell protoplasm consisting of a fluid phospholipid bilayer with intercalated proteins":[
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Upon activation by the caspase-1 protein, gasdermin-D protein assemble to form pores in the plasma membrane of a cell. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
      "Other, typically smaller ones were assembled within the cell before being released through the plasma membrane and became known as exosomes. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 May 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1893, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021036"
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  "Plains":{
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      "adjective"
    ],
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      ": of or relating to North American Indians of the Great Plains or to their culture":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1831, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021422"
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  "plagiarize":{
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      "noun",
      "verb"
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      ": to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source":[],
      ": to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "also -j\u0113-\u0259-",
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-j\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "He plagiarized a classmate's report.",
      "She plagiarized from an article she read on the Internet.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hedwig and the Angry Inch began as an off-Broadway play in 1998 about a genderqueer East German rock singer who develops a relationship with a younger man, Tommy (Pitt), only to have Tommy plagiarize her songs. \u2014 Kara Warner, PEOPLE.com , 13 Aug. 2021",
      "Fake sites plagiarize all their content, or have no content at all. \u2014 Dr. Augustine Fou, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2021",
      "Gibbs said the collection was a guide to women's health and it had been plagiarized from other similar writings during the same period. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 12 Sep. 2019",
      "The fledgling group, which has just 36 members, is also encouraging universities to make greater efforts to detect plagiarism\u2014such as by installing software that can detect plagiarized material\u2014and to penalize those who copy. \u2014 Linda Nordling, Science | AAAS , 27 June 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plagiary":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1660, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021442"
  },
  "plain-saw":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
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      ": tangent-saw":[]
    },
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plain entry 6":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021608"
  },
  "play politics":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
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    "definitions":{
      ": to say or do things for political reasons instead of doing what is right or what is best for other people":[
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021728"
  },
  "Plain People":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": members of any of various Protestant groups (such as Mennonites) especially in the U.S. who wear distinctively plain clothes and adhere to a simple and traditional style of life excluding many conveniences of modern technology":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1859, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023443"
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  "placebo":{
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder":[],
      ": an inert or innocuous substance used especially in controlled experiments testing the efficacy of another substance (such as a drug)":[],
      ": something tending to soothe":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "pl\u0259-\u02c8s\u0113-(\u02cc)b\u014d"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Reports of adverse events were very similar to placebo . \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 15 June 2022",
      "After two and four weeks of treatment, patients receiving PRAX-114 did not see their symptoms significantly improve compared to placebo , the company said. \u2014 Damian Garde, STAT , 8 June 2022",
      "The original study that looked at the effect of a statin drug in people with heart disease showed that after 5.4 years, the risk of dying was 12% in the group randomly assigned to statin, and 8% in the group randomly assigned to placebo . \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 2 May 2022",
      "The investigational compound is the first such medicine to deliver more than 20% weight loss on average, compared to placebo , in a Phase 3 study. \u2014 Joshua Cohen, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
      "Initial clinical trials showed the drug reduced the risk of COVID-19 hospitalization or death by 88%, compared to placebo . \u2014 Alexander Tin, CBS News , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Even in the group that showed the marginal benefit, there really was only a 0.39-point improvement out of an 18-point scale in the group that got the high dose infusion compared to the placebo . \u2014 Mariana Lenharo, Health.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "In clinical trials, the drug reduced the risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 by 77% compared to the placebo , the company said in a statement. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Clinical trial data showed the pill reduced the risk of hospitalization and death for COVID patients by 89% within three days of the onset of symptoms compared to a placebo . \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 9 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, I shall please":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1785, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024725"
  },
  "planetarian":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": planetary":[],
      ": an inhabitant of a planet":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\"",
      "\u00a6plan\u0259\u00a6ta(a)r\u0113\u0259n"
    ],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from (assumed) Late Latin planetarius + English -an":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025202"
  },
  "planeload":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a load that fills an airplane":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101n-\u02ccl\u014dd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Other countries have shared nonlethal aid, as Canada did Friday, sending Ukraine a planeload of gear, including surveillance and detection equipment, according to Canada\u2019s Department of National Defense. \u2014 Brett Forrest, WSJ , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "America's top diplomat in Ukraine, Charg\u00e9 d'Affaires Kristina Kvien, was at the airport here on Tuesday as another planeload of U.S. security assistance arrived. \u2014 Simon Owen, Fox News , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "If you have been separated from friends and family for too long by the never-ending Covid-19 pandemic and have a planeload of spare cash, VistaJet has a solution. \u2014 Doug Gollan, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Reach 828 had departed from an intermediate staging area in Qatar on Saturday with a planeload of evacuees when the unnamed Afghan mother went into labor and began having complications. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Aug. 2021",
      "On Friday morning, the first planeload of approximately two hundred Afghans arrived in the U.S. as part of an airlift operation. \u2014 Jane Ferguson, The New Yorker , 30 July 2021",
      "On his most recent visit to Southeast Asia in January, the Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, arrived in Indonesia with a planeload of vaccines. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 July 2021",
      "On July 6, a planeload of Taiwanese travelers arrived in the US territory of Guam. \u2014 Eric Cheung, CNN , 8 July 2021",
      "Salesforce recently sent a planeload of supplies to India to help with the Covid-19 outbreaks there. \u2014 Lauren Weber, WSJ , 11 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1925, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-031817"
  },
  "plagiary":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one that plagiarizes":[],
      ": plagiarism":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-j\u0259-r\u0113",
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-j\u0113-\u02ccer-\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin plagiarius , literally, kidnapper, from plagium netting of game, kidnapping, from plaga net, trap":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032101"
  },
  "plant hormone":{
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      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The bacteria can suck nitrogen from the air to provide crucial minerals for the plants, protect the plants against pathogens, make the plants more drought-resistant and increase plant hormone production. \u2014 Michelle Shen, USA TODAY , 6 Nov. 2021",
      "Solowey soaked the seeds in water and applied commercial plant hormones and fertilizer, but the protocol for planting them was essentially no different than for modern seeds. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 5 Feb. 2020",
      "The other chemicals include vitamins, minerals (including the electrolytes sodium and potassium), and plant hormones like cytokinins (that may benefit the body in various ways). \u2014 Alexandra Hansen, Quartzy , 5 Nov. 2019",
      "By studying natural variations in root structure and the genetics associated with these variations, the team homed in on a previously unknown biological pathway that regulates auxin, a plant hormone that helps control root growth. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 July 2019",
      "Among the renitent was Ted Farmer, then a postdoc in the Washington State University lab of renowned plant hormone expert Clarence Ryan. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 Dec. 2013",
      "The onset of vernalization, or dormancy, is triggered by a plant hormone , then fruit-bearing vines, trees and canes begin to rest. \u2014 Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman , 21 Feb. 2018",
      "The idea that plant hormones \u2014such as genistein, the primary phytoestrogen in soy\u2014can interfere with mammalian development is not new. \u2014 Deborah Blum, Slate Magazine , 3 Aug. 2017",
      "That cantaloupe is sensitive to ethylene, a gas that acts as a plant hormone to regulate growth and development. \u2014 Debbie Arrington, sacbee , 22 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1932, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032433"
  },
  "plains cottonwood":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large poplar ( Populus sargentii ) chiefly of the Great Plains region of North America having deeply furrowed gray bark and broadly oval leaves with coarse curved teeth and long points":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the Great Plains":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034315"
  },
  "play the lottery":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to buy tickets for a lottery run by a government":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034528"
  },
  "plant house":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a structure in which plants are kept or grown \u2014 compare conservatory , greenhouse":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040037"
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  "play into the hands of someone":{
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    "definitions":{
      ": to do something that one does not realize will hurt oneself and help someone else":[
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041201"
  },
  "plasmatoparous":{
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    "definitions":{
      ": discharging the protoplasmic contents of a conidium in an undivided mass that first becomes invested with a membrane or wall and then puts out a germ tube":[
        "\u2014 used of various downy mildews"
      ]
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      "\u00a6plazm\u0259\u00a6t\u00e4p\u0259r\u0259s"
    ],
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    "examples":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041949"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": resembling a placenta":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "pl\u0259\u02c8sen\u2027\u02cct\u022fid"
    ],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin placenta + International Scientific Vocabulary -oid":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042741"
  },
  "play+politics":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to say or do things for political reasons instead of doing what is right or what is best for other people":[
        "She's been accused of playing politics with the investigation."
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043726"
  },
  "planted":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to put or set in the ground for growth":[
        "plant seeds"
      ],
      ": to set or sow with seeds or plants":[],
      ": implant":[],
      ": establish , institute":[],
      ": colonize , settle":[],
      ": to place (animals) in a new locality":[],
      ": to stock with animals":[],
      ": to place in or on the ground":[],
      ": to place firmly or forcibly":[
        "planted a hard blow on his chin"
      ],
      ": conceal":[],
      ": to covertly place for discovery, publication, or dissemination":[],
      ": to plant something":[],
      ": a young tree, vine, shrub, or herb planted or suitable for planting":[],
      ": any of a kingdom (Plantae) of multicellular eukaryotic mostly photosynthetic organisms typically lacking locomotive movement or obvious nervous or sensory organs and possessing cellulose cell walls":[],
      ": the land, buildings, machinery, apparatus, and fixtures employed in carrying on a trade or an industrial business":[],
      ": the total facilities available for production or service":[],
      ": the buildings and other physical equipment of an institution":[],
      ": an act of planting":[],
      ": something or someone planted":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plant"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "drill",
      "put in",
      "seed",
      "sow"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "factory",
      "manufactory",
      "mill",
      "shop",
      "works",
      "workshop"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "I planted corn this year.",
      "I planted the border with roses.",
      "a field planted with corn",
      "She planted stakes in the garden to hold the vines.",
      "I firmly planted my feet and refused to move.",
      "He planted himself in front of the TV and stayed there.",
      "Terrorists planted a bomb in the bus station.",
      "She claims that the police planted the drugs in her car.",
      "He was a spy planted in the office by a rival company.",
      "Someone planted a rumor saying that he had died.",
      "Noun",
      "The gangsters never suspected that he was a police plant .",
      "a furniture plant that employs hundreds of people",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In June 2020, Kate joined families to plant a new patio garden and transform the terrace area at The Nook. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
      "Congratulations to the scholars, and hats off to the parents, friends, teachers and peers that helped plant and sow seeds of learning. \u2014 Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
      "Since Canadian troops began visiting the island in 1984 to plant maple leaf flags and leave behind bottles of Canadian whisky, Danes have been regularly dropping in to replace the Canadian items with schnapps and Danish flags. \u2014 Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "Since Canadian troops began visiting the island in 1984 to plant maple leaf flags and leave behind bottles of Canadian whisky, Danes have been regularly dropping in to replace the Canadian items with schnapps and Danish flags. \u2014 Ian Austen, New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "At the beginning of the pandemic, I was set to plant my feet firmly in the sand and not shut down my retail stores and offices. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Farmers of any species have to prepare their fields and plant their crops, battle weeds and parasites, and harvest the fruits of their labor. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 May 2022",
      "In front of the dock, there\u2019s a small sandy beach to plant an Adirondack chair or two and watch lake life in action, as well as a nearby beach house for easy lunches in the summer. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 16 May 2022",
      "If those efforts aren't enough, the band has also pledged to plant and protect millions of new trees \u2014 including one for every ticket sold. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In 2007, the first pilot FPV plant was installed in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. \u2014 Ariel Cohen, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
      "The plant operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
      "Students in Saturday detention are trapped in the school when the town's chemical plant explodes, freakifying the friends and family members outside those four walls. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 27 June 2022",
      "Tesla\u2019s flagship California assembly plant has been under fire lately for its treatment of past and present coworkers. \u2014 Roxane Gay, Essence , 27 June 2022",
      "The native plant project is to collect and cultivate seeds to increase Badlands prairie species, including rare and endangered plants. \u2014 Fox News , 27 June 2022",
      "Food, beer and wine were available for purchase with a special \u2018 plant wall\u2019 section prereserved for VIPs. \u2014 Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune , 27 June 2022",
      "State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes has said spending $300 million on an antiquated plant would not have solved the state\u2019s trash crisis. \u2014 Alison Cross, Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022",
      "The cause of the fire was undetermined, although Pilkerton said mulch can spontaneously ignite as the plant materials decompose and heat up. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English plantian , from Late Latin plantare to plant, fix in place, from Latin, to plant, from planta plant":"Verb",
      "Middle English plante , from Old English, from Latin planta":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045126"
  },
  "plagiarizing":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source":[],
      ": to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "also -j\u0113-\u0259-",
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-j\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "He plagiarized a classmate's report.",
      "She plagiarized from an article she read on the Internet.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hedwig and the Angry Inch began as an off-Broadway play in 1998 about a genderqueer East German rock singer who develops a relationship with a younger man, Tommy (Pitt), only to have Tommy plagiarize her songs. \u2014 Kara Warner, PEOPLE.com , 13 Aug. 2021",
      "Fake sites plagiarize all their content, or have no content at all. \u2014 Dr. Augustine Fou, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2021",
      "Gibbs said the collection was a guide to women's health and it had been plagiarized from other similar writings during the same period. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 12 Sep. 2019",
      "The fledgling group, which has just 36 members, is also encouraging universities to make greater efforts to detect plagiarism\u2014such as by installing software that can detect plagiarized material\u2014and to penalize those who copy. \u2014 Linda Nordling, Science | AAAS , 27 June 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plagiary":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1660, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054035"
  },
  "Platyptera":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an order of insects including the termites, bird lice, and other forms that are now divided among several orders":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "pl\u0259\u02c8tipt\u0259r\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from platy- + -ptera":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060215"
  },
  "plane man":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": dillyman":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061342"
  },
  "place isomerism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": position isomerism":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063747"
  },
  "play to the gallery":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to do things that one thinks will be popular among many people instead of doing what one thinks is right":[
        "a governor who refuses to play to the gallery"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064739"
  },
  "plasmato-":{
    "type":[
      "combining form"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": plasm-":[
        "plasmato parous"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek plasmat-, plasma":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-071235"
  },
  "plain-woven":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": made in plain weave":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1853, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-071836"
  },
  "plank scraper":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": float sense 5 d (1)":[],
      ": a V-shaped or trapezoid-shaped drag for the leveling of land for irrigation, for the construction of border levees, and for the cleaning out of lateral distributing ditches":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-072157"
  },
  "planomiller":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a milling machine resembling a planer":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101n\u0259+\u02cc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plan- entry 2 + miller":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-074539"
  },
  "plant hopper":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an insect of the hemipterous families Membracidae, Fulgoridae, and various related groups":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080152"
  },
  "Plantigrada":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a group consisting of the plantigrade carnivores":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccplant\u0259\u02c8gr\u0101d\u0259",
      "plan\u2027\u02c8tigr\u0259d\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from French plantigrade":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081136"
  },
  "platelet":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101t-l\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Turmeric does not cause the platelet levels to go down, but rather interferes with their function. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 2 June 2022",
      "Isaac\u2019s platelet levels, which are vital for blood to clot, began dropping months before her delivery date. \u2014 NBC News , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Two very small studies, with a total of under 20 patients, showed that use of platelet -rich plasma (PRP) may improved smell function over a period of three to six months. \u2014 Nina Shapiro, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "The only thing that stopped Harper was a platelet -rich plasma injection in his right elbow that prevented him from playing Sunday. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 20 May 2022",
      "Ohtani received a platelet -rich plasma injection to ease the strain and treat the injury. \u2014 Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
      "The Red Cross is testing blood, platelet and plasma donations for COVID-19 antibodies. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "If someone infected with the virus has bloodwork done, the tests may reveal low white blood cell counts and platelet counts, and/or higher levels of liver enzymes. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Those who give blood, platelet or plasma donations will have a chance to win a trip to Super Bowl LVI on Feb. 13 at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 24 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1888, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082300"
  },
  "places":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": physical environment : space":[],
      ": a way for admission or transit":[],
      ": physical surroundings : atmosphere":[],
      ": an indefinite region or expanse":[
        "all over the place"
      ],
      ": a building or locality used for a special purpose":[
        "a place of learning",
        "a fine eating place"
      ],
      ": the three-dimensional compass of a material object":[],
      ": a particular region, center of population, or location":[
        "a nice place to visit"
      ],
      ": a building, part of a building, or area occupied as a home":[
        "our summer place"
      ],
      ": a particular part of a surface or body : spot":[],
      ": relative position in a scale or series: such as":[],
      ": position in a social scale":[
        "kept them in their place"
      ],
      ": a step in a sequence":[
        "in the first place , it's none of your business"
      ],
      ": a position at the conclusion of a competition":[
        "finished in last place"
      ],
      ": a proper or designated niche or setting":[
        "the place of education in society"
      ],
      ": an appropriate moment or point":[
        "this is not the place to discuss compensation",
        "\u2014 Robert Moses"
      ],
      ": a distinct condition, position, or state of mind":[
        "the postfeminist generation is in a different place",
        "\u2014 Betty Friedan"
      ],
      ": an available seat or accommodation":[
        "needs a place to stay"
      ],
      ": an empty or vacated position":[
        "new ones will take their place"
      ],
      ": remunerative employment : job":[],
      ": prestige accorded to one of high rank : status":[
        "an endless quest for preferment and place",
        "\u2014 Time"
      ],
      ": a public square : plaza":[],
      ": a small street or court":[],
      ": second place at the finish (as of a horse race)":[],
      ": in an original or proper position":[],
      ": established, instituted, or operational":[
        "systems in place"
      ],
      ": in the same spot without forward or backward movement":[
        "run in place"
      ],
      ": as a substitute or replacement for : instead of":[],
      ": not in the proper or usual location":[],
      ": improper , inappropriate":[],
      ": to put in or as if in a particular place or position : set":[],
      ": to present for consideration":[
        "a question placed before the group"
      ],
      ": to put in a particular state":[
        "place a performer under contract"
      ],
      ": to direct to a desired spot":[],
      ": to cause (the voice) to produce free and well resonated singing or speaking tones":[],
      ": to assign to a position in a series or category : rank":[],
      ": estimate":[
        "placed the value of the estate too high"
      ],
      ": to identify by connecting with an associated context":[
        "couldn't quite place her face",
        "police placed them at the crime scene"
      ],
      ": to distribute in an orderly manner : arrange":[],
      ": to appoint to a position":[],
      ": to find a place (such as a home or employment) for":[],
      ": to give (an order) to a supplier":[],
      ": to give an order for":[
        "place a bet"
      ],
      ": to try to establish a connection for":[
        "place a telephone call"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "emplacement",
      "locale",
      "locality",
      "location",
      "locus",
      "point",
      "position",
      "site",
      "spot",
      "venue",
      "where"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "depose",
      "deposit",
      "dispose",
      "emplace",
      "fix",
      "lay",
      "position",
      "put",
      "set",
      "set up",
      "situate",
      "stick"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "New York City is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.",
      "I've heard it's a good place to raise children.",
      "places like Africa and South America",
      "the hottest place on earth",
      "churches and other places of worship",
      "You should plan to meet him in a public place .",
      "You've come to the right place . I have just what you need.",
      "They gave him a place to stay for the night.",
      "We're going to need a bigger place once the baby is born.",
      "He's looking to buy a place in the country.",
      "Verb",
      "The box was placed at the center of the room.",
      "You can really see the similarities when you place the two pictures side by side.",
      "Her name was placed on the list.",
      "The husbands and wives were placed in separate groups.",
      "They were placed next to each other in line.",
      "Working with sick people places him at risk for infection.",
      "By not accepting the prosecutor's deal, he places his future in the hands of the jury.",
      "We're placing you under arrest.",
      "He was released from jail and placed on probation.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Cooling centers are opening in both Little Rock and North Little Rock to allow those in need a place to take a break from the heat. \u2014 Remington Miller, Arkansas Online , 6 July 2022",
      "The center in the city of Sloviansk provides local military units with equipment and provisions, and gives soldiers a place to go during brief respites from the physical grind and horrors of battle. \u2014 Francesca Ebel, Anchorage Daily News , 5 July 2022",
      "Attendees were, of course, undeterred and jubilant to get back to a place where their fun obsessions could be shared in-person after a 2-year hiatus. \u2014 Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times , 4 July 2022",
      "But Sacramento was long seen as a more affordable place than the Bay Area and without the same acute level of homelessness. \u2014 Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 July 2022",
      "The disgusting hate of white supremacists has no place here. \u2014 Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News , 4 July 2022",
      "Operators of rustic shelters along the mountainside said temperatures at the 6,600 foot level recently reached 75 F - unheard of in a place where excursionists go in summer to keep cool. \u2014 Frances D'emilio, Chicago Tribune , 4 July 2022",
      "Different communities around the state just see Hartford as a place that just sucks money and investments. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 4 July 2022",
      "Stop your mind and movement for just a moment and get to a quiet place . \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 July 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In this case, rescuers should place two fingers on the breastbone and apply a sharp thrusting pressure until the person stops choking. \u2014 Fox News , 6 July 2022",
      "Growth funds, in our view, will place a higher investment focus on earlier-stage companies, while actively managing existing portfolios and performing add-on acquisitions. \u2014 Pavel Ermoline, Fortune , 5 July 2022",
      "Never place fireworks on top of an electrical appliance, like a refrigerator or freezer. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 5 July 2022",
      "The agency will place up to 300 uniformed workers on trains and buses starting this fall. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 July 2022",
      "Zookeepers often place orphaned babies with mothers of another species who are nursing. \u2014 CBS News , 3 July 2022",
      "Currently, hosts can place items in their cart to be sent for a quote from Minoan. \u2014 Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine , 30 June 2022",
      "Peel and roughly chop 1 onion, then place it in a food processor. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 June 2022",
      "Brands use its software to buy digital ad inventory in real time, then seamlessly place those commercials across connected TVs, the web and other digital domains. \u2014 Jon Markman, Forbes , 29 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, open space, from Latin platea broad street, from Greek plateia ( hodos ), from feminine of platys broad, flat; akin to Sanskrit p\u1e5bthu broad, Latin planta sole of the foot":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083115"
  },
  "plater":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one that plates":[],
      ": a horse that runs chiefly in plate races":[],
      ": a racehorse that competes in the lowest grade of races":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After discharge from the Navy, Fred worked for United Technologies (Pratt and Whitney Aircraft) in East Hartford, CT for 36 years as a jet engine plater . \u2014 courant.com , 12 Nov. 2019",
      "Abolishing the second license plate is a long-standing fight in the Ohio Statehouse, a fight anti-front platers seemingly and finally won earlier this year after years of disappointment. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland.com , 29 July 2019",
      "Aside from the deserved media-frenzy surrounding Kane's wonder strike, there was a lot to admire about the performance, notably the impact of the young platers like Troy Parrott. \u2014 SI.com , 23 July 2019",
      "Features of the house include wood crown moldings and his signature plater relief crown of grapes, vines, and scroll in the dining room. \u2014 Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press , 12 Oct. 2017",
      "The move not only will boost seating and overall visibility at the two-year-old small- plater . \u2014 Michael Klein, Philly.com , 4 June 2018",
      "Irwin\u2019s, a Mediterranean/Middle Eastern small- plater /lounge, is looking at late spring on the eighth floor of the Bok Building at Ninth and Mifflin Streets in South Philadelphia. \u2014 Michael Klein, Philly.com , 13 Apr. 2018",
      "DiFronzo was born in Italy and moved with his father, Michael, a metal plater , and his mother, Delores, to Chicago in the mid-1930s. \u2014 Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com , 30 May 2018",
      "Transfer to a plater and let cool slightly before breaking into large pieces. \u2014 Rick Martinez, Bon Appetit , 19 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1719, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083431"
  },
  "plane angle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an angle that for a given dihedral angle is formed by two intersecting lines each of which lies on a face of the dihedral angle and is perpendicular to the edge of the face":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1570, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-084040"
  },
  "Plain of Mars":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an area in the center of the palm between Upper Mars and Lower Mars that when well developed or crossed with many lines is usually held by palmists to indicate the presence of sudden temper":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plain entry 3":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090013"
  },
  "plate rail":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a rail or narrow shelf along the upper part of a wall for holding plates or ornaments":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1850, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090532"
  },
  "placentiferous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having a placenta":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin placenta + English -iferous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091830"
  },
  "plaster of paris":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a white powdery slightly hydrated calcium sulfate CaSO 4 \u00b7\u00b9/\u2082H 2 O or 2CaSO 4 \u00b7H 2 O made by calcining gypsum and used chiefly for casts and molds in the form of a quick-setting paste with water":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8pa-r\u0259s",
      "-\u02c8per-\u0259s",
      "-\u02c8par-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Paris , France":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092734"
  },
  "plasmid":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an extrachromosomal ring of DNA especially of bacteria that replicates autonomously":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plaz-m\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "So the team instead engineered a plasmid that makes E. coli construct shorter protein fragments that are structured to spontaneously link together inside the bacterium. \u2014 Connie Chang, Scientific American , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "The company has claimed that the three-dose vaccine, built on the plasmid DNA platform, has 66.6% efficacy against symptomatic Covid-19. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 23 Aug. 2021",
      "The company\u2019s tools allow scientists to assemble DNA fragments into a large circular plasmid and then amplify the circular DNA quickly. \u2014 John Cumbers, Forbes , 6 July 2021",
      "In the case of Covid-19, spike proteins are this key information that the plasmid vaccine wants to deliver to the nucleus of a cell. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 23 Aug. 2021",
      "The applications for producing large amounts of plasmid DNA are enormous for biopharma and other industries. \u2014 John Cumbers, Forbes , 6 July 2021",
      "Each plasmid contains a coronavirus gene, the genetic instructions for a human cell to build coronavirus proteins and trigger an immune response to the virus. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2021",
      "From Missouri, the plasmid is flown to Pfizer\u2019s campus in Andover, Massachusetts, where it is incubated in a bath of enzymes and nucleotides\u2014the building blocks of RNA\u2014for several hours. \u2014 Sue Halpern, The New Yorker , 13 Mar. 2021",
      "Once the plasmid is made, purified, and tested, the double-helix structure of the DNA has to be linearized\u2014literally, made linear. \u2014 Sue Halpern, The New Yorker , 13 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plasma + -id entry 2":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1952, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093037"
  },
  "Plains of Abraham":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "plateau in the western part of the city of Quebec, Canada":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0101-br\u0259-\u02ccham"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093817"
  },
  "planch\u00e9ite":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a mineral Cu 15 Si 12 O 36 (OH) 8 (":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u00e4nch\u0101\u02cc\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Planch\u00e9 , proper name + French -ite":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094939"
  },
  "playpipe":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a tapering metal pipe at the end of a fire hose for playing a stream of water":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-095530"
  },
  "plankways":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": in the direction of the length of timber : lengthwise":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pla\u014b\u02cckw\u0101z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plank entry 1 + -ways, -wise":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-095820"
  },
  "plainsman":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an inhabitant of the plains":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101nz-m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The poet-philosophers of the plains (and every plainsman is one) know that the plains are unknowable in their totality, and are therefore charged with possibility. \u2014 Ben Lerner, The New Yorker , 29 Mar. 2017",
      "For Murnane, for the plainsmen , this obviously apparent richness of the actual is a kind of poverty. \u2014 Ben Lerner, The New Yorker , 29 Mar. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Great Plains + man":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1801, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102139"
  },
  "Plains Indian":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a member of the Algonquian, Athapaskan, Caddo, Kiowa, Siouan, or Uto-Aztecan nomadic peoples formerly inhabiting the Great Plains of central U.S. and Canada":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the Great Plains , region of central North America":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103521"
  },
  "plattdeutsch":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the Low German speech of northern Germany comprising several dialects":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plat-\u02ccd\u022fich",
      "\u02c8pl\u00e4t-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German, from Dutch Platduitsch , literally, Low German, from plat flat, low + duitsch German":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1677, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-104242"
  },
  "plains":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to North American Indians of the Great Plains or to their culture":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101nz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1831, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110404"
  },
  "planosol":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an intrazonal group of soils with strongly leached upper layer over a compacted clay or silt that is developed on smooth flat uplands in cool to warm humid to subhumid regions":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plan\u0259\u02ccs\u022fl"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plan- entry 2 + Latin sol um ground, soil":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-111830"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": the conduct, course, or action of a game":[],
      ": a particular act or maneuver in a game: such as":[],
      ": the action during an attempt to advance the ball in football":[],
      ": the action in which a player is put out in baseball":[],
      ": the action in which cards are played after bidding in a card game":[],
      ": the moving of a piece in a board game (such as chess)":[],
      ": one's turn in a game":[
        "it's your play"
      ],
      ": sexual intercourse":[],
      ": amorous flirtation : dalliance":[],
      ": absence of serious or harmful intent : jest":[
        "said it in play"
      ],
      ": the act or an instance of playing on words or speech sounds":[],
      ": gaming , gambling":[],
      ": an act, way, or manner of proceeding : maneuver":[
        "that was a play to get your fingerprints",
        "\u2014 Erle Stanley Gardner"
      ],
      ": deal , venture":[],
      ": the state of being active, operative, or relevant":[
        "other motives surely come into play",
        "\u2014 M. R. Cohen",
        "several issues are at play"
      ],
      ": brisk, fitful, or light movement":[
        "the gem presented a dazzling play of colors"
      ],
      ": scope or opportunity for action":[],
      ": a function of an electronic device that causes a recording to play":[],
      ": emphasis or publicity especially in the news media":[
        "wished the country received a better play in the American press",
        "\u2014 Hugh MacLennan"
      ],
      ": a move or series of moves calculated to arouse friendly feelings":[
        "\u2014 usually used with make made a big play for the girl \u2014 Will Herman"
      ],
      ": the stage representation of an action or story":[],
      ": a dramatic composition : drama":[],
      ": in condition or position to be legitimately played":[],
      ": not in play":[],
      ": to engage in sport or recreation : frolic":[],
      ": to move aimlessly about : trifle":[],
      ": to toy or fiddle around with something":[
        "played with her food"
      ],
      ": to deal or behave frivolously or mockingly : jest":[],
      ": to deal in a light, speculative, or sportive manner":[],
      ": to make use of double meaning or of the similarity of sound of two words for stylistic or humorous effect":[],
      ": to take advantage":[
        "playing on fears"
      ],
      ": flutter , frisk":[],
      ": to move or operate in a lively, irregular, or intermittent manner":[],
      ": to move or function freely within prescribed limits":[],
      ": to produce a stream":[
        "hoses playing on a fire"
      ],
      ": to perform music":[
        "play on a violin"
      ],
      ": to sound in performance":[
        "the organ is playing"
      ],
      ": to emit sounds":[
        "the radio is playing"
      ],
      ": to reproduce recorded sounds":[
        "a record is playing"
      ],
      ": to act in a dramatic production":[],
      ": show , run":[
        "what's playing at the theater"
      ],
      ": to be suitable for dramatic performance":[],
      ": to act with special consideration so as to gain favor, approval, or sympathy":[
        "might play to popular prejudices to serve his political ends",
        "\u2014 V. L. Parrington",
        "\u2014 often used in the phrase play up to"
      ],
      ": to produce a specified impression in performance":[
        "a movie that plays like a sitcom"
      ],
      ": to engage or take part in a game":[],
      ": to perform in a position in a specified manner":[
        "the outfielders were playing deep"
      ],
      ": to perform an action during one's turn in a game":[],
      ": gamble":[],
      ": to behave or conduct oneself in a specified way":[
        "play safe"
      ],
      ": to feign a specified state or quality":[
        "play dead"
      ],
      ": to take part in or assent to some activity : cooperate":[
        "play along with his scheme"
      ],
      ": to act so as to prove advantageous to another":[
        "\u2014 usually used in the phrase play into the hands of"
      ],
      ": to gain approval : go over":[
        "her idea did not play well"
      ],
      ": to engage in or occupy oneself with":[
        "play baseball"
      ],
      ": to engage in (an activity) as a game":[],
      ": to deal with, handle, or manage":[],
      ": exploit , manipulate":[],
      ": to pretend to engage in the activities of":[
        "play war",
        "children playing house"
      ],
      ": to amount to by one's efforts":[
        "played an important role in their success"
      ],
      ": to perform or execute for amusement or to deceive or mock":[
        "play a trick"
      ],
      ": wreak":[
        "play havoc"
      ],
      ": to use or introduce as a political or rhetorical strategy":[
        "play the national security card"
      ],
      ": to put on a performance of (a play)":[],
      ": to act in the character or part of":[],
      ": to act or perform in":[
        "played leading theaters"
      ],
      ": to perform or act the part of":[
        "play the fool"
      ],
      ": to contend against in or as if in a game":[],
      ": to use as a contestant in a game":[
        "the coach did not play him"
      ],
      ": to perform the duties associated with (a certain position)":[
        "played quarterback"
      ],
      ": to guard or move into position to defend against (an opponent) in a specified manner":[],
      ": to wager in a game : stake":[],
      ": to make wagers on":[
        "play the races"
      ],
      ": to speculate on or in":[
        "play the stock market"
      ],
      ": to operate on the basis of":[
        "play a hunch"
      ],
      ": to catch or pick up (a batted ball) : field":[
        "played the ball bare-handed"
      ],
      ": to perform (music) on an instrument":[
        "play a waltz"
      ],
      ": to perform music on":[
        "play the violin"
      ],
      ": to perform music of (a certain composer)":[],
      ": to cause (a device, such as a radio) to emit sounds":[],
      ": to cause the recorded sound or image of (something, such as a record, optical disk, or a digital file) to be reproduced":[],
      ": wield , ply":[],
      ": to discharge, fire, or set off with continuous effect":[
        "played the hose on the burning building"
      ],
      ": to cause to move or operate lightly and irregularly or intermittently":[],
      ": to keep (a hooked fish) in action":[],
      ": cooperate":[],
      ": to set opposing interests against each other to one's own ultimate profit":[],
      ": to deal with something without previous planning or instructions":[],
      ": to try to hide the truth from someone by deceptive means":[],
      ": to act with the means available to one":[],
      ": to pretend to be asleep or dead":[],
      ": to take a subordinate position":[],
      ": to date or have romantic connections with more than one person":[],
      ": to act according to a code or set of standards":[],
      ": to be rational or sane":[],
      ": to do something risky or dangerous":[],
      ": masturbate":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dalliance",
      "frolic",
      "frolicking",
      "fun",
      "fun and games",
      "recreation",
      "relaxation",
      "rollicking",
      "sport"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dally",
      "disport",
      "frolic",
      "recreate",
      "rollick",
      "skylark",
      "sport",
      "toy"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for play Noun fun , jest , sport , game , play mean action or speech that provides amusement or arouses laughter. fun usually implies laughter or gaiety but may imply merely a lack of serious or ulterior purpose. played cards just for fun jest implies lack of earnestness and may suggest a hoaxing or teasing. hurt by remarks said only in jest sport applies especially to the arousing of laughter against someone. teasing begun in sport led to anger game is close to sport , and often stresses mischievous or malicious fun. made game of their poor relations play stresses the opposition to earnest without implying any malice or mischief. pretended to strangle his brother in play",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The play is based on a real-life event.",
      "He wrote, directed, and starred in the play .",
      "His fifth grade class is putting on a play about the first Thanksgiving.",
      "I've gone to all of my daughter's school plays .",
      "The book discusses the role of play in a child's development.",
      "As the saying goes, \u201cAll work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.\u201d",
      "Please, no talking during play .",
      "Rain held up play for an hour.",
      "The chess match finally ended after three hours of play .",
      "The two golfers were tied at the start of play yesterday.",
      "Verb",
      "The children were playing in the yard.",
      "Can Sara come out and play ",
      "He played by himself in his room.",
      "Did you play any sports in high school",
      "No one dares to play chess with him.",
      "The children were playing hide-and-seek.",
      "I have a chess set. Do you want to play ",
      "It's your turn to play .",
      "She hurt her wrist but decided to continue playing .",
      "He played in every major tournament this year.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Through full access to Salazar, the author sought to illuminate the tensions and political tools at play when an outsider movement fights for a cause like affordable housing. \u2014 Michael Cavna, Washington Post , 2 July 2022",
      "Although there are many factors at play , Walgreens recently cited a rise in shoplifting for closing some of its stores. \u2014 Harry Kazakian, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
      "Kristin ponders all the issues at play , including the government deciding when life begins. \u2014 Susan Young, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
      "And unlike the supply-chain challenges currently at play at the gas pump, hospitals have no ability to simply increase prices at will. \u2014 Peter Pronovost, STAT , 28 June 2022",
      "But the scope and breadth of the party switching suggests something much bigger at play . \u2014 Steve Peoples And Aaron Kessler, Chron , 27 June 2022",
      "Two main dynamics are at play in the great drying of the West. \u2014 Jim Robbins, Wired , 25 June 2022",
      "Because of all the supernatural forces at play , many more options were open to the Umbrella Academy creative team for the new season than there would have been if, say, Page were in the Yellowstone ensemble. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
      "The big takeaway from this show, and likely every one on the tour: At 81, Dylan is acting his somber age, and yet, in his fashion, deep at play in the fields of the Lord. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 22 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Today, thanks to Landsat\u2019s studiously kept archive, scientists can press play on a full movie of how humans have changed the world in a half-century. \u2014 Wired , 6 July 2022",
      "In a rather scathing takedown of the technology, The Verge\u2019s Alex Cranz argues that some games streamed on the cloud are too dang hard to play on your phone. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 5 July 2022",
      "Conversations with frantic patients that first day play on an inescapable loop in their heads. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 July 2022",
      "Sometimes, his grandma would walk him to a nearby park to play on the swings. \u2014 Annie Gowen, Washington Post , 5 July 2022",
      "Tennant opens the commentary revealing a key production location, when young Melanie and Jake play on a Gulf beach. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 5 July 2022",
      "The idea of revisiting and revising an old work is not new, exactly (Kate Bush and Joni Mitchell have both formally released re-recordings of old material), and many artists play new versions of old songs while on tour. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 5 July 2022",
      "Their story became a focus ahead of the Super Bowl 50, with media reporting extensively about Smith\u2019s finally being able to watch her son play in person on the game\u2019s biggest stage. \u2014 New York Times , 5 July 2022",
      "The band is next scheduled to play on Friday in Munich, Germany. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 5 July 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English plega ; akin to Old English plegan to play, Middle Dutch pleyen":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112754"
  },
  "place value":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the value of the place of a digit in a numeral":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1911, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114618"
  },
  "placer mining":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the process of extracting minerals from a placer especially by washing, dredging, or hydraulic mining":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114707"
  },
  "playoff":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a final contest, series of contests, or period of play to determine the winner between contestants or teams that have tied":[
        "a golf tournament decided by an 18-hole playoff",
        "a sudden-death playoff"
      ],
      ": a series of contests played after the end of the regular season to determine a championship":[
        "\u2014 usually plural except when used before another noun Will you watch the playoffs "
      ],
      ": to set in opposition for one's own gain":[],
      ": to set in contrast":[],
      ": to complete the playing of (an interrupted contest)":[],
      ": to break (a tie) by a playoff":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-\u02cc\u022ff"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "After 71 playoff games over three seasons the Lightning had the bruises and sprains and strains of a team that had played a lot of hockey and was fueled the last few games by sheer pride and heart. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
      "Philadelphia got past the North Division champion New Jersey Generals, and the Stallions beat the New Orleans Breakers in their respective playoff games. \u2014 Ryan Gaydos, Fox News , 26 June 2022",
      "At age 34, Curry has now played in 134 playoff games. \u2014 Shane Young, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
      "The Warriors' run was highlighted by a defense that forced 12 turnovers and a rushing attack that averaged 303.2 yards per game in six playoff games. \u2014 Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022",
      "Game 4 is Wednesday night at Amalie Arena, where the Lightning have won a franchise-record eight straight playoff games and Colorado lost on the road for the first time this postseason. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 22 June 2022",
      "Gronkowski was also a huge weapon in the postseason, totaling 98 receptions for 1,389 yards and 15 touchdowns in 22 playoff games. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
      "Game 4 is Wednesday night at Amalie Arena, where the Lightning have won a franchise-record eight straight playoff games and where the Avalanche lost on the road for the first time this postseason. \u2014 Fred Goodall, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
      "Colorado has won seven consecutive playoff games, including its sweep of the Oilers in the Western Conference finals, and is 7-0 on the road \u2014 a juggernaut reaching peak speed in Game 2 of the finals. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1895, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1736, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114804"
  },
  "play around":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to have sex with someone who is not one's husband, wife, or regular partner":[
        "He's not the kind of guy who plays around .",
        "\u2014 often + on She's been playing around on her husband. \u2014 often + with She's been playing around with one of her coworkers."
      ],
      ": to deal with or treat something in a careless way":[
        "When it comes to protecting his family, he doesn't play around .",
        "\u2014 often + with You can't play around with diabetes; it's a very serious disease."
      ],
      ": to use or do something in a way that is not very serious":[
        "It's time to stop playing around and get busy.",
        "\u2014 often + on I spent the evening playing around on the piano/computer/Internet. \u2014 often + with I'm not really a painter; I just like to play around with paints."
      ],
      ": to move or change something or to think about something in different ways often in order to find out what would work best":[
        "\u2014 + with I see you've been playing around with the living room furniture again. The supervisor played around with our work schedules this week. We played around with the idea for a while but eventually realized that it just wouldn't work."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114857"
  },
  "planner":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": something (such as a device, program, or notebook) that provides a schedule and is used for planning activities, travels, etc.":[
        "an online trip planner",
        "a monthly/daily planner"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pla-n\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1716, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115752"
  },
  "play truant":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to miss school without permission":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115948"
  },
  "plasmin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a proteolytic enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-m\u0259n",
      "\u02c8plaz-m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Another recent study in the journal Physiological Reviews noted that people with already high levels of plasmin , a key enzyme that breaks down blood clots, tend to have more severe COVID-19 infection. \u2014 Dennis Thompson, CBS News , 27 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1866, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120719"
  },
  "planogamete":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plan\u0259g\u0259\u02ccm\u0113t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary plan- entry 1 + gamete":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121721"
  },
  "place/put little credence in":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to generally not believe":[
        "I place/put little credence in statistics."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122254"
  },
  "play (it) smart":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make good decisions":[
        "If you play (it) smart , you should be able to graduate in four years."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123220"
  },
  "played":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": swordplay":[],
      ": game , sport":[],
      ": the conduct, course, or action of a game":[],
      ": a particular act or maneuver in a game: such as":[],
      ": the action during an attempt to advance the ball in football":[],
      ": the action in which a player is put out in baseball":[],
      ": the action in which cards are played after bidding in a card game":[],
      ": the moving of a piece in a board game (such as chess)":[],
      ": one's turn in a game":[
        "it's your play"
      ],
      ": sexual intercourse":[],
      ": amorous flirtation : dalliance":[],
      ": absence of serious or harmful intent : jest":[
        "said it in play"
      ],
      ": the act or an instance of playing on words or speech sounds":[],
      ": gaming , gambling":[],
      ": an act, way, or manner of proceeding : maneuver":[
        "that was a play to get your fingerprints",
        "\u2014 Erle Stanley Gardner"
      ],
      ": deal , venture":[],
      ": the state of being active, operative, or relevant":[
        "other motives surely come into play",
        "\u2014 M. R. Cohen",
        "several issues are at play"
      ],
      ": brisk, fitful, or light movement":[
        "the gem presented a dazzling play of colors"
      ],
      ": scope or opportunity for action":[],
      ": a function of an electronic device that causes a recording to play":[],
      ": emphasis or publicity especially in the news media":[
        "wished the country received a better play in the American press",
        "\u2014 Hugh MacLennan"
      ],
      ": a move or series of moves calculated to arouse friendly feelings":[
        "\u2014 usually used with make made a big play for the girl \u2014 Will Herman"
      ],
      ": the stage representation of an action or story":[],
      ": a dramatic composition : drama":[],
      ": in condition or position to be legitimately played":[],
      ": not in play":[],
      ": to engage in sport or recreation : frolic":[],
      ": to move aimlessly about : trifle":[],
      ": to toy or fiddle around with something":[
        "played with her food"
      ],
      ": to deal or behave frivolously or mockingly : jest":[],
      ": to deal in a light, speculative, or sportive manner":[],
      ": to make use of double meaning or of the similarity of sound of two words for stylistic or humorous effect":[],
      ": to take advantage":[
        "playing on fears"
      ],
      ": flutter , frisk":[],
      ": to move or operate in a lively, irregular, or intermittent manner":[],
      ": to move or function freely within prescribed limits":[],
      ": to produce a stream":[
        "hoses playing on a fire"
      ],
      ": to perform music":[
        "play on a violin"
      ],
      ": to sound in performance":[
        "the organ is playing"
      ],
      ": to emit sounds":[
        "the radio is playing"
      ],
      ": to reproduce recorded sounds":[
        "a record is playing"
      ],
      ": to act in a dramatic production":[],
      ": show , run":[
        "what's playing at the theater"
      ],
      ": to be suitable for dramatic performance":[],
      ": to act with special consideration so as to gain favor, approval, or sympathy":[
        "might play to popular prejudices to serve his political ends",
        "\u2014 V. L. Parrington",
        "\u2014 often used in the phrase play up to"
      ],
      ": to produce a specified impression in performance":[
        "a movie that plays like a sitcom"
      ],
      ": to engage or take part in a game":[],
      ": to perform in a position in a specified manner":[
        "the outfielders were playing deep"
      ],
      ": to perform an action during one's turn in a game":[],
      ": gamble":[],
      ": to behave or conduct oneself in a specified way":[
        "play safe"
      ],
      ": to feign a specified state or quality":[
        "play dead"
      ],
      ": to take part in or assent to some activity : cooperate":[
        "play along with his scheme"
      ],
      ": to act so as to prove advantageous to another":[
        "\u2014 usually used in the phrase play into the hands of"
      ],
      ": to gain approval : go over":[
        "her idea did not play well"
      ],
      ": to engage in or occupy oneself with":[
        "play baseball"
      ],
      ": to engage in (an activity) as a game":[],
      ": to deal with, handle, or manage":[],
      ": exploit , manipulate":[],
      ": to pretend to engage in the activities of":[
        "play war",
        "children playing house"
      ],
      ": to amount to by one's efforts":[
        "played an important role in their success"
      ],
      ": to perform or execute for amusement or to deceive or mock":[
        "play a trick"
      ],
      ": wreak":[
        "play havoc"
      ],
      ": to use or introduce as a political or rhetorical strategy":[
        "play the national security card"
      ],
      ": to put on a performance of (a play)":[],
      ": to act in the character or part of":[],
      ": to act or perform in":[
        "played leading theaters"
      ],
      ": to perform or act the part of":[
        "play the fool"
      ],
      ": to contend against in or as if in a game":[],
      ": to use as a contestant in a game":[
        "the coach did not play him"
      ],
      ": to perform the duties associated with (a certain position)":[
        "played quarterback"
      ],
      ": to guard or move into position to defend against (an opponent) in a specified manner":[],
      ": to wager in a game : stake":[],
      ": to make wagers on":[
        "play the races"
      ],
      ": to speculate on or in":[
        "play the stock market"
      ],
      ": to operate on the basis of":[
        "play a hunch"
      ],
      ": to catch or pick up (a batted ball) : field":[
        "played the ball bare-handed"
      ],
      ": to perform (music) on an instrument":[
        "play a waltz"
      ],
      ": to perform music on":[
        "play the violin"
      ],
      ": to perform music of (a certain composer)":[],
      ": to cause (a device, such as a radio) to emit sounds":[],
      ": to cause the recorded sound or image of (something, such as a record, optical disk, or a digital file) to be reproduced":[],
      ": wield , ply":[],
      ": to discharge, fire, or set off with continuous effect":[
        "played the hose on the burning building"
      ],
      ": to cause to move or operate lightly and irregularly or intermittently":[],
      ": to keep (a hooked fish) in action":[],
      ": cooperate":[],
      ": to set opposing interests against each other to one's own ultimate profit":[],
      ": to deal with something without previous planning or instructions":[],
      ": to try to hide the truth from someone by deceptive means":[],
      ": to act with the means available to one":[],
      ": to pretend to be asleep or dead":[],
      ": to take a subordinate position":[],
      ": to date or have romantic connections with more than one person":[],
      ": to act according to a code or set of standards":[],
      ": to be rational or sane":[],
      ": to do something risky or dangerous":[],
      ": masturbate":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dalliance",
      "frolic",
      "frolicking",
      "fun",
      "fun and games",
      "recreation",
      "relaxation",
      "rollicking",
      "sport"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dally",
      "disport",
      "frolic",
      "recreate",
      "rollick",
      "skylark",
      "sport",
      "toy"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for play Noun fun , jest , sport , game , play mean action or speech that provides amusement or arouses laughter. fun usually implies laughter or gaiety but may imply merely a lack of serious or ulterior purpose. played cards just for fun jest implies lack of earnestness and may suggest a hoaxing or teasing. hurt by remarks said only in jest sport applies especially to the arousing of laughter against someone. teasing begun in sport led to anger game is close to sport , and often stresses mischievous or malicious fun. made game of their poor relations play stresses the opposition to earnest without implying any malice or mischief. pretended to strangle his brother in play",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The play is based on a real-life event.",
      "He wrote, directed, and starred in the play .",
      "His fifth grade class is putting on a play about the first Thanksgiving.",
      "I've gone to all of my daughter's school plays .",
      "The book discusses the role of play in a child's development.",
      "As the saying goes, \u201cAll work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.\u201d",
      "Please, no talking during play .",
      "Rain held up play for an hour.",
      "The chess match finally ended after three hours of play .",
      "The two golfers were tied at the start of play yesterday.",
      "Verb",
      "The children were playing in the yard.",
      "Can Sara come out and play ",
      "He played by himself in his room.",
      "Did you play any sports in high school",
      "No one dares to play chess with him.",
      "The children were playing hide-and-seek.",
      "I have a chess set. Do you want to play ",
      "It's your turn to play .",
      "She hurt her wrist but decided to continue playing .",
      "He played in every major tournament this year.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Through full access to Salazar, the author sought to illuminate the tensions and political tools at play when an outsider movement fights for a cause like affordable housing. \u2014 Michael Cavna, Washington Post , 2 July 2022",
      "Although there are many factors at play , Walgreens recently cited a rise in shoplifting for closing some of its stores. \u2014 Harry Kazakian, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
      "Kristin ponders all the issues at play , including the government deciding when life begins. \u2014 Susan Young, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
      "And unlike the supply-chain challenges currently at play at the gas pump, hospitals have no ability to simply increase prices at will. \u2014 Peter Pronovost, STAT , 28 June 2022",
      "But the scope and breadth of the party switching suggests something much bigger at play . \u2014 Steve Peoples And Aaron Kessler, Chron , 27 June 2022",
      "Two main dynamics are at play in the great drying of the West. \u2014 Jim Robbins, Wired , 25 June 2022",
      "Because of all the supernatural forces at play , many more options were open to the Umbrella Academy creative team for the new season than there would have been if, say, Page were in the Yellowstone ensemble. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
      "The big takeaway from this show, and likely every one on the tour: At 81, Dylan is acting his somber age, and yet, in his fashion, deep at play in the fields of the Lord. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 22 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Today, thanks to Landsat\u2019s studiously kept archive, scientists can press play on a full movie of how humans have changed the world in a half-century. \u2014 Wired , 6 July 2022",
      "In a rather scathing takedown of the technology, The Verge\u2019s Alex Cranz argues that some games streamed on the cloud are too dang hard to play on your phone. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 5 July 2022",
      "Conversations with frantic patients that first day play on an inescapable loop in their heads. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 July 2022",
      "Sometimes, his grandma would walk him to a nearby park to play on the swings. \u2014 Annie Gowen, Washington Post , 5 July 2022",
      "Tennant opens the commentary revealing a key production location, when young Melanie and Jake play on a Gulf beach. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 5 July 2022",
      "The idea of revisiting and revising an old work is not new, exactly (Kate Bush and Joni Mitchell have both formally released re-recordings of old material), and many artists play new versions of old songs while on tour. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 5 July 2022",
      "Their story became a focus ahead of the Super Bowl 50, with media reporting extensively about Smith\u2019s finally being able to watch her son play in person on the game\u2019s biggest stage. \u2014 New York Times , 5 July 2022",
      "The band is next scheduled to play on Friday in Munich, Germany. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 5 July 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English plega ; akin to Old English plegan to play, Middle Dutch pleyen":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123622"
  },
  "play about":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to have sex with someone who is not one's husband, wife, or regular partner":[
        "He's not the kind of guy who plays about .",
        "\u2014 often + on She's been playing about on her husband. \u2014 often + with She's been playing about with one of her coworkers."
      ],
      ": to deal with or treat something in a careless way":[
        "When it comes to protecting his family, he doesn't play about .",
        "\u2014 often + with You can't play about with diabetes; it's a very serious disease."
      ],
      ": to use or do something in a way that is not very serious":[
        "It's time to stop playing about and get busy.",
        "\u2014 often + on I spent the evening playing about on the piano/computer/Internet. \u2014 often + with I'm not really a painter; I just like to play about with paints."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124035"
  },
  "play (someone or something) off against (someone or something)":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cause two people or groups to fight or compete with (each other) in a way that helps oneself":[
        "They have been playing him off against his old enemies."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125211"
  },
  "plaza":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a public square in a city or town":[],
      ": an open area usually located near urban buildings and often featuring walkways, trees and shrubs, places to sit, and sometimes shops":[],
      ": a place on a thoroughfare (such as a turnpike) at which all traffic must temporarily stop (as to pay tolls)":[],
      ": an area adjacent to an expressway which has service facilities (such as a restaurant, gas station, and restrooms)":[],
      ": shopping center":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u00e4-z\u0259",
      "\u02c8pl\u00e4-",
      "\u02c8pla-",
      "\u02c8pla-z\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "They put his statue in the town's plaza .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The gunman was last seen running behind a McDonald\u2019s next to the shopping plaza and toward Minnesota Avenue, police said. \u2014 Omari Daniels, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "The roof slants all the way down to the broad plaza , doubling as a ramp. \u2014 James Stewart, Robb Report , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Four hours before the Dodgers\u2019 game against Cincinnati, Roberts led his players out to the park behind the outfield bleachers at Dodger Stadium to the plaza where a statue of Robinson has stood since 2017. \u2014 Greg Beacham, ajc , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "In the afternoon, the team donned its No. 42 jerseys and walked to the center-field plaza at Dodger Stadium, gathering around a statue of Robinson during an address from his son, David. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The award ceremony was supposed to take place Tuesday night in Beijing, with the American team to receive silver medals and Japan bronze, but just as the teams prepared to head to a plaza for the event they were told to turn back. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Like Sonoma, Healdsburg is home to a cute downtown plaza that manages to be both full of life and far from the crowds, at least for winter visits. \u2014 Amelia Edelman, Travel + Leisure , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "Here are a few of her favorite places in the neighborhood, from the best spot for fuchka in New York to the perfect plaza for a protest. \u2014 Caroline Spivack, Curbed , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Students in nearby residence halls at Case Western Reserve University wandered over to the plaza \u2014and into Alberty\u2019s files. \u2014 Randal Doane, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish, from Latin platea broad street \u2014 more at place":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1683, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-130624"
  },
  "play with words/language":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to use words that sound similar or that have several different meanings especially in a clever or funny way":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-130942"
  },
  "planomilling machine":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": planomiller":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6pl\u0101n\u014d+\u2026-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131154"
  },
  "playock":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": plaything":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101\u0259k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English (Scots) playok , probably from play entry 1 + -ok (as in Middle English bullok bullock)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131319"
  },
  "play along":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to agree to do or accept what other people want":[
        "They wanted me to cooperate with them, but I refused to play along .",
        "\u2014 often + with I refused to play along with their plan."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-133117"
  },
  "playpen":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a portable usually collapsible enclosure in which a baby or young child may play":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-\u02ccpen"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Where others see Silicon Valley as a playpen for narcissists who can code, Richtel sees a fount for good in the world. \u2014 Eric Weiner, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
      "Luckily, the unexpected downtime has offered Watson a chance to catch up on some fatherly duties, such as building a playpen for his daughter's bunny. \u2014 Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
      "The girl was found deceased in an inflatable pool that was being used as a playpen . \u2014 Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel , 12 May 2022",
      "In one running gag, a clueless Tash uses a plastic laundry hamper as a makeshift car seat, stroller and playpen for the boy. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Chernysheff told police that on the day of the incident, Morrill had forcefully slammed the child into a playpen for not getting dressed in the morning, per the outlet. \u2014 Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Rams playing in a new stadium that cost more than three times more than the 2nd-most expensive playpen . \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "The child\u2019s playpen was broken and filled with clothes. \u2014 Meredith Colias-pete, chicagotribune.com , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "The death of the 11-month-old in a playpen was initially thought by a coroner to be from accidental suffocation, possibly from bedding. \u2014 Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal , 2 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1902, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-133938"
  },
  "planometry":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the art or process of producing or gauging a plane surface (as with a planometer )":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-m\u0259\u2027tr\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plan- entry 2 + -metry":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135047"
  },
  "planer":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": airplane":[],
      ": one of the main supporting surfaces of an airplane":[],
      ": a surface in which if any two points are chosen a straight line joining them lies wholly in that surface":[],
      ": a flat or level surface":[],
      ": a level of existence, consciousness, or development":[
        "on the intellectual plane"
      ],
      ": to make smooth or even : level":[],
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      ": a tool for smoothing or shaping a wood surface":[],
      ": any of a genus ( Platanus of the family Platanaceae, the plane-tree family) of chiefly deciduous trees with large palmately lobed leaves, flowers in globose heads, and usually scaling bark":[],
      ": to fly while keeping the wings motionless":[],
      ": to skim across the surface of the water":[],
      ": to travel by airplane":[],
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      ": of, relating to, or dealing with geometric planes":[],
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      "\u02c8pl\u0101n"
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      "flush",
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      "smooth"
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      "uneven",
      "unsmoothed"
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      "Latin planum , from neuter of planus level":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French planer , from Late Latin planare , from Latin planus level \u2014 more at floor":"Verb",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin plana , from planare":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin platanus , from Greek platanos ; probably akin to Greek platys broad \u2014 more at place":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Middle French planer , from plain level, plain":"Verb",
      "Latin planus":"Adjective"
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      "1604, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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      "noun"
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      ": a lake in an arid or semiarid region that evaporates during the drier months to leave a playa":[]
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-140948"
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  "plasmodesma":{
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      "noun"
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      ": one of the cytoplasmic strands passing through openings in some plant cell walls and forming connections with adjacent cells":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin plasmodesma , from plasma + Greek desmat-, desma bond, from dein to bind \u2014 more at diadem":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1905, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-142333"
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      "idiom"
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    "examples":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-142358"
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        "He was playing footsie with her under the dining room table."
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-144409"
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  "plaza de toros":{
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      "noun"
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      ": bullring":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccpl\u00e4z\u0259d\u0101\u02c8t\u014dr(\u02cc)\u014ds"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish, literally, plaza of bulls":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-144650"
  },
  "plane-mile":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a statistical unit denoting one mile traveled by one airplane":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plane entry 4 + mile":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-144656"
  },
  "place mat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a small often rectangular table mat on which a place setting is laid":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And worst of all are ones that are both oily and acidic \u2014 and a sharply different color than the place mat . \u2014 Washington Post , 7 July 2021",
      "Hummingbird Trellis, one of Chatsworth House\u2019s most popular designs, gets a rich finish of genuine gold leaf, coated with layers of glossy lacquer, making this scene-stealing place mat practically impervious to stains and spills. \u2014 Kara Nelson | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com , 15 Sep. 2020",
      "For fancy takeout, place mats get placed and Aunt Carmen\u2019s china comes out. \u2014 Tom Sietsema, Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2020",
      "In a 2019 study, for instance, researchers screened 34 common plastic products \u2014 including plastic wraps, bags, food containers, drink bottles and place mats \u2014 and found that 74 percent of them tested positive for potentially toxic chemicals. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
      "Also watch out for vinyl in anti-slip bathtub mats, baby play mats and place mats , and choose products made of other materials. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
      "Use it in table runners, bedding, curtains, place mats , hand towels and more to add muted colors and softness to any room. \u2014 Mari-jane Williams, Washington Post , 21 Nov. 2019",
      "Here are some fresh ideas to toast the holidays using entertaining throwbacks. Embroidered linen and cotton place mats are not seen on the tables of most Americans these days. \u2014 Jura Koncius, Washington Post , 13 Nov. 2019",
      "The red spruce picnic table was set for an Anthropolgie catalogue shoot with wildflowers in glass vases, tree trunk place mats , a canopy to catch raindrops and shaggy blue rugs to warm bottoms on benches. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com , 12 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1928, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150744"
  },
  "plate resistance":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the ratio of the potential difference between plate and cathode of a vacuum tube to the resulting current":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151958"
  },
  "Plattdeutsch":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the Low German speech of northern Germany comprising several dialects":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8plat-\u02ccd\u022fich",
      "\u02c8pl\u00e4t-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German, from Dutch Platduitsch , literally, Low German, from plat flat, low + duitsch German":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1677, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-152231"
  },
  "planogamic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to a planogamete":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6plan\u0259\u00a6gamik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "planogam ete + -ic":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-153154"
  },
  "plate meristem":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a meristem in which growth occurs chiefly through cell division in two planes resulting in a flat plate of tissue \u2014 compare mass meristem , rib meristem":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154756"
  },
  "play make-believe":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to think of an imaginary world and pretend to live in it as people, animals, fairies, etc.":[
        "children playing make-believe"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160027"
  },
  "plasterwork":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": plastering often ornate in design used to finish architectural constructions":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pla-st\u0259r-\u02ccw\u0259rk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Throughout the house, plasterwork , too, imbues a sense of timeless craft. \u2014 Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 May 2022",
      "Emerging Florentine artist Paolo Dovichi was commissioned to create 50 site-specific artworks\u2014contemporary contrasts to the intricate plasterwork , noble columns, and herringbone wood floors. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The shabby-chic drawing room, with floor-to-ceiling windows and doors opening out on to a large patio, features an early 19th century plasterwork ceiling and huge fireplace. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Historic Wallpaper Specialties, a company that provides wallpaper-conservation services, maintains a list of resources for historic patterns, as well as decorative paint and plasterwork . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 Sep. 2021",
      "According to museum records its plasterwork was removed in about 250 sections still attached to the old wooden laths and timbers, and the oak floorboards (probably cut from trees felled on the estate) were numbered and disassembled. \u2014 Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2021",
      "The swirling clouds of plasterwork are the result of a technique created for a proposal of a redesign of the performance space The Kitchen. \u2014 Wendy Goodman, Curbed , 12 Oct. 2021",
      "Ornate plasterwork sets a classic stage for art and fresh furnishings in the living area, including a sofa by Four Hands and sparkling new lighting from RH. \u2014 Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens , 30 July 2021",
      "Floorboards were lifted, numbered, treated, and re-laid in the same position, and the modern plasterwork was stripped and replaced using traditional techniques. \u2014 Alison Coleman, Forbes , 25 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1600, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160348"
  },
  "plaintful":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": mournful":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101ntf\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plaint + -ful":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-161115"
  },
  "plane-polarized":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": vibrating in a single plane":[
        "plane-polarized light waves"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1833, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-161536"
  },
  "Placentia Bay":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
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    "definitions":{
      "inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Newfoundland, Canada":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162728"
  },
  "playback":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an act or instance of reproducing recorded sound or pictures often immediately after recording":[],
      ": to perform a playback of (a usually recently recorded disc or tape)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-\u02ccbak"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The band listened to a playback of their first recording.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In our testing, the 13-inch MacBook Pro lasted for 23 hours and 15 minutes with a 4K playback test. \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
      "In our testing, the 13-inch MacBook Pro lasted for 23 hours and 15 minutes with a 4K playback test. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 22 June 2022",
      "When testing speakers, our engineers and analysts consider how easy each speaker is to set up, pair and control music playback through the device and app, if applicable. \u2014 Olivia Lipski, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
      "When video playback is slowed down, the recording shows the woman holding the cellphone with her left hand, ball up her right fist and jab at Jackson. \u2014 Mike Cruz, The Arizona Republic , 10 June 2022",
      "The new MacBook Air is supposed to be both faster and quieter than its predecessor, with a video playback battery life of up to 18 hours, Apple claimed. \u2014 Samuel Axon And Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
      "As a playback singer, KK became the voice of Bollywood stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Ranbir Kapoor and Salman Khan. \u2014 Suhasini Raj, New York Times , 1 June 2022",
      "Streaming music from a smartphone or tablet is easy to play thanks to the inclusion of Apple AirPlay 2, Chromecast built-in and Bluetooth playback . \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "The non-navigation apps will give you access to quick actions, such as music playback and quick messaging. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 16 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1929, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1949, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-163158"
  },
  "playact":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": act out sense 1a":[],
      ": to take part in theatrical performances especially as a professional":[],
      ": to make believe":[],
      ": to engage in theatrical or insincere behavior":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-\u02ccakt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Trixie advises Alma to playact highness to flummox E.B. \u2014 Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture , 18 Dec. 2021",
      "Today, this dynamic lives on in the form of Roblox strip clubs, where young people \u2014 mostly, minors \u2014 playact at adult sexuality. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 12 Sep. 2021",
      "The world had first required her to playact as a man. \u2014 Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine , 15 Sep. 2020",
      "Yona has it better than the locals who have agreed to playact , and likely die, in Mui\u2019s fake new disaster. \u2014 Madeline Leung Coleman, The Atlantic , 13 Aug. 2020",
      "In a twist, The Sims is now a way to playact not just an alternate life, but any life at all. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 19 Apr. 2020",
      "One of the funniest answers to this question comes from the comedian Conner O\u2019Malley, who has built a career playacting the way consumerism warps our spirits. \u2014 Sam Anderson, New York Times , 6 Feb. 2020",
      "Cloud is almost childlike, a boy playacting at being a warrior and not always nailing the part. \u2014 Julie Muncy, Wired , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "Awkwafina contains multitudes, and Nora From Queens gets a kick out of putting the main character, already grappling with her place in the world, in situations that give her the opportunity to playact . \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "back-formation from playacting":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1856, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-163643"
  },
  "placet":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101s\u0259\u0307t"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, it pleases, 3d singular present indicative of plac\u0113re to please":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164128"
  },
  "plane of polarization":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the plane in which the magnetic-vibration component of plane-polarized electromagnetic radiation lies":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1815, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164648"
  },
  "playfield":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a playground for outdoor athletics":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-\u02ccf\u0113ld"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Which is why, at least two to three times a week, she can be found at a playfield named after a Detroit legend who was once regarded as the fastest human in the world. \u2014 Freep.com , 21 Aug. 2021",
      "In return, the city would own the stadium and also get a new Lockhart Park with a playground, dog park, fitness area, multipurpose playfield , kickball zone, yoga lawn, walking trail and sprawling open green space. \u2014 Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com , 20 Aug. 2021",
      "Examples include Marvel Pinball, Star Wars Pinball and Attack from Mars Pinball, each with a 24-inch LCD playfield , 8-inch LCD score screen, authentic flipper feedback and real plunger and buttons. \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 22 May 2021",
      "Heck, a wolf was photographed running on the playfields at my son\u2019s middle school. \u2014 Ben Long, Outdoor Life , 6 Mar. 2020",
      "The group's work has resulted in the park being identified as a priority playfield to renovate. \u2014 Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 Feb. 2020",
      "The 2600\u2019s screen, which the system\u2019s engineers had designated the playfield , functioned like a container. \u2014 David L. Craddock, Ars Technica , 14 Sep. 2019",
      "The playfield took up forty bits, twenty for each half of the screen. \u2014 David L. Craddock, Ars Technica , 14 Sep. 2019",
      "The district is still working to resolve an issue stemming from a grant accepted more than 25 years ago by the city of Encinitas and the district to improve the school\u2019s playfields . \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1808, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165016"
  },
  "plate mark":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": hallmark":[],
      ": a depression of an etching or engraving made by the pressure of the edge of the plate upon the dampened paper while printing":[],
      ": an impression from a flat uninked plate to smooth a rough area prior to printing or to produce a blind panel":[],
      ": to impress with a plate mark":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165813"
  },
  "playground":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a piece of land used for and usually equipped with facilities for recreation especially by children":[],
      ": an area known or suited for activity of a specified sort":[
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      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101-\u02ccgrau\u0307nd"
    ],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "The island was a playground of the rich and famous until the 1950s.",
      "These mountains are a playground for hikers, skiers, and nature lovers.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Lincoln Center once again turns its stately campus into a playground for all to enjoy, hosting concerts, dance classes, readings, and even, on July 10, a mass wedding ceremony for those that were cancelled during the pandemic. \u2014 The New Yorker , 17 June 2022",
      "Malibu, a beach city about 30 miles from downtown Los Angeles, has changed drastically over the last few decades, morphing from a largely undeveloped surf mecca into a pricey playground for celebrities and the uber-wealthy. \u2014 Katherine Clarke, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Beyond, a one-of-a-kind experience for the Meta Quest 2 that turns your real-world space into a mixed reality playground . \u2014 Charlie Fink, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "Many didn\u2019t want the unblemished land turned into a playground . \u2014 Antonia Hitchens, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
      "Take all of that and concentrate it into San Francisco, a city viewed by much of the country as a playground for the progressive fringe despite its metro area rivaling Boston or Detroit in size. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 7 June 2022",
      "This winter at Inlet View, sewage leaked into the playground , there were days when bathrooms didn\u2019t work, and others where kids wore jackets during lessons because the heat wasn\u2019t working, according to Fields. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "His job is to explain his playground and pass along his needs, letting the designers then get to work. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "Swiatek has been an irresistible force on any surface for the last four months, but red clay is her favorite playground . \u2014 Christopher Clarey, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-170222"
  },
  "play-party":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a social gathering especially of young people characteristic of the rural U.S. with entertainment consisting of dramatic games and swinging plays performed to the singing of ballads and clapping usually without instrumental accompaniment":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-170515"
  },
  "play with":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to move or handle (something) with one's hands or fingers often without thinking":[
        "Stop playing with that pen and pay attention to what I'm saying."
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      ": to handle, change, or deal with (something) in a careless way":[
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        "It's important to teach your children not to play with guns/fire/matches.",
        "Don't play with my heart/emotions.",
        "You have to take this seriously. You're playing with people's lives!"
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      "He plagiarized a classmate's report.",
      "She plagiarized from an article she read on the Internet.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hedwig and the Angry Inch began as an off-Broadway play in 1998 about a genderqueer East German rock singer who develops a relationship with a younger man, Tommy (Pitt), only to have Tommy plagiarize her songs. \u2014 Kara Warner, PEOPLE.com , 13 Aug. 2021",
      "Fake sites plagiarize all their content, or have no content at all. \u2014 Dr. Augustine Fou, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2021",
      "Gibbs said the collection was a guide to women's health and it had been plagiarized from other similar writings during the same period. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 12 Sep. 2019",
      "The fledgling group, which has just 36 members, is also encouraging universities to make greater efforts to detect plagiarism\u2014such as by installing software that can detect plagiarized material\u2014and to penalize those who copy. \u2014 Linda Nordling, Science | AAAS , 27 June 2018"
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      "plagiary":""
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      "New Latin, from plasma + Greek lemma husk \u2014 more at lemma":""
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      "1939, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As such, the yacht will fly over the waves with less drag and more speed than a traditional planing yacht. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "The futuristic chase boat is fitted with hydrofoils that lift it up and out of the water for less resistance than a normal planing boat. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 19 Aug. 2021",
      "Motors favor a planing hull that skims over the surface. \u2014 Field & Stream , 19 Mar. 2021"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1919, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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      ": to pretend that one is not interested in having a romantic or sexual relationship with someone in order to make that person more attracted to one":[]
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      "1763, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Most of the city's DJs have added the song to their playlists .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In addition, the winning films will be highlighted in a video playlist on IMDb\u2019s homepage. \u2014 Ashley Hume, Variety , 7 May 2022",
      "Among the red walls, paper dragons, money trees, decorative fans and posters with Chinese messages, the fast beats of a merengue playlist echoes. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 June 2022",
      "The playlist included echolocating clicks and whistles of killer whales and sperm whales; both sent elephant seals into steep dives. \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
      "And either award some energy on playlist completion, or randomly through kills at times. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
      "While the rise of digital music has prioritized the playlist , the album\u2014the collection of songs unified by a singular concept, or a moment in time\u2014still can carry a lot of weight with listeners in 2022. \u2014 Maura Johnston, Time , 3 June 2022",
      "Watch the full production on-demand in the TikTok playlist here. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 31 May 2022",
      "Specifically for this environment an eclectic playlist was needed to establish the varied types of teens that went there. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 29 May 2022",
      "The most recent playlist from Jacob\u2019s Pillow\u2019s excellent Dance Interactive page explores the intersection between dance and poetry. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
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      "1972, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175525"
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      "noun"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The mix contains enough plant food to last plants for about two months. \u2014 Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 May 2022",
      "Moles, which are rarely if ever seen, prefer non- plant food . \u2014 oregonlive , 16 May 2022",
      "On top of that the surging cost of plant food (a.k.a. fertilizer) and probable bad weather should reduce supplies. \u2014 Simon Constable, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The company manufactures different types of lawn fertilizers and plant food . \u2014 Allison Prang, WSJ , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "The sturdy bag has lots of pockets and compartments, so your gardener friend has room for their trowel, dibble, pruner, plant food , and cultivator. \u2014 Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Two previous appointees of the governor -- Sam Stuckey of Clarkedale (Crittenden County), representing cotton farmers, and Darrell Hess of Wynne, representing the plant food industry -- are in the middle of their terms and continue to serve. \u2014 Stephen Steed, Arkansas Online , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "The two types of plants need exactly the same type of nutrition: either very high-nitrogen or all-nitrogen plant food . \u2014 Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "The other purchasing choices include the above items and an option to buy with plant food , another that includes a terrarium tool, and a deluxe kit that includes everything. \u2014 Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens , 25 Aug. 2021"
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      "1853, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175637"
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      "noun"
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      ": a variation of paddle tennis that is played on a platform enclosed by a wire fence":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Murphy said the couple also is considering constructing several amenities on the property, including possibly a toboggan run and platform tennis . \u2014 Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "To the west of where BrewDog is, platform tennis courts are going in. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 28 Nov. 2021",
      "Paddle or platform tennis , as it is called, is played on raised courts with heaters underneath so the sport can be played in the winter. \u2014 Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com , 23 June 2019",
      "The park district currently has four platform tennis courts at Keystone Park, 430 Keystone Ave. \u2014 Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com , 28 July 2019",
      "With interest in its platform tennis offerings increasing, the River Forest Park District has received permission to keep its lights at its courts on a half-hour later each day. \u2014 Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com , 28 July 2019",
      "The couple met in 2017, when mutual friends invited Ms. Lamb to watch Mr. FitzSimons play in a platform tennis tournament in Larchmont. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2018",
      "For two years during my teens, my partner and I were ranked number one in the country in platform tennis . \u2014 S. Kirk Walsh, Longreads , 22 Jan. 2018",
      "Among the 90-plus athletes Isenbarger had to get past were 2017 Linear Bocce World Champion Bond Sandoe III; Butler University tennis coach and former standout player Parker Ross; and George S. Higgins, ranked 49th in the country in platform tennis . \u2014 Will Higgins, Indianapolis Star , 7 May 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1955, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180348"
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      ": a person who writes plays":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The contemporary examples of Irish playwright Samuel Beckett and Polish theater director Jerzy Grotowski were as palpable in his work as the influences of Craig, Brecht, Artaud. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 3 July 2022",
      "So it\u2019s a relief that playwright Lolita Chakrabarti has opted not to spell out the contemporary subtext of her 1800s-set play in bold, red ink. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
      "Andrew Garfield stars in this autobiographical musical about playwright Jonathan Larson. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
      "The playwright weaves in a real estate developer named Do\u00f1a Kati, a stand-in for the Mexican folklore figure La Catrina, the skeleton woman who represents death. \u2014 Terry Byrne, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "Actor, musician and playwright Phina Pipia stars in the 45-minute solo play about a grad student who travels back in time to the Renaissance era to solve a 15th century mystery. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
      "The playwright Alice Childress, who lived from 1916 to 1994, never saw her work produced on Broadway. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "The host called out Lynn Nottage as being a double-nominee for writing both the play Clyde\u2019s and the book for MJ \u2014 the first playwright to earn nominations in both categories in a single year. \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 June 2022",
      "In a related piece, McNulty explores how Chekhov became the playwright of the moment. \u2014 Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "play entry 1 + obsolete wright maker \u2014 more at wright":""
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      "1605, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180736"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180820"
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      "New Latin, from Latin, sole of the foot":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181912"
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      "noun"
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      ": a schematic drawing or plan for displaying merchandise in a store so as to maximize sales":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Retailers use a planogram to detail how specific products should be displayed in a store to increase visual appeal. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "PepsiCo can drill into its 500,000 store database and its 110 million consumer database, do some computer voodoo (known as AI) and, voila, create a customized planogram and advise its customers what products should be placed in what stores. \u2014 Louis Biscotti, Forbes , 7 May 2021",
      "The planogram was enforced by occasional visits from HMV managers. \u2014 David Segal, New York Times , 8 Aug. 2019",
      "Several major U.S. chains are already utilizing big data and virtual reality to modify planograms to increase average revenue per cart. \u2014 Jay Samit, Fortune , 23 June 2017"
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      "plan- (taken as combining form of plan entry 1 ) + -gram":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184154"
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    "examples":[
      "He gave classes in playwriting and poetry.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The other issue, endemic in Greenberg\u2019s playwriting , is the overly abstract nature of the thematic design. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Oct. 2021",
      "The drama school offers instruction in acting, design, directing, dramaturgy, dramatic criticism, playwriting , stage management, technical design and production and theater management. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 30 June 2021",
      "In 2010, Nouveau 47 \u2014 an homage to the theater\u2019s launch date \u2014 emerged as a group dedicated to the development of new plays, the craft of playwriting , and the advancement of playwrights. \u2014 Dallas News , 13 May 2021",
      "Davis\u2019 commandingly earthy performance sets the tone for a film that creates enough theatrical freedom for the full range of Wilson\u2019s playwriting . \u2014 Dallas News , 11 Dec. 2020",
      "Davis\u2019 commandingly earthy performance sets the tone for a film that creates enough theatrical freedom for the full range of Wilson\u2019s playwriting . \u2014 Dallas News , 11 Dec. 2020",
      "Davis\u2019 commandingly earthy performance sets the tone for a film that creates enough theatrical freedom for the full range of Wilson\u2019s playwriting . \u2014 Dallas News , 11 Dec. 2020",
      "Davis\u2019 commandingly earthy performance sets the tone for a film that creates enough theatrical freedom for the full range of Wilson\u2019s playwriting . \u2014 Dallas News , 11 Dec. 2020",
      "Davis\u2019 commandingly earthy performance sets the tone for a film that creates enough theatrical freedom for the full range of Wilson\u2019s playwriting . \u2014 Dallas News , 11 Dec. 2020"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The least white playgoers \u2014 who remain an overwhelming majority on most nights in the nation\u2019s mainstream theaters \u2014 can do is come and hear them out, these dramatists seem to be saying. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 13 Oct. 2019",
      "Each new revelation contains a throat-catching element that allows playgoers to view these characters in a different light. \u2014 Daily Pilot , 14 Oct. 2019",
      "His vacuous wife is well played by Teresa Ganzel, whom playgoers may remember from TV\u2019s old days as Johnny Carson's sidekick. \u2014 Tom Titus, latimes.com , 6 June 2019",
      "Some playgoers may wish that Ludwig had applied the same attention to detail to the political implications of Robin Hood lore. \u2014 oregonlive.com , 1 July 2019",
      "Challenge me\u2019 Audience surveys and Tessitura tell the management that these sophisticated suburban playgoers want challenge as well as comfort. \u2014 John Timpane, Philly.com , 13 Apr. 2018",
      "The total running time of the two productions is about two and a half hours; playgoers who want to get the full impact can see both shows in succession on Saturdays. \u2014 James Hebert, sandiegouniontribune.com , 3 Oct. 2017",
      "Seasoned playgoers will easily recognize elements of both artists in the Newport concoction directed by Brian Page. \u2014 Tom Titus, Daily Pilot , 28 Sep. 2017",
      "These days, of course, music lovers (not to mention playgoers , bar-hoppers and residents) have plenty of dinner options in walking distance. \u2014 Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com , 20 Sep. 2017"
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      "1777, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195915"
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      ": feeding on plankton":[]
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      ": a set of dishes and flatware constituting a table service for one person":[]
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      "Please lay another place setting for our guest.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Elsewhere in the restaurant, Roger Vivier confections were on display and every place setting was set with an antique kaleidoscope. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 16 June 2022",
      "Every place setting included a note from the couple that explained their intentional choice of vendors and acknowledged the bride\u2019s family\u2019s commitment to showcasing Black excellence. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
      "All attendees should bring their own place setting and a beverage. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 3 May 2022",
      "Across a sprawling table decorated with eggs and pink and white tulips, each place setting hosts a truly massive chocolate egg that is personalized with the attendee\u2019s name. \u2014 Glamour , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Add a personalized side to your brunch setup with mini jars of overnight oats set in front of each place setting . \u2014 Jennifer Konerman, Sunset Magazine , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "At my place setting , however, was a bowl of Frosted Mini-Wheats. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Platters of wings, bowls of chili \u2014 casual foods that don\u2019t require a formal place setting and can be eaten without taking our eyes off the big screen. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "Use these easy place setting ideas to update vintage china with a fresh look. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 10 Nov. 2021"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1944, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201524"
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      "noun"
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      ": the flat-floored bottom of an undrained desert basin that becomes at times a shallow lake":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Thus, while the lake once covered some 1,750 square miles, its waters now dampen barely more than half that area, leaving a zone of playa larger than the San Francisco Bay. \u2014 Bill Gifford, Outside Online , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "This begins by taking a right onto the playa at the 12-mile marker out on Route 34. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "And yet Burning Man is not sending any of its employees to the playa in an official capacity. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "Researchers identified approximately 60 fossilized footprints buried in layers of gypsum soil on a large playa in the Tularosa Basin in findings published in the journal Science on Thursday. \u2014 Algernon D'ammassa, USA TODAY , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "The vehicle is stored in nearby Gerlach when it\u2019s not on the playa . \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "In normal times, a community of camps, pop-up bars and fanciful art displays rise out of the alkali dust for one week every August on a pancake-flat playa surrounded by jagged mountains 100 miles northeast of Reno. \u2014 Jim Carlton, WSJ , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "O'Hanlon says Bureau of Land Management Law Enforcement is working with Humboldt, Pershing and Washoe County Sheriff's Offices to provide law enforcement and safety measures this week on the playa -- Black Rock Desert's dry lakebed. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "Pay the fee and enjoy a soak under the stars after driving around on the playa \u2014 no speed limit. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2021"
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      "Spanish, literally, beach, from Late Latin plagia \u2014 more at plage":"Noun"
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      "1854, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202146"
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      "noun"
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      ": playground":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Baba\u2019s House, at 410 15th St., is like an adult playland . \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "That said, the hotel, which is outfitted with over 2,000 LEGO models, is literally designed as a playland for young kids, so there are tons of interactive elements and activities to keep them entertained. \u2014 Lauren Matthews, Good Housekeeping , 29 Sep. 2021",
      "The Tommy Knocker playland added a spacious children's playground with a carousel, gold panning feature, splash pad and three-story climbing structures. \u2014 Judy Koutsky, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "Located at the edge of the sea within a field of black lava, this four-bedroom, 7,000-square-foot Kona, Hawaii, retreat is quite the peaceful playland . \u2014 Lauren Jones, House Beautiful , 21 Jan. 2021",
      "This meant eliminating the interior playland amenity and instead investing those resources into the drive-thru. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 15 Jan. 2021",
      "The location appears pristine \u2014 ideal, a playland for the rich and outdoorsy. \u2014 Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
      "The Germantown McDonald's was built in 1977 with an indoor playland constructed on the south side of the building in 1996. \u2014 Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 6 Mar. 2020",
      "This week, the iconic brand opened Toys R Us Adventure, an interactive playland for both parents and kids. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 26 Oct. 2019"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1891, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203419"
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      "noun"
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      ": a letter on a note or piece of paper money indicating the position the note had on the printing plate":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205041"
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      "noun"
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      ": a church mode (such as Hypophrygian or Hypomixolydian) with the same final (see final entry 2 sense c ) as its parallel authentic mode but with an ambitus a fourth lower":[
        "A plagal mode is found a fourth below its authentic, and the final of the authentic serves also for the plagal.",
        "\u2014 Rupert Hughes , The Musical Guide , 1903"
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      "\u2014 compare authentic mode \u2014 see church mode illustration":[
        "A plagal mode is found a fourth below its authentic, and the final of the authentic serves also for the plagal.",
        "\u2014 Rupert Hughes , The Musical Guide , 1903"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1721, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205110"
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      "noun"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Turmeric does not cause the platelet levels to go down, but rather interferes with their function. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 2 June 2022",
      "Isaac\u2019s platelet levels, which are vital for blood to clot, began dropping months before her delivery date. \u2014 NBC News , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Two very small studies, with a total of under 20 patients, showed that use of platelet -rich plasma (PRP) may improved smell function over a period of three to six months. \u2014 Nina Shapiro, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "The only thing that stopped Harper was a platelet -rich plasma injection in his right elbow that prevented him from playing Sunday. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 20 May 2022",
      "Ohtani received a platelet -rich plasma injection to ease the strain and treat the injury. \u2014 Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
      "The Red Cross is testing blood, platelet and plasma donations for COVID-19 antibodies. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "If someone infected with the virus has bloodwork done, the tests may reveal low white blood cell counts and platelet counts, and/or higher levels of liver enzymes. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Those who give blood, platelet or plasma donations will have a chance to win a trip to Super Bowl LVI on Feb. 13 at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 24 Jan. 2022"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1888, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205822"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210126"
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      ": flat on one side and convex on the other":[]
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      "-\u02c8k\u00e4n-\u02cc",
      "-k\u0259n-\u02c8",
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      "-k\u0259n-\u02c8veks",
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1665, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211722"
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      "adjective"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212333"
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      "noun"
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      ": a process for removing blood plasma without depleting the donor or patient of other blood constituents (such as red blood cells) by separating out the plasma from the whole blood and returning the rest to the donor's or patient's circulatory system":[]
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      "-f\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113-s\u0259s",
      "\u02ccplaz-m\u0259-f\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113-s\u0259s",
      "-\u02c8fer-\u0259-s\u0259s",
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "If your symptoms are progressing very rapidly, your doctor may also order plasmapheresis , which filters your blood to remove harmful proteins, says the National Kidney Foundation. \u2014 Hallie Levine, Health.com , 27 Oct. 2021",
      "The following day, Walker started a treatment called plasmapheresis , or plasma exchange, a process in which the bad plasma in his blood is replaced with good plasma. \u2014 Glenn Graham, baltimoresun.com , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Other ways of overcoming autoimmunity, like the removal of antibodies against interferon from the blood, called plasmapheresis , could also help patients. \u2014 Jason Gale, Fortune , 25 Sep. 2020",
      "Other ways of overcoming autoimmunity, like the removal of antibodies against interferon from the blood, called plasmapheresis , could also help patients. \u2014 Jason Gale, Fortune , 25 Sep. 2020",
      "Other ways of overcoming autoimmunity, like the removal of antibodies against interferon from the blood, called plasmapheresis , could also help patients. \u2014 Jason Gale, Fortune , 25 Sep. 2020",
      "Other ways of overcoming autoimmunity, like the removal of antibodies against interferon from the blood, called plasmapheresis , could also help patients. \u2014 Jason Gale, Fortune , 25 Sep. 2020",
      "Other ways of overcoming autoimmunity, like the removal of antibodies against interferon from the blood, called plasmapheresis , could also help patients. \u2014 Jason Gale, Fortune , 25 Sep. 2020",
      "Other ways of overcoming autoimmunity, like the removal of antibodies against interferon from the blood, called plasmapheresis , could also help patients. \u2014 Jason Gale, Fortune , 25 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from plasm- + Greek aphairesis taking off \u2014 more at aphaeresis":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1914, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212342"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a motile organism (as the amoebula of various protozoans or the gamete of some phycomycetes)":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212625"
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      "noun",
      "verb"
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      ": the kicking of a ball (such as a football) placed or held in a stationary position on the ground":[],
      ": to kick (a ball) from a stationary position":[],
      ": to score by means of a placekick":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pl\u0101s-\u02cckik"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The Rams veteran punter/ placekick holder completed a pass to tight end Kendall Blanton on a fake field-goal attempt. \u2014 Gary Klein Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 Nov. 2021",
      "Lynch also worked as the holder on placekicks and moved to tight end before last season, catching a two-yard touchdown pass against Arizona. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2020",
      "The Tennessee placekick scored the only points of the quarter on field goals of 36 and 48 yards. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 3 Nov. 2019",
      "Miami redshirt sophomore backup kicker Turner Davidson, who Diaz went to for placekicks over the struggling Baxa, got those three points back on an even-shorter 19-yard field goal. \u2014 David Furones, sun-sentinel.com , 12 Oct. 2019",
      "That means true freshman Jude Pedrozo will take over snapping duties on punts and placekicks . \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 3 Sep. 2019",
      "True freshman and preferred walk-on Jude Pedrozo has been thrust into the role of delivering the ball to Hartbarger on punts and setting up junior Matt Coghlin on placekicks . \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 5 Sep. 2019",
      "His only game action came as the holder on placekicks . \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 9 Aug. 2019",
      "But Colquitt is credited in the box score with nine special teams snaps, thanks to Matt Prater\u2019s six extra points and three field goals\u2014his ability to hold on placekicks kept the streak alive. \u2014 Mitch Goldich, SI.com , 19 July 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Before video, players like Filipovic, who placekicked in college, would have to do their own research and find time outside of practice to work on mechanical drills. \u2014 Tyler Kraft, Indianapolis Star , 23 Dec. 2019",
      "Senior Matt O\u2019Neill does yeoman\u2019s work for Hinsdale Central by playing safety and slot receiver, along with handling placekicking duties. \u2014 Gregg Voss, chicagotribune.com , 19 Oct. 2019",
      "Young attended Butler on a scholarship split between placekicking duties for the football team and singing commitments to the school's classical choir. \u2014 David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star , 22 Nov. 2019",
      "For Alabama, Joseph Bulovas stepped in for the injured Will Reichard in placekicking responsibilities midway through the Southern Miss game Week 4. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 7 Nov. 2019",
      "Requisite placekicking status report: In his second game as a Patriot, Mike Nugent made all five of his extra points, only the second time a Patriot kicker has hit \u2019em all this year. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Oct. 2019",
      "The Bears picked Butler, an All-American at Georgia, in the fourth round but did not hand him the placekicking job. \u2014 Will Larkin, chicagotribune.com , 8 June 2019",
      "Kramer also spent some time placekicking for Green Bay. \u2014 Barry Wilner, Fox News , 5 Aug. 2018",
      "Mark Moseley went from placekicking legend to fast food executive. \u2014 Si.com Staff, SI.com , 6 July 2018"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1845, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213121"
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      ": a plane that is intersected by imaginary lines drawn from the eye to every point on the object and that is therefore the plane on which the pictorial representation in perspective is formed":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213301"
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      ": a machine that planes: such as":[],
      ": planer":[],
      ": a stationary machine for planing wood \u2014 compare buzz planer , cylinder planer":[],
      ": a portable machine for planing a floor or deck":[],
      ": a machine for planing stone slabs":[],
      ": a rotary hand machine that fits over an engine steam chest and is used for planing the valve seat":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from gerund of plane entry 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213918"
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      ": a plane tangent to the mask and passing through the point from which protection (as from enemy fire or observation) is desired":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214045"
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    "type":[
      "idiom"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214605"
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215255"
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      "noun"
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      ": a school where children younger than five years old go to play and learn":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215304"
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      ": a plane through a crystal that divides the crystal into two parts that are mirror images of each other":[],
      ": a vertical fore-and-aft plane that divides an airplane into symmetrical halves":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220200"
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      "noun"
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      ": farmer":[],
      ": one who owns or operates a plantation":[],
      ": a planting machine or implement":[],
      ": one who settles or founds a place and especially a new colony":[],
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      "agriculturalist",
      "agronomist",
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    "examples":[
      "She bought a planter to put on their deck.",
      "a wealthy South American planter",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The project included rebuilding and replacing planter beds, which are used by clients of The Arc\u2019s day programs. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "Turn any galvanized tub or bucket into a window box planter by drilling drainage holes into the bottom. \u2014 Tierney Mcafee, Country Living , 23 May 2022",
      "Their master, a rich planter named Nicolas Lejeune, had tortured two women whom investigators found in chains, their legs charred from burns. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
      "The car, which belonged to a taxi company, can be seen hitting the curb and launching over a security planter and a 15-foot gap in front of the glass doors of the building. \u2014 Gary Gastelu, Fox News , 13 May 2022",
      "Treat yourself and pick up a high-quality planter or plant stand for a delightfully lower price than usual. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 13 May 2022",
      "Keep it simple with a single pot or planter , or grab multiple sizes of a matching set. \u2014 Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 May 2022",
      "The space also boasts a cheerful atmosphere and includes nice touches such as a fountain converted into a planter . \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "For a modern twist, opt for a Greek bust with unexpected functionality, such as one that serves as a planter or vase. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 25 Apr. 2022"
    ],
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      "She has a playdate with a friend from kindergarten.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The other parents never asked my friend\u2019s son for a playdate ; the other parents never sent money or even a thank-you. \u2014 Meghan Leahy, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
      "The Johnsons and Nala's parents, Chris and Felicia, had a playdate with their dogs this week. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 12 May 2022",
      "Most people remember to wipe down tables and chairs when hosting a backyard playdate , garden party, or barbecue. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 May 2022",
      "Don\u2019t start with the school dance with hundreds of people in a room, but rather with a playdate or birthday party with two or three good friends. \u2014 Katia Hetter, CNN , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Kids can enjoy a playdate with rotation recreation like face painting, storytelling, magic shows, arts and crafts and more. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Apparently, a playdate does not involve running passing routes. \u2014 John Kenney, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Golding's wife Liv Lo Golding was also present for the playdate . \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "If Omicron really is less dangerous than its predecessors, inviting it over for a playdate doesn\u2019t feel so reckless. \u2014 Karen Kaplan Science And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 7 Jan. 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1975, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "adverb"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221546"
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      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun,"
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      ": playful , wanton , sportive":[]
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      "\u02c8pl\u0101s\u0259m"
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      ": the juice that can be expressed from muscle":[],
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      ": a display (such as a television screen) consisting of discrete cells of plasma sandwiched between two layers of glass and electrodes such that each cell emits light when it receives an electric current":[]
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      "the plasma that makes up a star",
      "Our new TV is a 50-inch plasma .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "According to the zoo, Beco's treatment included antiviral medications and fluids as well as regular infusions of plasma , whole blood, and stem cells. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 21 June 2022",
      "Two very small studies, with a total of under 20 patients, showed that use of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) may improved smell function over a period of three to six months. \u2014 Nina Shapiro, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "The plasma is far too hot for a traditional material to contain, so a powerful magnetic field holds it in place. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 6 June 2022",
      "The Sun ejected filaments of plasma from an active sunspot, opening a massive canyon of fire. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The new plasma -controlling weapon was dubbed the Pulsed Impulsive Kill Laser, or PIKL. \u2014 David Hambling, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022",
      "Philadelphia slugger Bryce Harper missed his fifth straight contest after a platelet-rich plasma injection in his right elbow on Sunday. \u2014 Wire Reports, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
      "The only thing that stopped Harper was a platelet-rich plasma injection in his right elbow that prevented him from playing Sunday. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 20 May 2022",
      "These include Paxlovid, Remdesivir, Bebtelovimab, and convalescent plasma . \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 19 May 2022"
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      "German, from Late Latin, something molded, from Greek, from plassein to mold \u2014 more at plaster":""
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      "adverb"
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      ": in the manner of a public speaker : oratorically":[]
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      "pl\u0259-\u02c8sen-t\u0259"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Additionally, pregnant people can pass the virus to a fetus via the placenta . \u2014 Maggie O'neill, SELF , 29 June 2022",
      "The best way to protect Ms. Prudente from those potentially deadly complications would be for a doctor to remove the placenta and fetus from her uterus. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
      "They are pulled from the tissue that will eventually form the placenta and not the fetus itself. \u2014 Laura Hercher, Scientific American , 1 June 2022",
      "All the women gave birth to healthy babies, and a sample of their placenta was collected for analysis within an hour of delivery. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 15 May 2021",
      "And the one thing that every single person who has preeclampsia has in common is a placenta . \u2014 Katie Jennings, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
      "Know that your placenta should not come out in multiple pieces. \u2014 Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica , 10 May 2022",
      "The researchers found that the vaccine generated antibodies in the women's blood that were then transferred across the placenta to their babies, according to the report. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Further testing revealed at that time that the baby had congenital heart block\u2014a condition caused by an antibody that had traveled across Cleghorn's placenta , attached to the baby's heart cells, and caused inflammation that slowed his heart muscle. \u2014 Colleen Murphy, Health.com , 16 Feb. 2022"
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      "New Latin, from Latin, flat cake, from Greek plakoenta , accusative of plakoeis , from plak-, plax flat surface \u2014 more at fluke":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The theory of germ- plasm , as described by Stoddard, was put forth by August Weismann, in 1892. \u2014 Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker , 1 Sep. 2019"
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      "noun"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The theory of germ- plasm , as described by Stoddard, was put forth by August Weismann, in 1892. \u2014 Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker , 1 Sep. 2019"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235721"
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      "noun",
      "noun plural but singular in construction"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1958, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "definitions":{
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The use of planar magnetic drivers coupled with a custom fit should produce an exceptionally smooth sound. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
      "Tiffany divided my training program into phases, starting with relearning basic movements with proper form, and gradually moving up to multi- planar functional movements focused on control and balance. \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "But in some cases, the embedding of a graph itself might be disguising a way the edge could be inserted in planar fashion. \u2014 Sarah Wells, Popular Mechanics , 1 Mar. 2021",
      "When adding a new edge to a planar graph is required, there are two scenarios: There is a safe way to add the edge, possibly after modifying the drawing, or no drawing admitting the edge exists. \u2014 Sarah Wells, Popular Mechanics , 1 Mar. 2021",
      "Shaping and sizing the winglet properly is crucial to getting a vortex away from the flat, planar part of the wing Clark says. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics , 5 July 2020",
      "Examples include desktop motion blur, planar reflections, multiple shadows, and more. \u2014 Mark Hachman, PCWorld , 4 Dec. 2019",
      "Pratt believes his team can make a leggy, planar robo-bird that outruns an ostrich. \u2014 David Wilson, Popular Mechanics , 16 Oct. 2019",
      "But, rather than being a completely flat, planar molecule, these materials have a somewhat more complex arrangement of atoms, with some slightly above or below a plane running through the center of the sheet. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 18 Dec. 2018"
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      "French planim\u00e8tre , from Latin planum plane + French -m\u00e8tre -meter":""
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    "first_known_use":{
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005629"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005941"
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        "plasmodi trophoblast",
        "plasmod ic"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010114"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Omar is forced to take a placement test to secure his continued place for his final year and only passes due to the help of Patrick, Benjamin's son, who gets a hold of the answers and shares them with Omar. \u2014 Julia Moore, PEOPLE.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Bexley City Schools in Franklin County had the highest percentage of high-scoring advanced placement test -takers with 76.9%, according to the data. \u2014 Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "The tiered placement method considers ACT scores, then a student\u2019s high school GPA and appropriate grades, with a placement test as a final option, Fricks said. \u2014 al , 25 Aug. 2021",
      "Enrollment in the program is determined by a placement test given in the third grade. \u2014 Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY , 9 Mar. 2021",
      "Two-year colleges do not require students to submit ACT or SAT scores but do require students to take a placement test . \u2014 al , 11 Oct. 2020",
      "As schools shutter and college placement tests such as the ACT are delayed to prevent the spread of COVID-19, high school students fear for their futures. \u2014 Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal , 18 Mar. 2020",
      "San Diego Unified sorts students into advanced math or regular math as early as fifth grade, when every student takes a special math placement test . \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Aug. 2019",
      "Neuhaus\u2019 students have achieved some of the top advanced placement test scores among public schools in the country, Channel 2 Action News reported. \u2014 Steve Burns, ajc , 15 May 2018"
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    "first_known_use":{
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010444"
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      "noun"
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      ": a type of lead-acid storage battery":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010932"
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      "plural noun"
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      "city in southwestern California population 50,533":[]
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      "noun"
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      ": money paid to those backing a horse to place in a race":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012412"
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      "noun"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The 1886 property housed various businesses before turning residential in the 1960s, and still has storefront-style plate glass windows that face the street. \u2014 Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
      "In February 2021, Esco pushed a woman through a plate glass window. \u2014 Tony Aiello, CBS News , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Ruiz stopped at the plate glass windows of the EHC\u00fc Public Relations firm. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "Police reportedly saw the man fall into a plate glass window at the ER. \u2014 Brian Lisik, cleveland , 21 Nov. 2021",
      "The downtown streets of Lubbock were coated in glass with 80 percent of the plate glass windows shattered. \u2014 Heide Brandes, Chron , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "Fieldstone walls - which helped ground the modernist building on a rural site - were used as a base for the upper floor of the house while floor-to-ceiling plate glass windows occupy its western fa\u00e7ade, offering views of the wooded landscape. \u2014 Troy Mcmullen, ABC News , 9 Nov. 2021",
      "An investigation found that Harris' motorcycle struck a curb, throwing her from the vehicle and through the plate glass window of a nearby building. \u2014 Tyler Aquilina, EW.com , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "Insulated sliding doors that are tempered will withstand heat longer than standard plate glass . \u2014 oregonlive , 31 Aug. 2021"
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      "1968, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Maaz, which is on top and thus probably younger, has a composition similar to most basaltic lava flows \u2014 full of minerals known as pyroxene and plagioclase but with little or no olivine. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Basaltic lava has a low silica content and is composed predominantly of plagioclase , amphibole, and pyroxene. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 18 May 2021",
      "The most common lava rock found at Mount St. Helens is indeed Dacite, composed predominantly of plagioclase feldspar and quartz (pure silicon-dioxide). \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 18 May 2021",
      "Here, partially melting of older voclanic and sedimenatyr rocks, together with water, forms a more differentiated rock type, composed of plagioclase , amphiboles, and micas; sometimes with minor amounts of pyroxenes and quartz. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 10 Mar. 2021",
      "Basalt is a volcanic rock composed of augite and sometimes plagioclase and magnetite, which says nothing. \u2014 Louise Erdrich, The New Yorker , 2 Sep. 2019",
      "It\u2019s mostly made of plagioclase , a rock formed out of molten magma. \u2014 Brian Resnick, Vox , 15 July 2019",
      "Apollo 11 samples showed that the lunar highlands (bright, high-standing regions as opposed to the dark lunar maria in low-lying areas) contain high concentrations of the mineral plagioclase . \u2014 Erica Jawin, Scientific American , 2 July 2019",
      "Your average Hood plagioclase crystal that formed 21,000 years ago might have spent only 1-12% of its entire history, a few hundred to a few thousand years, in conditions that would have allowed eruption of the magma (think: hot). \u2014 Erik Klemetti, WIRED , 17 Feb. 2014"
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      "Greek plagios oblique + klasis breaking, from klan to break \u2014 more at clast":""
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      "circa 1868, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": a constant that gives the unvarying ratio of the energy of a quantum of radiation to its frequency and that has an exact value of 6.62607015 \u00d7 10 \u221234 J\u00b7s":[
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      "Max K. E. L. Planck":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "His appointment in 1960 as the first regular Black captain of the West Indies team ended the monopoly of the region\u2019s white plantocracy . \u2014 Huw Richards, BostonGlobe.com , 12 July 2020"
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      "New Latin, from plasm- + dieresis dividing, from Greek diairesis":""
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      "Max Karl Ernst Ludwig 1858\u20131947 German physicist":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044522"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "My kids have got their school friends and their playgroup friends. \u2014 Julie Beck, The Atlantic , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Located in the Strongsville Recreation Center, Miss Katie\u2019s offers fun, organized and educational playgroup classes and events for preschoolers ages six months through six years old. \u2014 Shirley Macfarland, cleveland , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "Soichet is, by all accounts, fantastic at leading the playgroup . \u2014 Kim Velsey, Curbed , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "The playgroup hasn\u2019t been meeting during the pandemic, nor have the Scouts been in. \u2014 Kim Velsey, Curbed , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "The group\u2019s rise from playgroup to political movement emerged in the spring, as members called into Board of Supervisors meetings to object to business and school closures. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "In a family pod structure, two to five children meet regularly, with a parent at the helm to facilitate either their school\u2019s distance learning or a stable playgroup . \u2014 Annie Vainshtein, SFChronicle.com , 4 Aug. 2020",
      "People confirms that Prince Harry joined Meghan Markle for the first time in taking baby son Archie to his playgroup session. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 Nov. 2019",
      "The free playgroups run until the end of the month. \u2014 Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com , 16 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1909, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-051403"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "These near-parallel strands seemed to be connecting the swirling lobes at the ends of the galaxy\u2019s two plasma jets to each other. \u2014 Robin George Andrews, Scientific American , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "For over a century, astronomers have puzzled over solar spicules, the millions of plasma jets that cover the sun\u2019s surface like whiskers. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 15 Nov. 2019",
      "These guns are designed to shoot plasma jets of ionized gas into the chamber, targeting, compressing, and heating a cloud of fusion fuel inside. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 24 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1957, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-051851"
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