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{
"Slavic":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a branch of the Indo-European language family containing Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Serbian and Croatian, Slovene, Russian, and Ukrainian \u2014 see Indo-European Languages Table":[],
": of, relating to, or characteristic of the Slavs or their languages":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1778, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1812, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sla-",
"\u02c8sl\u00e4-vik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024203",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"Slavicist":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a specialist in the Slavic languages or literatures":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1930, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sla-",
"\u02c8sl\u00e4-v\u0259-sist"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055457",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Slavism":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": Slavic traits or attitudes":[],
": a characteristically Slavic word or expression occurring in another language":[],
": slavophilism":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"slavism International Scientific Vocabulary slav + -ism; slavicism from Slavic entry 1 + -ism":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u0227\u02ccv-",
"\u02c8sl\u00e4\u02ccviz\u0259m",
"-la\u02ccv-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091150",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Slavist":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": slavicist":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1863, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sla-",
"\u02c8sl\u00e4-vist"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101007",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Slavkov":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"town in southeastern Czech Republic east-southeast of Brno":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sl\u00e4f-\u02cck\u022ff",
"\u02c8sl\u00e4v-\u02cck\u022fv"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084621",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Slavonia":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"region of eastern Croatia between the Sava, Drava, and Danube rivers and bordering Hungary, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina population 78,000":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"sl\u0259-\u02c8v\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259",
"-ny\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101849",
"type":[
"adjective or noun",
"geographical name"
]
},
"Slavonian grebe":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": horned grebe":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101500",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Slavonic":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": old church slavonic":[],
": slavic":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1668, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1645, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin slavonicus , from Medieval Latin Sclavonia, Slavonia , the Slavic-speaking countries, from Sclavus Slav":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"sl\u0259-\u02c8v\u00e4-nik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172819",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"Slavophile":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an admirer of the Slavs : an advocate of Slavophilism":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sla-",
"\u02c8sl\u00e4-v\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b(-\u0259)l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111917",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slack":{
"antonyms":[
"ease",
"loosen",
"relax",
"slacken"
],
"definitions":{
": a dull season or period":[],
": a part of something that hangs loose without strain":[
"take up the slack of a rope"
],
": a part that is available but not used":[
"some slack in the budget"
],
": a pass between hills":[],
": a portion (as of labor or resources) that is required but lacking":[
"hired a temp to take up the slack"
],
": additional leeway or relief from pressure":[
"\u2014 usually used with cut refused to cut me some slack on the schedule"
],
": blowing or flowing at low speed":[
"the tide was slack"
],
": cessation in movement or flow":[],
": characterized by slowness, sluggishness, or lack of energy":[
"a slack pace"
],
": lacking in completeness, finish, or perfection":[
"a very slack piece of work"
],
": lacking in usual or normal firmness and steadiness : weak":[
"slack muscles",
"slack supervision"
],
": lessen , moderate":[],
": not tight or taut":[
"a slack rope"
],
": not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent":[],
": slake sense 3":[],
": the finest screenings of coal produced at a mine unusable as fuel unless cleaned":[],
": to be or become slack":[],
": to be slack or negligent in performing or doing":[],
": to cause to abate":[],
": to release tension on : loosen":[],
": to shirk or evade work or duty":[],
": trousers especially for casual wear":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
],
": wanting in activity : dull":[
"a slack market"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"His broken arm hung slack at his side.",
"The rope suddenly went slack .",
"He accused the government of slack supervision of nuclear technology.",
"Verb",
"They need to stop slacking and get down to work.",
"the skipper ordered the crew to slack off the sheets on the mainsail"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1729, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English slak , from Old English sleac ; akin to Old High German slah slack, Latin laxus slack, loose, langu\u0113re to languish, Greek lagnos lustful and perhaps to Greek l\u0113gein to stop":"Adjective",
"Middle English slak , from Old Norse slakki":"Noun",
"earlier sleck , probably from Middle Dutch slacke, slecke slag":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8slak"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for slack Adjective negligent , neglectful , lax , slack , remiss mean culpably careless or indicative of such carelessness. negligent implies inattention to one's duty or business. negligent about writing a note of thanks neglectful adds a more disapproving implication of laziness or deliberate inattention. a society callously neglectful of the poor lax implies a blameworthy lack of strictness, severity, or precision. a reporter lax about accurate quotation slack implies want of due or necessary diligence or care. slack workmanship remiss implies blameworthy carelessness shown in slackness, forgetfulness, or neglect. had been remiss in their familial duties",
"synonyms":[
"careless",
"derelict",
"disregardful",
"lax",
"lazy",
"neglectful",
"neglecting",
"negligent",
"remiss"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232621",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slacken":{
"antonyms":[
"strain",
"stretch",
"tense",
"tension",
"tighten"
],
"definitions":{
": to become less active : slack":[],
": to become slack or slow or negligent : slow down":[],
": to make less active : slow up":[
"slacken speed at a crossing"
],
": to make slack (as by lessening tension or firmness)":[
"slacken sail"
]
},
"examples":[
"Sales show no sign of slackening .",
"As he began to relax, his grip on the steering wheel slackened .",
"The captain ordered us to slacken the sails.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Easterly breezes slacken through the night, mainly staying below 5 mph. \u2014 A. Camden Walker, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Winds slacken somewhat Friday night with colder lows in the upper 30s to low 40s. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Winds should begin to slacken overnight as the high pressure begins to weaken east of the Cascades. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Although the older variant is clinging on for dear life in a few pockets, its grasp will likely continue to slacken and slip under the weight of its craftier cousin. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Heavy rain should slacken in the area by late morning as a warm front pushes the system north into British Columbia. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Norway\u2019s power needs are usually largely met by a network of hydroelectric plants, but output can slacken when reservoirs run low. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Tomorrow night: Skies are mainly clear, and winds should slacken compared to the day. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Dec. 2021",
"As winds also slacken , pretty much the whole area will dip to or below freezing tonight, with lows ranging from the mid-20s to low 30s. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sla-k\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for slacken delay , retard , slow , slacken , detain mean to cause to be late or behind in movement or progress. delay implies a holding back, usually by interference, from completion or arrival. bad weather delayed our arrival retard suggests reduction of speed without actual stopping. language barriers retarded their progress slow and slacken also imply a reduction of speed, slow often suggesting deliberate intention medication slowed the patient's heart rate , slacken an easing up or relaxing of power or effort. on hot days runners slacken their pace detain implies a holding back beyond a reasonable or appointed time. unexpected business had detained her",
"synonyms":[
"ease",
"loosen",
"relax",
"slack"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185308",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slackened":{
"antonyms":[
"strain",
"stretch",
"tense",
"tension",
"tighten"
],
"definitions":{
": to become less active : slack":[],
": to become slack or slow or negligent : slow down":[],
": to make less active : slow up":[
"slacken speed at a crossing"
],
": to make slack (as by lessening tension or firmness)":[
"slacken sail"
]
},
"examples":[
"Sales show no sign of slackening .",
"As he began to relax, his grip on the steering wheel slackened .",
"The captain ordered us to slacken the sails.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Easterly breezes slacken through the night, mainly staying below 5 mph. \u2014 A. Camden Walker, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Winds slacken somewhat Friday night with colder lows in the upper 30s to low 40s. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Winds should begin to slacken overnight as the high pressure begins to weaken east of the Cascades. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Although the older variant is clinging on for dear life in a few pockets, its grasp will likely continue to slacken and slip under the weight of its craftier cousin. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Heavy rain should slacken in the area by late morning as a warm front pushes the system north into British Columbia. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Norway\u2019s power needs are usually largely met by a network of hydroelectric plants, but output can slacken when reservoirs run low. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Tomorrow night: Skies are mainly clear, and winds should slacken compared to the day. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Dec. 2021",
"As winds also slacken , pretty much the whole area will dip to or below freezing tonight, with lows ranging from the mid-20s to low 30s. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sla-k\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for slacken delay , retard , slow , slacken , detain mean to cause to be late or behind in movement or progress. delay implies a holding back, usually by interference, from completion or arrival. bad weather delayed our arrival retard suggests reduction of speed without actual stopping. language barriers retarded their progress slow and slacken also imply a reduction of speed, slow often suggesting deliberate intention medication slowed the patient's heart rate , slacken an easing up or relaxing of power or effort. on hot days runners slacken their pace detain implies a holding back beyond a reasonable or appointed time. unexpected business had detained her",
"synonyms":[
"ease",
"loosen",
"relax",
"slack"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012420",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slacker":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a person and especially a young person who is perceived to be disaffected, apathetic, cynical, or lacking ambition":[]
},
"examples":[
"The people I work with are a bunch of slackers .",
"there will be no slackers tolerated in this group\u2014anyone who doesn't do their share will get booted out",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tame Impala, the project of Australian multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker, headlined Primavera Sound\u2019s opening day alongside slacker rock icons Pavement. \u2014 Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone , 3 June 2022",
"One tester has been noise-free and one degree slacker for nearly a year. \u2014 Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"The rest of the crew are day drinkers, the kind that fueled this place for decades, back in the era when a couple of martinis at noon marked you as a red-blooded American, not some slacker looking to nap away the afternoon in a comfortable chair. \u2014 Tim Carman, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"But the skin that surrounds them\u2014which is loose to begin with to allow for proper movement, and can grow ever slacker thanks to wear and tear and gravity\u2014is hard to ignore come summer, when temperatures and hemlines are up, up, up. \u2014 Jancee Dunn, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
"The movie tells the story of Alison (Katherine Heigl), an up-and-coming entertainment reporter, and the charming slacker Ben, who have an encounter and then, in short order, a baby. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 12 May 2022",
"Still, Harris saw a sympathetic undertone to her character, often saying Estelle fumed out frustration at her bumbling mate and scheming slacker of a son. \u2014 Jennifer Peltz, chicagotribune.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Still, Harris saw a sympathetic undertone to her character, often saying Estelle fumed out frustration at her bumbling mate and scheming slacker of a son. \u2014 Jennifer Peltz, ajc , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Still, Harris saw a sympathetic undertone to her character, often saying Estelle fumed out frustration at her bumbling mate and scheming slacker of a son. \u2014 NBC News , 3 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sla-k\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"goldbrick",
"shirker"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214920",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"slackness":{
"antonyms":[
"ease",
"loosen",
"relax",
"slacken"
],
"definitions":{
": a dull season or period":[],
": a part of something that hangs loose without strain":[
"take up the slack of a rope"
],
": a part that is available but not used":[
"some slack in the budget"
],
": a pass between hills":[],
": a portion (as of labor or resources) that is required but lacking":[
"hired a temp to take up the slack"
],
": additional leeway or relief from pressure":[
"\u2014 usually used with cut refused to cut me some slack on the schedule"
],
": blowing or flowing at low speed":[
"the tide was slack"
],
": cessation in movement or flow":[],
": characterized by slowness, sluggishness, or lack of energy":[
"a slack pace"
],
": lacking in completeness, finish, or perfection":[
"a very slack piece of work"
],
": lacking in usual or normal firmness and steadiness : weak":[
"slack muscles",
"slack supervision"
],
": lessen , moderate":[],
": not tight or taut":[
"a slack rope"
],
": not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent":[],
": slake sense 3":[],
": the finest screenings of coal produced at a mine unusable as fuel unless cleaned":[],
": to be or become slack":[],
": to be slack or negligent in performing or doing":[],
": to cause to abate":[],
": to release tension on : loosen":[],
": to shirk or evade work or duty":[],
": trousers especially for casual wear":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
],
": wanting in activity : dull":[
"a slack market"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"His broken arm hung slack at his side.",
"The rope suddenly went slack .",
"He accused the government of slack supervision of nuclear technology.",
"Verb",
"They need to stop slacking and get down to work.",
"the skipper ordered the crew to slack off the sheets on the mainsail"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1729, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English slak , from Old English sleac ; akin to Old High German slah slack, Latin laxus slack, loose, langu\u0113re to languish, Greek lagnos lustful and perhaps to Greek l\u0113gein to stop":"Adjective",
"Middle English slak , from Old Norse slakki":"Noun",
"earlier sleck , probably from Middle Dutch slacke, slecke slag":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8slak"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for slack Adjective negligent , neglectful , lax , slack , remiss mean culpably careless or indicative of such carelessness. negligent implies inattention to one's duty or business. negligent about writing a note of thanks neglectful adds a more disapproving implication of laziness or deliberate inattention. a society callously neglectful of the poor lax implies a blameworthy lack of strictness, severity, or precision. a reporter lax about accurate quotation slack implies want of due or necessary diligence or care. slack workmanship remiss implies blameworthy carelessness shown in slackness, forgetfulness, or neglect. had been remiss in their familial duties",
"synonyms":[
"careless",
"derelict",
"disregardful",
"lax",
"lazy",
"neglectful",
"neglecting",
"negligent",
"remiss"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120455",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slag":{
"antonyms":[
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"definitions":{
": a lewd or promiscuous woman":[],
": the dross or scoria of a metal":[],
": to criticize harshly":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"London reviewers slagged off the new play for being another kitchen-sink drama."
],
"first_known_use":{
"1552, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1971, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"circa 1958, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle Low German slagge":"Noun",
"earlier argot slag coward, worthless person":"Noun",
"probably from slag entry 2":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8slag"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"blame",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"dispraise",
"fault",
"knock",
"pan",
"reprehend"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172556",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slake":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": satisfy , quench":[
"slake your thirst",
"will slake your curiosity"
],
": subside , abate":[],
": to become slaked : crumble":[
"lime may slake spontaneously in moist air"
],
": to cause (a substance, such as lime) to heat and crumble by treatment with water : hydrate":[],
": to lessen the force of : moderate":[]
},
"examples":[
"trying to slake his curiosity",
"a harrowing experience while mountain climbing has largely slaked my desire for high adventure",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But even an inch of water could slake the thirst of a few of her cows and maybe some wild elk and deer, too. \u2014 Erin Patrick O'connor, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
"Others bore enough Heineken beer to slake the thirst of every adult in San Francisco for a year. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Luckily for those of us who are fired up about the discovery of the Endurance shipwreck, there is plenty to read and watch to slake our thirst for polar adventure and suffering. \u2014 Eva Holland, Outside Online , 30 Mar. 2022",
"New Englanders are blessed with abundant rainfall most years, enough to soak our soils and to slake our thirsts. \u2014 Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Among the film\u2019s most piercing scenes are a couple of doozies set in the local watering hole, where Leslie gravitates to slake her thirst and to escape the judgment of her grudging hosts. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Mar. 2022",
"That a bunch of boys will insincerely avalanche into girls sports in order to gain some competitive advantage, to slake some hearty thirst for winning",
"Not even the blood-thirstiest horror hounds will be able to slake their thirst for gore with this one. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 23 Feb. 2022",
"But nothing feels good about envy, nor is there any clear way to slake it. \u2014 Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic , 9 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English slacian , from sleac slack":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sl\u0101k",
"intransitive sense 2 & transitive sense 3 are also \u02c8slak"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"assuage",
"quench",
"sate",
"satiate",
"satisfy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014240",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slake one's/someone's thirst":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to cause oneself to stop feeling thirsty":[
"They slaked their thirst with cold water.",
"a drink that will slake your thirst"
],
": to cause someone to stop feeling thirsty":[
"They slaked their thirst with cold water.",
"a drink that will slake your thirst"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203042",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"slalom":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": skiing in a zigzag or wavy course between upright obstacles (such as flags)":[],
": to move over a zigzag course in or as if in a slalom":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"slalomed through the crowd with the ease of an Olympic skier",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The combined is one run each of both downhill and slalom . \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 15 Feb. 2022",
"And, initially, at least, the contest aped skiing, with downhill and slalom events. \u2014 Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The four-door circles the banked bowl \u2013 pulling a face-twisting 1.27 G\u2019s of lateral force \u2013 before launching out the other side towards the slalom . \u2014 Michael Harley, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Notre Dame Prep's Sydney Schulte won the slalom (66.95) and Petoskey's Marley Spence took down the giant slalom (51.65). \u2014 Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press , 1 Mar. 2022",
"This could be the day, however, with the women's slalom on tap. \u2014 USA TODAY , 9 Feb. 2022",
"With alpine skiing, athletes will compete in five events, including downhill, super-G, super combined, giant slalom, and slalom . \u2014 Johanna Gretschel, SELF , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The two-time Olympic Gold medalist is set to compete in five events this Games \u2014 the slalom , giant slalom, super-G, downhill and alpine \u2014 and is expected to lead the pack in most of those. \u2014 Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Then, four minutes later, Gavi went on a slalom run down the right flank that Dembele would be proud of and set Pedri up for his third goal in five games as the Catalans took the lead. \u2014 Tom Sanderson, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"West's Caleb Lewandowski won boys slalom individual title with a time of 1 minute, 0.18 seconds over his two runs, just 13 tenths of a second had of Rochester Adams' Nathan Dehart. \u2014 Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press , 1 Mar. 2022",
"As the skiers slalom and snowboarders snowcross, the Chinese government is likely to be working hard behind the scenes on a perhaps even trickier feat: controlling the weather. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Jan. 2022",
"How could anyone judge a soul bold enough to slalom through England\u2019s entire defense in the 1986 World Cup quarterfinals",
"In this season, Remy challenges a self-parking Tesla Model X to a parallel-park-off in a Fiat 500, Cam slaloms a golf cart through a course made of shopping carts, and all of the kids get to use the simulators at the LA auto show. \u2014 Brett Berk, Car and Driver , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Rafael Le\u00e3o slalomed past several defenders to pull one back in style for Milan\u2019s only real highlight. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Sep. 2019",
"Its highlight is an enormous parade of skiers and boarders decked out in Pride flags and costumes, slaloming down the mountain, and then marching through Whistler Village. \u2014 Miles Griffis, Outside Online , 27 Nov. 2019",
"On weekends, many young men drive their cars out to the desert to go off-roading, slaloming down the sides of sand dunes as spectators watch. \u2014 Wired , 26 Nov. 2019",
"Henrique then scored late in the second after taking the puck from Tomas Hertl and slaloming to the crease to roof a backhand. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Oct. 2019"
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"1932, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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"sidestep",
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"Verb",
"He slammed the door in my face.",
"She slammed the drawer shut.",
"He stepped inside and let the door slam behind him.",
"In her anger, she slammed the ball against the fence.",
"The car slid on the ice and slammed into a tree.",
"Her arm slammed against the table."
],
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"1660, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1672, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
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"The vote proved to be a slam dunk for our side with a 24 to 5 win.",
"There's no doubt that he's guilty. The case is a slam dunk .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Still, making Capital One Software a success will be no slam dunk . \u2014 Martin Giles, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Defense attorney Richard Parker says the state's case is no slam dunk . \u2014 CBS News , 13 Nov. 2021",
"Experts have not always sold boosters as the same slam dunk as the initial COVID-19 vaccination series; accordingly, unboosted people haven\u2019t treated it as such. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Opposition to Russia looked like a global slam dunk to many in the West. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The highlight was a rare slam dunk by a college woman, Stanford 6-foot-1 junior forward Fran Belibi. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 Mar. 2022",
"With 34 seconds left Jackson corralled a rebound and started a fast break the other way that ended with a slam dunk by Lawrence, for the final points on the court this season. \u2014 Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Production design seems like a slam dunk , while cinematography seems also assured for a mention. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 1 Dec. 2021",
"The song seemed like a slam dunk , but Perry made her sweat, splitting the group of contestants Nicolina performed with into two rows. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"gentle",
"low",
"soft"
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],
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],
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"You risk getting into an accident if you jam on the brakes when another car is right behind you."
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"the Mafia capo ultimately landed in the slammer on a conviction of income tax evasion",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Others involved in the investigation who took a plea deal were only put in the slammer for five to seven years. \u2014 Brian Moylan, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
"He was sentenced Tuesday to 41 months in the slammer . \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Voters may once have looked at those violations as business-as-usual for pols, but over time, the penalties have morphed from mere fines to slammer -time \u2014 and likelier to sway voters. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Oct. 2021",
"For example: Four-term sheriff Lee Baca, now in a federal slammer for obstructing an FBI investigation into jail abuse, got both a master\u2019s and a doctorate in public administration from USC. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Aug. 2021",
"Authorities claim Hickman played a central role as organizer, slammer and spotter, including pretending to be a witness to accidents staged by others. \u2014 John Simerman, NOLA.com , 5 Nov. 2020",
"The white-collar probe took on a dark specter in September, when Garrison, an allegedly prolific slammer , was shot dead at age 54 inside his apartment in the Gentilly neighborhood. \u2014 John Simerman, NOLA.com , 5 Nov. 2020",
"Hotel tycoon Leona Helmsley checked herself into the slammer in 1989 for tax mistakes. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 2 Apr. 2021",
"That La Helmsley would go on to spend 21 months in the slammer for tax evasion should not distract us from the basic truth of her statement. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 24 Mar. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
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"slam",
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"type":[
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"Verb",
"She was accused of slandering her former boss.",
"Noun",
"She is being sued for slander .",
"He was a target of slander .",
"We've heard countless unsupported slanders about her.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"While the campaign to slander FDR\u2019s intraparty antagonist started to unfold, the president was trying to protect one of his closest advisers from the same charge. \u2014 James Kirchick, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"The station broadcast across the Midwest, and Baker used its considerable reach, along with a print publication, to promote his cure, slander his personal enemies, and denigrate the mainstream medical establishment. \u2014 The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2022",
"As an obvious first element, there must be a statement, which can either be in writing (libel) or spoken ( slander ). \u2014 Schuyler Moore, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Or a person who knows how fast rumors spread on social media and decides not to slander someone on Facebook or Twitter or TikTok, whatever that is. \u2014 Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al , 27 Apr. 2022",
"In attempting to slander her, Republican senators may also have done damage in the broader area of criminal-justice reform, dismissing all notions of judicial discretion and proportionality, let alone rehabilitation. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 9 Apr. 2022",
"And the same pundits and politicians who have spent two years attempting to ostracize and slander anyone who opposed their mandates are now deeply upset by some gentle prodding. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
"But Kalb wasn\u2019t the only cheftestant to slander queso\u2019s good name. \u2014 Lauren Mcdowell, Chron , 10 Mar. 2022",
"And for most of that time Americans have subjected the birds to slander , torture, and mass slaughter. \u2014 Nathaniel Rich, The Atlantic , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In 2016 -- before he was elected to the County Commission -- Eaton was one of four community activists the landfill\u2019s previous owners sued for libel and slander , seeking $30 million in damages. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 13 Jan. 2022",
"According to WalletHub, umbrella insurance also covers a wide range of scenarios such as libel and slander , false arrest, personal psychological harm and mental anguish, and malicious prosecution. \u2014 Hiranmayi Srinivasan, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 Nov. 2021",
"One alleges slander and false statements made by Becerra, his family and friends made on social media. \u2014 Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News , 2 Mar. 2022",
"These days Twitter is largely a festival of lies and self-referential light slander coated with a bunch of crazy anonymous people threatening to kill your dog. \u2014 Heather Wilhelm, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
"One alleges slander and false statements made by Becerra, his family and friends. \u2014 Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Kebe is liable on two counts of slander , one count of libel, and one count of invasion of privacy, granting Cardi $1 million in damages for pain & suffering due to reputational damages, and $250,000 in medical expenses. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Cultural slander such as this occurs only when deceit and falsehood become the cultural record. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 20 Oct. 2021",
"According to court documents, the jury found in favor of Walmart on other claims of false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution and slander . \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 29 Nov. 2021"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"Middle English sclaundre, slaundre , from Anglo-French esclandre , alteration of escandle , from Late Latin scandalum stumbling block, offense \u2014 more at scandal entry 1":"Noun"
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"\u02c8slan-d\u0259r"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for slander Verb malign , traduce , asperse , vilify , calumniate , defame , slander mean to injure by speaking ill of. malign suggests specific and often subtle misrepresentation but may not always imply deliberate lying. the most maligned monarch in British history traduce stresses the resulting ignominy and distress to the victim. so traduced the governor that he was driven from office asperse implies continued attack on a reputation often by indirect or insinuated detraction. both candidates aspersed the other's motives vilify implies attempting to destroy a reputation by open and direct abuse. no criminal was more vilified in the press calumniate imputes malice to the speaker and falsity to the assertions. falsely calumniated as a traitor defame stresses the actual loss of or injury to one's good name. sued them for defaming her reputation slander stresses the suffering of the victim. town gossips slandered their good name",
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"libeling",
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"Verb",
"She was accused of slandering her former boss.",
"Noun",
"She is being sued for slander .",
"He was a target of slander .",
"We've heard countless unsupported slanders about her.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"While the campaign to slander FDR\u2019s intraparty antagonist started to unfold, the president was trying to protect one of his closest advisers from the same charge. \u2014 James Kirchick, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"The station broadcast across the Midwest, and Baker used its considerable reach, along with a print publication, to promote his cure, slander his personal enemies, and denigrate the mainstream medical establishment. \u2014 The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2022",
"As an obvious first element, there must be a statement, which can either be in writing (libel) or spoken ( slander ). \u2014 Schuyler Moore, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Or a person who knows how fast rumors spread on social media and decides not to slander someone on Facebook or Twitter or TikTok, whatever that is. \u2014 Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al , 27 Apr. 2022",
"In attempting to slander her, Republican senators may also have done damage in the broader area of criminal-justice reform, dismissing all notions of judicial discretion and proportionality, let alone rehabilitation. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 9 Apr. 2022",
"And the same pundits and politicians who have spent two years attempting to ostracize and slander anyone who opposed their mandates are now deeply upset by some gentle prodding. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
"But Kalb wasn\u2019t the only cheftestant to slander queso\u2019s good name. \u2014 Lauren Mcdowell, Chron , 10 Mar. 2022",
"And for most of that time Americans have subjected the birds to slander , torture, and mass slaughter. \u2014 Nathaniel Rich, The Atlantic , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In 2016 -- before he was elected to the County Commission -- Eaton was one of four community activists the landfill\u2019s previous owners sued for libel and slander , seeking $30 million in damages. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 13 Jan. 2022",
"According to WalletHub, umbrella insurance also covers a wide range of scenarios such as libel and slander , false arrest, personal psychological harm and mental anguish, and malicious prosecution. \u2014 Hiranmayi Srinivasan, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 Nov. 2021",
"One alleges slander and false statements made by Becerra, his family and friends made on social media. \u2014 Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News , 2 Mar. 2022",
"These days Twitter is largely a festival of lies and self-referential light slander coated with a bunch of crazy anonymous people threatening to kill your dog. \u2014 Heather Wilhelm, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
"One alleges slander and false statements made by Becerra, his family and friends. \u2014 Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Kebe is liable on two counts of slander , one count of libel, and one count of invasion of privacy, granting Cardi $1 million in damages for pain & suffering due to reputational damages, and $250,000 in medical expenses. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Cultural slander such as this occurs only when deceit and falsehood become the cultural record. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 20 Oct. 2021",
"According to court documents, the jury found in favor of Walmart on other claims of false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution and slander . \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 29 Nov. 2021"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"\u02c8slan-d\u0259r"
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"tends to use too much hacker's slang when talking to coworkers about their computer problems",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Aside from the history lessons, Page offers several videos on Gullah translations and slang that are used in the Gullah Geechee community. \u2014 Maya Eaglin, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
"The catchy urban thumping beats feature the unique sound of Colombian reggaeton along with Maluma and Feid\u2019s slang throughout the song. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 10 June 2022",
"The show's also beloved for its Shakespearian slang and outspoken characters, including the beloved, fabulous owner of The Pynk, Uncle Clifford (Nicco Annan). \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 18 June 2022",
"His models and inspiration were Buggarrones, now referred to as Buggatis, Dominican slang for male escorts. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 16 May 2022",
"Wilson is the comic relief, a doddering old white teacher who\u2019s constantly spouting out-of-touch advice and cringeworthy old-world slang to the students. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 10 Apr. 2022",
"In the Joseph Stalin era, such a condition even had its own slang : golovokruzhenie ot uspekhov, or dizziness from success. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Visit any American gay bar and chances are that Drag Race has influenced the slang , the small talk, and who performs on the stages. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Some vehicle owners chose to display modern slang (CHEDDA, NOICE, OHSNAP, PHOSHO, YEEEET, WTF) while others opted for more classic phrases (NVRNUF, SAYWHN, STOPME, URLATE, WHATHA) or words of farewell (MMMBYE, BUHBYE, TODALU). \u2014 Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Common phrases, hashtags and slang with roots in the digital sphere and pop culture are now available to those searching the site. \u2014 Danielle Garrand, CBS News , 1 Sep. 2020"
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"1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1828, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
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"gradient",
"inclination",
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"rake",
"slope",
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"The sunlight slanted down through the leaves and branches of the trees.",
"She slanted her hat a little to the right.",
"They deliberately slanted the story to make themselves look good.",
"Noun",
"The computer keyboard is positioned at a slant so that typing is more comfortable for the wrists.",
"He sliced the carrots on a slant .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Every reporter who reports on retail news can slant his or her story to favor a point of view. \u2014 Walter Loeb, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Diagonal wings slant down from the sides of the passenger compartment to the sides of the cargo bed. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 5 Jan. 2022",
"In grade school, kids would make fun of the authentic meals her mother packed lovingly for her, or use their fingers to slant their eyelids. \u2014 Liz Hardaway, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Mar. 2021",
"With the house now slanted on its base and not repairable, Patterson told WYFF News 4 his family does not have insurance to cover the damage from the storm. \u2014 Fox News , 26 Apr. 2020",
"The idea to use a marble came from a scene in the pilot, in which Holmes uses a marble to determine a building\u2019s floor is slanted . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 30 Dec. 2019",
"Eun Kyung Park, the shape's inventor, gives the classic black manicure an edge \u2014 literally \u2014 with her signature long and slanted tips. \u2014 Nicola Dall'asen, Allure , 21 Feb. 2020",
"Though this year's Oscar winners have slanted toward the , the night's performances have been refreshingly unpredictable. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 10 Feb. 2020",
"As Ryan Grim, A\u00edda Ch\u00e1vez, and Akela Lacy write at The Intercept, other questions had equally slanted presuppositions. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, TheWeek , 17 Jan. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But Baker Mayfield went to the opposite side of the field, hitting a quick slant to Demetric Felton for an 22-yard gain and a first down, and the drive marched on. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Just don't cut on a slant \u2014 clean up-and-down slices look best. Step 7. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
"Glover and Shade were defensive-minded coaches while Nix, the former Auburn quarterback, obviously had an offensive slant to his philosophy. \u2014 al , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Frequently the stories have a confessional, almost therapeutic slant . \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 21 Dec. 2021",
"With a writing team whose members may not always be privy to cultural norms, Watson was always able to chime in and provide feedback that would give a more accurate authentic slant to the language and communication used between parents and children. \u2014 Essence , 25 Feb. 2022",
"There\u2019s no ideological slant to the notion of sending voters money in an election year. \u2014 Dominic Pino, National Review , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Through it all, there's a backbeat of criticism from progressives who fear the court's slant to the right since the Trump Administration. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 9 Feb. 2022",
"If the Will linebacker takes a step forward towards the run action, Tagovailoa pulls the ball down and possibly throws a quick slant to the split end receiver (Parker), or the route behind him, possibly a streaking speedster like Fuller. \u2014 Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Sep. 2021"
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"He sliced the carrots on a slant .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Every reporter who reports on retail news can slant his or her story to favor a point of view. \u2014 Walter Loeb, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Diagonal wings slant down from the sides of the passenger compartment to the sides of the cargo bed. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 5 Jan. 2022",
"In grade school, kids would make fun of the authentic meals her mother packed lovingly for her, or use their fingers to slant their eyelids. \u2014 Liz Hardaway, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Mar. 2021",
"With the house now slanted on its base and not repairable, Patterson told WYFF News 4 his family does not have insurance to cover the damage from the storm. \u2014 Fox News , 26 Apr. 2020",
"The idea to use a marble came from a scene in the pilot, in which Holmes uses a marble to determine a building\u2019s floor is slanted . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 30 Dec. 2019",
"Eun Kyung Park, the shape's inventor, gives the classic black manicure an edge \u2014 literally \u2014 with her signature long and slanted tips. \u2014 Nicola Dall'asen, Allure , 21 Feb. 2020",
"Though this year's Oscar winners have slanted toward the , the night's performances have been refreshingly unpredictable. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 10 Feb. 2020",
"As Ryan Grim, A\u00edda Ch\u00e1vez, and Akela Lacy write at The Intercept, other questions had equally slanted presuppositions. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, TheWeek , 17 Jan. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But Baker Mayfield went to the opposite side of the field, hitting a quick slant to Demetric Felton for an 22-yard gain and a first down, and the drive marched on. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Just don't cut on a slant \u2014 clean up-and-down slices look best. Step 7. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
"Glover and Shade were defensive-minded coaches while Nix, the former Auburn quarterback, obviously had an offensive slant to his philosophy. \u2014 al , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Frequently the stories have a confessional, almost therapeutic slant . \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 21 Dec. 2021",
"With a writing team whose members may not always be privy to cultural norms, Watson was always able to chime in and provide feedback that would give a more accurate authentic slant to the language and communication used between parents and children. \u2014 Essence , 25 Feb. 2022",
"There\u2019s no ideological slant to the notion of sending voters money in an election year. \u2014 Dominic Pino, National Review , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Through it all, there's a backbeat of criticism from progressives who fear the court's slant to the right since the Trump Administration. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 9 Feb. 2022",
"If the Will linebacker takes a step forward towards the run action, Tagovailoa pulls the ball down and possibly throws a quick slant to the split end receiver (Parker), or the route behind him, possibly a streaking speedster like Fuller. \u2014 Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Sep. 2021"
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"He sliced the carrots on a slant .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Every reporter who reports on retail news can slant his or her story to favor a point of view. \u2014 Walter Loeb, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Diagonal wings slant down from the sides of the passenger compartment to the sides of the cargo bed. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 5 Jan. 2022",
"In grade school, kids would make fun of the authentic meals her mother packed lovingly for her, or use their fingers to slant their eyelids. \u2014 Liz Hardaway, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Mar. 2021",
"With the house now slanted on its base and not repairable, Patterson told WYFF News 4 his family does not have insurance to cover the damage from the storm. \u2014 Fox News , 26 Apr. 2020",
"The idea to use a marble came from a scene in the pilot, in which Holmes uses a marble to determine a building\u2019s floor is slanted . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 30 Dec. 2019",
"Eun Kyung Park, the shape's inventor, gives the classic black manicure an edge \u2014 literally \u2014 with her signature long and slanted tips. \u2014 Nicola Dall'asen, Allure , 21 Feb. 2020",
"Though this year's Oscar winners have slanted toward the , the night's performances have been refreshingly unpredictable. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 10 Feb. 2020",
"As Ryan Grim, A\u00edda Ch\u00e1vez, and Akela Lacy write at The Intercept, other questions had equally slanted presuppositions. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, TheWeek , 17 Jan. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But Baker Mayfield went to the opposite side of the field, hitting a quick slant to Demetric Felton for an 22-yard gain and a first down, and the drive marched on. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Just don't cut on a slant \u2014 clean up-and-down slices look best. Step 7. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
"Glover and Shade were defensive-minded coaches while Nix, the former Auburn quarterback, obviously had an offensive slant to his philosophy. \u2014 al , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Frequently the stories have a confessional, almost therapeutic slant . \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 21 Dec. 2021",
"With a writing team whose members may not always be privy to cultural norms, Watson was always able to chime in and provide feedback that would give a more accurate authentic slant to the language and communication used between parents and children. \u2014 Essence , 25 Feb. 2022",
"There\u2019s no ideological slant to the notion of sending voters money in an election year. \u2014 Dominic Pino, National Review , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Through it all, there's a backbeat of criticism from progressives who fear the court's slant to the right since the Trump Administration. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 9 Feb. 2022",
"If the Will linebacker takes a step forward towards the run action, Tagovailoa pulls the ball down and possibly throws a quick slant to the split end receiver (Parker), or the route behind him, possibly a streaking speedster like Fuller. \u2014 Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Sep. 2021"
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"They deliberately slanted the story to make themselves look good.",
"Noun",
"The computer keyboard is positioned at a slant so that typing is more comfortable for the wrists.",
"He sliced the carrots on a slant .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Every reporter who reports on retail news can slant his or her story to favor a point of view. \u2014 Walter Loeb, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Diagonal wings slant down from the sides of the passenger compartment to the sides of the cargo bed. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 5 Jan. 2022",
"In grade school, kids would make fun of the authentic meals her mother packed lovingly for her, or use their fingers to slant their eyelids. \u2014 Liz Hardaway, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Mar. 2021",
"With the house now slanted on its base and not repairable, Patterson told WYFF News 4 his family does not have insurance to cover the damage from the storm. \u2014 Fox News , 26 Apr. 2020",
"The idea to use a marble came from a scene in the pilot, in which Holmes uses a marble to determine a building\u2019s floor is slanted . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 30 Dec. 2019",
"Eun Kyung Park, the shape's inventor, gives the classic black manicure an edge \u2014 literally \u2014 with her signature long and slanted tips. \u2014 Nicola Dall'asen, Allure , 21 Feb. 2020",
"Though this year's Oscar winners have slanted toward the , the night's performances have been refreshingly unpredictable. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 10 Feb. 2020",
"As Ryan Grim, A\u00edda Ch\u00e1vez, and Akela Lacy write at The Intercept, other questions had equally slanted presuppositions. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, TheWeek , 17 Jan. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But Baker Mayfield went to the opposite side of the field, hitting a quick slant to Demetric Felton for an 22-yard gain and a first down, and the drive marched on. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Just don't cut on a slant \u2014 clean up-and-down slices look best. Step 7. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
"Glover and Shade were defensive-minded coaches while Nix, the former Auburn quarterback, obviously had an offensive slant to his philosophy. \u2014 al , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Frequently the stories have a confessional, almost therapeutic slant . \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 21 Dec. 2021",
"With a writing team whose members may not always be privy to cultural norms, Watson was always able to chime in and provide feedback that would give a more accurate authentic slant to the language and communication used between parents and children. \u2014 Essence , 25 Feb. 2022",
"There\u2019s no ideological slant to the notion of sending voters money in an election year. \u2014 Dominic Pino, National Review , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Through it all, there's a backbeat of criticism from progressives who fear the court's slant to the right since the Trump Administration. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 9 Feb. 2022",
"If the Will linebacker takes a step forward towards the run action, Tagovailoa pulls the ball down and possibly throws a quick slant to the split end receiver (Parker), or the route behind him, possibly a streaking speedster like Fuller. \u2014 Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the Lightning led 1-0 on Friday, thanks to Rutta's first goal of this year's playoffs on a slap shot that got through goalie Darcy Kuemper. \u2014 Mike Brehm, USA TODAY , 25 June 2022",
"Two days prior, the Wings lost Game 6 at Olympia when Maple Leafs defenseman Bobby Baum, who suffered a broken ankle late in regulation from a Gordie Howe slap shot , returned for overtime and scored the winner at 2:43. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 6 June 2022",
"Parayko scored his second goal of the postseason on a slap shot from the point 3:55 into the game to put St. Louis ahead 1-0. \u2014 David Solomon, ajc , 22 May 2022",
"Backlund\u2019s third goal of the series came on a slap shot , about four minutes after Johnny Gaudreau\u2019s nifty pass across the front of the Dallas net to Michael Stone for the easy tip-in. \u2014 Stephen Hawkins, ajc , 14 May 2022",
"The Wings won, 3-2, after 91 seconds of the third overtime when Slava Kozlov scored on a power-play slap shot \u2014 the game\u2019s 122nd shot and the Wings\u2019 71st. \u2014 Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press , 4 May 2022",
"Mayhew\u2019s rising slap shot from the top of the left circle tipped off Vejmelka\u2019s glove for a 2-0 lead at 7:41. \u2014 Jack Magruder, ajc , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Seider was denied on a slap shot and had a shot blocked; Filip Hronek also tried to get a shot through. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Raymond scored on S\u00f8gaard at 2:18 of the second period, connecting on a loose puck after S\u00f8gaard stopped Jake Walman's slap shot . \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 2 Apr. 2022"
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": marked by roughness and impetuousness of manner or method":[
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"\u2014 Edna Ferber",
"slap-bang \u2026 production methods",
"\u2014 K. B. Butler"
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"\u2014 Springfield (Massachusetts) Republican"
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": first-rate , bang-up":[]
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"methodical",
"methodic",
"nonrandom",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized"
],
"definitions":{
": haphazard , slipshod":[]
},
"examples":[
"the investigation of the charges against the mayor was slapdash and not very thorough",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There was some of that as well in the reaction to the L.A. summit, with its slapdash planning and the way that U.S. domestic politics infiltrated the agenda. \u2014 William Neuman, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
"In one of the fables that explains its origins, a slapdash artist paints a tiger\u2019s head but changes his mind midway and completes the creature with a horse\u2019s body. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
"In contrast, Eleanor and Lorena\u2019s relationship feels slapdash and underwritten, with Anderson and Rabe sharing less than a nanogram of chemistry. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Judd Apatow grabbed a wad of Netflix cash and threw together The Bubble, a slapdash comedy with an embarrassment of misused talent. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The image drives home the slapdash , unlikely origins of Truman\u2019s presidency. \u2014 John Dickerson, The Atlantic , 1 Mar. 2022",
"In reality, in-depth reporting with context and nuance takes time; slapdash stories and opinion columns barely any time at all. \u2014 Brian Stelter, CNN , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The inconsistent, unscientific, and slapdash solutions are the Hong Kong government's latest attempts to fend off its most bruising clash with COVID yet. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Unfortunately, everything else has a slapdash hint of amateurism. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 8 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1792, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccdash",
"\u02c8slap-\u02c8dash"
],
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"synonyms":[
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"catch-as-catch-can",
"desultory",
"erratic",
"haphazard",
"helter-skelter",
"hit-or-miss",
"random",
"scattered",
"stray"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092509",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"definitions":{
": slapdashness":[
"slapdashery of the London slums",
"\u2014 Newsweek"
]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"slapdash entry 2 + -ery":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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": the quality or state of being slapdash : haphazardness , sloppiness":[
"has amazing defects, flippancy, slapdashness",
"\u2014 H. J. Laski"
]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021000",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slaphappy":{
"antonyms":[
"careworn"
],
"definitions":{
": buoyantly or recklessly carefree or foolish : happy-go-lucky":[],
": punch-drunk":[]
},
"examples":[
"We were all a bit slaphappy after staying up all night to finish the report.",
"She has a slaphappy attitude about her work.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Drake appears to have commissioned TikTok-baiting choreography and then worked backwards from there, but the sound of the song is not in the slaphappy mode of Gen Z social media. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 4 May 2020",
"Having fitted his kit with old-fashioned calfskin heads, Starr\u2019s sturdy, slaphappy drumming achieves a newfound warmth and depth. \u2014 Jonathan Gould, The New Yorker , 21 Oct. 2019",
"This sunny spirit surely comes in handy when he is stuck in D.C., with nothing to do but tweet infuriating fantasias that may be an indication of delusions the slaphappy Dr. Jackson didn\u2019t catch. \u2014 Lynn Yaeger, Vogue , 21 Jan. 2018",
"Breaking things down with a simple pounding electro-pop rhythm laced with slaphappy synths, the track is a festive anthem for women. \u2014 Tamar Herman, Billboard , 11 Aug. 2017",
"Indeed, George Antrobus himself is a slaphappy inventor. \u2014 Cynthia Zarin, The New Yorker , 12 Mar. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1936, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8slap-\u02ccha-p\u0113"
],
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"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"carefree",
"debonair",
"devil-may-care",
"gay",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome",
"unconcerned"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195631",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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": a card game in which each player tries to be the first to slap a hand on any jack that appears faceup":[],
": pancake":[]
},
"examples":[
"had a big plate of slapjacks with syrup for breakfast"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"slap entry 1 + -jack (as in flapjack )":""
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8slap-\u02ccjak"
],
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"flapjack",
"griddle cake",
"hotcake",
"pancake"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135614",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": marked by or productive of slapping":[
"slappy tone-production marred what might otherwise have been one of the season's musical treats",
"\u2014 Virgil Thomson",
"thunderstorm suddenly gets slappy and twisty",
"\u2014 Flying"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"slap entry 3 + -y":""
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"\u02c8slap\u0113"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105058",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"slapstick":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a device made of two flat pieces of wood fastened at one end so as to make a loud noise when used by an actor to strike a person":[]
},
"examples":[
"an actor whose roles range from slapstick to serious drama",
"a lowbrow comedy that relies heavily on slapstick for its laughs",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite training as a serious Shakespearean actor, Varney found breakout success with the goofball slapstick of the Ernest movies. \u2014 Brendan Mcaleer, Car and Driver , 21 May 2022",
"The result is the stuff of silly slapstick rather than a full-Cage head trip. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"As the mustache-twirling sheriff, Muldoon has some evil fun, though the film feels uncommitted to the slapstick . \u2014 Michael Ordo\u00f1a, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"In terms of slapstick and sight gags, Robotnik's silly escape-the-planet sequence sets the film's real-life-cartoon tone. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022",
"In between the gaslighting and mildly violent slapstick that moves the mystery along, Baena finds time to let supporting players like Tim Heidecker, Ayden Mayeri and Lauren Weedman score small but memorable laughs. \u2014 John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Bloom has a talent for mixing the prosaic and profound, the slapstick and the serious, which makes the book, despite its depressing subject matter, a pleasure to read. \u2014 Ann Levin, USA TODAY , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Cyrano is no worse than Roxanne, Steve Martin\u2019s silly 1987 attempt to turn Edmond Rostand\u2019s Cyrano de Bergerac into contemporary slapstick . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Shooting on film before a studio audience, using multiple cameras, Arnaz rewrote the technological rules of TV, and the show became part of the cultural DNA with its sharp-as-a-whip slapstick and banter. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8slap-\u02ccstik"
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"synonyms":[
"comedy",
"farce",
"humor"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": smear":[],
": to scuff the feet":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
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"\u02c8sla(a)(\u0259)r"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181022",
"type":[
"intransitive verb"
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"slargando":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": allargando":[
"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, making slow, widening, verbal of slargare to make slow, widen, from s- (from Latin ex- ) + largare to widen, loosen, from Latin largus abundant, generous":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"sl\u00e4r\u02c8g\u00e4n(\u02cc)d\u014d"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120224",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"slash":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a genre of fan fiction which features a romantic pairing of two usually male fictional characters who are not romantically connected in the original work of fiction":[
"If women are the prime producers of the stuff, one would imagine that slash would be as full of male-female fantasies as male-male fantasies, but that's not the case.",
"\u2014 Owen Smith",
"Here's a sampling of Harry Potter slash , taken from a novella called \"Irresistible Poison,\" about a budding romance between Harry and his archenemy Draco Malfoy.",
"\u2014 Christopher Noxon",
"I don't know whether Moody has read Kirk/Spock slash fiction , either, but I bet he's heard of it \u2026",
"\u2014 Elizabeth Hand"
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": a low swampy area often overgrown with brush":[],
": a mark / used typically to denote \"or\" (as in and/or ), \"and or\" (as in straggler/deserter ), or \"per\" (as in feet/second )":[],
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": cane , lash":[],
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": to criticize cuttingly":[],
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": to cut with or as if with rough sweeping strokes":[],
": to lash out, cut, or thrash about with or as if with an edged blade":[],
": to reduce sharply : cut":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Someone slashed his car's tires.",
"He threatened to slash the man's throat.",
"She slashed a path through the underbrush.",
"They slashed their way through the jungle.",
"The company has slashed prices to increase sales.",
"Funding for the program was slashed ."
],
"first_known_use":{
"1548, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
"1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1652, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":"Noun"
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"\u02c8slash"
],
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"cut",
"gash",
"incise",
"rip",
"shear",
"slice",
"slit"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071308",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slash-and-burn":{
"antonyms":[
"charitable",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"merciful",
"sensitive",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"definitions":{
": characterized or developed by felling and burning trees to clear land especially for temporary agriculture":[],
": extremely ruthless and unsparing":[
"slash-and-burn tactics",
"slash-and-burn criticism"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1939, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8slash-\u0259n(d)-\u02c8b\u0259rn"
],
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"affectless",
"callous",
"case-hardened",
"cold-blooded",
"compassionless",
"desensitized",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"indurate",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"insensitive",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"obdurate",
"pachydermatous",
"pitiless",
"remorseless",
"ruthless",
"soulless",
"stony",
"stoney",
"stonyhearted",
"take-no-prisoners",
"thick-skinned",
"uncharitable",
"unfeeling",
"unmerciful",
"unsparing",
"unsympathetic"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001244",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"slat conveyor":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a conveyor consisting of one or more endless chains to which horizontal spaced slats are attached to form a moving support for the objects being conveyed":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114738",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": a dark purplish gray":[],
": a dense fine-grained metamorphic rock produced by the compression of various sediments (such as clay or shale) so as to develop a characteristic cleavage":[],
": a list of candidates for nomination or election":[],
": a piece of construction material (such as laminated rock) prepared as a shingle for roofing and siding":[],
": a tablet (as of slate) used for writing on":[],
": a written or unwritten record (as of deeds)":[
"started with a clean slate"
],
": any of various grays similar in color to common roofing slates":[],
": to cover (something) with slate or a slatelike substance":[
"slate a roof"
],
": to criticize or censure severely":[],
": to designate (someone or something) for a specified purpose or action occurring especially at a fixed time":[
"was slated to direct the play",
"The new model is slated [=scheduled] for release early next year."
],
": to thrash or pummel severely":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Some school blackboards are made of slate .",
"The house has a slate roof."
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English sclate, slate , from Anglo-French *esclat , from esclater to splinter, break off, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German ze sleizzen, sl\u012bzan to tear apart \u2014 more at slit":"Noun",
"probably alteration of slat entry 1":"Verb"
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"\u02c8sl\u0101t"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095203",
"type":[
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"noun",
"verb"
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},
"slate black":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a nearly neutral slightly purplish black":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024539",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"slate blue":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a grayish-blue color":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While painting a front door may seem like an easy update for a prospective home buyer to make, certain front door colors\u2014like slate blue and black\u2014can actually make your home sell for more. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 23 June 2022",
"For the Sainte Devote Rugby Tournament\u2014an annual, day-long youth sports initiative sponsored by the princess's foundation\u2014Charlene wore a slate blue A-line dress, belted at the waist, with simple black pumps. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 11 June 2022",
"Charlotte wore a black wool coat by favored brand Amaia and slate blue Mary Janes. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 4 June 2022",
"The light fixture that was added over the pool table is a very classic approach to a billiards light, but the shades on it are a slate blue , which lends a fresh spin. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
"Around the corner, an existing pantry cabinet was altered from brown to a chalky slate blue . \u2014 Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 May 2022",
"The walls of the lobby area have been lacquered a delicious slate blue ; the floor is veined black marble. \u2014 Claire Messud, Travel + Leisure , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The palette was a soothing combination of neutrals \u2014 dove gray, light tan \u2014 with slate blue and plaid accents, while the cabinets that housed the safe and mini-bar resembled a cream-leather steamer trunk. \u2014 Claire Messud, Travel + Leisure , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The group opted for coordinating suits in in shades of tan, white, and slate blue , but kept things from being too matchy-matchy with floral pins and brooches. \u2014 Ana Escalante, Glamour , 3 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1796, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090517",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slate club":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a group of persons who save money in a common fund for a specified purpose (as distribution at Christmas)":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095219",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"slate-colored junco":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a common dark-eyed junco of Canada and the eastern U.S. that has a dark gray head, breast, and upperparts and a white belly":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131016",
"type":[
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"antonyms":[],
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"The new model is slated [=scheduled] for release early next year."
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": to thrash or pummel severely":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Some school blackboards are made of slate .",
"The house has a slate roof."
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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"Middle English sclate, slate , from Anglo-French *esclat , from esclater to splinter, break off, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German ze sleizzen, sl\u012bzan to tear apart \u2014 more at slit":"Noun",
"probably alteration of slat entry 1":"Verb"
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"\u02c8sl\u0101t"
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"slaty stones in the riverbed"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1529, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8sl\u0101-t\u0113"
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"grey",
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"leaden",
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"steely"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053145",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"slaty":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"slaty stones in the riverbed"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1529, in the meaning defined above":""
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sl\u0101-t\u0113"
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"grey",
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"silver",
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"steely"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093311",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"slaty gray aphid":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a plant louse ( Brevicoryne brassicae ) that infests various crop plants in New South Wales":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222053",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slaty gum":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of several Australian eucalypts (as Eucalyptus polyanthemos ) with slate-colored bark":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095939",
"type":[
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]
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"slaughter":{
"antonyms":[
"butcher",
"massacre",
"mow (down)"
],
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": killing of great numbers of human beings (as in battle or a massacre) : carnage":[],
": to discredit, defeat, or demolish completely":[],
": to kill (animals) for food : butcher":[],
": to kill in a bloody or violent manner : slay":[],
": to kill in large numbers : massacre":[]
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"the slaughter of innocent people",
"all civilized nations should protest this senseless slaughter",
"Verb",
"Our team got slaughtered yesterday.",
"modern poultry farms slaughter a vast number of chickens every day",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Nevertheless, the final round of deliberations in November was a slaughter . \u2014 Katie Worth, Scientific American , 20 June 2022",
"Those scheduled to testify include Zeneta Everhart, mother of Buffalo shooting victim Zaire Goodman, and Felix and Kimberly Rubio whose daughter, Lexi, was killed during the Uvalde slaughter . \u2014 Candy Woodall, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022",
"People who openly align with white supremacy and then commit slaughter in its name are dismissed as solely mentally ill instead of a symptom of something more deep-rooted. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"But the pigs follow an annual rhythm of birth, fattening, and inevitable slaughter that resists traditional narrative satisfaction. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Continuing to send him vast amounts of money for fossil fuels (more on which in the news blurbs below) would only set up worse problems down the line\u2014and would of course be morally grotesque, given that the cash is funding slaughter in Ukraine. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
"Back at the barbecue joint, Sheriff Herman Hickey (Ron Perlman), a gruff longtime lawman with a sardonic sense of humanity, is investigating signs that a bloody slaughter recently occurred on the premises. \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 12 May 2022",
"While the slaughter obliterated the species, the spoils helped make the modern world. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Arredondo, believed to be the incident commander, has come under intense criticism for allegedly treating the slaughter as a barricade situation and telling officers under his control to not force a confrontation with the killer. \u2014 David K. Li, NBC News , 7 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The tortoises could live for months without food or water, so the sailors would fill their ship hulls with live tortoises, then slaughter them along the way for fresh meat, Jensen said. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 10 June 2022",
"Across the galaxy, the Empire continues to root out the Jedi, slaughter them, crush all opposition. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 1 June 2022",
"Rising prices aren\u2019t offsetting costs, likely prompting farmers to slaughter animals earlier than usual. \u2014 Megan Durisin, Jen Skerritt, Michael Hirtzer, Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022",
"That is also where the suspect, before setting out to slaughter Black shoppers in Buffalo, posted a 180-page compendium of racist arguments and internet memes. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"Outbreaks can be devastating for livestock producers, who either lose their animals to the disease itself or must slaughter their herds to stop the spread. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
"An 18-year-old gunman used an AR-style rifle to slaughter 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, Tuesday \u2014 two days before school ended for the summer. \u2014 Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"John Leo, who as a columnist for Time and U.S. News & World Report used his acerbic wit to slaughter herds of liberal sacred cows, especially those wandering outward from college campuses, died on Monday in the Bronx. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"And the balance was coming from younglings\u2026 at least the ones Darth Vader didn't slaughter in the Jedi temple. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 10 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many neighbors of the Vernon slaughterhouse are glad to be free of its stench. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"Life in working-class Watts is seen through the eyes of a Black slaughterhouse employee in this insightful 1978 indie drama directed by Charles Burnett. \u2014 Matt Cooperlistings Coordinator, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"The government\u2019s Mexican Turtle Center \u2014 a former slaughterhouse turned conservation center in Mazunte \u2014 closed to visitors because of the hurricane. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda \u00c1lvarez, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
"Five of the dogs that touched down in Canada on March 16 are puppies saved from death when their pregnant mother was pulled from a slaughterhouse truck. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
"That piece, redolent of the boxing ring and the slaughterhouse , is not the only one to invoke violence. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Worried about her brother, her parents also stayed in place, just nine miles from the suburb of Bucha, which occupying Russian forces turned into a slaughterhouse . \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Confidentiality agreements prevented FoodID from disclosing the identity of the slaughterhouse or the feedlots supplying it, said FoodID chief marketing officer Scott Levitan. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022",
"At high noon on an early-spring day in 2017, six steers doomed to die escaped their slaughterhouse and stormed the streets of my city. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 13 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For a brief moment from the Russian Revolution until 1923, the area rebelled and got a taste of independence as did so many countries before falling to the Red Army\u2019s slaughterous advance. \u2014 Melik Kaylan, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2021",
"Congress passed the act in 1940 to check the slaughterous impact of recreational shooters, egg collectors and livestock farmers. \u2014 Time Staff, Time , 28 June 2018"
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"Noun",
"He's a slave to fashion trends.",
"Do it yourself! I'm not your slave !",
"Verb",
"I slaved all morning to get the work done on time.",
"She's been slaving away at her homework.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There are two pedals, one being the usual brake pedal which operates a conventional hydraulic system with expanding shoe brakes with one slave cylinder in each wheel. \u2014 B.c. George, Car and Driver , 27 June 2022",
"The school had minstrel shows and mock slave auctions up until the \u203290s. \u2014 Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Belgium\u2019s control of the vast region from 1885 to 1960 was marked by savage violence, during which millions of people were turned into a slave labor force, with mutilations commonplace and the nation\u2019s natural resources plundered. \u2014 Helena Skinner, NBC News , 20 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",
"Advocates in Boston have pushed for years to rename Faneuil Hall, named for Peter Faneuil, whom the resolution describes as one of the richest slave traders in Boston. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"As tsars and kings, and knights, and governors, and generals, and rulers love any precious stone, and may all people love me, slave of God. \u2014 Valerie Kivelson, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 June 2022",
"Charleston, one of the nation's most notorious slave ports, was already a bold choice for such a significant undertaking, but its exact site doubles down on that. \u2014 Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure , 14 June 2022",
"Colleges were part and parcel of the public financial system, which was closely integrated with the slave economy. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The first wave of refugees was from the Darfur region of Sudan, followed by Eritreans escaping brutal military dictatorship and forced conscription that has been compared to slave labor. \u2014 Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Jan. 2022",
"In other words, the founding fathers were well aware of the economic advantage to slave owners of limiting the Atlantic slave trade. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Change your scenery and let someone else slave over the stove. \u2014 Heidi Mitchell, WSJ , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Another school in Utah \u2014 Centennial Middle School in Provo \u2014 randomly assigned students to be slaves and slave masters for a project about the Civil War. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Born to slave parents in 1838 in Arkansas, Bass Reeves was a member of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. \u2014 Okla Jones, Essence , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Another school in Utah \u2014 Centennial Middle School in Provo \u2014 came under fire in the spring for randomly assigning students to be slaves and slave masters for a project about the Civil War. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Sampson presents a comprehensive view of the obstacles the young poet faced: illness, devastating personal losses, fluctuating family fortunes (which were tied to slave labor in Jamaica), and rigid cultural and social norms. \u2014 Elizabeth Lund, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Historians have noted that this harkens back to the Fugitive Slave laws of the 19th century, which offered cash incentives to white Americans to turn in their Black neighbors to slave catchers. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 9 Sep. 2021"
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"Middle English sclave , from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French esclave , from Medieval Latin sclavus , from Sclavus Slav; from the frequent enslavement of Slavs in central Europe during the early Middle Ages":"Noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fowler said that other royals profited directly from the slave trade , including Queen Anne, who ruled from 1702 to 1714. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The Holocaust, the Civil War, the Founding, the slave trade , the discovery of America\u2014these subjects are constantly being litigated on social media and cable TV, in school boards and state legislatures. \u2014 Adam Kirsch, WSJ , 11 Feb. 2022",
"The latest work by choreographer/scholar Nailah Randall-Bellinger invites audiences into a dialogue about the African diaspora, exploring the trans-Atlantic slave trade , emancipation, and the evolving identities of women. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
"The Town of Jamestown has created a scholarship fund and will fly the Juneteenth flag, to recognize and begin to atone for its role in the slave trade . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"Back in Providence, three of the four Brown brothers, having lost much of their investment, refrained from further involvement in the slave trade . \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"In 2018, Charleston\u2019s City Council voted to formally denounce slavery and apologize for the city\u2019s role in the slave trade . \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 June 2022",
"In 2006, Brown released a report that detailed its relationship to slavery and the transatlantic slave trade . \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2022",
"As Providence gears up to provide reparations to Black residents for centuries of injustices, city officials are looking beyond the city\u2019s leading role in the Colonial transatlantic slave trade . \u2014 Philip Marcelo, Chicago Tribune , 6 May 2022"
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"1817, in the meaning defined above":""
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"slave entry 1 + -ling":""
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"Verb",
"a dog slavering over a bone"
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"\u02c8sla-v\u0259r",
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"\u2026 the unit has freed more than 26,000 workers nationwide from debt slavery . Under the practice, common in the Amazon, poor laborers are lured to remote spots where they rack up debts to plantation owners who charge exorbitant prices for everything from food to transportation.",
"\u2014 Vivian Sequera",
"Many members of my own family, including my mother and father, fled their work as sharecroppers in the South. They left for good reason: the profession offered no future and was little more than wage slavery .",
"\u2014 Will Allen"
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"examples":[
"Frederick Douglass was central advocate for the abolition of slavery .",
"My dad put up with the slavery of working in the coal mines every day of his adult life.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lizzo wore shades of green, yellow, red, and black in commemoration of a holiday that celebrates the freedom and heritage of African Americans' emancipation from slavery . \u2014 Chelsea Avila, Allure , 21 June 2022",
"A day to celebrate the autonomy of our does and freedom from slavery . \u2014 Amy Haneline, USA TODAY , 20 June 2022",
"America could use a day of observance, to acknowledge the toil of our ancestors and the day some became aware of their freedom from slavery . \u2014 Malaika Jabali, Essence , 19 June 2022",
"In a nutshell, the origin story of Juneteenth dates back to 1865, underlining the widespread emancipation from slavery . \u2014 Simone E. Morris, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"For years, Black history in schools has jumped from slavery to Martin Luther King Jr.\u2014much of our narrative has been erased. \u2014 Robert Randolph, SPIN , 17 June 2022",
"In the Hebrew Bible, the Israelites who have been liberated from slavery are commanded to set up systems of care for the most socially marginalized. \u2014 Danya Ruttenberg, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
"Juneteenth is the celebration of freedom from slavery . \u2014 Carmen Dianne, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"June 19 is Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day, and is a nationwide celebration to commemorate the emancipation from slavery . \u2014 Genesis Malone, The Courier-Journal , 13 June 2022"
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"1551, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
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"\u02c8sl\u0101-v\u0259-r\u0113",
"\u02c8sl\u0101-v(\u0259-)r\u0113",
"\u02c8sl\u0101v-r\u0113"
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"servility",
"servitude",
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"thralldom",
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"yoke"
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"circa 1812, in the meaning defined above":""
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"slavicize from Slavic entry 1 + -ize; slavize from slav + -ize; slavonize from obsolete English slavon slavonian (from Medieval Latin Slavonia land of the Slavs) + English -ize; slavonicize from Slavonic entry 1 + -ize":""
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"-l\u00e4v-",
"\u02c8slav\u0259\u02ccs\u012bz",
"-l\u0227v-"
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"antonyms":[],
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": a mineral (Na, K) 2 Fe 10 (OH) 6 (SO 4 ) 13 .63H 2 O(":[]
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"Czech slav\u00edkite , from Franti\u0161ek Slavik \u20201957 Czech mineralogist + Czech -ite":""
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"noun"
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"archetypical",
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"I have done with slavish fear of disaster.",
"\u2014 Charlotte Bront\u00eb",
"\u2026 in a sense it is infinitely reasonable \u2026. But there is such a thing as a mean infinity, a base and slavish eternity.",
"\u2014 G. K. Chesterton"
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"\u2014 George McDuffie"
]
},
"examples":[
"a politician and his slavish followers",
"He has been criticized for his slavish devotion to the rules.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Well, that Rudolph Giuliani is a distant memory to many, obscured by his conspiracy mongering and slavish devotion to Donald Trump. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 8 June 2022",
"But what\u2019s interesting is that in a party whose devotion to Trump has been nothing short of slavish , DeSantis has been the only figure willing to step forward to challenge Trump\u2019s positions. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Our slavish adherence to the concept of engineering art extends far beneath the surface of the T.33's body. \u2014 Alistair Charlton, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"That his friend was Princess Lee Radziwill, a fixture of the high society to which Capote remained slavish , was naturally a major component. \u2014 Mark Peikert, Town & Country , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Trump, after all, was not supported these past few years by only his most slavish sycophants. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 22 Apr. 2021",
"Nothing but slavish allegiance to Donald Trump's Big Lie about the 2020 election and a desperate desire to prevent citizens from voting as a way to prevent Republicans from losing elections. \u2014 Star Tribune , 13 May 2021",
"The most extreme Trump supporters will love the idea, but most independents and even some Republicans will conclude that the Republican Party no longer has any policies other than the slavish worshiping of one man. \u2014 WSJ , 9 May 2021",
"Amazingly, many of the most fervent supporters are young people who have seemingly forsaken youthful rebellion for slavish conformity. \u2014 WSJ , 18 Apr. 2021"
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"\u02c8sl\u0101-vish",
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"epigonic",
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"imitative",
"mimetic",
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"adverb",
"noun"
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"\u2014 Charlotte Bront\u00eb",
"\u2026 in a sense it is infinitely reasonable \u2026. But there is such a thing as a mean infinity, a base and slavish eternity.",
"\u2014 G. K. Chesterton"
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"\u2014 George McDuffie"
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"a politician and his slavish followers",
"He has been criticized for his slavish devotion to the rules.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Well, that Rudolph Giuliani is a distant memory to many, obscured by his conspiracy mongering and slavish devotion to Donald Trump. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 8 June 2022",
"But what\u2019s interesting is that in a party whose devotion to Trump has been nothing short of slavish , DeSantis has been the only figure willing to step forward to challenge Trump\u2019s positions. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Our slavish adherence to the concept of engineering art extends far beneath the surface of the T.33's body. \u2014 Alistair Charlton, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"That his friend was Princess Lee Radziwill, a fixture of the high society to which Capote remained slavish , was naturally a major component. \u2014 Mark Peikert, Town & Country , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Trump, after all, was not supported these past few years by only his most slavish sycophants. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 22 Apr. 2021",
"Nothing but slavish allegiance to Donald Trump's Big Lie about the 2020 election and a desperate desire to prevent citizens from voting as a way to prevent Republicans from losing elections. \u2014 Star Tribune , 13 May 2021",
"The most extreme Trump supporters will love the idea, but most independents and even some Republicans will conclude that the Republican Party no longer has any policies other than the slavish worshiping of one man. \u2014 WSJ , 9 May 2021",
"Amazingly, many of the most fervent supporters are young people who have seemingly forsaken youthful rebellion for slavish conformity. \u2014 WSJ , 18 Apr. 2021"
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"\u02c8sl\u0101-vish",
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"apish",
"canned",
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"epigonic",
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"mimetic",
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"unoriginal"
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": a faction of slaveholders and advocates of slavery in the South before the American Civil War":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As adamant as the slavocracy remained, time and history were not on its side. \u2014 David Holahan, USA TODAY , 12 Jan. 2021",
"In post-slavery\u2014and post\u2013policing-of-slavery\u2014America, racist policing in the American slavocracy was also tied to partnerships with the private violence of organizations like the Ku Klux Klan. \u2014 Kimberl\u00e9 Williams Crenshaw, The New Republic , 13 Aug. 2020"
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"1840, in the meaning defined above":""
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": to delight or amuse immensely":[
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"\u2014 Tanner Stransky"
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"From the Let Girls Learn initiative to her Vogue covers, [Yara Shahidi] slays it all.",
"\u2014 Rebecca Sun",
"Beyonc\u00e9 did not come to this year's Grammy Awards just to slay , she came to make a statement.",
"\u2014 Jackie Fields",
"From the red carpet to her sure-to-be epic performance, one thing is for certain\u2014she's gonna slay .",
"\u2014 Quinn Keaney"
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},
"examples":[
"The knight slew the dragon.",
"millions have been slain worldwide by this dreadful disease",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Fed, on a singular mission to slay inflation, won\u2019t rest in its pursuit of tighter financial conditions until yields shift higher, stocks fall more, and housing turns as well. \u2014 Billy Bambrough, Forbes , 15 May 2022",
"There may never be a better chance for MLS to slay the Liga MX dragon. \u2014 Seth Vertelney, USA TODAY , 4 May 2022",
"Yas, queen, hunty, slay the house down, mama, boots. \u2014 Josh Rivera, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Investors have lately been tortured by a fear that the Fed cannot slay inflation without triggering a recession. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"And speaking of families, Rihanna, the soon to be mother, continues to slay in all of her stellar maternity looks. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 18 Mar. 2022",
"If Powell and the Fed slay the inflation dragon, the battle will likely claim casualties, but turn out to be a positive for stocks down the road. \u2014 John Dobosz, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The Maple Leafs trying to slay their Black-and-Gold tormentors would be great theater. \u2014 Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Marjorie and Steve Harvey are another great example of partners that slay together, stay together. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English slen , from Old English sl\u0113an to strike, slay; akin to Old High German slahan to strike, Middle Irish slachta stricken":""
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"croak",
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"dispatch",
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": the act of killing a person : killing , murder":[
"\u2014 used chiefly in journalistic writing a gangland slaying Sunday's slayings bring to 14 the number of killings this year in what police call gang-related attacks. \u2014 Peter Stein He is accused of ordering the 1989 slayings and robberies of three drug dealers \u2026 \u2014 Joseph P. Fried"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8sl\u0101-i\u014b"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": being without slaves":[]
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"noun"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Delap recommends binders with slash pockets , where papers can be filed quickly. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 July 2019",
"The clean lines followed the A-line silhouette, while leather-trim slash pockets provided edge. \u2014 Edward Barsamian, Vogue , 19 Sep. 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
"1742, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161417"
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"noun"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The woman gives the girls two vials of concoctions, one for the zombie and one for the slave driver . \u2014 Maggie Fremont, Vulture , 18 July 2021",
"Brandon\u2019s boss arrives at the meeting trying to stop the whole thing and the girls realize this guy is the slave driver . \u2014 Maggie Fremont, Vulture , 18 July 2021",
"Charles Deslondes, a slave driver of Haitian descent, marshaled an insurrection against the slaver Manuel Andry, turning the tools of the plantation\u2014the axe, the sugar cane knife\u2014against his master. \u2014 Kandist Mallett, The New Republic , 18 Jan. 2021",
"What kind of man would say that if God demands a drop of blood in battle for every drop spilled by the slave driver \u2019s whip, well, the judgments of the Lord are right and true",
"In a federal lawsuit filed on his behalf by civil attorneys in late 2015, Smith compared Edwards to a slave driver . \u2014 Michael Brice-saddler, Washington Post , 8 Nov. 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
"1788, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": work that is done by enslaved people or by people who are treated as though they are enslaved":[
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"a slave labor camp"
],
": enslaved people doing work":[
"The pyramids were built by slave labor ."
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"1802, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"noun"
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": a lawsuit alleging defamation that is in reality brought for the purpose of intimidating, burdening, punishing, or harassing the defendant for speaking out against the plaintiff on matters of public interest":[
"SLAPP suits function by forcing the target into the judicial arena where the SLAPP filer foists upon the target the expenses of a defense. The purpose of such gamesmanship ranges from simple retribution for past activism to discouraging future activism.",
"\u2014 Gordon v. Marrone",
"The lawsuit looks, feels, and smells like a SLAPP \u2026, a shameful attempt to cut off discussion on a controversial local issue. Developers, with depressing regularity, file SLAPPs to muzzle their critics.",
"\u2014 Editor & Publisher"
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"\u02c8slap-"
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"s trategic l awsuits a gainst p ublic p articipation":""
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"1989, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185728"
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"slaveholder":{
"type":[
"adjective or noun",
"noun"
],
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": someone who holds one or more people in forced servitude":[]
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"\u02c8sl\u0101v-\u02cch\u014dl-d\u0259r"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cleveland City Council unanimously passed a resolution Monday urging Cleveland State University to remove the name of slaveholder U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall from CSU\u2019s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, reports Courtney Astolfi. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The first woman ever to serve in the Senate was a former slaveholder . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2022",
"The law was crafted by a slaveholder , Henry Clay, who is so renowned as one of America\u2019s greatest statesmen that 16 counties across the country are named for him. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Name change: Pressure is mounting to change the name of Cleveland State University\u2019s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law because it is named for slaveholder and former U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The 23-year-old Virginian slaveholder was serving as an aide to the British general of North America, Edward Braddock, in the Battle of the Monongahela. \u2014 Eric Herschthal, The New Republic , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Last month, members of the New York City Council unanimously voted to remove a statue of Thomas Jefferson from council chambers, owing to his history as a slaveholder . \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 20 Nov. 2021",
"The city\u2019s Public Design Commission decided to remove the statue following complaints from Assemblymen Charles Barron, Councilwoman Inez Barron and others that Jefferson was a slaveholder . \u2014 sun-sentinel.com , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Several blocks from the Flag House, protesters tore down a statue on July 4 last year of Christopher Columbus, while neighbors successfully petitioned the city this spring to remove a statue of slaveholder John O\u2019Donnell in nearby Canton. \u2014 Colin Campbell, baltimoresun.com , 26 Aug. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1769, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194620"
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"type":[
"transitive verb"
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"definitions":{
": to coerce relentlessly to action":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"back-formation from slave driver":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-220749"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a railroad tie sawed to provide flat surfaces on the top and bottom only":[]
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"slabbed from past participle of slab entry 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223746"
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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": a person held in forced servitude":[],
": a person who is completely subservient to a dominating influence":[
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": to work very hard for long hours or under difficult conditions : drudge":[],
": to traffic in people to be sold into slavery":[],
": to make directly responsive to another mechanism":[],
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"a slave auction",
"slave owners",
"a slave economy",
"The relation between freedom and literacy became the compelling theme of the slave narratives, the great body of printed books that ex-slaves generated to assert their common humanity with white Americans and to indict the system that had oppressed them.",
"\u2014 Henry Louis Gates, Jr."
],
": held in or forced into servitude : enslaved":[
"born of slave parents",
"slave workers"
],
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"a slave territory",
"the slave states"
]
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"\u02c8sl\u0101v"
],
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"bondman",
"bondsman",
"chattel",
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"bang away",
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"dig (away)",
"drudge",
"endeavor",
"fag",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"tug",
"work"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"He's a slave to fashion trends.",
"Do it yourself! I'm not your slave !",
"Verb",
"I slaved all morning to get the work done on time.",
"She's been slaving away at her homework.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There are two pedals, one being the usual brake pedal which operates a conventional hydraulic system with expanding shoe brakes with one slave cylinder in each wheel. \u2014 B.c. George, Car and Driver , 27 June 2022",
"The school had minstrel shows and mock slave auctions up until the \u203290s. \u2014 Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Belgium\u2019s control of the vast region from 1885 to 1960 was marked by savage violence, during which millions of people were turned into a slave labor force, with mutilations commonplace and the nation\u2019s natural resources plundered. \u2014 Helena Skinner, NBC News , 20 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",
"Advocates in Boston have pushed for years to rename Faneuil Hall, named for Peter Faneuil, whom the resolution describes as one of the richest slave traders in Boston. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"As tsars and kings, and knights, and governors, and generals, and rulers love any precious stone, and may all people love me, slave of God. \u2014 Valerie Kivelson, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 June 2022",
"Charleston, one of the nation's most notorious slave ports, was already a bold choice for such a significant undertaking, but its exact site doubles down on that. \u2014 Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure , 14 June 2022",
"Colleges were part and parcel of the public financial system, which was closely integrated with the slave economy. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The first wave of refugees was from the Darfur region of Sudan, followed by Eritreans escaping brutal military dictatorship and forced conscription that has been compared to slave labor. \u2014 Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Jan. 2022",
"In other words, the founding fathers were well aware of the economic advantage to slave owners of limiting the Atlantic slave trade. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Change your scenery and let someone else slave over the stove. \u2014 Heidi Mitchell, WSJ , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Another school in Utah \u2014 Centennial Middle School in Provo \u2014 randomly assigned students to be slaves and slave masters for a project about the Civil War. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Born to slave parents in 1838 in Arkansas, Bass Reeves was a member of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. \u2014 Okla Jones, Essence , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Another school in Utah \u2014 Centennial Middle School in Provo \u2014 came under fire in the spring for randomly assigning students to be slaves and slave masters for a project about the Civil War. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Sampson presents a comprehensive view of the obstacles the young poet faced: illness, devastating personal losses, fluctuating family fortunes (which were tied to slave labor in Jamaica), and rigid cultural and social norms. \u2014 Elizabeth Lund, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Historians have noted that this harkens back to the Fugitive Slave laws of the 19th century, which offered cash incentives to white Americans to turn in their Black neighbors to slave catchers. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 9 Sep. 2021"
],
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"Middle English sclave , from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French esclave , from Medieval Latin sclavus , from Sclavus Slav; from the frequent enslavement of Slavs in central Europe during the early Middle Ages":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-070909"
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"\u02c8slab\u0259(r)",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-074526"
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": the outside piece cut from a log in squaring it":[],
": a flat rectangular architectural element that is usually formed of a single piece or mass":[
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": a rectangular building having little width with respect to its length and usually height":[],
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"backed up by a solid slab of reference material",
"\u2014 The Times Literary Supplement (London)"
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"slab a log"
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"Noun",
"a thick slab of homemade bread",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Some rescuers believed the woman could have been as far as 10 to 20 feet from a massive concrete slab where the operation began. \u2014 Ray Sanchez And Kevin Conlon, CNN , 22 May 2022",
"To avoid breaking the law, Jared instead sent Forsland a table\u2014its legs were made of ordinary wood and its top was made from the Tree slab , and shipped the package marked as a table. \u2014 Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The sculpture is by the late Maine artist Clark Fitz-Gerald, who carved it from a slab of elm taken from a tree that succumbed to the disease in the 1970s. \u2014 Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Standouts include a grownup bologna sandwich made from a thick slab of fried mortadella, an excellent meatball sub and a deeply savory meatloaf. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The tree theme infiltrates the home\u2019s interior, starting at the entry on the main floor, where a large kitchen has wood shelving, oak floors and a kitchen bar made from a single slab of red oak. \u2014 Nancy Keates, WSJ , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Meanwhile, a slab of Boston mackerel, adorned with a tassel of grilled ramps and garlic-chive flowers, was crackly-skinned and deliciously fatty in a way that evoked pork. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 20 May 2022",
"Her holding up a fresh slab of pork belly, proud and beaming at the camera. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
"The carnivorous dishes became a little repetitive, to be frank: Many of them consist of a small slab of meat sitting on a bed of some pur\u00e9e, accompanied by a couple dollops of different greens. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 12 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Slabhead was slabbing his head against every ball that came within his orbit, with Tammy Abraham duly confirming to the gravitational pull of his pocket. \u2014 SI.com , 12 Aug. 2019",
"Brazil, which primarily exports slab steel to US manufacturers, is hoping to escape by agreeing on limited quotas for more sophisticated products. \u2014 Jack Ewing And Ana Swanson, BostonGlobe.com , 29 Apr. 2018",
"Brazil, which primarily exports slab steel to American manufacturers, is hoping to escape by agreeing on limited quotas for more sophisticated products. \u2014 Jack Ewing And Ana Swanson, New York Times , 29 Apr. 2018",
"Wipers can be found in the same areas trolling crankbaits, slabbing , or using live bait. \u2014 Tyler Mahoney, kansascity , 14 Mar. 2018",
"Try trolling crankbaits, slabbing , or using live bait. \u2014 Tyler Mahoney, kansascity , 7 Mar. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Somehow, the Grand Wagoneer's slab -sided body makes 22-inch wheels look tiny. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 15 June 2022",
"As for slab phones, Motorola did not release a flagship Snapdragon 888 phone in the US last year. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Using a slab roller that was originally designed for potters was the nemesis of several workers. \u2014 Denise Brodey, Forbes , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Like, the uppercase T had a spike serif on the bottom and slab serifs on the top. \u2014 Diana Budds, Curbed , 13 Oct. 2021",
"As for style, Blackband says to look at slab -panel cabinetry, which features a flat door over the cabinet box and lends a modern but classic look. \u2014 Lindsey M. Roberts Special To The Washington Post, Star Tribune , 29 Apr. 2021",
"As for style, Blackband says to look at slab -panel cabinetry, which features a flat door over the cabinet box and lends a modern but classic look. \u2014 Lindsey M. Roberts Special To The Washington Post, Star Tribune , 29 Apr. 2021",
"As for style, Blackband says to look at slab -panel cabinetry, which features a flat door over the cabinet box and lends a modern but classic look. \u2014 Lindsey M. Roberts Special To The Washington Post, Star Tribune , 29 Apr. 2021",
"As for style, Blackband says to look at slab -panel cabinetry, which features a flat door over the cabinet box and lends a modern but classic look. \u2014 Lindsey M. Roberts Special To The Washington Post, Star Tribune , 29 Apr. 2021"
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"akin to Middle English slabben to wallow, obsolete Danish slab muck":"Adjective"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1703, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
"1605, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"Noun",
"the slats of a venetian blind",
"The fence has two broken slats ."
],
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"Middle English sclate, slate slate":"Noun"
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"circa 1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1764, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1886, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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"The judge slapped on an additional fine."
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"verb"
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": a person who is completely subservient to a dominating influence":[
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": a device (such as the printer of a computer) that is directly responsive to another":[],
": drudge , toiler":[],
"river 258 miles (415 kilometers) long in Canada flowing from the western end of Lake Athabasca north into Great Slave Lake":[],
": to work very hard for long hours or under difficult conditions : drudge":[],
": to traffic in people to be sold into slavery":[],
": to make directly responsive to another mechanism":[],
": enslave":[],
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"slave traders",
"a slave auction",
"slave owners",
"a slave economy",
"The relation between freedom and literacy became the compelling theme of the slave narratives, the great body of printed books that ex-slaves generated to assert their common humanity with white Americans and to indict the system that had oppressed them.",
"\u2014 Henry Louis Gates, Jr."
],
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"born of slave parents",
"slave workers"
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": favoring or legally permitting slavery":[
"a slave territory",
"the slave states"
]
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"\u02c8sl\u0101v"
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"bondman",
"bondsman",
"chattel",
"thrall"
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"bang away",
"beaver (away)",
"dig (away)",
"drudge",
"endeavor",
"fag",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"tug",
"work"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"He's a slave to fashion trends.",
"Do it yourself! I'm not your slave !",
"Verb",
"I slaved all morning to get the work done on time.",
"She's been slaving away at her homework.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There are two pedals, one being the usual brake pedal which operates a conventional hydraulic system with expanding shoe brakes with one slave cylinder in each wheel. \u2014 B.c. George, Car and Driver , 27 June 2022",
"The school had minstrel shows and mock slave auctions up until the \u203290s. \u2014 Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Belgium\u2019s control of the vast region from 1885 to 1960 was marked by savage violence, during which millions of people were turned into a slave labor force, with mutilations commonplace and the nation\u2019s natural resources plundered. \u2014 Helena Skinner, NBC News , 20 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",
"Advocates in Boston have pushed for years to rename Faneuil Hall, named for Peter Faneuil, whom the resolution describes as one of the richest slave traders in Boston. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"As tsars and kings, and knights, and governors, and generals, and rulers love any precious stone, and may all people love me, slave of God. \u2014 Valerie Kivelson, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 June 2022",
"Charleston, one of the nation's most notorious slave ports, was already a bold choice for such a significant undertaking, but its exact site doubles down on that. \u2014 Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure , 14 June 2022",
"Colleges were part and parcel of the public financial system, which was closely integrated with the slave economy. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The first wave of refugees was from the Darfur region of Sudan, followed by Eritreans escaping brutal military dictatorship and forced conscription that has been compared to slave labor. \u2014 Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Jan. 2022",
"In other words, the founding fathers were well aware of the economic advantage to slave owners of limiting the Atlantic slave trade. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Change your scenery and let someone else slave over the stove. \u2014 Heidi Mitchell, WSJ , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Another school in Utah \u2014 Centennial Middle School in Provo \u2014 randomly assigned students to be slaves and slave masters for a project about the Civil War. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Born to slave parents in 1838 in Arkansas, Bass Reeves was a member of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. \u2014 Okla Jones, Essence , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Another school in Utah \u2014 Centennial Middle School in Provo \u2014 came under fire in the spring for randomly assigning students to be slaves and slave masters for a project about the Civil War. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Sampson presents a comprehensive view of the obstacles the young poet faced: illness, devastating personal losses, fluctuating family fortunes (which were tied to slave labor in Jamaica), and rigid cultural and social norms. \u2014 Elizabeth Lund, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Historians have noted that this harkens back to the Fugitive Slave laws of the 19th century, which offered cash incentives to white Americans to turn in their Black neighbors to slave catchers. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 9 Sep. 2021"
],
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"Middle English sclave , from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French esclave , from Medieval Latin sclavus , from Sclavus Slav; from the frequent enslavement of Slavs in central Europe during the early Middle Ages":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1602, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb",
"1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162534"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a pine ( Pinus elliottii ) of the southeastern U.S. that has two or three needles in a cluster and is a source of turpentine, lumber, and pulpwood":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Joe Hopkins\u2019s family business has about 70,000 acres of slash pine in southeast Georgia. \u2014 Ryan Dezember, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
"There are also patches of slash pine , and in some cases the mature slash pines have been heavily thinned out, creating openings for longleaf plantings to rise among them and gradually replace them. \u2014 Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al , 9 Jan. 2022",
"The family settled on 2 1/2 acres of slash pine , sabal palm, and palmetto scrub in a sprawling semirural housing development on the outskirts of Naples, Florida, called Golden Gate Estates. \u2014 Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 July 2021",
"Trees available include slash pine , gumbo limbo, pigeon plum, Barbados cherry, jackfruit, mango and avocado. \u2014 Kari Barnett, sun-sentinel.com , 8 Apr. 2021",
"The webcam is located in a slash pine tree in Fort Myers, Florida. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Jan. 2020",
"The suit alleges that the Brazilian plywood mills source all of their veneer from fast-growing plantations of loblolly and slash pine . \u2014 David Lyons, sun-sentinel.com , 9 Sep. 2019",
"This includes 100-foot slash pine that could have fetched up to $60 a ton as utility poles before the storm, but now might be worth $2 to $3 a ton as pulp. \u2014 Ryan Dezember, WSJ , 27 Oct. 2018",
"At noon the asphalt shimmers and the sand dazzles and at midnight the stars swim in an ink-black heaven above the cypress and the slash pine . \u2014 Ben Lowy, Smithsonian , 23 May 2018"
],
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"slash entry 3":""
},
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"circa 1882, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165852"
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"first_known_use":{
"1817, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175755"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182822"
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"noun",
"verb"
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": to make or equip with slats":[]
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"the slats of a venetian blind",
"The fence has two broken slats ."
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},
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"circa 1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1764, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1886, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183945"
},
"slat bonnet":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a sunbonnet with a stitched brim stiffened by cardboard or wooden inserts":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231229"
},
"slatch":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a transitory breeze or its duration":[],
": an interval of fair weather":[
"a slatch in the storm",
"\u2014 Time"
],
": a calm between breaking waves":[
"big waves generally come in groups of three, and then behind them there is a slatch",
"\u2014 Hickman Powell"
],
": the loose or slack part of a rope":[]
},
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"\u02c8slach"
],
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"alteration of slack entry 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013143"
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"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a thick plate or slice (as of stone, wood, or bread): such as":[],
": the outside piece cut from a log in squaring it":[],
": a flat rectangular architectural element that is usually formed of a single piece or mass":[
"a concrete foundation slab"
],
": a rectangular building having little width with respect to its length and usually height":[],
": something that resembles a slab (as in size, shape, or density)":[
"backed up by a solid slab of reference material",
"\u2014 The Times Literary Supplement (London)"
],
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": to remove an outer slab from":[
"slab a log"
],
": to divide or form into slabs":[],
": to cover or support (something, such as a roadbed or roof) with slabs":[],
": to put on thickly":[],
": thick , viscous":[]
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"\u02c8slab"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"a thick slab of homemade bread",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Some rescuers believed the woman could have been as far as 10 to 20 feet from a massive concrete slab where the operation began. \u2014 Ray Sanchez And Kevin Conlon, CNN , 22 May 2022",
"To avoid breaking the law, Jared instead sent Forsland a table\u2014its legs were made of ordinary wood and its top was made from the Tree slab , and shipped the package marked as a table. \u2014 Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The sculpture is by the late Maine artist Clark Fitz-Gerald, who carved it from a slab of elm taken from a tree that succumbed to the disease in the 1970s. \u2014 Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Standouts include a grownup bologna sandwich made from a thick slab of fried mortadella, an excellent meatball sub and a deeply savory meatloaf. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The tree theme infiltrates the home\u2019s interior, starting at the entry on the main floor, where a large kitchen has wood shelving, oak floors and a kitchen bar made from a single slab of red oak. \u2014 Nancy Keates, WSJ , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Meanwhile, a slab of Boston mackerel, adorned with a tassel of grilled ramps and garlic-chive flowers, was crackly-skinned and deliciously fatty in a way that evoked pork. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 20 May 2022",
"Her holding up a fresh slab of pork belly, proud and beaming at the camera. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
"The carnivorous dishes became a little repetitive, to be frank: Many of them consist of a small slab of meat sitting on a bed of some pur\u00e9e, accompanied by a couple dollops of different greens. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 12 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Slabhead was slabbing his head against every ball that came within his orbit, with Tammy Abraham duly confirming to the gravitational pull of his pocket. \u2014 SI.com , 12 Aug. 2019",
"Brazil, which primarily exports slab steel to US manufacturers, is hoping to escape by agreeing on limited quotas for more sophisticated products. \u2014 Jack Ewing And Ana Swanson, BostonGlobe.com , 29 Apr. 2018",
"Brazil, which primarily exports slab steel to American manufacturers, is hoping to escape by agreeing on limited quotas for more sophisticated products. \u2014 Jack Ewing And Ana Swanson, New York Times , 29 Apr. 2018",
"Wipers can be found in the same areas trolling crankbaits, slabbing , or using live bait. \u2014 Tyler Mahoney, kansascity , 14 Mar. 2018",
"Try trolling crankbaits, slabbing , or using live bait. \u2014 Tyler Mahoney, kansascity , 7 Mar. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Somehow, the Grand Wagoneer's slab -sided body makes 22-inch wheels look tiny. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 15 June 2022",
"As for slab phones, Motorola did not release a flagship Snapdragon 888 phone in the US last year. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Using a slab roller that was originally designed for potters was the nemesis of several workers. \u2014 Denise Brodey, Forbes , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Like, the uppercase T had a spike serif on the bottom and slab serifs on the top. \u2014 Diana Budds, Curbed , 13 Oct. 2021",
"As for style, Blackband says to look at slab -panel cabinetry, which features a flat door over the cabinet box and lends a modern but classic look. \u2014 Lindsey M. Roberts Special To The Washington Post, Star Tribune , 29 Apr. 2021",
"As for style, Blackband says to look at slab -panel cabinetry, which features a flat door over the cabinet box and lends a modern but classic look. \u2014 Lindsey M. Roberts Special To The Washington Post, Star Tribune , 29 Apr. 2021",
"As for style, Blackband says to look at slab -panel cabinetry, which features a flat door over the cabinet box and lends a modern but classic look. \u2014 Lindsey M. Roberts Special To The Washington Post, Star Tribune , 29 Apr. 2021",
"As for style, Blackband says to look at slab -panel cabinetry, which features a flat door over the cabinet box and lends a modern but classic look. \u2014 Lindsey M. Roberts Special To The Washington Post, Star Tribune , 29 Apr. 2021"
],
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"akin to Middle English slabben to wallow, obsolete Danish slab muck":"Adjective"
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1703, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
"1605, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013932"
}
}
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