dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/bay_MW.json
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"Bayreuth":{
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"city in Bavaria, Germany, northeast of Nuremberg population 72,777":[]
},
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"\u02c8b\u012b-\u02ccr\u022fit",
"b\u012b-\u02c8r\u022fit"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120929",
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"bawl",
"bellow",
"call",
"cry",
"holler",
"hollo",
"halloo",
"hallo",
"roar",
"shout",
"sound off",
"thunder",
"vociferate",
"yell"
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": a garland or crown especially of laurel given as a prize for victory or excellence":[
"had won the bays"
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": a main division of a structure":[
"a barn with three bays"
],
": a principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building or of the whole building":[
"\u2026 the transverse arches and adjacent piers of the arcade divide the building into bays \u2026",
"\u2014 Helen Gardner"
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": a reddish brown":[],
": a small body of water set off from the main body":[],
": a support or housing for electronic equipment":[],
": an inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf":[],
": an instance of a dog barking with prolonged tones : a baying (see bay entry 4 sense 1 ) of dogs":[
"followed the trail in full bay"
],
": any of several shrubs or trees (such as the red bay or sweet bay ) resembling the laurel \u2014 compare bay rum":[],
": any of various compartments or sections used for a special purpose (as in an airplane, spacecraft, or gas station)":[
"a bomb bay",
"a cargo bay"
],
": any of various terrestrial formations resembling a bay of the sea":[
"a bay of prairie"
],
": bay window sense 1":[],
": honor , fame":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural The patriot's honours and the poet's bays . \u2014 John Trumbull"
],
": laurel sense 1":[],
": reddish brown":[
"a bay mare"
],
": the position of one checked":[
"police kept the rioters at bay"
],
": the position of one unable to retreat and forced to face danger":[
"brought the boar to bay"
],
": to bark at":[
"dogs baying the moon"
],
": to bark with prolonged tones":[
"dogs baying at the moon"
],
": to bring to the position of one unable to retreat and forced to face danger : to bring to bay (see bay entry 5 sense 2 )":[
"hounds baying a fox"
],
": to cry out : shout":[
"a baying crowd"
],
": to pursue with barking":[
"\u2026 dogs baying and driving him up a tree \u2026",
"\u2014 Charles Darwin"
],
": to utter in deep prolonged tones":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"the mob was baying for revenge",
"the lonesome beagle bayed whenever someone walked by"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English bai, abai , borrowed from Anglo-French abai , noun derivative of abaier \"to bay entry 4 \"":"Noun",
"Middle English baien, abaien , from Anglo-French abaier , of imitative origin":"Verb",
"Middle English baye , from Anglo-French bai , perhaps from baer to be wide open":"Noun",
"Middle English, berry, laurel berry, from Anglo-French bai , from L. baca":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French baee opening, from feminine of ba\u00e9 , past participle of baer to be wide open, gape, from Vulgar Latin *batare":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French bai , from Latin badius ; akin to Old Irish buide yellow":"Adjective",
"noun derivative of bay entry 1":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0101"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"cabin",
"cell",
"chamber",
"compartment",
"cube",
"cubicle"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103106",
"type":[
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"noun",
"verb"
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},
"bay for blood":{
"antonyms":[],
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": angrily demand or threaten violence":[
"an angry mob baying for blood"
]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113614",
"type":[
"idiom"
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"bay rum":{
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": a fragrant liquid used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes that was originally prepared by distilling a liquid containing leaves of the bay-rum tree macerated in rum but is now usually prepared from by mixing alcohol and water with the essential oils from the bay-rum tree along with other aromatic oils (such as the oil from allspice or cloves)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On the shelf below the mirror are combs soaking in blue disinfectant and old-time tonics and elixirs, including Clubman Aftershave, bay rum and talc. \u2014 John Maccormack, ExpressNews.com , 16 Mar. 2020",
"Her kitchen always smelled like fried meat and caf\u00e9, her bedroom a blend of Maja soap, bay rum , and Bal \u00e0 Versailles perfume. \u2014 Longreads , 26 June 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1801, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113553",
"type":[
"noun"
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"bay(s)":{
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"bellow",
"call",
"cry",
"holler",
"hollo",
"halloo",
"hallo",
"roar",
"shout",
"sound off",
"thunder",
"vociferate",
"yell"
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": a garland or crown especially of laurel given as a prize for victory or excellence":[
"had won the bays"
],
": a main division of a structure":[
"a barn with three bays"
],
": a principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building or of the whole building":[
"\u2026 the transverse arches and adjacent piers of the arcade divide the building into bays \u2026",
"\u2014 Helen Gardner"
],
": a reddish brown":[],
": a small body of water set off from the main body":[],
": a support or housing for electronic equipment":[],
": an inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf":[],
": an instance of a dog barking with prolonged tones : a baying (see bay entry 4 sense 1 ) of dogs":[
"followed the trail in full bay"
],
": any of several shrubs or trees (such as the red bay or sweet bay ) resembling the laurel \u2014 compare bay rum":[],
": any of various compartments or sections used for a special purpose (as in an airplane, spacecraft, or gas station)":[
"a bomb bay",
"a cargo bay"
],
": any of various terrestrial formations resembling a bay of the sea":[
"a bay of prairie"
],
": bay window sense 1":[],
": honor , fame":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural The patriot's honours and the poet's bays . \u2014 John Trumbull"
],
": laurel sense 1":[],
": reddish brown":[
"a bay mare"
],
": the position of one checked":[
"police kept the rioters at bay"
],
": the position of one unable to retreat and forced to face danger":[
"brought the boar to bay"
],
": to bark at":[
"dogs baying the moon"
],
": to bark with prolonged tones":[
"dogs baying at the moon"
],
": to bring to the position of one unable to retreat and forced to face danger : to bring to bay (see bay entry 5 sense 2 )":[
"hounds baying a fox"
],
": to cry out : shout":[
"a baying crowd"
],
": to pursue with barking":[
"\u2026 dogs baying and driving him up a tree \u2026",
"\u2014 Charles Darwin"
],
": to utter in deep prolonged tones":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"the mob was baying for revenge",
"the lonesome beagle bayed whenever someone walked by"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"Middle English bai, abai , borrowed from Anglo-French abai , noun derivative of abaier \"to bay entry 4 \"":"Noun",
"Middle English baien, abaien , from Anglo-French abaier , of imitative origin":"Verb",
"Middle English baye , from Anglo-French bai , perhaps from baer to be wide open":"Noun",
"Middle English, berry, laurel berry, from Anglo-French bai , from L. baca":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French baee opening, from feminine of ba\u00e9 , past participle of baer to be wide open, gape, from Vulgar Latin *batare":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French bai , from Latin badius ; akin to Old Irish buide yellow":"Adjective",
"noun derivative of bay entry 1":"Noun"
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"\u02c8b\u0101"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075332",
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"verb"
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"bay-rum tree":{
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": a West Indian tree ( Pimenta racemosa ) that is closely related to the allspice tree and is a source of an aromatic oil used in bay rum":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1882, in the meaning defined above":""
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"bayfront":{
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": a strip of land alongside a bay":[
"The island's gulf beach and bayfront support a variety of shorebirds and hordes of laughing gulls.",
"\u2014 Dick and Nina Bushnell , Sunset , November 1994",
"\u2014 often used before another noun Two major bayfront projects are moving forward in Chula Vista, covering nearly the entire developable waterfront for the city. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Jan. 2003"
]
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"first_known_use":{
"1857, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"\u02c8b\u0101-\u02ccfr\u0259nt"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"bayou":{
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"distributary",
"effluent"
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": a creek, secondary watercourse, or minor river that is tributary to another body of water":[],
": any of various usually marshy or sluggish bodies of water":[]
},
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"a small creek that is the bayou of a larger stream",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Their bayou -saving chariot is a 30-foot barge mottled with rust. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"The Multiple Exposures Gallery show comprises 21 numbered views of trees in the Caddo Lake bayou on the Louisiana-Texas border. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"The 147-year-old Houston cemetery\u2019s situation on low-lying ground near a bayou has exposed its more than 4,000 graves to damage from flooding. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 May 2022",
"While work recently wrapped up along Sims Bayou, crews with the city of Houston will start building out another bike connection west of downtown in May\u2014though this one isn't as comfortable as a wide, separated bayou trail. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Almost 500,000 locations in southeastern Louisiana remained without electricity Thursday after the powerful Category 2 storm sprinted through the state\u2019s bayou region and New Orleans. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2020",
"Departing three days a week, the iconic Sunset Limited train line takes passengers from New Orleans through Louisiana's bayou all the way to Western desert landscapes like Palm Springs, finally landing in Southern California. \u2014 Alexandra Talty, Travel + Leisure , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The 2012 film takes place at a Louisiana bayou on an island nicknamed the Bathtub, where 6-year-old Hushpuppy (Wallis) lives with her ailing father, Wink (Dwight Henry). \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021",
"To see creek and bayou levels near your home, visit the Harris County Flood Warning System website. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 21 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1763, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"borrowed from Louisiana French, earlier bayouque , perhaps borrowed from early Choctaw *bayok , whence Choctaw bo\u00b7k \"creek, river\"":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u012b-\u00fc",
"\u02c8b\u012b-(\u02cc)\u00fc",
"-(\u02cc)\u014d",
"-\u014d"
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"branch",
"confluent",
"feeder",
"influent",
"tributary"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000902",
"type":[
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"baygall":{
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"noun"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"bay entry 9 + gall":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144044"
},
"bay salt":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": solar salt":[]
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"bay entry 9":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145816"
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"bay poplar":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": tupelo gum":[],
": the wood of tupelo gum":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"bay entry 5":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160205"
},
"bay point":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": bay antler":[]
},
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"synonyms":[],
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"bay (antler)":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162357"
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"bay plum":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": guava sense 1":[]
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"bay entry 9":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173054"
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"bay window":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a window or series of windows forming a bay in a room and projecting outward from the wall":[],
": potbelly sense 1":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0101-"
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"belly",
"corporation",
"gut",
"paunch",
"pot",
"potbelly"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"if his bay window gets any bigger, it's going to need its own draw curtains",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Dear Amy: My brother got married at our house in front of a bay window with a magnificent view of the Concord River. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022",
"Dear Amy: My brother got married at our house in front of a bay window with a magnificent view of the Concord River. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 18 June 2022",
"Dear Amy: My brother got married at our house in front of a bay window with a magnificent view of the Concord River. \u2014 cleveland , 18 June 2022",
"Dear Amy: My brother got married at our house in front of a bay window with a magnificent view of the Concord River. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune , 18 June 2022",
"There\u2019s also a dining room with another bay window , fireplace and butler\u2019s pantry. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 14 June 2022",
"Distinguishing characteristics include a bay window in the dining room and a fireplace in the living room, plus hardwood floors in each. \u2014 cleveland , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Black metal siding marks an elevator shaft, a rooftop dormer, and a contemporary bay window . \u2014 Regina Cole, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"The standoff lasted until after 10 p.m., when members of the SWAT unit drove the truck to the front of the house, broke a hole in Giesel\u2019s bay window and threw canisters of pepper spray into his living room, the report said. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 13 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174935"
},
"bay scallop":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a scallop ( Argopecten irradians ) of U.S. coastal and estuarine waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico that is harvested commercially for food":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The little bay scallop is a delicious bivalve mollusk that\u2019s indigenous throughout the East Coast of the US from New England to Florida and along the Gulf Coast to Texas. \u2014 Popular Science , 19 Oct. 2020",
"Olive oil pressed mozzarella with peaches and prosciutto, veal meatballs with polenta and San Marzano tomato, and farfalle with bay scallop and asparagus are the stars of the starter lineup. \u2014 Georgann Yara, azcentral , 14 June 2020",
"The four-course menu will include lemon-ricotta squash blossoms, bay scallops with risotto, lamb loin with fregola and limoncello ice cream with almond cake and berries. \u2014 Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com , 29 Aug. 2019",
"There is nothing like summer corn grown on eastern Long Island or Nantucket bay scallops in the fall. \u2014 Carrie Dennett, Washington Post , 12 Aug. 2019",
"The highlight of a visit to D\u2019Berto\u2019s kitchen is a plate of black zamburi\u00f1as, bay scallops served grilled in the shell, with coral intact, which combine intense salinity with a hint of sweetness. \u2014 Tom Downey, WSJ , 6 Dec. 2018",
"Though the dishes are constantly changing, expect items like porcini with egg yolk fudge in a wild mushroom broth, and bay scallop with celtuce, pine nuts, and little gem. \u2014 Jenna Scatena, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 1 Mar. 2018",
"The menu will consist of fish and chips or fried shrimp at $10, baked haddock or bay scallops at $11, fried clams at $14, a seafood platters at $17 and more. \u2014 Courant Community , 2 July 2018",
"Dover sole, Nantucket bay scallops , and Maryland crab cakes were a few of the dishes offered using food from all of the Four Seasons' own purveyors. \u2014 Sam Dangremond, Town & Country , 28 Mar. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175423"
},
"bay grass":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": love grass":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"bay entry 9":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180112"
},
"bay floe":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a floe of bay ice":[]
},
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"bay entry 9":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181837"
},
"bayou bass":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": largemouth bass":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182253"
},
"Bayeux":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"town in northwestern France west-northwest of Caen population 13,989":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u00e4-\u02c8y\u0259r",
"b\u012b-\u02c8y\u00fc",
"b\u00e4-\u02c8y\u0153",
"b\u0101-",
"b\u00e4-\u02c8y\u0259"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183035"
},
"bay-winged bunting":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": vesper sparrow":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0101-\u00a6wi\u014bgd-"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"bay entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190646"
},
"bayeta":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": baize sense 1":[],
": an imitation of baize woven by the Navahos":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u012b-\u02c8\u0101-t\u0259"
],
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"Spanish, probably from obsolete French baiette , from Middle French, diminutive of baie baize":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200439"
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"bay antler":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the second tine from the base of a stag's antler":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0101-"
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"bay antler by folk etymology from bes antler, bez antler; bes antler, bez antler from bes-, bez- secondary (from Middle English bes- , from Middle French, from Latin bis- twice) + English antler":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201816"
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"Bayesian":{
"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": being, relating to, or involving statistical methods that assign probabilities or distributions to events (such as rain tomorrow) or parameters (such as a population mean) based on experience or best guesses before experimentation and data collection and that apply Bayes' theorem to revise the probabilities and distributions after obtaining experimental data":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0101-z\u0113-\u0259n",
"-zh\u0259n"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1950, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211952"
},
"Bayes' theorem":{
"type":[
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"definitions":{
": a theorem about conditional probabilities: the probability that an event A occurs given that another event B has already occurred is equal to the probability that the event B occurs given that A has already occurred multiplied by the probability of occurrence of event A and divided by the probability of occurrence of event B":[]
},
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Thomas Bayes \u20201761 English mathematician":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1830, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215605"
},
"Bayer process":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a process for producing alumina from bauxite by digesting it in hot sodium hydroxide solution":[]
},
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"\u02c8b\u012b-",
"\u02c8b\u0101-\u0259r-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"translation of German Bayer-Prozess or Bayer-Verfahren , after Karl Josef Bayer \u20201904 Austrian chemist who developed it":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225219"
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"baywood":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": mahogany sense 1a (2)":[]
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"\u02c8b\u0101-\u02ccwu\u0307d"
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"Bay of Campeche, Mexico + English wood":""
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": a grayish anchovy ( Anchoa mitchilli ) that has a narrow silvery stripe along each side of the body and a short, blunt snout and that is found in shallow coastal and brackish waters of the western Atlantic from Maine to the Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula":[
"The tiny bay anchovy , for example, is so abundant at times it may supply the bulk of annual nutrition for some of the bay's birds and larger fish.",
"\u2014 Tom Horton , Baltimore Sun , 27 Aug. 2004",
"Blitzing stripers in the 28- to 32- foot size class and weighing eight pounds were feeding on bay anchovies .",
"\u2014 Peter Kaminsky , New York Times , 20 Oct. 2002"
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"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040918"
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"noun"
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": an artificially prepared compound Al(OH) 3 that is a polymorph or gibbsite":[]
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"\u02c8b\u012b-",
"\u02c8b\u0101-\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bt"
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"borrowed from German Bayerit , from Karl Josef Bayer \u20201904 Austrian chemist + -it -ite entry 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-050508"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": suramin":[]
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"after Friedrich Bayer und Co., 19th century German chemical company":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-084114"
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"Bayam\u00f3n":{
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"definitions":{
"city in northeast central Puerto Rico population 208,116":[]
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"\u02ccb\u012b-\u00e4-\u02c8m\u014dn"
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093824"
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"bay willow":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a European willow ( Salix pentandra ) with shining coriaceous leaves":[],
": fireweed sense b":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"bay entry 5":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-095237"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the part of a bay that is most remote from the larger body of water with which the bay is confluent":[]
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"\u02c8b\u0101-\u02cched"
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"bay entry 9 + head":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124627"
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"biographical name"
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"definitions":{
"Pierre Terrail circa 1473\u20131524 Seigneur de Bayard French military hero":[]
},
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"French b\u00e4-\u02c8y\u00e4r",
"\u02c8b\u0101-\u0259rd",
"\u02c8b\u012b-\u0259rd"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a bank of sand or of sand and gravel deposited across a bay near its head often with a narrow breach to serve as outlet of the nearly confined water":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174840"
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