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{
"float":{
"antonyms":[
"drift",
"glide",
"hang",
"hover",
"poise",
"ride",
"sail",
"swim",
"waft"
],
"definitions":{
": a device (such as a cork) buoying up the baited end of a fishing line":[],
": a floating platform anchored near a shoreline for use by swimmers or boats":[],
": a government grant of a fixed amount of land not yet located by survey out of a larger specific tract":[],
": a hollow ball that floats at the end of a lever in a cistern, tank, or boiler and regulates the liquid level":[],
": a sac containing air or gas and buoying up the body of a plant or animal":[],
": a soft drink with ice cream floating in it":[],
": a tool or apparatus for smoothing a surface (as of wet concrete)":[],
": a watertight structure giving an airplane buoyancy on water":[],
": an act or instance of floating":[],
": an amount of money represented by checks outstanding and in process of collection":[],
": flood":[
"float a cranberry bog"
],
": negotiate":[
"float a loan"
],
": something that floats in or on the surface of a fluid: such as":[],
": the time between a transaction (such as the writing of a check or a purchase on credit) and the actual withdrawal of funds to cover it":[],
": the volume of a company's shares available for active trading in the auction market":[],
": to cause to float as if in a fluid":[],
": to cause to float in or on the surface of a fluid":[],
": to drift on or through or as if on or through a fluid":[
"yellow leaves floated down"
],
": to find a level in the international exchange market in response to the law of supply and demand and without any restrictive effect of artificial support or control":[],
": to obtain money for the establishment or development of (an enterprise) by issuing and selling securities":[],
": to place (an issue of securities) on the market":[],
": to put forth for acceptance":[
"float a proposal"
],
": to rest on the surface of or be suspended in a fluid":[],
": to smooth (something, such as plaster or cement) with a float":[],
": wander":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"We are building a float for the homecoming parade.",
"the crew put the cargo on the float before heading back down the river",
"Verb",
"She was floating on her back.",
"ice floating in the river",
"Will this material sink or float ",
"dust floating through the air",
"The incoming tide will eventually float the ship off the reef.",
"They floated the logs down the river.",
"She floated gracefully across the stage.",
"His voice floated to the back of the room.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"New float can be invested in bonds that pay a higher coupon. \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"The last time the U.S. saw a period of stagflation was in 1973 after the collapse of the Bretton Woods currency system, which left the U.S. dollar in free float . \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"To the aft, there is also an impressive float -in dock that can house additional toys and tenders. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 13 June 2022",
"And members of the West Hollywood City Council danced atop a float promoting their own, separate WeHo Pride. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 June 2022",
"Larger skiers will appreciate the Connelly Big Daddy Waterski, designed for riders over 220 pounds, with 550 square inches of surface area and float . \u2014 Chris Meehan, Popular Mechanics , 12 June 2022",
"Ayah Al-Hashim, a 14-year-old who used her iPhone to enthusiastically record almost every float , ended up at the parade by coincidence. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 June 2022",
"The distillery has been a longtime supporter of Utah Pride, said CEO Mark Fine, and used to have a float in the Utah Pride Parade. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"In the green room before a parade on Thanksgiving eve in 1955 that was featuring a Captain Kangaroo float , Josephson met Charles Collingwood, the CBS newsman who was doing color commentary for the parade. \u2014 Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Family fun while thousands of bubbles float over the lawn at the top of every hour weekends through September 4. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 1 July 2022",
"Initially, complying with the law was a game of numbers and dollars: Soccer is a relatively large sport, where average roster sizes typically float between 20 and 26 players. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"Shelves that float are usually supported by rods that slip into holes drilled into their back edges. \u2014 Jeanne Huber, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"Eduardo Alvarez, 30, and David Dominguez, 29, watched the parade from near its kickoff, eagerly awaiting their friends\u2019 appearance in the Asian Alliance float and celebrating what pride means to them. \u2014 Adriana P\u00e9rez, Chicago Tribune , 26 June 2022",
"Today, most of the local economy depends on tourists who come to splash in the reservoir, which extends deep into Wyoming, or to fish and float the Green. \u2014 Bill Weir, CNN , 18 June 2022",
"On Monday evening, Mr. Manning watched as the rushing waters undercut the opposite riverbank, causing a house to fall into the Yellowstone River and float away mostly intact. \u2014 Amy Beth Hanson, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 June 2022",
"On Monday evening, Manning watched as the rushing waters undercut the opposite riverbank, causing a house to fall into the Yellowstone River and float away mostly intact. \u2014 CBS News , 14 June 2022",
"On Monday evening, Manning watched as the rushing waters undercut the opposite riverbank, causing a house to fall into the Yellowstone River and float away mostly intact. \u2014 Amy Beth Hanson, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English flote boat, float, from Old English flota ship; akin to Old High German fl\u014dz raft, stream, Old English fl\u0113otan to float \u2014 more at fleet":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fl\u014dt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"dock",
"jetty",
"landing",
"levee",
"pier",
"quai",
"quay",
"wharf"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212503",
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"float boat":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a shallow boat driven by an airplane engine and used on shallow waters and swamps especially in Florida":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095652",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"float bowl":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": float chamber":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024358",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"float bridge":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a structure with tracks on an adjustable apron for transferring railroad cars to or from car floats at varying water levels":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084042",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"float chamber":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a chamber (as in a carburetor) having a float to regulate the level of the contained liquid":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214525",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"float coat":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a thin layer of mortar applied to a surface (as of concrete) and given a float finish":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134406",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"floatability":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": ability to float : floatable quality or state":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccfl\u014dt\u0259\u02c8bil\u0259t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032402",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"floatable":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": able to float":[],
": suitable for the transport of floating objects (as logs)":[],
": suitable for treatment by a flotation process":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fl\u014dt\u0259b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063803",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"floatage":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of floatage variant spelling of flotage"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-203238",
"type":[]
},
"floatation":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an act or instance of financing (such as an issue of stock)":[],
": the ability (as of a tire or snowshoes) to stay on the surface of soft ground or snow":[],
": the act, process, or state of floating":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110100",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"floatboard":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of the radial rim boards of an undershot waterwheel or paddle wheel : vane":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060711",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"floating island":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a dessert consisting of custard with floating masses of beaten egg whites":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The strawberry floating island doesn't take as long to make, but the pavlova is worth the extra time. \u2014 Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 10 May 2022",
"And the floating island platform in the swimming pool is certainly the best spot to bask in the sun with a cocktail at hand. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Three favorite desserts are the apple tarte tatin sundae, the floating island and the pistachio cr\u00e8me br\u00fbl\u00e9e (rave-worthy). \u2014 New York Eateries, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
"The floating island , which officially opened in May, rises from the remnants of Pier 54, the former home of the British Cunard-White Star line which operated trans-Atlantic ocean liner voyages between 1910 and 1935. \u2014 Andrea Mchugh And Julie Loffredi, USA TODAY , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Lobster thermidore, sea bream gratin and the classic dessert, \u00eele flottante ( floating island ). \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Desserts \u2014 chocolate mousse, floating island , profiteroles \u2014 run to the classic. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Aug. 2021",
"The function of the floating island evolved over time. \u2014 Ian Volner, Curbed , 18 May 2020",
"The new frozen floating island is labeled A-76 and measures about 4,320 square kilometers (1,668 square miles), according to the ESA. \u2014 Eric Mack, Forbes , 20 May 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1771, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123643",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"floating on air":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": feeling very happy":[
"After he won the election, he was floating on air ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193329",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"floating-point":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": using or involving a notation in which a number is represented as a number with an absolute value between 1 and the base (see base entry 1 sense 4e(2) ) multiplied by a power of the number base indicated by an exponent (as in 4.52E2 for 452 in base 10)":[
"A floating point operation requires at least several thousand elementary binary operations.",
"\u2014 Geoffrey Murray",
"If a simple operation like multiplying floating-point numbers would require a set of instructions, then a procedure of any useful scale would involve putting many such sets of instructions together.",
"\u2014 Andrew Hodges"
],
"\u2014 compare fixed-point , scientific notation":[
"A floating point operation requires at least several thousand elementary binary operations.",
"\u2014 Geoffrey Murray",
"If a simple operation like multiplying floating-point numbers would require a set of instructions, then a procedure of any useful scale would involve putting many such sets of instructions together.",
"\u2014 Andrew Hodges"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1948, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fl\u014d-ti\u014b-\u02ccp\u022fint"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175106",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"flock":{
"antonyms":[
"crowd",
"mob",
"swarm",
"throng"
],
"definitions":{
": a group of animals (such as birds or sheep) assembled or herded together":[],
": a large number":[
"a flock of tourists"
],
": a tuft of wool or cotton fiber":[],
": floc":[],
": to decorate with flock":[],
": to fill with flock":[],
": to gather or move in a flock":[
"they flocked to the beach"
],
": very short or pulverized fiber used especially to form a velvety pattern on cloth or paper or a protective covering on metal":[],
": woolen or cotton refuse used for stuffing furniture and mattresses":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English flok , from Anglo-French, from Latin floccus":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Old English flocc crowd, band; akin to Old Norse flokkr crowd, band":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fl\u00e4k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"army",
"bike",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mass",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"rout",
"scrum",
"swarm",
"throng"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112320",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flog":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": flap , flutter":[
"sails flogging"
],
": sell sense 7":[
"traveled by horse, flogging encyclopedias",
"\u2014 Robert Darnton",
"flogging wares at the local discount outlet",
"\u2014 Ronald Henkoff"
],
": steal sense 1":[],
": to beat with or as if with a rod or whip":[
"The sailors were flogged for attempting a mutiny."
],
": to criticize harshly":[
"He was flogged in the press for failing to take action."
],
": to force or urge into action : drive":[],
": to move along with difficulty : slog":[],
": to promote aggressively : plug":[
"flying around the world flogging your movies",
"\u2014 Peter Bogdanovich"
],
": to sell (something, such as stolen goods) illegally":[
"flogged their employers' petrol to ordinary motorists",
"\u2014 Economist"
]
},
"examples":[
"The sailors were flogged for attempting a mutiny.",
"a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The idea is not to flog yourself for mistakes but to acknowledge them with future improvements in mind. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Not to mention that the reconciliation process frequently results in the theatrics of the minority party using the Byrd rule to publicly flog the majority party\u2019s policies. \u2014 Marie Sapirie, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021",
"Is there any real difference between such magical thinking and the superstitions that led medieval peasants to flog themselves",
"Republicans used Lordstown to flog a Rust Belt revival. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 14 June 2021",
"Selling vehicles directly forges a bond with buyers that may help flog services in the future. \u2014 The Economist , 11 Apr. 2021",
"Garuda is not the only Asian airline to flog its food to the land-lubbing public. \u2014 The Economist , 29 Aug. 2020",
"And right on time the opponents of fossil fuels are flogging a sloppy study that ties pollutants to coronavirus deaths. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 4 May 2020",
"Democrats, seeking more than $500 billion to cover costs of police, fire and other front-line workers, have flogged McConnell for his opposition and his suggestion that states could instead take a bankruptcy option out. \u2014 Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com , 1 May 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1676, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps modification of Latin flagellare to whip \u2014 more at flagellate":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fl\u00e4g"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"birch",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"flail",
"hide",
"horsewhip",
"lash",
"leather",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"slash",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"whale",
"whip"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171132",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flogger":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": flap , flutter":[
"sails flogging"
],
": sell sense 7":[
"traveled by horse, flogging encyclopedias",
"\u2014 Robert Darnton",
"flogging wares at the local discount outlet",
"\u2014 Ronald Henkoff"
],
": steal sense 1":[],
": to beat with or as if with a rod or whip":[
"The sailors were flogged for attempting a mutiny."
],
": to criticize harshly":[
"He was flogged in the press for failing to take action."
],
": to force or urge into action : drive":[],
": to move along with difficulty : slog":[],
": to promote aggressively : plug":[
"flying around the world flogging your movies",
"\u2014 Peter Bogdanovich"
],
": to sell (something, such as stolen goods) illegally":[
"flogged their employers' petrol to ordinary motorists",
"\u2014 Economist"
]
},
"examples":[
"The sailors were flogged for attempting a mutiny.",
"a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The idea is not to flog yourself for mistakes but to acknowledge them with future improvements in mind. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Not to mention that the reconciliation process frequently results in the theatrics of the minority party using the Byrd rule to publicly flog the majority party\u2019s policies. \u2014 Marie Sapirie, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021",
"Is there any real difference between such magical thinking and the superstitions that led medieval peasants to flog themselves",
"Republicans used Lordstown to flog a Rust Belt revival. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 14 June 2021",
"Selling vehicles directly forges a bond with buyers that may help flog services in the future. \u2014 The Economist , 11 Apr. 2021",
"Garuda is not the only Asian airline to flog its food to the land-lubbing public. \u2014 The Economist , 29 Aug. 2020",
"And right on time the opponents of fossil fuels are flogging a sloppy study that ties pollutants to coronavirus deaths. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 4 May 2020",
"Democrats, seeking more than $500 billion to cover costs of police, fire and other front-line workers, have flogged McConnell for his opposition and his suggestion that states could instead take a bankruptcy option out. \u2014 Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com , 1 May 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1676, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps modification of Latin flagellare to whip \u2014 more at flagellate":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fl\u00e4g"
],
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"birch",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"flail",
"hide",
"horsewhip",
"lash",
"leather",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"slash",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"whale",
"whip"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012235",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flood":{
"antonyms":[
"deluge",
"drown",
"engulf",
"gulf",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"overwhelm",
"submerge",
"submerse",
"swamp"
],
"definitions":{
": a flood described in the Bible as covering the earth in the time of Noah":[],
": floodlight":[],
": the flowing in of the tide":[],
": to become filled with a flood":[],
": to cover with a flood : inundate":[],
": to fill abundantly or excessively":[
"flood the market"
],
": to pour forth, go, or come in a flood":[],
": to supply an excess of fuel to (an engine, a carburetor, etc.) so that engine operation is hampered":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"A flood inundated the whole area.",
"the devastating flood of 1936",
"The water has risen to flood level.",
"We've received a flood of mail.",
"a flood of phone calls",
"Seeing her again brought back a flood of memories.",
"Verb",
"Heavy rains flooded the valley.",
"The rivers are close to flooding .",
"The valley flooded after the heavy rains.",
"The plain floods every spring.",
"The room was flooded with light.",
"The company plans to flood the market with this product.",
"The office has been flooded with phone calls.",
"The phone calls have been flooding in.",
"Refugees flooded into the camp.",
"Light flooded into the room.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The system moved at a fair clip across Florida at 18 mph, its rains that began on Friday did the most damage overnight especially in flood -prone areas of Miami, leaving much of downtown and Little Havana under nearly a foot of water. \u2014 Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel , 6 June 2022",
"Residents who live in flood -prone areas should consider getting valuables out of the basement and prep for possible backups. \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 6 June 2022",
"As New York grew, poorer people \u2014 including waves of immigrants as well as Black Americans migrating north \u2014 ended up in less desirable, cheaper areas, places that tended to be hotter, lower-lying, landlocked, flood -prone or swampy. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"Heavy rain will also be possible and could add up to several inches and cause flooding in those typically flood -prone areas. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 25 May 2022",
"Stick one of these small (but mighty) circles in any bird baths, ponds, plant trays or flood -prone areas up to 100 square feet to kill mosquito larvae for 30 days. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
"Although several buildings on lower Main Street have been purchased by the County to remove certain businesses from flood -prone areas, there has been no progress made on next steps. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
"At least 50 people attended a public workshop on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to purchase flood -prone property scattered around the banks of Beaver Lake, but the property owners involved who were interviewed disapprove of the idea. \u2014 Doug Thompson, Arkansas Online , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The site is in the Leon Creek Watershed, which is one of the most flood -prone areas in the city. \u2014 Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Snag your new go-to swimsuit for less before shoppers flood the site for the main event. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
"Streamers from marginalized backgrounds are often targeted with vicious harassment and what are known as hate raids, where toxic communities flood into a streamers\u2019 chat, lobbing attacks at them and their audience. \u2014 Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
"As stress hormones flood the body, neural circuitry in the brain changes, affecting our ability to think and make decisions, experts say. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"Protocol developers feared that multi-million dollar liquidation would flood Solana decentralized exchanges with too much sell pressure and even jam the network. \u2014 Danny Nelson, Fortune , 20 June 2022",
"Dirt roads that flood even hurt children\u2019s learning, Villanueva said. \u2014 Tyler Olson, Fox News , 17 June 2022",
"At the same time, dozens of stagehands in hard hats flood in to start dismantling the set. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"Detroit Police declined to predict how many fans would flood downtown. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
"Analysts worry that Fed sales of existing bonds could flood the market, driving down prices and pushing yields higher as bond investors demand more compensation to lend money. \u2014 Matt Wirz, WSJ , 31 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1663, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English fl\u014dd ; akin to Old High German fluot flood, Old English fl\u014dwan to flow":"Noun and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fl\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"alluvion",
"bath",
"cataclysm",
"cataract",
"deluge",
"flood tide",
"inundation",
"Niagara",
"overflow",
"spate",
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"Inside, visitors can see relics and reminders of one of the most consequential migrations in human history, a flood tide of humanity that changed the fabric of America. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Inside, visitors can see relics and reminders of one of the most consequential migrations in human history, a flood tide of humanity that changed the fabric of America. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2022",
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"Inside, visitors can see relics and reminders of one of the most consequential migrations in human history, a flood tide of humanity that changed the fabric of America. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2022"
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"The emerald ash borer is also threatening green ash trees, one of the more abundant species in the floodplain . \u2014 Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel , 27 June 2022",
"Here, the Salisbury Plain meets the floodplain of the River Avon. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 4 May 2022",
"Sunlight filters through the foliage of a dense, quiet forest on the river\u2019s floodplain , which was the Ukrainians\u2019 kill zone. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"At 12 feet, lowland flooding of Mill Creek floodplain occurs, with water approaching some buildings along the creek. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 12 May 2022",
"The bike park is on a 1.28-acre site between Bark Park and the Alamo Heights ISD Baseball Field within the Olmos Basin floodplain . \u2014 Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News , 2 May 2022",
"After flooding in 2019 breached a levee in northwest Missouri on the Missouri River, for example, the levee was moved back to create more than 1,000 acres of floodplain and added wetlands. \u2014 Michael Phillis, ajc , 18 Apr. 2022",
"One of my favorite bakeries and caf\u00e9s in Podil, a historic neighborhood on the floodplain of the Dnieper River, had reopened. \u2014 The New Yorker , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The project, on the south side of Loop 1604 just west of the University of Texas at San Antonio\u2019s main campus, sits partly in a floodplain , according to San Antonio River Authority maps. \u2014 Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News , 26 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On Tuesday, Yellowstone National Park officials ordered over 10,000 visitors to evacuate as heavy snowmelt and sudden rainfall caused the Yellowstone river to burst its banks, unleashing a torrent of floodwater throughout the nature reserve. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
"Even as the floodwater swamped backyards and soda bottles floated past houses, women were stewing borscht and inviting people in to eat, and neighbors ferried diesel fuel for pumps in a rubber boat. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Chris and Roberta left their home before dawn and drove to the swamp, where the floodwater had receded after blanketing the area for weeks. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 22 Jan. 2022",
"On that Saturday morning, Chris Etheridge, 52, reached into the raging floodwater and pulled out a fairytale. \u2014 Keith Sharon, USA TODAY , 22 Mar. 2022",
"But that means runoff can\u2019t get out, so inland floodwater will stay pooled at the airport and elsewhere. \u2014 Jan Ellen Spiegel, courant.com , 17 Jan. 2022",
"The northern dike that had protected their land was in turn lowered, allowing floodwater to spill over the land. \u2014 Mick Krever, CNN , 5 Nov. 2021",
"An aerial view of a residential area in Middlesex County as floodwater covers streets in New Jersey on October 26, 2021. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Nearly 850 residents from seven different nursing homes, including Park Place, were transported to a warehouse where video later showed them on mattresses as floodwater washed through the building. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Atchafalaya Basin in Louisiana is a floodway that protects the entire South from rising water levels. \u2014 Spencer George, Longreads , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Preservation of the floodway mitigates the risk of Mississippi river floods, one of which left half a million people homeless in 1927. \u2014 Mekedas Belayneh, The New Republic , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The property is currently zoned as single-family residential district, flood fringe and floodway . \u2014 Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Poplar Creek\u2019s floodway and floodplain in Elgin has expanded so significantly that city officials are researching ways to curb future flooding and warning that property owners may need to buy flood insurance, officials said. \u2014 Gloria Casas, chicagotribune.com , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Just beyond the levees, two overlook parks sit above each side of the floodway . \u2014 Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News , 2 Feb. 2021",
"That could result in the river's main flow shifting to the Atchafalaya floodway from its present course past Baton Rouge and New Orleans, a potentially catastrophic outcome. \u2014 Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com , 22 Jan. 2021",
"Corps officials announced that the floodway would be opened again in early 2019, but then decided against it when the Mississippi\u2019s height dropped slightly. \u2014 Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com , 14 Dec. 2020",
"In a previous meeting, Cobb said they were told the county is spending $100 million purchasing parcels of land along Cypress Creek for detention and floodway projects. \u2014 David Taylor, Houston Chronicle , 10 Oct. 2020"
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"He floored me with his first punch.",
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"Everything went smoothly for the two weeks, but on the way back, our flight was delayed due to bad weather, and we were stuck on the airport floor . \u2014 Janay Kingsberry, Washington Post , 2 July 2022",
"The opera expert had departed, and the top floor was free. \u2014 Anna Russell, The New Yorker , 2 July 2022",
"Moves into a new space on the Place Vend\u00f4me, which features a take-away boutique on the lower floor , called the Schiap Shop. \u2014 Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue , 1 July 2022",
"Oranges, onions, chiles and tomatoes are stored in teal and white bowls on the kitchen floor . \u2014 Susanne Ruststaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
"In Phoenix, Durant will be with guys who are harder to get off the floor than the NBA logo \u2014 assuming the Suns would keep Booker and Paul. \u2014 Greg Moore, USA TODAY , 1 July 2022",
"Blood riddled the lower railing of the steps to the second floor and blood splatter marked the top of the staircase. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 1 July 2022",
"While a lot of sequences were planned in pre-production, other sequences were born on the cutting room floor as a way of progressing the drama. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 1 July 2022",
"In Phoenix, Durant will be with guys who are harder to get off the floor than the NBA logo \u2014 assuming the Suns would keep Booker and Paul. \u2014 Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic , 1 July 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As for the nine-speed automatic, its chunky shift paddles are part of an incredibly simple arming procedure for its new launch control: Hold the brake pedal, pull back on both paddles, floor the accelerator, release the brakes, and hang on. \u2014 Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver , 16 May 2022",
"The pain clearly lingered for the Argentine, and Charlo pounced with a combination of a right hook to the body and a left to the head to floor Castano for good. \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 15 May 2022",
"Take out the hard launch and floor it from a 5-mph roll, and the 60-mph trip stretches to 5.9 seconds. \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 27 Apr. 2022",
"To see this on a screen in 2018 was enough to floor you. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Still, for those who want to floor the gas pedal, several production EVs have set speed records that handily surpass most combustion engines. \u2014 Jaclyn Trop, Fortune , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Return hips to floor , but do not lower your right leg. \u2014 Christa Sgobba, SELF , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Lizzo regularly talks about the importance of body positivity, and she's also known to completely floor people with her onstage performances. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 1 Oct. 2021",
"The Eagles put the pedal to floor right from the start, and Independence appeared a bit intimidated. \u2014 Joe Magill, cleveland , 13 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ruger, Beretta and Smith & Wesson, according to a floor plan of the Houston event. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 27 May 2022",
"In the main house, open concept space is gently divided by a split-level floor plan , with stairs ascending to the kitchen and dining area. \u2014 Spencer Elliott, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"On the first floor, a large open floor plan offers space for business store fronts. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Upon entering, there is a dramatic open floor plan with high ceilings and floor-to-ceiling Fleetwood doors that open for seamless indoor-outdoor living. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Seeing this recurring request, Stallings\u2019 mother measured her furniture and made a floor plan for her. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Double doors enter to a versatile and open floor plan , complete with an indoor tree, a formal living room, elevated dining room and a loft area that leads to the primary suite, featuring its own private terrace. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 13 Jan. 2022",
"The concept, created in 1951, centered around a tall arched roof that covered a compact but not cramped 1,500-square-foot floor plan . \u2014 Diana Budds, Curbed , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Valente asked Jack for a tape measure and a pen and paper and set about sketching a rough floor plan . \u2014 Greg Jackson, The New Yorker , 22 Nov. 2021"
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"a floozy who was a familiar figure at barrooms around town",
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"Batrachians, oh, tell me, where is the fair floozy ",
"Sonja is my favorite floozy and watching her mug around the house all wasted is one of my favorite things in the entire universe. \u2014 Brian Moylan, Vulture , 29 June 2021",
"The bright-voiced soprano Stacey Tappan made a delightfully tarty Aveline Mortimer, a vaudeville warbler and part-time floozy who becomes an unwitting accomplice to Cree\u2019s poisoning. \u2014 John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com , 11 Feb. 2018",
"With a reputation for floozy -dom on screen and off, Grahame found a measure of peace with Turner, who was oblivious to her real and big-screen histories. \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, HWD , 7 Dec. 2017",
"Conversely, Henry's clingy mother, Tallulah, is a hoary mix of boozy- floozy clich\u00e9s and contradictions made worse by Paula Malcomson's unsubtle turn. \u2014 Gary Goldstein, latimes.com , 2 Nov. 2017"
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"a floozy who was a familiar figure at barrooms around town",
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"Batrachians, oh, tell me, where is the fair floozy ",
"Sonja is my favorite floozy and watching her mug around the house all wasted is one of my favorite things in the entire universe. \u2014 Brian Moylan, Vulture , 29 June 2021",
"The bright-voiced soprano Stacey Tappan made a delightfully tarty Aveline Mortimer, a vaudeville warbler and part-time floozy who becomes an unwitting accomplice to Cree\u2019s poisoning. \u2014 John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com , 11 Feb. 2018",
"With a reputation for floozy -dom on screen and off, Grahame found a measure of peace with Turner, who was oblivious to her real and big-screen histories. \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, HWD , 7 Dec. 2017",
"Conversely, Henry's clingy mother, Tallulah, is a hoary mix of boozy- floozy clich\u00e9s and contradictions made worse by Paula Malcomson's unsubtle turn. \u2014 Gary Goldstein, latimes.com , 2 Nov. 2017"
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"\u2014 Eleanor Wilson",
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"He flopped down onto the bed.",
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"The curtains were flopping around in the breeze.",
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"The movie was a total flop .",
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"Romeo would run to the door when his mama would come home and would flop over for his loving. \u2014 cleveland , 26 May 2022",
"Hence, the movie was re-released in theatres, only to flop even harder, earning a hilariously low $85,000 on Friday. \u2014 Dani Di Placido, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Then, just as quickly, to flop onto our backs and make shapes in the clouds or wonder at the first stars speckling the violet sky. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 May 2022",
"What to Consider: The brim might flop up if there's a stiff breeze. \u2014 Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure , 5 May 2022",
"There is an entire generation of NBA defenders told to flop around like a fresh catch on the deck of a fishing boat. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
"Despite its inaugural event taking place in February 2020 in Miami, just weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, founder and partner Javier Caso not once thought the festival was going to flop . \u2014 Jessica Roiz, Billboard , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In Maine, there was a lake with mist rising off it in the mornings, the call of loons, a dock for Murphy to belly- flop off. \u2014 Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Davis said one of the key to his success in taking charges is not to flop . \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Mohamed El-Erian is worried the Federal Reserve will flip- flop in its quest to combat four-decade-high inflation with aggressive interest rate hikes and end up wreaking havoc on the U.S. economy. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 29 June 2022",
"Read our commentary about the Solicitor General\u2019s flip- flop in Monsanto v. Hardeman here. \u2014 Glenn G. Lammi, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"There was a toy airplane, a yellow football, a foam egg carton and a nail salon pink flip- flop . \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"The flop brought the beautiful ace of hearts to the table, along with a 10 of hearts and three of spades. \u2014 Jennifer Shahade, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
"The highest-profile flop came at Uber, a company struggling to reach profitability on its own. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 31 May 2022",
"The flop at South Carolina, an 18-point underdog sitting 1-4 in SEC play, blindsided Mullen. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 8 Nov. 2021",
"From small, shaky chihuahuas to horse-like Great Danes, the full-stop flop can occur in the middle of walks, before trips to the bathroom, and really, at any time at all. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Oct. 2021",
"The result, completed in 1975, only to be taken from Ivory and recut by the movie\u2019s distributor, American International Pictures, was the rare Merchant-Ivory flop . \u2014 New York Times , 6 Sep. 2021"
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"1728, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
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"1976, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"a flop-eared puppy"
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": a cheap rooming house or hotel":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This wasn\u2019t some flophouse that rented rooms by the hour. \u2014 David Sedaris, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Two decades before his conviction, Durst was acquitted of murdering his neighbor Morris Black in a flophouse in Galveston, Texas. \u2014 Oliver Gettell, EW.com , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Before its days as an intellectual flophouse , the building was home to Columbia\u2019s Department of Slavic Languages. \u2014 Ian Volner, The New Yorker , 22 Nov. 2021",
"But those protections weren\u2019t able to save Aubergine, a picturesquely decrepit flophouse , salon, and culture-freak community at 546 West 113th Street. \u2014 Ian Volner, The New Yorker , 22 Nov. 2021",
"There's plenty of livestock, lots of Lone Star sunshine, but nothing so much as a flophouse or an outhouse in sight. \u2014 Lynette Rice, EW.com , 5 Nov. 2021",
"After spending 10 nights in his Chevy, Smith locates a mattress for rent on the floor of a flophouse . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Feb. 2021",
"The home, built in 1891 and used over the years as a private residence, a boarding house for nuns and a flophouse , was in disarray when it was purchased at a sheriff\u2019s auction in 2014. \u2014 cleveland , 4 Dec. 2020",
"Mystery Train is set in a dingy Memphis flophouse and follows the travelers who pass through its doors, telling sweet and sad stories of their lives. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 31 Oct. 2020"
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": floppy disk":[]
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"Adjective",
"my basset hound is always tripping over her long, floppy ears",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Luke wore a suit tailored in his own fabric design for Venetian company Rubelli and a floppy Gucci bow tie. \u2014 Emma Elwick-bates, Vogue , 28 June 2022",
"Amid a sea of slice joints that sold big, floppy New York-style pies, Mangieri obsessively made pizza the Old World way, inspired by his trip to Naples a decade before. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 16 June 2022",
"Along with an abundance of adorable TikTok videos, the floppy fish toy also has more than 21,000 perfect ratings on Amazon and nearly 5,000 five-star reviews. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
"Carla joined her wearing a bathing suit cover-up dress, a floppy hat and her own pair of sunnies. \u2014 Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping , 11 June 2022",
"Style with oversized sunnies, a floppy hat, and sandals for a casual, chic vibe. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 26 Apr. 2022",
"To fix a train system reliant on floppy disks and 50-year-old traffic lights. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
"One little girl sits in the grass and hugs Miriam, an excitable, floppy eared princess who loves to be cuddled. \u2014 Alaa Elassar, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"And here comes Jesus in a red nose and big floppy shoes. \u2014 Zachary Pincus-roth, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Mini New York taco chain Tacombi sells the nutty corn and floppy , avocado oil-rich flour tortillas from their restaurants under the Vista Hermosa name at markets throughout the New York area. \u2014 Aliza Abarbanel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 Feb. 2020",
"The first 8-inch floppies could hold up to 80 kilobytes of information. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 22 Oct. 2019",
"In 1979, Belyaev noted that some of the foxes had begun to look different, developing curly tails, spotting on their coats and floppy , puppy-like ears. \u2014 Jason Bittel, chicagotribune.com , 6 Dec. 2019",
"The floppies were used to help broadcast emergency action messages issued to nuclear forces. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 22 Oct. 2019",
"On his shirt was a vintage image of the Jonas Brothers, circa their early vest-wearing days when Nick had a floppy Bob Ross haircut, Joe sported a bird wing of a side bang, and Kevin boasted a voluminous Lionel Richie coif. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 29 July 2019",
"At least 60 percent of my dreams feature airplanes shaped like my bedroom and supported by floppy , creaky iron wings. \u2014 Katie Heaney, The Cut , 5 July 2018",
"To finish: Bring a pan of water to a boil and blanch the Chinese cabbage leaves and baby bok choy until floppy , about 4 to 5 minutes. \u2014 Sarah Fritsche, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 Mar. 2018",
"Dark-bearded and muscular, the research ecologist sports a uniform of blue work clothes, sturdy boots and a floppy , Army-style camo hat. \u2014 Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine , 21 Aug. 2017"
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"1858, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1974, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"yielding"
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": a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period":[]
},
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"an amazing variety of coastal flora",
"the floras of different coastal regions",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The brand\u2019s first limited-edition perfume oil, Understory, arrives this week and refers to the medley of flora along the forest floor, with notes of conifer evergreens, bay and moss blended with hints of jasmine, violet leaf and soft petals. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"To that last point, his \u2018Vertical Garden\u2019 is a seasonally rotating showcase of the local flora . \u2014 Brad Japhe, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"One artisan normally responsible for silkscreening scarves in Lyon, France took 30 minutes and over a dozen screens to achieve an intricate design featuring three giraffes against a melange of flora . \u2014 Ann Binlot, Town & Country , 16 June 2022",
"Another recommendation from the Ladybird Johnson Center is the array of flora in the vicinity of the Davis Mountains. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Seasonal shifts usher in guidelines designed to protect our most fragile landscapes, the ecosystems of flora and fauna that call them home, and the visitors anxious to enjoy all. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 2 June 2022",
"Just the birds, the bees, and a lotta of flora clinging to sweaty flesh. \u2014 Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 May 2022",
"First brought to California during the 19th century, they were popularized through the efforts of botanist Kate Sessions, who introduced more than 100 species of flora to the state. \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"Her designs have an almost alien quality that on second glance emulates that of flora : the pocked black face of a sunflower, say, or the pads of a cactus. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022"
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"the florescence of Mayan art in the seventh century A.D."
],
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"borrowed from New Latin fl\u014dr\u0113scentia, noun derivative of Latin fl\u014dr\u0113scent-, fl\u014dr\u0113scens, present participle of fl\u014dr\u0113scere \"to begin to flower, increase in vigor,\" inchoative derivative of fl\u014dr\u0113re \"to bloom, prosper, be at the peak of one's powers,\" stative verbal derivative of fl\u014dr-, fl\u014ds flower entry 1":""
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"a florid , gilded mirror that took up most of the wall",
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"This is a delight, full of florid language, slow-building tension, groan-inducing puns, loads of food descriptions, and a fun and fleshed-out supporting cast. \u2014 Mary Cadden, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"Witness the self-consciously florid dialogue, sometimes poetically heightened to the point of torture. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"His florid documentary eavesdrops on fragmented dialogues: between father and son, among friends and neighbors, between land and river and, of course, between the past and the present. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Mar. 2022",
"While the blithely unworried are hindered by too little imagination, the florid fantasies of QAnon show that some Americans are beset by too much of the same. \u2014 Jennifer Szalai, New York Times , 3 Jan. 2022",
"And there\u2019s no sign of a florid inscription that was supposedly carved into the box\u2019s side. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Long or short, soft or loud, florid or dry, funny or serious \u2014 each prison column lands with a thud. \u2014 Kyle Whitmire, al , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Messiaen provided florid descriptions of the movements, and in this one the reed warbler is the great orator of his local lily pond. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Around that time, Texas Right to Life, a decades-old Christian pro-life organization that was one of the principal forces behind the passage of S.B. 8, sent out a florid fund-raising appeal. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 5 Sep. 2021"
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"borrowed from Latin fl\u014dridus \"abounding in flowers, brightly colored, in the bloom of youth, highly colored (of rhetoric),\" adjective derivative, with the suffix -idus, corresponding to fl\u014dr\u0113re \"to bloom\" \u2014 more at florescence":""
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"\u02c8fl\u022fr-\u0259d",
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": a hormone or hormonal agent that promotes flowering":[]
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"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
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"a florilegium of ancient alchemical writings"
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"1647, in the meaning defined above":""
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"borrowed from New Latin fl\u014drilegium, from Latin fl\u014drilegus \"culling flowers\" (from fl\u014dri- flori- + -legus, adjective derivative of legere \"to gather, pick\") + -ium, suffix of deverbal compounds (formed after Latin sp\u012bcilegium \"gathering of stray ears of grain\"); loan-translation of Greek antholog\u00eda anthology \u2014 more at legend":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185639",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Known as a leopard florin , it was minted under Edward III and sold at auction yesterday for \u00a3140,000 (around $185,000). \u2014 Dieynaba Young, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The leopard coin, also known as a half florin , was only minted from January to July 1344. \u2014 Isis Davis-marks, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 June 2021",
"Despite taking an advance of 25 florins , Leonardo did not deliver. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 5 June 2019",
"Tulip mania hit its peak in 1637 when a box of 40 bulbs sold for 100,000 florins or the equivalent today of approximately one million euros. \u2014 Neil Senturia, sandiegouniontribune.com , 25 Sep. 2017",
"In 1498, a Bible composed of over 2,000 folio pages sold for 6 florins . \u2014 Rachel Adler, Slate Magazine , 4 Aug. 2017",
"A stash of 30 gold florins minted in the Italian Republic of Florence in the last half of the 13th century also help to date the wreck. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 21 Mar. 2017"
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"Middle English floryn, florein, floren, borrowed from Anglo-French florin, florein, borrowed from Medieval Latin florenus, florinus, from Latin fl\u014dr-, fl\u014ds flower entry 1 + -\u012bnus -ine entry 1 (after Italian fiorino ); so called from the lily on the obverse of the coin, a symbol of Florence":""
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"the floruit of Greek art and literature in the fifth century B.C."
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"1843, in the meaning defined above":""
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"borrowed from Latin fl\u014druit \"(s/he) prospered, flourished,\" 3rd singular perfect of fl\u014dr\u0113re \"to bloom, prosper, be at the peak of one's powers\" \u2014 more at flourish entry 1":""
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": to use dental floss on":[]
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"Noun",
"used cotton floss to simulate Santa's beard",
"Verb",
"My dentist told me I should floss more often.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Even patients who brush and floss diligently often have no idea there's invisible damage being done. \u2014 Taylore Glynn, Allure , 9 June 2022",
"The pork mayonnaise buns are especially indulgent, blanketed in pork floss and congealed mayonnaise. \u2014 Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
"Go for a Mayan massage in the Muluk Spa, after which therapists draw back the curtains to reveal the candy- floss blue of the Caribbean. \u2014 Lauren Mowery, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"The whitening pen is equipped with eucalyptus, thyme and menthol and the floss is coated with dental-grade baking soda. \u2014 Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Everyone would eat their vegetables, clean up after their pet, regularly brush and floss , and cross the street only when the signal allows. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Football is a deeply strange game, and beauty can be found in the sport's goofy moments \u2014 like a guy getting a sack with a floss pick in his mouth. \u2014 Jace Evans, USA TODAY , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The label is known for its head-turning dresses, like the viral Fairy Dress which is leaving users speechless during try-ons, or its crossbody floss halter number. \u2014 Andrea Navarro, Glamour , 5 Apr. 2022",
"ByHumankind Dental Routine Bundle ByHumankind\u2019s dental care set includes toothpaste and mouthwash tablets (60 each) and three-month supply of 100 percent biodegradable floss (available in two flavors), plus refillable containers. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Only 30% of Americans floss each day, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. \u2014 Janine Annett, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The fibers of the rope toy will actually floss the dogs teeth, keeping their chompers healthy. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 7 May 2021",
"In a story that anyone with a sister can relate to, Cocofloss co-founder and dentist Chrystle Cu was having trouble getting her patients \u2014 and her little sister, Cat \u2014 to floss . \u2014 Noelle Ike, CNN Underscored , 8 Apr. 2021",
"To take the test, patients can't eat or drink anything, brush or floss their teeth or use mouthwash, or smoke or chew gum for one hour prior. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, ABC News , 7 Apr. 2021",
"Many people brush their teeth every day, but fewer people floss . \u2014 Ryan Prior, CNN , 1 Jan. 2021",
"So British scientists designed a study in which one group of people was told to floss before brushing, and another after brushing. \u2014 Ryan Prior, CNN , 1 Jan. 2021",
"The flosser comes in nine different colors and comes with seven tips so your whole family can water floss freely. \u2014 Popular Science , 7 Oct. 2020",
"The next child reportedly goes on to ask Prince William if George has taught him how to floss . \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 4 Oct. 2020"
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"1759, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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},
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"derivative of floss entry 1":"Verb",
"probably borrowed from Occitan (Languedoc or an adjacent area) flos \"loose, untwisted (of silk),\" going back to Latin fluxus \"flowing, liquid, flabby, soft,\" from past participle of fluere \"to flow\" \u2014 more at fluid entry 1":"Noun"
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"\u02c8fl\u00e4s, \u02c8fl\u022fs",
"\u02c8fl\u00e4s",
"\u02c8fl\u022fs"
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"fur",
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"\u2014 Stan Sesser"
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},
"examples":[
"flotsam washed up on the shore",
"the dispirited family picked through the flotsam of their possessions after the hurricane, looking for anything that could be salvaged",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many of her puppets\u2014all handmade, some constructed out of pots and pans or other flotsam \u2014are in the collection of the Children\u2019s Museum of Pittsburgh. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 22 June 2022",
"All told, there are about 37,000 pieces of Gucci rarities, flotsam and priceless artifacts housed in the archives. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Logs and branches sail downstream on the current, forming snags that catch more flotsam , stray fishing bobbers and tangled tree stumps, soggy old baseball caps. \u2014 Katie Arnold, Outside Online , 25 July 2014",
"Getting rid of the flotsam in your home was a virtuous activity even before the pandemic, when lockdowns gave millions of people plenty of time to take a hard look at their stuff. \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 31 Jan. 2022",
"And then it was put up for auction like a piece of celebrity flotsam . \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The hurtling field of debris generated by that test, and earlier ones by China, the US and India, have shown that flotsam can remain in orbit and threaten spacecraft for years. \u2014 Ramin Skibba, Wired , 1 Dec. 2021",
"But as such, antique stores and auction houses are also where the flotsam and jetsam of the worst aspects of material culture wash up \u2014 and continue to proliferate, even appreciating in value. \u2014 Sophie Haigney, Curbed , 11 Nov. 2021",
"But as the sheetwebs spin silk to flee an inhospitable habitat, their webs are flotsam from an evacuation. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 9 Nov. 2021"
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"circa 1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8fl\u00e4t-s\u0259m"
],
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"ashes",
"debris",
"detritus",
"remains",
"residue",
"rubble",
"ruins",
"wreck",
"wreckage"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235149",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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],
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"flounced out in a huff"
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"1542, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
"1583, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1711, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1713, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"alteration of earlier frounce , from Middle English frouncen to curl":"Verb",
"perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian flunsa to hurry":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8flau\u0307ns",
"\u02c8flau\u0307n(t)s"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"frill",
"furbelow",
"ruffle"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055918",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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": to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":[
"the normally surefooted governor floundered a moment like a prize pupil caught unprepared",
"\u2014 Time"
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": to struggle to move or obtain footing : thrash about wildly":[
"The poor horse was floundering in the mud."
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The horses were floundering through the deep snow.",
"He was floundering around in the pool like an amateur.",
"After watching me flounder for a few minutes, my instructor took over.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Their meat is as white and flaky as any cod or flounder , perhaps even better. \u2014 Jason Nark, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"Matanzas on the Bay has everything from Gulf shrimp to Ahi tuna, plus lobster tail, snapper, grouper and flounder . \u2014 Judy Koutsky, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The rules apply to valuable species that are harvested in the Northeast such as cod, haddock and flounder . \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Regulators have tried to save the fishery with management measures such as very low fishing quotas, and many fishermen targeting other East Coast groundfish species such as haddock and flounder now avoid cod altogether. \u2014 Patrick Whittle, courant.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Regulators have tried to save the fishery with management measures such as very low fishing quotas, and many fishermen targeting other East Coast groundfish species such as haddock and flounder now avoid cod altogether. \u2014 Patrick Whittle, Anchorage Daily News , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Entree choices are cod, flounder , baked shrimp or pierogi. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Their bodies wear down with age and injury; shows flounder , and sometimes close. \u2014 Meg Bernhard, The New Yorker , 5 Feb. 2022",
"This is precisely why Encanto\u2019s soundtrack has done well as typical chart toppers flounder . \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"To land a job as a program manager, a candidate would have to flounder and guess how many golf balls fit in a bus or create an evacuation plan for the entire city of San Francisco. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 28 Apr. 2022",
"In any career, there are top performers, folks who do well, those who get by and others who flounder and fail. \u2014 Don Daszkowski, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Hopefully the push to give ESG the CRT treatment will flounder and further divide capital against itself. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 23 May 2022",
"Otherwise, the Pacers will continue to flounder near the bottom of the NBA defensively. \u2014 Tony East, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"If enough leaders couldn\u2019t make the leap to a global mindset, their organizations would flounder and fail. \u2014 Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"As hopeful home buyers flounder in a frustrating market, many are opting to hang on to rental properties in pricey areas and make a second home their first home purchase. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Such skis excel in very specific conditions but tend to flounder in routine all-mountain conditions. \u2014 Heather Schultz, Outside Online , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Vern Rapp replaced Nixon for 1984 and the Reds continued to flounder . \u2014 The Enquirer , 2 May 2022"
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"1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"probably alteration of founder":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8flau\u0307n-d\u0259r"
],
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"blunder",
"bumble",
"flog",
"limp",
"lumber",
"plod",
"struggle",
"stumble",
"trudge"
],
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flour moth":{
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": mediterranean flour moth":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140812",
"type":[
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},
"flour sulfur":{
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},
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},
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"flour worm":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035641",
"type":[
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},
"flourish":{
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"a house with clever little flourishes"
],
": a florid bit of speech or writing":[
"rhetorical flourishes"
],
": a luxuriant growth or profusion":[
"a flourish of white hair",
"a springtime flourish of color"
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": a sudden burst":[
"a flourish of activity"
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": an act or instance of brandishing or waving":[],
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],
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],
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": to reach a height of development or influence":[
"The company flourished with record profits under the new owner."
],
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"Dressed as a pirate, he entered the stage flourishing his sword."
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"plants and animals that flourished here thousands of years ago",
"Regional markets have flourished in recent years.",
"a decorative style that flourished in the 1920s",
"Dressed as a pirate, he entered the stage flourishing his sword.",
"Noun",
"the floral flourishes in the living room",
"a house with many clever little flourishes",
"Her writing style is simple and clear, without unnecessary flourishes .",
"Dinner was served with a flourish .",
"He waved his sword with a flourish .",
"She opened the door with a flourish .",
"With a flourish of her pen, she signed the bill into law.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The creative processes highlighted in this collaboration will now flourish through the eyes of countless spectators. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 June 2022",
"That her clean beauty brand, KORA Organics, has only continued to grow and flourish since its founding in 2009, speaks volumes of its founder\u2019s sense of purpose walking into the business of beauty. \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"The sequel picks up with the surviving Abbotts on a careful hike to find other people, still terrorized by aliens but driven by the certainty that humanity will flourish together or perish in isolation. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 8 July 2021",
"John Langenus, BCBSRI board chair, said in a statement Tuesday that the board is confident that the company\u2019s long-term strategy will flourish under her leadership. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Mar. 2021",
"Most succulents and cactus will flourish in a hot window, but your choices are not relegated to desert-dwellers. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 14 Jan. 2021",
"Yes, there is a historical coincidence between monetary and business cycles, but this is only natural: Officials tend to raise rates as economies flourish , only to stop when a downturn ensues. \u2014 Jon Sindreu, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"And the thickets of shrubs, flowers and trees work together to provide food and shelter for insects and pollinators that help the plants spread and flourish . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"Raman Singh wants people of all faiths to come together to help communities flourish . \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"With Rotoscope Spiritbox elaborate upon their unique modern sound but with a more 90\u2019s-industrial flourish . \u2014 Quentin Singer, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The referee, Daniele Orsato, pointed with a theatrical flourish to the penalty spot. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"Cam nails it with a MacGyver flourish , closing the wound with her hair clip when the spleen bursts. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 9 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s not enough to speak with rhetorical flourish , of ennobling words of democracy, of freedom, equality and liberty. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The meeting ended with a faux dramatic flourish , as Putin promised to reveal his choice soon. \u2014 Adam Entous, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Clark Phillips III is one cornerback, Malone Mataele is the nickel, Cole Bishop finished 2021 with a flourish at one safety spot. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Joe molded Michael into a perfectionist, and nailing every song on his upcoming tour with over-the-top flourish is Michael\u2019s driving intention. \u2014 Naveen Kumar, Variety , 1 Feb. 2022",
"And like a cherry on top of dessert, the egg should gleam with a brilliant, inviting flourish . \u2014 Arlyn Osborne, Bon App\u00e9tit , 20 Jan. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"circa 1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English florisshen \"to put forth flowers, bloom, grow luxuriantly, prosper, brandish (a weapon),\" borrowed from Anglo-French floriss-, stem of florir, flurir \"to bloom, grow abundantly, thrive,\" going back to Vulgar Latin *fl\u014dr\u012bre, restructuring of Latin fl\u014dr\u0113scere \"to begin to flower, increase in vigor,\" inchoative derivative of fl\u014dr\u0113re \"to bloom, prosper, be at the peak of one's powers,\" stative verbal derivative of fl\u014dr-, fl\u014ds flower entry 1":"Verb",
"derivative of flourish entry 1":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8fl\u0259r-ish",
"\u02c8fl\u0259-rish"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for flourish Verb swing , wave , flourish , brandish , thrash mean to wield or cause to move to and fro or up and down. swing implies regular or uniform movement. swing the rope back and forth wave usually implies smooth or continuous motion. waving the flag flourish suggests vigorous, ostentatious, graceful movement. flourished the winning lottery ticket brandish implies threatening or menacing motion. brandishing a knife thrash suggests vigorous, abrupt, violent movement. an infant thrashing his arms about",
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"bourgeon",
"prosper",
"thrive"
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"noun",
"verb"
]
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"antonyms":[
"failed",
"unsuccessful"
],
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": marked by vigorous and healthy growth":[
"a flourishing garden",
"a flourishing career"
],
": very active and successful":[
"a flourishing garden",
"a flourishing career"
]
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English florysschyng, from present participle of florisshen \"to flourish entry 1 \"":""
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"\u02c8fl\u0259r-i-shi\u014b",
"\u02c8fl\u0259-rish"
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"palmy",
"prosperous",
"successful",
"thriving",
"triumphant"
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},
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"Noun",
"a five-pound bag of flour",
"mix the two flours together",
"Verb",
"The fish should be lightly floured before it's fried.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Sprinkle with flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
"Thick creamy coconut milk is blended with glutinous rice flour and flavored with palm sugar and Pandan for a fragrance and flavor similar to vanilla. \u2014 Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"The two have worked side by side since, with Julie handling marketing and branding as the chief operating officer and her father behind the housemade jams and ganaches, delicate bonbons and rainbow of macarons made daily with fresh almond flour . \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"There's flour in her hair and on her cheeks and, well, all over. \u2014 Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star , 18 May 2022",
"Milk is cooked with flour and sugar into a thick custard, then chilled until firm. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"Make the batter: In a wide bowl, mix 3\u00bd cups water with chickpea flour until well combined. \u2014 Kitty Greenwald, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The couple buys in bulk and shops directly with restaurant supply stores, once snagging a 50-pound bag of flour for $14.96 at a wholesale food distributor. \u2014 Clare Ansberry, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"As Fava\u2019s pregnancy progressed, Basile practiced wearing an Ergo baby carrier filled with sacks of flour , to test whether his body could handle the weight, whether his skin could tolerate the pressure of the straps. \u2014 Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Toss the beef in the pancake mix (or flour ) until all the pieces are lightly coated. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 23 June 2022",
"Once proofed, turn out the dough on an unfloured surface (resist the urge to flour the working surface to prevent the dough from sticking. \u2014 Minerva Ordu\u00f1o Rinc\u00f3n, The Arizona Republic , 6 June 2022",
"When ready to bake, lightly re- flour your work surface. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Lightly flour your work surface and roll out the dough to a 14-inch square. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"Generously flour your work surface and rolling pin. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2021",
"Sunderland said some people flour and then fry them or even put them on pizzas. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Lightly flour a work surface and place chilled dough on it. \u2014 Joshua David Stein, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Lightly flour a sufficiently large surface and roll out dough to 1/2 to 3/4 inch thickness. \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 3 Feb. 2022"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1657, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English flour, flur \"blossom of a plant, prime of life, best of a class, ground wheat free of bran,\" borrowed from Anglo-French flour, flur \"blossom of a plant, paragon, best part, ground grain free of bran\" \u2014 more at flower entry 1":"Noun",
"derivative of flour entry 1":"Verb"
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"\u02c8flau\u0307(-\u0259)r",
"\u02c8flau\u0307r"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092134",
"type":[
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"noun",
"verb"
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},
"floury miller":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a large reddish brown cicada ( Abricta curvicosta ) having a whitish pubescence on the abdomen":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002701",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flout":{
"antonyms":[],
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": jeer":[],
": to indulge in scornful behavior":[
"Ah, you may flout and turn up your faces",
"\u2014 Robert Browning"
],
": to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn":[
"flouting the rules"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Despite repeated warnings, they have continued to flout the law.",
"an able-bodied motorist openly flouting the law and parking in a space reserved for the disabled",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Too many passengers continue to flout a federal order requiring masks be worn onboard transit vehicles. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Jan. 2022",
"Those sentiments, combined with provocative statements new lawmakers had been making about wanting to flout District of Columbia gun laws, prompted the detectors to be set up. \u2014 Paul Kane, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Leaving the law in effect, the brief said, would allow Texas to flout half a century of Supreme Court precedents that forbid states from banning abortions before fetal viability, or about 22 to 24 weeks into a pregnancy. \u2014 Adam Liptak, New York Times , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Many applications of DeFi also appear to flout regulations that were crafted around the world over decades to fend off abuses and corruption. \u2014 Michael P. Regan, Bloomberg.com , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Most discussion about Men will likely revolve around its ending, which, while quite gnarly, does flout horror conventions (mild spoiler ahead). \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 14 May 2022",
"Gay boys, however, appear willing \u2014 even eager \u2014 to flout gender norms in academics. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Mar. 2022",
"But Supreme Court justices should not be entirely free to flout the ethical norms and rules of their profession. \u2014 Jill Filipovic, CNN , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Those who flout the requirements might be subject to fines and penalties, the first time such penalties would be linked to testing and quarantine measures for travelers in the United States. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1551, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
"1566, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"derivative of flout entry 1":"Noun",
"probably from Middle English flouten to play the flute, from floute flute":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8flau\u0307t"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for flout Verb scoff , jeer , gibe , fleer , sneer , flout mean to show one's contempt in derision or mockery. scoff stresses insolence, disrespect, or incredulity as motivating the derision. scoffed at their concerns jeer suggests a coarser more undiscriminating derision. the crowd jeered at the prisoners gibe implies taunting either good-naturedly or in sarcastic derision. hooted and gibed at the umpire fleer suggests grinning or grimacing derisively. the saucy jackanapes fleered at my credulity sneer stresses insulting by contemptuous facial expression, phrasing, or tone of voice. sneered at anything romantic flout stresses contempt shown by refusal to heed. flouted the conventions of polite society",
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"despise",
"disregard",
"scorn"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061425",
"type":[
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"verb"
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"antonyms":[],
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224036",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
"flow":{
"antonyms":[
"back up"
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"a flow of information"
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"a land flowing with natural resources"
],
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": circulate":[],
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": flood sense 2":[
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": menstruate":[],
": menstruation":[],
": rise":[
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],
": the direction of movement or development":[
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],
": the motion characteristic of fluids":[],
": the quantity that flows in a certain time":[
"a gauge that measures fuel flow"
],
": to cause to flow":[
"flowing oil over the swamp to kill mosquito larvae"
],
": to deform under stress without cracking or rupturing":[
"\u2014 used especially of minerals and rocks"
],
": to derive from a source : come":[
"the wealth that flows from trade"
],
": to discharge in a flow":[
"The new oil well flowed 100 barrels a day."
],
": to hang loose and billowing":[
"her gown flowed around her"
],
": to have a smooth continuity":[
"the flowing lines of the car"
],
": to issue or move in a stream":[
"rivers flow into the sea"
],
": to move with a continual change of place among the constituent particles":[
"molasses flows slowly",
"water flowing over the dam"
],
": to proceed smoothly and readily":[
"conversation flowed easily"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"rivers flowing into the sea",
"She opened the faucet and the water began to flow freely.",
"a device that measures the amount of electricity flowing through a circuit",
"Traffic has been flowing smoothly from east to west.",
"The grain flowed smoothly down the elevator chute.",
"Requests have flowed into the office.",
"Money has continued to flow in.",
"Noun",
"a sudden flow of tears",
"a steady flow of traffic",
"The doctor was trying to stop the flow of blood.",
"We want to encourage the free flow of ideas.",
"the westward flow of settlers",
"We've been receiving a constant flow of phone calls.",
"measuring blood flow to the brain",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In 2010, researchers using floating GPS units to track the trajectory of rips found that the currents often flow in circles. \u2014 Chloe Williams, The Atlantic , 20 June 2022",
"The new architecture connects quantum processors to a common control infrastructure so that data can flow classically and in real-time between the QPU and other chips in a multi-chip environment. \u2014 Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"An examination of fundraising data filed with the City Ethics Commission reveals that nearly half of campaign donations flow from outside the city. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"Most power plants, including nuclear power plants, convert rotating energy into electricity using Michael Faraday\u2019s discovery that electrons will flow through a wire when a nearby magnet moves. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
"That our teaching force requires their credentials ensures that the drainage pipe will flow on. \u2014 Garion Frankel, National Review , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Forecasters say there is a small chance that thunderstorms could flow all the way to the coast. \u2014 Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Thus, the mixed signals on energy from this administration continue to flow and negatively impact markets. \u2014 David Blackmon, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Until recently, the U.S. and EU have largely allowed Russia's oil and natural gas to continue to flow freely to the rest of the world. \u2014 Fatima Hussein, ajc , 2 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The official said there is no evidence Russia has intercepted any of the steady flow of weapons into Ukraine from the U.S. and other nations. \u2014 David Keyton, John Leicester, Anchorage Daily News , 26 June 2022",
"The storms initiated and tracked along a north-south oriented frontal boundary and were being steered by a deep flow of wind from the north. \u2014 Jeff Halverson, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"Now the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, an Omaha, Neb.-based charity named after Buffett\u2019s late wife, is reportedly preparing to receive a large flow of donations from Buffett\u2019s estate. \u2014 Fortune , 22 June 2022",
"There is a near constant flow of foot traffic between the trailer and two nearby bodegas, and a great deal of general milling about in the street. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"Lee Bontecou\u2019s beautifully crafted sculptures and drawings, for instance, convey to me a positive flow of energy in all sorts of directions, until they are stopped by their own physical limitations. \u2014 Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 June 2022",
"That is because creativity is supposed to be a free flow . \u2014 Darick Spears, Rolling Stone , 17 June 2022",
"Added to this was Aucoin and crew\u2018s strong preference for somber poetry, which would frequently be read or set to music, allowing for a regular flow of darkness. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"The Steel City offers a healthy mix of affordable housing and good neighborhoods, with a steady flow of properties coming onto the market, Bankrate found. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 14 June 2022"
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"Simulate that vibration by holding the back side of an old electric toothbrush close to the backside of a tomato flower . \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
"An eighth of an ounce [of] flower , that\u2019s basically three joints. \u2014 Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"The artwork for the single was designed by graphic designer Moe Yoshino, who created a collage of an imaginary flower from various real flowers. \u2014 Billboard Japan, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
"On an uninhabited island in the Celtic Sea, a wildlife volunteer\u2019s daily observations of a rare flower takes a dark turn into the strange and metaphysical. \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 21 May 2022",
"Sauvage Parfum is a bright, exuberant scent that bursts across the senses like the bloom of a flower . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Wheeler energetically worked the Stow crowd, twisting balloons into the shape of a flower to lead into a discussion of his top campaign issue: fighting inflation. \u2014 Sabrina Eaton, cleveland , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Rather than buying a premade bouquet, pick up individual bundles of the same kind of flower (these are usually cheaper) and make your own bouquet at home. \u2014 Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Scientists had collected the first specimens of the bright orange flower in 1985 from a place in western Ecuador called Centinela Ridge, amid the humid cloud forests that once covered the foothills of the Andes Mountains. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2022",
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"When temperatures rise consistently above 85 degrees Fahrenheit, most plants may continue to flower but fail to produce fruits. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, Orlando Sentinel , 4 June 2022",
"And yet Mungo, more than any other Stuart protagonist, is given the opportunity to choose love \u2014 a kind that might open and flower into ordinary flourishing, not the variety that immortalizes in the face of inevitable doom. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Led by Alexander, participants on the Wildflower Walk will search out and identify Freja Park ephemeral wildflowers, the perennials which flower in spring, then go dormant by mid-summer. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 14 Apr. 2022",
"When these are trimmed too early, the buds on old wood are still sacrificed, but the plant can flower on new wood later in the season. \u2014 Miri Talabac, baltimoresun.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Roses continue to grow and flower during warm days of fall and winter. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 4 Dec. 2021",
"These will flower eventually, if kept a bit root-bound. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Dec. 2021",
"So showcases like Ventana Sur\u2019s SoloSeries are likely to flower in the next few years. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 1 Dec. 2021",
"But its terrible, pungent odor -- akin to rotting flesh -- helps gardeners predict when the plant will flower , which according to the release, happens in two stages: the female bloom phase and the male bloom phase. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 28 Oct. 2021"
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"Garlic scapes are the tender stem and flower bud of the hardneck garlic plant that also produces the garlic bulbs with many cloves. \u2014 Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens , 11 May 2022",
"The farmstand worker encouraged me to roast the greens whole: stem and flower bud along with the leaves. \u2014 Jonathan Kauffman, Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Using the same corn masa that is used for many other Latin American staple dishes, pupusas are traditionally filled with beans, cheese, pork, squash, and loroco, a native flower bud that is a staple ingredient in Salvadoran cuisine. \u2014 No\u00e9 Sandoval, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Nov. 2021",
"Garden personnel first noticed the flower bud in mid-September, and in just over a month, the bud has become about half a meter (over 3 feet) tall, with the narrow stem reaching up to 2 meters (over 6 feet) high. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 28 Oct. 2021",
"The plant, which is found on the Indonesian island of Java, is notoriously difficult to bloom, but a volunteer tended this 6-year-old plant, which produced a flower bud in mid-September. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Cutting back the new growth in summer allows better air circulation and encourages flower bud formation for the following spring. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 July 2021",
"Its thin porcelain walls suggest Ohr, but are turned in on themselves, like a flower bud set to open. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2021",
"As the period of nighttime darkness increases in late summer and early fall, flower bud initiation occurs. \u2014 Dan Gill, NOLA.com , 7 Oct. 2020"
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"Minute pirate bugs and their close cousin, insidious flower bugs , belong to the group of bugs known as true bugs, which include bed bugs, squash bugs and stink bugs. \u2014 Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star , 21 Oct. 2017"
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"Talking to Davis about herself feels both analytical and spiritual, as if a flower child went to therapy. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Anna Sui channels the \u201990s DIY pastime in the form of this playful daisy-chain choker, which feels more 2022 than \u201970s flower child . \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Jan. 2022",
"The result is a refreshing innocence, a 1960s flower child teleported to the 2020s, blue eyes that see the world through a different lens. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Aug. 2021",
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"At 58, with a cloud of frizzy hair, Currier has the air of a maternal, middle-aged flower child . \u2014 Jennifer Miller, Washington Post , 24 May 2021",
"Ruth was an aging flower child and found comfort in singing some of a Joni Mitchell song that was so much a part of her younger life. \u2014 Lynette Rice, EW.com , 20 Feb. 2021",
"Freedman captured the true spirit of the flower children littering St. Marks Place, and their movement to make love not war, casting many of the parts with coffeehouse singers and sidewalk musicians. \u2014 Andrea Simakis, cleveland , 22 Mar. 2020",
"The public, awash in terrible stories about abuse and harassment in gymnastics, Hollywood and more, may find yogis easier to dismiss as flaky flower children , or as self-promoting Instagram brand ambassadors. \u2014 Katherine Rosman, New York Times , 7 Nov. 2019"
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"Newer varieties have improved flower power with tons of tiny blossoms on a more compact hedge form. \u2014 Arricca Sansone, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
"The collection is flower power on stilts, as one feels caught up in Austin Powers. \u2014 Allyson Portee, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"But underneath the flower power , free love exterior, the \u201860s were a period of radical social and political change\u2014not only in the United States but around the world. \u2014 al , 14 Mar. 2022",
"And this is evident in their 2022 collection, which gives a nod to the psychedelic era where Ceylin unleashed flower power in the color palette and cuts. \u2014 Allyson Portee, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
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"But underneath the flower power , free love exterior, the \u201860s were a period of radical social and political change\u2014not only in the United States but around the world. \u2014 al , 14 Mar. 2022"
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"The earthy and flowery flavor of White Widow is legendary, and the strain has been a cannabis classic for decades. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"The first chapter opens with a flowery description of his ride away from San Francisco and through the surrounding hills. \u2014 Robert Isenberg, Longreads , 26 Apr. 2022",
"There is an emotional reality to every situation that is likely not in line with everything being wonderful and flowery and perfect. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The language is flowery but sometimes the meaning is more subtextual. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 4 Dec. 2021",
"From flowery hats to bright masks, spectators came out to Churchill Downs in their Kentucky Derby best on Saturday. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 May 2021",
"There are nut flavors, but the liquid is more flowery and fruit forward. \u2014 Adam Morganstern, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2021",
"The cherry blossom trees, which were shedding their petals to create a pink, flowery blanket on the ground, obviously added an extra magical touch. \u2014 Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure , 21 May 2020",
"In a series built by extreme flowery dedications of love with a relative stranger, such unapologetic real talk would have grounded the series and proved the intensity of their love. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 18 May 2020"
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"Dancing and shopping at the show\u2019s farmer\u2019s market, the models were like flower people , or children of the earth. \u2014 Sara Radin, Teen Vogue , 9 Sep. 2019"
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"Stations include designing bunny ears, a fishing game, visiting a bunny at the petting station, rock climbing, flower planting and flowerpot creation to take home, leaf activities and sailboat races (to take home a toy boat). \u2014 Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Preparing a terrarium is not like filling a traditional flowerpot . \u2014 New York Times , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Gardening books \u2014 Include a pretty flowerpot , seeds, gardening scissors, a hand trowel and a gift card to a local hardware or garden center. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Aug. 2021",
"The victim, after checking the house, said only a flowerpot was damaged. \u2014 cleveland , 24 June 2021",
"An individual reported June 3 that a flowerpot was damaged with food and trash littered the floor at a building on the 1200 block of Washington Avenue. \u2014 Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com , 8 June 2021",
"The owner\u2019s son pointed out to curators that the man is not holding a prayer book, as written in some texts, but rather cradling a large flowerpot with a single red rose. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Mar. 2021",
"According to witness accounts, the driver ran and threw items at them, including a flowerpot . \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Feb. 2021",
"This decorative sterling silver flowerpot will transform your home or garden into a work of art. \u2014 Harper's Magazine , 24 Nov. 2020"
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"YKK America \u2013 Employees can use floating holiday or take PTO. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 17 June 2022",
"The new agreement also adds Juneteenth (June 19) as a floating holiday for employees with a 40-hour work schedule. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Mayor Lynn Stoner noted that last year city employees were granted a floating holiday , which could be used for, say a Jewish holiday, and by not creating an across-the-board day off, the city could remain open. \u2014 Nick Sortal, sun-sentinel.com , 17 Nov. 2021",
"This week\u2019s legislation to create the first federal holiday in nearly four decades came together quickly, prompting companies to make decisions about whether to give time now\u2014or later\u2014or offer a floating holiday or no time off. \u2014 Patrick Thomas, WSJ , 18 June 2021",
"In 2020, June 19 became a floating holiday for Milwaukee County employees to honor and celebrate Black life and attend Juneteenth Day celebrations throughout Milwaukee. \u2014 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 June 2021",
"Councilman Schron on Tuesday offered an alternative plan to turn the Friday after Thanksgiving from a work holiday into the county\u2019s only floating holiday and to only allow county employees to work the polls for general elections. \u2014 Robin Goist, cleveland , 25 May 2021",
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"The move comes after County Executive David Crowley declared June 19, 2020, a floating holiday for government employees by executive order last week. \u2014 Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 June 2020"
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"At each participating winery on the self-driving tour, each couple or traveler will receive appetizers, wine samples and an annual flowering plant . \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"For plants, the researchers chose Arabidopsis, a small flowering plant related to mustard that has been used in biology research. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 12 May 2022",
"Dichondra is a small flowering plant that\u2019s related to morning glories. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 15 Mar. 2022",
"As cited in the Farmer\u2019s Almanac, the Pink Moon is named after moss pink (also called creeping phlox), which is an abundant springtime flowering plant native to the eastern U.S. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Lush areas surrounding Lassen\u2019s volcanic geology are dotted by mountain lakes and wildflower meadows\u2014more than 700 flowering plant species have been documented here\u2014that make up the habitats of numerous insects and approximately 250 vertebrates. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"And if that fails, any quick-cooking vegetable can join for a dip, even if that\u2019s some chopped-up broccoli florets . \u2014 Carla Lalli Music, Bon App\u00e9tit , 14 May 2020",
"Examples include frying small shrimps or florets of broccoli, gently flipping a delicate omelette, or even grabbing the last pickle stuck at the bottom of the jar. \u2014 Alex Erdekian, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Rather than cutting the cauliflower into small pieces, use larger florets or half of the cauliflower head to start. \u2014 Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens , 29 Apr. 2020",
"Incorporate at least three cups per week\u2014either raw, like kale salad, vinegary slaw, and fresh broccoli florets with dip, or steamed, saut\u00e9ed, oven roasted, and stir-fried versions. \u2014 Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com , 6 Apr. 2020",
"The broccolini will char a little on the floret ends. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 7 Jan. 2018",
"There are vegetable options such as raw broccoli florets , baby carrots, and bowls of black beans and corn. \u2014 Jessica Battilana, SFChronicle.com , 21 Apr. 2020"
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"Skin farther up the neck to remove the neck meat, if desired. Find the floating rib , between the back of the chest cavity and forward of the hip bone. \u2014 Will Brantley, Field & Stream , 20 Nov. 2020"
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"In this child's room designed by Starrett Hoyt Ringbom, the timeless pieces\u2014like the ottoman and floor lamp \u2014give the room a refined edge that will age well. \u2014 Sienna Livermore, House Beautiful , 31 May 2022",
"The Italian lighting brand Flos was founded in 1962, the same year that Arco \u2014 the floor lamp designed by the brothers Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, and one of the company\u2019s most famous products \u2014 also made its debut. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
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"The most popular is the shrub rose, and within that group there are two subgroups: long-stem tea roses and multiple-bloom floribunda types. \u2014 Earl Nickel, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"For our Southwest region, the 2022 AGRS winners were: \u2018Celestial Night,\u2019 which was introduced in 2019, and is an upright and bushy medium-size floribunda , bred by Christian B\u00e9dard for Weeks Roses. \u2014 Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Dec. 2021",
"Pink Brick House Rose, is a compact floribunda with bright fluorescent pink flowers that are produced continuously from spring through frost, Haugh said. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Mar. 2020",
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"Polyanthas are actually the ancestors of floribunda roses. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Sep. 2019",
"There are floribundas that grow clusters of flowers, and hybrid teas that grow a single bloom on a stalk. \u2014 oregonlive.com , 26 June 2019",
"Fragrant hybrid tea, floribunda , climbing and miniature roses in every conceivable shade, live music and twinkling lights combine to create a magical setting. \u2014 Nicole Miller-coleman, sandiegouniontribune.com , 17 June 2018"
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"Both Democrats and Republicans, including a former GOP Senate floor manager , have told ABC News -- in no uncertain terms -- that Vice President Kamala Harris can break any potential tie -- and numerous other legal experts agree. \u2014 Monica Dunn, ABC News , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Chuck Fleischmann, the Tennessee Republican representative who was floor manager during the debate, urged Democrats to condemn Tlaib\u2019s words. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The video is shaky, taken by someone who doesn\u2019t want to be caught by the floor manager . \u2014 Saratatyana, Longreads , 11 Oct. 2021",
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"For reopening, Anne has done a lot of the work of hiring the part-time staff \u2014 a floor manager , a door person, a bartender, just enough people to get going. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Steve then clarified for the contestants and viewers watching from home that Tanya Person-Irby is Family Feud\u2019s floor manager , a position she's held for 11 years and throughout the entirety of Steve's time as host. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 4 June 2021",
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