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2240 lines
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{
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"Lamellariidae":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a family of marine gastropod mollusks (suborder Taenioglossa) having a delicate shell which is often completely enclosed within the mantle":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Lamellaria , type genus (from lamell- + -aria ) + -idae":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u0259\u02ccmel\u0259\u02c8r\u012b\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104458",
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"Lamiidae":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a family of beetles closely related to and often included among the Cerambycidae \u2014 see oberea":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Lamia , type genus (from Greek lamia devouring monster) + -idae":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u0259\u02c8m\u012b\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220210",
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"Lampong":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a member of such people":[],
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": an Indonesian people inhabiting southern Sumatra":[],
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": the Austronesian language of the Lampong people":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Malay":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u00e4m\u02ccp\u022f\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124518",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lam":{
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"antonyms":[
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"break",
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"breakout",
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"bunk",
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"escape",
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"flight",
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"getaway",
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"rout",
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"slip"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": strike , thrash":[],
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": sudden or hurried flight especially from the law":[
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"on the lam"
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],
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": to beat soundly : thrash":[],
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": to flee hastily : scram":[],
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"Lamentations":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"let's lam out of this hellhole while there's still time",
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"Noun",
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"the prisoners were recaptured after only three days on the lam",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Two boys went on the lam and did not return to class after recess. \u2014 cleveland , 9 June 2022",
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"On the latest episode of Soccer Made in Portland, with co-host Chris Rifer on the lam , Oregonian/OregonLive beat writer Ryan Clarke interviews Timbers head coach Giovanni Savarese. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 June 2022",
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"In the first episode, which begins with victim No. 1, Chrissy (Grace Van Dien) and ultimately leads to new highschooler Eddie (Joseph Quinn) going on the lam , what viewers hear is a standard grandfather clock. \u2014 Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 June 2022",
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"To Prokofiev\u2019s ornithological menagerie, which includes a little bird and a duck, Mizrahi has added an ostrich on the lam from the local zoo. \u2014 The New Yorker , 27 May 2022",
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"Abdullah had been on the lam since the Sunday morning shooting on the train\u2019s last car. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 26 May 2022",
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"Sole defendant Salah Abdeslam was arrested in Belgium after five months on the lam . \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 17 May 2022",
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"Marsha is on the lam from the airport police, her daughter\u2019s sect of trampoline-bouncing enthusiasts and her own mother, who performs cosmetic surgery on pets. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 16 May 2022",
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"DeLoach remains on the lam and is facing up the life in prison if caught and convicted. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 16 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1595, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
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"circa 1897, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse lemja to thrash; akin to Old English lama lame":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lam"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"abscond",
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"break out (of)",
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"clear out",
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"escape",
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"flee",
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"fly",
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"get out",
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"run away",
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"run off"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060626",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"lamb":{
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"antonyms":[
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"wolf"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a gentle or weak person":[],
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": a person easily cheated or deceived especially in trading securities":[],
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": dear , pet":[],
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": lambskin":[],
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": the flesh of a lamb used as food":[],
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": the young of various animals (such as the smaller antelopes) other than sheep":[],
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": to bring forth (a lamb)":[],
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": to bring forth a lamb":[],
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": to tend (ewes) at lambing time":[],
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"Charles 1775\u20131834 pseudonym":[
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"Elia \\ \u02c8e-\u200bl\u0113-\u200b\u0259 , commonly \u02c8\u0113-\u200b \\"
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],
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"English essayist and critic":[
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"Elia \\ \u02c8e-\u200bl\u0113-\u200b\u0259 , commonly \u02c8\u0113-\u200b \\"
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],
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"William 1779\u20131848 2nd Viscount Melbourne English statesman":[],
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"Willis Eugene 1913\u20132008 American physicist":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"She's as gentle as a lamb .",
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"the new guys at football camp were lambs who hardly knew what awaited them",
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"Verb",
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"The ewes will lamb soon.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Whereas meat dishes are the focus at Sloppy Chops \u2014 as the name implies, thick-cut pork and lamb chops shine here \u2014 seafood staples take center stage at Sloppy Crab. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022",
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"But basically, anything that benefits from a very fast external sear or caramelization can go into the Schwank, from pineapple slices to salmon to lamb chops to asparagus. \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
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"Specials include lamb chops with mint puree, served with artichoke mashed potatoes and seasoned lemon asparagus. \u2014 cleveland , 9 Apr. 2022",
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"As family-style platters of dukkah crusted lamb chops, black sea bass, and grilled cauliflower steaks and stewed broad beans were placed throughout the table, guests turned to their neighbors to reconnect or connect for the first time. \u2014 Rachel Besser, Vogue , 21 Nov. 2021",
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"Parikh, 47, still has plenty of headaches, including a worker shortage and fast-rising prices for staples like lamb . \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
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"That would include smaller cuts such as lamb chops, which will be served with ratatouille. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 May 2022",
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"When asked if there is anything else that could add to her day, Wardlaw confided that a nice steak or lamb chops would be nice, too. \u2014 Scott Talley, Freep.com , 7 May 2022",
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"Would the winner be one of Enfield High\u2019s teams with seared lamb chops or their curry katsu",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Fiennes turned up to help out for a week during lambing season wearing a black trenchcoat and leather gloves. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 10 Feb. 2020",
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"Things are worse in lambing season when criminals can double or triple their takings. \u2014 The Economist , 25 July 2019",
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"As the weather went from bad to worse, many farmers fell short on feed \u2014 particularly important now, a month before lambing season \u2014 and water supplies were cut off because of frozen pipes. \u2014 Ceylan Yeginsu, New York Times , 6 Mar. 2018",
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"This is accomplished by different diets (grain vs. a grain and hay diet) and lambing at different times of the year. \u2014 Amy Dewall Dadmun, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Sep. 2017",
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"Coyotes can do a lot of damage, especially during the fall during lambing season. \u2014 Gabriel Thompson, Longreads , 17 May 2017",
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"Just across the North Carolina border in Virginia, Craig Rogers is deep into lambing season. \u2014 Kim Severson, New York Times , 11 Apr. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1611, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German lamb lamb":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lam"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"angel",
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"dove",
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"innocent",
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"sheep"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014339",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"biographical name",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"lambast":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to assault violently : beat , whip":[],
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": to attack verbally : censure":[
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"critics lambasted his performance"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The coach lambasted the team for its poor play.",
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"They wrote several letters lambasting the new law.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Judge Bruce Schroeder suddenly halted the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with killing two people and wounding a third during unrest in Kenosha, Wis., last year, to lambaste the chief prosecutor on Wednesday. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Nov. 2021",
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"Cruz has joked at least three times about the trip, largely as an effort to lambaste high-profile Democrats for taking vacation. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 30 Nov. 2021",
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"The most progressive migrant advocates lambaste him as too hard. \u2014 Manuel Roig-franzia, Washington Post , 1 Nov. 2021",
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"Quote tweeting, however, is still active, and allowed for critics to lambaste Twitter for censoring an obituary. \u2014 Fox News , 3 Oct. 2021",
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"Not to be outdone, Republican governors went to the southern border Wednesday to lambaste the President on the flood of immigrants at the border. \u2014 Joe Lockhart, CNN , 6 Oct. 2021",
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"Eric Clapton appears to lyrically lambaste the world\u2019s response to COVID-19 with a new song. \u2014 al , 30 Aug. 2021",
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"And her powerful agent Bryan Lourd stepped from behind his firm Creative Artists Agency\u2019s veil of silence to lambaste the studio. \u2014 Chris Lee, Vulture , 3 Aug. 2021",
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"When the platform Airbnb targeted Wu in a smear campaign to oppose the ordinance, Edwards was quick to publicly lambaste the company. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 July 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1620, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably from lam entry 1 + baste":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8bast",
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"-\u02ccbast",
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"\u02c8lam-\u02ccb\u0101st",
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"(\u02cc)lam-\u02c8b\u0101st"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"baste",
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"bawl out",
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"berate",
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"call down",
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"castigate",
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"chastise",
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"chew out",
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"dress down",
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"flay",
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"hammer",
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"jaw",
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"keelhaul",
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"lecture",
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"rag",
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"rail (at ",
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"rant (at)",
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"rate",
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"ream (out)",
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"rebuke",
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"reprimand",
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"reproach",
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"scold",
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"score",
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"tongue-lash",
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"upbraid"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195832",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"lambaste":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to assault violently : beat , whip":[],
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": to attack verbally : censure":[
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"critics lambasted his performance"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The coach lambasted the team for its poor play.",
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"They wrote several letters lambasting the new law.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Judge Bruce Schroeder suddenly halted the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with killing two people and wounding a third during unrest in Kenosha, Wis., last year, to lambaste the chief prosecutor on Wednesday. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Nov. 2021",
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"Cruz has joked at least three times about the trip, largely as an effort to lambaste high-profile Democrats for taking vacation. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 30 Nov. 2021",
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"The most progressive migrant advocates lambaste him as too hard. \u2014 Manuel Roig-franzia, Washington Post , 1 Nov. 2021",
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"Quote tweeting, however, is still active, and allowed for critics to lambaste Twitter for censoring an obituary. \u2014 Fox News , 3 Oct. 2021",
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"Not to be outdone, Republican governors went to the southern border Wednesday to lambaste the President on the flood of immigrants at the border. \u2014 Joe Lockhart, CNN , 6 Oct. 2021",
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"Eric Clapton appears to lyrically lambaste the world\u2019s response to COVID-19 with a new song. \u2014 al , 30 Aug. 2021",
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"And her powerful agent Bryan Lourd stepped from behind his firm Creative Artists Agency\u2019s veil of silence to lambaste the studio. \u2014 Chris Lee, Vulture , 3 Aug. 2021",
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"When the platform Airbnb targeted Wu in a smear campaign to oppose the ordinance, Edwards was quick to publicly lambaste the company. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 July 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1620, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably from lam entry 1 + baste":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8bast",
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"-\u02ccbast",
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"\u02c8lam-\u02ccb\u0101st",
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"(\u02cc)lam-\u02c8b\u0101st"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"baste",
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"bawl out",
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"berate",
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"call down",
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"castigate",
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"chastise",
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"chew out",
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"dress down",
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"flay",
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"hammer",
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"jaw",
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"keelhaul",
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"lecture",
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"rag",
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"rail (at ",
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"rant (at)",
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"rate",
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"ream (out)",
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"rebuke",
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"reprimand",
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"reproach",
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"scold",
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"score",
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"tongue-lash",
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"upbraid"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225925",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"lambency":{
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"antonyms":[
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"blackness",
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"dark",
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"darkness",
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"dullness",
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"dulness",
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"duskiness"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the quality, state, or an instance of being lambent":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the lambency of the sunlit stained-glass window was breathtaking"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1817, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lam-b\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"brightness",
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"brilliance",
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"brilliancy",
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"candor",
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"dazzle",
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"effulgence",
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"illumination",
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"lightness",
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"luminance",
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"luminosity",
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"luminousness",
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"luster",
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"lustre",
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"lustrousness",
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"radiance",
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"refulgence",
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"splendor"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024809",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lambent":{
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"antonyms":[
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"dim",
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"dull",
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"lackluster",
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"unbright",
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"unbrilliant"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": marked by lightness or brilliance especially of expression":[],
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": playing lightly on or over a surface : flickering":[],
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": softly bright or radiant":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"lambent sunlight glinting off the waves",
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"a writer known for her lambent wit",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Finally, a razor-sharp line appeared ahead of us where the lambent sea ended and blackness began. \u2014 Sam Keck Scott, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 June 2022",
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"Rich and round with lambent acidity and a hint of orange citrics. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
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"Within minutes the profile of the 2021 vintage emerged: bright and lambent acidity integrated with spry aromas of slightly wild red fruits\u2014country lane strawberries and young raspberries\u2014before a background of subtle, silky tannins. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
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"In the mouth, a powerhouse of scintillating flavors\u2014precise, clean, vibrant\u2014provide a rich, layered, lambent dessert wine. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
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"Silky tannins, lambent red fruit flavors\u2014cherries, raspberries, light plums, passionfruit. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
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"The lambent bass of Ren\u00e9 Pape, who performed the title role, has been mesmerizing Met audiences for nearly thirty years. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 11 Oct. 2021",
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"Principal oboe John Ferrillo also deserves special mention for the glowing, lambent beauty of his solo to open the slow movement. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Aug. 2021",
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"The objects around me are lambent with significance. \u2014 Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin lambent-, lambens , present participle of lambere to lick \u2014 more at lap":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lam-b\u0259nt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"beaming",
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"bedazzling",
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"bright",
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"brilliant",
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"candescent",
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"clear",
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"dazzling",
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"effulgent",
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"fulgent",
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"glowing",
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"incandescent",
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"lucent",
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"lucid",
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"luminous",
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"lustrous",
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"radiant",
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"refulgent",
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"sheeny",
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"shining",
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"shiny",
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"splendid"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163012",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"lame":{
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"antonyms":[
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"cripple",
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"disable",
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"incapacitate",
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"maim",
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"mutilate"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a brocaded clothing fabric made from any of various fibers combined with tinsel filling threads":[],
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": a person who is not in the know : square":[],
|
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": a thin plate especially of metal : lamina":[],
|
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": contemptible , nasty":[
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"lame racist jokes"
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],
|
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": having a body part and especially a limb so disabled as to impair freedom of movement":[
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"The accident left him lame for life."
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],
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": inferior":[
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"a lame school"
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],
|
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": lacking needful or desirable substance : weak , ineffectual":[
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"a lame excuse"
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],
|
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": marked by stiffness and soreness":[
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"a lame shoulder"
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],
|
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": not being in the know : square":[
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"She's cool, but her boyfriend is so lame ."
|
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],
|
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": small overlapping steel plates joined to slide on one another (as in medieval armor)":[],
|
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": to make lame : cripple":[],
|
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": to make weak or ineffective : disable":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"The horse had gone lame , and it grew lamer .",
|
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"The accident left him lame for life.",
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"He offered a lame apology for his actions.",
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"She's nice, but her boyfriend is really lame .",
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"Verb",
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"we were afraid that the horse would be lamed by its horrible fall"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
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"1922, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"1959, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
|
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"circa 1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French":"Noun",
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"Middle English, from Old English lama ; akin to Old High German lam lame, Lithuanian limti to break down":"Adjective, Verb, and Noun",
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"Middle French, from Latin lamina":"Noun"
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"la-",
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"l\u00e4-\u02c8m\u0101",
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"\u02c8lam",
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"\u02c8l\u0101m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"cheap",
|
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"contemptible",
|
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"cruddy",
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"deplorable",
|
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"despicable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083118",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lame duck":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an elected official or group continuing to hold political office during the period between the election and the inauguration of a successor":[],
|
|
": one whose position or term of office will soon end":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"The President was a lame duck during the end of his second term.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The display unfolded during the first voting session of the lame duck period, the timeframe between November\u2019s election and the start of the new Legislature in January. \u2014 Fox News , 4 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Everyone involved says this is a foregone conclusion, but the moment spring training camps open, the Dodgers manager is officially a lame duck . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"DeWine will speak as the state legislature meets for a marathon lame duck session. \u2014 cleveland , 17 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"Despite positive job numbers in October, Ohio\u2019s economy continues to struggle, and a local policy group says lawmakers should focus on legislation to keep businesses open and Ohioans working during the current lame duck and upcoming regular session. \u2014 J.d. Davidson, Washington Examiner , 23 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"No score will be high enough after lame duck LSU coach Ed Orgeron befouled the Crimson Tide\u2019s stadium in 2019. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 4 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"For stock and bond markets that have relied on the generosity of the Fed and other global central banks, a lame duck Fed chair could be a problem. \u2014 Vineer Bhansali, Forbes , 8 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Patrick Baker seemed to get away with homicide when lame duck Republican Gov. Matt Bevin pardoned him in 2019 for fatally shooting Donald Mills five years earlier during a Knox County home invasion. \u2014 Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal , 11 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"So Afghanistan has had its day and bitcoin is now a dead or lame duck in its biggest market. \u2014 Clem Chambers, Forbes , 28 Sep. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1761, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010256",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lamebrain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a dull-witted person : dolt":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Listen, lamebrain , we've had enough of your idiotic suggestions!",
|
|
"who's the lamebrain who put an empty coffee carafe back on a hot burner",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The Futurists, led by Filippo Marinetti, spent a lot of time publishing lamebrain manifestos about the need to sweep away existing society, if necessary by war. \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"But there's finally a collection of lamebrains that lack more common sense than the NCAA. \u2014 Ron Higgins, NOLA.com , 23 Aug. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u0101m-\u02ccbr\u0101n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"bubblehead",
|
|
"chowderhead",
|
|
"chucklehead",
|
|
"clodpoll",
|
|
"clodpole",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"cuddie",
|
|
"deadhead",
|
|
"dim bulb",
|
|
"dimwit",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dullard",
|
|
"dum-dum",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dumbhead",
|
|
"dummkopf",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"dunderhead",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"golem",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"hardhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"loggerhead",
|
|
"loon",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"lunkhead",
|
|
"meathead",
|
|
"mome",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"mutt",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"noddy",
|
|
"noodle",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"prat",
|
|
"ratbag",
|
|
"saphead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stupe",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickhead",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"woodenhead",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225348",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lamebrained":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a dull-witted person : dolt":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Listen, lamebrain , we've had enough of your idiotic suggestions!",
|
|
"who's the lamebrain who put an empty coffee carafe back on a hot burner",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The Futurists, led by Filippo Marinetti, spent a lot of time publishing lamebrain manifestos about the need to sweep away existing society, if necessary by war. \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"But there's finally a collection of lamebrains that lack more common sense than the NCAA. \u2014 Ron Higgins, NOLA.com , 23 Aug. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u0101m-\u02ccbr\u0101n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"bubblehead",
|
|
"chowderhead",
|
|
"chucklehead",
|
|
"clodpoll",
|
|
"clodpole",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"cuddie",
|
|
"deadhead",
|
|
"dim bulb",
|
|
"dimwit",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dullard",
|
|
"dum-dum",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dumbhead",
|
|
"dummkopf",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"dunderhead",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"golem",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"hardhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"loggerhead",
|
|
"loon",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"lunkhead",
|
|
"meathead",
|
|
"mome",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"mutt",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"noddy",
|
|
"noodle",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"prat",
|
|
"ratbag",
|
|
"saphead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stupe",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickhead",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"woodenhead",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023504",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lamed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet \u2014 see Alphabet Table":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1665, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Hebrew l\u0101medh , literally, ox goad":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u00e4-\u02ccmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005002",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lamel":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a thin plate":[],
|
|
": lamella sense 2":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"in sense 1, from Latin lamella ; in sense 2, from New Latin lamella":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lam\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113515",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lamell-":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": lamella":[
|
|
"lamell ose",
|
|
"lamelli ferous",
|
|
"lamelli form"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from lamella":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055248",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"combining form"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lamella":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a gill of a mushroom":[],
|
|
": a thin flat scale, membrane, or layer: such as":[],
|
|
": one of the thin plates composing the gills of a bivalve mollusk":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gemstone's distinctive iridescence is caused by light passing from one lamella of crystal to another",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The beak\u2019s two yellow ridges, called the lamella and the cere, lit up. \u2014 Julissa Trevi\u00f1o, Smithsonian , 9 Apr. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1678, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Latin, diminutive of lamina thin plate":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"l\u0259-\u02c8me-l\u0259",
|
|
"l\u0259-\u02c8mel-\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lamina",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"scale"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211759",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lamellar":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": composed of or arranged in lamellae":[],
|
|
": having the form of a thin plate":[
|
|
"lamellar armor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Using lamellar technology, this formula identifies damaged parts of the hair and essentially creates a coating there, so that hair is left feeling healthy and looking shiny. \u2014 Health.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Her visibility, in turn, encouraged other people with lamellar ichthyosis. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, Health.com , 1 Oct. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1794, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"l\u0259-\u02c8mel-\u0259r",
|
|
"l\u0259-\u02c8me-l\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053027",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lamellate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": composed of or furnished with lamellae":[],
|
|
": lamellar sense 2":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccl\u0101t",
|
|
"\u02c8la-m\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
|
|
"l\u0259-\u02c8me-l\u0259t",
|
|
"\u02c8lam-\u0259-l\u0259t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080915",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lamelli-":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"\u2014 see lamell-":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111942",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lamellibranch":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of a class (Lamellibranchia) of bivalve mollusks (such as clams, oysters, and mussels) that have the body bilaterally symmetrical, compressed, and enclosed within the mantle and that build up a shell whose right and left parts are connected by a hinge over the animal's back":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1855, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin Lamellibranchia , from lamella + Latin branchia gill":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"l\u0259-\u02c8me-l\u0259-\u02ccbra\u014bk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123752",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lament":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"groan",
|
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"howl",
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": to express sorrow, mourning, or regret for often demonstratively : mourn":[
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"\u2026 must regret the imprudence, lament the result \u2026",
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"\u2014 Jane Austen"
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],
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": to mourn aloud : wail":[
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"nightingales lament without ceasing",
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"\u2014 L. P. Smith"
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],
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": to regret strongly":[
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"He lamented his decision not to go to college."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"She lamented over the loss of her best friend.",
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"\u201cI've lost my best friend!\u201d she lamented .",
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"Noun",
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"The poem is a lament for a lost love.",
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"the national lament that was heard when President Kennedy was assassinated",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Home values, steep almost anywhere in D.C., shot up 7.5 percent in the last 12 months, causing renters and those looking to buy a home in the Northwest neighborhood to lament its lack of affordability. \u2014 Hope Hodge Seck, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
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"During his most recent run for president, Biden often took time in debates and public remarks to lament the struggles of the middle class. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"That's something all liberty-loving Americans, of any ideological variety, have cause to lament \u2014 and to fear. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"Mahomes and the Chiefs (14-6) will be left to lament blowing a chance at a third straight Super Bowl appearance. \u2014 Dennis Waszak Jr., Anchorage Daily News , 31 Jan. 2022",
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"Mahomes and the Chiefs (14-6) will be left to lament blowing a chance at a third straight Super Bowl appearance. \u2014 CBS News , 31 Jan. 2022",
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"Mahomes and the Chiefs (14-6) will be left to lament blowing a chance at a third straight Super Bowl appearance. \u2014 Kristen Davis, cleveland , 30 Jan. 2022",
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"Here again Nersessian finds plenty to lament about. \u2014 Anahid Nersessian, The New York Review of Books , 13 Jan. 2022",
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"Privately, former employees have continued to lament the no-rehire rule. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Written during the depths of the pandemic, Gorman\u2019s latest collection is a lament to lost time and the fragility of language. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
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"The mix of love entreaty with social awareness and cultural lament suffuses what might otherwise resemble pamphleteering. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 25 May 2022",
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"For consumers, price jumps on basic goods have been so noticeable that a Twitter account has sprung up mocking social media posts in which Russians lament price increases on everything from Palmolive shampoo to nectarines. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
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"His longtime business partner, Charlie Munger, underscored the lament . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 1 May 2022",
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"Professor James Kainen recalled in a Fordham obituary that her performance would prompt a frequent lament by the Rev. Joseph A. O\u2019Hare, the former president of Fordham. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 6 May 2022",
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"Like Sergei Loznitsa\u2019s recently rereleased \u2018Donbass,\u2019 though less sprawling in scope and more intimate in feel, this omnibus work functions as both a lament and a prophecy. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"John Kerry\u2019s lament that war in Ukraine would damage the climate may be the last word on political self-absorption. \u2014 Daniel Henninger, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
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"The Masked One and his coterie were astonished by Mobilians\u2019 ability to rise above last year\u2019s Carnival ceasefire and still find fellowship amid loss and lament . \u2014 al , 6 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English lementen , from Middle French & Latin; Middle French lamenter , from Latin lamentari , from lamentum , noun, lament":"Verb and Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u0259-\u02c8ment"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lament Verb deplore , lament , bewail , bemoan mean to express grief or sorrow for something. deplore implies regret for the loss or impairment of something of value. deplores the breakdown in family values lament implies a profound or demonstrative expression of sorrow. lamenting the loss of their only child bewail and bemoan imply sorrow, disappointment, or protest finding outlet in words or cries, bewail commonly suggesting loudness, and bemoan lugubriousness. fans bewailed the defeat purists bemoaning the corruption of the language",
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"synonyms":[
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"bemoan",
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"bewail",
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"deplore",
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"grieve (for)",
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"mourn",
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"wail (for)"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053129",
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"definitions":{
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": expressing grief : mournful":[
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"a faint and lamentable cry",
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"\u2014 Walter de la Mare"
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],
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": that is to be regretted or lamented : deplorable":[
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"the lamentable consequences of the war"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the lamentable cries of the women for their slain sons were heard throughout the village",
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"it's a lamentable situation, but I don't see how it can be fixed",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"This situation is lamentable and worthy of understanding. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
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"This is arguably the best single explanation for the pervasive poor choices of lamentable leaders, particularly in politics. \u2014 Tomas Chamorro-premuzic, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"The grueling 162-day schedule full of cherished rivalries, lamentable injuries and the triumphs of superstars and unlikely heroes alike takes place in something like the eternal now. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"Arguments can be had about what led to this lamentable situation. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 7 Feb. 2022",
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"The deaths of all those victims are truly lamentable . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
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"The commission found lamentable failures but put to rest the partisan claims of deception. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 24 Oct. 2021",
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"This is not to put Pollyanna up in opposition to Mr. Wheatcroft\u2019s jeremiad but rather to point out that Britain\u2019s lot on the world stage since 1945 has not been so lamentable . \u2014 Richard Aldous, WSJ , 8 Oct. 2021",
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"But, to many, E.R.A.P.\u2019s failures represent a lamentable final example of the way state government worked in the Cuomo era. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 4 Sep. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8la-m\u0259n-",
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"also \u02c8la-m\u0259n-",
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"l\u0259-\u02c8men-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"aching",
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"agonized",
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"anguished",
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"bemoaning",
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"bewailing",
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"bitter",
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"deploring",
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"doleful",
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"dolesome",
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"dolorous",
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"funeral",
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"grieving",
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"heartbroken",
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"lugubrious",
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"mournful",
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"plaintive",
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"plangent",
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"regretful",
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"rueful",
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"sorrowful",
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"sorry",
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"wailing",
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"weeping",
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"woeful"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180522",
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"noun"
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},
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"lamentation":{
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"antonyms":[
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"exultation",
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"rejoicing"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an expression of sorrow, mourning, or regret : an act or instance of lamenting":[
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"a song of lamentation",
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"\u2026 blending a lamentation over the effects of time with a kind of apologia for it.",
|
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"\u2014 Glen R. Brown"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
|
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"bitter lamentations for the dead",
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"words spoken in lamentation for the dead",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"After Friday night\u2019s vote, there was much celebration and lamentation , from the competing sides. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 8 Nov. 2021",
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"The voice: a low, guttural rasp, it\u2019s the aural equivalent of slithering, the wheezy lamentation of a leprechaun long past his sell-by date. \u2014 Henry Alford, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Vang\u2019s lyrical interventions strike powerful notes of lamentation and rage, yet most effective are her visual collage-poems, which use fragmentation to interrogate the inhumanity of the official account. \u2014 The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"The epic ends with a trio of women\u2019s voices\u2014those of Hector\u2019s wife, his mother, and Helen of Troy\u2014lifted in lamentation . \u2014 Daniel Mendelsohn, The New Yorker , 18 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Petraeus, a military man steeped in Civil War history, also opined on former President Trump's lamentation over the removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee. \u2014 Kathryn Watson, CBS News , 10 Sep. 2021",
|
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"Consider this an elegy for Roe vs. Wade, a lamentation for the impending death of a law that has enabled millions of American women over the past half-century to control their bodies, their economic lives, their personal fates. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Sep. 2021",
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"The ululation at the beginning gives way to the spoken word feel of the rapping and a dirge-like lamentation sequence, all against the steady beat of the parai drums. \u2014 Siva Sithraputhran, Fortune , 29 Mar. 2021",
|
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"Not until the work's third movement did Ferree's instrument step forward to sing out its own lamentation . \u2014 Rob Hubbard, Star Tribune , 22 Mar. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccla-m\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
|
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"groan",
|
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"howl",
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"keen",
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"lament",
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"moan",
|
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"plaint",
|
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"wail"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011422",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lamiaceous":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": labiate sense 2":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin Lamiaceae + English -ous":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-074231",
|
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
|
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"lamin-":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": lamina":[
|
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"lamin ar"
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]
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},
|
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054219",
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"type":[
|
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"combining form"
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]
|
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},
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"lamina":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a thin plate or scale : layer":[],
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": either of two broad, flat plates of bone of a vertebra that is fused with and extends from the pedicle to the median line of the neural arch to form the base of the spinous process and that along with the pedicle forms the posterior part of the vertebral foramen":[],
|
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": one of the narrow thin parallel plates of soft vascular sensitive tissue that cover the flesh within the wall of a hoof":[],
|
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": the expanded part of a foliage leaf":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the laminae of stratified rock were deposited separately, building upwards as time passed",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The back procedure was a laminotomy, which is a removal of a small portion of the lamina and ligaments, according to the Mayfield Clinic. \u2014 Daniel Rapaport, SI.com , 5 Oct. 2017",
|
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"A lamina is simply a very thin sedimentary bed (less than a couple centimeters thick). \u2014 Brian Romans, WIRED , 22 Aug. 2008"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8la-m\u0259-n\u0259",
|
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"\u02c8lam-\u0259-n\u0259"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"lamella",
|
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"plate",
|
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"scale"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023252",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lamina propria":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a highly vascular layer of connective tissue under the basement membrane lining a layer of epithelium":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Finally, the lamina propria sits underneath the intestinal endothelial cells. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1937, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, literally, proper lamina":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02c8pr\u014d-pr\u0113-\u0259"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024239",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
|
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"laminal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": laminar":[],
|
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": produced with the blade of the tongue (such as \\sh\\, \\zh\\, \\ch\\, \\j\\, or \\y\\) \u2014 compare apical":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8la-m\u0259-n\u1d4al",
|
|
"\u02c8lam-\u0259n-\u1d4al"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061935",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"laminar":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": arranged in, consisting of, or resembling laminae":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"NASA traced the problem back to the aileron rudder interconnect and laminar air flow. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 15 Aug. 2017"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1811, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lam-\u0259-n\u0259r",
|
|
"\u02c8la-m\u0259-n\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105100",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"lamp":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a celestial body":[],
|
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": a decorative appliance housing a lamp that is usually covered by a shade":[],
|
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": a glass bulb or tube that emits light produced by electricity (such as an incandescent light bulb or fluorescent lamp)":[],
|
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": a source of intellectual or spiritual illumination":[],
|
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": a vessel with a wick for burning an inflammable liquid (such as oil) to produce light":[],
|
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": any of various devices for producing light or sometimes heat: such as":[],
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": eye sense 1a":[
|
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"I didn't realize it had gotten so dark in the room until my wife came in and turned on the lamp , momentarily blinding me.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Notice how well the blinds work, use the reading lamp , charge your phone. \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Like the hula hoop, the pet rock, or the lava lamp ",
|
|
"Meanwhile, one of the main ambience makers at Sona, the table lamp , also makes an appearance in the home collection, available in white and green shade options. \u2014 Helena Madden, ELLE Decor , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Flashes are the quick bursts of light that the lamp in an IPL hair removal device produces to treat an area of skin. \u2014 Tatiana Velasco, Good Housekeeping , 11 May 2022",
|
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"The desk lamp glowed golden above the Au Bon Pain wrappers and the empty soup cups, everything strewn across the cloth napkins as after a picnic, an image made more apt by the owner\u2019s shoeless feet. \u2014 Sa\u00efd Sayrafiezadeh, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"Setting up the plantlike lamp is a lot like putting together a piece of IKEA furniture. \u2014 Dalvin Brown, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The score was 6-0 by the end of the second period as Clay Allen (11), Hunter Schmitz (8) and Hunter Bischoff (11) joined Johnson in lighting the lamp before the final intermission. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Senior Julia Weiner tallied two goals and an assist, and freshman Sophia Boucher lit the lamp twice to anchor the Furies (12-2-2) in a rout of the Bulldogs (3-15-0) at Charles Moore Arena in Orleans. \u2014 Kevin Stone, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Feb. 2022"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French lampe , from Latin lampas , from Greek, from lampein to shine; akin to Hittite lap- to burn":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8lamp"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"beacon",
|
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"illuminant",
|
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"light"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235909",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
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},
|
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"lampoon":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to make the subject of a lampoon : ridicule":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
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"He said such ridiculous things that he was often the target of lampoons in the press.",
|
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"this classic musical is a lampoon of the movie business at the time when sound was introduced",
|
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"Verb",
|
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"The politician was lampooned in cartoons.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"There\u2019s nothing in this hellzapoppin lampoon to prevent one from remembering its Hollywood idolatry as The Unbearable Weight of Nicolas Cage. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Many of the deepfakes in the exhibition are relatively harmless in nature\u2014like Queen Elizabeth dancing on top of her desk or a lampoon of former president Donald Trump withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Jimmy Kimmel will make an appearance, continuing his annual lampoon of media and advertising. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 8 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Fans of the show have had to make do with a stinging lampoon of the debased billionaire class. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Assisting him in the enterprise were heteronyms such as Carlos Otto, who translated detective fiction, Joaquim Moura-Costa, the author of an anticlerical lampoon , and Vicente Guedes, who later added pages to The Book of Disquiet. \u2014 Benjamin Kunkel, Harper's Magazine , 26 Oct. 2021",
|
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"My favorite early-20th-century humor writer was Stephen Leacock, a joyful misanthrope who found much to lampoon in human behavior, particularly the overheated prose in Victorian drama. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Sep. 2021",
|
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"Dickman and Throbbin, a lampoon of Batman and Robin. \u2014 Mike Sager, Rolling Stone , 17 Sep. 2021",
|
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"Could Holles have ordered the creation of the giant as a political lampoon , like a seventeenth-century Banksy",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"Adanne Ebo \u2014 use both mockumentary and conventional narrative tools to lampoon the prosperity gospel, \u00e0 la the Bakkers, but from a distinctly Southern Black perspective. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"Adanne Ebo \u2014 use a mix of mockumentary and conventional narrative to lampoon the prosperity gospel, \u00e0 la the Bakkers, but from a distinctly Southern Black perspective. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Jan. 2022",
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"The brand is a lightning rod for people who sneer at the luxury equipment \u2014 prices start at $1,495 \u2014 and lampoon its exercise classes. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Jan. 2022",
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"But can anyone lampoon her style without relying on it",
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"During this past weekend\u2019s cold open, several Bidens of SNLs past gathered in the Oval Office \u2014 and in doing so, showcased the particular struggles the show has faced in attempting to lampoon this particular politician. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Oct. 2021",
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"Its members advertise satirical services to lampoon the monarchy. \u2014 The Economist , 4 June 2020",
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"There\u2019s a recurring gag lampooning Bond villain Blofeld that has a rewarding payoff. \u2014 Michael Ordo\u00f1a, Los Angeles Times , 16 Apr. 2020",
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"Each carries billboards lampooning people and issues that have gyrated into the public eye over the past year. \u2014 al , 25 Feb. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1645, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"circa 1657, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French lampon":"Noun and Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"lam-\u02c8p\u00fcn"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"pasquinade",
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"satire"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115217",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"lampoonist":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": lampooner":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-n\u0259\u0307st"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175134",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lamppost":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a post supporting a usually outdoor lamp or lantern":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The house fire was so hot, the lamppost in front of the home is melted and warped. \u2014 Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
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"Majors, stabbed four times, stumbled up the park steps before she was seen on surveillance video collapsing against a lamppost , dying on the sidewalk. \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 19 Jan. 2022",
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"And of course a bunch of other stuff gets attracted to it, too\u2014including a lamppost , a bulldozer, a giant cruise ship, and a rocket. \u2014 Rhett Allain, Wired , 31 Dec. 2021",
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"Above the cars, a metal lamppost and an apartment window also had what appeared to be bullet holes. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Dec. 2021",
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"The Okaloosa County Sheriff\u2019s Office posted video a deputy captured on patrol showing falling snowflakes bathed in the light of a lamppost in a store\u2019s parking lot. \u2014 sun-sentinel.com , 3 Jan. 2022",
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"This may be a selling season, but one antique shop placed a selection of unwanted vinyl albums (think Ray Conniff Singers and pianist Roger Williams) next to a lamppost for the pickings. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com , 11 Dec. 2021",
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"During the parade, high winds caused the the Cat in the Hat balloon to strike a lamppost , and part of the post came crashing down on the head of a bystander. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 23 Nov. 2021",
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"Additionally, there is a visible flag on a lamppost for Kean University, a public New Jersey university located just outside Elizabeth. \u2014 Devon Link, USA TODAY , 27 Feb. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1790, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lam(p)-\u02ccp\u014dst"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073224",
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
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"Lamellibranchia":{
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"type":[
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"adjective or noun",
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"plural noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a class of Mollusca including the clams, oysters, and mussels, having the body bilaterally symmetrical, compressed, and more or less completely enclosed within the mantle that secretes a bivalved shell whose right and left parts are connected by a hinge over the animal's back, having no distinct head, usually two lamelliform gills on each side of the body, and the ventral region differentiated in most of the forms into a muscular plowshare or tongue-shaped foot by means of which the animal burrows or moves about, and having the posterior margins of the mantle lobes drawn out in the burrowing species into tubes through which water passes into and out of the mantle cavity":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from lamell- + -branchia":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174142"
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},
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"lamb's ears":{
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"type":[
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"noun, plural in form but usually singular in construction"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a perennial southwest Asian herb ( Stachys byzantina synonym S. lanata ) of the mint family widely cultivated for its ornamental soft leaves densely covered with silver- or grayish-white hairs":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Plantings include hosta, hydrangea, lamb's ears , clematis, herbs and more. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 6 July 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1930, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214043"
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},
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"lamb's-cress":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a bitter cress ( Cardamine hirsuta )":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004308"
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},
|
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"lamellophone":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": any of a class of musical instruments (such as the mbira, Jew's harp, or music box) whose sound is generated by plucking flexible tuned tongues of metal, wood, cane, or other material attached at one end to a small board or resonator and plucked with the thumbs or fingers or activated mechanically":[
|
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"\u2014 compare aerophone , chordophone , electrophone , idiophone , membranophone"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"l\u0259-\u02c8me-l\u0259-\u02ccf\u014dn"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1979, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021558"
|
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},
|
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"lamprey":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": any of a family (Petromyzontidae) of eel-shaped freshwater or anadromous jawless fishes that include those cyclostomes having well-developed eyes and a large disk-shaped suctorial mouth armed with horny teeth":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8lam-pr\u0113",
|
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"-\u02ccpr\u0101"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"This rise of the natives is, ironically, tied to the wave after wave of invasive species that made their way into the lakes in the decades after the lamprey and alewife infestations. \u2014 jsonline.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
|
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"The remarkable result is that today the top of the Lake Huron food chain more closely resembles its natural self than anytime since the lamprey and alewives invaded in the mid-1900s. \u2014 jsonline.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
|
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"This allowed researchers to concoct a lamprey -specific poison that was pumped into key rivers and streams. \u2014 Dan Egan, jsonline.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
|
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"Biologists had called the lamprey -as-ancestor theory into question before, but the problem rested on the sparse fossil record of lampreys. \u2014 Philip Kiefer, Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"The divers spotted an animal known as the vampire fish (a pacific lamprey ), Sacramento CBS reports. \u2014 Michael Hollan, Fox News , 21 May 2021",
|
|
"The lamprey stars in one of this book\u2019s many fascinating vignettes of violence and mayhem\u2014or the threat of it. \u2014 James Romm, WSJ , 12 Mar. 2021",
|
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"The lamprey is one of a handful of animals that exist on the boundary between vertebrates and our invertebrate forebears. \u2014 Philip Kiefer, Popular Science , 11 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"The agency informed residents that the lamprey is a local fish and entirely natural. \u2014 Fox News , 26 June 2020"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French lampreie , from Medieval Latin lampreda":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042754"
|
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},
|
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"lam\u00e9":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having a body part and especially a limb so disabled as to impair freedom of movement":[
|
|
"The accident left him lame for life."
|
|
],
|
|
": marked by stiffness and soreness":[
|
|
"a lame shoulder"
|
|
],
|
|
": lacking needful or desirable substance : weak , ineffectual":[
|
|
"a lame excuse"
|
|
],
|
|
": not being in the know : square":[
|
|
"She's cool, but her boyfriend is so lame ."
|
|
],
|
|
": inferior":[
|
|
"a lame school"
|
|
],
|
|
": contemptible , nasty":[
|
|
"lame racist jokes"
|
|
],
|
|
": to make lame : cripple":[],
|
|
": to make weak or ineffective : disable":[],
|
|
": a person who is not in the know : square":[],
|
|
": a thin plate especially of metal : lamina":[],
|
|
": small overlapping steel plates joined to slide on one another (as in medieval armor)":[],
|
|
": a brocaded clothing fabric made from any of various fibers combined with tinsel filling threads":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"la-",
|
|
"\u02c8lam",
|
|
"l\u00e4-\u02c8m\u0101",
|
|
"\u02c8l\u0101m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"incapacitate",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"The horse had gone lame , and it grew lamer .",
|
|
"The accident left him lame for life.",
|
|
"He offered a lame apology for his actions.",
|
|
"She's nice, but her boyfriend is really lame .",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"we were afraid that the horse would be lamed by its horrible fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English lama ; akin to Old High German lam lame, Lithuanian limti to break down":"Adjective, Verb, and Noun",
|
|
"Middle French, from Latin lamina":"Noun",
|
|
"French":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1959, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"circa 1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1922, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063728"
|
|
},
|
|
"lammergeier":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a large Old World vulture ( Gypaetus barbatus ) that occurs in mountainous regions, has long black bristles at the base of the bill, and in flight resembles a very large falcon : bearded vulture":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8la-m\u0259r-\u02ccg\u012b(-\u0259)r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"German L\u00e4mmergeier , from L\u00e4mmer lambs + Geier vulture":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1822, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063954"
|
|
},
|
|
"lamelloid":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": resembling a lamella":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lam\u0259\u02cc-",
|
|
"l\u0259\u02c8me\u02ccl\u022fid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"lamell- + -oid":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082615"
|
|
},
|
|
"Lammermuir":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"hills in southeastern Scotland east-southeast of Edinburgh":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8la-m\u0259r-\u02ccmyu\u0307r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085900"
|
|
},
|
|
"Lamb":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"biographical name",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the young of various animals (such as the smaller antelopes) other than sheep":[],
|
|
": a gentle or weak person":[],
|
|
": dear , pet":[],
|
|
": a person easily cheated or deceived especially in trading securities":[],
|
|
": the flesh of a lamb used as food":[],
|
|
": lambskin":[],
|
|
"Charles 1775\u20131834 pseudonym":[
|
|
"Elia \\ \u02c8e-\u200bl\u0113-\u200b\u0259 , commonly \u02c8\u0113-\u200b \\"
|
|
],
|
|
"English essayist and critic":[
|
|
"Elia \\ \u02c8e-\u200bl\u0113-\u200b\u0259 , commonly \u02c8\u0113-\u200b \\"
|
|
],
|
|
": to bring forth a lamb":[],
|
|
": to bring forth (a lamb)":[],
|
|
": to tend (ewes) at lambing time":[],
|
|
"William 1779\u20131848 2nd Viscount Melbourne English statesman":[],
|
|
"Willis Eugene 1913\u20132008 American physicist":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lam"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"sheep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wolf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"She's as gentle as a lamb .",
|
|
"the new guys at football camp were lambs who hardly knew what awaited them",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The ewes will lamb soon.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Whereas meat dishes are the focus at Sloppy Chops \u2014 as the name implies, thick-cut pork and lamb chops shine here \u2014 seafood staples take center stage at Sloppy Crab. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"But basically, anything that benefits from a very fast external sear or caramelization can go into the Schwank, from pineapple slices to salmon to lamb chops to asparagus. \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Specials include lamb chops with mint puree, served with artichoke mashed potatoes and seasoned lemon asparagus. \u2014 cleveland , 9 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"As family-style platters of dukkah crusted lamb chops, black sea bass, and grilled cauliflower steaks and stewed broad beans were placed throughout the table, guests turned to their neighbors to reconnect or connect for the first time. \u2014 Rachel Besser, Vogue , 21 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Parikh, 47, still has plenty of headaches, including a worker shortage and fast-rising prices for staples like lamb . \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"That would include smaller cuts such as lamb chops, which will be served with ratatouille. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"When asked if there is anything else that could add to her day, Wardlaw confided that a nice steak or lamb chops would be nice, too. \u2014 Scott Talley, Freep.com , 7 May 2022",
|
|
"Would the winner be one of Enfield High\u2019s teams with seared lamb chops or their curry katsu",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Fiennes turned up to help out for a week during lambing season wearing a black trenchcoat and leather gloves. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 10 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"Things are worse in lambing season when criminals can double or triple their takings. \u2014 The Economist , 25 July 2019",
|
|
"As the weather went from bad to worse, many farmers fell short on feed \u2014 particularly important now, a month before lambing season \u2014 and water supplies were cut off because of frozen pipes. \u2014 Ceylan Yeginsu, New York Times , 6 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"This is accomplished by different diets (grain vs. a grain and hay diet) and lambing at different times of the year. \u2014 Amy Dewall Dadmun, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Sep. 2017",
|
|
"Coyotes can do a lot of damage, especially during the fall during lambing season. \u2014 Gabriel Thompson, Longreads , 17 May 2017",
|
|
"Just across the North Carolina border in Virginia, Craig Rogers is deep into lambing season. \u2014 Kim Severson, New York Times , 11 Apr. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German lamb lamb":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
|
"1611, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093538"
|
|
},
|
|
"lamb's lettuce":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": corn salad":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1597, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102144"
|
|
},
|
|
"lammer":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": amber":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lam\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English (northern dialect) lambre, laumbre , from Middle French l'ambre the amber, from l', le the + ambre amber, ambergris":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102401"
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},
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"Lamaze":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": relating to or being a method of childbirth that involves psychological and physical preparation in various techniques (as controlled breathing and alternative birthing positions) by the mother in order to reduce pain and facilitate delivery without unnecessary medical intervention":[
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"the Lamaze method",
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"Lamaze class"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u0259-\u02c8m\u00e4z"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Fernand Lamaze \u20201957 French obstetrician":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1959, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121644"
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},
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"Lamprididae":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a family of fishes (order Allotriognathi) comprising a single genus and including solely the opah":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"lam\u02c8prid\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Lamprid-, Lampris , type genus (from Greek lampros bright) + -idae":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-134437"
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},
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"lamellose":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun,"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": lamellate":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02ccl\u014ds"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"lamell- + -ose":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-134742"
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},
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"lambing":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"biographical name",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the young of various animals (such as the smaller antelopes) other than sheep":[],
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": a gentle or weak person":[],
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": dear , pet":[],
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": a person easily cheated or deceived especially in trading securities":[],
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": the flesh of a lamb used as food":[],
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": lambskin":[],
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"Charles 1775\u20131834 pseudonym":[
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"Elia \\ \u02c8e-\u200bl\u0113-\u200b\u0259 , commonly \u02c8\u0113-\u200b \\"
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],
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"English essayist and critic":[
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"Elia \\ \u02c8e-\u200bl\u0113-\u200b\u0259 , commonly \u02c8\u0113-\u200b \\"
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],
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": to bring forth a lamb":[],
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": to bring forth (a lamb)":[],
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": to tend (ewes) at lambing time":[],
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"William 1779\u20131848 2nd Viscount Melbourne English statesman":[],
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"Willis Eugene 1913\u20132008 American physicist":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lam"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"angel",
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"dove",
|
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"innocent",
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"sheep"
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],
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"antonyms":[
|
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"wolf"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"She's as gentle as a lamb .",
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"the new guys at football camp were lambs who hardly knew what awaited them",
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"Verb",
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"The ewes will lamb soon.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Whereas meat dishes are the focus at Sloppy Chops \u2014 as the name implies, thick-cut pork and lamb chops shine here \u2014 seafood staples take center stage at Sloppy Crab. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022",
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"But basically, anything that benefits from a very fast external sear or caramelization can go into the Schwank, from pineapple slices to salmon to lamb chops to asparagus. \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
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"Specials include lamb chops with mint puree, served with artichoke mashed potatoes and seasoned lemon asparagus. \u2014 cleveland , 9 Apr. 2022",
|
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"As family-style platters of dukkah crusted lamb chops, black sea bass, and grilled cauliflower steaks and stewed broad beans were placed throughout the table, guests turned to their neighbors to reconnect or connect for the first time. \u2014 Rachel Besser, Vogue , 21 Nov. 2021",
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"Parikh, 47, still has plenty of headaches, including a worker shortage and fast-rising prices for staples like lamb . \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
|
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"That would include smaller cuts such as lamb chops, which will be served with ratatouille. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 May 2022",
|
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"When asked if there is anything else that could add to her day, Wardlaw confided that a nice steak or lamb chops would be nice, too. \u2014 Scott Talley, Freep.com , 7 May 2022",
|
|
"Would the winner be one of Enfield High\u2019s teams with seared lamb chops or their curry katsu",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"Fiennes turned up to help out for a week during lambing season wearing a black trenchcoat and leather gloves. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 10 Feb. 2020",
|
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"Things are worse in lambing season when criminals can double or triple their takings. \u2014 The Economist , 25 July 2019",
|
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"As the weather went from bad to worse, many farmers fell short on feed \u2014 particularly important now, a month before lambing season \u2014 and water supplies were cut off because of frozen pipes. \u2014 Ceylan Yeginsu, New York Times , 6 Mar. 2018",
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"This is accomplished by different diets (grain vs. a grain and hay diet) and lambing at different times of the year. \u2014 Amy Dewall Dadmun, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Sep. 2017",
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"Coyotes can do a lot of damage, especially during the fall during lambing season. \u2014 Gabriel Thompson, Longreads , 17 May 2017",
|
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"Just across the North Carolina border in Virginia, Craig Rogers is deep into lambing season. \u2014 Kim Severson, New York Times , 11 Apr. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German lamb lamb":"Noun"
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
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"1611, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-153648"
|
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},
|
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"lambskin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lam-\u02ccskin"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Lightweight anodized aluminum, tempered glass and lambskin materials. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
|
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"Beneath the lambskin covering the earpads is memory foam that adapts to the shape around the wearer\u2019s ears. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
|
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"Celine\u2019s black lambskin flap wallet is a timeless option featuring their signature golden Triomphe clasp. \u2014 Julie Tong, Vogue , 30 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"There\u2019s plenty of nice padding in the ear pads, with a lambskin covering. \u2014 Christian De Looper, BGR , 26 Oct. 2021",
|
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"For those who can\u2019t wait until next year, Goddard\u2019s collaboration with Ugg, a slip-on in lamb suede with a lambskin insole, is available now. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Features include cowhide leather, coated canvas, lambskin and metallic pieces. \u2014 Marc Malkin, Variety , 8 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Who wants to schlep around with a massive swathe of thick lambskin on their arm all day, sans air conditioning",
|
|
"Splashy styles, such as Chanel\u2019s quilted lambskin flask (a snip at $4,895), bring status and fanfare to maximalists who actively seek out those qualities in this part of town. \u2014 Natalie Rigg, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2021"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154829"
|
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},
|
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"lamb's-foot":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": broad-leaved plantain":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-155101"
|
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},
|
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"lamb succory":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small European herb ( Arnoseris minima ) of the family Compositae with leaves in a basal rosette and small yellow flower heads":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181200"
|
|
},
|
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"lamellule":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small lamella":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"l\u0259\u02c8mel(\u02cc)y\u00fcl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Latin lamellula small metal plate, diminutive of lamella small metal plate":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182133"
|
|
},
|
|
"Lamna":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the type genus of the family Lamnidae comprising the porbeagle and a few related forms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lamn\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Greek, a shark, probably alteration of lamia devouring monster (or, a shark)":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200407"
|
|
},
|
|
"Lammastide":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": lammas sense 2":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8la-m\u0259s-\u02cct\u012bd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211719"
|
|
},
|
|
"lammas":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": August 1 originally celebrated in England as a harvest festival":[],
|
|
": the time of the year around Lammas Day":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8la-m\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English Lammasse , from Old English hl\u0101fm\u00e6sse , from hl\u0101f loaf, bread + m\u00e6sse mass; from the fact that formerly loaves from the first ripe grain were consecrated on this day":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213212"
|
|
},
|
|
"Lamnidae":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective or noun",
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a family comprising the mackerel sharks and including the porbeagle and great white shark":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-n\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Lamna , type genus + -idae":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220648"
|
|
},
|
|
"lambsdown":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a knitted fabric that is usually made with a cotton back and a heavily napped woolen face and used especially for children's clothes and blankets":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"lamb's (genitive of lamb entry 1 ) + down":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222411"
|
|
},
|
|
"lamb's-quarter":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a goosefoot ( Chenopodium album ) having leaves with a white powdery coating that are sometimes used in salads or cooked as a vegetable":[
|
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"\u2014 often used in plural but singular or plural in construction"
|
|
],
|
|
": any of several oraches":[
|
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"\u2014 usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lamz-\u02cckw\u022f(r)-t\u0259r",
|
|
"-\u02cck\u022f(r)-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233141"
|
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},
|
|
"Lamellirostres":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a group of birds including the ducks, geese, swans, mergansers, and usually the flamingos and having transverse ridges like teeth just inside the edges of the bill \u2014 compare anseres":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from lamell- + -rostres (from Latin rostrum beak)":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234730"
|
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},
|
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"lambswool":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a soft wool or woolen fabric from the first shearing of young sheep":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used before another noun a lambswool sweater"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lamz-\u02ccwu\u0307l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1552, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014143"
|
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},
|
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"lampro-":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"combining form"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": bright":[
|
|
"lampro phyre"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Greek, from lampros bright, from lampein to give light, shine":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021320"
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}
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} |