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{
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"veld":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a grassland especially of southern Africa usually with scattered shrubs or trees":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"lions prowling the African veld",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Working with local landscape architect Dawid Klopper, the couple removed most of the non-native foliage and replaced it with indigenous plants more typical of South Africa\u2019s veld , or grassland, like aloes and red grass. \u2014 Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor , 5 Jan. 2021",
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"There is still plenty of grassland here, or veld , as South Africans call it. \u2014 David Mckenzie, CNN , 6 Mar. 2020",
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"The veld looked like the giant desiccated hide of some ancient creature, skinned and scarred and skeletal. \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 21 Dec. 2018",
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"Early in the play, Piet says of the plants: That veld is a hard world. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 29 May 2018",
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"Only 20 feet separated my truck from the king of the veld . \u2014 charlotteobserver , 27 Oct. 2017",
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"The giraffe now appeared to be part of a surreal painting, running across a purplish veld beneath a red sky. \u2014 Richard Sandomir, New York Times , 22 Sep. 2017",
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"But while giraffes, zebras, elephants, lions, baboons and warthogs stalk, clamber and strut across the veld , the one thing tourists and hunters will rarely see on a South African safari is a black South African. \u2014 Nina Burleigh, Newsweek , 8 Aug. 2017",
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"The rough exurbs of Cape Town yielded to an amber veld with patches of irrigated green; hills rose and fell. \u2014 Ted Conover, New York Times , 3 Nov. 2016"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1785, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Afrikaans veld , going back to Middle Dutch velt \"field,\" going back to Germanic fel\u00fea- \u2014 more at field entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8velt",
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"\u02c8felt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"campo",
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"champaign",
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"down(s)",
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"grassland",
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"heath",
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"lea",
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"ley",
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"llano",
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"moor",
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"pampa",
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"plain",
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"prairie",
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"savanna",
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"savannah",
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"steppe",
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"tundra"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101738",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"veldt":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a grassland especially of southern Africa usually with scattered shrubs or trees":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"lions prowling the African veld",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Working with local landscape architect Dawid Klopper, the couple removed most of the non-native foliage and replaced it with indigenous plants more typical of South Africa\u2019s veld , or grassland, like aloes and red grass. \u2014 Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor , 5 Jan. 2021",
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"There is still plenty of grassland here, or veld , as South Africans call it. \u2014 David Mckenzie, CNN , 6 Mar. 2020",
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"The veld looked like the giant desiccated hide of some ancient creature, skinned and scarred and skeletal. \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 21 Dec. 2018",
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"Early in the play, Piet says of the plants: That veld is a hard world. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 29 May 2018",
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"Only 20 feet separated my truck from the king of the veld . \u2014 charlotteobserver , 27 Oct. 2017",
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"The giraffe now appeared to be part of a surreal painting, running across a purplish veld beneath a red sky. \u2014 Richard Sandomir, New York Times , 22 Sep. 2017",
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"But while giraffes, zebras, elephants, lions, baboons and warthogs stalk, clamber and strut across the veld , the one thing tourists and hunters will rarely see on a South African safari is a black South African. \u2014 Nina Burleigh, Newsweek , 8 Aug. 2017",
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"The rough exurbs of Cape Town yielded to an amber veld with patches of irrigated green; hills rose and fell. \u2014 Ted Conover, New York Times , 3 Nov. 2016"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1785, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Afrikaans veld , going back to Middle Dutch velt \"field,\" going back to Germanic fel\u00fea- \u2014 more at field entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8velt",
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"\u02c8felt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"campo",
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"champaign",
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"down(s)",
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"grassland",
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"heath",
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"lea",
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"ley",
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"llano",
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"moor",
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"pampa",
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"plain",
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"prairie",
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"savanna",
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"savannah",
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"steppe",
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"tundra"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200755",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"velocipede":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a 3-wheeled railroad handcar":[],
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": a lightweight wheeled vehicle propelled by the rider: such as":[],
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": bicycle":[],
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": tricycle":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a museum with an interesting collection of 19th-century velocipedes",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In the late eighteen-sixties, New Yorkers took up the velocipede , a primitive version of the bicycle. \u2014 John Seabrook, The New Yorker , 19 Apr. 2021",
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"Oakland Pedal Tours offers free velocipede shuttles between breweries, which are also within walking distance. \u2014 Lisa Herendeen, The Mercury News , 9 Sep. 2019",
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"While there are competing claims for the first true motorcycle, this one is a Roper steam velocipede (or at least a very impressive re-creation). \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 13 Apr. 2017",
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"And whereas Snead might view the velocipede as a vehicle on which to multitask, a more cynical observer could find a metaphor here for the GM\u2019s tenure. \u2014 Greg Bishop, SI.com , 24 Oct. 2017",
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"The velocipede , or Michaudine, was the first bicycle with pedals. \u2014 Austin Murphy, SI.com , 24 July 2017",
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"While there are competing claims for the first true motorcycle, this one is a Roper steam velocipede (or at least a very impressive re-creation). \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 13 Apr. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1818, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French v\u00e9locip\u00e8de , from Latin v\u0113l\u014dc-, v\u0113l\u014dx \"swift, rapid\" + -i- -i- -peda \"having feet (of such a sort or number),\" derivative of ped-, p\u0113s \"foot\" \u2014 more at velocity , foot entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"v\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4-s\u0259-\u02ccp\u0113d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bicycle",
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"bike",
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"cycle",
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"push-bike",
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"push bicycle",
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"two-wheeler"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180157",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"velocitize":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to cause (an automobile driver) to misjudge or become unaware of true speed or to become drowsy as a result of prolonged traveling at a high speed (as on an open highway)":[]
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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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"velocity + -ize":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"v\u0259\u0307\u02c8l\u00e4s\u0259\u02cct\u012bz"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133510",
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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]
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},
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"velocity":{
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"antonyms":[
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"slowness",
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"sluggishness"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": quickness of motion : speed":[
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"the velocity of sound"
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],
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": rapidity of movement":[
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"[my horse's] strong suit is grace & personal comeliness, rather than velocity",
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"\u2014 Mark Twain"
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],
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": rate of occurrence or action : rapidity":[
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"the velocity of historical change",
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"\u2014 R. J. Lifton"
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],
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": rate of turnover":[
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"the velocity of money"
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],
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": speed imparted to something":[
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"the power pitcher relies on velocity",
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"\u2014 Tony Scherman"
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],
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": the rate of change of position along a straight line with respect to time : the derivative of position with respect to time":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"particles moving at high velocities",
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"measuring the velocity of sound",
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"the velocity of a bullet",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"His strikeout rate and fastball velocity are down from last year. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
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"For many missions, a launchpad closer to the Equator aids the trip to orbit by adding the speed of Earth\u2019s rotation to the rocket\u2019s velocity . \u2014 Kenneth Chang, New York Times , 13 June 2022",
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"For a few weeks, Ashcraft focused on velocity development. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 12 June 2022",
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"Unlike Severino and Cole, Taillon throws his fastball at a bit less velocity . \u2014 Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
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"The game is at a point where velocity can be trained; some other attributes cannot. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
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"According to the scoreboard which displays a pitcher's mph, Avitia's fastball velocity dropped from 95 to 91 in the first to second inning. \u2014 Bob Holt, Arkansas Online , 4 June 2022",
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"Small features a fastball that sits between 91-94 mph and generated a lot of in-zone swinging strikes with it in the minors despite not possessing overwhelming velocity . \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 May 2022",
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"Hjerpe gained velocity on his fastball, retooled his changeup, started throwing a lethal slider and added a cutter. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th 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 velocite , borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French velocet\u00e9 , borrowed from Latin v\u0113l\u014dcit\u0101t-, v\u0113l\u014dcit\u0101s , from v\u0113l\u014dc-, v\u0113l\u014dx \"swift, rapid\" (of uncertain origin) + -it\u0101t-, -it\u0101s -ity":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"v\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4-s\u0259-t\u0113",
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"-\u02c8l\u00e4-st\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"celerity",
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"fastness",
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"fleetness",
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"haste",
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"hurry",
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"quickness",
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"rapidity",
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"rapidness",
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"speed",
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"speediness",
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"swiftness"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064752",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"velocity function":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the distribution of the velocities of the stars in a given region of space":[]
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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":"20220706-105418",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"velvet":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a characteristic (such as softness or smoothness) of velvet":[],
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": a clothing and upholstery fabric (as of silk, rayon, or wool) characterized by a short soft dense warp pile":[],
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": a profit or gain beyond ordinary expectation":[],
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": resembling or suggesting velvet : velvety":[
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"a velvet voice"
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],
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": something suggesting velvet":[],
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": the soft vascular skin that envelops and nourishes the developing antlers of deer":[],
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": the winnings of a player in a gambling game":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"She was dressed in black velvet .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Light gray curtains make the perfect backdrop for a chich living room filled with sleek furniture and sprinkled with metallic and velvet accents. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 3 July 2022",
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"New versions of the shoes will be made out of materials other than leather, perhaps canvas, fabric, velvet or denim. \u2014 Amy Feldman, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
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"Walmart, the nation\u2019s largest retailer, apologized last month after getting slammed for a Juneteenth ice cream flavor \u2014 swirled red velvet and cheesecake \u2014 under its store label Great Value. \u2014 Anne D'innocenzio, USA TODAY , 18 June 2022",
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"Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, apologized last month after getting slammed for a Juneteenth ice cream flavor \u2014 swirled red velvet and cheesecake \u2014 under its store label Great Value. \u2014 Anne D'innocenzio, Chron , 17 June 2022",
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"Walmart, the nation\u2019s largest retailer, apologized last month after getting slammed for a Juneteenth ice cream flavor \u2014 swirled red velvet and cheesecake \u2014 under its store label Great Value. \u2014 Anne D'innocenzio, Chicago Tribune , 17 June 2022",
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"The materials\u2014alligator and gold, velvet and embroidered calfskin\u2014echoed the luxe environs, reframing black and white as a foundational color story worthy of the red carpet. \u2014 Sean Santiago, ELLE Decor , 8 June 2022",
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"Instead, cotton, silk and velvet are stitched together to seamlessly create lively large-scale portraits that depict the personages of unnamed African Americans. \u2014 Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
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"Inside, the carriage is upholstered with velvet and satin. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 5 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Disney is famously velvet glove, corporate, insular and cutthroat in its own ways. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"The scrunchie girls will love the sleek and luxe satin and velvet options. \u2014 Shalwah Evans, Essence , 13 May 2020",
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"Elsa Elbert recommends velvet hangers if space is an issue or wood hangers if there\u2019s room. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 5 May 2020",
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"The Kempinski\u2019s rooms are modern, though the lobby is outfitted with marble floors and velvet furniture. \u2014 Kate Krader, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020",
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"The model herself wore their velvet tuxedo jacket, a Polo Bear sweater, and an incredible smokey eye. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 9 Dec. 2019",
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"With its infinite white corridors and oddball patients, including an amateur astrologer in a velvet robe, the hospital is akin to an asylum. \u2014 Jeremy Lybarger, The New York Review of Books , 20 Apr. 2020",
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"The velvet ash, black walnut and cottonwood trees along Leslie Creek are important to migrating birds as well as home to two native Rio Yaqui fish species. \u2014 Debra Utacia Krol, azcentral , 11 Apr. 2020",
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"Sets come with a velvet pouch, and are available in many varieties of stone, including obsidian, tiger\u2019s eye, grey agate, and more. \u2014 Popular Science , 9 Apr. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English veluet, velvet , borrowed from Anglo-French velvet , from velu \"shaggy, soft, velvety\" (going back to early Medieval Latin vill\u016btus , from Latin villus \"shaggy growth of hair, cloth nap\" + Late Latin -\u016btus , adjective suffix) + -et -et entry 1 ; Latin villus , perhaps dialectal variant of vellus \"plucked wool, fleece\" \u2014 more at wool":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8vel-v\u0259t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-204132",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"velvet ant":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": any of various solitary usually brightly colored and hairy fossorial wasps (family Mutillidae) with the female wingless":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1748, 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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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202633",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"velvet worm":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": any of a phylum (Onychophora) of terrestrial, wormlike invertebrates that are found in damp, dark habitats of the southern hemisphere and have dry, velvety skin and numerous pairs of short, thick legs":[
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"Peripatus resemble downy caterpillars\u2014hence their other name, the velvet worm \u2014and live solely in moist places like rotten logs and leaf litter.",
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"\u2014 Matthew Cawood , Australian Geographic , April/June 1997",
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"Members of the phylum Onychophora or velvet worms have incited debate for years regarding their position in the animal kingdom.",
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"\u2014 George Poinar, Jr., Science , 6 Sept. 1996"
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]
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1987, in the meaning defined above":""
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125325",
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"type":[
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},
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"velvetlike":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a characteristic (such as softness or smoothness) of velvet":[],
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": a clothing and upholstery fabric (as of silk, rayon, or wool) characterized by a short soft dense warp pile":[],
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": a profit or gain beyond ordinary expectation":[],
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": resembling or suggesting velvet : velvety":[
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"a velvet voice"
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],
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": something suggesting velvet":[],
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": the soft vascular skin that envelops and nourishes the developing antlers of deer":[],
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": the winnings of a player in a gambling game":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"She was dressed in black velvet .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Light gray curtains make the perfect backdrop for a chich living room filled with sleek furniture and sprinkled with metallic and velvet accents. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 3 July 2022",
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"New versions of the shoes will be made out of materials other than leather, perhaps canvas, fabric, velvet or denim. \u2014 Amy Feldman, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
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"Walmart, the nation\u2019s largest retailer, apologized last month after getting slammed for a Juneteenth ice cream flavor \u2014 swirled red velvet and cheesecake \u2014 under its store label Great Value. \u2014 Anne D'innocenzio, USA TODAY , 18 June 2022",
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"Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, apologized last month after getting slammed for a Juneteenth ice cream flavor \u2014 swirled red velvet and cheesecake \u2014 under its store label Great Value. \u2014 Anne D'innocenzio, Chron , 17 June 2022",
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"Walmart, the nation\u2019s largest retailer, apologized last month after getting slammed for a Juneteenth ice cream flavor \u2014 swirled red velvet and cheesecake \u2014 under its store label Great Value. \u2014 Anne D'innocenzio, Chicago Tribune , 17 June 2022",
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"The materials\u2014alligator and gold, velvet and embroidered calfskin\u2014echoed the luxe environs, reframing black and white as a foundational color story worthy of the red carpet. \u2014 Sean Santiago, ELLE Decor , 8 June 2022",
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"Instead, cotton, silk and velvet are stitched together to seamlessly create lively large-scale portraits that depict the personages of unnamed African Americans. \u2014 Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
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"Inside, the carriage is upholstered with velvet and satin. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 5 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Disney is famously velvet glove, corporate, insular and cutthroat in its own ways. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"The scrunchie girls will love the sleek and luxe satin and velvet options. \u2014 Shalwah Evans, Essence , 13 May 2020",
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"Elsa Elbert recommends velvet hangers if space is an issue or wood hangers if there\u2019s room. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 5 May 2020",
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"The Kempinski\u2019s rooms are modern, though the lobby is outfitted with marble floors and velvet furniture. \u2014 Kate Krader, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020",
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"The model herself wore their velvet tuxedo jacket, a Polo Bear sweater, and an incredible smokey eye. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 9 Dec. 2019",
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"With its infinite white corridors and oddball patients, including an amateur astrologer in a velvet robe, the hospital is akin to an asylum. \u2014 Jeremy Lybarger, The New York Review of Books , 20 Apr. 2020",
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"The velvet ash, black walnut and cottonwood trees along Leslie Creek are important to migrating birds as well as home to two native Rio Yaqui fish species. \u2014 Debra Utacia Krol, azcentral , 11 Apr. 2020",
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"Sets come with a velvet pouch, and are available in many varieties of stone, including obsidian, tiger\u2019s eye, grey agate, and more. \u2014 Popular Science , 9 Apr. 2020"
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],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"Middle English veluet, velvet , borrowed from Anglo-French velvet , from velu \"shaggy, soft, velvety\" (going back to early Medieval Latin vill\u016btus , from Latin villus \"shaggy growth of hair, cloth nap\" + Late Latin -\u016btus , adjective suffix) + -et -et entry 1 ; Latin villus , perhaps dialectal variant of vellus \"plucked wool, fleece\" \u2014 more at wool":"Noun"
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},
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"adjective",
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"velvety":{
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"coarse",
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"harsh",
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"rough",
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"scratchy"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": having the character of velvet as in being soft, smooth, thick, or richly hued":[
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"velvety hair",
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"a velvety green pasture"
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],
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": smooth to the taste : mild":[
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"a velvety wine"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The sheets are woven with premium 100% cotton, resulting in an ultra- velvety feel. \u2014 Nicol Natale, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 Dec. 2021",
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"The palate is very velvety , with black currants and boysenberries sweetly spiced with vanilla, chocolate, and clove, as well as an undertow of pencil shavings. \u2014 Brian Freedman, Forbes , 3 June 2021",
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"The soft and velvety feeling when it is touched is unmatched. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 17 Mar. 2021",
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"The subject is approaching death with a sense of acceptance and gratitude for all life has offered, and Christofaro was an expressive soloist throughout, her attacks warm and velvety , her moments of forcefulness bracingly clear. \u2014 Rob Hubbard, Star Tribune , 22 Feb. 2021",
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"Merlot, with its soft, velvety plum flavor, is one of the world\u2019s most popular red wines. \u2014 M\u00e9lissa Godin, Time , 22 May 2020",
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"Pools of rich velvety light fill the small plaza, red and blue like fire and ice. \u2014 Roger Naylor, azcentral , 20 Apr. 2020",
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"Nitro cold brew adds some extra flair\u2014the coffee is infused with nitrogen, giving it a velvety , creamy, foamy texture, not unlike a Guinness. \u2014 Alex Erdekian, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 16 Apr. 2020",
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"Ideas from The Times on what to read, cook, watch, play and listen to while staying safe At Home. Incense burns, the dominant color is a velvety jade green, and the single Indian servant wears a turban. \u2014 J. Hoberman, New York Times , 15 Apr. 2020"
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"1752, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"velvet entry 1 + -y entry 1":""
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"\u02c8vel-v\u0259-t\u0113"
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"cottony",
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],
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},
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"noun"
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],
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