dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/awn_MW.json
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{
"awning":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a rooflike cover extending over or in front of a place (as over the deck or in front of a door or window) as a shelter":[]
},
"examples":[
"stayed under the awning outside the shop during the rainstorm",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The awning , a fake inside hedge, piano players, lounge singers, striped bar stools, wine selection and other features made the establishment stand out amidst the not exactly cutting-edge bar, club and restaurant scene of the midcentury town. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Aug. 2021",
"The lucky ones have a rack under an awning , or a place on an indoor windowsill. \u2014 Rachel Abrams, New York Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Some of the other standout add-ons include five amber LED lights on the roof, a retractable awning , a two-person ground tent, and an onboard air compressor. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 19 May 2022",
"The canopy features a collapsible awning , which can be used to shield you from rain or the sun's rays, or to block the wind behind the grill. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 9 May 2022",
"Her family sat at a table outside the church, under an awning set up in a parking lot. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Knowing the importance of outside viewing to some patrons, The Parlor added a retractable awning for the patio for hot days. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Sep. 2021",
"The awning 's size and retraction mechanism are what drives cost. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 15 May 2022",
"The Parthenon, a Greek restaurant, is recognizable by its signature blue-and-white awning that juts out onto the sidewalk. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1582, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u022f-ni\u014b",
"\u02c8\u00e4-ni\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"canopy",
"ceiling",
"cover",
"roof",
"tent"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213203",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"awn":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of the slender bristles that terminate the glumes of the spikelet in some cereal and other grasses":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u022fn"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Smallholding farmers of West Bengal and Jharkhand prefer varieties with long and strong awns (spine-like projections at the end of the hull), which deter grazing by cattle and goats. \u2014 Debal Deb, Scientific American , 16 Oct. 2019",
"These grasses have bushy florets hosting grass awns , seeds with a sharp appendage meant to burrow into the ground. \u2014 Molly Korzenowski, Twin Cities , 3 Sep. 2019",
"Aesthetics is yet another value that indigenous farmers cherish, cultivating certain landraces simply for their beautiful colors or patterns: gold, brown, purple and black furrows on yellow hulls, purple apexes, black awns , and so on. \u2014 Debal Deb, Scientific American , 16 Oct. 2019",
"Plant these natives to make an interesting meadow: purple three awn (Aristida purpurea), nodding needle grass (Stipa cernua), deer grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) and wild oat grass (Elymus condensatus) 15. \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Oct. 2019",
"The barbed seed awn sticks to their coats and can work their way into ears, eyes, noses or paws. \u2014 Joan Morris, The Mercury News , 19 Sep. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English awne, going back to late Old English agene (accusative plural) \"awns,\" Old English \u00e6gnan (plural) \"chaff, sweepings,\" going back to Germanic *agan\u014d-, *ahan\u014d (whence also Old High German agana \"awn, chaff, straw,\" Old Norse \u01ebgn, plural agnar \"chaff, husks,\" Gothic ahana \"chaff\"), going back to Indo-European *h 2 e\u1e31-on- (whence also Old Prussian ackons \"awn\" and perhaps Latin agna \"ear of grain,\" Greek akont-, \u00e1k\u014dn \"javelin, dart\"), derivative of *h 2 e\u1e31- \"sharp, pointed\" \u2014 more at edge entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012346"
},
"awned wheatgrass":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": bearded wheatgrass":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-050341"
},
"awner":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a machine for removing awns from grain":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u022fn\u0259(r)"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-134251"
},
"awned":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of the slender bristles that terminate the glumes of the spikelet in some cereal and other grasses":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u022fn"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Smallholding farmers of West Bengal and Jharkhand prefer varieties with long and strong awns (spine-like projections at the end of the hull), which deter grazing by cattle and goats. \u2014 Debal Deb, Scientific American , 16 Oct. 2019",
"These grasses have bushy florets hosting grass awns , seeds with a sharp appendage meant to burrow into the ground. \u2014 Molly Korzenowski, Twin Cities , 3 Sep. 2019",
"Aesthetics is yet another value that indigenous farmers cherish, cultivating certain landraces simply for their beautiful colors or patterns: gold, brown, purple and black furrows on yellow hulls, purple apexes, black awns , and so on. \u2014 Debal Deb, Scientific American , 16 Oct. 2019",
"Plant these natives to make an interesting meadow: purple three awn (Aristida purpurea), nodding needle grass (Stipa cernua), deer grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) and wild oat grass (Elymus condensatus) 15. \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Oct. 2019",
"The barbed seed awn sticks to their coats and can work their way into ears, eyes, noses or paws. \u2014 Joan Morris, The Mercury News , 19 Sep. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English awne, going back to late Old English agene (accusative plural) \"awns,\" Old English \u00e6gnan (plural) \"chaff, sweepings,\" going back to Germanic *agan\u014d-, *ahan\u014d (whence also Old High German agana \"awn, chaff, straw,\" Old Norse \u01ebgn, plural agnar \"chaff, husks,\" Gothic ahana \"chaff\"), going back to Indo-European *h 2 e\u1e31-on- (whence also Old Prussian ackons \"awn\" and perhaps Latin agna \"ear of grain,\" Greek akont-, \u00e1k\u014dn \"javelin, dart\"), derivative of *h 2 e\u1e31- \"sharp, pointed\" \u2014 more at edge entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-094214"
},
"awnless bromegrass":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a drought-resistant perennial bromegrass ( Bromus inermis ) with awns lacking or very short that spreads by creeping rhizomes, is native to Europe, and is cultivated for forage and hay":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-024742"
},
"awn grass":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a tufted grass ( Chrysopogon aciculatus ) of tropical Asia and Pacific Islands with sharp-pointed seeds that penetrate clothing and sheep's wool":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-080216"
},
"awning window":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a window consisting of several top-hinged sections arranged in a vertical series, operated by one or more control devices that swing the bottom edges of the sections outward, and designed especially to admit air while excluding rain":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-090348"
},
"awnlet":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small awn":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u022fnl\u0259\u0307t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"awn + -let":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-113057"
},
"awny":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having awns : bearded":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-i",
"\u02c8\u022fn\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"awn entry 1 + -y":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-125339"
},
"awning deck":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a light deck extending over the main deck from stem to stern":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-180643"
},
"awning cloth":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-190444"
}
}