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{
"picayune":{
"antonyms":[
"illiberal",
"insular",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"narrow",
"narrow-minded",
"parochial",
"petty",
"provincial",
"sectarian",
"small",
"small-minded"
],
"definitions":{
": a Spanish half real piece formerly current in the South":[],
": half dime":[],
": something trivial":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"our lives don't amount to a picayune in the great scheme of things",
"Adjective",
"They argued over the most picayune details.",
"the picayune ponderings of a commentator who steadfastly believes other cultures are inferior to our own",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Challenging ballot designations has become something of a sport in California politics \u2014 squabbles over the occasionally picayune rules return each cycle like the swallows to Capistrano. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"What would normally be regarded as an investigation that has reached the level of pursuing such picayune matters that it should be concluded, may to him or her be an investigation that ought to go on for another year. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 13 Mar. 2022",
"There are at least two explanations: One is that the violations are so picayune as to expose a petty scheme to dump the executive. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Feb. 2022",
"This was the Britain\u2014still very imperial yet so very picayune \u2014to which Mr. Sen, who would go on to win the Nobel Prize in economics, had come to study. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Vance\u2019s investigation, which appears to be focussed largely on business practices that Trump engaged in before taking office, may seem picayune in comparison with the outrageous offenses to democratic norms that Trump committed as President. \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 12 Mar. 2021",
"But after months of family quarantine, combined with the confusion and exasperation of school-Zoom days, more of our wind-down reading sessions have involved the sureness of facts \u2014 picayune details about dogs and skyscrapers and coral reefs. \u2014 Mark Athitakis, Washington Post , 24 Nov. 2020",
"If the last few months should have taught us anything, it\u2019s the realization that who stands at proper attention for a flag and who chooses not to is a rather picayune thing to worry about given our current circumstances as a country. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 1 Aug. 2020",
"However picayune and pitifully old-fashioned the bereavement may seem to most people, for me the erosion of style, clarity, and precision in everyday speech and prose is a loss. \u2014 Lionel Shriver, Harper's magazine , 22 July 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1804, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1836, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Occitan picaioun , a small coin, from picaio money, from pica to jingle, of imitative origin":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccpi-k\u0113-\u02c8y\u00fcn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bagatelle",
"child's play",
"frippery",
"nonproblem",
"nothing",
"shuck(s)",
"small beer",
"small change",
"trifle",
"triviality"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182122",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"pick":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a blow or stroke with a pointed instrument":[],
": a comb with long widely spaced teeth used to give height to a hairstyle":[],
": a filling thread":[],
": a heavy, usually long-handled iron or steel tool pointed at one or both ends \u2014 compare mattock":[],
": a screen in basketball":[],
": a small thin piece (as of plastic or metal) used to pluck the strings of a stringed instrument":[],
": a throw of the shuttle":[],
": an intercepted forward pass : interception":[
"\u2026 McNabb had his worst game of the year. He threw two picks , fumbled twice, got sacked seven times.",
"\u2014 Paul Zimmerman"
],
": choose , select":[
"tried to pick the shortest route"
],
": one of the points on the forepart of the blade of a skate used in figure skating":[],
": one that is picked":[
"his pick for vice president"
],
": picklock":[],
": pilfer":[
"\u2014 used in the phrase picking and stealing"
],
": pilfer , rob":[
"pick pockets"
],
": provoke":[
"pick a quarrel"
],
": something thrown":[],
": the act of pitching or throwing":[],
": the act or privilege of choosing or selecting : choice":[
"take your pick"
],
": the best or choicest one":[
"the pick of the herd"
],
": the portion of a crop gathered at one time":[
"the first pick of peaches"
],
": to criticize repeatedly especially for minor faults : nag":[],
": to dig into : probe":[
"picking his teeth"
],
": to eat sparingly or mincingly":[
"picking listlessly at his dinner"
],
": to gather by plucking":[
"pick apples"
],
": to gather or harvest something by plucking":[],
": to loosen or pull apart with a sharp point":[
"pick wool"
],
": to make (one's way) slowly and carefully":[
"picked his way through the rubble"
],
": to obtain useful information from by questioning":[
"\u2014 used in such phrases as pick the brains of"
],
": to pierce, penetrate, or break up with a pointed instrument":[
"picked the hard clay"
],
": to pluck (a stringed instrument, such as a guitar) with a pick or with the fingers":[],
": to remove bit by bit":[
"pick meat from bones"
],
": to remove covering or adhering matter from":[
"pick the bones"
],
": to select with care and deliberation":[],
": to throw (a shuttle) across the loom":[],
": to throw or thrust with effort : hurl":[],
": to unlock with a device (such as a wire) other than the key":[
"pick a lock"
],
": to use or work with a pick":[],
": toothpick":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1627, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English pik":"Noun",
"Middle English piken , partly from Old English *p\u012bcian (akin to Middle Dutch picken to prick); partly from Middle French piquer to prick \u2014 more at pike":"Verb",
"Middle English pykken to pitch (a tent); akin to Middle English picchen to pitch":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190718",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pick dressing":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a facing in cut stonework made by a pointed tool that leaves the surface in little pits":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"pick entry 2":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132206",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pick up":{
"antonyms":[
"unlearn"
],
"definitions":{
": a device (such as a microphone or a television camera) for converting sound or the image of a scene into electrical signals":[],
": a hitchhiker who is given a ride":[],
": a light truck having an enclosed cab and an open body with low sides and tailgate":[],
": a pickup game":[
"playing pickup"
],
": a player acquired from another team":[],
": a revival of business activity":[],
": a temporary chance acquaintance":[],
": acceleration":[],
": gain , earn":[
"picked up a few yards on the last play",
"picked up her first victory"
],
": increase":[],
": one that is picked up : such as":[],
": revive":[],
": the act of collecting someone or something to be carried or transported away":[
"Is your order for pickup or delivery",
"We'll call your name when your food is ready for pickup .",
"\u2026 please have your party call you for pickup after they have retrieved their luggage.",
"\u2014 Rebecca Turco"
],
": the act or process of picking up: such as":[],
": the act or technique of making the acquaintance of a previously unknown person especially for amorous purposes":[],
": the reception of sound or an image into a radio or television transmitting apparatus for conversion into electrical signals":[],
": to accept for the purpose of paying":[
"offered to pick up the tab"
],
": to acquire (a player) especially from another team through a trade or by financial recompense":[],
": to acquire by study or experience : learn":[
"picking up a great deal of knowledge in the process",
"\u2014 Robert Schleicher"
],
": to acquire casually or by chance":[
"picked up a valuable antique at an auction"
],
": to adopt as one's own : take up":[],
": to assume responsibility for guarding (an opponent) in an athletic contest":[],
": to become aware of : notice":[],
": to bring within range of sight or hearing":[
"pick up distant radio signals"
],
": to catch sight of : perceive":[
"picked up the harbor lights"
],
": to clean up : tidy":[],
": to come down with : catch":[
"picked up a cold"
],
": to come to and follow":[
"picked up the outlaw's trail"
],
": to enter informally into conversation or companionship with (a previously unknown person)":[
"had a brief affair with a girl he picked up in a bar"
],
": to gather together : collect":[
"picked up all the pieces"
],
": to obtain especially by payment : buy":[
"picked up some groceries"
],
": to pack up one's belongings":[
"couldn't just pick up and leave"
],
": to provide needed support or assistance to (someone who has faltered or failed, such as a teammate who has made an error) in a collaborative effort":[
"\u2026 Burns allowed only five hits and did not issue a walk. She also picked up her teammates after several fielding errors.",
"\u2014 John Knebels",
"We have faith. We don't panic. Even in all these one-run ballgames, we have trust in each other that we're going to pull it out. We pick each other up . On days we're not pitching it great, our offense gets going and vice versa.",
"\u2014 Marco Gonzales"
],
": to put things in order":[
"was always picking up after her"
],
": to recover or increase speed, vigor, or activity : improve":[
"after the strike, business picked up",
"the wind began to pick up"
],
": to resume after a break : continue":[
"pick up the discussion tomorrow"
],
": to take (passengers or freight) into a vehicle":[],
": to take hold of and lift up":[],
": to take into custody":[
"the police picked up the fugitive"
],
": understand , appreciate":[],
": understand , catch":[
"didn't pick up the hint"
],
": utilizing or comprising local or available personnel especially without formal organization":[
"a pickup basketball game",
"a pickup band"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The fee pays for garbage pickup .",
"The school bus was late for its afternoon pickup .",
"The truck is scheduled to make a pickup today.",
"Adjective",
"He plays with pickup bands at nightclubs.",
"What's the pickup scene like in this city",
"Verb",
"he has a knack for picking up a language in a few weeks",
"pick up all of your things because we have to be off this beach before dark",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Witnesses reported that the driver of a pickup sat behind the stop sign at the plaza and waited before accelerating as Timothy walked by, according to court records. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 June 2022",
"Pundits downgraded Republicans\u2019 chances of a pickup after Mr. Mastriano\u2019s victory. \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"The film\u2019s biggest set-piece is a dual chase through the ancient streets of the Maltese capital Valetta, with Claire in the back of a pickup and Owen on a motorcycle. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"Deputies arrived and were told Mia Worthy, 20, of Elkins, was a passenger in the front seat of the pickup . \u2014 Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online , 1 June 2022",
"The driver of a pickup struck and seriously injured a pedestrian Thursday morning in Bay Park near Clairemont, leaving the woman with life-threatening injuries, San Diego police said. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"Alaska State Troopers confirmed Hackney\u2019s death, identifying him as the driver of a pickup that collided with another vehicle Wednesday afternoon in Fairbanks. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022",
"The driver of the pickup was not wearing his seatbelt. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 11 May 2022",
"The female driver of the Dodge pickup was severely injured and taken to the hospital, police said. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 10 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Preston turned heads during pickup games in September only to injure a foot on the eve of camp. \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Through a cousin, Njie reached out to Wadda, who was able to offer a recommendation to Taal because of friends back in D.C. who had already seen Njie excelling in pickup games. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 24 Mar. 2022",
"While 66 percent of non-luxury-vehicle shoppers considered an SUV and 35 percent looked into pickup trucks in the first three months of this year, only five percent considered a minivan. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 30 May 2022",
"Cousins, aunts and uncles pulled up in pickup trucks. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"This extra-large shade boasts 65.7 by 36.4 inches of coverage for use in pickup trucks and SUVs. \u2014 Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022",
"Based in Ketchum, Idaho, with production facilities and manufacturing in Defiance, Ohio, and St. George, Utah, DECKED designs, engineers, and manufacturers storage and organization products for pickup trucks and cargo vans. \u2014 Outside Online , 23 May 2022",
"The city is expecting significant delays in pickup times throughout the week. \u2014 Anna Caplan, Dallas News , 15 Feb. 2021",
"The morning after the parade, Andrew Giuliani drove to the Bellmore train station on Long Island, where hundreds gathered to meet and greet Republican candidates in a parking lot jammed with pickup trucks and festooned with Trump flags. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The bright lights of Los Angeles didn\u2019t pull him away, Kiffin says, but rather the chance to pick up where Carroll left off. \u2014 Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"That\u2019s a tough age to pick up everything and find friends in a new environment. \u2014 Michael Saponara, Billboard , 30 June 2022",
"Computer vision is often able to notice patterns that the human eye can't pick up . \u2014 Aparajeeta Das, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Tucker had the option to pick up his $7.35 million option for next season, or utilize his non-Bird rights to earn $8.4 million for 2022-23 by opting out and then returning. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"Outside King\u2019s College Hospital in London, ambulance drivers reported heavy delays, which hampered their efforts to pick up and bring in patients. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"There is also a risk that inflation will pick up again as Western sanctions reduce the supply of goods and services over coming months. \u2014 Paul Hannon, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"Frontier is trying to preserve an agreement that would create the largest deep-discount airline in the US, with a clear path to pick up Spirit\u2019s most price-sensitive customers and without a larger rival to hinder expansion. \u2014 Mary Schlangenstein, Fortune , 6 June 2022",
"Frontier is trying to preserve an agreement that would create the largest deep-discount airline in the US, with a clear path to pick up Spirit\u2019s most price-sensitive customers and without a larger rival to hinder expansion. \u2014 Mary Schlangenstein, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1898, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pik-\u02cc\u0259p"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"get",
"learn",
"master"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200347",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pick up after (someone)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to clean the mess created by (someone)":[
"You have to pick up after yourself if you make a mess.",
"His mother still picks up after him."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111417",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"pick up and leave/go":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to leave suddenly with one's possessions":[
"I couldn't just pick up and leave/go without saying goodbye."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130256",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"pick-and-shovel":{
"antonyms":[
"cheap",
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"light",
"mindless",
"simple",
"soft",
"undemanding"
],
"definitions":{
": done with or as if with a pick and shovel : laborious":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1858, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"arduous",
"Augean",
"backbreaking",
"challenging",
"demanding",
"difficult",
"effortful",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"hard",
"heavy",
"hellacious",
"herculean",
"killer",
"laborious",
"moiling",
"murderous",
"rigorous",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"sweaty",
"tall",
"testing",
"toilsome",
"tough",
"uphill"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195025",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"picked":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": choice , prime":[],
": pointed , peaked":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"circa 1548, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from pick entry 3":"Adjective",
"pick entry 1":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pi-k\u0259d",
"\u02c8pikt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230909",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"picked dogfish":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a sand shark ( Carcharias littoralis )":[],
": spiny dogfish":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112525",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"picked up":{
"antonyms":[
"unlearn"
],
"definitions":{
": a device (such as a microphone or a television camera) for converting sound or the image of a scene into electrical signals":[],
": a hitchhiker who is given a ride":[],
": a light truck having an enclosed cab and an open body with low sides and tailgate":[],
": a pickup game":[
"playing pickup"
],
": a player acquired from another team":[],
": a revival of business activity":[],
": a temporary chance acquaintance":[],
": acceleration":[],
": gain , earn":[
"picked up a few yards on the last play",
"picked up her first victory"
],
": increase":[],
": one that is picked up : such as":[],
": revive":[],
": the act of collecting someone or something to be carried or transported away":[
"Is your order for pickup or delivery",
"We'll call your name when your food is ready for pickup .",
"\u2026 please have your party call you for pickup after they have retrieved their luggage.",
"\u2014 Rebecca Turco"
],
": the act or process of picking up: such as":[],
": the act or technique of making the acquaintance of a previously unknown person especially for amorous purposes":[],
": the reception of sound or an image into a radio or television transmitting apparatus for conversion into electrical signals":[],
": to accept for the purpose of paying":[
"offered to pick up the tab"
],
": to acquire (a player) especially from another team through a trade or by financial recompense":[],
": to acquire by study or experience : learn":[
"picking up a great deal of knowledge in the process",
"\u2014 Robert Schleicher"
],
": to acquire casually or by chance":[
"picked up a valuable antique at an auction"
],
": to adopt as one's own : take up":[],
": to assume responsibility for guarding (an opponent) in an athletic contest":[],
": to become aware of : notice":[],
": to bring within range of sight or hearing":[
"pick up distant radio signals"
],
": to catch sight of : perceive":[
"picked up the harbor lights"
],
": to clean up : tidy":[],
": to come down with : catch":[
"picked up a cold"
],
": to come to and follow":[
"picked up the outlaw's trail"
],
": to enter informally into conversation or companionship with (a previously unknown person)":[
"had a brief affair with a girl he picked up in a bar"
],
": to gather together : collect":[
"picked up all the pieces"
],
": to obtain especially by payment : buy":[
"picked up some groceries"
],
": to pack up one's belongings":[
"couldn't just pick up and leave"
],
": to provide needed support or assistance to (someone who has faltered or failed, such as a teammate who has made an error) in a collaborative effort":[
"\u2026 Burns allowed only five hits and did not issue a walk. She also picked up her teammates after several fielding errors.",
"\u2014 John Knebels",
"We have faith. We don't panic. Even in all these one-run ballgames, we have trust in each other that we're going to pull it out. We pick each other up . On days we're not pitching it great, our offense gets going and vice versa.",
"\u2014 Marco Gonzales"
],
": to put things in order":[
"was always picking up after her"
],
": to recover or increase speed, vigor, or activity : improve":[
"after the strike, business picked up",
"the wind began to pick up"
],
": to resume after a break : continue":[
"pick up the discussion tomorrow"
],
": to take (passengers or freight) into a vehicle":[],
": to take hold of and lift up":[],
": to take into custody":[
"the police picked up the fugitive"
],
": understand , appreciate":[],
": understand , catch":[
"didn't pick up the hint"
],
": utilizing or comprising local or available personnel especially without formal organization":[
"a pickup basketball game",
"a pickup band"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The fee pays for garbage pickup .",
"The school bus was late for its afternoon pickup .",
"The truck is scheduled to make a pickup today.",
"Adjective",
"He plays with pickup bands at nightclubs.",
"What's the pickup scene like in this city",
"Verb",
"he has a knack for picking up a language in a few weeks",
"pick up all of your things because we have to be off this beach before dark",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Witnesses reported that the driver of a pickup sat behind the stop sign at the plaza and waited before accelerating as Timothy walked by, according to court records. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 June 2022",
"Pundits downgraded Republicans\u2019 chances of a pickup after Mr. Mastriano\u2019s victory. \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"The film\u2019s biggest set-piece is a dual chase through the ancient streets of the Maltese capital Valetta, with Claire in the back of a pickup and Owen on a motorcycle. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"Deputies arrived and were told Mia Worthy, 20, of Elkins, was a passenger in the front seat of the pickup . \u2014 Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online , 1 June 2022",
"The driver of a pickup struck and seriously injured a pedestrian Thursday morning in Bay Park near Clairemont, leaving the woman with life-threatening injuries, San Diego police said. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"Alaska State Troopers confirmed Hackney\u2019s death, identifying him as the driver of a pickup that collided with another vehicle Wednesday afternoon in Fairbanks. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022",
"The driver of the pickup was not wearing his seatbelt. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 11 May 2022",
"The female driver of the Dodge pickup was severely injured and taken to the hospital, police said. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 10 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Preston turned heads during pickup games in September only to injure a foot on the eve of camp. \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Through a cousin, Njie reached out to Wadda, who was able to offer a recommendation to Taal because of friends back in D.C. who had already seen Njie excelling in pickup games. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 24 Mar. 2022",
"While 66 percent of non-luxury-vehicle shoppers considered an SUV and 35 percent looked into pickup trucks in the first three months of this year, only five percent considered a minivan. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 30 May 2022",
"Cousins, aunts and uncles pulled up in pickup trucks. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"This extra-large shade boasts 65.7 by 36.4 inches of coverage for use in pickup trucks and SUVs. \u2014 Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022",
"Based in Ketchum, Idaho, with production facilities and manufacturing in Defiance, Ohio, and St. George, Utah, DECKED designs, engineers, and manufacturers storage and organization products for pickup trucks and cargo vans. \u2014 Outside Online , 23 May 2022",
"The city is expecting significant delays in pickup times throughout the week. \u2014 Anna Caplan, Dallas News , 15 Feb. 2021",
"The morning after the parade, Andrew Giuliani drove to the Bellmore train station on Long Island, where hundreds gathered to meet and greet Republican candidates in a parking lot jammed with pickup trucks and festooned with Trump flags. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The bright lights of Los Angeles didn\u2019t pull him away, Kiffin says, but rather the chance to pick up where Carroll left off. \u2014 Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"That\u2019s a tough age to pick up everything and find friends in a new environment. \u2014 Michael Saponara, Billboard , 30 June 2022",
"Computer vision is often able to notice patterns that the human eye can't pick up . \u2014 Aparajeeta Das, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Tucker had the option to pick up his $7.35 million option for next season, or utilize his non-Bird rights to earn $8.4 million for 2022-23 by opting out and then returning. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"Outside King\u2019s College Hospital in London, ambulance drivers reported heavy delays, which hampered their efforts to pick up and bring in patients. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"There is also a risk that inflation will pick up again as Western sanctions reduce the supply of goods and services over coming months. \u2014 Paul Hannon, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"Frontier is trying to preserve an agreement that would create the largest deep-discount airline in the US, with a clear path to pick up Spirit\u2019s most price-sensitive customers and without a larger rival to hinder expansion. \u2014 Mary Schlangenstein, Fortune , 6 June 2022",
"Frontier is trying to preserve an agreement that would create the largest deep-discount airline in the US, with a clear path to pick up Spirit\u2019s most price-sensitive customers and without a larger rival to hinder expansion. \u2014 Mary Schlangenstein, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022"
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"\u2014 Matthew A. Kelly"
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"a house surrounded by a white picket fence",
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"The strikers held picket signs painted with angry slogans.",
"The students were barred from holding a picket outside the company's headquarters.",
"Verb",
"Workers picketed outside the grocery store.",
"The union is picketing the factory.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The restaurant's interior features photos of Louis\u2019 boxing career and the space is designed to look like the front porch of an old, Southern home with trees and greenery in the ceiling and a print of a front yard with a white picket fence. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022",
"Old Mulhearn\u2019s patrons won\u2019t find a pool table, but the white picket fence surrounding a red brick patio is still there. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"The American Dream used to stand for a job with a loyal employer, homeownership (often accompanied by a white picket fence), and your own set of wheels. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"That would be a picket fence by scoring one run per inning, which looks like a fence on the scoreboard. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 1 June 2022",
"On another occasion, Williams went to Burns\u2019 home in Washougal, Washington, just to help paint a white picket fence. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
"Surrounded by ancient oak trees, meadows, gardens and vineyards, at the heart of the property is a six-room, Victorian-style home with a white- picket fence, wrap-around porch and original antiques. \u2014 Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 May 2022",
"Cleaners, signalers, maintenance workers and station staff were among those joining picket lines Tuesday. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 21 June 2022",
"Speaking of freedom, Krach noted that growing up in Lakewood and Rocky River during the latter half of the 20th century with white picket fences, 2.5 kids and a dog brings home the idea that democracy is a 250-year experiment. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The spokesperson noted that pilots plan to picket \u2014 not strike \u2014 on a day they're not scheduled to work. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 27 June 2022",
"Even after news broke of the foiled assassination attempt, protesters gathered Wednesday evening to picket outside his home. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 9 June 2022",
"But nobody thought\u2014or dared\u2014to picket the justices\u2019 homes. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
"Jack publicly threatened to picket the arena if Udoka didn\u2019t make the final cut. \u2014 Ben Cohen, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
"According to a 2015 report, Viking\u2019s Tongass old-growth trees go into products ranging from Steinway grand pianos to picket fences and gazebos. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 29 Apr. 2022",
"As teachers picket behind him, the young boy responds to the reporter\u2019s question with support for the striking educators. \u2014 Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Union members threatened a one-day strike that was to take place Wednesday, with members planning to picket outside the hospital\u2019s main entrance, but that threat ended when members and administrators ratified a new contract. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The experience led her to picket other fast food restaurants and speak out about her treatment and demonstrate in favor of AB 257. \u2014 Alex Park, The New Republic , 24 Jan. 2022"
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"\u2014 Paul Zimmerman"
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],
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],
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],
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],
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],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"Middle English piken , partly from Old English *p\u012bcian (akin to Middle Dutch picken to prick); partly from Middle French piquer to prick \u2014 more at pike":"Verb",
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"\u2014 New Yorker"
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"He got pickled at the office party.",
"I must have been rather pickled when I agreed to your stupid scheme.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That could mean a seared chicken breast over a salad of greens, or even braised short ribs served with a pickled or crunchy side salad. \u2014 Hannah Selinger, Outside Online , 14 May 2021",
"Fried Tokyo chicken translates as piping hot nuggets of thigh meat made flavorful with soy sauce, ginger and garlic and partnered with snappy pickled cucumbers \u2014 a pause that refreshes between bites of chicken. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Jan. 2022",
"That\u2019s why water bath canning is used for higher-acid foods such as jams, and pressure canning for lower-acid foods such as non- pickled vegetables. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Aug. 2021",
"The tom kha cauliflower comes in the G.T.P. (Gettin That Paper), with sweet potato glass noodles, pickled cucumbers, truffled tomatoes, herbs and toasted coconut. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2021",
"Etsitty also makes his own pickled cucumber, jalape\u00f1o and red onion. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic , 12 Oct. 2020",
"The tangy, crunchy and colorful pickled relish \u2014 it\u2019s the house giardiniera \u2014 is an inspired touch, and the housemade pickles contribute another cleansing vinegar punch. \u2014 Rick Nelson, Star Tribune , 28 Aug. 2020",
"Order the crispy fish with pickled veggies and a side of curry sauce. \u2014 Essence , 11 June 2020",
"Pops of crunch from quick- pickled cucumber add a refreshing note. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 28 May 2020"
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"squiffed",
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"stoned",
"tanked",
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"tight",
"tipsy",
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": a disease of honeybees caused by a fungus ( Aspergillus pollinis )":[]
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The land transitions from muddy carpet for tiptoeing egrets to a rippling watery habitat at high tide studded with mounds of native grasses and pickleweed . \u2014 Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Native plants like the Pacific cordgrass and pickleweed provide the muscle for sea level rise adaptation, said John Callaway, a wetlands restoration ecologist at the University of San Francisco. \u2014 Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Yet until recently, sea beans, which belong to the genus Salicornia and are also known as samphire, glasswort, pickleweed , and sea asparagus, had never figured prominently in Charleston\u2019s storied culinary traditions. \u2014 Caroline Hatchett, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 Mar. 2021",
"Water slowly snakes inland to flood the ground peppered with plugs of native pickleweed seeds, and ducks dive for emerging aquatic bugs. \u2014 National Geographic , 13 June 2017"
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": the larva of a brown-and-yellow moth ( Diaphania nitidales ) of the family Pyralidae or Crambidae that attacks the vines of cucurbits in North and South America":[]
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"unfussy"
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"Because pen collectors are a picky lot, and some antiques dealers who are not in the pen business can overlook the details of condition, there is occasional friction.",
"\u2014 Bill Holland",
"With rising ticket prices and new competition from cable TV, cost-conscious families may be pickier about the movies they choose to see.",
"\u2014 David Ansen and Martin Kasindorf"
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"examples":[
"a picky cat who would only eat one particular kind of food, and only if it was served in his special dish",
"she's picky , but she always finds the best quality in fresh meat and fish",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Stay on for ap\u00e9ro hour and settle at a table up on the rooftop terrace for cocktails and picky bits of warm local fougasse bread with a trio of tangy sauces and local olives in time for sunset. \u2014 Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Some people like rom-coms, others like documentaries, and some are just straight-up picky about everything. \u2014 Annie O\u2019sullivan, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
"The restaurant, run by wife-and-husband duo Gerad Gobel and Alexis Rorabaugh, is confident enough in its pizzas that there is a hard ban on any modifications \u2014 a bold move for a place surrounded by picky college students. \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
"The peak years of picky eating are between ages 2 and 6, as children start to want more autonomy. \u2014 Anna Nordberg, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"Opt for a hard cheese like Parmesan and Cheddar, both traditional picks that won't make picky folks turn up their noises at stinky smells. \u2014 Mandy Major, Woman's Day , 6 May 2022",
"Hikers are a picky bunch who tend to be particular about their gear. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Now available in a pump for easy dosage control, this hemp oil for dogs without any taste is tailored to picky palates. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Cats aren\u2019t picky hunters but will pounce on the easiest available prey. \u2014 Daniel Herrera, The Conversation , 8 Apr. 2022"
],
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"\u02c8pi-k\u0113"
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"finicking",
"finicky",
"fussbudgety",
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"nice",
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"\u2014 Josephine Pinckney"
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},
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"Noun",
"We decided to have a picnic on the beach.",
"We ate our picnic by the lake.",
"The annual school picnic is this weekend.",
"This winter is a picnic compared with last year's.",
"Verb",
"We picnicked in the park.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The rushing sound of water and canopy of over 100 live oak trees make this park an excellent location for a picnic or some simple relaxation. \u2014 Gabi De La Rosa, Chron , 8 June 2022",
"Carry these delicious sandwiches to the back porch or patio, or pack them to go for a picnic in the park. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"The McPolin barn offers restroom facilities, a historic homestead and a great lawn for a picnic . \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"Chintzy prints, ruffled hems, and all-over florals fit for a picnic may be used throughout the collection, but don't call it cottagecore. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 May 2022",
"Possible activities include fishing, hiking, cycling or just settling in for a picnic . \u2014 Ana Roc\u00edo \u00c1lvarez Br\u00ed\u00f1ez, The Courier-Journal , 10 May 2022",
"The family-friendly attraction has a gift shop and concession stand, and visitors are welcome to bring their own food for a picnic as well. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
"Particularly in the summer when the rain tends to lighten up, the 350-acre royal park is perfect for a picnic or a stroll with a to-go tea. \u2014 Claire Stern, ELLE , 5 May 2022",
"Talk about a fun way to work up an appetite for a delicious picnic ! \u2014 Erin Cavoto, Country Living , 4 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This beach boasts all the amenities, including restrooms, showers, concessions, and a boardwalk along the jetty with overlook platforms and picnic tables. \u2014 Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The brewery's charming outdoor space\u2014emulating a grassy backyard complete with vegetable patches, picnic tables and Adirondack chairs\u2014was a huge draw. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 22 June 2022",
"Both beaches have concession stands, bathrooms, changing areas, showers, grills, and picnic tables. \u2014 Sam Dangremond, Town & Country , 18 June 2022",
"The park also has a playground, ramada, picnic area and grills. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022",
"The day-use area had pit toilets and picnic tables. \u2014 Bob Robinson, Arkansas Online , 23 May 2022",
"Pre-pandemic, the first level was a large room with high ceilings and picnic tables scattered about that could be moved to create a dance floor. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
"There are lots of trees, lots of shade and plenty of patio furniture and picnic tables. \u2014 Matt Koesters, The Enquirer , 22 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s an out-of-the-way shady spot filled with cedars and picnic tables that\u2019s less crowded \u2014 and inaccessible by car. \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022"
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"\u02c8pik-(\u02cc)nik",
"\u02c8pik-\u02ccnik"
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"fun and games",
"hog heaven"
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"Adjective",
"a pictorial record of the trip",
"that photojournalist is planning to do a primarily pictorial report on the famine in Africa",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Many bands of Plains tribes, like the Lakota, kept what are known as winter counts, pictorial histories drawn onto animal hides. \u2014 Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
"While prior decks were less pictorial in nature, Smith's is filled with lush imagery that makes their interpretation easier for the reader. \u2014 CNN , 12 May 2022",
"There\u2019s a beautiful pictorial graphic sense to a lot of his work, but a lot of his writing is vaguely repellent. \u2014 Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue , 10 Mar. 2022",
"But while magazines like Outside publish in-depth profiles about serious topics, their appeal for many is largely pictorial . \u2014 Robert Isenberg, Longreads , 26 Apr. 2022",
"In his late work, Guston developed a kind of pictorial alphabet of images that kept repeating, including books, cigars, windows with green shades, and shoes. \u2014 Peter Saenger, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The history of Wingdings, that silly pictorial font on your computer, is actually fascinating. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Their physical bodies \u2014 and your own \u2014 get entangled with those pictorial references to bodily experience, bringing a ghostly, incorporeal picture home. \u2014 Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"An idealistic and pictorial adventure film with a serious agenda. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Scrolling through Sisson's Instagram is now a loving pictorial of Arizona running, from the Valley canals up to Flagstaff and places in between. \u2014 Jeff Metcalfe, The Arizona Republic , 7 Aug. 2021",
"His direction emphasizes the pictorial over the physical. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 9 June 2021",
"Probert was not particularly fond of cats, but this pictorial appealed to him as an advertising logo. \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 9 Jan. 2020",
"The Wall preened for magazine pictorials and played the heavy in spy novels. \u2014 Time , 8 Nov. 2019",
"As EW\u2019s Marc Snetiker analyzed, the four pictorials probably represent either the four classical elements (water, earth, fire, air) or the four Gregorian seasons (spring, summer, fall, winter). \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 10 June 2019",
"Playboy temporarily stopped featuring nude pictorials in 2015. \u2014 Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News , 2 May 2018"
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"1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1844, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"Late Latin pictorius , from Latin pictor painter \u2014 more at picturesque":"Adjective"
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"pik-\u02c8t\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259l"
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"represent"
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"Noun",
"I hung the picture on the wall.",
"The book has a lot of pictures .",
"Draw a picture of your house.",
"The staff looked at the financial picture of the company.",
"The overall economic picture is improving.",
"Verb",
"I can still picture the house I grew up in.",
"I can't picture changing jobs at this point in my life.",
"Picture what it would be like if you didn't own a car.",
"Can you picture him as a teacher",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Even as the Biden administration takes credit for righting the ship, however, the president\u2019s advisers have recently begun to paint a gloomier picture . \u2014 Lev Facher, STAT , 23 June 2022",
"Pretty as a picture : See Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge's first official portrait together. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"Tashima screamed, gesturing to a large picture of the young boy and singling out his resemblance to Darnell. \u2014 Jay L. Clendenin, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"Complainants would be able to submit a picture or video capturing the license plate of the offender through the city\u2019s 311 system. \u2014 Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"Stay true to yourself and know that there is a bigger picture here. \u2014 Eric Berkley, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Aside from being a literal physical representation of a picture perfect family, the fashion genes are just as strong \u2014 their two daughters, Kaavia and Zaya, are already fashion icons in the making. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 22 June 2022",
"Ayton been posting picture on Instagram with his namesake son. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
"And a slightly more complex picture of the restaurant\u2019s future emerged. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Now picture two guards, Daniel and his younger colleague Ammar, patrolling the area night and day to make sure no one goes anywhere near the river. \u2014 Trinidad Barleycorn, Variety , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Now picture that style in conversation with the cosmic-cowboy sensibility that reached the high desert with rock star Gram Parsons (and his embroidered bell-bottoms) in the 1970s. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Just picture him at the grill, killing the burger game in this canvas number. \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 18 May 2022",
"To understand the coastal grandmother, picture its opposite: the grimy style of Euphoria, with its tight fabrics, facial embellishments, hamster-sized purses, and sheen of sweat, cum, sebum, and gasoline. \u2014 Glamour , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Then picture her at 12, meeting her manager-to-be for the first time: the same actor, with little pretense to obscuring the fact that this is a goofy adult play-acting as a preternaturally gifted kid. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Then picture the relief of having your debt eliminated faster. \u2014 Veronica Dagher, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
"So picture me, with an unexpectedly large amount of car to my left, trying to balance on the clutch as cars nip and tuck down a street not wide enough for two to drive abreast, with a two-foot-thick medieval wall just beyond my rearview mirror. \u2014 Mike Mcshane, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Close your eyes and picture the perfect shampoo; a shampoo that smells amazing and intensely cleanses your hair. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Verb"
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"\u02c8pik-ch\u0259r"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Ever Chen's picture book promises to be just as inspiring as his memoir. \u2014 Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"The 32-page picture book spreads a heartwarming message of being a positive force in the world \u2014 one that all ages will delight in reading. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 May 2022",
"The picture book encourages youngsters to pick up a book and start reaping the benefits of reading. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Good Housekeeping , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The Hamilton actor and Waitress star have written their first picture book together, PEOPLE can exclusively announce. \u2014 Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
"Ahead of the book\u2019s release, Torres chatted with THR about writing his debut picture book and teased finishing the second season of Los Espookys. \u2014 Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"At his first campaign-style rallies of 2022, in Arizona and Texas, giant television screens paid for by Mr. Trump\u2019s PAC advertised his $75 picture book . \u2014 New York Times , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Released by Random House, the picture book for readers ages 4-8 builds on the mindset the celebrity couple was raised with and that led them to be superstars on the field and on the stage. \u2014 Brande Victorian, Essence , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The children\u2019s picture book is a tribute to White\u2019s late grandfather and the accomplishments of the Tuskegee Airmen. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 22 Feb. 2022"
],
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"1699, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1922, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"ideal",
"immaculate",
"impeccable",
"indefectible",
"irreproachable",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect",
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"unblemished"
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"flawless",
"ideal",
"immaculate",
"impeccable",
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"pictures":{
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"image",
"portray",
"represent"
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": a mental image":[],
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": to describe graphically in words":[],
": to form a mental image of : imagine":[]
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"Noun",
"I hung the picture on the wall.",
"The book has a lot of pictures .",
"Draw a picture of your house.",
"The staff looked at the financial picture of the company.",
"The overall economic picture is improving.",
"Verb",
"I can still picture the house I grew up in.",
"I can't picture changing jobs at this point in my life.",
"Picture what it would be like if you didn't own a car.",
"Can you picture him as a teacher",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Even as the Biden administration takes credit for righting the ship, however, the president\u2019s advisers have recently begun to paint a gloomier picture . \u2014 Lev Facher, STAT , 23 June 2022",
"Pretty as a picture : See Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge's first official portrait together. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"Tashima screamed, gesturing to a large picture of the young boy and singling out his resemblance to Darnell. \u2014 Jay L. Clendenin, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"Complainants would be able to submit a picture or video capturing the license plate of the offender through the city\u2019s 311 system. \u2014 Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"Stay true to yourself and know that there is a bigger picture here. \u2014 Eric Berkley, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Aside from being a literal physical representation of a picture perfect family, the fashion genes are just as strong \u2014 their two daughters, Kaavia and Zaya, are already fashion icons in the making. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 22 June 2022",
"Ayton been posting picture on Instagram with his namesake son. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
"And a slightly more complex picture of the restaurant\u2019s future emerged. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Now picture two guards, Daniel and his younger colleague Ammar, patrolling the area night and day to make sure no one goes anywhere near the river. \u2014 Trinidad Barleycorn, Variety , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Now picture that style in conversation with the cosmic-cowboy sensibility that reached the high desert with rock star Gram Parsons (and his embroidered bell-bottoms) in the 1970s. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Just picture him at the grill, killing the burger game in this canvas number. \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 18 May 2022",
"To understand the coastal grandmother, picture its opposite: the grimy style of Euphoria, with its tight fabrics, facial embellishments, hamster-sized purses, and sheen of sweat, cum, sebum, and gasoline. \u2014 Glamour , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Then picture her at 12, meeting her manager-to-be for the first time: the same actor, with little pretense to obscuring the fact that this is a goofy adult play-acting as a preternaturally gifted kid. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Then picture the relief of having your debt eliminated faster. \u2014 Veronica Dagher, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
"So picture me, with an unexpectedly large amount of car to my left, trying to balance on the clutch as cars nip and tuck down a street not wide enough for two to drive abreast, with a two-foot-thick medieval wall just beyond my rearview mirror. \u2014 Mike Mcshane, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Close your eyes and picture the perfect shampoo; a shampoo that smells amazing and intensely cleanses your hair. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Verb"
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"\u02c8pik-ch\u0259r"
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"The view of the mountains was very picturesque .",
"wrote a picturesque tale of their journey across the country",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Emilia forms part of a family whose children are on summer vacation on their grandparents\u2019 farm in the picturesque countryside of Tepoztlan, central Mexico. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"Biden arrived in Germany\u2019s picturesque Bavarian alps early Sunday morning to join his G-7 counterparts for the annual meeting. \u2014 Landon Mion, Fox News , 26 June 2022",
"Staying There: Everywhere in the Black Forest is easily reachable from the eight-room Adler 1604 hotel, centrally located in the picturesque town of Schiltach (from about $130 a night). \u2014 Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Set aside a full day for this rigorous but rewarding hike to a picturesque lake on a ridge top cozied up alongside the peak of Mount Ascension. \u2014 Nevin Martell, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Established in 2009, Red Bull\u2019s annual international cliff diving competitions make stops in some of the world\u2019s most picturesque locations, in both major cities and serene coastal areas. \u2014 Andy Frye, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The lake's stunning blue water, surrounded by more than 270 miles of shoreline, makes for a picturesque backdrop for a long list of recreational activities, including boating, jet skiing, and zip lining. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 15 June 2022",
"Bianca, a model from Brazil, shared some photos on Instagram from a recent trip to a sunny vacation spot, complete with picturesque palm trees. \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 12 June 2022",
"The movie, known for its picturesque Alpine landscapes and rousing musical numbers, remains a fan favorite 57 years on. \u2014 Toyin Owoseje, CNN , 10 June 2022"
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"1703, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for picturesque graphic , vivid , picturesque mean giving a clear visual impression in words. graphic stresses the evoking of a clear lifelike picture. a graphic account of combat vivid suggests an impressing on the mind of the vigorous aliveness of something. a vivid re-creation of an exciting event picturesque suggests the presentation of a striking or effective picture composed of features notable for their distinctness and charm. a picturesque account of his travels",
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"pictorial",
"visual",
"vivid"
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"noun"
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": to show that one is willing and ready to fight, argue, or compete with someone or to do something that is difficult but necessary : to accept or respond to a challenge":[
"The time has come for Congress to pick up the gauntlet and do something about this problem."
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"type":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kim Tae-ri)\u2014who is actually a pickpocket hired by a mysterious con man to convince Hideko to marry him. \u2014 Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 June 2022",
"The same alleged pickpocket is believed to be responsible for four thefts that occurred between May 2021 and May 2022, according to Detective Freddy Herrero from the San Diego County Sheriff\u2019s Department\u2019s Lemon Grove substation. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Bates forges a letter and saves the monarchy with his pickpocket skills. \u2014 Tom Fitzgerald And Lorenzo Marquez, Town & Country , 17 May 2022",
"Huell says, gesturing at, well, all this: an illicit meetup in an anonymous parking lot, trading cash for criminal favors from a career pickpocket . \u2014 Kat Rosenfield, EW.com , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The Great Gozleone shrugged and retreated behind the curtain as the next act, a pickpocket with a curled mustache and round spectacles, came out to hammer a six-inch nail into the center of his head. \u2014 David Hill, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Her character is introduced as a skilled pickpocket who joins the games to earn money to support her younger brother and reunite them with their mother, who is in North Korea. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The series, starring Christopher Eccleston, David Threlfall, Billy Jenkins and Saira Choudhry, imagines the adventures of the infamous pickpocket the Artful Dodger, a character from Dickens\u2019 Oliver Twist. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Feb. 2022",
"There\u2019s just one problem: charismatic pickpocket -turned-treasure hunter Nathan Drake (Holland) and his (untrusty) mentor Sully (Wahlberg) are out for the gold, too. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 Feb. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-232526"
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"pick (someone or something) to pieces/shreds":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
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": to study and criticize all of the parts of (someone or something)":[
"The media picked his personal life to pieces .",
"Her ideas were picked to shreds by her coworkers."
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hemsworth\u2019s character, Steve, and his assistant observe the effects of the drugs on inmates through a giant picture window . \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"Handmade sketches on the picture window first draw you into the homey store. \u2014 Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"That said, the room-spanning picture window practically turns Smith\u2019s treatment room into a lightbox just begging for a post-facial selfie, so there\u2019s a chance those follower numbers may be poised to turn a corner. \u2014 Katie Becker, Vogue , 6 June 2022",
"Through this radiant picture window , Matisse\u2014and, by extension, MoMA\u2014offers us a rare portal into the immediacy of the creative act. \u2014 Lance Esplund, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
"Late afternoon sun filtered in through the picture window , turning the marble counters gold. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The room, which has a picture window flanked by side windows looking out to the driveway and gardens, is 183 square feet, and light also comes from a Sputnik fixture that looks like a 3-D model of a chemical structure. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The dining room has built-ins and a large picture window overlooking the backyard. \u2014 cleveland , 18 Mar. 2022",
"As Wu works, her city rumbles along outside the picture window behind her, plane after plane taking off from Logan Airport over the inner harbor. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One of the bright new features of Snapdragon Stadium will be state-of-the-art video boards \u2014 a pair of them \u2014 which for fans will be like going from a TV with a picture tube to a flat screen with HD. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Feb. 2022",
"The secret of this miniature affair is a new-type picture tube , only one inch in diameter and six inches long. \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 29 July 2021",
"Factory workers here made typewriters for Remington Rand, television picture tubes for Westinghouse Electric Corp. and Sikorsky helicopters for the U.S. military. \u2014 Valerie Bauerlein, WSJ , 27 Sep. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The pickax may be outdoors, but a formal gap still separates artifact from audience. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Authorities believe escaped inmate Gonzalo Artemio Lopez, who was serving a life sentence after being convicted of killing a man with a pickax , killed them and fled in the farm truck. \u2014 Lindsey Bever, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
"Hurst told The Post that Lopez killed the man with a pickax . \u2014 Timothy Bella, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"According to Richman, the original artwork had used a weapon that much more closely resembled a pickax . \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2021",
"One depicts an industrial miner in hard hat, headlamp and boots; another a shoeless, shirtless man in ragged shorts holding a pickax . \u2014 New York Times , 10 Nov. 2021",
"The victim told officers that Stigall had broken into the home with a pickax , then took the victim to an ATM and demanded cash. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Tom Staggs, then chairman of Disney Parks & Resorts, dedicated the ride with a golden pickax , with help from Snow White and Dopey. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com , 1 Sep. 2021",
"The family trudged up the hill to the tap-tap of a pickax digging out the grave where Mushtaq would be buried. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Aug. 2021"
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"She joined her coworkers on the picket line .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Delivery drivers for the wholesale alcohol distributor Breakthru Beverage remained on the picket line Wednesday as their strike continued into its second week. \u2014 Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"Both Warrior Met and the union have used the picket line as a way to focus attention on the strike. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Tens of thousands right now are walking the picket line . \u2014 NBC News , 17 Oct. 2021",
"After the orchestra and cast vowed not to cross the picket line Wednesday night, Hanney had little choice but to send the audience home just minutes before curtain. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Kaydence Tice, a 30-year-old songwriter, was at the front of the picket line . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
"But, as the suffs learn, movements transform; our government leaders change, as do the demands of the people on the picket line . \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Striking teachers at Proviso High School District 209 were back on the picket line Tuesday, as classes were canceled for a seventh day for the 4,200 students enrolled at the district\u2019s three high schools. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The strike was complicated by the fact that the current labor contract included a no-strike clause that required UAW members to cross the picket line of fellow workers fighting for their right to bargain. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 9 Oct. 2021"
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"Tall pine trees lined both sides of the road, backdropped by an occasional stone wall or picket fence \u2026",
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"\u2014 often used to evoke an idealized or stereotypical image or conception of happy suburban homes in the U.S. First we are lulled with a vision of homespun Americana: flowers, a picket fence , a fireman waving from his fire truck, a man watering his front lawn. \u2014 David Ansen \"Everyone saw me on TV or read articles, and it was all about my great marriage, the white picket fence , all this success and my perfect life. But behind the scenes, it was a struggle,\" says [Lindsay] Vonn \u2026 \u2014 Elizabeth Leonard \u2026 grandparents who were hoping their grandchildren would be raised behind a white picket fence and full-measure suburbanites \u2026 \u2014 Janet Elder We have worked our way up the real estate food chain to the point where we have a modest version of the complete suburban package: the picket fence , the stone walls, the in-ground pool \u2026 \u2014 Charles McGrath"
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"Rapid switching is possible in principle (the laser should be able to switch in picoseconds ), but that still has to be done in practice. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 17 May 2020",
"Lasers that generate picosecond pulses with average powers of 50W are not that hard to obtain. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 30 Aug. 2019",
"Ytterbium is highly stable, so ytterbium atomic clocks are accurate past the nanosecond scale, all the way to the picosecond and femtosecond scale (1/1,000,000,000,000,000th of a second). \u2014 Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics , 28 Nov. 2016",
"The result is that a pulse generator with a 14-bit digital-to-analog converter and a temporal resolution of 1 nanosecond can change the timing between the centers of pulses by just a picosecond or so. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 25 Jan. 2018",
"This has been the biggest breakthrough for laser technology in 20 years as the picoseconds release their energy in one trillionth of a second, breaking up the bonds of the tattoo ink into very fine particles. \u2014 Nazanin Saedi, M.d., Philly.com , 11 Oct. 2017",
"In recent years, a variety of picosecond lasers have become commercially available. \u2014 Nazanin Saedi, M.d., Philly.com , 11 Oct. 2017",
"The whole process, the paper claims, happens in less than 5 picoseconds , or 5 trillionths of a second. \u2014 Caleb Garling, WIRED , 8 Feb. 2012"
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"probably from Medieval Latin, collection of church rules":"Noun"
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"1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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": a poisonous bitter crystalline stimulant and convulsive substance C 30 H 34 O 13 obtained from the berry of a southeast Asian vine ( Anamirta cocculus) and used intravenously as an antidote for barbiturate poisoning":[]
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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": a small shrill flute whose range is an octave higher than that of an ordinary flute":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"These students may not have access to piccolo lessons, excursions to the Galapagos Islands, or advanced placement courses that can boost a student\u2019s chance of admission. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Making an inaugural appearance at this year\u2019s Spirit Awards, Arrvo served up a menu featuring macchiatos, lattes, flat whites, cappuccinos, matcha lattes, dirty chai lattes, piccolo lattes, hot chocolate and more. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Political boondogglers pampering expensive projects that might eventually produce a lot of good piccolo players, but certainly won\u2019t put any airplanes in MacArthur\u2019s offensive. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"His good friend Martayvia, who plays piccolo , has become a sister figure to him, despite some initial tension. \u2014 Candace Mcduffie, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Alyssa Alexander, who graduated from Ocoee in 2014, played the flute, piccolo , and piano during her time in the band. \u2014 Nathaniel Marrero, orlandosentinel.com , 28 Oct. 2021",
"It\u2019s the violette that provides top notes, a piccolo fluttering around the palate, a flavor that\u2019s at once delicate and powerful. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Even a piccolo , the smallest instrument in an orchestra, won\u2019t fit in your pocket. \u2014 Bruce Weinstein, Forbes , 2 Oct. 2021",
"Ferrari promises glorious sounds from the new V-6, disclosing that the 3.0-liter was nicknamed as the piccolo V-12, or little V-12, during the development phase thanks to the sonorous notes. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 24 June 2021"
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"1841, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"probably ultimately from Portuguese pequenino , diminutive of pequeno small":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-050058"
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"pick entry 6":""
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},
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"He made a pickoff throw to third base.",
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"picked off more passes than any other player in the division",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"North looked poised to tie when Caughey's errant pickoff attempt moved James MacAuley from first to third. \u2014 Mason Young, Detroit Free Press , 18 June 2022",
"Ramirez doubled with two out in the first and took third on a throwing error by Murphy, whose pickoff attempt from behind the plate sailed into center field. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
"Attempting to keep the runner on first close with a pickoff , Patty threw wild, allowing Derek Orndorff, who had doubled, to score an unearned run and Three Hillier, who had singled, to advance to third. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 5 June 2022",
"Davis caught a runner stealing in the second and also executed a snap throw to first for a pickoff in the fifth. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 20 May 2022",
"Kershaw threw just 13 pitches in the first, ending the inning with a pickoff of Seiya Suzuki. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
"Additionally, pitchers will only be allowed two pickoff throws or step-offs per plate appearance. \u2014 Jake Seiner, chicagotribune.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Counting a Sunday doubleheader, the teams played seven games against each other in a 11-day span, including a May 13 contest in which Donaldson pushed Anderson off the base while tagging him on a pickoff attempt at third. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 26 May 2022",
"Jose Siri led off the third with a single, stole second and went to third on an errant pickoff throw by Quantrill. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 25 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"\u02ccpi-k\u0259-\u02c8resk",
"\u02ccp\u0113-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The White Tiger is a picaresque tale of an Indian man\u2019s escape from poverty to business success, and of ambition being muddied by morality. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Fielding's is a picaresque novel, an early literary genre which focuses on a roguish but lovable underdog hero on a series of adventures. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 9 Sep. 2021",
"In a picaresque life, Ms. Ginsberg lived in New York City, Switzerland, Israel and Ecuador. \u2014 Annabelle Williams, New York Times , 26 Aug. 2021",
"Jim Harrison reviewed this picaresque tale of a young writer on the brink of success for The Times \u2014 and loved it. \u2014 Tina Jordan, New York Times , 26 Mar. 2021",
"There are picaresque detours, slapstick-heavy set pieces and a thick veneer of corporate-culture satire, mostly aimed at the Great Beyond\u2019s overseers, each one a marvel of translucent forms and squiggly lines. \u2014 Justin Chang Film Critic, Los Angeles Times , 22 Dec. 2020",
"After Cabortes throws him out, Pattie makes his way to Monterey and has more picaresque adventures, including taking part on both sides of a minor civil war. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com , 1 May 2020",
"Pennell tells this meandering, local picaresque tale with low-key emotions that rise very high through his distinctive eye for idiosyncratic behavior (as in the very first scene, of Frank sleeping off a bender on Lloyd\u2019s pool table). \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Once the plot requires Percy to go on a picaresque quest to retrieve the titular lightning bolt, with Annabeth and a satyr named Grover (Jorrel Javier) in tow, the storytelling and songwriting become hectic and monotonous. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 16 Oct. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Le Chevalier\u2019s manuscript\u2014written in (eccentric) French, the lingua franca of diplomacy, one of his ephemeral m\u00e9tiers\u2014has its own picaresque history. \u2014 Judith Thurman, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"Br\u00e1s Cubas, a deceased character born in 1805 who never achieved grace or glory, reflects on his picaresque life, multiple failures, and equally numerous delusions. \u2014 Farah Abdessamad, The Atlantic , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Granados crafts a picaresque of art galleries, SoHo lofts, and Hamptons mansions, deftly satirizing the wealthy without denying the value of what wealth can buy: gorgeous clothes, superb champagne, easy confidence. \u2014 The New Yorker , 18 Oct. 2021",
"That notion of American openness, of ever-fractalizing free will, coming up against the fickle realities of fate is the tension that powers Towles\u2019 exciting, entertaining and sometimes implausible picaresque . \u2014 Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times , 5 Oct. 2021",
"The Summer Thieves is a picaresque adventure modeled on the work of Jack Vance. \u2014 Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED , 20 Aug. 2021",
"This parodic picaresque finds Sturges at the zenith of his formidable powers to abrade and delight. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 July 2021",
"Diaghilev drew inspiration for The Three-Cornered Hat from a picaresque novel by Spanish writer Pedro de Alarc\u00f3n. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 July 2021",
"As chaos descended, her family scattered, and Kukielka embarked on a series of darkly picaresque adventures. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 Apr. 2021"
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"Spanish picaresco , from p\u00edcaro":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-125507"
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"-\u00e4t\u0259",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All-purpose flour is the preferred piccata coating in the Italian cookbooks I\u2019ve consulted \u2014 though your family or favorite restaurant may make it differently! \u2014 G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"Entrees, from $22 to $26, are lemon chicken, chicken parmesan, sole piccata , baked haddock, shrimp scampi and veal marsala. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 3 May 2022",
"The thin part works very well pounded thinner as cutlets in recipes like turkey Parmesan, turkey Marsala or piccata , or Wiener schnitzel. \u2014 Hank Shaw, Outside Online , 1 May 2022",
"The generous feast serves 4-5 and includes mini meatballs with marinara sauce, salad, lasagna, fettuccine Alfredo, chicken piccata , two slices of New York-style cheesecake, two pieces of Gigi's butter cake, and bread. \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Admission is $50 per person and includes your choice of chicken piccata or vegetarian quiche. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Three of the most popular options include spaghetti, lasagne, or chicken piccata \u2014all of which are served with bread and salad, and start at just $39.99 each. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Country Living , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Foodwise, expect Jean-George staples like black truffle pizza and butternut squash soup \u2013 made with vegetables plucked from the resort\u2019s garden \u2013 and original creations like the umami-rich pumpkin potstickers and monkfish piccata . \u2014 Katie Chang, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Sample classic Italian dishes like tagliatelle bolognese, order the local spin on piccata using trout, or slurp up bowls of ramen, a chef favorite because noodles. \u2014 Lauren Mowery, Forbes , 30 Oct. 2021"
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"picture entry 1 + -drome":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
"American Spanish, from Spanish, stew of chopped meat, from picado , past participle of picar to prick, chop, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin piccare":""
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"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a small European marine fish ( Spicara smaris ) of the family Maenidae":[]
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"We'll call your name when your food is ready for pickup .",
"\u2026 please have your party call you for pickup after they have retrieved their luggage.",
"\u2014 Rebecca Turco"
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"picking up a great deal of knowledge in the process",
"\u2014 Robert Schleicher"
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],
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"picked up her first victory"
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"had a brief affair with a girl he picked up in a bar"
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"picked up the harbor lights"
],
": to come to and follow":[
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": to bring within range of sight or hearing":[
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],
": understand , catch":[
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": to assume responsibility for guarding (an opponent) in an athletic contest":[],
": to provide needed support or assistance to (someone who has faltered or failed, such as a teammate who has made an error) in a collaborative effort":[
"\u2026 Burns allowed only five hits and did not issue a walk. She also picked up her teammates after several fielding errors.",
"\u2014 John Knebels",
"We have faith. We don't panic. Even in all these one-run ballgames, we have trust in each other that we're going to pull it out. We pick each other up . On days we're not pitching it great, our offense gets going and vice versa.",
"\u2014 Marco Gonzales"
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": to recover or increase speed, vigor, or activity : improve":[
"after the strike, business picked up",
"the wind began to pick up"
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": to put things in order":[
"was always picking up after her"
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": to pack up one's belongings":[
"couldn't just pick up and leave"
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"\u02c8pik-\u02cc\u0259p"
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"get",
"learn",
"master"
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"unlearn"
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"Noun",
"The fee pays for garbage pickup .",
"The school bus was late for its afternoon pickup .",
"The truck is scheduled to make a pickup today.",
"Adjective",
"He plays with pickup bands at nightclubs.",
"What's the pickup scene like in this city?",
"Verb",
"he has a knack for picking up a language in a few weeks",
"pick up all of your things because we have to be off this beach before dark",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Witnesses reported that the driver of a pickup sat behind the stop sign at the plaza and waited before accelerating as Timothy walked by, according to court records. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 June 2022",
"Pundits downgraded Republicans\u2019 chances of a pickup after Mr. Mastriano\u2019s victory. \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"The film\u2019s biggest set-piece is a dual chase through the ancient streets of the Maltese capital Valetta, with Claire in the back of a pickup and Owen on a motorcycle. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"Deputies arrived and were told Mia Worthy, 20, of Elkins, was a passenger in the front seat of the pickup . \u2014 Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online , 1 June 2022",
"The driver of a pickup struck and seriously injured a pedestrian Thursday morning in Bay Park near Clairemont, leaving the woman with life-threatening injuries, San Diego police said. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"Alaska State Troopers confirmed Hackney\u2019s death, identifying him as the driver of a pickup that collided with another vehicle Wednesday afternoon in Fairbanks. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022",
"The driver of the pickup was not wearing his seatbelt. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 11 May 2022",
"The female driver of the Dodge pickup was severely injured and taken to the hospital, police said. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 10 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Preston turned heads during pickup games in September only to injure a foot on the eve of camp. \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Through a cousin, Njie reached out to Wadda, who was able to offer a recommendation to Taal because of friends back in D.C. who had already seen Njie excelling in pickup games. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 24 Mar. 2022",
"While 66 percent of non-luxury-vehicle shoppers considered an SUV and 35 percent looked into pickup trucks in the first three months of this year, only five percent considered a minivan. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 30 May 2022",
"Cousins, aunts and uncles pulled up in pickup trucks. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"This extra-large shade boasts 65.7 by 36.4 inches of coverage for use in pickup trucks and SUVs. \u2014 Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022",
"Based in Ketchum, Idaho, with production facilities and manufacturing in Defiance, Ohio, and St. George, Utah, DECKED designs, engineers, and manufacturers storage and organization products for pickup trucks and cargo vans. \u2014 Outside Online , 23 May 2022",
"The city is expecting significant delays in pickup times throughout the week. \u2014 Anna Caplan, Dallas News , 15 Feb. 2021",
"The morning after the parade, Andrew Giuliani drove to the Bellmore train station on Long Island, where hundreds gathered to meet and greet Republican candidates in a parking lot jammed with pickup trucks and festooned with Trump flags. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The bright lights of Los Angeles didn\u2019t pull him away, Kiffin says, but rather the chance to pick up where Carroll left off. \u2014 Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"That\u2019s a tough age to pick up everything and find friends in a new environment. \u2014 Michael Saponara, Billboard , 30 June 2022",
"Computer vision is often able to notice patterns that the human eye can't pick up . \u2014 Aparajeeta Das, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Tucker had the option to pick up his $7.35 million option for next season, or utilize his non-Bird rights to earn $8.4 million for 2022-23 by opting out and then returning. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"Outside King\u2019s College Hospital in London, ambulance drivers reported heavy delays, which hampered their efforts to pick up and bring in patients. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"There is also a risk that inflation will pick up again as Western sanctions reduce the supply of goods and services over coming months. \u2014 Paul Hannon, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"Frontier is trying to preserve an agreement that would create the largest deep-discount airline in the US, with a clear path to pick up Spirit\u2019s most price-sensitive customers and without a larger rival to hinder expansion. \u2014 Mary Schlangenstein, Fortune , 6 June 2022",
"Frontier is trying to preserve an agreement that would create the largest deep-discount airline in the US, with a clear path to pick up Spirit\u2019s most price-sensitive customers and without a larger rival to hinder expansion. \u2014 Mary Schlangenstein, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1898, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-034854"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"picture entry 1 + -dom":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-040353"
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"-s\u0259\u0307n",
"\u02c8p\u012b\u02ccs\u012bn"
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"type":[
"transitive verb"
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"definitions":{
": to work (as a shadow) into a painting with a pointed tool":[]
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"noun"
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": a king, queen, or jack in a deck of cards":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a dark brown variety of spinel containing chromium and iron":[]
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"French picotite , from Picot , Baron de la Peyrouse \u20201818 French botanist + French -ite":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-054233"
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"adjective or noun",
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": a member of a people of the north of Scotland who are first noted in historical records in the late third century and who became amalgamated with the Scots in the mid-eighth century":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English Pictes , plural, Picts, from Old English Pihtas , from Late Latin Picti":""
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-095806"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a horseman in a bullfight who jabs the bull with a lance to weaken its neck and shoulder muscles":[]
},
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"\u02c8pi-k\u0259-\u02ccd\u022fr",
"\u02ccpi-k\u0259-\u02c8d\u022fr"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There is some merit in both views, and few people on either side will miss Mr. Trump\u2019s wandering ruminations and his jousts with his media picadors . \u2014 Conrad Black, National Review , 28 Apr. 2020"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, from picar to prick, from Vulgar Latin *piccare \u2014 more at pike":""
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"1789, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-100317"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a bride in a picture marriage":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"pick entry 1 + maw":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a meadow frog ( Rana palustris ) of eastern North America very similar to the leopard frog but distinguished by squarish dark spots on the back":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-113237"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": cut tobacco for cigarettes":[]
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"Spanish, from picado (past participle of picar ) + -ura -ure (from Latin)":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-120241"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"\u02c8p\u012bs-",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from (assumed) New Latin piciformis , from Latin picus woodpecker + -iformis -iform":""
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"\u02c8pik-ch\u0259r-\u02ccbu\u0307k"
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"absolute",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"ideal",
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"irreproachable",
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"imperfect",
"reproachable"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Ever Chen's picture book promises to be just as inspiring as his memoir. \u2014 Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"The 32-page picture book spreads a heartwarming message of being a positive force in the world \u2014 one that all ages will delight in reading. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 May 2022",
"The picture book encourages youngsters to pick up a book and start reaping the benefits of reading. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Good Housekeeping , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The Hamilton actor and Waitress star have written their first picture book together, PEOPLE can exclusively announce. \u2014 Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
"Ahead of the book\u2019s release, Torres chatted with THR about writing his debut picture book and teased finishing the second season of Los Espookys. \u2014 Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"At his first campaign-style rallies of 2022, in Arizona and Texas, giant television screens paid for by Mr. Trump\u2019s PAC advertised his $75 picture book . \u2014 New York Times , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Released by Random House, the picture book for readers ages 4-8 builds on the mindset the celebrity couple was raised with and that led them to be superstars on the field and on the stage. \u2014 Brande Victorian, Essence , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The children\u2019s picture book is a tribute to White\u2019s late grandfather and the accomplishments of the Tuskegee Airmen. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 22 Feb. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1922, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1699, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-124723"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one who goes regularly or frequently to see motion pictures":[]
},
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"\u02c8pikch\u0259\u02ccg\u014d\u0259(r"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-125439"
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"pick tree":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"pick entry 6":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-133517"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": great barracuda":[]
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"p\u0259\u0307\u02c8k\u00fcd\u0259"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"American Spanish, from Spanish, feminine of picudo beaked, pointed, sharp, from pico beak, modification of Latin beccus beak, from Gaulish":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-141126"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-141510"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a shallow-water monocotyledonous perennial plant ( Pontederia cordata ) chiefly of the eastern U.S. and Canada with large leaves and a spike of purplish-blue flowers":[]
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"\u02c8pi-k(\u0259-)r\u0259l-\u02ccw\u0113d"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Part of the plan involves reintroducing native plant species that are more appropriate to the site than Phragmites: narrowleaf cattail, pickerelweed , black willow, blue iris, buttonbush and alder. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Sep. 2021",
"Reaching 3 feet tall, pickerelweed grows happily \u2014 even rambunctiously \u2014 in containers or water gardens, so consider trying that. \u2014 Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com , 1 Oct. 2020",
"The rain darkened the way, which heightened colors, like the lavender of pickerelweed blossoms and brilliant yellow of spatterdock flowers. \u2014 Kevin Spear, OrlandoSentinel.com , 1 June 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
"1785, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-143842"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a table that is designed for picnicking and that typically has adjacent or attached benches for sitting":[
"Parking lots are small, and just a few parks have \u2026 water, rest rooms, or picnic tables .",
"\u2014 Sunset",
"Their RV and tent sites feature a picnic table , fire pit, electricity, cable, and water and sewer hookups, varying with sites.",
"\u2014 Moira McCarthy",
"\u2026 the only stop was at a rest area which contained no \u2026 beverage machines or vending machines\u2014just one picnic table offering no shade and a couple of overflowing garbage cans.",
"\u2014 Melissa A. Pindroh",
"It is midweek and Marino sits in the twilight at an outdoor picnic table next to the laundry room at the Dolphins' practice facility.",
"\u2014 Rick Telander",
"We sat outside, hunched over a picnic table in the small bricked-in patio behind her house.",
"\u2014 Tim Findley"
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"first_known_use":{
"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-144332"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a woman's dressy hat with a broad brim":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hindi pais\u0101":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-154238"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a small West Indian and tropical Atlantic barracuda ( Sphyraena picudilla )":[]
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"American Spanish, diminutive of picuda":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-162505"
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"picture puzzle":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Like a diaristic picture puzzle built of fragments from a magpie sensibility, the account is equal parts Artforum, Tatler and Interview, and Modern Painters, Mr. Yokobosky said. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2021",
"Puzzle Page has a simple interface for tapping and typing your way through its collection of fun and challenging word, logic, number and picture puzzles . \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 7 Mar. 2020",
"The Adult Memory Kits contain a variety of stimulating activities, including a coloring or painting book, a mini picture puzzle , playing cards, word searches and a manipulative figure. \u2014 Donald Liebenson, chicagotribune.com , 7 Oct. 2019",
"The picture puzzles have been challenging Texans to read small type and perform advanced cognitive problem-solving, all the while drinking beer, since 2001. \u2014 John Boyd, Houston Chronicle , 7 July 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
"1869, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With so many stocks down 80% to 90%, such as Carvana and Robinhood , the pickings are plentiful. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 12 June 2022",
"Hargis and Douglass will stay onboard the Consort as advisers and continue teaching at early music programs around the country \u2014 happily plentiful in comparison to the slim pickings of their youth. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Russia\u2019s assault on Ukraine, a conflict between two internet-savvy nations in a place with good cellular coverage, offers rich pickings for open source intelligence, or OSINT. \u2014 Tom Simonite, Wired , 10 Mar. 2022",
"For wagon enthusiasts, recent pickings have been slim. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 16 Mar. 2022",
"When the temperature was in the lower 50s, cicadas made easy pickings . \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Feb. 2022",
"But so far the pickings from Britain\u2019s departure from the EU have been slim. \u2014 Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 Feb. 2022",
"That describes the market for AWD \u00fcberhatchs, too\u2014these days, the pickings are slim. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2022",
"These expectations ran headlong into the reality of shopping in a frenzied sellers\u2019 market where the pickings were slim and the prices astronomical. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Feb. 2022"
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": a toxic yellow crystalline phenol derivative C 6 H 3 N 3 O 7 structurally similar to TNT and used especially as a high explosive and as a dye or mordant":[]
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"\u02ccpik-rik-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Mont-Blanc was packed full of TNT, picric acid , gun cotton and aircraft fuel. \u2014 Stephen Maher, chicagotribune.com , 21 Dec. 2017",
"Experiments with a compound called TNP (2,4,6-trinitrophenol, also known as picric acid ), which researchers often use to study obesity and diabetes, show that in mice the therapy can promote the formation of new bone. \u2014 Giorgia Guglielmi, Science | AAAS , 8 Sep. 2017",
"Mustard gas, picric acid , and TNT\u2014all organic molecules\u2014made for unimaginably destructive weapons. \u2014 Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic , 4 Oct. 2017"
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"Malay pikul to carry a heavy load (i.e. as much as an ordinary man can lift)":""
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": a genus of weedy herbs (family Compositae) chiefly of the Old World having leafy stems, large yellow ray flowers, and linear achenes":[]
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"New Latin, from Latin, bitter lettuce, a salad, from Greek pikris oxtongue, from pikros bitter":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-204615"
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": a family of birds (suborder Pici) comprising the woodpeckers, the piculets, and the wrynecks":[]
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"\u02c8pis\u0259\u02ccd\u0113",
"\u02c8p\u012bs-"
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"Edward Charles 1846\u20131919 and his brother William Henry 1858\u20131938 American astronomers":[],
"city on Lake Ontario just northeast of Toronto in southeastern Ontario, Canada population 88,721":[]
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"\u02c8pi-k(\u0259-)ri\u014b"
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"first_known_use":{
"1844, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-214033"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a bitter crystalline principle C 22 H 28 O 6 occurring in Jamaica quassia":[]
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"New Latin Picrasma (genus name of the bitterwood Picrasma excelsum \u2014from Greek pikrasmos bitterness, from pikros bitter) + International Scientific Vocabulary -in":""
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"\u02c8p\u012b\u02ccs\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-223646"
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"noun"
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": any of the three liquid isomeric pyridine derivatives C 6 H 7 N used chiefly as solvents and in organic synthesis":[]
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"\u02c8p\u012bk-",
"\u02c8p\u012b-",
"\u02c8pik-\u0259-\u02ccl\u0113n",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin pic-, pix pitch + International Scientific Vocabulary -ol entry 1 + -ine entry 2 \u2014 more at pitch":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Keeping the rod high, at least 45 degrees above the surface, greatly facilitates this retrieve and allows feeling a pickerel taking the lure or bait. \u2014 Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 21 Nov. 2021",
"Sometimes a pickerel hits hard, but often the take is extremely subtle. \u2014 Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 21 Nov. 2021",
"Though bluefish depart cooler waters, gray trout and speckled trout become more accessible along with white perch, yellow perch and brackish water pickerel . \u2014 Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 3 Oct. 2021",
"But my 5-year-old daughter, already a bluegill and pickerel slayer, is itching to graduate. \u2014 Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life , 30 Mar. 2020",
"Bluegills over 11 inches have come to hand and the ever present toothy critters (pike and pickerel ) always seem to be around. \u2014 Jim Gronaw, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 6 Oct. 2019",
"Trout are beautiful and wise, pickerel are neither. \u2014 Robert D. Mcfadden, New York Times , 13 Jan. 2020",
"Often, the general contractor catches enough crappie to feed the whole block, not to mention plenty of bass, pickerel , perch, basically anything with fins. \u2014 Jason Nark, Philly.com , 8 July 2018",
"The grounds of the Old U.S. Mint now hold Louisiana irises, carnivorous pitcher plants, pickerel weed, spider lily, aquatic milkweed, swamp goldenrod and swamp Sunflowers, all in a large sugar kettle. \u2014 Kendra Parks, NOLA.com , 24 May 2018"
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"translation of French tierce de Picardie ; from its being chiefly practiced in the church music of Picardy":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-004102"
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"first_known_use":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-004156"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-015026"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-035631"
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": a mineral K 2 Mg(SO 4 ) 2 .6H 2 O consisting of a hydrous magnesium potassium sulfate and occurring as a white crystalline incrustation":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-044748"
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"definitions":{
": a bitter crystalline glucoside C 14 H 18 O 7 obtained especially from the needles of the Norway spruce and from the barks of willows":[]
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"definitions":{
": a dark green, gray, or brown fibrous variety of serpentine":[]
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": a yellow crystalline compound C 6 H 2 (NO 2 ) 3 NH 2 made from picryl chloride and ammonia; 2, 4, 6-trinitro-aniline":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-050536"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"origin unknown":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-050539"
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-052116"
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-060838"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-105312"
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"picture marriage":{
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-065120"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-065204"
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-065550"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0113-k\u014d-\u02ccm\u014dl, -k\u0259-",
"\u02c8p\u0113-k\u014d-\u02ccm\u014dl",
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"first_known_use":{
"1964, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The picholine olive sauce is easy to make and adds delicious warm tangy flavors. \u2014 Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine , 2 Oct. 2020",
"Try the Le\u00f1a ceviche, which has Hawaiian albacore, fresh lime, ginger, MightyVine tomatoes, picholine olives, spicy green chile and cilantro ($15). \u2014 Audrey Gorden, RedEye Chicago , 4 May 2017",
"Green picholine olives stud the duck Bolognese sauce. \u2014 Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times , 13 July 2017",
"But Herrou\u2019s focus is no longer the picholines that grow on his trees. \u2014 James Mcauley, Orange County Register , 10 Feb. 2017"
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"French, from Occitan pichoulino":""
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"region and former province of northern France bordering on the English Channel north of Normandy; chief town Amiens":[]
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"\u02c8pi-k\u0259r"
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"a book reviewer who is one of the pickers of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Wood is known as a star stock- picker , especially in innovative tech companies, and her Ark manages about $60 billion in assets, according to Forbes. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 19 May 2022",
"Still another featured an Asian man in a rice- picker hat pulling a rickshaw. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Apr. 2022",
"By the latter\u2019s, the Eagles were the better bean- picker -uppers by a margin of twenty per cent. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Both wielded size-appropriate trash picker -uppers \u2014 barbecue tongs. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Take it from me, a chronic nail-biter and cuticle- picker : This advanced technique may take two to four hours to complete, but the finished look is worth every second. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 29 May 2022",
"Kevin Odegard was the Minnesota picker who got drafter to play guitar on the five tracks culled from the latter sessions, although those musicians famously went uncredited on the album artwork for decades. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 10 May 2022",
"The son of an orange picker , Rivera grew up in a wooden house built from the planks of old boxcars. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"This is a stock picker 's market, my CNN Business colleague Paul R. La Monica reports. \u2014 Anneken Tappe, CNN , 24 Apr. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": marked by simplicity and generosity":[],
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"(\u02cc)pik-\u02c8wi-k\u0113-\u0259n"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Samuel Pickwick , character in the novel Pickwick Papers (1836\u201337) by Charles Dickens":""
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"1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-114733"
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"noun"
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": a genus formerly including all woodpeckers but now usually restricted to the green woodpecker ( P. viridis ) of Europe and western Asia and its related forms":[]
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"\u02c8p\u012bk\u0259s"
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"New Latin, from Latin, woodpecker":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Numerous styles are reflected in the book including pictorialism , abstraction and candid street photography from the likes of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Andr\u00e9 Kert\u00e9sz and Alfred Stieglitz, among others. \u2014 Jeff Campagna, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Her way is short on pomp in her exquisite calligraphic musical pictorialism . \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 23 July 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-120105"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a governor in which the revolving balls act against curved flat springs":[]
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"after Thomas R. Pickering American engineer":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-123002"
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"noun"
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": a spiked helmet worn by German soldiers":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"German, alteration (influenced by pickel pickax) of Middle High German beckelh\u016bbe, beckenh\u016bbe , from becken basin (from Old High German beck\u012bn , from Late Latin bacchinon ) + h\u016bbe cap (from Old High German h\u016bba ); akin to Old English h\u0233f hive":""
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": a narrow molding fastened to the walls of a room near the ceiling to support pictures hung by hooks":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-130731"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a mineral MgAl 2 (SO 4 ) 4 .22H 2 O composed of a hydrous magnesium aluminum sulfate occurring in white to faintly colored fibrous masses":[]
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"John Pickering \u20201846 American scientist + English -ite":""
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"pi-\u02c8k\u00e4rd",
"p\u0113-\u02c8k\u00e4r",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps from Allentiac":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-134302"
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"Latin pict us (past participle of pingere to paint) + English -o-":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-140458"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a bitter crystalline terpene-glucoside C 16 H 26 O 7 from saffron (see saffron sense 2 )":[]
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"noun"
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"probably alteration of pikel":""
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"\"",
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"International Scientific Vocabulary pic- (from Latin pic-, pix pitch) + -ene":"Noun",
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"adjective"
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"Latin piceus , from pic-, pix pitch \u2014 more at pitch":""
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"1646, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-152110"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-164936"
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"geographical name"
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"district of ancient Italy on the Adriatic Sea southeast of Umbria":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-171009"
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"type":[
"plural noun"
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"definitions":{
": a family of plants coextensive with the genus Picrodendron":[]
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"\u02ccpikr\u014dden\u02c8dr\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
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"New Latin, from Picrodendron , type genus + -aceae":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-175053"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a lever that transmits the crank action of a loom motion into the thrust which drives the shuttle across the loom":[]
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"picker entry 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-185505"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-185937"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": ore in which gold or silver can be seen before processing":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-190031"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"pi-\u02c8kir"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"probably modification of French picorer to maraud, perhaps from Middle French pecore sheep, from Old Italian pecora \u2014 more at pecorino":""
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"1644, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-193609"
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},
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"(\u02c8)p\u012b\u00a6s\u0113n\u0113\u0259n",
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"noun"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One pictogram highlighted in the study depicts soldiers drowning as a building burns in the background. \u2014 Isis Davis-marks, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Aug. 2021",
"The pictogram people were great, the drones were weird, but in total there was very little coherence to the whole program. \u2014 Jackson Mchenry And Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 23 July 2021",
"That\u2019s why the pictogram \u2014a symbol standing in for a word or phrase\u2014is a common tool for helping people with intellectual disabilities. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, Popular Science , 2 Mar. 2021",
"That philosophy was a good fit for the pictogram assignment. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Its depiction as a pictogram \u2014 resembling a crimson upside-down pear \u2014 likely dates back to the medieval era, if not classical antiquity. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Oct. 2020",
"Both systems appear to perceive the power of pictograms . \u2014 Isabel Kershner, New York Times , 22 Jan. 2020",
"The agency proposed marking temples, for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, with a more generic pictogram of a pagoda. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz , 24 Dec. 2019",
"So the Sumerians would repurpose an existing pictogram that had resonance with the hard-to-illustrate concept. \u2014 Maura Judkis, Washington Post , 1 Oct. 2019"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary picto- (from Latin pictus ) + -gram":""
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"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-201319"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"history_and_etymology":{
"earlier pique de vant , probably from French pique point, tip (from piquer to prick, puncture) + English de vent , modification of French devant in front":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-201739"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": petty theft":[]
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"\u02c8pik(\u0259)ri"
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"pick entry 1 + -ery":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-210000"
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"type":[
"adjective",
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": a fluorescent crystalline hydrocarbon C 22 H 14 obtained from the pitchy residue of petroleum or lignite tar; benzo-chrysene":[],
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"\"",
"\u02c8p\u012b\u02ccs\u0113n"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary pic- (from Latin pic-, pix pitch) + -ene":"Noun",
"Latin picenus of Picenum, from Picenum , ancient Roman province in eastern central Italy":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-210741"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an illustrated newspaper":[]
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"definitions":{
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": a diagram representing statistical data by pictorial forms":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The emoji really isn\u2019t a modern concept, simply a pictograph rendered in a digital form. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 27 Apr. 2022",
"In the 1970s Kohlmeyer developed a style of multihued pictographs , usually organized on a grid. \u2014 Roberta Smith, New York Times , 2 Apr. 2020",
"The new emoji include useful pictographs such as a ninja, disguised face, polar bear, bubble tea, pickup truck, toothbrush, military helmet, two people hugging, and pinched fingers (also known as the Italian hand gesture). \u2014 cleveland , 30 Jan. 2020",
"The collection\u2019s core design features a cave art-like pictograph of a long-necked water bird facing the spirit of a roaring panther with a fish over the source spring of the San Antonio River. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com , 6 Jan. 2020",
"Before me were crude drawings, pictographs painted on the walls of the shallow cave by ancient civilizations that occupied this place thousands of years ago. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Oct. 2019",
"Roche-a-Cri has ancient pictographs from the ancestors of the local Ho-Chunk, who carved arrows, birds, figures, canoes and more into the rock, and used it to track astronomical events and local life. \u2014 Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian , 18 July 2019",
"They were then shown an intentionally ambiguous image\u2014in this case, a Chinese pictograph . \u2014 Alexandra Sifferlin, Time , 11 June 2018",
"Petroglyphs are pecked, engraved or polished designs on rock; pictographs are painted or drawn designs on rock. 60. \u2014 azcentral , 15 May 2015"
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"1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": use of pictographs : picture writing sense 1":[]
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"pik-\u02c8t\u00e4-gr\u0259-f\u0113"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ken Falk is a graphic designer, the kind of dad who, upon seeing a magazine ad, might provide an impromptu discourse on pictography . \u2014 Chris Ballard, SI.com , 8 Mar. 2018"
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": one of the symbols belonging to a pictorial graphic system":[],
": a diagram representing statistical data by pictorial forms":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The emoji really isn\u2019t a modern concept, simply a pictograph rendered in a digital form. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 27 Apr. 2022",
"In the 1970s Kohlmeyer developed a style of multihued pictographs , usually organized on a grid. \u2014 Roberta Smith, New York Times , 2 Apr. 2020",
"The new emoji include useful pictographs such as a ninja, disguised face, polar bear, bubble tea, pickup truck, toothbrush, military helmet, two people hugging, and pinched fingers (also known as the Italian hand gesture). \u2014 cleveland , 30 Jan. 2020",
"The collection\u2019s core design features a cave art-like pictograph of a long-necked water bird facing the spirit of a roaring panther with a fish over the source spring of the San Antonio River. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com , 6 Jan. 2020",
"Before me were crude drawings, pictographs painted on the walls of the shallow cave by ancient civilizations that occupied this place thousands of years ago. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Oct. 2019",
"Roche-a-Cri has ancient pictographs from the ancestors of the local Ho-Chunk, who carved arrows, birds, figures, canoes and more into the rock, and used it to track astronomical events and local life. \u2014 Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian , 18 July 2019",
"They were then shown an intentionally ambiguous image\u2014in this case, a Chinese pictograph . \u2014 Alexandra Sifferlin, Time , 11 June 2018",
"Petroglyphs are pecked, engraved or polished designs on rock; pictographs are painted or drawn designs on rock. 60. \u2014 azcentral , 15 May 2015"
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": a southern constellation that is visible between the constellations of Columba and Dorado and that is represented by the figure of a painter's easel":[
"Pulsar 437, as the scientists call it, has a stellar companion, a white dwarf, which is the size of the Earth and is visible with a telescope in the southern constellation, Pictor .",
"\u2014 Walter Sullivan , The New York Times , 23 Feb. 1993"
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}
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