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9924 lines
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"Pindus Mountains":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"mountains in northern Greece between the regions of Epirus and Thessaly":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pin-d\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-094859"
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},
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"pin down":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to cause or force (someone) to make a definite statement or decision about something":[
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"Reporters tried to pin him down on the specific changes he wants to make to the tax laws."
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],
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": to find out (something) with certainty":[
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"Can you pin down when the change occurred",
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"I'm trying to pin the source of the problem down ."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1765, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182757",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"pin drafter":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a machine used in yarn manufacturing for combining and drafting silver or top":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180227",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"pin drill":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a drill with a central pin or projection to fit into a hole to act as a guide while the hole is being enlarged or countersunk":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015544",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"pin money":{
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"antonyms":[
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"big buck(s)",
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"boodle",
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"bundle",
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"fortune",
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"king's ransom",
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"megabuck(s)",
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"mint",
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"wad"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a trivial amount of money":[
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"And Joe said that even if there had been a risk, ten thousand would have been pin money to a man in Bruce's position.",
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"\u2014 Susan Isaacs"
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],
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": money given by a man to a woman in his family (such as his wife or daughter) for her own use":[
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"\u2026 when a New York girl wanted some pin money , she telegraphed to her father, and he sent it up in a wagon.",
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"\u2014 Howard Bronson"
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],
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": money set aside for the purchase of incidentals":[
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"It will take all my pin money for a month. No more soda water for a while, unless someone treats me.",
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"\u2014 Amy Ellen Blanchard"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She had a babysitting job to earn pin money .",
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"the summer intern made only pin money but gained valuable work experience",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"At the end, there's a celebration where all of the guests throw or pin money onto the bride and groom as an offering to them. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 Aug. 2020",
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"Bonnie and Andrea pocket around $100 a month for spending two hours a week taking surveys, which gives each of them extra pin money . \u2014 Maria Carter, Woman's Day , 22 May 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1674, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"chicken feed",
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"chump change",
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"dime",
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"hay",
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"mite",
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"peanuts",
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"pittance",
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"shoestring",
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"song",
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"two cents"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183119",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"pin one's hopes on":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to hope very much for a good outcome from (something or someone) especially when other options are not available or are not pursued":[
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"Also, if possible, generate several [job] interviews; don't pin your hopes on just one.",
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"\u2014 Eugene Raudsepp",
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"Calgary is holding its breath, pinning its hopes on a goalie who's all too human.",
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"\u2014 Seth Wickersham",
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"I wanted this intense stranger who found me to be different\u2014to be, against all odds, the one. So I pinned all my hopes on him.",
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"\u2014 Laura Barcella"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1786, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181659",
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"type":[
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"idiomatic phrase"
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]
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},
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"pincers":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a claw (as of a lobster) resembling a pair of pincers : chela":[],
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": an instrument having two short handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot and used for gripping things":[],
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": pincer movement":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But that returns us to Rottenborn\u2019s list of all the pincer movements that close in on abuse victims. \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
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"Nearby, Russian forces were trying to push southward, part of a pincer move to trap the Ukrainian troops still holding a pocket of territory in the two eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
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"This led to a pincer attack on their profit margins. \u2014 Omer Riaz, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
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"This may allow Russia to form a pincer in conjunction with a thrust pressing southward towards Lyman that could leave the veteran Ukrainian brigades in Severodonetsk encircled. \u2014 Sebastien Roblin, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
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"The assault from prices will be two-pronged, almost pincer -like. \u2014 Rajrishi Singhal, Quartz , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"What made this latest countercultural rebellion unique was its pincer attack. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 23 Oct. 2021",
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"Flying from multiple bases and then meeting on the far side of Taiwan\u2014creating a giant aerial pincer \u2014would also show PLAAF's ability to coordinate different air units from different bases under a common headquarters. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2021",
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"A few years ago, de Miranda helped examine whip spiders from three caves in Israel, two yielding the same species found in Jordan, Turkey, and Greece, and the third yielding something completely new, with weaker eyes and more pincer -spines. \u2014 Eric Boodman, Wired , 29 May 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English pinceour , from Anglo-French *pinceour, pinchure , from Anglo-French *pincher, pincer to pinch, from Vulgar Latin *pinctiare, *punctiare , from Latin punctum puncture \u2014 more at point":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pin-s\u0259r",
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"especially for sense 1 US often \u02c8pin-ch\u0259r",
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"\u02c8pin-ch\u0259r",
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"\u02c8pin(t)-s\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125639",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"pinch":{
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"antonyms":[
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"grab",
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"heist",
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"rip-off",
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"snatching",
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"swiping",
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"theft"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a critical juncture : emergency":[],
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": a marked thinning of a vein or bed":[],
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": a very small amount":[],
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": an act of pinching : squeeze":[],
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": arrest":[],
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": as much as may be taken between the finger and thumb":[
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"a pinch of snuff"
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],
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": compress , squeeze":[],
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": deficit":[],
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": hardship , privation":[],
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": hit by a pinch hitter":[
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"a pinch homer"
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],
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": narrow , taper":[
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"the road pinched down to a trail",
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"\u2014 Cecelia Holland"
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],
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": pressure , stress":[],
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": steal":[],
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": substitute":[
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"pinch runner"
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],
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": theft":[],
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": to be miserly or closefisted":[],
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": to cause physical or mental pain to":[],
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": to cause to appear thin, haggard, or shrunken":[],
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": to cause to shrivel or wither":[],
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": to practice strict economy":[],
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": to press painfully":[],
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": to prune the tip of (a plant or shoot) usually to induce branching":[],
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": to restrain or limit narrowly : constrict":[],
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": to sail too close to the wind":[],
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": to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument":[],
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": to squeeze or compress painfully":[],
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": to subject to strict economy or want : straiten":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"My little brother is always trying to pinch me.",
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"He pinched her cheeks and told her how cute she was.",
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"Pinch together the edges of the dough.",
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"He pinched the top of his nose to stop the bleeding and leaned forward.",
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"He pinched off the top of the shoots.",
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"She pinched back the new growth.",
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"These new shoes are pinching my toes.",
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"I pinched my fingers in the door.",
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"By pinching and scraping , she managed to save enough money to buy a new car.",
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"Noun",
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"the pinch of my favorite sweater really bugged me!",
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"an innocent person caught up in a city-wide pinch of drug dealers",
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"Adjective",
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"A pinch homer won the game.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"As a child of the Depression, I was brought up to pinch pennies. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
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"Small-ball elements of the game, such as bunts and pinch hitters, are declining and on a path to extinction. \u2014 Neil Greenberg, Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022",
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"The Beavers struck first, as Kristalyn Romulo, pinch running for Frankie Hammoude, scored on Madison Simon\u2019s sacrifice fly. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
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"Buds puffing out from my ribs, present enough to pinch but not to hold. \u2014 Madeleine Watts, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
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"Kliethermes threw away the first pitch, which scored Kildow, who pinch ran for Ellsworth. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 22 May 2022",
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"Gerry Toranzo, a nurse and a Republican in Chicago, blames Biden for being forced to pinch pennies by taking steps like driving slower to conserve gas after prices have skyrocketed during his administration. \u2014 Nicholas Riccardi, ajc , 20 May 2022",
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"Gerry Toranzo, a nurse and a Republican in Chicago, blames Biden for being forced to pinch pennies by taking steps like driving slower to conserve gas after prices have skyrocketed during his administration. \u2014 Nicholas Riccardi, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
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"Wheat is one of the most popular food staples in the country, and rising prices pinch consumers across the board. \u2014 Niha Masih, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"After a lead-off walk, Jake Hanley missed the tag on Spencer Stoll's sacrifice bunt putting pinch -runner Braylon Boggs at third. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 10 June 2022",
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"Josh Naylor kept the inning going with a walk and was replaced by pinch -runner Oscar Mercardo. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
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"The ball was caught, but pinch runner Emma Quint tagged up and sped around to score from second. \u2014 Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
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"Danny Wuestenfeld delivered a single through the hole between short and third base to bring home pinch -runner Zach Lechnir from third, as the Chips recovered from Friday\u2019s 7-3 loss to 13-seed Florida. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 5 June 2022",
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"Izzy Pachos drew a leadoff walk, and was replaced by Toven as a pinch runner. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
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"He was replaced by a pinch -runner after taking a hard turn around first base on a single before stopping and returning gingerly to the bag. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 1 June 2022",
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"The speedy freshman has played 31 games, but is being used mostly as a pinch -runner. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 1 June 2022",
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"Ryan McKenna has reserved a role as the fourth outfielder, featuring mainly as a defensive replacement or pinch runner. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 28 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1912, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French *pincher, pincer":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pinch"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pinch Noun juncture , exigency , emergency , contingency , pinch , strait ( or straits ) crisis mean a critical or crucial time or state of affairs. juncture stresses the significant concurrence or convergence of events. an important juncture in our country's history exigency stresses the pressure of restrictions or urgency of demands created by a special situation. provide for exigencies emergency applies to a sudden unforeseen situation requiring prompt action to avoid disaster. the presence of mind needed to deal with emergencies contingency implies an emergency or exigency that is regarded as possible but uncertain of occurrence. contingency plans pinch implies urgency or pressure for action to a less intense degree than exigency or emergency . come through in a pinch strait , now commonly straits , applies to a troublesome situation from which escape is extremely difficult. in dire straits crisis applies to a juncture whose outcome will make a decisive difference. a crisis of confidence",
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"synonyms":[
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"nip"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001821",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"pinch bar":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a bar similar in form and use to a crowbar and sometimes having an end adapted for pulling spikes or inserting under a heavy wheel that is to be rolled":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1837, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122617",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"pinch effect":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the tendency of a linear solid or fluid electrical conductor (as a rod or a column of ionized gas) to be compressed due to the action of its own magnetic field":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104123",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"pinch hitter":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one that pinch-hits":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the business owners brought in a pinch hitter until a permanent manager could be hired",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Stovall also singled and pinch hitter Kendall Diggs walked to load the bases with no outs. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 12 June 2022",
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"He was lifted for a pinch hitter in the top of the second. \u2014 Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic , 31 May 2022",
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"Entering that at-bat, Grisham had been 1-for-23 (.044) as a pinch hitter in his career. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 May 2022",
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"LeMahieu had three hits and three RBIs, including a two-run homer in the sixth, and pinch hitter Tim Locastro pulled a two-run drive in the eighth as New York\u2019s slumping offense had its biggest day of the year. \u2014 Jake Seiner, Hartford Courant , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"Plawecki has been getting more opportunities as a catcher, DH and pinch hitter . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 Aug. 2021",
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"Michael Fulmer entered in the eighth and worked around a one-out walk to get a strikeout of pinch hitter Sam Huff and a weak flyout from Semien to get out of the inning. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
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"Madej scored on a groundout by pinch hitter Eric Grintz, which moved Frick to third base. \u2014 Bob Holt, Arkansas Online , 13 June 2022",
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"Sophomore Toran Smith entered as a pinch hitter for freshman Landen Argabright and was promptly hit by a pitch, scoring a run. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 4 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1899, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"backup",
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"cover",
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"designated hitter",
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"fill-in",
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"locum tenens",
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"relief",
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"replacement",
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"reserve",
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"stand-in",
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"sub",
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"substitute"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220925",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"pinch-hit":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a hit made by a pinch hitter":[],
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": to act or serve in place of another":[],
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": to bat in the place of another player especially when a hit is particularly needed":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Machado declined to comment on the status of his ankle, but manager Bob Melvin continued to express optimism that Machado could be available to pinch hit in the near future. \u2014 Richard J. Marcus, ajc , 26 June 2022",
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"Their only disappointment came in the eighth inning when Albert Pujols pinch hit and struck out after fouling off six two-strike pitches. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
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"Tim Mayza gave up Rizzo\u2019s pinch hit homer in the eighth, cutting it to 10-9, then allowed an infield hit to Gonzalez and walked pinch hitter Jose Trevino. \u2014 Ian Harrison, Hartford Courant , 19 June 2022",
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"Henry Popma came in to pinch hit , doubling to score three more. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 June 2022",
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"Mason Land struck out looking for the initial out and Mike Bello pinch hit but popped up for the second out. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 25 May 2022",
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"Austin Slater, who pinch hit for Pederson in the seventh and drew a walk against right-hander Bryan Shaw, made a diving, rolling catch on a low liner by Rosario to end the game. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"Drake was slotted to pinch hit for Alabama signee Alton Davis and brought home the walk-off run on a full-count sacrifice fly. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"The right fielder pinch hit in the ninth inning Tuesday but did not play Wednesday. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune , 13 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1911, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
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"1927, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"back-formation from pinch hitter":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccpinch-",
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"\u02c8pinch-\u02c8hit"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"cover",
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"fill in",
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"stand in",
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"step in",
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"sub",
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"substitute",
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"take over"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070228",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"pinchable":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": capable of being pinched":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pinch\u0259b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130819",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"pincher":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one that pinches":[],
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": pincers":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the pincher of the stolen electronics was caught by the police trying to sell them",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Scissor-jaw traps are recommended for moles, while two-pronged pincher traps are effective for gophers, according to Sanchez. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 May 2022",
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"While on vacation, Michelle the penny- pincher , who is concerned about every dollar spent, puts away her money worries and relaxes poolside with a virgin pi\u00f1a colada. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
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"Not every billionaire has been a pandemic penny pincher , though. \u2014 Hank Tucker, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021",
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"Aquarists put the fish food in pincher mechanisms \u2014 a little like litter pickers \u2014 and lower the pieces individually. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com , 8 July 2021",
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"The robot\u2019s insertion head is mounted on a globally accurate, 400x400x150 mm travel, 10-\u00b5m three-axis stage and holds a needle- pincher assembly. \u2014 Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes , 17 June 2021",
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"Who would have ever imagined that working for a penny pincher like Frank McCourt would be a plus",
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"The seats in the new car are single-piece pinchers like the ones that left a bruise on my thigh in 1996. \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 27 Mar. 2020",
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"And for the penny pinchers , retail electricity providers have plans that sound discounted. \u2014 L.m. Sixel, Houston Chronicle , 3 Mar. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pin-ch\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"larcenist",
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"purloiner",
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"robber",
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"stealer",
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"thief"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084820",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"pinches":{
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"antonyms":[
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"grab",
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"heist",
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"rip-off",
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"snatching",
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"swiping",
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"theft"
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": as much as may be taken between the finger and thumb":[
|
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"a pinch of snuff"
|
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],
|
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": compress , squeeze":[],
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": deficit":[],
|
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": hardship , privation":[],
|
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": hit by a pinch hitter":[
|
|
"a pinch homer"
|
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],
|
|
": narrow , taper":[
|
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"the road pinched down to a trail",
|
|
"\u2014 Cecelia Holland"
|
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],
|
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": pressure , stress":[],
|
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": steal":[],
|
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": substitute":[
|
|
"pinch runner"
|
|
],
|
|
": theft":[],
|
|
": to be miserly or closefisted":[],
|
|
": to cause physical or mental pain to":[],
|
|
": to cause to appear thin, haggard, or shrunken":[],
|
|
": to cause to shrivel or wither":[],
|
|
": to practice strict economy":[],
|
|
": to press painfully":[],
|
|
": to prune the tip of (a plant or shoot) usually to induce branching":[],
|
|
": to restrain or limit narrowly : constrict":[],
|
|
": to sail too close to the wind":[],
|
|
": to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument":[],
|
|
": to squeeze or compress painfully":[],
|
|
": to subject to strict economy or want : straiten":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"My little brother is always trying to pinch me.",
|
|
"He pinched her cheeks and told her how cute she was.",
|
|
"Pinch together the edges of the dough.",
|
|
"He pinched the top of his nose to stop the bleeding and leaned forward.",
|
|
"He pinched off the top of the shoots.",
|
|
"She pinched back the new growth.",
|
|
"These new shoes are pinching my toes.",
|
|
"I pinched my fingers in the door.",
|
|
"By pinching and scraping , she managed to save enough money to buy a new car.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"the pinch of my favorite sweater really bugged me!",
|
|
"an innocent person caught up in a city-wide pinch of drug dealers",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"A pinch homer won the game.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"As a child of the Depression, I was brought up to pinch pennies. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Small-ball elements of the game, such as bunts and pinch hitters, are declining and on a path to extinction. \u2014 Neil Greenberg, Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"The Beavers struck first, as Kristalyn Romulo, pinch running for Frankie Hammoude, scored on Madison Simon\u2019s sacrifice fly. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Buds puffing out from my ribs, present enough to pinch but not to hold. \u2014 Madeleine Watts, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Kliethermes threw away the first pitch, which scored Kildow, who pinch ran for Ellsworth. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"Gerry Toranzo, a nurse and a Republican in Chicago, blames Biden for being forced to pinch pennies by taking steps like driving slower to conserve gas after prices have skyrocketed during his administration. \u2014 Nicholas Riccardi, ajc , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Gerry Toranzo, a nurse and a Republican in Chicago, blames Biden for being forced to pinch pennies by taking steps like driving slower to conserve gas after prices have skyrocketed during his administration. \u2014 Nicholas Riccardi, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Wheat is one of the most popular food staples in the country, and rising prices pinch consumers across the board. \u2014 Niha Masih, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"After a lead-off walk, Jake Hanley missed the tag on Spencer Stoll's sacrifice bunt putting pinch -runner Braylon Boggs at third. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Josh Naylor kept the inning going with a walk and was replaced by pinch -runner Oscar Mercardo. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"The ball was caught, but pinch runner Emma Quint tagged up and sped around to score from second. \u2014 Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Danny Wuestenfeld delivered a single through the hole between short and third base to bring home pinch -runner Zach Lechnir from third, as the Chips recovered from Friday\u2019s 7-3 loss to 13-seed Florida. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"Izzy Pachos drew a leadoff walk, and was replaced by Toven as a pinch runner. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"He was replaced by a pinch -runner after taking a hard turn around first base on a single before stopping and returning gingerly to the bag. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"The speedy freshman has played 31 games, but is being used mostly as a pinch -runner. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Ryan McKenna has reserved a role as the fourth outfielder, featuring mainly as a defensive replacement or pinch runner. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 28 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
|
"1912, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French *pincher, pincer":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pinch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pinch Noun juncture , exigency , emergency , contingency , pinch , strait ( or straits ) crisis mean a critical or crucial time or state of affairs. juncture stresses the significant concurrence or convergence of events. an important juncture in our country's history exigency stresses the pressure of restrictions or urgency of demands created by a special situation. provide for exigencies emergency applies to a sudden unforeseen situation requiring prompt action to avoid disaster. the presence of mind needed to deal with emergencies contingency implies an emergency or exigency that is regarded as possible but uncertain of occurrence. contingency plans pinch implies urgency or pressure for action to a less intense degree than exigency or emergency . come through in a pinch strait , now commonly straits , applies to a troublesome situation from which escape is extremely difficult. in dire straits crisis applies to a juncture whose outcome will make a decisive difference. a crisis of confidence",
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"nip"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121904",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pinching":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"heist",
|
|
"rip-off",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"theft"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a critical juncture : emergency":[],
|
|
": a marked thinning of a vein or bed":[],
|
|
": a very small amount":[],
|
|
": an act of pinching : squeeze":[],
|
|
": arrest":[],
|
|
": as much as may be taken between the finger and thumb":[
|
|
"a pinch of snuff"
|
|
],
|
|
": compress , squeeze":[],
|
|
": deficit":[],
|
|
": hardship , privation":[],
|
|
": hit by a pinch hitter":[
|
|
"a pinch homer"
|
|
],
|
|
": narrow , taper":[
|
|
"the road pinched down to a trail",
|
|
"\u2014 Cecelia Holland"
|
|
],
|
|
": pressure , stress":[],
|
|
": steal":[],
|
|
": substitute":[
|
|
"pinch runner"
|
|
],
|
|
": theft":[],
|
|
": to be miserly or closefisted":[],
|
|
": to cause physical or mental pain to":[],
|
|
": to cause to appear thin, haggard, or shrunken":[],
|
|
": to cause to shrivel or wither":[],
|
|
": to practice strict economy":[],
|
|
": to press painfully":[],
|
|
": to prune the tip of (a plant or shoot) usually to induce branching":[],
|
|
": to restrain or limit narrowly : constrict":[],
|
|
": to sail too close to the wind":[],
|
|
": to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument":[],
|
|
": to squeeze or compress painfully":[],
|
|
": to subject to strict economy or want : straiten":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"My little brother is always trying to pinch me.",
|
|
"He pinched her cheeks and told her how cute she was.",
|
|
"Pinch together the edges of the dough.",
|
|
"He pinched the top of his nose to stop the bleeding and leaned forward.",
|
|
"He pinched off the top of the shoots.",
|
|
"She pinched back the new growth.",
|
|
"These new shoes are pinching my toes.",
|
|
"I pinched my fingers in the door.",
|
|
"By pinching and scraping , she managed to save enough money to buy a new car.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"the pinch of my favorite sweater really bugged me!",
|
|
"an innocent person caught up in a city-wide pinch of drug dealers",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"A pinch homer won the game.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"As a child of the Depression, I was brought up to pinch pennies. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Small-ball elements of the game, such as bunts and pinch hitters, are declining and on a path to extinction. \u2014 Neil Greenberg, Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"The Beavers struck first, as Kristalyn Romulo, pinch running for Frankie Hammoude, scored on Madison Simon\u2019s sacrifice fly. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Buds puffing out from my ribs, present enough to pinch but not to hold. \u2014 Madeleine Watts, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Kliethermes threw away the first pitch, which scored Kildow, who pinch ran for Ellsworth. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"Gerry Toranzo, a nurse and a Republican in Chicago, blames Biden for being forced to pinch pennies by taking steps like driving slower to conserve gas after prices have skyrocketed during his administration. \u2014 Nicholas Riccardi, ajc , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Gerry Toranzo, a nurse and a Republican in Chicago, blames Biden for being forced to pinch pennies by taking steps like driving slower to conserve gas after prices have skyrocketed during his administration. \u2014 Nicholas Riccardi, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Wheat is one of the most popular food staples in the country, and rising prices pinch consumers across the board. \u2014 Niha Masih, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"After a lead-off walk, Jake Hanley missed the tag on Spencer Stoll's sacrifice bunt putting pinch -runner Braylon Boggs at third. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Josh Naylor kept the inning going with a walk and was replaced by pinch -runner Oscar Mercardo. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"The ball was caught, but pinch runner Emma Quint tagged up and sped around to score from second. \u2014 Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Danny Wuestenfeld delivered a single through the hole between short and third base to bring home pinch -runner Zach Lechnir from third, as the Chips recovered from Friday\u2019s 7-3 loss to 13-seed Florida. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"Izzy Pachos drew a leadoff walk, and was replaced by Toven as a pinch runner. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"He was replaced by a pinch -runner after taking a hard turn around first base on a single before stopping and returning gingerly to the bag. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"The speedy freshman has played 31 games, but is being used mostly as a pinch -runner. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Ryan McKenna has reserved a role as the fourth outfielder, featuring mainly as a defensive replacement or pinch runner. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 28 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
|
"1912, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French *pincher, pincer":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pinch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pinch Noun juncture , exigency , emergency , contingency , pinch , strait ( or straits ) crisis mean a critical or crucial time or state of affairs. juncture stresses the significant concurrence or convergence of events. an important juncture in our country's history exigency stresses the pressure of restrictions or urgency of demands created by a special situation. provide for exigencies emergency applies to a sudden unforeseen situation requiring prompt action to avoid disaster. the presence of mind needed to deal with emergencies contingency implies an emergency or exigency that is regarded as possible but uncertain of occurrence. contingency plans pinch implies urgency or pressure for action to a less intense degree than exigency or emergency . come through in a pinch strait , now commonly straits , applies to a troublesome situation from which escape is extremely difficult. in dire straits crisis applies to a juncture whose outcome will make a decisive difference. a crisis of confidence",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nip"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031233",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pinchpenny":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unstinting"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": stingy , niggardly":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her pinchpenny parents aren't likely to loan her the money she needs for the down payment"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1582, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pinch-\u02ccpe-n\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"chintzy",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"mingy",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"ungenerous"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045613",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pindy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": gone bad":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"origin unknown":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pindi"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042440",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pine":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of a genus ( Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals":[],
|
|
": any of various Australian coniferous trees (as of the genera Callitris or Araucaria )":[],
|
|
": bench sense 1c":[],
|
|
": pineapple":[],
|
|
": the straight-grained white or yellow usually durable and resinous wood of a pine varying from extreme softness in the white pine to hardness in the longleaf pine":[],
|
|
": to lose vigor, health, or flesh (as through grief) : languish":[],
|
|
": to yearn intensely and persistently especially for something unattainable":[
|
|
"they still pined for their lost wealth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Nature preserve featuring pine flatwoods and wetlands. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"The candles are infused with fave camping scents (think: s\u2019mores and pine ) to bring the great outdoors to your backyard while warding off biting insects. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"There are 30 to 40 pine and spruce trees on the property. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"What was happening historically was that the Ponderosa pine forest was resistant to fire as long as the fires were cooler. \u2014 Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"The largest New Jersey wildfire since 2007, which has for days burned through the state\u2019s southern pine lands, is now almost entirely contained, officials said Tuesday. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s a dry, pine -like note to the finish that reminds of Dogfish Head 60-Minute. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Breathing deeply, the mountain fresh air was scented with pine . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"While attempting to roll through a rocky channel on a downhill section, Agricola, who was 43 at the time, went flying over his handlebars and landed chest first on a downed pine log. \u2014 Outside Online , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Everyone\u2019s favorite 8-year-old existentialists pine over life\u2019s meanings to a bouncy, smooth jazz, often-quite-funky score. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Stories of a couple who makes it against all odds, of a woman who leaves her controlling boyfriend in the nick of time, of would-be lovers who pine for each other in silence, of a priest who falls in love with his choir director. \u2014 Leila Cobo, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"The Prince Edward-Gallion parkland, home to pine and hardwood trees, is Virginia's first state forest. \u2014 Joe Studley, NBC News , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Hardcore Isbell fans pine for his Drive-By Truckers classics. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"For instance, both characters pine for Layla El-Fahouly (May Calamawy), Marc\u2019s wife, but in a distinctly unique way. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Urban residents still pine for mountain escapes, perhaps now more than before. \u2014 Devon O\u2019neil, Outside Online , 4 June 2020",
|
|
"Sometimes just one hop variety is used in a beer, but more often several are working together\u2014a chorus of little green cones in your pint glass, offering the sipper hints of anything from grass to pine to mango to tangerine. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Outside Online , 7 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"But liberals also pine for the postwar U.S., specifically its foreign relations. \u2014 Dexter Fergie, The New Republic , 24 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English p\u012bn , from Latin pinus ; probably akin to Greek pitys pine":"Noun",
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"Middle English, from Old English p\u012bnian to suffer, from *p\u012bn punishment, from Latin poena \u2014 more at pain entry 1":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u012bn"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pine Verb long , yearn , hanker , pine , hunger , thirst mean to have a strong desire for something. long implies a wishing with one's whole heart and often a striving to attain. longed for some rest yearn suggests an eager, restless, or painful longing. yearned for a stage career hanker suggests the uneasy promptings of unsatisfied appetite or desire. always hankering for money pine implies a languishing or a fruitless longing for what is impossible. pined for a lost love hunger and thirst imply an insistent or impatient craving or a compelling need. hungered for a business of his own thirsted for power",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201406",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"pine (for)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to feel very sad because one wants (something) or because one is not with (someone)":[
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"She was pining for the old days.",
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"He's pining for his college sweetheart."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002052",
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"type":[
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"phrasal verb"
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]
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},
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"pine after":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to want or desire (someone or something) very much":[
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"teenage girls pining after rock stars"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104114",
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"type":[
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"phrasal verb"
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]
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},
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"pineal":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or secreted by the pineal gland":[
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"a pineal tumor",
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"the pineal hormone melatonin"
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And teenagers whose pineal glands haven't yet calcified can actually travel to another time period and get stuck there, which Steve realizes is what has happened to Brianna. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 22 Nov. 2020",
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"This video shows a monitor lizard skull fossil fragment with both the parietal and pineal foramina visible (highlighted in yellow). \u2014 Amina Khan, latimes.com , 3 Apr. 2018",
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"What purpose the fourth eye served in addition to pineal eye is hard to say. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 2 Apr. 2018"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1681, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French pin\u00e9al , from Middle French, from Latin pinea pine cone, from feminine of pineus of pine, from pinus":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"p\u012b-\u02c8",
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"p\u012b-\u02c8n\u0113-",
|
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"\u02c8p\u012b-n\u0113-\u0259l"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231823",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pineal eye":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": parietal eye":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130516",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pinealectomy":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"transitive verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": surgical removal of the pineal gland":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccp\u012b-n\u0113-\u0259-\u02c8lek-t\u0259-m\u0113, p\u012b-\u02ccn\u0113-, \u02ccpin-\u0113-",
|
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"\u02ccp\u012b-n\u0113-\u0259-\u02c8lek-t\u0259-m\u0113",
|
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"p\u012b-\u02ccn\u0113-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1915, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-160832"
|
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},
|
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"pinhead":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"brain",
|
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"genius"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a very dull or stupid person : fool":[],
|
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": something very small or insignificant":[],
|
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": the head of a pin":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"The insect is the size of a pinhead .",
|
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"Her boss is a real pinhead .",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Among their squashes: Grumpkin, who looks grumpy, and Drunkin, whose long pinhead looks tipsy. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
|
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"Perfect punctuality is a pinhead , a notional point on the continuum, kind of a Zeno\u2019s paradox. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
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"These small cherry-red bumps can range from the size of a pinhead to a pencil eraser. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
|
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"The tissue, about the size of a pinhead , had been preserved, stained with heavy metals, cut into 5,000 slices and imaged under an electron microscope. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Plasma pens leave pinhead -size markings on the skin. \u2014 Dianna Mazzone, Allure , 17 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"These six-legged insects are smaller than a pinhead . \u2014 oregonlive , 16 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"In the aftermath of oil spills, several features make kelp and kelp spores the size of a pinhead perfect for scientific study. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The only blood that is on an article of clothing \u2026 was a 1/16 inch-size pinhead spot of blood on an underdress underneath an outer dress. \u2014 Erin Moriarty, CBS News , 31 July 2021"
|
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],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pin-\u02cched"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"bubblehead",
|
|
"chowderhead",
|
|
"chucklehead",
|
|
"clodpoll",
|
|
"clodpole",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"cuddie",
|
|
"deadhead",
|
|
"dim bulb",
|
|
"dimwit",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dullard",
|
|
"dum-dum",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dumbhead",
|
|
"dummkopf",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"dunderhead",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"golem",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"hardhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
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"knucklehead",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"loggerhead",
|
|
"loon",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"lunkhead",
|
|
"meathead",
|
|
"mome",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"mutt",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"noddy",
|
|
"noodle",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"prat",
|
|
"ratbag",
|
|
"saphead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stupe",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickhead",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"woodenhead",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210145",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pinheaded":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hyperintelligent",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"supersmart",
|
|
"ultrasmart"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": dull , stupid":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pinheaded leadership that got us into this mess"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1776, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pin-\u02cche-d\u0259d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"boneheaded",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unsmart",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002911",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pinhole":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small hole made by, for, or as if by a pin":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The water was leaking through a pinhole in the pipe.",
|
|
"pinholes in a bedsheet will look like stars if you shine a light from behind it",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The lone camera on the back looked like a bargain-basement pinhole camera, and the back might even be plastic. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"When the eclipse begins, put your eye up to the second hole, while holding the box so that the sun is shining into the pinhole in the aluminum foil. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2021",
|
|
"Next, cover that hole with a piece of aluminum foil, and then poke a small pinhole in the middle of it. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2021",
|
|
"There's so many pinhole cameras out there nowadays. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 19 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"Rudimentary devices often made out of household objects like shoeboxes and aluminum foil, pinhole cameras consist of film and a light-proof box with a very small hole. \u2014 Isis Davis-marks, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"But city and state health officials have gleaned a pinhole of light in the enveloping gloom: Daily admissions to intensive care units are down. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"The pinhole in the front, what Samsung calls the Infinity-O hole, contains a 32-megapixel front facing camera. \u2014 Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored , 23 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"In a corkscrew of purple smoke there is a flickering light, no bigger than a pinhole . \u2014 Dave Eggers, The New Yorker , 11 Oct. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1612, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pin-\u02cch\u014dl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"perforation",
|
|
"pinprick",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"stab"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032536",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pining":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of a genus ( Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals":[],
|
|
": any of various Australian coniferous trees (as of the genera Callitris or Araucaria )":[],
|
|
": bench sense 1c":[],
|
|
": pineapple":[],
|
|
": the straight-grained white or yellow usually durable and resinous wood of a pine varying from extreme softness in the white pine to hardness in the longleaf pine":[],
|
|
": to lose vigor, health, or flesh (as through grief) : languish":[],
|
|
": to yearn intensely and persistently especially for something unattainable":[
|
|
"they still pined for their lost wealth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Nature preserve featuring pine flatwoods and wetlands. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"The candles are infused with fave camping scents (think: s\u2019mores and pine ) to bring the great outdoors to your backyard while warding off biting insects. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"There are 30 to 40 pine and spruce trees on the property. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"What was happening historically was that the Ponderosa pine forest was resistant to fire as long as the fires were cooler. \u2014 Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"The largest New Jersey wildfire since 2007, which has for days burned through the state\u2019s southern pine lands, is now almost entirely contained, officials said Tuesday. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s a dry, pine -like note to the finish that reminds of Dogfish Head 60-Minute. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Breathing deeply, the mountain fresh air was scented with pine . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"While attempting to roll through a rocky channel on a downhill section, Agricola, who was 43 at the time, went flying over his handlebars and landed chest first on a downed pine log. \u2014 Outside Online , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Everyone\u2019s favorite 8-year-old existentialists pine over life\u2019s meanings to a bouncy, smooth jazz, often-quite-funky score. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Stories of a couple who makes it against all odds, of a woman who leaves her controlling boyfriend in the nick of time, of would-be lovers who pine for each other in silence, of a priest who falls in love with his choir director. \u2014 Leila Cobo, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"The Prince Edward-Gallion parkland, home to pine and hardwood trees, is Virginia's first state forest. \u2014 Joe Studley, NBC News , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Hardcore Isbell fans pine for his Drive-By Truckers classics. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"For instance, both characters pine for Layla El-Fahouly (May Calamawy), Marc\u2019s wife, but in a distinctly unique way. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Urban residents still pine for mountain escapes, perhaps now more than before. \u2014 Devon O\u2019neil, Outside Online , 4 June 2020",
|
|
"Sometimes just one hop variety is used in a beer, but more often several are working together\u2014a chorus of little green cones in your pint glass, offering the sipper hints of anything from grass to pine to mango to tangerine. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Outside Online , 7 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"But liberals also pine for the postwar U.S., specifically its foreign relations. \u2014 Dexter Fergie, The New Republic , 24 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English p\u012bn , from Latin pinus ; probably akin to Greek pitys pine":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English p\u012bnian to suffer, from *p\u012bn punishment, from Latin poena \u2014 more at pain entry 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8p\u012bn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pine Verb long , yearn , hanker , pine , hunger , thirst mean to have a strong desire for something. long implies a wishing with one's whole heart and often a striving to attain. longed for some rest yearn suggests an eager, restless, or painful longing. yearned for a stage career hanker suggests the uneasy promptings of unsatisfied appetite or desire. always hankering for money pine implies a languishing or a fruitless longing for what is impossible. pined for a lost love hunger and thirst imply an insistent or impatient craving or a compelling need. hungered for a business of his own thirsted for power",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043628",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pinion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unfetter",
|
|
"unshackle"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack":[],
|
|
": the smaller of a pair or the smallest of a train of gear wheels":[],
|
|
": to bind fast : shackle":[],
|
|
": to disable or restrain by binding the arms":[],
|
|
": to restrain (a bird) from flight especially by cutting off the pinion of one wing":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"They pinioned his arms behind his back.",
|
|
"Joan of Arc was pinioned to a stake and burned as a heretic."
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1558, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1659, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French pignon , from Middle French peignon , from peigne comb, from Latin pecten \u2014 more at pectinate":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English, probably modification of Anglo-French *empignon, enpenoun flight feathers, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *pinnion-, pinnio , from Latin pinna feather \u2014 more at pen":"Noun"
|
|
},
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"\u02c8pin-y\u0259n"
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"bind",
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"chain",
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"enchain",
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"enfetter",
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"fetter",
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"gyve",
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"handcuff",
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"manacle",
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"shackle",
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": a ship with a narrow overhanging stern":[],
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": any of a genus ( Dianthus of the family Caryophyllaceae, the pink family) of chiefly Eurasian herbs having usually pink, red, or white flowers":[],
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": any of a group of colors bluish red to red in hue, of medium to high lightness, and of low to moderate saturation":[],
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": emotionally moved : excited":[
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"\u2014 often used as an intensive tickled pink"
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": highest degree possible : height":[
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"keep their house in the pink of repair",
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"\u2014 Rebecca West"
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],
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": holding moderately radical and usually socialistic political or economic views":[],
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": in the best of health or condition":[],
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": light-colored trousers formerly worn by army officers":[],
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": of the color pink":[],
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": one dressed in the height of fashion":[],
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": the very embodiment : paragon":[],
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": to perforate in an ornamental pattern":[],
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": to wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule":[]
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"examples":[
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"Her dress is pale pink .",
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"Verb",
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"accidentally pinked my shoulder with his fencing sword"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1503, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
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"1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"circa 1669, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Middle Dutch pinke":"Noun",
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"Middle English, to thrust":"Verb",
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"origin unknown":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pi\u014bk"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"gore",
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"harpoon",
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"impale",
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"jab",
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"lance",
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"peck",
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"pick",
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"pierce",
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"puncture",
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"run through",
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"skewer",
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"spear",
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"spike",
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"spit",
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"stab",
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"stick",
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"transfix",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193250",
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"definitions":{
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": a notice from an employer that a recipient's employment is being terminated":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The most recent pink slip was handed to him last October, by the Warriors. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 June 2022",
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"What\u2019s often framed merely as an economic story is also a social and emotional one: With one pink slip , a lifetime of desires \u2014 including, simply, the desire to be desired \u2014 can feel out of reach. \u2014 Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun , 20 June 2022",
|
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"Despite a campaign to save her job, Coonley Elementary librarian Nora Wiltse received a pink slip Friday after 14 years at the North Center school. \u2014 Tracy Swartz, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Hired as an assistant coach in Providence by then-GM Peter Chiarelli in 2008, Cassidy was employed by the Bruins for nearly 14 years prior to Monday\u2019s pink slip . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
|
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"But a pink slip from WEA ultimately led Price to rosier days with Barden Cablevision, which also reconnected him with sports, including his beloved Tigers. \u2014 Scott Talley, Freep.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
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"State law requires districts to send a preliminary pink slip by Mar. 15 to any teachers and other staff who could be laid off and then follow up with an actual layoff notice by May 15. \u2014 Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Bella Hadid wears a sheer pink slip dress and teal gloves. \u2014 Jenny Hartman, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The mayor delivered the pink slip to Brian Hunzeker despite a recommendation by Chief Chuck Lovell that the longtime Portland police officer instead receive a 12-week suspension, records show. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Mar. 2022"
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"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212832",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"transitive verb"
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},
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|
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress":[],
|
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": the highest point of development or achievement : acme":[],
|
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": to surmount with a pinnacle":[],
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": to raise or rear on a pinnacle":[]
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pi-n\u0259-k\u0259l",
|
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"\u02c8pi-ni-k\u0259l"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acme",
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"apex",
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"apogee",
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"capstone",
|
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"climax",
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"crescendo",
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"crest",
|
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"crown",
|
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"culmination",
|
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"head",
|
|
"height",
|
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"high noon",
|
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"high-water mark",
|
|
"meridian",
|
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"ne plus ultra",
|
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"noon",
|
|
"noontime",
|
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"peak",
|
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"sum",
|
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"summit",
|
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"tip-top",
|
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"top",
|
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"zenith"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"bottom",
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"nadir",
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"rock bottom"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pinnacle Noun summit , peak , pinnacle , climax , apex , acme , culmination mean the highest point attained or attainable. summit implies the topmost level attainable. at the summit of the Victorian social scene peak suggests the highest among other high points. an artist working at the peak of her powers pinnacle suggests a dizzying and often insecure height. the pinnacle of worldly success climax implies the highest point in an ascending series. the war was the climax to a series of hostile actions apex implies the point where all ascending lines converge. the apex of Dutch culture acme implies a level of quality representing the perfection of a thing. a statue that was once deemed the acme of beauty culmination suggests the outcome of a growth or development representing an attained objective. the culmination of years of effort",
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"examples":[
|
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"Noun",
|
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"a singer who has reached the pinnacle of success",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Pairing this with the decentralized ethos of blockchain, eIDAS 2.0 is representative of the pinnacle of consumer privacy, security. \u2014 Alastair Johnson, Forbes , 5 July 2022",
|
|
"What caused a pinnacle of the glacier to break off and thunder down the slope at a speed estimated by experts at some 300 kph (nearly 200 mph), wasn\u2019t immediately known. \u2014 Frances D'emilio, Anchorage Daily News , 4 July 2022",
|
|
"What caused a pinnacle of the glacier to break off and thunder down the slope at a speed estimated by experts at nearly 200 mph, wasn\u2019t immediately known. \u2014 Frances D'emilio, Chicago Tribune , 4 July 2022",
|
|
"What caused a pinnacle of the glacier to break off and thunder down the slope at a speed estimated by experts at some 300 kph (nearly 200 mph), wasn\u2019t immediately known. \u2014 al , 4 July 2022",
|
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"What caused a pinnacle of the glacier to break off and thunder down the slope at a speed estimated by experts at some 300 kph (nearly 200 mph), wasn't immediately known. \u2014 Frances D'emilio, BostonGlobe.com , 4 July 2022",
|
|
"The episode represents a pinnacle for both Emmy-worthy actresses. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"Since then, the grocery store has been a pinnacle of pride for the food equality and resources for which residents long fought. \u2014 Ashan Singh, ABC News , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"After a year or more of living on their own \u2014 a pinnacle of achievement in New York \u2014 some say the bump back to earth has been painfully personal. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"One father, two sons, all coaching their teams to pinnacle moments of their seasons. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 19 Mar. 2021",
|
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"At the start of 2015, Hollar's weight pinnacled at 678. \u2014 Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star , 4 Feb. 2018"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English pinacle , from Anglo-French, from Late Latin pinnaculum small wing, gable, from Latin pinna wing, battlement":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-105845"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinpoint":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distinguish",
|
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"finger",
|
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"ID",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"single (out)"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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|
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|
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": located, fixed, or directed with extreme precision":[
|
|
"pinpoint targets"
|
|
],
|
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|
|
": something that is extremely small or insignificant":[],
|
|
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|
|
": to cause to stand out conspicuously : highlight":[],
|
|
": to fix, determine, or identify with precision":[
|
|
"pinpoint the cause"
|
|
],
|
|
": to locate or aim with great precision or accuracy":[
|
|
"pinpoint a source"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"The pitcher showed pinpoint control of his fastball.",
|
|
"the pinpoint measurement of brain tumors is critically important",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"They were finally able to pinpoint the cause of the fire.",
|
|
"He pinpointed the city on the map.",
|
|
"Rescuers were able to pinpoint where the lost girl was.",
|
|
"The military uses computer imaging to pinpoint targets.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Here's an example of how simple misunderstandings can start a domino of hard-to- pinpoint critical incidents. \u2014 Nancy Doyle, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"This jaw-dropping jam came against Portland, and it was set up by a long outlet pass from Tyrese Haliburton to Lance Stephenson, who delivered a pinpoint behind-the-back bounce pass to a streaking Brissett. \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"As the sky starts to turn darker shades of blue-black, scan the sky just above the horizon for a tiny pinpoint of light. \u2014 Dean Regas, The Enquirer , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But in the third quarter, Smith set up a touchdown with pinpoint passes to Travis Koontz for 39 yards and Jerand Bradley for 52 yards. \u2014 Don Williams, USA TODAY , 30 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Particularly with larger musical forces, the church\u2019s booming acoustics can make the articulation of real sonic detail and the maintenance of pinpoint ensemble precision particularly challenging, as appeared to be the case here. \u2014 Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"To avoid surprises, businesses need a comprehensive analysis of all of their data to envision the full picture and pinpoint challenges and optimization opportunities. \u2014 Quora, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"And yet the 27-year-old Cortes continues to dominate with a mix of deception and pinpoint command that has left opposing batters flummoxed. \u2014 Jared Diamond, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"These innovative ZitSticka patches, infused with a laundry list of brightening ingredients like niacinamide, vitamin C, arbutin, licorice root extract and kojic acid, pinpoint and tackle dark marks from acne. \u2014 Nicole Saporita, Good Housekeeping , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Saturday\u2019s maneuver required pinpoint hand-eye coordination, body control and a flourish of power. \u2014 Phil Thompson, SFChronicle.com , 16 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"Those partnerships would be able to collect more detailed data that could more finely pinpoint actual demand by neighborhoods. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Ice pick acne scars are small, narrow, pinpoint acne scars that penetrate deep into the skin, according to Gross. \u2014 Audrey Noble, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 Jan. 2019",
|
|
"In some cities, like Houston and Dallas, utilities have already undertaken to upgrade their systems with new, digital equipment, allowing repair crews to more precisely pinpoint damage during storms. \u2014 James Osborne, Houston Chronicle , 8 Feb. 2018",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"After collecting and evaluating data, companies can pinpoint weaknesses in their supply chain and make improvements where needed. \u2014 David Gasparyan, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Among other problems, the sensors that should have helped them pinpoint the source of excess heat didn\u2019t work at extremely high temperatures. \u2014 Audra J. Wolfe, The New Republic , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"The fingerprints of different elements identified in spectra can pinpoint stars that might have been born in the same regions. \u2014 Sasha Warren, Scientific American , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"The runner who craves answers can pinpoint few to explain why last season went so wrong. Amid a Tokyo Olympics when U.S. men\u2019s sprinters uncharacteristically struggled to medal, Norman was one of the biggest mysteries. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"His wife, Trudie Styler, on the other hand, can pretty much pinpoint her favorite song. \u2014 Mark Gray, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Investigators would later pinpoint the time to 10 a.m. using a neighbor\u2019s surveillance video that captured the toddlers\u2019 final steps. \u2014 Asia Simone Burns, ajc , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"If costs for a dish are higher than normal, for example, chefs and cooks can pinpoint the pricey ingredient and then buy from a different supplier, substitute ingredients or take other steps to maintain profit margins. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Then, in a true emergency, even the police can't pinpoint their exact location. \u2014 Amy Paturel, Wired , 29 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1670, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
|
|
"1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"1917, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pin-\u02ccp\u022fint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"hairline",
|
|
"mathematical",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"spot-on"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183053",
|
|
"type":[
|
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|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
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|
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|
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"pinprick":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a petty irritation or annoyance":[],
|
|
": a small puncture made by or as if by a pin":[],
|
|
": to administer pinpricks":[],
|
|
": to administer pinpricks to":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"He felt a pinprick in his leg.",
|
|
"the nurse kindly put a decorated bandage over the pinprick from the injection",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Craigie focuses on the filament, creating latticework songs with precise details that strike the listener like a pinprick . \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Set among 700,000 acres of land on the red flanks of the Cockburn Ranges, El Questro Homestead is a pinprick of green, an improbable clifftop retreat for 20 guests perched on the edge of the Chamberlain River. \u2014 Anabel Dean, CNN , 18 May 2022",
|
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"The dishes were a wan pink, with pinpricks in them; each pinprick was a colony of minimal cells\u2014a version called JCVI-syn3A. Cook gestured to a nearby microscope. \u2014 James Somers, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The area separates Belarus from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, a pinprick of territory that remained part of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Her idea that a pinprick of blood could be used to run dozens of tests, helping people detect life-threatening conditions earlier, was revolutionary and fit the bill of Silicon Valley's love affair with high-risk, high-reward investments. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 6 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Torres counted each pinprick softly to himself, then did some quick calculations. \u2014 Max G. Levy, Wired , 30 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The next day, Megan noticed a small pinprick on her arm, surrounded by a bruise and paired with an ache that bothered her for a few days. \u2014 Matilda Martin, refinery29.com , 21 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The vaccination felt like most others \u2014 a slight pinprick in M.'s upper arm, followed by the application of a Band-Aid and advice to monitor the injection site for any unusual reactions. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"At this height, the real thing looks fake, a composite of toy skyscrapers, tinfoil rivers, pinprick traffic lights, Central Park the size of a welcome mat, and some sort of nature in the hazy distance. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Curbed , 21 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The teeny pinpricks force the skin to heal and build up stronger than before, while the device also deposits serum deeper into the skin. \u2014 Leah Prinzivalli, Allure , 9 Nov. 2018",
|
|
"Device testing was conducted at a refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya, where pinprick blood samples were examined for antibodies to measles and rubella. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 25 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"Distorting drops of water pinpricked my face in the basin\u2019s mirror. \u2014 Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker , 20 Mar. 2017",
|
|
"Bonobo played an aquatically chill set of slow-moving dance music, followed by Four Tet, who kept his tempo but shifted to pinprick -precise, bucolic house. \u2014 Jon Caramanica, New York Times , 16 May 2016",
|
|
"Distorting drops of water pinpricked my face in the basin\u2019s mirror. \u2014 Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker , 20 Mar. 2017"
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"1755, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1871, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
|
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|
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|
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"\u02c8pin-\u02ccprik"
|
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],
|
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|
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|
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"perforation",
|
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"pinhole",
|
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"prick",
|
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"punch",
|
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"puncture",
|
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"stab"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030853",
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"big",
|
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"biggish",
|
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"considerable",
|
|
"goodly",
|
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"grand",
|
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"great",
|
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"handsome",
|
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"husky",
|
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"king-size",
|
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"king-sized",
|
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"large",
|
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"largish",
|
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"outsize",
|
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"outsized",
|
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"overscale",
|
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"overscaled",
|
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"oversize",
|
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"oversized",
|
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"sizable",
|
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"sizeable",
|
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"substantial",
|
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"tidy",
|
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"whacking",
|
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"whopping"
|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8p\u012bnt-\u02ccs\u012bz"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bantam",
|
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"diminutive",
|
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"dinky",
|
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"dwarfish",
|
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"fine",
|
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"half-pint",
|
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"Lilliputian",
|
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"little",
|
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"pocket",
|
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"pocket-size",
|
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"pocket-sized",
|
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"puny",
|
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"pygmy",
|
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"shrimpy",
|
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"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
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"smallish",
|
|
"subnormal",
|
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"toylike",
|
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"undersized",
|
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"undersize"
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234924",
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|
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|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"big",
|
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"biggish",
|
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"sizeable",
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"substantial",
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"tidy",
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"whacking",
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"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8p\u012bnt-\u02ccs\u012bz"
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"synonyms":[
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"bantam",
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"diminutive",
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"dinky",
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"dwarfish",
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"fine",
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"half-pint",
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"Lilliputian",
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"little",
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"pocket",
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"pocket-size",
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"pocket-sized",
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"puny",
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"pygmy",
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"shrimpy",
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"slight",
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"small",
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"smallish",
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"toylike",
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"undersized",
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"undersize"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012307",
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"type":[
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},
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"pinwheel":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a fireworks device in the form of a revolving wheel of colored fire":[],
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": a toy consisting of lightweight vanes that revolve at the end of a stick":[],
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": something (such as a galaxy) shaped like a pinwheel":[],
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": to move like a pinwheel":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"the kayaker had got sucked into the whirlpool, and his kayak was pinwheeling helplessly",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"On Wednesday afternoon, the frontyard was decorated with a small American flag and a red, white and blue pinwheel , which spun in the breeze. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
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"Their semi-cubicle workstations are are arranged in a pinwheel formation in the middle of a large, otherwise empty room, devoid of decoration. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"At the center of this clever pinwheel of a story\u2014Moore co-wrote the script with Johnathan McClain\u2014is Rylance, whose economy of motion and emotion is a marvel. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"The tonkotsu ingredients were expertly layered together atop the broth in the oversized popcorn tub of a bowl with an egg in the center of the colorful pinwheel . \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 18 Feb. 2022",
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"The idea for this Christmas pinwheel cookie came to me in a dream in which I was invited to a cookie exchange and had forgotten to bake any cookies but was meaning to bake these. \u2014 Julia O'malley, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Dec. 2021",
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"The image combines a pinwheel fashioned out of sharp, triangular wedges and square blocks that seem to push forward and back in the picture plane. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 2 Feb. 2022",
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"There are a thousand iterations of the holiday pinwheel . \u2014 Julia O'malley, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Dec. 2021",
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"Place avocado pieces on top of pie in a pinwheel or poinsettia design. \u2014 Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com , 16 Dec. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Some of the outer rain bands and a few storms from Beta will pinwheel into the area from the east and southeast. \u2014 Dallas News , 20 Sep. 2020",
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"Observations of pinwheeling galaxies suggested that scaffolds of invisible matter held their stars together, while a repulsive form of energy drove galaxies apart. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 28 Jan. 2020",
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"The man in the white vest pinwheeled his arms, ushering volunteers through the pick-up line outside the Salvation Army Community Center on Fourth Street with military precision. \u2014 Lizzie Johnson, SFChronicle.com , 25 Dec. 2019",
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"Some upper-level energy may move through the region, pinwheeling from the New England storm. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Oct. 2019",
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"According to the space agency, IC 2051 is a spiral galaxy, noticeable in its whirling, pinwheeling arms and a bar of stars cutting through its center. \u2014 Fox News , 23 Dec. 2019",
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"The result is a vertiginous nausea that sends me pinwheeling toward the bathroom, though the men still breathe at a decibel level loud enough to permeate its heavy chestnut door. \u2014 Barrett Swanson, Harper's magazine , 28 Oct. 2019",
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"Neo-Romantic melodies in the strings danced opposite pinwheeling exclamations in the woodwinds, and sharp ice replaced all the usual subtle sweetness of Elizabeth Rowe\u2019s flute. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Oct. 2019",
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"Behind them was a coal black foal, who pinwheeled his legs under the water, swimming like a seal after his mother. \u2014 Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times , 8 July 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1765, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1907, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pin-\u02cchw\u0113l",
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"-\u02ccw\u0113l",
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"\u02c8pin-\u02cc(h)w\u0113l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"gyrate",
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"pirouette",
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"revolve",
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"roll",
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"rotate",
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"spin",
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"turn",
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"twirl",
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"wheel",
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"whirl"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063315",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"pincette":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a small pair of pincers , tweezers, or forceps used in surgery":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)pan\u00a6set",
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"(\u02c8)pa\u207f\u00a6-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle French, from pincier to pinch + -ette":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-141914"
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},
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"pincer":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an instrument having two short handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot and used for gripping things":[],
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": a claw (as of a lobster) resembling a pair of pincers : chela":[],
|
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": pincer movement":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"especially for sense 1 US often \u02c8pin-ch\u0259r",
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"\u02c8pin-ch\u0259r",
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"\u02c8pin-s\u0259r",
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"\u02c8pin(t)-s\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But that returns us to Rottenborn\u2019s list of all the pincer movements that close in on abuse victims. \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
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"Nearby, Russian forces were trying to push southward, part of a pincer move to trap the Ukrainian troops still holding a pocket of territory in the two eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
|
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"This led to a pincer attack on their profit margins. \u2014 Omer Riaz, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
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"This may allow Russia to form a pincer in conjunction with a thrust pressing southward towards Lyman that could leave the veteran Ukrainian brigades in Severodonetsk encircled. \u2014 Sebastien Roblin, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
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"The assault from prices will be two-pronged, almost pincer -like. \u2014 Rajrishi Singhal, Quartz , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
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"What made this latest countercultural rebellion unique was its pincer attack. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 23 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Flying from multiple bases and then meeting on the far side of Taiwan\u2014creating a giant aerial pincer \u2014would also show PLAAF's ability to coordinate different air units from different bases under a common headquarters. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2021",
|
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"A few years ago, de Miranda helped examine whip spiders from three caves in Israel, two yielding the same species found in Jordan, Turkey, and Greece, and the third yielding something completely new, with weaker eyes and more pincer -spines. \u2014 Eric Boodman, Wired , 29 May 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English pinceour , from Anglo-French *pinceour, pinchure , from Anglo-French *pincher, pincer to pinch, from Vulgar Latin *pinctiare, *punctiare , from Latin punctum puncture \u2014 more at point":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142520"
|
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},
|
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"pincer movement":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a military attack by two coordinated forces that close in on an enemy position from different directions":[],
|
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": a combination of two forces acting against an opposing force":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The Ukrainians are located in a north-south crescent between deep Russian lines in the southeastern Donbas region, and a potential pincer movement to their west. \u2014 Karen Deyoung, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Ukrainians are located in a north-south crescent between deep Russian lines in the southeastern Donbas region, and a potential pincer movement to their west. \u2014 Karen Deyoung, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Fighting has been heaviest in the Luhansk oblast cities of Lysychansk and Severodonetsk, where Russian troops have attempted to advance south from Izyum in an apparent pincer movement aimed at encircling Ukrainian forces, the ministry said. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Ukrainians are located in a north-south crescent between deep Russian lines in the southeastern Donbas region, and a potential pincer movement to their west. \u2014 Karen Deyoung, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Ukrainians are located in a north-south crescent between deep Russian lines in the southeastern Donbas region, and a potential pincer movement to their west. \u2014 Karen Deyoung, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Ukrainians are located in a north-south crescent between deep Russian lines in the southeastern Donbas region, and a potential pincer movement to their west. \u2014 Karen Deyoung, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Ukrainians are located in a north-south crescent between deep Russian lines in the southeastern Donbas region, and a potential pincer movement to their west. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Russia\u2019s new strategy, Ukrainian and Western officials say, is to encircle Ukraine\u2019s best forces in Donbas through a pincer movement , with offensives pushing north from the Zaporizhzhia region and south from the town of Izyum. \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144128"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinchbeck":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an alloy of copper and zinc used especially to imitate gold in jewelry":[],
|
|
": something counterfeit or spurious":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pinch-\u02ccbek"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Christopher Pinchbeck \u20201732 English watchmaker":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1734, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145609"
|
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},
|
|
"pintail":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pin-\u02cct\u0101l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Northern pintail duck populations are decreasing because of wetland habitat loss, predation disease and petroleum pollution, per the IUCN. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"Officials for the Smithsonian\u2019s National Zoo in Washington D.C. say a fox is responsible for killing 25 American flamingos and one Northern pintail duck at the zoo after staff found the dead animals early Monday morning. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"Twenty-five American flamingos and one Northern pintail duck were killed Monday after a wild fox broke into an outdoor flamingo habitat at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"In addition to the dozens of dead American flamingos, a Northern pintail duck was killed, and three more flamingos were injured, officials said. \u2014 NBC News , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"The zoo said a Northern pintail duck was also killed by the fox and three other flamingos were hurt and are being treated at the zoo\u2019s veterinary hospital. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"The daily duck bag limit during the normal seasons may include no more than four mallards (including a maximum of two hens), three wood ducks, two black ducks, two canvasbacks, two redheads and one pintail . \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Maybe the pintail or the canvasback is better to eat, but there is nothing in the flying department as wonderfully gaudy as a pheasant or a he-mallard. \u2014 Field & Stream , 31 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"The same goes for other popular puddle ducks \u2014 teal, pintail and widgeon. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1768, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164040"
|
|
},
|
|
"pintadoite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a hydrous calcium vanadate Ca 2 V 2 O 7 .9H 2 O occurring in a green incrustation":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-d\u014d\u02cc\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
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|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Pintado Canyon, San Juan county, southeast Utah + -ite":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165447"
|
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},
|
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"pinchback":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having a close-fitting or pleated back":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"pinch entry 1 + back , noun":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170904"
|
|
},
|
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"pince-nezed":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": wearing pince-nez":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u0101d",
|
|
"-ezd"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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|
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171835"
|
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},
|
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"pin-tailed":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having a tapered rail with the middle feathers longest":[],
|
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": having the tail feathers spiny":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180018"
|
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},
|
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"pintado":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a painted or printed chintz formerly made in India":[],
|
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": cape pigeon":[],
|
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": cero":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"pin\u2027\u02c8t\u00e4(\u02cc)d\u014d"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Portuguese, from past participle of pintar to paint, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin pinctare , from (assumed) Vulgar Latin pinctus painted":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180737"
|
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},
|
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"pin-tailed sandgrouse":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata ) of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183410"
|
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},
|
|
"pinxter flower":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a deciduous pink-flowered azalea ( Rhododendron periclymenoides synonym R. nudiflorum ) native to rich moist woodlands of eastern North America":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pi\u014b(k)-st\u0259r-"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Dutch pinkster Whitsuntide":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1857, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191318"
|
|
},
|
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"pintano":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": sergeant major sense 4":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"pin\u2027\u02c8t\u00e4(\u02cc)n\u014d"
|
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],
|
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|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"American Spanish":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191640"
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},
|
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"pineapple weed":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an annual aromatic herb ( Matricaria matricarioides ) native to the Pacific coast of North America but widely naturalized and having much-dissected leaves and rayless yellow flowers":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201357"
|
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"pinch me":{
|
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"type":[
|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203222"
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"pineapple sage":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a Mexican salvia ( Salvia elegans synonym S. rutilans ) having a scent of pineapple that is cultivated as an annual":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The common name, pineapple sage , comes from the scent of the leaves when crushed, although the strength of the aroma varies depending on weather and moisture levels. \u2014 Janet Carson, Arkansas Online , 3 Jan. 2022",
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"All of this comes together perfectly in Tepoz\u00e1n\u2019s four-month-old honeyed and silky reposado, with its co-mingling of spicy oak, brown sugar and pineapple sage . \u2014 Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report , 6 Oct. 2021",
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"And there\u2019s lots of lemon balm, lemongrass, sweet grass, lemon verbena, chamomile, stevia, pineapple sage , comfrey and calendula. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Aug. 2021",
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"Tender and half-hardy decorative salvias, such as Mexican bush sage, pineapple sage and little-leaf sage, make great container specimens all the way to October. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 May 2021",
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"The leaves of pineapple sage have a sharp and fruity pineapple-like fragrance, which is where the plant gets its common name. \u2014 Caroline Rogers, Southern Living , 29 Apr. 2021",
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"Enjoy blooming perennials, flowering trees, succulents and shrubs as well as roses, iris, pineapple sage , aloes, Mexican tulip poppy, geraniums, South African daisies, California lilac, Grevillea and many, many more. \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Apr. 2021",
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"That mainly means the chef \u2019s garden, where herbs, vegetables, and fruit are grown for use in Sierra Mar. Beautiful blue borage, purple pineapple sage , and bright orange Calendula grow next to pink pearl apples, finger limes, and yuzu. \u2014 Ellen Fort, Sunset Magazine , 15 Jan. 2020",
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"Instead, Niagara local Deirdre Fraser acts as the in-house forager and gardener, sourcing wild mushrooms from the neighboring forest while growing unconventional herbs like syrupy rabbit tobacco and tangy pineapple sage . \u2014 Aliza Abarbanel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 7 Nov. 2019"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1950, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233026"
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},
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"pinched nerve":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a nerve pressed against a bone in a painful way":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235309"
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},
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"pine away":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to become thin and weak because of sadness or loss":[
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"Since his wife left him, he spends his days alone, pining away ."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000228"
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},
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"pin cherry":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a small often shrubby shallow-rooted American wild cherry ( Prunus pensylvanica ) with small white flowers in short clusters":[],
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": the bright red acid fruit of the pin cherry":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000648"
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},
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"pinching bar":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": pinch bar":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001154"
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},
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"pinna":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a projecting body part (such as a feather, wing, or fin)":[],
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": the largely cartilaginous projecting portion of the external ear \u2014 see ear illustration":[],
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": a leaflet or primary division of a pinnate leaf or frond":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pin-\u0259",
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"\u02c8pi-n\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Humans do have weak vestigial muscles attached to the shell of the ear, called the auricle or pinna , as well as evidence of a vestigial nervous system, which could have functioned to orient the ears. \u2014 C. Claiborne Ray, New York Times , 16 Jan. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Latin, feather, wing \u2014 more at pen":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1682, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001744"
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},
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"pinnate":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": resembling a feather especially in having similar parts arranged on opposite sides of an axis like the barbs on the rachis of a feather":[
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"a pinnate leaf"
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],
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"\u2014 see leaf illustration":[
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"a pinnate leaf"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pi-\u02ccn\u0101t"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin pinnatus , from Latin, feathered, from pinna feather, wing, fin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1687, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003823"
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},
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"pinyin":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a system for romanizing Chinese ideograms in which tones are indicated by diacritics and unaspirated consonants are transcribed as voiced \u2014 compare wade-giles":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pin-\u02c8yin"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The committee then turned to a new system of romanization, known today as pinyin . \u2014 Hugo Restall, WSJ , 1 Mar. 2022",
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"To integrate that useful principle into his encoding scheme, Zhi decided to index characters by their components\u2014the simpler characters within each ideograph\u2014using the first letter of each component\u2019s pinyin spelling. \u2014 Jing Tsu, Wired , 23 Jan. 2022",
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"And the campaign has already caused a stir online, with many questioning the rationale behind such replacements, since foreign visitors who don't speak any Chinese are unlikely to understand pinyin . \u2014 Nectar Gan And Steve George, CNN , 5 Jan. 2022",
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"The most common method used pinyin , the system of romanized spelling for Mandarin that Chinese students learn in school. \u2014 Mara Hvistendahl, Wired , 18 May 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Chinese (Beijing) p\u012bny\u012bn to spell phonetically, from p\u012bn to arrange + y\u012bn sound, pronunciation":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1963, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004427"
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},
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"pinn-":{
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"type":[
|
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"combining form"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": feather : fin":[
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"pinn al",
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"Pinni pedia"
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Latin, from pinna feather, wing, fin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012136"
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},
|
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"pinched for":{
|
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": not having enough of (something)":[
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"Students are especially pinched for time at the end of the school year.",
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"I'm pinched for cash right now."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015552"
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},
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"Pinchot":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"Gifford 1865\u20131946 American conservationist and politician":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pin-\u02ccsh\u014d"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022156"
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},
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"pin-table":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": pinball machine":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pin-\u02cct\u0101-b\u0259l"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024228"
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},
|
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"pinnace":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": any of various ship's boats":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pi-n\u0259s"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle French pinace , probably from Old Spanish pinaza , from pino pine, from Latin pinus":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030341"
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},
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"pinchbeck brown":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": burnished gold":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034452"
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},
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"pinnaglobin":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a brown respiratory pigment in the blood of a mollusk of the genus Pinna that is apparently similar to hemocyanin but contains manganese in place of copper":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u00a6pin\u0259+"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin Pinna + English globin":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034645"
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},
|
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"pinchfist":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": niggard":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"pinch entry 1 + fist , noun":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042203"
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},
|
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"pink noise":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a mixture of sound waves with an intensity that diminishes proportionally with frequency to yield approximately equal energy per octave \u2014 compare white noise":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"In pink noise , events that appear random are actually connected, per Science News. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Brown noise contains even more bass than pink noise , more like the rumble of strong winds, a rushing river or pounding surf. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 3 May 2021",
|
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"This classic sound machine has 10 fan sounds and 10 ambient noise variations including white, brown and pink noise . \u2014 Lindsay Boyers, Forbes , 21 June 2021",
|
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"Brown noise contains even more bass than pink noise , more like the rumble of strong winds, a rushing river or pounding surf. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 3 May 2021",
|
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"Brown noise contains even more bass than pink noise , more like the rumble of strong winds, a rushing river or pounding surf. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 3 May 2021",
|
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"Brown noise contains even more bass than pink noise , more like the rumble of strong winds, a rushing river or pounding surf. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 3 May 2021",
|
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"Brown noise contains even more bass than pink noise , more like the rumble of strong winds, a rushing river or pounding surf. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 3 May 2021",
|
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"Brown noise contains even more bass than pink noise , more like the rumble of strong winds, a rushing river or pounding surf. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 3 May 2021"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1961, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045934"
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},
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"Pinyoca":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a dialect of Chiquitoan":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"p\u0113n\u02c8y\u014dk\u0259"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060200"
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},
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"pinta":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a chronic skin disease that is endemic in tropical America, that occurs successively as an initial papule, a generalized eruption, and a patchy loss of pigment, and that is caused by a treponemal spirochete ( Treponema careteum ) morphologically indistinguishable from the causative agent of syphilis":[],
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": a pint of milk":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pint-\u0259, \u02c8pin-\u02cct\u00e4",
|
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"\u02c8p\u012bn-t\u0259",
|
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"\u02c8pin-t\u0259",
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"-\u02cct\u00e4"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"American Spanish, from Spanish, spot, mark, from Vulgar Latin *pincta":"Noun",
|
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"pint + -a (as in cuppa )":"Noun"
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"1825, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1959, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063024"
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},
|
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"pint":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a unit of capacity equal to \u00b9/\u2082 quart \u2014 see Weights and Measures Table":[],
|
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": a pint pot or vessel":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8p\u012bnt"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"The ice cream comes in pints .",
|
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"I'd like another pint , please.",
|
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"We'll all go for a pint after work.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Now, according to Autocar, the tiny British firm is planning to create a road-legal version of its pint -sized electric missile. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 27 June 2022",
|
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"To center a headboard on the wall, designer Shawn Henderson closed up a decorative fireplace in this pint -sized but perfect NYC bedroom. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 23 June 2022",
|
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"Toddlers can have their own fun playing on this pint -sized inflatable water slide. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2022",
|
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"People can bring their own pint glass or liter stein to get filled up. \u2014 Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
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"All finishers will receive a commemorative pint glass and shamrock cookie. \u2014 Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Skip the plastic cups with Draft Top, a handheld tool that transforms any can of beer into an aluminum pint glass. \u2014 Sara Butler Staff Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Shanna\u2019s Life-Saving Negroni Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker or pint glass over ice. \u2014 Jeanne O'brien Coffey, Forbes , 15 Sep. 2021",
|
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"Beer enhances all these things, and despite being two different people from two different places, the math brings us both to the pint glass, which is probably why International Beer Day (Aug. 6) is a thing. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 6 Aug. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English pinte , from Middle French, probably from Vulgar Latin *pincta , feminine of pinctus , past participle of Latin pingere to paint; from the use of a painted mark on a container to show its capacity \u2014 more at paint":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080358"
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},
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"pin knot":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a sound knot in lumber not over \u00b9/\u2082 inch in diameter":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"a dark suit with white pinstripes",
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"a man dressed in pinstripes",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The comedian, meanwhile, wore a chic pinstripe suit coat, black turtleneck and had his hair braided. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 6 June 2022",
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"And then 25 killer preppy looks streamed by\u2014great herringbone and houndstooth and pinstripe and windowpane fabrics edged with rep tie stripes and white and gray piping. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"In the first photo, Lively can be seen posing in a stunning body-hugging, one-shoulder sequin gown split with a sleeveless pinstripe suit on the bodice, while the second photo shows a close-up look at the detailing of the dress. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
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"Sydney Sweeney also recently posted a photo on Instagram wearing pinstripe overalls while working on her Ford Bronco. \u2014 Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com , 8 May 2022",
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"Buckley took a note from the menswear book in a Schiaparelli pinstripe suit, complete with a matching tie and wide-brim hat. \u2014 ELLE , 4 May 2022",
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"Few coaches have ever been better dressed on the sidelines than Wright, who won national titles in 2016 and 2018 wearing pristine pinstripe suits \u2014 the first black, the second dark blue with a light blue shirt underneath. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"Cumberbatch wore a navy pinstripe suit with a vibrant yellow turtleneck to set apart the dark tones. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"In addition to a navy three-piece suit with large gold buttons, the star paired a tan pinstripe suit with a purple and white crochet top. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 Apr. 2022"
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"1863, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112125"
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"pink needle":{
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120451"
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"Pinnacles National Monument":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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"area of unusual rock formations in west central California in the Coast Range south-southeast of Hollister":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122840"
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"pinball machine":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an amusement device in which a ball propelled by a plunger scores points as it rolls down a slanting surface among pins and targets":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Worn wires spill out like spaghetti from an old pinball machine 's control console. \u2014 Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star , 28 June 2022",
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"The wine\u2019s energizing acidity made the sides of my tongue light up like a Bally\u2019s pinball machine . \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 8 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Brianna Wu's husband, Frank, with their pinball machine collection in Dedham. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
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"The park featured a carousel, a giant pinball machine ride and general psychedelic weirdness. \u2014 Pete Corson, ajc , 16 May 2016",
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"The pinball machine isn\u2019t for sale, said Mr. Landau, but most of the other games can be purchased along with the house if a buyer desires. \u2014 Sarah Paynter, WSJ , 6 Jan. 2022",
|
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"The pinball machine really would be spending in the sense that Republicans characterize Democrats\u2019 plans\u2014heedless, ill-thought, selfish. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 24 Sep. 2021",
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"In one episode of Pickers, one of the hosts, Mike Wolfe, literally arm wrestles a seller to set the price of a pinball machine . \u2014 Stephen Lurie, The Atlantic , 26 Aug. 2021",
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"Indeed, there are welding tables and toolboxes and a pinball machine , and then there are countless little mementos from a career that has spanned over 20 years. \u2014 Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com , 13 July 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122923"
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},
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"pinyon":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-134528"
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},
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"pineapple guava":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": feijoa":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Water figs, pomegranate and pineapple guava only once every few weeks \u2014 deeply each time. \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 May 2022",
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"Fig, pomegranate, pineapple guava and loquat trees don\u2019t require fertilizer, but do mulch them thickly. \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Mar. 2022",
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"Water deeply but only occasionally for figs, pomegranate and pineapple guava . \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 May 2021",
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"Other good view barriers for privacy might include the edible olive, pineapple guava , Simpson stopper, Walter\u2019s viburnum, podocarpus and clumping bamboo. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 24 Apr. 2021",
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"The plants that seem to be showing the most damage in central Arkansas are: loropetalum, gardenia, abelia, wax leaf Ligustrum, pineapple guava , confederate jasmine, palms, Soft Caress mahonia, and Distylium. \u2014 Janet Carson, Arkansas Online , 1 Mar. 2021",
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"My abelia, Soft Caress mahonia and pineapple guava all have burned leaves. \u2014 Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online , 22 Feb. 2021",
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"Loquats are an excellent small fruiting tree that produces yellow fruit in spring, and pineapple guava is a large, evergreen shrub suitable for a privacy screen that produces edible fruit in September. \u2014 Dan Gill, NOLA.com , 3 Feb. 2021",
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"Your pineapple guava , also known as the feijoa, grows as a shrub to small tree that eventually needs a 25-gallon or larger container. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 27 July 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1924, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-134536"
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},
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"Pinter":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"biographical name"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
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"Harold 1930\u20132008 English dramatist":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pin-t\u0259r"
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],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135520"
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},
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"pine nut":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the edible seed of any of several pines \u2014 compare pi\u00f1on":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Try Lamb and Phyllo Cigars, in which a lamb and pine nut filling is wrapped in phyllo. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2021",
|
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"My favorite curados, from many pulquer\u00eda visits, include coconut, guayaba, oatmeal, peanut and pine nut . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
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|
"Third: Duck leg in fall roots - sous vide duck confit, cranberry and pomegranate reduction, caramelized pine nut and apple, winter root vegetables. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 15 Dec. 2021",
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"Menu is available for dine-in or carryout and includes turkey with chorizo pine nut stuffing, mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes, vegetables, cranberry salad with homemade Spanish dressing, bread with saffron herb butter, pumpkin cheesecake. \u2014 cleveland , 5 Nov. 2021",
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"The dish is garnished with a pine nut gremolata, which can be prepared up to two days ahead. \u2014 Dallas News , 1 June 2021",
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"Ditto the side of crispy Brussels sprouts ($11), which were only made better by a drizzle of pine nut gremolata and a slightly sweet garlic agrodolce. \u2014 Nicole Hvidsten, Star Tribune , 28 Apr. 2021",
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"In her grief, Zauner finds solace in making pine nut porridge, watching families shop for snacks at H Mart and digging into fresh seafood from a fish market in Busan, South Korea. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 Apr. 2021",
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"To this day, the mesa remains a traditional pinyon pine nut harvesting sight for Indigenous tribes who live nearby, and is said to contain numerous Indigenous artifacts. \u2014 Miles W. Griffis, Vogue , 22 Apr. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-152530"
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},
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"pine cone":{
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"type":[
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a cone of a pine tree":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1724, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-155821"
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},
|
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"pink milkwort":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an annual herb ( Polygala incarnata ) chiefly of the central and eastern U.S. with small narrow leaves and spikes of small usually pink to pinkish purple flowers":[
|
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"Pink milkwort grows 8\u201316 inches tall. \u2026 Leaves are alternate, about 1 inch long and 1/4 inch wide, attached directly to the stem.",
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"\u2014 Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller , Texas Wildflowers: A Field Guide , 2006"
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]
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164516"
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},
|
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"pinxit":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"Latin verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": he/she painted (it)":[
|
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"\u2014 abbreviation pinx",
|
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"\u2014 used to identify the painter of a work that has been reproduced in a different medium (such as an engraving)"
|
|
],
|
|
"\u2014 compare delineavit , fecit , invenit , sculpsit":[
|
|
"\u2014 abbreviation pinx",
|
|
"\u2014 used to identify the painter of a work that has been reproduced in a different medium (such as an engraving)"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pi\u014bk-sit"
|
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],
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164724"
|
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},
|
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"pinbefore":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": pinafore":[]
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"pin entry 2 + before , adverb":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171317"
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},
|
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"pin":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"abbreviation",
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun",
|
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"transitive verb",
|
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"verb"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a piece of solid material (such as wood or metal) used especially for fastening things together or as a support by which one thing may be suspended from another":[],
|
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": something that resembles a pin especially in slender elongated form":[
|
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"an electrical connector pin"
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],
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": one of the pieces constituting the target in various games (such as bowling)":[],
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": the peg at which a quoit is pitched":[],
|
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": the staff of the flag marking a hole on a golf course":[],
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": a peg for regulating the tension of the strings of a musical instrument":[],
|
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": the part of a key stem that enters a lock":[],
|
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": a belaying pin":[],
|
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": a very thin small pointed metal pin with a head used especially for fastening cloth":[],
|
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": little , trifle":[
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"bother them all! I don't care a pin about them",
|
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"\u2014 Bram Stoker"
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],
|
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": an ornament or emblem fastened to clothing with a pin":[],
|
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": bobby pin":[],
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": hairpin":[],
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": safety pin":[],
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": leg":[
|
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"\u2014 usually used in plural wobbly on his pins"
|
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],
|
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": a fall in wrestling":[],
|
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": to fasten, join, or secure with a pin":[
|
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"She pinned the corsage to her dress.",
|
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"\u2026 all the big brass is standing at attention and the biggest brass of all is waiting to pin a medal on my chest \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Ray Russell"
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],
|
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": to hold fast or immobile":[
|
|
"The three men held him pinned against the wall \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Joseph Conrad",
|
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"Rescue crews freed the people who were pinned under the wreckage.",
|
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"( figurative ) They were pinned down by enemy fire."
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],
|
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"\u2014 see also pin down":[
|
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"The three men held him pinned against the wall \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Joseph Conrad",
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"Rescue crews freed the people who were pinned under the wreckage.",
|
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"( figurative ) They were pinned down by enemy fire."
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],
|
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": to present (a young woman) with a fraternity pin as a pledge of affection":[],
|
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": to make (something) contingent or dependent : fasten":[
|
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"\u2014 usually used with on Pinterest is pinning its future on Wall Street, with the digital scrapbooking site \u2026 filing for an initial public offering of stock. \u2014 Rebecca Bellan"
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],
|
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"\u2014 see also pin one's hopes on":[
|
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"\u2014 usually used with on Pinterest is pinning its future on Wall Street, with the digital scrapbooking site \u2026 filing for an initial public offering of stock. \u2014 Rebecca Bellan"
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],
|
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": to assign the blame or responsibility for":[
|
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"They tried to pin the robbery on a night watchman"
|
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],
|
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"\u2014 see also pin the blame on":[
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"They tried to pin the robbery on a night watchman"
|
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],
|
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": to define or determine clearly or precisely":[
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"\u2014 usually used with down it is hard to pin down exactly when things changed \u2014 Katharine Whittemore"
|
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],
|
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": to fix (something, such as a message, a file, or an icon) in place for convenient viewing or access":[
|
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"This is one of the most useful features of the new Twitter\u2014you can pin a tweet on your profile so that it stays on top \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Luana Spinetti",
|
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"\"Need to pin a file or a message to the channel so people can access it quickly and easily? No problem!\" Slack said in a blog post on the new feature today.",
|
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"\u2014 Jordan Novet",
|
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"Many companies scrambled to get their heads around how to use their existing technology infrastructure to work remotely. For them, Microsoft Teams was just an icon pinned to their menu bar that lay dormant.",
|
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"\u2014 Property Week"
|
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],
|
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": to make (a chess opponent's piece) unable to move without exposing the king to check or a valuable piece to capture":[
|
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"The white queen pins the black bishop."
|
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],
|
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": to secure a fall (see fall entry 2 sense 9c(1) ) over (an opponent)":[
|
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"In five years of wrestling at Exeter, I probably pinned no more than a half-dozen opponents. I was almost never pinned \u2014only twice, in fact.",
|
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"\u2014 John Irving"
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],
|
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": of or relating to a pin":[],
|
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": having a grain suggesting the heads of pins":[],
|
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"personal identification number":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pin"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"leg"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
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"He handed out pins with the peace sign on them.",
|
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"a cat that was still a little unsteady on its pins after anesthesia",
|
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"Verb",
|
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"She pinned a rose to her dress.",
|
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"The general pinned the medal on the soldier.",
|
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"She pinned up her hair.",
|
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"He pinned a sign on the wall.",
|
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"The passengers were pinned under the wreckage.",
|
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"The guards pinned his arms to his sides.",
|
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"She was pinned against the side of the car.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"Prizes will include: first-, second- and third-place teams in each flight; closest to the pin ; longest drive; and longest putt. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
|
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"With 213 yards to the pin , Tiger gave himself a great look at eagle, finding the green just 24 feet away. \u2014 USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The senior followed that up with another impressive showing at the 3A East regionals, winning his final by pin . \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
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"How to explain the song that somehow emerges out of the same chords strummed over and over; the commotion and sense of impending doom backstage and then the pin -drop hush on opening night; the vast stillness that precedes the decisive gesture? \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Of course, inconceivable success didn't put a pin in the chaos among the group members. \u2014 Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com , 2 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The Russian Foreign Minister asked her if the pin was one of the U.S. missile interceptors. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The twisting dirt road to the top of the mountain is very steep with hair- pin turns, and can bring on a case of car sickness. \u2014 Liz Thach, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
|
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"The pin , of which there is only one, is asking $17,000. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 13 May 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"While many try to pin her down on choosing U.S. or Chinese citizenship or being American or Chinese, Gu is happy to live as a multihyphenate. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"So a man might write his name on a piece of paper and pin it to his uniform before going into combat. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 19 Dec. 2021",
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"The judges also took issue with the trial prosecutor\u2019s assertions to the jury that Phillips and Sutton could not prove what motive the police would have to pin the shooting on them and questions about why the men would run instead of surrender. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 18 Mar. 2021",
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"This time, he was endorsed by a small, hard-to- pin -down formation called R\u00e9sistons! \u2014 Fabrice Robinet, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
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"Biden will sign the order at a White House ceremony on the two-year anniversary of the death of Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in Minneapolis police custody on May 25, 2020, after a white officer used his knee to pin Floyd to the ground. \u2014 Michael Collins, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
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"Right now, the global patchwork of carbon markets means the price fluctuates wildly, and is hard to pin down with precision. \u2014 Sam Gill, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
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"The haziness, perhaps as its name suggests, may be hard to pin down. \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
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"Musk\u2019s politics are, like the man himself, hard to pin down. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Remove any pin bones from salmon fillets and, using tip of sharp knife point, make a few shallow slashes into flesh and skin; turn fillets to coat. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 19 May 2022",
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"Set up a pin code and tap the + button, then Import photos > Import. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 15 May 2022",
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"Using the pin feature on Messages, users can prioritize up to nine conversations at a time. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Chron , 5 May 2022",
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"The pin position was also difficult compared to the first and second rounds. \u2014 Kalani Takase, ajc , 16 Apr. 2022",
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"Jones\u2019 birdie at the 17th cut it to one, but Spaun answered with a birdie at the par-5 14th after getting almost pin high in the greenside bunker. \u2014 Tim Price, orlandosentinel.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
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"Other \u201990s details included pin -thin eyebrows; brown-nude lip liner topped with gloss; a touch of metallic eyeshadow on eyelids; eyeliner in her waterline; and matte foundation on her skin. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 1 Mar. 2022",
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"From the opening seconds, Shapiro dictated the pace of the match with a pin 58 seconds into his bout over Ty Streib of Westminster. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, baltimoresun.com , 26 Feb. 2022",
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"The dots are usually the size of a pin head that can spread to give the leaves a whitish look. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Feb. 2022"
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"Middle English, from Old English pinn (akin to Old High German pfinn peg), perhaps from Latin pinna quill, feather \u2014 more at pen":"Noun"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
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"circa 1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-094822"
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": any of various essential oils obtained from pines or other conifers or oils similar to these oils in composition: such as":[],
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": a colorless to light-amber liquid with an aroma of pine that contains principally terpineols and other terpenoid alcohols, is obtained from the wood especially of the longleaf pine, boils higher than wood turpentine, and is used chiefly as a solvent, in disinfectants, deodorants, insecticides, wetting and emulsifying agents, and detergents, and in ore flotation":[],
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": a synthetic oil made by hydrating terpene hydrocarbons to form alcohols":[]
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"definitions":{
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"\u02c8pin-\u02ccb\u022fl"
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"But Dupieux has always created mini-universes in which his deadpan-doofus characters can pinball about obeying the laws of a physics not quite the same as ours, so in many ways, the restrictions don\u2019t seem to have restricted him that much. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"The game industry's constant cycle of layoffs and studio closures\u2014and the turmoil that causes for developers who pinball from position to position\u2014is at the center of Jason Schreier's book Press Reset, which was released earlier this year. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"The true freshman came right back to run for a 21-yard touchdown, then pinball his way to a 14-yard screen pass touchdown, then slice his way to a 6-yard score. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 23 Oct. 2021",
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"The other Roys pinball around the world, jetting off to Waystar Royco\u2019s various headquarters in private planes, diligently chartered by Hugo (Fisher Stevens). \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 18 Oct. 2021",
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"Doaks is 5 feet 11, 228 pounds, and is known as a downhill runner who has the size and strength to pinball off would-be tacklers. \u2014 Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com , 14 May 2021",
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"Everyone expected this one to be a shootout where points would pinball around the stadium scoreboards and tackles and third-down stops would be at a premium. \u2014 Tom Noie, The Indianapolis Star , 28 Nov. 2020",
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"Even if the initial option doesn\u2019t score, the Timbers have been able to pinball shots and passes through the box to create messy \u2014 but effective \u2014 goals. \u2014 Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com , 9 Aug. 2020",
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"At one point, hysterical laughter breaks out, pinballing from tree to tree. \u2014 Kelsey Ables, Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1955, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175225"
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": a curl made usually by dampening a strand of hair with water or lotion, coiling it, and securing it by a hairpin or clip":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Use a bobby pin or pin curl clip to secure the hair in the roller if needed. \u2014 Dori Price, Good Housekeeping , 19 Jan. 2021",
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"Back then, spit curls were created by, literally, applying spit to a section of hair, winding it into a pin curl , and then allowing it to dry. \u2014 Tia Williams, Essence , 3 June 2020",
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"That was followed by a conditioner, and then pin curls , two crisscrossed bobby pins at a time. \u2014 Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com , 12 May 2020",
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"Polished pin curls !) with its three interchangeable wand barrels. \u2014 Vogue , 26 Nov. 2019",
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"The Look: Bergman's pin curls peek out from her Juliet cap in this vintage bridal style. \u2014 Vogue , 26 Apr. 2019",
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"The Look: Bergman's pin curls peek out from her Juliet cap in this vintage bridal style. \u2014 Vogue , 26 Apr. 2019",
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"The Look: Bergman's pin curls peek out from her Juliet cap in this vintage bridal style. \u2014 Vogue , 26 Apr. 2019",
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"The Look: Bergman's pin curls peek out from her Juliet cap in this vintage bridal style. \u2014 Vogue , 26 Apr. 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1893, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175348"
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"pinaverdol":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": an isocyanine dye formerly used in photography as a sensitizer for the green and yellow portions of the spectrum":[]
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"\u02ccpin\u0259\u02c8v\u0259r\u02ccd\u022fl",
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"-d\u014dl"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary pina- (irregular from Greek pinak-, pinax board, tablet, picture) + verd- (from French verd, vert green) + -ol":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180023"
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"pinch bug":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": hellgramite":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180137"
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"pinx":{
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin pinxit":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182103"
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": a piece of solid material (such as wood or metal) used especially for fastening things together or as a support by which one thing may be suspended from another":[],
|
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": something that resembles a pin especially in slender elongated form":[
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"an electrical connector pin"
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": one of the pieces constituting the target in various games (such as bowling)":[],
|
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": the peg at which a quoit is pitched":[],
|
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": the staff of the flag marking a hole on a golf course":[],
|
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": a peg for regulating the tension of the strings of a musical instrument":[],
|
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": the part of a key stem that enters a lock":[],
|
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": a belaying pin":[],
|
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": a very thin small pointed metal pin with a head used especially for fastening cloth":[],
|
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": little , trifle":[
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"bother them all! I don't care a pin about them",
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"\u2014 Bram Stoker"
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],
|
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": an ornament or emblem fastened to clothing with a pin":[],
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": bobby pin":[],
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": hairpin":[],
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": safety pin":[],
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": leg":[
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"\u2014 usually used in plural wobbly on his pins"
|
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],
|
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": a fall in wrestling":[],
|
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": to fasten, join, or secure with a pin":[
|
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"She pinned the corsage to her dress.",
|
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"\u2026 all the big brass is standing at attention and the biggest brass of all is waiting to pin a medal on my chest \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Ray Russell"
|
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],
|
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": to hold fast or immobile":[
|
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"The three men held him pinned against the wall \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Joseph Conrad",
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"Rescue crews freed the people who were pinned under the wreckage.",
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"( figurative ) They were pinned down by enemy fire."
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],
|
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"\u2014 see also pin down":[
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"The three men held him pinned against the wall \u2026",
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"\u2014 Joseph Conrad",
|
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"Rescue crews freed the people who were pinned under the wreckage.",
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"( figurative ) They were pinned down by enemy fire."
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],
|
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": to present (a young woman) with a fraternity pin as a pledge of affection":[],
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": to make (something) contingent or dependent : fasten":[
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"\u2014 usually used with on Pinterest is pinning its future on Wall Street, with the digital scrapbooking site \u2026 filing for an initial public offering of stock. \u2014 Rebecca Bellan"
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],
|
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"\u2014 see also pin one's hopes on":[
|
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"\u2014 usually used with on Pinterest is pinning its future on Wall Street, with the digital scrapbooking site \u2026 filing for an initial public offering of stock. \u2014 Rebecca Bellan"
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],
|
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": to assign the blame or responsibility for":[
|
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"They tried to pin the robbery on a night watchman"
|
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],
|
|
"\u2014 see also pin the blame on":[
|
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"They tried to pin the robbery on a night watchman"
|
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],
|
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": to define or determine clearly or precisely":[
|
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"\u2014 usually used with down it is hard to pin down exactly when things changed \u2014 Katharine Whittemore"
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],
|
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": to fix (something, such as a message, a file, or an icon) in place for convenient viewing or access":[
|
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"This is one of the most useful features of the new Twitter\u2014you can pin a tweet on your profile so that it stays on top \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Luana Spinetti",
|
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"\"Need to pin a file or a message to the channel so people can access it quickly and easily",
|
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"\u2014 Jordan Novet",
|
|
"Many companies scrambled to get their heads around how to use their existing technology infrastructure to work remotely. For them, Microsoft Teams was just an icon pinned to their menu bar that lay dormant.",
|
|
"\u2014 Property Week"
|
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],
|
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": to make (a chess opponent's piece) unable to move without exposing the king to check or a valuable piece to capture":[
|
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"The white queen pins the black bishop."
|
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],
|
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": to secure a fall (see fall entry 2 sense 9c(1) ) over (an opponent)":[
|
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"In five years of wrestling at Exeter, I probably pinned no more than a half-dozen opponents. I was almost never pinned \u2014only twice, in fact.",
|
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"\u2014 John Irving"
|
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],
|
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": of or relating to a pin":[],
|
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": having a grain suggesting the heads of pins":[],
|
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"personal identification number":[]
|
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|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pin"
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"synonyms":[
|
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"leg"
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"Noun",
|
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"He handed out pins with the peace sign on them.",
|
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"a cat that was still a little unsteady on its pins after anesthesia",
|
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"Verb",
|
|
"She pinned a rose to her dress.",
|
|
"The general pinned the medal on the soldier.",
|
|
"She pinned up her hair.",
|
|
"He pinned a sign on the wall.",
|
|
"The passengers were pinned under the wreckage.",
|
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"The guards pinned his arms to his sides.",
|
|
"She was pinned against the side of the car.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"Prizes will include: first-, second- and third-place teams in each flight; closest to the pin ; longest drive; and longest putt. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
|
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"With 213 yards to the pin , Tiger gave himself a great look at eagle, finding the green just 24 feet away. \u2014 USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The senior followed that up with another impressive showing at the 3A East regionals, winning his final by pin . \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"How to explain the song that somehow emerges out of the same chords strummed over and over; the commotion and sense of impending doom backstage and then the pin -drop hush on opening night; the vast stillness that precedes the decisive gesture",
|
|
"Of course, inconceivable success didn't put a pin in the chaos among the group members. \u2014 Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com , 2 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The Russian Foreign Minister asked her if the pin was one of the U.S. missile interceptors. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The twisting dirt road to the top of the mountain is very steep with hair- pin turns, and can bring on a case of car sickness. \u2014 Liz Thach, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
|
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"The pin , of which there is only one, is asking $17,000. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"This time, he was endorsed by a small, hard-to- pin -down formation called R\u00e9sistons! \u2014 Fabrice Robinet, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Biden will sign the order at a White House ceremony on the two-year anniversary of the death of Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in Minneapolis police custody on May 25, 2020, after a white officer used his knee to pin Floyd to the ground. \u2014 Michael Collins, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Right now, the global patchwork of carbon markets means the price fluctuates wildly, and is hard to pin down with precision. \u2014 Sam Gill, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"The haziness, perhaps as its name suggests, may be hard to pin down. \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"Musk\u2019s politics are, like the man himself, hard to pin down. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Of course, knowing which of these stories were genuine belief and which were simply stories\u2014perhaps even more modern interpretations\u2014is hard to pin down. \u2014 David Nikel, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Her birth year is just one of many details that are hard to pin down. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Even the date that the letter was sent is hard to pin down. \u2014 Matt Reynolds, Wired , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
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"Remove any pin bones from salmon fillets and, using tip of sharp knife point, make a few shallow slashes into flesh and skin; turn fillets to coat. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"Set up a pin code and tap the + button, then Import photos > Import. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"Using the pin feature on Messages, users can prioritize up to nine conversations at a time. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Chron , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"The pin position was also difficult compared to the first and second rounds. \u2014 Kalani Takase, ajc , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Jones\u2019 birdie at the 17th cut it to one, but Spaun answered with a birdie at the par-5 14th after getting almost pin high in the greenside bunker. \u2014 Tim Price, orlandosentinel.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Other \u201990s details included pin -thin eyebrows; brown-nude lip liner topped with gloss; a touch of metallic eyeshadow on eyelids; eyeliner in her waterline; and matte foundation on her skin. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"From the opening seconds, Shapiro dictated the pace of the match with a pin 58 seconds into his bout over Ty Streib of Westminster. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, baltimoresun.com , 26 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The dots are usually the size of a pin head that can spread to give the leaves a whitish look. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Feb. 2022"
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
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"circa 1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182202"
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|
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": pi\u00f1on bird":[]
|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": eyeglasses clipped to the nose by a spring":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"pan(t)s-",
|
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"pa\u207fs-\u02c8n\u0101"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French, from pincer to pinch + nez nose, from Latin nasus \u2014 more at nose":""
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1876, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184035"
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the dried inner bark of a white pine ( Pinus strobus ) used in the preparation of cough syrups":[]
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"That analysis revealed the presence of parasitic eggs from four different species: whipworm, beef/pork tapeworm, roundworm, and pinworm . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"And then there's the most common worm infection in the U.S.: pinworm . \u2014 Casey Gueren, SELF , 19 Aug. 2021",
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"Linda tries to take her family to the symphony on free-admission night, but her efforts are thwarted by a pinworm epidemic. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Oct. 2020",
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"The presence of specific parasites can also indicate whether a sample is human or canine, such as eggs from pinworms (Enterobius vermicularis), which are typically only present in human feces. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 19 Apr. 2020",
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"Further testing showed that all four had anti-cancer effects, but one in particular, pyrvinium pamoate, which is approved for the treatment of pinworms , significantly reduced the growth of liver-cancer tumors in laboratory mice. \u2014 Aimee Swartz, Washington Post , 13 May 2018",
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"The lab mice would pick up whatever the pet-shop mouse was carrying\u2014everything from fur mites and pinworms to mouse hepatitis\u2014and perhaps become immunologically more like the pet-shop mouse. \u2014 Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American , 9 Apr. 2018",
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"Pests monitored: Pheromone lures are available for diamondback moths and moths that produce armyworms, cabbage loopers, corn earworms, European corn borers, tomato pinworms , and cutworms. \u2014 The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping , 18 Dec. 2017",
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"Luckily, pinworm infections don't usually lead to any complications. \u2014 Samantha Lauriello, Health.com , 3 July 2019"
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"1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": an Australian needlebush ( Hakea leucoptera )":[]
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"pin entry 1 + bush (shrub)":"Noun"
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"pineal gland":{
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": a small, typically cone-shaped structure of the brain that arises from the roof of the third ventricle , is enclosed by the pia mater , and functions primarily as an endocrine gland secreting melatonin":[]
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Melatonin is a naturally occurring hormone produced by the pineal gland that helps regulate the sleep-wake system. \u2014 Elizabeth Chang, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
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"The pineal gland is located in the brain\u2019s center region. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
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"Your body does normally produce melatonin, thanks in big part to your pineal gland . \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
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"It\u2019s a natural chemical produced by your pineal gland . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
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"The hormone, which is secreted by the brain\u2019s pineal gland in the evening, serves as a signaling mechanism, said Bhanu Kolla, a professor of psychiatry and psychology, and a consultant at the Mayo Clinic\u2019s Center for Sleep Medicine. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
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"Taking a melatonin supplement before bed will not affect the pineal gland \u2019s natural secretion of it. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 3 Dec. 2021",
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"Melatonin is a hormone naturally produced by the brain\u2019s pineal gland . \u2014 Serena Coady, SELF , 3 Feb. 2022",
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"In reality, melatonin is a hormone made by the pineal gland , located deep within the brain, and released into the bloodstream to regulate the body's sleep cycles. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 1 Feb. 2022"
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"1712, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214541"
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": a tropical American plant ( Bromelia pinguin ) that is used in the tropics for hedges, has spiny leaves resembling aloes, reddish panicled flowers, and plum-shaped edible fruit, and yields a cordage fiber":[]
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"native name in the West Indies":""
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": a chrysomelid beetle ( Colaspis pini ) having larvae that feed on pine needles in the southern U.S.":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"pinzgau from Pinzgau , valley in western Austria; pinzgauer from German, literally, one that is of or comes from Pinzgau, from Pinzgau + German -er":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222821"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224652"
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"definitions":{
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": a fine check made with different colored yarns, end-and-end, and smaller than the shepherd's check":[],
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": a fabric having a pattern of pinchecks":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230255"
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"pincushion":{
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"definitions":{
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": a small cushion in which pins may be stuck ready for use":[]
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"\u02c8pin-\u02ccku\u0307-sh\u0259n"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Scutellosaurus, found in the roughly 200-million-year-old rock of the Navajo Nation, was not a big, four-on-the-floor pincushion like some of its later cousins. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 May 2022",
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"While the pincushion Protea flower was recognizable from grocery story bouquets, other examples, such as the furry, pinkish teddy bear Banksia, seemed straight out of science fiction. \u2014 Tanya Ward Goodman, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
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"And also, the months of lockdown that may have realigned our priorities away from office conflicts and toxic relationships crystallized how noxious youth sports have become for those pincushion refs. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"The round pincushion flowers draw hummingbirds, butterflies and other fliers in late spring, then give way to fruits that feed birds. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 16 Apr. 2021",
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"The person who sews in your life might appreciate a pincushion cactus (mammillaria crinita) while a budding zoologist might like panda plant (kalanchoe tomentosa), snake plant (sansevieria trifasciata) or zebra plant (haworthia fasciata). \u2014 oregonlive , 31 Mar. 2021",
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"These styles have a similar pincushion shape but, instead of spikes, have several holes on top for placing stems. \u2014 Grace Haynes, Southern Living , 20 Mar. 2021",
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"At night, the sky is incredibly clear, a pincushion studded with millions of stars. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Mar. 2021",
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"Fewer than ten thousand individuals remain worldwide of the Siler pincushion cactus, according to a 2006 survey that Wellard fears is now an overestimate. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Oct. 2020"
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"1605, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233402"
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"pin the blame on":{
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"idiomatic phrase"
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"definitions":{
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": to assign (someone) the blame for something":[
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"When he got caught, he tried to pin the blame on someone else.",
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"Eventually, researchers and governments did definitively pin the blame for that incident on the Russian government \u2026",
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"\u2014 Patrick Howell O'Neill"
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"1892, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233954"
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"pinchgut money":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": a money allowance made to sailors when food is scarce":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234535"
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"pinguidity":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": fatness":[]
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"pi\u014b\u02c8gwid\u0259t\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001317"
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"pin birch":{
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"definitions":{
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": poplar birch":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010432"
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"verb"
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"definitions":{
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": to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument":[],
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": to prune the tip of (a plant or shoot) usually to induce branching":[],
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": to squeeze or compress painfully":[],
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": to cause physical or mental pain to":[],
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": to cause to appear thin, haggard, or shrunken":[],
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": to cause to shrivel or wither":[],
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": to subject to strict economy or want : straiten":[],
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": to restrain or limit narrowly : constrict":[],
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": steal":[],
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": arrest":[],
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": to sail too close to the wind":[],
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": compress , squeeze":[],
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": to be miserly or closefisted":[],
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": to press painfully":[],
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": narrow , taper":[
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"the road pinched down to a trail",
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"\u2014 Cecelia Holland"
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": to practice strict economy":[],
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": a critical juncture : emergency":[],
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": pressure , stress":[],
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": hardship , privation":[],
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": deficit":[],
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": an act of pinching : squeeze":[],
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": as much as may be taken between the finger and thumb":[
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"a pinch of snuff"
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],
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": a very small amount":[],
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": a marked thinning of a vein or bed":[],
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": theft":[],
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": substitute":[
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"pinch runner"
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": hit by a pinch hitter":[
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"a pinch homer"
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pinch"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"nip"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"grab",
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"heist",
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"rip-off",
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"snatching",
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"swiping",
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"theft"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pinch Noun juncture , exigency , emergency , contingency , pinch , strait ( or straits ) crisis mean a critical or crucial time or state of affairs. juncture stresses the significant concurrence or convergence of events. an important juncture in our country's history exigency stresses the pressure of restrictions or urgency of demands created by a special situation. provide for exigencies emergency applies to a sudden unforeseen situation requiring prompt action to avoid disaster. the presence of mind needed to deal with emergencies contingency implies an emergency or exigency that is regarded as possible but uncertain of occurrence. contingency plans pinch implies urgency or pressure for action to a less intense degree than exigency or emergency . come through in a pinch strait , now commonly straits , applies to a troublesome situation from which escape is extremely difficult. in dire straits crisis applies to a juncture whose outcome will make a decisive difference. a crisis of confidence",
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"My little brother is always trying to pinch me.",
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"He pinched her cheeks and told her how cute she was.",
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"Pinch together the edges of the dough.",
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"He pinched the top of his nose to stop the bleeding and leaned forward.",
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"He pinched off the top of the shoots.",
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"She pinched back the new growth.",
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"These new shoes are pinching my toes.",
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"I pinched my fingers in the door.",
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"By pinching and scraping , she managed to save enough money to buy a new car.",
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"Noun",
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"the pinch of my favorite sweater really bugged me!",
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"an innocent person caught up in a city-wide pinch of drug dealers",
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"Adjective",
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"A pinch homer won the game.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"As a child of the Depression, I was brought up to pinch pennies. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
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"Small-ball elements of the game, such as bunts and pinch hitters, are declining and on a path to extinction. \u2014 Neil Greenberg, Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022",
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"The Beavers struck first, as Kristalyn Romulo, pinch running for Frankie Hammoude, scored on Madison Simon\u2019s sacrifice fly. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
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"Buds puffing out from my ribs, present enough to pinch but not to hold. \u2014 Madeleine Watts, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
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"Kliethermes threw away the first pitch, which scored Kildow, who pinch ran for Ellsworth. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 22 May 2022",
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"Gerry Toranzo, a nurse and a Republican in Chicago, blames Biden for being forced to pinch pennies by taking steps like driving slower to conserve gas after prices have skyrocketed during his administration. \u2014 Nicholas Riccardi, ajc , 20 May 2022",
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"Gerry Toranzo, a nurse and a Republican in Chicago, blames Biden for being forced to pinch pennies by taking steps like driving slower to conserve gas after prices have skyrocketed during his administration. \u2014 Nicholas Riccardi, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
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"Wheat is one of the most popular food staples in the country, and rising prices pinch consumers across the board. \u2014 Niha Masih, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"After a lead-off walk, Jake Hanley missed the tag on Spencer Stoll's sacrifice bunt putting pinch -runner Braylon Boggs at third. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 10 June 2022",
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"Josh Naylor kept the inning going with a walk and was replaced by pinch -runner Oscar Mercardo. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
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"The ball was caught, but pinch runner Emma Quint tagged up and sped around to score from second. \u2014 Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
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"Danny Wuestenfeld delivered a single through the hole between short and third base to bring home pinch -runner Zach Lechnir from third, as the Chips recovered from Friday\u2019s 7-3 loss to 13-seed Florida. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 5 June 2022",
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"Izzy Pachos drew a leadoff walk, and was replaced by Toven as a pinch runner. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
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"He was replaced by a pinch -runner after taking a hard turn around first base on a single before stopping and returning gingerly to the bag. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 1 June 2022",
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"The speedy freshman has played 31 games, but is being used mostly as a pinch -runner. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 1 June 2022",
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"Ryan McKenna has reserved a role as the fourth outfielder, featuring mainly as a defensive replacement or pinch runner. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 28 May 2022"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French *pincher, pincer":"Verb"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1912, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015119"
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"pineapple cheese":{
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"type":[
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": a cheddar type of cheese molded in the shape of a pineapple and hung in a net to give characteristic diamond-shaped markings to the outside":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-045615"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": pinsetter":[]
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a purplish-brown leafless saprophytic plant ( Pterospora andromedea ) of the wintergreen family with racemose drooping white flowers":[],
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": beechdrops":[]
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},
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"\u02c8p\u012bn-\u02ccdr\u00e4ps"
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"1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-053503"
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},
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"pine engraver":{
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"type":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-055200"
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"type":[
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],
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": a genus of bivalve mollusks (family Pteriidae) containing the principal pearl oysters":[]
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},
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|
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"pi\u014bk\u02c8t\u0101d\u0259"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-055831"
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},
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"pine bark aphid":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a plant louse ( Pineus strobi ) that lives on the bark of the white pine and produces a white flocculent deposit":[]
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-061834"
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},
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"pinguid":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": fat , fatty":[
|
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"a pinguid bullfrog",
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"\u2014 Carl Van Vechten"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pi\u014bgw\u0259\u0307d"
|
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin pingu is fat + English -id (as in languid )":""
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},
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-062741"
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},
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"pine barren":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tract of sandy or peaty soil wooded with pine trees especially in the southern U.S. with the longleaf pine or further north with a pitch pine ( Pinus rigida )":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-063635"
|
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},
|
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"pine pandora moth":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": pandora moth":[]
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-064048"
|
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},
|
|
"pineapple":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tropical monocotyledonous plant ( Ananas comosus of the family Bromeliaceae, the pineapple family) that has rigid spiny-margined recurved leaves and a short stalk with a dense oblong head of small abortive flowers":[],
|
|
": the large edible multiple fruit of the pineapple that consists of the sweet succulent fleshy inflorescence":[],
|
|
": a hand grenade":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8p\u012b-\u02ccna-p\u0259l",
|
|
"\u02c8p\u012b-\u02ccnap-\u0259l"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
|
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"a can of chopped pineapple",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"London\u2019s Leicester Square, the location of many Hollywood premieres, will be transformed into Leicester SquarePants, with SpongeBob setting up his pineapple home and serving up Krabby Patties and other surprises for a limited time. \u2014 Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Taste the Diaspora's spicy pineapple chow chow will be teeming with cabbage, onions, and a medley of other fresh vegetables. \u2014 Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The following preferred scent was ethyl butyrate, a fruity, pineapple -like odor. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Add broth, pineapple , cucumber, lemon juice and mint leaves to a blender and blend until smooth. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Flavors include prickly pear pomegranate, hazy apple, Pura Vida pineapple , plus a pie and lemonade series. \u2014 Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Many of the paletas (popsicles) are based on popular flavors and ingredients found in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, like coconut, pineapple , mango, and soursop. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 12 June 2022",
|
|
"Post-cafecito, guests can start their day with chef Martha Brockmann's four-flower juice, a simple blend of banana, pineapple , orange, and oat milk. \u2014 Dan Koday, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"Brown and Chief of Patrol Brian McDermott did describe an incident where officers made mass arrests after a group of teens began throwing glass bottles \u2014 and a pineapple \u2014 at officers. \u2014 William Lee, Chicago Tribune , 31 May 2022"
|
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|
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|
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|
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"1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-071027"
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},
|
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"pine cheat":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the leaf of a common spurry ( Spergula arvensis )":[]
|
|
},
|
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"so called from its fancied resemblance to a pine needle":""
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-072108"
|
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"pine butterfly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a black-and-white pierid butterfly ( Neophasia menapia ) whose larva is very injurious to young pines in western North America":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-073553"
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"pinnated":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": pinnate":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02ccn\u0101t\u0259\u0307d"
|
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],
|
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|
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|
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"pinnate + -ed":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-075548"
|
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|
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"pincushion flower":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": any of several scabiouses (especially Scabiosa atropurpurea, S. caucasica , or S. columbaria )":[]
|
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},
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"It is commonly called pincushion flower , a member of the protea family \u2013 Leucospermum vestitum. \u2014 Janet Carson, Arkansas Online , 16 May 2021",
|
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"The paths are surrounded by vegetation and water-wise plants such as succulents, honeysuckle, pincushion flowers , manzanita and more. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 July 2019",
|
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"Many a gardener is familiar with the charms of pincushion flowers (Scabiosa). \u2014 Earl Nickel, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Apr. 2018"
|
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|
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|
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"1856, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-084953"
|
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|
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"pinatype":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": hydrotype":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pin\u0259\u02cct\u012bp"
|
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],
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"International Scientific Vocabulary pina- (irregular from Greek pinak-, pinax board, tablet, picture) + -type":""
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-091814"
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|
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"pinboy":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-095210"
|
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},
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"pin borer":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-095550"
|
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|
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"pinecone fish":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a small sluggish berycoid fish ( Monocentris japonicus ) that has the body enclosed in a boxlike case made up of firmly fused large bony scales and is widely distributed in shallow waters of warm parts of the Indo-Pacific":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-095603"
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": fattening":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u02c8)pi\u014b\u00a6gwes\u1d4ant"
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],
|
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|
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"Latin pinguescent-, pinguescens , present participle of pinguescere to grow fat, from pinguis fat":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-100647"
|
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},
|
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"pincushion cactus":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a cactus of the genus Mammillaria":[]
|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-100734"
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"pinchcock":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a clamp used on a flexible tube to regulate the flow of a fluid through the tube \u2014 compare hoffman clamp , mohr pinchcock":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-100854"
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|
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"pinafore":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a sleeveless usually low-necked garment fastened in the back and worn as an apron or dress":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pi-n\u0259-\u02ccf\u022fr",
|
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"\u02c8pi-n\u0259-\u02ccf\u014dr"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"One of the gingham pinafore dresses worn by Judy Garland in the Wizard of Oz will go up for sale in an upcoming auction. \u2014 Hattie Lindert, PEOPLE.com , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The uniforms for female employees included pinafore dresses and head wraps that evoked the era of slavery. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Still, the actress kept her baby bump mostly hidden under a leather pinafore dress, white crop top, and short jacket. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Her green crepe coat by Bruce Oldfield was worn over a green pinafore dress by Fiona Clare. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"Peter Pan collars were a staple of Deschanel\u2019s, adding a cute little accent to sweaters and pinafore dresses. \u2014 Sarah Boyd, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
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"Alex Mill teamed up with chef Claire Saffitz on a collection of coveralls, pinafore aprons, and sweet plaid kitchen towels. \u2014 Rachel Besser, Vogue , 21 Sep. 2021",
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"When a tornado transports Dorothy from sepia-toned Kansas to the magical land of Oz, the heroine\u2019s blue pinafore pops against the film\u2019s Technicolor hues: a yellow brick road, the Emerald City and her beloved ruby slippers, to name a few. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 July 2021",
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"Several came in crisp cotton, like Dior\u2019s eyelet pinafore , ideal for outdoor ceremonies in warmer climates, while others were modeled on boudoir-ish slipdresses, like Kim Jones\u2019s liquid silk Fendi number and Gabriela Hearst\u2019s pleated Chlo\u00e9 gown. \u2014 Emily Farra, Vogue , 7 Apr. 2021"
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"pin entry 2 + afore":""
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"1782, in the meaning defined above":""
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"pine family":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-102929"
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"definitions":{
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": a carbocyanine dye derived from quinoline and used in photography as a sensitizer for the red portion of the spectrum":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"-n\u014dl",
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"\u02ccpin\u0259\u02c8s\u012b\u0259\u02ccn\u022fl"
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": an employee or a mechanical device that spots pins in a bowling alley":[]
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"\u02c8pin-\u02ccse-t\u0259r"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"As if the pressure of defending his title wasn't enough, months before the throwdown was planned for last spring, the baker's hand was repeatedly skewered by a metal rod thanks to a malfunctioning pinsetter at his home bowling alley. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 16 July 2021",
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"According to what Buddy revealed on the Today show this fall, the reality star was trying to restart his at-home bowling alley machine's pinsetter when suddenly his right hand got trapped. \u2014 Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping , 24 Dec. 2020",
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"In 1957, Tip\u2019s closed briefly to install automatic pinsetters \u2014 only the second bowling alley in town to do so. \u2014 Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com , 25 Apr. 2020",
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"Between the bowling pin's funny shape and the mechanical variability of pinsetters , no bowler on Earth can ricochet a pin reliably. \u2014 Wired , 30 Sep. 2019",
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"Several key parts combine to create the bowling experience, including synthetic lanes, gutter channels, an automated pinsetter machine and a ball return. \u2014 Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle , 14 July 2019",
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"Pay attention to other finishing touches, such as chandeliers made from repurposed pinsetters , vintage bowling photos and old-school banners. \u2014 Makeda Easter, latimes.com , 21 June 2019",
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"Pay attention to other finishing touches, such as chandeliers made from repurposed pinsetters , vintage bowling photos and old-school banners. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 June 2019",
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"The run started with Paul, a pinsetter in his youth at a small bowling center in Daggett in Michigan\u2019s Upper Peninsula. \u2014 Gary D'amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Mar. 2018"
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"1958, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-110635"
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"volcano on Luzon, northern Philippines":[]
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"\u02ccp\u0113-n\u00e4-\u02c8t\u00fc-(\u02cc)b\u014d",
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"\u02ccpi-n\u0259-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-115058"
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"pinguefy":{
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"type":[
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"verb"
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"definitions":{
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": fatten":[]
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"\u02c8pi\u014bgw\u0259\u02ccf\u012b"
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"Latin pinguefacere , from pingue- (as in pinguescere to grow fat) + facere to make":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-120405"
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"pine pest":{
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"definitions":{
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": a phycitid moth ( Dioryctria zimmermani ) whose larva bores into pine trees causing exudation of pitch":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-124638"
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"pin oak":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a pyramidally crowned deciduous oak ( Quercus palustris ) especially of wet regions of the eastern U.S. that has deeply cleft toothed leaves and rather small nearly hemispherical acorns":[]
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"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The spring revealed a dead 100-year-old pin oak on the property, another $5,000 bill, although the city shared in the cost of removal. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Shaded by London planes and pin oak trees, the park was sandwiched between the new highway and a riverside promenade. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Dec. 2021",
|
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"The park district has also planted native trees throughout the river\u2019s floodplain, including swamp white oak, pin oak and sycamore. \u2014 Megan Becka, cleveland , 30 Aug. 2021",
|
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"That\u2019s how long Medina Kiwanis members have been distributing 12-inch-tall pin oak seedlings to the city\u2019s third-graders in honor of Arbor Day each year. \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 3 May 2021",
|
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"National Wildflower Week event involving the planting of a pin oak tree in the Victoria Avenue building courtyard. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 5 May 2021",
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"Consider the additional habitat benefits of a scarlet oak or a pin oak that offers acorns for backyard wildlife. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Nov. 2020",
|
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"The pin oak grows as tall as 70 feet with a canopy up to 40 feet wide. \u2014 Jennifer Michelle Greenberg, Houston Chronicle , 15 Jan. 2018",
|
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"West Bloomfield was strong in the kicking game, with Jake Ward making a pair of 39-yard field goals and punter Samuel Lafata pinning Oak Park inside the 5 in the third quarter. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 21 July 2019"
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"1813, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-124948"
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"pinaceae":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a family of coniferous trees and shrubs (order Coniferales) comprising plants with needle-shaped or scalelike leaves, cones with woody, fleshy, or membranous scales, and fine-grained wood that is often of great economic value and being often divided into four or more smaller families (as Araucariaceae, Taxodiaceae, and Cupressaceae) \u2014 compare taxaceae":[]
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"New Latin, from Pinus , type genus + -aceae":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-125230"
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"pine bud gall":{
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"definitions":{
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": a gall on pine caused by the larva of a gall midge ( Contarina coloradensis )":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-125718"
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a blind goby ( Typhlogobius californiensis ) of southern California found under stones on the beaches":[]
|
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-130520"
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"pinkroot":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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"definitions":{},
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"\u02c8pi\u014bk-\u02ccr\u00fct",
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"\u02c8pi\u014b-\u02cckr\u00fct, -\u02cckru\u0307t",
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"-\u02ccru\u0307t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"My favorite single Alabama plant may actually be Spigelia alabamensis, the gentian pinkroot . \u2014 Greg Garrison, AL.com , 10 June 2017",
|
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"My favorite single Alabama plant may actually be Spigelia alabamensis, the gentian pinkroot . \u2014 Greg Garrison, AL.com , 10 June 2017"
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],
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"1763, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-134841"
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"pin wire":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-140658"
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|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a horse or pony of various breeding that is marked with patches of white and another color \u2014 compare paint , piebald , skewbald":[],
|
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": pied , mottled":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pin-t\u014d",
|
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"\u02c8pin-(\u02cc)t\u014d"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"blotched",
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"blotchy",
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"dappled",
|
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"dapple",
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"marbled",
|
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"mottled",
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"piebald",
|
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"pied",
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"splotched",
|
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"spotted"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
|
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"somehow, the pure white mare had a pinto foal",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Examples of ingredients include quinoa, rolled oats, brown rice, pinto beans, black beans, and pancake mix. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Beans, corn, rice and tortillas are great sources of complex carbohydrates, and pinto and black beans also provide fiber and protein. \u2014 Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This spicy vegetarian chili is loaded with kidney, pinto and black beans. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 23 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Alva returned often to visit, finding the family mountain a place of solace \u2014 riding the tractor, walking the fields, devouring his stepmother\u2019s pinto beans and cornbread, and shooting targets with his handgun. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"At Son\u2019s Addition (which is temporarily closed), rio zape beans \u2014 pinto -like chocolate-y beans that were the founding inspiration for Rancho Gordo \u2014 were long served with a pork dish. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Creamy pinto beans, decent jalape\u00f1o presence, and a hint of smokiness. \u2014 Alex Begg, Bon App\u00e9tit , 28 July 2021",
|
|
"In addition to the white and red species, black, pink and green abalones were also commercially fished (two other native species, pinto and flat abalones, were not). \u2014 Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Apr. 2021",
|
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"For those needing to know, Herro\u2019s creation is brown rice, pinto beans, half steak, half chicken, sour cream, cheese and guacamole. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 16 Mar. 2021",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
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"Jardins grew up on pinto beans but likes to make King City pinks at home in her pressure cooker. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Wrapped in bacon and the bun stuffed with pinto beans, onions, tomato, mayo, mustard and jalape\u00f1o salsa, the Sonoran dog is a fusion of American pork products with vibrant Mexican flavors. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 12 Sep. 2021",
|
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"Australian Kobe-style wagyu beef is wrapped in applewood smoked bacon with pinto beans, red onions and crema in a fluffy brioche bun. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 7 July 2021",
|
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"If salt, Tapatio and a clay pot can be considered basics, then please remember to pack me a 50-pound bag of pinto beans. \u2014 Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 12 June 2021",
|
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"The whole adobo-rubbed chicken feeds about four with a bunch of sides, including creamy guacamole, rice, slaw, frijoles charros ( pinto beans stewed with bacon and onions), and two kinds of salsa. \u2014 Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune , 29 Jan. 2021",
|
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"Besides traditional barbecue sides like pinto beans and three-cheese mac, the restaurant also sells healthier options like Brussels sprouts and roasted cauliflower. \u2014 Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News , 6 Nov. 2020",
|
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"The Burrito Love is made with the customer's choice of steak, chicken or pork with garlic, white or Mexican rice, black or pinto beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, crema and queso. \u2014 Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal , 29 Sep. 2020",
|
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"Bundled in a brown velour tracksuit and fleece beanie, 87-year-old Dorothy Moore dropped chunks of hog jowl into cans filled with pinto beans. \u2014 Shane Mitchell, Saveur , 21 Feb. 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"American Spanish, from pinto spotted, from obsolete Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *pinctus":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1860, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1865, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-143029"
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"pine creeper":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": pine warbler":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-145253"
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"pine leaf chermid":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a pine aphid ( Pineus pinifoliae ) of western North America":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"chermid from New Latin Chermidae":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-154555"
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"pine borer":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an insect larva that bores in pine timber: such as":[],
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": the larva of various beetles especially of the families Cerambycidae and Buprestidae":[],
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": a larval horntail":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-164832"
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"pinto bean":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a mottled kidney bean that is grown for food and for stock feed":[]
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The shiny, coffee-colored gem is roughly the size of a pinto bean , according to the park. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 May 2022",
|
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"Recent soup menus included pinto bean and ham, cabbage and tomato, thai mushroom noodle and chili soups. \u2014 Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Thus, by the time Covid set in, my confidence was the size of a pinto bean . \u2014 Elena Lacey, Wired , 5 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"Think white miso in a lemon-herb marinade for tofu feta, sprinkled on a pinto bean tortilla salad. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 30 Sep. 2020",
|
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"Rinse and pick over 2 cups dried black, red or pinto beans . \u2014 Tina Danze, Dallas News , 6 Apr. 2020",
|
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"Hide eggs or jelly beans (or dried pinto beans ); hide the Afikomen or even a piece of cardboard painted to look like matzo. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2020",
|
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"Guacamole, Monterey Jack, sharply spicy chiltepin salsa and pinto beans round out the tidy package. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Apr. 2020",
|
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"Goya Foods has delivered 24 million cans of black beans, pinto beans and other items to retailers in the past week. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1913, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-165420"
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"Pine Barrens":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
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"large expanse of sandy forested land in southern New Jersey of which over a million acres (405,000 hectares) is protected as a national reserve":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-170842"
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"pincushion distortion":{
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"city on the northern edge of the Pripet Marshes in southwestern Belarus population 123,800":[]
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"pi\u014b\u02c8gw\u012bn-"
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"\u2014 see pinac-":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-215117"
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"pin oat":{
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"definitions":{
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": a very slender oat kernel that is usually borne as the higher secondary or tertiary grain in the spikelet":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-215449"
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"pin block":{
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"definitions":{
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": a wooden block or plank in a piano into which the wrest pins are driven":[]
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"pinko":{
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"definitions":{
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": a person who holds advanced liberal or moderately radical political or economic views":[]
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"\u02c8pi\u014b-(\u02cc)k\u014d"
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"1925, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-223052"
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"pinocampheol":{
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"definitions":{
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": a crystalline bicyclic terpenoid alcohol C 10 H 17 OH occurring in hyssop oil; 3-pinan-ol":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02cc\u014dl",
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"\u02ccp\u012bn\u014d\u02c8kam(p)f\u0113\u02cc\u022fl"
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"pin ane + -o- + camph- + connective -e- + -ol":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-224114"
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"definitions":{
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": a virus disease of some cherries characterized by a blotchy mosaic pattern on the leaves":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-232105"
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"pineland":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": land naturally dominated by pine forests":[]
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|
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"pronounciation":[
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"-l\u0259nd",
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"\u02c8p\u012bn-\u02ccland"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Minto was building its third Latitude Margaritaville there, on a hundred and ten thousand acres of pineland in an area called Watersound, five miles from the Gulf Coast. \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"Having the injunction removed may make saving the pineland harder, said plaintiff Al Sunshine, a retired TV reporter and founder of the Miami Pine Rocklands Coalition who lives across the street from the project. \u2014 Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald , 14 Mar. 2018",
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"No survey was done for tiger beetles, which were first discovered in the pineland in the 1930s, vanished and were rediscovered in 2007. \u2014 Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald , 8 Dec. 2017",
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"The large, constricting black pine snake prefers to lounge in open pinelands and scrounge around for a meal of mice, rats, squirrels, birds or eggs. \u2014 Beau Evans, NOLA.com , 12 June 2017",
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|
"PATRICK FARRELL pfarrell@miamiherald.com The pineland twinflower or snakeherb, is fairly common in pine rocklands but rarely grow in other places. \u2014 Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald , 4 May 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1658, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-232454"
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"pine finch":{
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"type":[
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": pine siskin":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-232521"
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"pinny":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pi-n\u0113"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And then there was Miss Jennifer in all her early-summer glory, leading a fluorescent rope attached to a half-dozen 2-year-old charges wearing neon pinnies . \u2014 Caroline Zancan, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
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"Cowl-necked sweatshirts are also very soccer girl, as are muscle tanks that resemble scrimmage pinnies . \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, Vox , 14 June 2019",
|
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"At the World Refugee Day soccer tournament at Papa Murphy's Park on Wednesday, the pair reunited in blue pinnies on the pitch. \u2014 Jordan Cutler-tietjen, sacbee , 20 June 2018",
|
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"The staff also donates to the school all of the equipment used, including sticks, balls, pinnies and nets. \u2014 Diane Dachota, chicagotribune.com , 21 Dec. 2017",
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"Welch notes that each detail was finely tuned, from keeping the ringer neck tight to taking silhouette cues from athletic pinnies for that perfect balance between fitted and fluid. \u2014 Edward Barsamian, Vogue , 2 Aug. 2017",
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"Pinnies were handed out. Overturned lacrosse nets became ad hoc goals. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com , 10 June 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"by shortening & alteration":""
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"1850, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-233102"
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"definitions":{
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": any of the secondary branches of a plumose organ especially of a crinoid":[],
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": one of the ultimate divisions of a twice pinnate leaf":[]
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"\u02c8pin-(\u02cc)y\u00fcl"
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"New Latin pinnula , from Latin, diminutive of pinna":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"1748, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-235717"
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"pinkly":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": in a pink manner : with a pink hue":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pi\u014b-kl\u0113"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1836, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-000035"
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},
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"pink patch":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a disease of turf grasses caused by a fungus ( Corticium fuciforme ) that mats the leaves together with reddish mycelial threads":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-000409"
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},
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"pinacate bug":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": any of several clumsy wingless beetles of the genus Eleodes (family Tenebrionidae) found in arid regions of the Pacific states":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6p\u0113n\u0259\u00a6k\u00e4t\u0113-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Mexican Spanish pinacate , from Nahuatl pinacatl":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-002443"
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},
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"pine siskin":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a North American finch ( Carduelis pinus of the family Fringillidae) with streaked plumage":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"This has led to population booms in evening grosbeak, purple finch, and to a lesser extent, pine siskin and other finches, the authors said. \u2014 Star Tribune , 22 Dec. 2020",
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"Being seen are representatives from eight finch species: pine siskin , common redpoll, hoary redpoll, purple finch, pine grosbeak, evening grosbeak, red crossbill, and white-winged crossbill, plus red-breasted nuthatch. \u2014 Star Tribune , 22 Dec. 2020",
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"For lesser gold finch, American gold finch and pine siskin , use Nyjer seed in a screen feeder. \u2014 Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com , 10 June 2019",
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"Sometimes pine siskins can stage a full-fledged invasion, dominating the feeder activity as large flocks of dozens of birds show up all at once. \u2014 Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver , 11 Feb. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-003434"
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"pinboard":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a board set with numerous pegs on which yarn bobbins or spools may be placed for transportation and use":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-003630"
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"pink pearl":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": rose hermosa":[]
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-005723"
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},
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"pine knot":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-011932"
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"pinguitude":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": fatness , obesity , oiliness":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pi\u014bgw\u0259\u02cct\u00fcd",
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"-\u0259\u2027\u02ccty\u00fcd"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin pinguitudo , from pinguis fat + -tudo -tude":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-013507"
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"pine kernel":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the seed of some pine trees that is used as food":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-021605"
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},
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"pink-collar":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or constituting a class of employees in occupations (such as nursing and clerical jobs) traditionally held by women":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1975, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-023133"
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},
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"pine for":{
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"type":[
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"phrasal verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to feel very sad because one wants (something) or because one is not with (someone)":[
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"She was pining for the old days.",
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"He's pining for his college sweetheart."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-023347"
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},
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"pink salmon":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a small spotted Pacific salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha ) native to the northern Pacific Ocean and adjacent rivers":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Next is pink salmon \u2014a versatile and lean option with a light flavor which Heimbuch recommends for chowders. \u2014 Noma Nazish, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
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"The waters are thick with coho, sockeye, and pink salmon . \u2014 Coral Davenport, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
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"Sockeye salmon paid out the most by far at $908,000, followed by pink salmon at $38,000. \u2014 Laine Welch | Fish Factor, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"Likewise, in the Aleutian Islands a bump upward in salmon returns is likely because of abundant Eastern Kamchatka pink salmon , which were recorded at their second-highest levels on record. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Dec. 2021",
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"The bulk is pink salmon which for over 100 years has predominantly been sold regionally across the U.S. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 30 Mar. 2021",
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"Conversely, in Southeast Alaska a catch of 16 million pink salmon is projected for 2022, down from 48 million pinks this summer. \u2014 Laine Welch | Fish Factor, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Nov. 2021",
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"Most of those regions have enough sockeye or pink salmon that are performing well enough so people can subsistence fish for their household needs. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Sep. 2021",
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"It was judged to Ohio\u2019s state record by the Ohio Division of Wildlife, topping a 3.06-pound pink salmon caught from Conneaut Creek by Andy Janoski on Sept. 24, 2004. \u2014 cleveland , 19 Aug. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1905, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-024041"
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},
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"pintle valve":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a short extension of the needle-valve tip to facilitate control of fluid through the valve":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-024614"
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},
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"pinson":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a thin shoe : slipper":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English pynson , perhaps from (assumed) Middle French pin\u00e7on pincers, from Middle French pincier to pinch":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-024944"
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},
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"pinac-":{
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"type":[
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"combining form"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": tablet":[
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"pina coid",
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"pinaco cyte"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin pinaco- picture, from Greek pinak-, pinako- board, tablet, picture, from pinak-, pinax ; akin to Old High German witu f\u012bna heap of wood, Russian pen' stump, stub, and probably to Sanskrit pin\u0101ka staff":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-030050"
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},
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"pint pot":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-030237"
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},
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"pink spray":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a spray applied to fruit trees (as apple) when the flower buds are in the pink stage \u2014 compare prepink spray":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-032759"
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},
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"pinspot":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": each of the spots like pinheads often forming a pattern on a textile":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-041330"
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},
|
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"pine crab":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a small green grapsoid crab ( Metapaulias depressus ) living in water accumulating at the leaf base of the broad-leaved pine in Jamaica":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-042324"
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},
|
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"pinaster":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": cluster pine":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02c8)p\u012b\u00a6nast\u0259(r)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Latin, wild pine, from pinus pine + -aster":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-042959"
|
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},
|
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"pinfire":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": having a movable pin projecting from the rim that when struck by a hammer explodes a cap encased in the cartridge":[],
|
|
": using a pinfire cartridge":[],
|
|
": a pinfire firearm":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"pin entry 1 + fire , verb":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-092943"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinbone":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the hip bone especially of a quadruped \u2014 see cow illustration":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pin-\u02ccb\u014dn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1640, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-050657"
|
|
},
|
|
"pink salt":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a white crystalline salt (NH 4 ) 2 SnCl 6 used formerly as a mordant in dyeing for producing pink colors with madder and cochineal; ammonium chloro-stannate":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-050723"
|
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},
|
|
"pinnated grouse":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": prairie chicken":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-060017"
|
|
},
|
|
"pink river dolphin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": boto":[
|
|
"Somewhere up the Amazon, a big pink river dolphin breaches the surface with a pneumatic venting of its blowhole, then glides off humpy and slow through the placid brown water.",
|
|
"\u2014 Richard Conniff , National Geographic , September 1996",
|
|
"Our skiff is backed up to a banana tree in the flooded Amazon River basin of Peru on this warm and sunny morning, and pink dolphins are putting on a show a few feet in front of us.",
|
|
"\u2014 Terri Colby , Chicago Tribune , 22 July 2012"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1966, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-060523"
|
|
},
|
|
"pin seal":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": leather made from a very young seal":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"pin entry 3":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-061232"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinnati-":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"combining form"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": pinnately":[
|
|
"pinnati sect"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from pinnatus pinnate":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-061518"
|
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},
|
|
"pink stage":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a stage in the development of the flower of an apple or other fruit tree in which the buds show pink color but are only beginning to open":[
|
|
"the pink stage of blossom growth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-061608"
|
|
},
|
|
"pine snake":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a large, nonvenomous, colubrid snake ( Pituophis melanoleucus ) that occurs chiefly in coastal regions of the eastern U.S. from New Jersey to Florida, is typically white, yellow, or gray with dark squarish blotches, and is a powerful constrictor \u2014 compare gopher snake":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The most recent review lists the Louisiana pine snake \u2014 which is indigenous to west-central Louisiana and East Texas \u2014 as threatened. \u2014 Kayley Fraze, San Antonio Express-News , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"The Northern cat-eyed snake, Brazos water snake, concho water snake, Louisiana pine snake , Big Bend blackhead snake, Texas lyre snake and timber rattlesnake are also on the list. \u2014 Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle , 2 July 2019",
|
|
"After 32 years of restoration, the conservatory has restored healthy populations of wild turkey, bobwhite quail, Bachman\u2019s sparrow, Florida pine snake and the gopher tortoise, as well as the elusive Florida firefly. \u2014 Amy Aumick, OrlandoSentinel.com , 7 May 2018",
|
|
"Snake Feeding Presentation, 3:15 p.m. Animals being fed may include a rat snake, ball python, or pine snake . \u2014 Sun-Sentinel.com , 28 Mar. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1791, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-063159"
|
|
},
|
|
"pin-wing":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": pinion":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-063653"
|
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},
|
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"Pines, Isle of":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"\u2014 see youth, isle of":[],
|
|
"\u2014 see ile des pins":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-064158"
|
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},
|
|
"pinfall":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the total score made by a player or side in bowling":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-070149"
|
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},
|
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"pin grass":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": alfilaria":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-070433"
|
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},
|
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"pine warbler":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a large plainly colored warbler ( Dendroica pinus ) of the eastern U.S. usually inhabiting pinewoods":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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": a tool for reaming or polishing small pinholes":[],
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": an Australian needlebush ( Hakea leucoptera )":[]
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": a family of coniferous trees and shrubs (order Coniferales) comprising plants with needle-shaped or scalelike leaves, cones with woody, fleshy, or membranous scales, and fine-grained wood that is often of great economic value and being often divided into four or more smaller families (as Araucariaceae, Taxodiaceae, and Cupressaceae) \u2014 compare taxaceae":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-075711"
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"definitions":{
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": a gall on pitch pine caused by the larva of a gall midge ( Itonida pinirigidae )":[]
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of aphids (family Psyllidae) including several that feed on coniferous trees \u2014 see pine bark aphid":[]
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"\u02c8p\u012bn\u0113\u0259s"
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"city on the Arkansas River in southeast central Arkansas population 49,083":[]
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"\u02c8p\u012bn-\u02c8bl\u0259f",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-082153"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a long narrow white scale ( Phenacaspis pinifoliae ) common especially on the leaves of pine in North America":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-091011"
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"trademark",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": shift , bounce":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pi\u014b-\u02ccp\u00e4\u014b",
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"-\u02ccp\u022f\u014b"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{
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"1902, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1909, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-091139"
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},
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"pink laver":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": red laver":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-091253"
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"pinbone steak":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": a small sirloin steak that contains the pinbone \u2014 see beef illustration":[]
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},
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-092218"
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},
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"pine tree shilling":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a silver shilling coined in Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 17th century":[]
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},
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"so called from the representation of a pine tree on the coin":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-093507"
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},
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"pine webworm":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a webworm that is the larva of a small dull-colored moth ( Tetralopha robustella ) that attacks various pines in eastern U.S.":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-093723"
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},
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"pinsons":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": pincers":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pin(t)s\u0259nz"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English pynsons , perhaps from (assumed) Middle French pin\u00e7ons , plural of (assumed) Middle French pin\u00e7on pincers":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-093911"
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},
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"pine needle":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": one of the slender needle-shaped leaves of a pine tree":[],
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": alfilaria":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-094904"
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},
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"pink cockatoo":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": major mitchell's cockatoo":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-095756"
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},
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"pine shoot moth":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small, orange, tortricid moth ( Rhyacionia buoliana ) native to Europe and introduced into North America and having a larva that damages pines by boring into and feeding on the young buds and shoots":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1914, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-100346"
|
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},
|
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"pin cloth":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": pinafore":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-085109"
|
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},
|
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"pink bollworm":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small dark brown moth ( Pectinophora gossypiella ) whose pinkish larva bores into the flowers and bolls of cotton and is a destructive pest in most cotton-growing regions":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Now, over a decade later, the pink bollworm is gone. \u2014 Amanda Morris, The Arizona Republic , 29 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Not every pink bollworm was susceptible to the toxin. \u2014 Amanda Morris, The Arizona Republic , 29 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Over the years, the success of screwworm eradication has inspired scientists to apply the sterile-insect technique to other agricultural pests such as the Mexican fruit fly, the Mediterraean fruit fly, and the pink bollworm . \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 26 May 2020",
|
|
"The pink bollworm moth has been eradicated after ravaging U.S. cotton crops for more than a century. \u2014 Jennifer Smith, WSJ , 26 Oct. 2018",
|
|
"Cotton farmers in Maharashtra have lost about 120 billion rupees after pink bollworm damaged crops, Dhawale said. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 12 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"That was the first release of insects with any sort of genetic modification in the United States, and three years of releases pretty much eliminated pink bollworms in the area. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 8 Sep. 2017",
|
|
"Then, beginning in 2006, researchers released irradiated and sterile pink bollworms \u2014also from Oxitec\u2014into cotton fields in Arizona. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 8 Sep. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1906, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-102605"
|
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},
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"pine-tube moth":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a moth ( Argyrotaenia pinatubana ) with larvae that feed within a tube of pine needles webbed together":[]
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[],
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-103832"
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},
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|
"pintle chain":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a chain for sprocket wheels consisting of links fastened together by pintles":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-104251"
|
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},
|
|
"pinaculum":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one of the small chitinized plates on the integument of a caterpillar to which the body setae are attached":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"p\u0259\u0307\u02c8naky\u0259l\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from pinac- + -ulum":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-110057"
|
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},
|
|
"pine spittlebug":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a cercopid bug of the genus Aphrophora that attacks pines in many parts of North America":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-111420"
|
|
},
|
|
"piney woods":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": woodland of the southern U.S. in which pines are the dominant tree":[]
|
|
},
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
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|
"Every summer, hundreds of Latino eighth- and ninth-graders from Riverside and San Bernardino counties gathered for a weeklong camp in the piney woods of Idyllwild. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"It\u2019s in the piney woods outside Aiken, SC, so lots of privacy, and it\u2019s only costing Mother Gannett $79 a night, which by Masters Week standards is practically free. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Louisiana is a football-mad state, but there are pockets of tiny, rural schools in the piney woods near the Texas border where basketball is king. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Youngblood, who grew up in the piney woods of Monticello in the Florida Panhandle, played in a Rams-record 201 consecutive games and only missed one game in his 14-year NFL career \u2014 and that one miss came in his final season. \u2014 Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com , 12 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"This fragrance combines some of my favorite things\u2026 that remind me of the piney woods of east Texas. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Country Living , 16 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Nestled in the piney woods of rural Perry County, Marion Military Institute seems like a strange place to become the football capital of Alabama for a week every summer from 1975-81. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 2 July 2021",
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|
"Three weeks before Christmas, in the piney woods outside of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, a deer hunter came across the fallout from a firefight that, to date, no one has been able to explain. \u2014 Seth Harp, Rolling Stone , 18 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Deep in the piney woods of East Texas, beneath a roughly 200-year-old overgrown cemetery, is Hawkins' family history and a part of America's buried past. \u2014 CBS News , 29 Dec. 2020"
|
|
],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1800, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-112204"
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},
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"pins and needles":{
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"type":[
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"noun plural",
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"plural noun"
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|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a pricking tingling sensation in a limb growing numb or recovering from numbness":[],
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": in a nervous or jumpy state of anticipation":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Most of the time, the feet and hands burn and sting as if they were being stuck with pins and needles , and then slowly, usually over years, sensation dies. \u2014 New York Times , 30 June 2022",
|
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"These days, the economy seems to be on pins and needles . \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 22 May 2022",
|
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"That can include weakness, numbness or a sensation like pins and needles on one side of the body or face, trouble speaking, and slurred speech. \u2014 Sara Lindberg, SELF , 22 Feb. 2022",
|
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"The leaves were employed as an impenetrable thatch for dwellings, their hard fibers were used to produce strong cords, and the thorns were made into pins and needles . \u2014 Janet Marinelli, Wired , 19 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Will Smith waited on pins and needles to hear Venus and Serena Williams' reaction to his onscreen performance as their father. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 10 Nov. 2021",
|
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"This leads to symptoms that range in severity and can become disabling, including pins and needles sensations and even paralysis. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 29 Oct. 2021",
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"For the past several months, Marvel fans have been on pins and needles waiting for all the inevitable delays. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 18 Oct. 2021",
|
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"The conflict has only grown as Democrats wait on pins and needles to see how much their moderate colleagues, Sens. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virgina, will be willing to spend on Biden's signature legislation. \u2014 Annie Grayer, CNN , 9 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1813, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-112429"
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},
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"Pinz\u00f3n":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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"Mart\u00edn Alonso circa 1441\u20131493 and his brother Vicente Y\u00e1\u00f1ez circa 1460\u2013 circa 1523 Spanish navigators and explorers":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"pin-\u02c8z\u014dn"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-113227"
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},
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"pine lily":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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|
],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a lily ( Lilium catesbaei ) of the southeastern U.S. with a usually single showy red flower with purple-spotted yellow near the base of each petal":[],
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": squaw grass":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-114144"
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},
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"Pinckneya":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of trees (family Rubiaceae) having showy pink and purple flowers with large colored bracts \u2014 see georgia bark":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pi\u014bkn\u0113\u0259",
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"pi\u014bk\u02c8n\u0113y\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Charles C. Pinckney \u20201825 American statesman":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-114759"
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},
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"pine-tree lizard":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": pine lizard":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-120119"
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},
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"pine gall weevil":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a weevil ( Podapion gallicola ) that forms galls on pitch, scrub, and red pines":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-121015"
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},
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"pinup girl":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a girl or woman whose glamorous qualities make her a suitable subject for a pinup":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But advancing to the next room\u2014a cell with a set of bunk beds, some books, a deck of cards, and what appeared to be a poster of the pinup girl Bettie Page\u2014required a hint from a short man in a gas mask playing a prison guard. \u2014 The New Yorker , 25 Sep. 2021",
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"On its screen was not any sort of equation or tactical diagram but rather a rendering of a pinup girl . \u2014 Clio Chang, New York Times , 6 July 2021",
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"Folks driving through the historic Brooke Smith neighborhood can\u2019t miss the larger than life mural, featuring a rocket, blonde pinup girl and a spaceship, facing Cavalcade Street. \u2014 Zach Mckenzie, Chron , 15 June 2021",
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"There's also a Miss Cavalcade pinup girl contest, Chop Shop demonstrations, pedal car challenge and spring car legends. \u2014 Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com , 7 Jan. 2020",
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"Carly DuHain, the lead singer for local soulful, bluesy rock \u2018n\u2019 roll band Drop Dead Red, has a tattoo on her right arm of a pinup girl that says Drop Dead Red. \u2014 Aaron Carnes, sacbee , 6 July 2018",
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"Welles bought the cabin as a gift for his new bride, the movie star and World War II pinup girl Rita Hayworth. \u2014 Wallace Baine, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2018",
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"In the Fall 2017 issue, the actress throws it way back and channels pinup girls like Bettie Page by donning blunt, eyebrow-length bangs and soft waves in her medium-length black hair. \u2014 Andrea Park, Allure , 18 Oct. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-121109"
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},
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"pinabete":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a Central American fir ( Akies religiosa ) having young shoots that are furrowed and olive green on the lower side during the first year and brown and downy later":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccp\u0113n\u0259\u02c8b\u0101t\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"American Spanish, from Spanish, silver fir, from Catalan pinavet , from pin-, pi pine (from Latin pinus ) + avet fir, from Latin abiet-, abies silver fir":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-123208"
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},
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"pinakiolite":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a magnesium and manganese borate Mg 3 Mn 3 B 2 O 10 occurring in small black tabular crystals":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"p\u0259\u0307\u02c8nak\u0113\u0259\u02ccl\u012bt"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"German pinakiolith , from Greek pinakion small tablet (diminutive of pinak-, pinax board, tablet) + German -lith -lite":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-123933"
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},
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"pintle":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a usually upright pivot pin on which another part turns":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pin-t\u1d4al"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The horizontal weld that attaches a mild steel angle to the slider rail for super doubles/ pintle hook operations may be missing. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 30 Apr. 2021"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English pintel , literally, penis, from Old English; akin to Middle Low German pint penis, Old English pinn pin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-123937"
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},
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"pinene":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": either of two liquid isomeric unsaturated bicyclic terpene hydrocarbons C 10 H 16 of which one is a major constituent of wood turpentine":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8p\u012b-\u02ccn\u0113n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Some common terpenes: myrcene (herbal, also found in lemongrass, hops, eucalyptus), limonene (also found in citrus peel), linalool (a terpene found in lavender and mint plants) and pinene (familiar from the scent of pine needles). \u2014 Samantha Davenport, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2020",
|
|
"The piney-tasting pinene terpene\u2014said to be a bronchodilator good for those with asthma that can be used as an expectorant and to increase alertness\u2014also factors into that brew. \u2014 Kathryn Romeyn, Vogue , 9 Aug. 2017"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin pinus":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1885, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-124840"
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},
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"pine mouse":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing meadow mouse ( Pitymys pinetorum ) of the eastern U.S.":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-130024"
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},
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"PINS":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"abbreviation"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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"persons in need of supervision":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-130413"
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},
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"Pinkster":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": whitsuntide":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Dutch pinkster from Middle Dutch pinxter , alteration of pinxten ; akin to Old Frisian pinxtera Whitsuntide, Old Saxon pinkoston , Middle High German pfingesten ; all from a prehistoric continental West Germanic word borrowed from Gothic paintekuste Pentecost, from Greek pent\u0113kost\u0113":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-131322"
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},
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"pine squirrel":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": fremont's squirrel":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
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|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-135255"
|
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},
|
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"Pinacoceras":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus (the type of the family Pinacoceratidae) of compressed involute ammonites with the most highly complicated suture known":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccpin\u0259\u02c8k\u00e4s\u0259r\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from pinac- + -ceras":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-135412"
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},
|
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"pink calla":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a calla ( Zantedeschia rehmannii ) that is native to southern Africa and used as an ornamental and that has lanceolate leaves and rose-colored spathes":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-140916"
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},
|
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"pink vine":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a climbing Mexican vine ( Antigonon leptopus ) cultivated for its racemes of coral pink flowers and its bright-colored veined fruits":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-141019"
|
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},
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"pink rhododendron":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-141144"
|
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},
|
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"pind":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to put (stray cattle) in a pound":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pind",
|
|
"\u02c8p\u012bnd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English pinden to put in a pound, dam up, from Old English pyndan to dam up, from pund- enclosure, pound":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-142252"
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},
|
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"pine marten":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Most events and activities are described as Tarka would experience them with occasional glimpses of the world as perceived by badger, pine marten , fox, owl, heron and raven. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"Hidden among rocky mountain vistas and dark stands of lodge pole timber live pine marten ; small weasel-like creatures with dark fur and an insatiable appetite for just about anything edible. \u2014 Toby Walrath, Outdoor Life , 7 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"Her maturity means that Pan has now solidified into a single form (a pine marten ) but unfortunately, there have been other changes to their dynamic as well. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 18 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"What is new here is the relationship between Lyra and her daemon, a pine marten called Pantalaimon, who disapproves of the philosophies that captivate her at university. \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Then, just as the plan was being finalized, a paper was published documenting the unexpected decline of the American pine marten at Sagehen. \u2014 Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker , 19 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"The population of animals like polecats, pine martens and badgers have sprung back, now that they are not longer widely trapped or killed for being pests. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 16 June 2018"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1826, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-142928"
|
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},
|
|
"pine tree":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": pine":[],
|
|
": duck green":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
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|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English pine tre , from Old English p\u012bntr\u0113ow , from p\u012bn pine + tr\u0113ow tree":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-143354"
|
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},
|
|
"pink coral":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a deep pink to strong yellowish pink":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-145415"
|
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},
|
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"pin spanner":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": pin wrench":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-105245"
|
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},
|
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"pink eye":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pi\u014bk-\u02cc\u012b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Her beauty look consisted of glittery pink eye shadow, a dramatic cat eye, long lashes, plenty of blush, and a glossy lip with dark red liner. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Stefani accessorized the outfit with a diamond choker necklace and completed the look with a smoky pink eye and her hair styled in a high, braided bun. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"With the blonde hairdo, the over-the-top pink eye shadow, and the colorful, body-hugging mini dresses, Rossum nailed Angelyne's glamorously flamboyant essence, thanks to her makeup and wardrobe teams. \u2014 Marie Lodi, Allure , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Many adenoviruses are associated with common cold symptoms, such as fever, sore throat and pink eye . \u2014 Mike Stobbe, Anchorage Daily News , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Her only positive test was, surprisingly, for adenovirus\u2014a common virus best known for causing mild colds, pink eye , or stomach flu. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022",
|
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"Symptoms may include cold-like symptoms, fever, sore throat, pneumonia, diarrhea or pink eye . \u2014 CBS News , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"They're most often associated with common colds but also gastroenteritis and conjunctivitis ( pink eye ). \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The different clips stitched together show the model in a pink velvet bathing suit (ah, a true sign of an L.A. winter) with frosty pink eye makeup and matching pink butterfly clips pulling her hair back from her face. \u2014 Addison Aloian, Allure , 3 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1855, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-150514"
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},
|
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"pink wax scale":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a scale ( Ceroplastes rubens ) that attacks mandarins in Australia":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-152357"
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},
|
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"pinkeye":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pi\u014bk-\u02cc\u012b"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Her beauty look consisted of glittery pink eye shadow, a dramatic cat eye, long lashes, plenty of blush, and a glossy lip with dark red liner. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Stefani accessorized the outfit with a diamond choker necklace and completed the look with a smoky pink eye and her hair styled in a high, braided bun. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
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"With the blonde hairdo, the over-the-top pink eye shadow, and the colorful, body-hugging mini dresses, Rossum nailed Angelyne's glamorously flamboyant essence, thanks to her makeup and wardrobe teams. \u2014 Marie Lodi, Allure , 26 May 2022",
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"Many adenoviruses are associated with common cold symptoms, such as fever, sore throat and pink eye . \u2014 Mike Stobbe, Anchorage Daily News , 23 May 2022",
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"Her only positive test was, surprisingly, for adenovirus\u2014a common virus best known for causing mild colds, pink eye , or stomach flu. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022",
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"Symptoms may include cold-like symptoms, fever, sore throat, pneumonia, diarrhea or pink eye . \u2014 CBS News , 6 May 2022",
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"They're most often associated with common colds but also gastroenteritis and conjunctivitis ( pink eye ). \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"The different clips stitched together show the model in a pink velvet bathing suit (ah, a true sign of an L.A. winter) with frosty pink eye makeup and matching pink butterfly clips pulling her hair back from her face. \u2014 Addison Aloian, Allure , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-153614"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Big old oaks and recent replanting of the original pinetum (collection of needled evergreens). \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 6 June 2016",
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"On April 16, 1948, it was planted atop the knoll in the prime spot in the pinetum . \u2014 Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times , 13 May 2017"
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"Latin, from pinus":""
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"a pinup lamp"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The lined aprons featured fun patterns like rainbow stained glass, rainbow crayons and pinup art of men and women. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 June 2022",
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"His late grandmother, Anne Gwynne, was also an actress and a WWII-era pinup model, while his sister Katherine Pine has dabbled in acting as well. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"Her voice also has an almost George Michael character to it, moving from pinup poutiness to childlike abandon. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"Pryor said recycles about 40 million disposable nappies a year and has used the fibrous pellets to make construction panels, pinup boards and coasters. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Feb. 2022",
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"The team also wanted to avoid a caricature of Anderson, a pinup come to life. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 2 Feb. 2022",
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"Mid-century America was generally a socially conservative place, but the va-va-voom powers of the pinup and the bombshell during the war years likely paved the way for a more risqu\u00e9 image of American womanhood. \u2014 Christina Newland, CNN , 15 Jan. 2022",
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"Its mascot, created by East Bay cartoonist Janelle Blarg, is a 1950s-style illustration of a goofy burger with eyes, reclining on its side like a David Hasselhoff pinup . \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Jan. 2022",
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"Roses poster, the pinup shot of Leonardo DiCaprio circa The Basketball Diaries, and other cultural detritus crowding the frame. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 12 Oct. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Images of these men on horseback or in classical profile began appearing on posters and handkerchiefs and even crockery, the pinup boys of the revolutionary age\u2013virile and virtuous and handsome. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"Images of these men on horseback or in classical profile began appearing on posters and handkerchiefs and even crockery, the pinup boys of the revolutionary age\u2013virile and virtuous and handsome. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"Images of these men on horseback or in classical profile began appearing on posters and handkerchiefs and even crockery, the pinup boys of the revolutionary age\u2013virile and virtuous and handsome. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"Images of these men on horseback or in classical profile began appearing on posters and handkerchiefs and even crockery, the pinup boys of the revolutionary age\u2013virile and virtuous and handsome. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"Images of these men on horseback or in classical profile began appearing on posters and handkerchiefs and even crockery, the pinup boys of the revolutionary age\u2013virile and virtuous and handsome. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"Images of these men on horseback or in classical profile began appearing on posters and handkerchiefs and even crockery, the pinup boys of the revolutionary age\u2013virile and virtuous and handsome. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"Images of these men on horseback or in classical profile began appearing on posters and handkerchiefs and even crockery, the pinup boys of the revolutionary age\u2013virile and virtuous and handsome. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"Images of these men on horseback or in classical profile began appearing on posters and handkerchiefs and even crockery, the pinup boys of the revolutionary age\u2013virile and virtuous and handsome. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021"
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"definitions":{
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": a South American tamarin ( Leontocebus oedipus ) having a tufted head":[]
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"French pinch\u00e9 , from American Spanish pinche":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-160007"
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"definitions":{
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": an isocyanine dye used in photography sensitizing to the green and orange-red regions of the spectrum":[]
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"International Scientific Vocabulary pina- (irregular from Greek pinak-, pinax board, tablet, picture) + -chrome":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-161325"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The lined aprons featured fun patterns like rainbow stained glass, rainbow crayons and pinup art of men and women. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 June 2022",
|
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"His late grandmother, Anne Gwynne, was also an actress and a WWII-era pinup model, while his sister Katherine Pine has dabbled in acting as well. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"Her voice also has an almost George Michael character to it, moving from pinup poutiness to childlike abandon. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"Pryor said recycles about 40 million disposable nappies a year and has used the fibrous pellets to make construction panels, pinup boards and coasters. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
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"The team also wanted to avoid a caricature of Anderson, a pinup come to life. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 2 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Mid-century America was generally a socially conservative place, but the va-va-voom powers of the pinup and the bombshell during the war years likely paved the way for a more risqu\u00e9 image of American womanhood. \u2014 Christina Newland, CNN , 15 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Its mascot, created by East Bay cartoonist Janelle Blarg, is a 1950s-style illustration of a goofy burger with eyes, reclining on its side like a David Hasselhoff pinup . \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Roses poster, the pinup shot of Leonardo DiCaprio circa The Basketball Diaries, and other cultural detritus crowding the frame. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 12 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Images of these men on horseback or in classical profile began appearing on posters and handkerchiefs and even crockery, the pinup boys of the revolutionary age\u2013virile and virtuous and handsome. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"Images of these men on horseback or in classical profile began appearing on posters and handkerchiefs and even crockery, the pinup boys of the revolutionary age\u2013virile and virtuous and handsome. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"Images of these men on horseback or in classical profile began appearing on posters and handkerchiefs and even crockery, the pinup boys of the revolutionary age\u2013virile and virtuous and handsome. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"Images of these men on horseback or in classical profile began appearing on posters and handkerchiefs and even crockery, the pinup boys of the revolutionary age\u2013virile and virtuous and handsome. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"Images of these men on horseback or in classical profile began appearing on posters and handkerchiefs and even crockery, the pinup boys of the revolutionary age\u2013virile and virtuous and handsome. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"Images of these men on horseback or in classical profile began appearing on posters and handkerchiefs and even crockery, the pinup boys of the revolutionary age\u2013virile and virtuous and handsome. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"Images of these men on horseback or in classical profile began appearing on posters and handkerchiefs and even crockery, the pinup boys of the revolutionary age\u2013virile and virtuous and handsome. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"Images of these men on horseback or in classical profile began appearing on posters and handkerchiefs and even crockery, the pinup boys of the revolutionary age\u2013virile and virtuous and handsome. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-163433"
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|
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|
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|
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": any of several buprestid beetles especially of the genus Dendroctonus the larvae of which bore in pine trees in North America":[]
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|
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"type":[
|
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a small very active iguanid lizard ( Sceloporus undulatus ) varieties of which occur in most of the U.S. and north to British Columbia \u2014 see swift":[]
|
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|
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|
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|
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"type":[
|
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a small compressed dark green grunt ( Lagodon rhomboides ) that has sharp dorsal spines and occurs along the Atlantic coast":[]
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Also, look for reds around the bays on the east end of Mississippi Sound and the Dauphin Island bridge and catch them on small pinfish or croakers. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 1 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Dixey Bar and Sand Island light are holding plenty, ready to grab large soft plastics on jigs as well as live pinfish , croakers or other small fish. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 6 Aug. 2021",
|
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"Big redfish, over 20 pounds, also come and go at the pier\u2014most anglers who want to tangle with them rely on a live pinfish , single-hooked through the back, and use 50-pound-test braid on medium heavy spinning gear. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 3 Nov. 2019",
|
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"Mullet and pinfish are the hardiest, with menhaden, sardines, and ballyhoo being less so. \u2014 Bob Mcnally, Field & Stream , 2 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"The smaller reds readily take live shrimp and killifish minnows, while the lunkers prefer finger mullet, grunts and pinfish . \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 1 Nov. 2019",
|
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"Baitfish traps are easy to use, and are very effective at collecting some small baitfish, including pinfish , killifish, and mud or bull minnows. \u2014 Bob Mcnally, Field & Stream , 2 Jan. 2020",
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"Keeper size reds are around the gas rigs and shell bars as well as marsh creek mouths on falling tides\u2014live mullet, pinfish or shrimp will get them, as well quarter-ounce jigs and Slick Lures. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 23 Aug. 2019",
|
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"And the kids will compete in several species not available during the ADSFR, including sea robins, croakers, hardhead catfish, spadefish, oysterfish, pinfish and whiting. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, AL.com , 16 July 2017"
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-171603"
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},
|
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|
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"type":[
|
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"definitions":{
|
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"Allan 1819\u20131884 American (Scottish-born) detective":[]
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-171705"
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|
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"type":[
|
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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|
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"pink slip":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a notice from an employer that a recipient's employment is being terminated":[]
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The most recent pink slip was handed to him last October, by the Warriors. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"What\u2019s often framed merely as an economic story is also a social and emotional one: With one pink slip , a lifetime of desires \u2014 including, simply, the desire to be desired \u2014 can feel out of reach. \u2014 Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun , 20 June 2022",
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"Despite a campaign to save her job, Coonley Elementary librarian Nora Wiltse received a pink slip Friday after 14 years at the North Center school. \u2014 Tracy Swartz, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
|
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"Hired as an assistant coach in Providence by then-GM Peter Chiarelli in 2008, Cassidy was employed by the Bruins for nearly 14 years prior to Monday\u2019s pink slip . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
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|
"But a pink slip from WEA ultimately led Price to rosier days with Barden Cablevision, which also reconnected him with sports, including his beloved Tigers. \u2014 Scott Talley, Freep.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
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"State law requires districts to send a preliminary pink slip by Mar. 15 to any teachers and other staff who could be laid off and then follow up with an actual layoff notice by May 15. \u2014 Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Bella Hadid wears a sheer pink slip dress and teal gloves. \u2014 Jenny Hartman, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The mayor delivered the pink slip to Brian Hunzeker despite a recommendation by Chief Chuck Lovell that the longtime Portland police officer instead receive a 12-week suspension, records show. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Mar. 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-180338"
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a narrow short pleat usually used in groups in the heading of curtains for controlling fullness":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-180448"
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"piney tree":{
|
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"type":[
|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": an East Indian tree ( Vateria indica ) that has panicles of showy white flowers and yields timber, resin, and oil":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-184728"
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": a scale ( Toumeyella numismaticum ) that feeds on pines especially in the eastern U.S.":[]
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"definitions":{
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": a moccasin flower ( Cypripedium acaule )":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-194658"
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": any of several geometrid moths having larvae that attack pines in parts of both Europe and North America":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-194731"
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"definitions":{
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": a light yellow that is greener and paler than average maize or jasmine and paler than popcorn":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-194756"
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},
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"pink lady":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": a cocktail consisting of gin, brandy, lemon juice, grenadine, and white of egg shaken with ice and strained":[]
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"first_known_use":{
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"1929, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-195850"
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},
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"pink shower":{
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a tropical American tree ( Cassia grandis ) used as an ornamental having rose-colored flowers in lateral racemes":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-200200"
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},
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a usually pentact sponge spicule of which one ray projects either internally or externally from the sponge and develops numerous small spines":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8piny\u0259l\u0259s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin pinulus, pinnulus , alteration of pinnula":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-201846"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
|
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": any of several moths having caterpillars that feed on the leaves or bore in twigs or trunks of pine trees \u2014 compare pine pest":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-203757"
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},
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"Pinar del R\u00edo":{
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"type":[
|
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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"city and river port in western Cuba population 121,774":[]
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"p\u0113-\u02c8n\u00e4r-t\u035fhel-\u02c8r\u0113-(\u02cc)\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-204302"
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},
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"pink tint":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a pinkish white":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-204346"
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},
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"pine straw":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": dried pine needles":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-205127"
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},
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"pink tea":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a formal afternoon tea usually marked by a high degree of decorum":[],
|
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": a decorous or namby-pamby affair or proceeding":[
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"do not find press relations anybody's pink tea",
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"\u2014 F. L. Mott"
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]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-205925"
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},
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"pine tulip":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": pipsissewa":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-212539"
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},
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"pinacocytal":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": of or relating to a pinacocyte":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u00a6pin\u0259k\u014d\u00a6s\u012bt\u1d4al"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-215319"
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},
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"pinkwood":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": any of several trees and shrubs: such as":[],
|
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": a Brazilian tree ( Dicypellium caryophyllatum ) of the family Lauraceae with carnation-scented bark used as a substitute for cinnamon and cloves":[],
|
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": a tree ( Physocalymma scaberrimum ) of the family Lythraceae of central South America having hard rose-colored wood":[],
|
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": an Australian tree ( Eucryphia billardieri ) yielding cabinet wood":[],
|
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": wallaby bush":[],
|
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": the wood of a pinkwood":[]
|
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},
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"pink entry 8 & pink entry 9 + wood":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-220743"
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},
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"pinch roller":{
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"type":[
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a roller of flexible material which presses the tape or wire in a magnetic recorder against the capstan for drive purposes":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-221317"
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},
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"pinker":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": one that does pinking":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pi\u014bk\u0259(r)"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-223638"
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},
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"pinacocyte":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": one of the flat cells covering the external surface and lining the incurrent and excurrent canals of sponges":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"pinac- + -cyte":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-223854"
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},
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"pink bud stage":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": pink stage":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-233027"
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},
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"Ping-Pong":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"trademark",
|
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"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": shift , bounce":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pi\u014b-\u02ccp\u00e4\u014b",
|
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"-\u02ccp\u022f\u014b"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1902, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1909, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-234408"
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},
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"pine hyacinth":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an erect perennial herb ( Viorna baldwinii ) of Florida that is cultivated for its solitary urn-shaped pink or purplish flower":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-234558"
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},
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"pine sugar":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": pinitol":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-234843"
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},
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"pinacolone":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a liquid ketone (CH 3 ) 3 COCH 3 of peppermint odor formed from pinacol by treatment with acid to cause loss of water and molecular rearrangement; 3,3-dimethyl-2-butanone":[],
|
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": any of a series of ketones R 3 CCOR formed like pinacolone from other pinacols":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02ccl\u014dn"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"pinacol + -one":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-000234"
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},
|
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"pine grass":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a bunchgrass ( Calamagrostis rubescens ) of Oregon and Washington where it forms valuable forage":[],
|
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": a sedge ( Carex pensylvanica ) furnishing pasturage for cattle in the pine barrens of the southern U.S.":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-000504"
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},
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"pinkish":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pi\u014b-kish"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In 1831, King William IV also commissioned the Queen\u2019s consort ring for his wife Adelaide, with a pinkish -red ruby and diamonds. \u2014 Jill Newman, Town & Country , 19 June 2022",
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"While the pincushion Protea flower was recognizable from grocery story bouquets, other examples, such as the furry, pinkish teddy bear Banksia, seemed straight out of science fiction. \u2014 Tanya Ward Goodman, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
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"Later, developing leaves are mostly white with pinkish /orange to white veins. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
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"This pinkish blend of malbec, tinta roriz, and counoise smells like summer. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 4 May 2022",
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"The Russell serves thick chunks of pork butt, grilled and piled together with large timbales of rice and gungo peas, which resemble small kidney beans and lend the rice a pinkish , dirty-rice tinge. \u2014 Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant , 2 May 2022",
|
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"The result is a pinkish -colored gin with a pronounced red fruit aroma and taste. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
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"In an effort to cut costs, Gehry has replaced the dazzling glass fa\u00e7ade with a less conspicuous exterior, which will be either stainless steel or, if affordable, a pinkish tint of titanium. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
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"Child lined Meg's lip with the ColorStay Lip Liner in the brown Chocolate and layered it with Super Lustrous Cr\u00e9me in Bare It All, which is a pinkish nude. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 3 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1785, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-002140"
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},
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"pinacoid":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a crystal form consisting of two parallel and opposite faces":[],
|
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": a crystal form whose faces are parallel to two crystal axes":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary pinac- + -oid":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-002456"
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},
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"pin vise":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a hand vise used (as by jewelers) for holding fine work":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-003207"
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"pinacoidal":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": having only a center of symmetry":[
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"\u2014 used of one class in the triclinic system"
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],
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"\u2014 see crystallization , symmetry":[
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"\u2014 used of one class in the triclinic system"
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]
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary pinacoid + -al":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-004721"
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},
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"pinking shears":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": shears with a saw-toothed inner edge on the blades for making a zigzag cut":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Make the Cherry Pie Using pinking shears , cut 1 \u20442-inch-wide strips from tan felt. \u2014 Bethany Kunzler, Better Homes & Gardens , 26 Oct. 2021",
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"Glue guns and pinking shears are staples of the DIY Halloween costume maker, but advanced crafters should consider elevating their game. \u2014 Jolie Kerr, CNN Underscored , 20 Oct. 2020",
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"Glue guns and pinking shears are staples of the DIY Halloween costume maker, but advanced crafters should consider elevating their game. \u2014 Jolie Kerr, CNN Underscored , 20 Oct. 2020",
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"Glue guns and pinking shears are staples of the DIY Halloween costume maker, but advanced crafters should consider elevating their game. \u2014 Jolie Kerr, CNN Underscored , 20 Oct. 2020",
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"Glue guns and pinking shears are staples of the DIY Halloween costume maker, but advanced crafters should consider elevating their game. \u2014 Jolie Kerr, CNN Underscored , 20 Oct. 2020",
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"Glue guns and pinking shears are staples of the DIY Halloween costume maker, but advanced crafters should consider elevating their game. \u2014 Jolie Kerr, CNN Underscored , 20 Oct. 2020",
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"Use pinking shears and our free printable pattern to cut look-alike holly leaves. \u2014 Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens , 29 Oct. 2020",
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"Glue guns and pinking shears are staples of the DIY Halloween costume maker, but advanced crafters should consider elevating their game. \u2014 Jolie Kerr, CNN Underscored , 20 Oct. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1934, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-010237"
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},
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"pine green":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a variable color averaging a dark green that is yellower and lighter than evergreen or average bottle green and bluer and paler than forest green (see forest green sense 1 )":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-010928"
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},
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"pinkeny":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a small blinking or peering eye":[],
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": pet , darling":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"alteration of earlier pink nye , from pink entry 6 + obsolete English nye eye, from Middle English":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-011446"
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},
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"pink sheet":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a daily listing of over-the-counter stocks and their prices":[],
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": any of a group of lightly traded over-the-counter stocks":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Research analysts are thus far confirming the new Beijing Stock Exchange will take the top companies from China\u2019s over-the-counter (OTC) pink sheet equivalent called the National Equity Exchange and Quotations Board (NEEQ). \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021",
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"The new Harvest will begin trading on the over-the-counter pink sheets and not a major stock exchange. \u2014 Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle , 5 June 2018",
|
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"The now-infamous pink sheet included a photo of a young, shirtless Nirenberg flexing. \u2014 Josh Baugh, San Antonio Express-News , 17 Mar. 2018",
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"Companies delisted from one of the major exchanges can choose to trade on the less-regulated Over the Counter Bulletin Board [OTCBB] or the pink sheets system, according to Investopedia.com. \u2014 Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com , 29 Sep. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1959, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-012219"
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},
|
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"pinkwort":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a plant of the family Caryophyllaceae":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"pink entry 8 + wort":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-012306"
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},
|
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"pine sawyer":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": any of several large beetles of the genus Monochamus (family Cerambycidae) whose larvae bore into the trunks of dead or dying pine trees":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-012546"
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},
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"pinfold":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": pound entry 2 sense 1a":[],
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": a place of restraint":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pin-\u02ccf\u014dld"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Old English pundfald , from pund- enclosure + fald fold":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-014631"
|
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},
|
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"pine tip moth":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": nantucket pine tip moth":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-014731"
|
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},
|
|
"pine sawfly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of several sawflies (family Diprionidae) having larvae that feed on pine needles":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-014949"
|
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},
|
|
"pine grosbeak":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a large grosbeak ( Pinicola enucleator ) of coniferous forests of northern America, Europe, and Asia that is chiefly gray with the crown, rump, and breast strongly suffused with rosy red in the adult male and yellow in the female":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-015426"
|
|
},
|
|
"pink-and-white shower":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an ornamental leguminous tree ( Cassia javanica ) from Java and Sumatra bearing masses of pink and white flowers and having pods like those of the golden shower but ridged transversely":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-015805"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinwale":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": made with narrow wales":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pin-\u02ccw\u0101l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Here, the double-soft combination of a pinwale shirt with jumbo-wale trousers makes a hardy waxed jacket look urbane enough for the office. \u2014 Kareem Rashed, Robb Report , 4 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1949, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-021322"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinking":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a ship with a narrow overhanging stern":[],
|
|
": any of a genus ( Dianthus of the family Caryophyllaceae, the pink family) of chiefly Eurasian herbs having usually pink, red, or white flowers":[],
|
|
": the very embodiment : paragon":[],
|
|
": one dressed in the height of fashion":[],
|
|
": elite":[],
|
|
": highest degree possible : height":[
|
|
"keep their house in the pink of repair",
|
|
"\u2014 Rebecca West"
|
|
],
|
|
": in the best of health or condition":[],
|
|
": any of a group of colors bluish red to red in hue, of medium to high lightness, and of low to moderate saturation":[],
|
|
": pink-colored clothing":[],
|
|
": light-colored trousers formerly worn by army officers":[],
|
|
": pinko":[],
|
|
": of the color pink":[],
|
|
": holding moderately radical and usually socialistic political or economic views":[],
|
|
": emotionally moved : excited":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used as an intensive tickled pink"
|
|
],
|
|
": to perforate in an ornamental pattern":[],
|
|
": to cut a saw-toothed edge on":[],
|
|
": pierce , stab":[],
|
|
": to wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pi\u014bk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"harpoon",
|
|
"impale",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"lance",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"skewer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"transfix",
|
|
"transpierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"Her dress is pale pink .",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"accidentally pinked my shoulder with his fencing sword"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Middle Dutch pinke":"Noun",
|
|
"origin unknown":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English, to thrust":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"circa 1669, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"1503, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-022013"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinking iron":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a metal instrument for cutting or perforating designs on cloth, leather, or paper":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-022354"
|
|
},
|
|
"piney tallow":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a solid fatty substance obtained from seeds of the piney tree and used in making candles":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"piney (as in piney dammar ) + tallow":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-024633"
|
|
},
|
|
"Pinckney":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"Charles Cotesworth 1746\u20131825 American statesman":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pi\u014bk-n\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-024645"
|
|
},
|
|
"Pindar":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"circa 522\u2013 circa 438 b.c. Greek poet":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pin-d\u0259r",
|
|
"-\u02ccd\u00e4r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-030115"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinitol":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a sweet crystalline compound C 6 H 6 (OH) 5 OCH 3 that is extracted especially from the heartwood of the sugar pine and is found also in legumes and other plants; dextro -inositol monomethyl ether":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-t\u014dl",
|
|
"\u02c8p\u012bn\u0259\u02cct\u022fl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"obsolete English pinite pinitol (from French, from pin pine\u2014from Latin pinus\u2014+ -ite ) + English -ol":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-030248"
|
|
},
|
|
"Pinellas Peninsula":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"peninsula in western Florida between Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-030557"
|
|
},
|
|
"pineweed":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": orange grass":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-031116"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinnulate":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having pinnules":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccl\u0101t",
|
|
"usually -\u0101t+V"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"pinnulate from pinnule + -ate; pinnulated from pinnulate + -ed":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-031940"
|
|
},
|
|
"pine tar":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": tar obtained by destructive distillation of pinewood and used especially in roofing and soaps and in the treatment of skin diseases":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"After the shingles came the pine tar , applied in gloppy brush loads. \u2014 Scott Frances, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Gallen said it\u2019s not unusual for a baseball to have a little pine tar on it. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Gallen figured the pine tar came from the bat of the Mets\u2019 Francisco Lindor, who just got jammed on a pop out to third. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Jay Howell caught with pine tar on his glove during Game 3 and suspended for two games. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"But the homer was overturned, and Brett ruled out, after umpires determined there was too much pine tar on Brett\u2019s bat. \u2014 Jerry Beach, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Nope, just because sunscreen and pine tar are eradicated doesn\u2019t mean the field will suddenly tilt toward batters. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 23 June 2021",
|
|
"Pitchers have for decades used various foreign substances to give them a firmer grasp on the ball, ranging from sunscreen and Spider Tack, commonly used by powerlifters, to pine tar or even homemade concoctions. \u2014 Star Tribune , 28 June 2021",
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"After all, the league's offensive futility didn\u2019t just disappear because pine tar and its stickier cousins were in the crosshairs. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 23 June 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1855, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-033540"
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},
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"Pintsch gas":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a compressed oil gas obtained from gas oil, consisting chiefly of hydrocarbons and hydrogen, and formerly used in lighting railroad cars and buoys":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pinch-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"after Julius Pintsch \u20201884 German manufacturer":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-033828"
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},
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"pinkiness":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the quality or state of being pinky":[
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"his shaven face, scarcely ruffled by the lines of his fifty years, had the same shell-like pinkiness",
|
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"\u2014 W. J. Locke"
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]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-kin-",
|
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"-k\u0113n\u0259\u0307s"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-034002"
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},
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"pinard":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a red French table wine sometimes issued to French soldiers":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u02c8) p\u0113\u00a6n\u00e4r"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"French, from pineau, pinot any of several vinifera grapes used especially for wine-making (from Middle French, from pine pinecone, from pin pine, from Latin pinus ) + -ard":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-034305"
|
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},
|
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"pinken":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"intransitive verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to become pink":[
|
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"pinkened with anger",
|
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"\u2014 Audrey Barker",
|
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"his body pinkened from a shower",
|
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"\u2014 Maritta Wolff"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pi\u014bk\u0259n"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-035327"
|
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},
|
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"pinky":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": pink entry 1":[],
|
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": little finger":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pi\u014b-k\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably from Dutch pinkje small pink, diminutive of pink , from Middle Dutch pinke":"Noun",
|
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"probably from Dutch pinkje , diminutive of pink little finger":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1840, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"circa 1808, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-035801"
|
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},
|
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"Pinellas Park":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"city of Florida on the Pinellas Peninsula just northwest of Saint Petersburg population 49,079":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"p\u012b-\u02c8ne-l\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-040050"
|
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},
|
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"pinnula":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": pinnule sense 2":[],
|
|
": a barb of a feather":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8piny\u0259l\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Latin, small feather, small fin, from pinna feather, wing, fin, alteration of penna feather, wing":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-041628"
|
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},
|
|
"piner":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": laborer":[],
|
|
": a pine-forest lumberman":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\"",
|
|
"\u02c8p\u012bn\u0259(r)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English pynour , from Middle Dutch piner , from pinen to punish, suffer pain, work hard, from pine punishment, torment, from Latin poena":"Noun",
|
|
"pine entry 2 + -er":"Noun",
|
|
"pine entry 3 + -er":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-043504"
|
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},
|
|
"pinane":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a liquid saturated bicyclic hydrocarbon C 10 H 18 occurring in stereoisomeric forms of which pinene and nopinene are unsaturated derivatives; 1,3,3-trimethyl-2,4-methylene-cyclohexane":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8p\u012b\u02ccn\u0101n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary pin- (from Latin pinus pine) + -ane":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-043905"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinacone":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": pinacol":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pin\u0259\u02cck\u014dn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary pinac- + -one":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-044320"
|
|
},
|
|
"pin-eyed":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-050417"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinweed":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of a genus ( Lechea ) of herbs of the rockrose family with slender stems, many small leaves, and tiny flowers":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pin-\u02ccw\u0113d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1814, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-052133"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinkily":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": in a pinky manner : with a touch of pink":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-li",
|
|
"\u02c8pi\u014bk\u0259\u0307l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-053214"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinless":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": being without a pin":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pinl\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-054451"
|
|
},
|
|
"pine weevil":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-055315"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinch-spotted":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": spotted with bruises caused by pinching":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-110544"
|
|
},
|
|
"pink-stockings":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": black-necked stilt":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-060245"
|
|
},
|
|
"pine-tar oil":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a dark brown phenolic liquid of empyreumatic odor obtained by distillation of pine tar and used chiefly as a deodorant, antiseptic, and parasiticide and in ore flotation":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-060334"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinnotherid":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of or relating to the genus Pinnotheres or the family Pinnotheridae":[],
|
|
": a crab of the genus Pinnotheres or the family Pinnotheridae":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\"",
|
|
"-ther-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin Pinnotheridae":"Adjective",
|
|
"New Latin Pinnotheridae family of crabs, from Pinnotheres , type genus + -idae":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-062257"
|
|
},
|
|
"pin rot":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a rot of the heartwood of incense cedar caused by a pore fungus ( Polyporus amarus )":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-064302"
|
|
},
|
|
"pine grouse":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": dusky grouse":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-064414"
|
|
},
|
|
"pine swift":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": pine lizard":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-064753"
|
|
},
|
|
"Pinales":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an order of gymnospermous trees and shrubs coextensive with the order Coniferales":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"p\u0259\u0307\u02c8-",
|
|
"p\u012b\u02c8n\u0101(\u02cc)l\u0113z"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Pinus + -ales":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-071959"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinkify":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to make pink":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pi\u014bk\u0259\u02ccf\u012b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-080910"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinacol":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a liquid glycol (CH 3 ) 2 C(OH)C(OH)(CH 3 ) 2 that forms a crystalline hexahydrate C 6 H 12 (OH) 2 .6H 2 O and that is usually made from acetone by reduction with amalgamated magnesium followed by hydrolysis of the intermediate magnesium derivative; 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-butanediol":[],
|
|
": any of a series of tetrasubstituted derivatives of ethylene glycol obtained by reduction of ketones other than acetone":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-k\u014dl",
|
|
"\u02c8pin\u0259\u02cck\u022fl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary pinac- + -ol ; from the fact that it unites with water to form tabloid-shaped crystals":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-081028"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinesap":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of several yellowish or reddish parasitic or saprophytic herbs (genus Monotropa ) of the wintergreen family resembling the Indian pipe":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8p\u012bn-\u02ccsap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1824, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-081329"
|
|
},
|
|
"pine gum":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": Australian sandarac":[],
|
|
": oleoresin from various pines":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-081400"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a compact mineral of a dull grayish, green, or brownish color that is essentially muscovite derived from the alteration of other minerals (as cordierite)":[],
|
|
": a fossil wood referred to the family Pinaceae (as to the form genera Pinites and Pinoxylon ) and usually resembling that of the recent pines":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8p\u012b\u02ccn\u012bt",
|
|
"\u02c8p\u0113\u02ccn\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"German pinit , from the Pini mine, Saxony, Germany + German -it -ite":"Noun",
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"New Latin Pinites , form genus of fossil pines, from Pinus + -ites":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-083517"
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"pine tag":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the dried needle of the pine":[
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
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]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-091816"
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},
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"pink curlew":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": roseate spoonbill":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-091942"
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},
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"pinacotheca":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": picture gallery":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccpin\u0259k\u014d\u02c8th\u0113k\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin, from Greek pinakoth\u0113k\u0113 , from pinako- (from pinak-, pinax board, tablet, picture) + th\u0113k\u0113 case, chest; akin to Greek tithenai to put, place":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-093004"
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},
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"pink dogwood":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a pink flowering dogwood":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-095235"
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},
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"pink elephants":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": hallucinations arising especially from heavy drinking or use of narcotics":[
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"began to see pink elephants"
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]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Their swaddles are in prints of pink elephants or flowers. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Mar. 2022",
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"Even when black holes crashed together and merged, the singularities\u2014or pink elephants \u2014would remain hidden by their event horizons, preventing their existence from throwing the outer cosmos into chaos. \u2014 Daniel Garisto, Scientific American , 8 Oct. 2020",
|
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"This six-inch pink elephant from beloved plush toy maker Mary Meyer has a Wubbanub medical grade non-latex pacifier attached. \u2014 Popular Science , 15 Mar. 2020",
|
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"Curtin, a wildlife artist, paints pink elephants , blue rhinoceroses, standing cows and pigs adorned with jewelry and lipstick. \u2014 Faith E. Pinho, latimes.com , 27 June 2019",
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"Since the legendary car wash opened in 1956, the rotating pink elephant has witnessed the Space Needle go up and Amazon\u2019s headquarters emerge from former parking lots just a few blocks away. \u2014 Seattle Sketcher Gabriel Campanario, The Seattle Times , 7 Feb. 2019",
|
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"The 1950s design by Remco features nine playful, painted wood obstacles\u2014from the clown, lighthouse, and dachshund shown here to a pink elephant and storybook castle. \u2014 Jessica Leigh Hester, Country Living , 27 June 2014",
|
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"The Trailer for Tim Burton's Live-Action Dumbo Is Only a Little Scary Disney There's just one pink elephant . \u2014 Joshua Rivera, GQ , 13 June 2018",
|
|
"For starts, Beard -- a New Orleans artist and author best known for his frenetic deceptions of wildlife -- lives in a pink elephant surrounded by a menagerie. \u2014 Susan Langenhennig, NOLA.com , 11 Oct. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1940, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-095748"
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},
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"Pindari":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": one of the marauding mercenaries frequently making disastrous raids in British territory in India in the 18th century":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"pin\u02c8d\u00e4r\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Marathi p\u1ebd\u1e0d\u0101r\u012b, p\u1ebd\u1e0dh\u0101r\u012b & Hindi pi\u1e47\u1e0d\u0101r\u0101":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-101124"
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},
|
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"ping":{
|
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"type":[
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"geographical name",
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a sharp sound like that of a striking bullet":[],
|
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": knock sense 2b":[],
|
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": the pulse of sound waves reflected from or emitted by a submerged object in submarine signaling or detection and heard by special apparatus":[
|
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"Baylor \u2026 trained his sound unit from one bearing to another, listening for submarines. It threw out a directional sound beam, a series of \" pings .\" These pings , if they hit a solid object like a submarine, reflected back to the operator.",
|
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"\u2014 William J. Lederer"
|
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],
|
|
": a signal sent from one computer to another across a network for usually diagnostic purposes (as to determine network speed or the status of the target computer)":[
|
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"With Napster, however, all you have to do is type in the name of the song or artist and up will pop 2,745 Phish songs sorted by the host computer's type of modem connection and ping rate.",
|
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"\u2014 Karl Taro Greenfeld"
|
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],
|
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"river 360 miles (579 kilometers) long in western Thailand flowing south-southeast to join the Nan River forming the Chao Phraya River":[],
|
|
": to make a ping":[],
|
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": to ricochet with a ping":[
|
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"gravel pinging off \u2026 the car",
|
|
"\u2014 Margaret Atwood"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cause to ping":[
|
|
"ping a bell"
|
|
],
|
|
": to locate (something, such as a submerged object or submarine) by detecting the reflection of a pulse of sound waves : to send out a ping (see ping entry 1 sense 3 ) in order to locate (something)":[
|
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"We will have to follow this big old boy on the surface and then try to ping him with the sonar when he dives.",
|
|
"\u2014 Corwin Ericson"
|
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],
|
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": to send a signal to (a computer) in order to determine its status or the status of the connecting network":[
|
|
"Without realizing what he was doing, he pinged every server in a .gov domain. Next day, his ISP canceled his account; the retribution was swift and uncompromising.",
|
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"\u2014 Bill Machrone"
|
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],
|
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": to send a signal to (a device, such as a cell phone) in order to determine its status or location":[
|
|
"Howell officers warned police agencies across the state. \u2026 Police pinged the man's phone to get its location.",
|
|
"\u2014 Andrew Ford"
|
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],
|
|
": to send a usually brief message (such as a text message) or notification to (a person, a person's phone, etc.)":[
|
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"\u2026 provides an opportunity to check the time or see who pinged you while you were coming down the mountain \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Wired"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pi\u014b"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Verb",
|
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"Pebbles pinged off the car.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Did your smartphone ping you with alerts from the MyShake app? \u2014 Matthew Ballinger, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Your smartwatch can ping you about an irregular heartbeat. \u2014 Katie Palmer, STAT , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Did that particular development ping the radar of a couple of the biggest talent agencies in the world? \u2014 Rob Salkowitz, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"There are jumper cables, a tow rope, and safety gloves, along with a basic first-aid kit, mechanical flashlight, reflector triangles, and a ping hammer-belt cutter combo tool. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Leisek tracked the last location ping from Brown\u2019s cell phone. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"Anchorage police traced at least one cellphone ping to a house there, according to federal court documents filed in New York. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"While numerous studies have explored the effects of mental fatigue on sports ranging from ping pong to kayaking, not all of them have seen performance changes. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 18 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"On Friday the hail could be bigger, and the weather service said up to ping pong ball size will be possible. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 5 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"imitative":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
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"1855, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-101254"
|
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},
|
|
"piney dammar":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a pellucid fragrant acrid resin that exudes from the piney tree when wounded and is used as a varnish, in making candles, and as a substitute for incense and for amber":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"piney probably by folk etymology (influence of piney entry 2 ) from Malayalam payin piney tree":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-101659"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinion end":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": gable end":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"obsolete English pinion gable (from Middle English, from Old French pignon , from assumed Vulgar Latin pinnion-, pinnio , from Latin pinna battlement, feather\u2014alteration of penna feather\u2014+ -ion-, -io -ion) + English end":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-103155"
|
|
},
|
|
"pin rod":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a rod or plate with turned ends for connecting two parts (as brake shoes on the opposite sides of a locomotive) so that they act kinematically as one part":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-105327"
|
|
},
|
|
"Pinal":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a band of San Carlos Apaches":[],
|
|
": a member of the Pinal band":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"p\u0113\u02c8n\u00e4l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-111204"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinewood":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the wood of the pine tree":[],
|
|
": a wood of pines":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used in plural but singular or plural in construction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8p\u012bn-\u02ccwu\u0307d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The eatery is made of brick, concrete and burnt pinewood that was charred according to the principles of shou sugi ban, an 18th-century Japanese weatherproofing technique. \u2014 Michaela Trimble, Vogue , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Working under the Anglicized moniker FreelingWaters, the pair sourced 18th- and 19th-century pinewood cabinets from antiques dealers and adorned them with striking geometric forms in a vibrant, hallucinatory palette. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Halfway between them was a shack made of pinewood and tar paper, where foremen presided by day and watchmen by night, protecting bricks, lumber, reinforcing rods, nails, wood screws, and double-point staples from thieves who would come to take them. \u2014 John Mcphee, The New Yorker , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Crew member Don Cowley painted the pinewood , which once hung above the venue\u2019s beer garden and patio. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"My boss went across to Radio Shack and picked up a little Sanyo CD/cassette stereo, with a body made of pinewood with silver and chrome finishing details. \u2014 Niko Stratis, SPIN , 19 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"This dopey pinewood derby comedy isn\u2019t overtly LDS, but it was shot in St. George and is sort of Mormon-ish. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 July 2021",
|
|
"Four versions of the sled were made: a pinewood one that appears early on (and was later sold at auction for $233,500) and three balsa wood copies for the movie's fiery conclusion. \u2014 CNN , 16 July 2021",
|
|
"Few cyclists use the velodrome's Siberian pinewood floor to train and Brazil didn't field a single competitor for Tokyo, despite promises the facility would be an incubator. \u2014 David Biller And Mauricio Savarese, Star Tribune , 13 July 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-111424"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinnatifid":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": cleft in a pinnate manner":[
|
|
"a pinnatifid leaf"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccfid",
|
|
"p\u0259-\u02c8na-t\u0259-f\u0259d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin pinnatifidus , from pinnatus + Latin -fidus -fid":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1753, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-112235"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinlock":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a lock having a pin over which the pipe of the key fits":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-112831"
|
|
},
|
|
"Ping":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a sharp sound like that of a striking bullet":[],
|
|
": knock sense 2b":[],
|
|
": the pulse of sound waves reflected from or emitted by a submerged object in submarine signaling or detection and heard by special apparatus":[
|
|
"Baylor \u2026 trained his sound unit from one bearing to another, listening for submarines. It threw out a directional sound beam, a series of \" pings .\" These pings , if they hit a solid object like a submarine, reflected back to the operator.",
|
|
"\u2014 William J. Lederer"
|
|
],
|
|
": a signal sent from one computer to another across a network for usually diagnostic purposes (as to determine network speed or the status of the target computer)":[
|
|
"With Napster, however, all you have to do is type in the name of the song or artist and up will pop 2,745 Phish songs sorted by the host computer's type of modem connection and ping rate.",
|
|
"\u2014 Karl Taro Greenfeld"
|
|
],
|
|
"river 360 miles (579 kilometers) long in western Thailand flowing south-southeast to join the Nan River forming the Chao Phraya River":[],
|
|
": to make a ping":[],
|
|
": to ricochet with a ping":[
|
|
"gravel pinging off \u2026 the car",
|
|
"\u2014 Margaret Atwood"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cause to ping":[
|
|
"ping a bell"
|
|
],
|
|
": to locate (something, such as a submerged object or submarine) by detecting the reflection of a pulse of sound waves : to send out a ping (see ping entry 1 sense 3 ) in order to locate (something)":[
|
|
"We will have to follow this big old boy on the surface and then try to ping him with the sonar when he dives.",
|
|
"\u2014 Corwin Ericson"
|
|
],
|
|
": to send a signal to (a computer) in order to determine its status or the status of the connecting network":[
|
|
"Without realizing what he was doing, he pinged every server in a .gov domain. Next day, his ISP canceled his account; the retribution was swift and uncompromising.",
|
|
"\u2014 Bill Machrone"
|
|
],
|
|
": to send a signal to (a device, such as a cell phone) in order to determine its status or location":[
|
|
"Howell officers warned police agencies across the state. \u2026 Police pinged the man's phone to get its location.",
|
|
"\u2014 Andrew Ford"
|
|
],
|
|
": to send a usually brief message (such as a text message) or notification to (a person, a person's phone, etc.)":[
|
|
"\u2026 provides an opportunity to check the time or see who pinged you while you were coming down the mountain \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Wired"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pi\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"Pebbles pinged off the car.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Did your smartphone ping you with alerts from the MyShake app? \u2014 Matthew Ballinger, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Your smartwatch can ping you about an irregular heartbeat. \u2014 Katie Palmer, STAT , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Did that particular development ping the radar of a couple of the biggest talent agencies in the world? \u2014 Rob Salkowitz, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"There are jumper cables, a tow rope, and safety gloves, along with a basic first-aid kit, mechanical flashlight, reflector triangles, and a ping hammer-belt cutter combo tool. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Leisek tracked the last location ping from Brown\u2019s cell phone. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"Anchorage police traced at least one cellphone ping to a house there, according to federal court documents filed in New York. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"While numerous studies have explored the effects of mental fatigue on sports ranging from ping pong to kayaking, not all of them have seen performance changes. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 18 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"On Friday the hail could be bigger, and the weather service said up to ping pong ball size will be possible. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 5 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"imitative":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1855, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-113506"
|
|
},
|
|
"piney":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
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": any of a genus ( Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals":[],
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": the straight-grained white or yellow usually durable and resinous wood of a pine varying from extreme softness in the white pine to hardness in the longleaf pine":[],
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": any of various Australian coniferous trees (as of the genera Callitris or Araucaria )":[],
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": pineapple":[],
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": bench sense 1c":[],
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": to lose vigor, health, or flesh (as through grief) : languish":[],
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": to yearn intensely and persistently especially for something unattainable":[
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"they still pined for their lost wealth"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u012bn"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pine Verb long , yearn , hanker , pine , hunger , thirst mean to have a strong desire for something. long implies a wishing with one's whole heart and often a striving to attain. longed for some rest yearn suggests an eager, restless, or painful longing. yearned for a stage career hanker suggests the uneasy promptings of unsatisfied appetite or desire. always hankering for money pine implies a languishing or a fruitless longing for what is impossible. pined for a lost love hunger and thirst imply an insistent or impatient craving or a compelling need. hungered for a business of his own thirsted for power",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Nature preserve featuring pine flatwoods and wetlands. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
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"The candles are infused with fave camping scents (think: s\u2019mores and pine ) to bring the great outdoors to your backyard while warding off biting insects. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 23 June 2022",
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"There are 30 to 40 pine and spruce trees on the property. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
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"What was happening historically was that the Ponderosa pine forest was resistant to fire as long as the fires were cooler. \u2014 Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
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"The largest New Jersey wildfire since 2007, which has for days burned through the state\u2019s southern pine lands, is now almost entirely contained, officials said Tuesday. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
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"There\u2019s a dry, pine -like note to the finish that reminds of Dogfish Head 60-Minute. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
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"Breathing deeply, the mountain fresh air was scented with pine . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
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"While attempting to roll through a rocky channel on a downhill section, Agricola, who was 43 at the time, went flying over his handlebars and landed chest first on a downed pine log. \u2014 Outside Online , 10 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Everyone\u2019s favorite 8-year-old existentialists pine over life\u2019s meanings to a bouncy, smooth jazz, often-quite-funky score. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 June 2022",
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"Stories of a couple who makes it against all odds, of a woman who leaves her controlling boyfriend in the nick of time, of would-be lovers who pine for each other in silence, of a priest who falls in love with his choir director. \u2014 Leila Cobo, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
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"The Prince Edward-Gallion parkland, home to pine and hardwood trees, is Virginia's first state forest. \u2014 Joe Studley, NBC News , 23 May 2022",
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"Hardcore Isbell fans pine for his Drive-By Truckers classics. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 16 May 2022",
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"For instance, both characters pine for Layla El-Fahouly (May Calamawy), Marc\u2019s wife, but in a distinctly unique way. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 6 May 2022",
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"Urban residents still pine for mountain escapes, perhaps now more than before. \u2014 Devon O\u2019neil, Outside Online , 4 June 2020",
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"Sometimes just one hop variety is used in a beer, but more often several are working together\u2014a chorus of little green cones in your pint glass, offering the sipper hints of anything from grass to pine to mango to tangerine. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Outside Online , 7 Oct. 2020",
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"But liberals also pine for the postwar U.S., specifically its foreign relations. \u2014 Dexter Fergie, The New Republic , 24 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English p\u012bn , from Latin pinus ; probably akin to Greek pitys pine":"Noun",
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"Middle English, from Old English p\u012bnian to suffer, from *p\u012bn punishment, from Latin poena \u2014 more at pain entry 1":"Verb"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-113623"
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},
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"pinkeen":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": minnow":[],
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": an insignificant person":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)pi\u014b\u00a6k\u0113n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"pink entry 4 + -een":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-114540"
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},
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"pinacolin":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": pinacolone":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"p\u0259\u0307\u02c8nak\u0259l\u0259\u0307n",
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"\u02ccpin\u0259\u02c8k\u014dl\u0259\u0307n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary pinac one + ol- (from Latin oleum oil) + -in":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-114842"
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},
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"Pinehurst":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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"village and resort in central North Carolina noted for its championship golf courses population 13,124":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8p\u012bn-\u02cch\u0259rst"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-115052"
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},
|
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"pin eye":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a primula flower in which the pistil stands above the stamens":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-122257"
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},
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"pinacolate":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a metallic derivative of pinacol \u2014 compare alcoholate":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccpin\u0259\u02c8k\u014dl\u0259\u0307t",
|
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"p\u0259\u0307\u02c8nak\u0259\u02ccl\u0101t"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"pinacol + -ate":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-122711"
|
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},
|
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"pink-eared duck":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an Australian duck ( Malacorhyneus membranaceus ) with a bill superficially resembling that of the shoveler":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-131015"
|
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},
|
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"pinery":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a hothouse or area where pineapples are grown":[],
|
|
": a grove or forest of pine":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8p\u012bn-r\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8p\u012b-n\u0259-r\u0113"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-132704"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinewoods grape":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": post-oak grape":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-132726"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinkie":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": pink entry 1":[],
|
|
": little finger":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pi\u014b-k\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably from Dutch pinkje small pink, diminutive of pink , from Middle Dutch pinke":"Noun",
|
|
"probably from Dutch pinkje , diminutive of pink little finger":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1840, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"circa 1808, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-132807"
|
|
},
|
|
"pine root-collar weevil":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a weevil ( Hylobius radicis ) having a larva that feeds in the cambium at crown level of various pines in the U.S.":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-142625"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinmaker":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one who makes pins":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-143605"
|
|
},
|
|
"pineapples":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tropical monocotyledonous plant ( Ananas comosus of the family Bromeliaceae, the pineapple family) that has rigid spiny-margined recurved leaves and a short stalk with a dense oblong head of small abortive flowers":[],
|
|
": the large edible multiple fruit of the pineapple that consists of the sweet succulent fleshy inflorescence":[],
|
|
": a hand grenade":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8p\u012b-\u02ccna-p\u0259l",
|
|
"\u02c8p\u012b-\u02ccnap-\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a can of chopped pineapple",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"London\u2019s Leicester Square, the location of many Hollywood premieres, will be transformed into Leicester SquarePants, with SpongeBob setting up his pineapple home and serving up Krabby Patties and other surprises for a limited time. \u2014 Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Taste the Diaspora's spicy pineapple chow chow will be teeming with cabbage, onions, and a medley of other fresh vegetables. \u2014 Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The following preferred scent was ethyl butyrate, a fruity, pineapple -like odor. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Add broth, pineapple , cucumber, lemon juice and mint leaves to a blender and blend until smooth. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Flavors include prickly pear pomegranate, hazy apple, Pura Vida pineapple , plus a pie and lemonade series. \u2014 Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Many of the paletas (popsicles) are based on popular flavors and ingredients found in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, like coconut, pineapple , mango, and soursop. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 12 June 2022",
|
|
"Post-cafecito, guests can start their day with chef Martha Brockmann's four-flower juice, a simple blend of banana, pineapple , orange, and oat milk. \u2014 Dan Koday, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"Brown and Chief of Patrol Brian McDermott did describe an incident where officers made mass arrests after a group of teens began throwing glass bottles \u2014 and a pineapple \u2014 at officers. \u2014 William Lee, Chicago Tribune , 31 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-150711"
|
|
},
|
|
"pine reproduction weevil":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a weevil ( Cylindrocopturus eatoni ) that is a serious pest in plantations of ponderosa and Jeffrey pine in California":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-151430"
|
|
},
|
|
"Pinero":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"Sir Arthur Wing 1855\u20131934 English dramatist":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"p\u0259-\u02c8nir-(\u02cc)\u014d",
|
|
"-\u02c8ner-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-153404"
|
|
},
|
|
"pinnation":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the state of being pinnate":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"p\u0259\u0307\u02c8n\u0101sh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-154423"
|
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},
|
|
"pinnatisect":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": cleft pinnately to or almost to the midrib":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"p\u0259\u0307\u02c8nat\u0259\u02ccsekt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"pinnati- + -sect":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-154812"
|
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},
|
|
"Pindaric":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of or relating to the poet Pindar":[],
|
|
": written in the manner or style characteristic of Pindar":[],
|
|
": a Pindaric ode":[],
|
|
": loose irregular verses similar to those used in Pindaric odes":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8da-rik",
|
|
"pin-\u02c8der-ik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-162850"
|
|
},
|
|
"pines":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of a genus ( Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals":[],
|
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": the straight-grained white or yellow usually durable and resinous wood of a pine varying from extreme softness in the white pine to hardness in the longleaf pine":[],
|
|
": any of various Australian coniferous trees (as of the genera Callitris or Araucaria )":[],
|
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": pineapple":[],
|
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": bench sense 1c":[],
|
|
": to lose vigor, health, or flesh (as through grief) : languish":[],
|
|
": to yearn intensely and persistently especially for something unattainable":[
|
|
"they still pined for their lost wealth"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8p\u012bn"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pine Verb long , yearn , hanker , pine , hunger , thirst mean to have a strong desire for something. long implies a wishing with one's whole heart and often a striving to attain. longed for some rest yearn suggests an eager, restless, or painful longing. yearned for a stage career hanker suggests the uneasy promptings of unsatisfied appetite or desire. always hankering for money pine implies a languishing or a fruitless longing for what is impossible. pined for a lost love hunger and thirst imply an insistent or impatient craving or a compelling need. hungered for a business of his own thirsted for power",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Nature preserve featuring pine flatwoods and wetlands. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"The candles are infused with fave camping scents (think: s\u2019mores and pine ) to bring the great outdoors to your backyard while warding off biting insects. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"There are 30 to 40 pine and spruce trees on the property. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"What was happening historically was that the Ponderosa pine forest was resistant to fire as long as the fires were cooler. \u2014 Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"The largest New Jersey wildfire since 2007, which has for days burned through the state\u2019s southern pine lands, is now almost entirely contained, officials said Tuesday. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s a dry, pine -like note to the finish that reminds of Dogfish Head 60-Minute. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Breathing deeply, the mountain fresh air was scented with pine . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"While attempting to roll through a rocky channel on a downhill section, Agricola, who was 43 at the time, went flying over his handlebars and landed chest first on a downed pine log. \u2014 Outside Online , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Everyone\u2019s favorite 8-year-old existentialists pine over life\u2019s meanings to a bouncy, smooth jazz, often-quite-funky score. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 June 2022",
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"Stories of a couple who makes it against all odds, of a woman who leaves her controlling boyfriend in the nick of time, of would-be lovers who pine for each other in silence, of a priest who falls in love with his choir director. \u2014 Leila Cobo, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
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"The Prince Edward-Gallion parkland, home to pine and hardwood trees, is Virginia's first state forest. \u2014 Joe Studley, NBC News , 23 May 2022",
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"Hardcore Isbell fans pine for his Drive-By Truckers classics. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 16 May 2022",
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"For instance, both characters pine for Layla El-Fahouly (May Calamawy), Marc\u2019s wife, but in a distinctly unique way. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 6 May 2022",
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"Urban residents still pine for mountain escapes, perhaps now more than before. \u2014 Devon O\u2019neil, Outside Online , 4 June 2020",
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"Sometimes just one hop variety is used in a beer, but more often several are working together\u2014a chorus of little green cones in your pint glass, offering the sipper hints of anything from grass to pine to mango to tangerine. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Outside Online , 7 Oct. 2020",
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"But liberals also pine for the postwar U.S., specifically its foreign relations. \u2014 Dexter Fergie, The New Republic , 24 Mar. 2022"
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"Middle English, from Old English p\u012bn , from Latin pinus ; probably akin to Greek pitys pine":"Noun",
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"Middle English, from Old English p\u012bnian to suffer, from *p\u012bn punishment, from Latin poena \u2014 more at pain entry 1":"Verb"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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"pine worm":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a larval pine sawyer":[]
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"noun"
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": a rail or strip fitted with pins or for holding pins: such as":[],
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": a beam at one side of a theater stage through which wooden or metal pins are driven and to which lines from the flies are fastened":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-192706"
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": resembling a feather especially in having similar parts arranged on opposite sides of an axis like the barbs on the rachis of a feather":[
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"a pinnate leaf"
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],
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"\u2014 see leaf illustration":[
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"a pinnate leaf"
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]
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},
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"\u02c8pi-\u02ccn\u0101t"
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"New Latin pinnatus , from Latin, feathered, from pinna feather, wing, fin":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"1687, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-200423"
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},
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"pinman":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": bowler":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-aa(\u0259)n",
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"\u02c8pinm\u0259n",
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"-\u02ccman"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-201732"
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"pin mark":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a slight indentation in the side of a piece of foundry type made by the pin that pushes the type from the mold":[],
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": the mark on the bottom of a piece of ceramic ware made by a pin supporting it during firing":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202650"
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},
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"pindarical":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": pindaric":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"pindaric + -al":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-214520"
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},
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"Pinnotheres":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus (the type of the family Pinnotheridae) of small crabs (as the oyster crab and the pea crab) having usually a thin membranous covering and living as commensals in the mantle cavity of various bivalve mollusks or in some similar cavity in other marine animals":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccpin\u0259\u02c8thi(\u02cc)r\u0113z"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Latin pinoteres, pinotheres crab living in the mantle cavity of the pen shell, from Greek pinot\u0113r\u0113s , from pino- (from pin\u0113 pen shell) + -t\u0113r\u0113s (from t\u0113rein to guard)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-224451"
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},
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"pin punch":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a punch used to dislodge rivets and pins":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-225652"
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},
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"pinner":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a woman's cap with long lappets worn in the 17th and 18th centuries":[],
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": one that pins":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pi-n\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"When a pinner enters a related search term, the site will surface a prompt for these exercises. \u2014 Wired , 14 Nov. 2019",
|
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"So what, specifically are pinners going crazy for this year? \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living , 11 Oct. 2019",
|
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"Pinterest blacklisted those queries several years ago and instead surfaces a message encouraging pinners to get help. \u2014 Arielle Pardes, WIRED , 22 July 2019",
|
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"And beyond seeking ways on how to maintain order in their home, pinners have expressed interest in carving out areas for relaxation. \u2014 Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor , 30 Aug. 2018",
|
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"This year, pinners are particularly excited to celebrate with metallic eyeshadow, berry lipstick, shimmering nails, and golden hairpins. \u2014 Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue , 6 Nov. 2018",
|
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"The global report gathers up all the data on what pinners are pinning, and according to their statistics, purple eyeshadow is officially popular. \u2014 Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue , 21 Aug. 2018",
|
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"The beauty content is there, and the skin-tone ranges feature allows it to be easily surfaced when a pinner wants it. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 27 Apr. 2018",
|
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"These will show up in reverse-chronological order, with a separate feature to discover related boards and pinners , or unfollow ones that are no longer relevant. \u2014 Arielle Pardes, WIRED , 29 Mar. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1575, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-235641"
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},
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"pinnoite":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a hydrous magnesium borate Mg(BO 2 ) 2 .3H 2 O usually occurring in yellow nodular masses with a radiating fibrous structure (hardness 3\u20134, specific gravity 2.3)":[]
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},
|
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|
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"\u02c8pin\u0259\u02ccw\u012bt"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"German pinnoit , from Pinno , 19th century German mining official + German -it -ite":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-000336"
|
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},
|
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"pinni-":{
|
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"type":[],
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|
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"\u2014 see pinn-":[]
|
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},
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-002458"
|
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},
|
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"Pinnidae":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"plural noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a family of chiefly tropical marine bivalve mollusks (suborder Ostraeacea) that live in bottom sediment \u2014 see pinna":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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"\u02c8pin\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
|
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],
|
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|
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Pinna , type genus + -idae":""
|
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},
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-003540"
|
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},
|
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"pinnock":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a small bridge":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pin\u0259k"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"origin unknown":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-095058"
|
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},
|
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"pinder":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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|
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": peanut":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pind\u0259(r)"
|
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],
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English pynder , from pynden, pinden to put in a pound + -er":"Noun",
|
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"Kongo mpinda":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-004646"
|
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},
|
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"Pinnipedia":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"plural noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a suborder of aquatic carnivorous mammals including all the seals and the walruses":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from pinn- + ped- + -ia , noun plural suffix":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-010201"
|
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},
|
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"pindling":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": puny , delicate , frail":[
|
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"one \u2026 pindling little girl",
|
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"\u2014 Della Lutes"
|
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],
|
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": peevish , fretful":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8pin(\u1d4a)l\u0259\u0307n",
|
|
"-li\u014b",
|
|
"\u02c8pind(\u1d4a)l\u0259\u0307n"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"perhaps alteration of spindling":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-010806"
|
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},
|
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"pinniped":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of an order or suborder (Pinnipedia) of aquatic carnivorous mammals (such as a seal or walrus) with all four limbs modified into flippers":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pi-n\u0259-\u02ccped"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Walruses are the exception to the rule, as these large, tusked pinnipeds have nearly hairless bodies. \u2014 National Geographic , 24 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Outfitted with specialized sensors that resemble lumpy metal yarmulkes with antennae, these pinnipeds are collecting data that\u2019s helping researchers track how heat moves through ocean currents. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian , 6 Dec. 2019",
|
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"These tiny crustaceans form the base of the food web and their displacement trickled up the food chain, from herring to salmon to whales and seabirds and pinnipeds . \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Sep. 2019",
|
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"Though the summer camp is named after pinnipeds , the scientific classification of animals that includes seals and walruses, campers also learn about whales, dolphins and other marine mammals. \u2014 Lilly Nguyen, Daily Pilot , 26 July 2019",
|
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"Some orcas specialize in eating salmon and other fish; others prefer pinnipeds (a group that includes seals and walruses), and a third type feasts on sharks. \u2014 Jason G. Goldman, Scientific American , 8 July 2019",
|
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"The big fish feed on pinnipeds like seals that are typically found close to shore. \u2014 Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic , 18 Mar. 2019",
|
|
"Transient killer whales primarily feed on pinnipeds , of which there is no shortage in the waters around Astoria, while the Southern Residents prefer to dine on salmon. \u2014 Kale Williams, OregonLive.com , 10 May 2018",
|
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"Among marine mammals, pinnipeds , such as seals, do\u2014but cetaceans, such as whales and dolphins, do not. \u2014 Anna Diamond, Smithsonian , 28 June 2018"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"ultimately from Latin pinna + ped-, pes foot \u2014 more at foot":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-013306"
|
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},
|
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"pinning forceps":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": small forceps usually resembling dental forceps used for inserting insect pins in boxes":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-020701"
|
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},
|
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"pinning end":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": gable end":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"by alteration (influence of pinning , gerund of pin entry 2 )":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-024041"
|
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},
|
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"pindo palm":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a Paraguayan coconut palm ( Cocos australis ) widely cultivated in northern greenhouses for its feathery graceful foliage":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8pin(\u02cc)d\u014d-"
|
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],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"American Spanish pindo , from Guarani pind\u00f3":""
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-024110"
|
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},
|
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"pindot":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a dot of the smallest size used in textiles":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-025414"
|
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},
|
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"pinning block":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a metal or wooden block with pinholes used as an aid in pinning and mounting insects":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"pinning from gerund of pin entry 2":""
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-030536"
|
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},
|
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"pinnigrade":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": walking by means of fins or flippers":[],
|
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": a pinnigrade animal":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\""
|
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin Pinnigrada":"Noun"
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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