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{
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"race":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a competition between people, animals, vehicles, etc., to determine which one is the fastest : a contest of speed":[
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"runners in a race",
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"a bicycle race",
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"\u2026 only eight of the 26 cars that began the race were running at the end, through streets that were better suited to conveying rattletrap taxicabs than million-dollar race cars.",
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"\u2014 Sam Moses"
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],
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": a contest or competition in which different people, groups, or teams try to win something or to do something first":[
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"a tight race for governor",
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"the race to create a vaccine",
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"a baseball pennant race",
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"\u2014 often used figuratively to suggest that something (such as life itself) is like a contest or competition He discussed terms for publishing his book. But over his face was that gossamery look of having dropped out of the race of progress, which made the vulgar city people feel they had won it over him \u2026 \u2014 D. H. Lawrence \u2026 men in the race of life, sink from the high and generous ideals of youth to the gambler's code of the Bourse; and in all our Nation's striving is not the Gospel of Work befouled by the Gospel of Pay"
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],
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": a group of living things considered as a category":[
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"\u2026 the whole race of mankind \u2026 stumbling and blundering along the path of life \u2026",
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"\u2014 Anne Bront\u00eb",
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"\u2026 Nan denounced the entire race of boys as \"plaguey things.\"",
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"\u2014 Louisa May Alcott",
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"\u2026 countless asters, \u2026 tansies, golden-rods, and the whole race of yellow flowers \u2026",
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"\u2014 Henry David Thoreau",
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"\u2026 full many a man loves his dog better than the rest of mankind, and so the devotion of the race of dogs finds return and recompense.",
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"\u2014 Wardon Allan Curtis",
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"Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt star in a sci-fi thriller set in the near future, when an alien race has attacked Earth.",
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"\u2014 Barbara Vancheri",
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"When the last century ended, humans could not even fly. In the 20th century, the human race went to the moon and began to explore the stars.",
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"\u2014 sfgate.com"
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],
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": a group of people sharing a common cultural, geographical, linguistic, or religious origin or background":[
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"The Yorkshire type had always been the strongest of the British strains; the Norwegian and the Dane were a different race from the Saxon.",
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"\u2014 Henry Adams",
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"\u2026 this girl, Dolores by name, and a Catalonian by race \u2026",
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"\u2014 Charlotte Bront\u00eb"
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],
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": a group of people sharing some habit or characteristic (such as profession or belief)":[
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"\u2026 the whole race of politicians put together.",
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"\u2014 Jonathan Swift",
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"The Apostles, though they were fishers too, were of the solemn race of sea-fishers \u2026",
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"\u2014 Henry David Thoreau",
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"\u2026 the race of domestic clowns or jesters, maintained in the houses of the wealthy \u2026",
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"\u2014 Sir Walter Scott",
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"\u2026 to become a Dissenter seemed to him identical with choosing God instead of mammon. That race of Dissenters is extinct in these days, when opinion has got far ahead of feeling \u2026",
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"\u2014 George Eliot",
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"\u2026 our daughters haunt the town as if searching for something they missed, walking up beside the rocks with books in their arms like a race of little nuns.",
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"\u2014 John Updike"
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],
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": a person's progression through life or through a period in life":[
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"\u2026 voices from the great cloud of witnesses who ever surround us in the race of life.",
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"\u2014 Harriet Beecher Stowe"
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],
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": a set course (such as the apparent movement of the sun along a path over the period of a day) or a duration of time":[
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"Till a sun whose race is ending / Sees the rival stars contending",
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"\u2014 Edward Bulwer-Lytton",
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"If the midnight bell / Did with his iron tongue and brazen mouth / Sound on into the drowsy race of night",
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"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
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],
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": a strong or rapid current of water that flows through a narrow channel":[],
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": a watercourse used or made for an industrial purpose (such as mining or for turning the waterwheel of a mill)":[
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"Close to the furnace site today, on public park property, are the remains of the old facility's dam and water race .",
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"\u2014 Maryland Magazine"
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],
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": an event at which there is a series of horse races":[
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"a trip to the races"
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],
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": breed":[
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"Under these conditions, a race of highly \u2026 delicate, and gentle cattle had been developed.",
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"\u2014 Henry E. Alvord"
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],
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": temperament , disposition":[
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"And now I give my sensual race the rein \u2026",
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"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
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],
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": the act of breeding or producing offspring":[
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"Male he created thee, but thy consort female for race \u2026",
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"\u2014 John Milton",
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"It behooveth therefore that the Mares appointed for race , be well compacted, of a decent quality, \u2026 in age not under three nor above ten years old.",
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"\u2014 Edward Topsell"
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],
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": the descendants of a common ancestor : a group sharing a common lineage":[
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"\u2026 by descent I am the head not only of my own race , which ends with me, but of the Haughton family, of which, though your line assumed the name, it was but a younger branch.",
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"\u2014 Edward Bulwer-Lytton",
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"This forest was adjacent to the chief haunts of the MacGregors, or a particular race of them, known by the title of MacEagh \u2026",
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"\u2014 Sir Walter Scott"
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],
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": to compete in a race":[],
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": to drive or ride at high speed":[],
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": to engage in a race with":[],
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": to enter in a race":[],
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": to go, move, or function at top speed or out of control":[
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"people racing for safety",
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"struggled to sleep as his mind raced"
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],
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": to revolve too fast under a diminished load":[],
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": to speed (an engine) without a working load or with the transmission disengaged":[],
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": to transport or propel at maximum speed":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"Eight horses will race for the cup.",
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"That horse will never race again.",
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"She's going to race the champion.",
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"They raced each other home.",
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"I'll race you to see who gets there first.",
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"She races cars for a living.",
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"The flood raced through the valley.",
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"The truck's engine was racing .",
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"The dog raced ahead of me."
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1c":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2b":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English ras , from Old Norse r\u0101s ; akin to Old English r\u01e3s rush":"Noun",
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"Middle French, generation, from Old Italian razza":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8r\u0101s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"battle",
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"compete",
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"contend",
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"face off",
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"fight",
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"rival",
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"vie"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184412",
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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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"racecourse":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a course for racing":[],
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": raceway sense 1":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"fell into the racecourse for an abandoned water mill",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The sculptor has featured the creation of the piece on his own Instagram page, including the crane that was used to put it in place at the racecourse . \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
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"Saturday, June 4 Several royal family members are expected to head to Epsom Downs racecourse in the afternoon for the 243rd edition of its famous horse race, the Derby. \u2014 Rob Picheta, CNN , 1 June 2022",
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"The final weekend of the series involved multiple collisions, challenging winds and even a whale on the racecourse that forced a restart to the championship final race. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"The cause of the widespread sickness remains unclear, though one participant said that the racecourse shared space with the local equestrian center. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 30 June 2015",
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"This includes travel via cars, trains and/or planes; recon rides of the racecourse ; and lots of eating, stretching, resting and prepping for the inevitable race. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
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"SailGP has set up grandstands on the shoreline at the St. Francis Yacht Club and is offering spots aboard ferries that will station alongside the racecourse . \u2014 Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 Mar. 2022",
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"Tony Petrillo, president of Arlington International Racecourse and senior vice president of Churchill Downs Inc., the owner of the racecourse , updated the board on operations at the facility in recent months. \u2014 Elizabeth Owens-schiele, chicagotribune.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"Being mentally fit allows your physical fitness to manifest itself on the racecourse . \u2014 Mario Fraioli, Outside Online , 4 May 2014"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1764, 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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"\u02c8r\u0101s-\u02cck\u022frs"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"aqueduct",
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"canal",
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"channel",
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"conduit",
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"course",
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"flume",
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"raceway",
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"watercourse",
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"waterway"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074258",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"raceway":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a canal for a current of water":[],
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": a channel for loosely holding electrical wires in buildings":[],
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": a course for racing":[],
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": race entry 2 sense 3":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the child who fell through the ice was helplessly swept along the raceway , still trapped under the ice, by the current",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Every one of the four drivers has experience at the Avondale track, but Smith, 21, has yet to race a truck at the mile-long raceway . \u2014 Jose M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 5 Nov. 2020",
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"Here, visitors are encouraged to get up close and personal, and there's a handy raceway background poster to make for more visually striking selfies. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"On the sliding track \u2014 the raceway of luge, skeleton and bobsled \u2014 a luge athlete, Nodar Kumaritashvili, was killed on the eve of the 2010 Vancouver Games. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Feb. 2022",
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"This 6-lane raceway features 8 feet of multi-lane racing for the ultimate competition. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 6 Nov. 2021",
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"The dad of one of our friends used to race his Pontiac at this raceway . \u2014 Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News , 6 Nov. 2021",
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"Also set to return is the ARCA Menards Series West, which will be one of four title races to take place at the raceway during the 2022 NASCAR Championship Weekend on Nov. 4-6. \u2014 Austin Nicholson, The Arizona Republic , 6 Oct. 2021",
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"The raceway hosted its first NASCAR championship race in 2020, but capacity was limited to due to the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 4 Oct. 2021",
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"Watkins said landing the 2021 concert is a great opportunity for the raceway . \u2014 Justin L. Mack, The Indianapolis Star , 14 July 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1828, 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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"\u02c8r\u0101s-\u02ccw\u0101"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"aqueduct",
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"canal",
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"channel",
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"conduit",
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"course",
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"flume",
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"racecourse",
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"watercourse",
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"waterway"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075854",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"racialism":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"the racialism of some of the nation's founders seems to contradict their professed belief that \u201call men are created equal\u201d",
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"ugly incidents of racialism at the school have decreased since the introduction of multiracial rap sessions",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In our day, he is reviled for his imperialism, racialism , and even his humorously excessive appreciation for a fine cigar. \u2014 Peter J. Travers, National Review , 7 Dec. 2021",
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"King never seriously entertained the utopian ideas of Black emigration or the romantic racialism of Muhammad\u2019s Black nationalism. \u2014 Brandon M. Terry, The New York Review of Books , 11 Mar. 2021",
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"Today, certain people talk about racialism , indigenism, and decolonial theories, but beneath these terms hateful and fanatical agitators want a race war. \u2014 Harrison Stetler, The New Republic , 24 May 2021",
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"Post- racialism is the promise of working to move beyond the perils of the Black condition in America, an achievement of Black acceleration and exceptionalism; when transcending race was aspirational and thought of to be wholly possible. \u2014 Taylor Renee Aldridge, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 Feb. 2021",
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"Hawley describes Roosevelt as driven by a combination of warrior republicanism and crude racialism , which at times led him to adopt autocratic racial theories and dreams of imperial conquest. \u2014 Zaid Jilani, Washington Examiner , 31 Dec. 2020",
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"This fusion of racial grievance and post- racialism created a toxic brew, poisonous to the ongoing efforts to contest white supremacy and protective of the invidious status quo that the Voting Rights Act had tried to interrupt. \u2014 Kimberl\u00e9 Williams Crenshaw, The New Republic , 23 Oct. 2020",
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"Conservatives claimed the report recklessly lumped legitimate politics together with violent threats, and progressives refused to muster a fight with the Obama administration about racist violence during the short reign of post- racialism . \u2014 Kimberl\u00e9 Williams Crenshaw, The New Republic , 23 Oct. 2020",
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"In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, great engines of wealth built global empires that filled the world with colonialism, militarism, and racialism , as well as monuments and marching bands. \u2014 Marilynne Robinson, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"racial + -ism":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"racism"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202710",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"noun or adjective"
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]
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},
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"racing":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the sport or profession of engaging in or holding races":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Formula One motor racing might be just the kind of noisy marketing tool luxury car makers need in the hush of the electric era. \u2014 Stephen Wilmot, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
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"As part of the car community, Suarez knows full well how dangerous street racing can be. \u2014 Greg Engle, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
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"Featuring agriculture displays and competitions, food, rides, harness racing, pageants, drag racing , kiddie tractor pull, car cruise in, live entertainment and more. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 10 June 2022",
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"Adult and youth classes include introductory through advanced sailing, racing , windsurfing and paddling. \u2014 Erin E. Williams, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
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"Rodeo enthusiasts can witness seven traditional events including saddle bronc riding, women\u2019s barrel racing, steer racing and team roping June 3-4. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
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"Thursday: Twilight Thursday features Thoroughbred racing , $2 select domestic beer, live music, food trucks and more (5-8 p.m. in the Paddock Plaza). \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 1 June 2022",
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"Class rules include those for \u2018one-design, owner-driver\u2019 racing . \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
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"Wilson was a rising star in a discipline called gravel racing , a burgeoning hybrid of road cycling and mountain biking. \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe And Hannah Sarisohn, CNN , 24 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1630, 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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"\u02c8r\u0101-si\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202218",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"raciology":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the study of human races":[]
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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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"irregular from race + -o- + logy":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccr\u0101s\u0113\u02c8\u00e4l\u0259j\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203004",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"racism":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a political or social system founded on racism and designed to execute its principles":[
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"In 1913 the Natives Land Act reserved 90% of the country for whites, who then made up 21% of the population. Under the formalised racism of apartheid 3.5m blacks were forcibly moved to isolated reservations called \"homelands.\"",
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"\u2014 The Economist"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The recording career of the Henderson band was brief \u2026 due partly to the racism of booking agencies that didn't take on black acts until the mid-'30s, when Henderson's career was on the downswing. \u2014 Greg Tate , Vibe , April 1995",
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"Today, Hawaii has one of the most diverse populations anywhere. Each group has its own stories of prejudice and opportunities limited by racism . \u2014 Jill Center , San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Mar. 1995",
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"the racism that was the basis of apartheid",
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"Hitler's declaration of his belief in a \u201cmaster race\u201d was an indication of the inherent racism of the Nazi movement."
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1902, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"race entry 1 + -ism , perhaps after French racisme.":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"also -\u02ccshi-",
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"\u02c8r\u0101-\u02ccsi-z\u0259m"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"racialism"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120810",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rack":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a bar with teeth on one face for gearing with a pinion or worm gear to transform rotary motion to linear motion or vice versa (as in an automobile steering mechanism)":[],
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": a cause of anguish or pain":[],
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": a fast showy 4-beat gait similar to the pace but in which the feet of the same side do not touch down at the same time":[],
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": a framework for holding fodder for livestock":[],
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": a framework, stand, or grating on or in which articles are placed":[],
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": a notched bar used as a ratchet to engage with a pawl, click, or detent":[],
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": a pair of antlers":[],
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": a wind-driven mass of high often broken clouds":[],
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": acute suffering":[],
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": an instrument of torture on which a body is stretched":[],
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": bed , sack":[],
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": destruction":[
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"rack and ruin"
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],
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": either of two gaits of a horse:":[],
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": pace sense 4b":[],
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": the action of straining or wrenching":[],
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": the neck and spine of a forequarter of veal, pork, or especially mutton":[],
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": the rib section of a lamb's forequarters used for chops or as a roast \u2014 see lamb illustration":[],
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": to become forced out of shape or out of plumb":[],
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": to cause to suffer torture, pain, anguish, or ruin":[],
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": to draw off (wine) from the lees":[],
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": to fly or scud in high wind":[],
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": to go at a rack":[],
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": to harass or oppress with high rents or extortions":[],
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": to place (balls, such as pool balls) in a rack":[],
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": to raise (rents) oppressively":[],
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": to seize (ropes, such as parallel ropes of a tackle) together":[],
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": to stretch or strain violently":[],
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": to torture on the rack":[],
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": to work by a rack and pinion or worm so as to extend or contract":[
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"rack a camera"
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],
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": to work or treat (material) on a rack":[],
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": under great emotional stress":[]
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 8":"Noun",
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"1530, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1570, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
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"1580, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1590, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1592, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 4":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English rak rain cloud, rapid movement":"Noun",
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"Middle English rakken , from Old French (Norman & Picard dialect) reequier , probably from Late Latin reaedificare to rebuild, repair, improve, from Latin re- + aedificare to build \u2014 more at edify":"Verb",
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"Middle English, probably from Middle Dutch rec framework; akin to Old English reccan to stretch, Greek oregein \u2014 more at right":"Noun",
|
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"alteration of wrack":"Noun",
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"perhaps from rack entry 1":"Noun",
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"probably alteration of rock entry 1":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8rak"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for rack Verb (1) afflict , try , torment , torture , rack mean to inflict on a person something that is hard to bear. afflict is a general term and applies to the causing of pain or suffering or of acute annoyance, embarrassment, or any distress. ills that afflict the elderly try suggests imposing something that strains the powers of endurance or of self-control. children often try their parents' patience torment suggests persecution or the repeated inflicting of suffering or annoyance. a horse tormented by flies torture adds the implication of causing unbearable pain or suffering. tortured by a sense of guilt rack stresses straining or wrenching. a body racked by pain",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211546",
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"type":[
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"rack one's brain":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to think very hard in order to try to remember something, solve a problem, etc.":[
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"I've been racking my brain , but I can't remember his name."
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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":"20220707-182009",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
|
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"rack punch":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
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": multiple-die press":[]
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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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"rack entry 3":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183750",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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"rack up":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": achieve , gain":[
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"racked up their 10th victory"
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
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"having racked up a huge number of points in the short program, the figure skater would have to have a disastrous long program in order to miss out on a medal",
|
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"racked up their second consecutive Super Bowl victory"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1949, 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":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"score",
|
|
"tally"
|
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],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081225",
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"rack-o'-bones":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": rackabones":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8rak\u0259\u02ccb\u014dnz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202256",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun plural but singular in construction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"racket":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a fraudulent scheme, enterprise, or activity":[],
|
|
": a game for two or four players with ball and racket on a 4-walled court":[],
|
|
": a lightweight implement that consists of a netting (as of nylon) stretched in a usually oval open frame with a handle attached and that is used for striking the ball or shuttlecock in various games (such as tennis, racquets, or badminton)":[],
|
|
": a usually illegitimate enterprise made workable by bribery or intimidation":[],
|
|
": an easy and lucrative means of livelihood":[],
|
|
": confused clattering noise : clamor":[],
|
|
": occupation , business":[],
|
|
": social whirl or excitement":[],
|
|
": the strain of exciting or trying experiences":[],
|
|
": to engage in active social life":[],
|
|
": to move with or make a racket":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
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"1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"circa 1520, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle French raquette , ultimately from Medieval Latin rasceta wrist, carpus, modification of Arabic rusgh wrist":"Noun",
|
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"origin unknown":"Noun"
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ra-k\u0259t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225136",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rackety":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noiseless",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"soundless",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": noisy":[],
|
|
": rickety":[],
|
|
": rowdy":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"anyone operating that rackety machine had better wear earplugs",
|
|
"the once-familiar sight of a rackety newspaper office with reporters pounding away at typewriters",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"However, its stabilizers are loud, especially the rackety spacebar that popped up aggressively with a loud plastic clack during testing. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Whether the rackety Italian state can process this money effectively, however, is a different question. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 18 Aug. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ra-k\u0259-t\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clangorous",
|
|
"dinning",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"noisy"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195914",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"racking":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a bar with teeth on one face for gearing with a pinion or worm gear to transform rotary motion to linear motion or vice versa (as in an automobile steering mechanism)":[],
|
|
": a cause of anguish or pain":[],
|
|
": a fast showy 4-beat gait similar to the pace but in which the feet of the same side do not touch down at the same time":[],
|
|
": a framework for holding fodder for livestock":[],
|
|
": a framework, stand, or grating on or in which articles are placed":[],
|
|
": a notched bar used as a ratchet to engage with a pawl, click, or detent":[],
|
|
": a pair of antlers":[],
|
|
": a wind-driven mass of high often broken clouds":[],
|
|
": acute suffering":[],
|
|
": an instrument of torture on which a body is stretched":[],
|
|
": bed , sack":[],
|
|
": destruction":[
|
|
"rack and ruin"
|
|
],
|
|
": either of two gaits of a horse:":[],
|
|
": pace sense 4b":[],
|
|
": the action of straining or wrenching":[],
|
|
": the neck and spine of a forequarter of veal, pork, or especially mutton":[],
|
|
": the rib section of a lamb's forequarters used for chops or as a roast \u2014 see lamb illustration":[],
|
|
": to become forced out of shape or out of plumb":[],
|
|
": to cause to suffer torture, pain, anguish, or ruin":[],
|
|
": to draw off (wine) from the lees":[],
|
|
": to fly or scud in high wind":[],
|
|
": to go at a rack":[],
|
|
": to harass or oppress with high rents or extortions":[],
|
|
": to place (balls, such as pool balls) in a rack":[],
|
|
": to raise (rents) oppressively":[],
|
|
": to seize (ropes, such as parallel ropes of a tackle) together":[],
|
|
": to stretch or strain violently":[],
|
|
": to torture on the rack":[],
|
|
": to work by a rack and pinion or worm so as to extend or contract":[
|
|
"rack a camera"
|
|
],
|
|
": to work or treat (material) on a rack":[],
|
|
": under great emotional stress":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 8":"Noun",
|
|
"1530, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
|
|
"1570, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
|
|
"1580, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"1590, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
|
|
"1592, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 4":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English rak rain cloud, rapid movement":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English rakken , from Old French (Norman & Picard dialect) reequier , probably from Late Latin reaedificare to rebuild, repair, improve, from Latin re- + aedificare to build \u2014 more at edify":"Verb",
|
|
"Middle English, probably from Middle Dutch rec framework; akin to Old English reccan to stretch, Greek oregein \u2014 more at right":"Noun",
|
|
"alteration of wrack":"Noun",
|
|
"perhaps from rack entry 1":"Noun",
|
|
"probably alteration of rock entry 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8rak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for rack Verb (1) afflict , try , torment , torture , rack mean to inflict on a person something that is hard to bear. afflict is a general term and applies to the causing of pain or suffering or of acute annoyance, embarrassment, or any distress. ills that afflict the elderly try suggests imposing something that strains the powers of endurance or of self-control. children often try their parents' patience torment suggests persecution or the repeated inflicting of suffering or annoyance. a horse tormented by flies torture adds the implication of causing unbearable pain or suffering. tortured by a sense of guilt rack stresses straining or wrenching. a body racked by pain",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175317",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rackman":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a power plant or mill worker who cleans the racks that screen fish, weeds, and other foreign matter from river water before it enters machines":[],
|
|
": a worker who places starting blanks between anodes in electrolysis tanks before the deposition of copper starting sheets on the blanks":[],
|
|
": one who working from a raised loading rack fills tank cars, trucks, or ships with petroleum products":[],
|
|
": racker sense a":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"rack entry 3 + man":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8rakm\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202810",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"racy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": full of zest or vigor":[],
|
|
": having a body or shape that is suited for racing":[
|
|
"a racy dog",
|
|
"a car with racy lines"
|
|
],
|
|
": having a strongly marked quality : piquant":[
|
|
"a racy flavor"
|
|
],
|
|
": having the distinctive quality of something in its original or most characteristic form":[],
|
|
": risqu\u00e9 , suggestive":[
|
|
"racy jokes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1841, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
|
|
"circa 1650, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"race entry 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"race entry 2":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8r\u0101-s\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for racy Adjective (1) pungent , piquant , poignant , racy mean sharp and stimulating to the mind or the senses. pungent implies a sharp, stinging, or biting quality especially of odors. a cheese with a pungent odor piquant suggests a power to whet the appetite or interest through tartness or mild pungency. a piquant sauce poignant suggests something is sharply or piercingly effective in stirring one's emotions. felt a poignant sense of loss racy implies having a strongly characteristic natural quality fresh and unimpaired. spontaneous, racy prose",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024643",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"racist":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or characterized by racism : such as":[],
|
|
": having, reflecting, or fostering the belief that race (see race entry 1 sense 1a ) is a fundamental determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race":[
|
|
"racist speech",
|
|
"racist views",
|
|
"a racist person",
|
|
"Over the last three years, there have been episodes of racist graffiti, jokes, anonymous hate notes or brawls at 175 campuses \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Joseph Berger",
|
|
"The viciousness her liaison with Lennon inspired was virulently sexist, openly racist , and as ugly as ugly gets.",
|
|
"\u2014 Esquire",
|
|
"Racist violence against Romani in eastern Europe is reminiscent of pogroms against the Jews in the Tsarist Empire.",
|
|
"\u2014 Donald Kenrick"
|
|
],
|
|
": of, relating to, or characterized by the systemic oppression of a racial group to the social, economic, and political advantage of another":[
|
|
"racist laws/policies",
|
|
"a racist society",
|
|
"In contrast, people of color in a racist system always face headwinds.",
|
|
"\u2014 Claire Gillespie"
|
|
],
|
|
": a person who is racist : someone who holds the belief that race (see race entry 1 sense 1a ) is a fundamental determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race":[
|
|
"\u2026 anonymous racists , misogynists and bullies sowing \u2026 hatred and violence.",
|
|
"\u2014 Andrew Keen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8r\u0101-sist",
|
|
"also -shist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"race entry 1 + -ist entry 2 , perhaps after French raciste, adjective":"Adjective",
|
|
"race entry 1 + -ist entry 1 , perhaps after French raciste, noun":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1923, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
|
|
"1919, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145213"
|
|
},
|
|
"rachet":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mechanism that consists of a bar or wheel having inclined teeth into which a pawl drops so that motion can be imparted to the wheel or bar, governed, or prevented and that is used in a hand tool (such as a wrench or screwdriver) to allow effective motion in one direction only":[],
|
|
": a pawl or detent for holding or propelling a toothed wheel":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175728"
|
|
},
|
|
"racing form":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an information sheet giving details of past performance (as for racehorses) for use by bettors":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Procopio worked for two years fixing up a red, white and blue 1980 Honda XR 500 to get it in racing form . \u2014 Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer , 13 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Saratoga fills with families, along with those who anchor hotel lobbies with heads bowed, pens stowed behind ears, memorizing the racing form . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"After a storied career on the track, A.P. Indy retired to stud at Land's End Farm, where the next chapter in his career showed in racing forms for years to come. \u2014 Courier Journal, The Courier-Journal , 22 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"The majority, however, are white supremacists, who also believe that races form a normative hierarchy with whiteness at the top. \u2014 The Economist , 14 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"But female competitors who become pregnant or give birth are not offered a deferral and can obtain a refund only if the race occurs within 15 days of giving birth, after which women are considered to have returned to race form . \u2014 The Economist , 28 June 2019",
|
|
"The key rules to naming are these: \u25ba No more than 18 characters are allowed, to better accommodate racing forms . \u2014 Jeffrey Lee Puckett, The Courier-Journal , 30 Apr. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1910, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182334"
|
|
},
|
|
"racing crab":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of several swift-running crabs of the family Ocypodidae":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"from present participle of race entry 2":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214045"
|
|
},
|
|
"raccoon":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small nocturnal carnivore ( Procyon lotor ) of North America that is chiefly gray, has a black mask and bushy ringed tail, lives chiefly in trees, and has a varied diet including small animals, fruits, and nuts":[],
|
|
": the pelt of this animal":[],
|
|
": any of several animals resembling or related to the raccoon":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"also r\u0259-",
|
|
"ra-\u02c8k\u00fcn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Plus, there's a talking raccoon and some incredible action set pieces if the emotional stuff doesn't hit home. \u2014 Hilary Weaver, ELLE , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"The school said people should be aware of their surroundings in the area and seek medical attention immediately if they are scratched or bitten by a raccoon or any other wildlife. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Good luck living up to the achievement of this brilliant, lifesaving raccoon . \u2014 Jake Goldwasser, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Now, the ringtail sits alongside several other new additions: the Rock squirrel, fox squirrel, rat, raccoon , armadillo, bobcat, gray fox and axis deer. \u2014 Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News , 18 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Scientists have known since at least 2003 that raccoon dogs can carry SARS coronaviruses. \u2014 Steven Salzberg, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Another co-author, Chris Newman, a wildlife biologist at the University of Oxford, was part of a research team that documented a number of live, wild mammals for sale at the Huanan market in November and December of 2019, including raccoon dogs. \u2014 The New York Times, Arkansas Online , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
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"When researchers tested surfaces at the market for the virus' genetic material, there was one stall with the most positives, including in a cage where one researcher had previously seen mammals called raccoon dogs being kept. \u2014 Katherine Dillinger, CNN , 26 Feb. 2022",
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"Hauling our water in thick raccoon -proof containers \u2014 about 18 gallons of it, weighing some 150 pounds \u2014 was a heavy burden. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Virginia Algonquian raugroughcun, arocoun":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1608, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-220547"
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},
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"raccoon dog":{
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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 omnivorous canid ( Nyctereutes procyonoides ) of eastern Asia having a long yellowish-brown coat and facial markings resembling that of a raccoon":[]
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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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"Among the top suspects for that intermediate animal: the fluffy raccoon dog . \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"Although the origin of the virus is thought to be from a wild animal, either directly from a bat or though an intermediate host like a civet cat or a raccoon dog , domesticated and zoo animals haven\u2019t been implicated in the virus\u2019s spread. \u2014 Michelle Fay Cortez, Fortune , 16 Nov. 2021",
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"In New Horizons, the player's character has purchased a Deserted Island Getaway Package from Tom Nook, a Japanese raccoon dog who's been in every title of the series. \u2014 Ed Masley, azcentral , 15 Apr. 2020",
|
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"The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, before its closure, advertised dozens of species such as giant salamanders, baby crocodiles and raccoon dogs that were often referred to as wildlife, even when they were farmed, according to the AP. \u2014 Frank Miles, Fox News , 11 Apr. 2020",
|
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"The initial outbreak of the novel coronavirus epidemic has been linked to a wet market in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province in Central China, where a wide variety of wild animals were being sold as meat, including snakes, porcupine and raccoon dogs . \u2014 Ben Westcott, CNN , 10 Apr. 2020",
|
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"Snakes, raccoon dogs , porcupines and deer were just some of the species crammed inside cages, side by side with shoppers and store owners, according to footage obtained by CNN. \u2014 Ben Westcott, CNN , 5 Mar. 2020",
|
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"Footage taken from inside the market show wild animals such as snakes, raccoon dogs , porcupines and deer inside cages waiting to be purchased. \u2014 Alicia Lee, CNN , 27 Jan. 2020",
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"Moreover, raccoon dogs multiply fast, with large litters each year. \u2014 John Myers, Twin Cities , 23 Oct. 2019"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1868, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002053"
|
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},
|
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"raccoon family":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": procyonidae":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"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":"20220709-025548"
|
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},
|
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"racing glass":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": race glass":[]
|
|
},
|
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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":"20220709-031058"
|
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},
|
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"raceme":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a simple inflorescence (as in the lily of the valley) in which the flowers are borne on short stalks of about equal length at equal distances along an elongated axis and open in succession toward the apex \u2014 see inflorescence illustration":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"r\u0101-\u02c8s\u0113m",
|
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"r\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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"Forming large bushes with dangling racemes of white, pink or red flowers, the nectar-rich blooms are a magnet for hummers in the late winter/early spring. \u2014 Earl Nickel, SFChronicle.com , 18 Oct. 2019"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Latin racemus bunch of grapes; probably akin to Greek rhag-, rhax grape":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1785, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042734"
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},
|
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"racemed":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": bearing or forming a raceme":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-md"
|
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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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"raceme + -ed":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053212"
|
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},
|
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"raciation":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": differentiation of local infraspecific groups within a population through continued selection for ecologically useful variations under conditions of at least partial isolation \u2014 compare speciation":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccr\u0101sh\u0113\u02c8\u0101sh\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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"irregular (influenced by speciation ) from race entry 7 + -ation":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054849"
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},
|
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"racing iron":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an iron or a steel bar for racing grindstones":[]
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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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"from gerund of race entry 5":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064531"
|
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},
|
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"race glass":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a field glass for use at races":[]
|
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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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"race entry 1":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-075109"
|
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},
|
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"racegoer":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": one who goes regularly to horse races":[]
|
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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":"20220709-081323"
|
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},
|
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"racial":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or based on a race (see race entry 1 sense 1a )":[
|
|
"a racial minority"
|
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],
|
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": existing or occurring between races (see race entry 1 sense 1a )":[
|
|
"racial equality"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"ethnic",
|
|
"ethnical",
|
|
"tribal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"What is your racial identity",
|
|
"There was racial tension on campus.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"But racial identity wasn\u2019t so much asserted as baked into Howe\u2019s pragmatic appropriation, and advancement, of sophisticated aesthetics. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 4 July 2022",
|
|
"Hathaway relates that Baltimore was a pioneering city in racial desegregation. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun , 2 July 2022",
|
|
"But to hear Becton tell it, her victory shows that protecting the public and addressing racial and social inequities are not mutually exclusive. \u2014 Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"But Byrne also said one way to build momentum for change is to discuss racial and social inequities openly and more often. \u2014 Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"These findings build on historic racial inequities in veterans benefits that stretch back to integration of the armed services in the late 1940s. \u2014 Aaron Morrison, ajc , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"The increase in home values and record-low interest rates during the heart of the pandemic further widened the already drastic wealth gap between homeowners and renters, as well as racial inequities, according to the study. \u2014 Alicia Wallace, CNN , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"That would just be the start of the fallout from a ruling with implications that stretch far beyond reproductive health care, to encompass suppression of female participation in the workforce and the amplification of racial and economic inequities. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Walmart is expanding health care coverage for employees who want to enlist the services of a doula, a person trained to assist women during pregnancies, to address racial inequities in maternal care. \u2014 Anne D'innocenzio, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"race entry 1 + -ial":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1854, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082117"
|
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},
|
|
"race meeting":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a number of horse races held at a particular track on the same day or on several successive days":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"race entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-101121"
|
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},
|
|
"racial unconscious":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": collective unconscious":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"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":"20220709-105247"
|
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},
|
|
"races":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a group of people sharing a common cultural, geographical, linguistic, or religious origin or background":[
|
|
"The Yorkshire type had always been the strongest of the British strains; the Norwegian and the Dane were a different race from the Saxon.",
|
|
"\u2014 Henry Adams",
|
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"\u2026 this girl, Dolores by name, and a Catalonian by race \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Charlotte Bront\u00eb"
|
|
],
|
|
": the descendants of a common ancestor : a group sharing a common lineage":[
|
|
"\u2026 by descent I am the head not only of my own race , which ends with me, but of the Haughton family, of which, though your line assumed the name, it was but a younger branch.",
|
|
"\u2014 Edward Bulwer-Lytton",
|
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"This forest was adjacent to the chief haunts of the MacGregors, or a particular race of them, known by the title of MacEagh \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Sir Walter Scott"
|
|
],
|
|
": a group of living things considered as a category":[
|
|
"\u2026 the whole race of mankind \u2026 stumbling and blundering along the path of life \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Anne Bront\u00eb",
|
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"\u2026 Nan denounced the entire race of boys as \"plaguey things.\"",
|
|
"\u2014 Louisa May Alcott",
|
|
"\u2026 countless asters, \u2026 tansies, golden-rods, and the whole race of yellow flowers \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Henry David Thoreau",
|
|
"\u2026 full many a man loves his dog better than the rest of mankind, and so the devotion of the race of dogs finds return and recompense.",
|
|
"\u2014 Wardon Allan Curtis",
|
|
"Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt star in a sci-fi thriller set in the near future, when an alien race has attacked Earth.",
|
|
"\u2014 Barbara Vancheri",
|
|
"When the last century ended, humans could not even fly. In the 20th century, the human race went to the moon and began to explore the stars.",
|
|
"\u2014 sfgate.com"
|
|
],
|
|
": breed":[
|
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"Under these conditions, a race of highly \u2026 delicate, and gentle cattle had been developed.",
|
|
"\u2014 Henry E. Alvord"
|
|
],
|
|
": the act of breeding or producing offspring":[
|
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"Male he created thee, but thy consort female for race \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 John Milton",
|
|
"It behooveth therefore that the Mares appointed for race , be well compacted, of a decent quality, \u2026 in age not under three nor above ten years old.",
|
|
"\u2014 Edward Topsell"
|
|
],
|
|
": a group of people sharing some habit or characteristic (such as profession or belief)":[
|
|
"\u2026 the whole race of politicians put together.",
|
|
"\u2014 Jonathan Swift",
|
|
"The Apostles, though they were fishers too, were of the solemn race of sea-fishers \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Henry David Thoreau",
|
|
"\u2026 the race of domestic clowns or jesters, maintained in the houses of the wealthy \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Sir Walter Scott",
|
|
"\u2026 to become a Dissenter seemed to him identical with choosing God instead of mammon. That race of Dissenters is extinct in these days, when opinion has got far ahead of feeling \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 George Eliot",
|
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"\u2026 our daughters haunt the town as if searching for something they missed, walking up beside the rocks with books in their arms like a race of little nuns.",
|
|
"\u2014 John Updike"
|
|
],
|
|
": temperament , disposition":[
|
|
"And now I give my sensual race the rein \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
|
|
],
|
|
": a competition between people, animals, vehicles, etc., to determine which one is the fastest : a contest of speed":[
|
|
"runners in a race",
|
|
"a bicycle race",
|
|
"\u2026 only eight of the 26 cars that began the race were running at the end, through streets that were better suited to conveying rattletrap taxicabs than million-dollar race cars.",
|
|
"\u2014 Sam Moses"
|
|
],
|
|
": a contest or competition in which different people, groups, or teams try to win something or to do something first":[
|
|
"a tight race for governor",
|
|
"the race to create a vaccine",
|
|
"a baseball pennant race",
|
|
"\u2014 often used figuratively to suggest that something (such as life itself) is like a contest or competition He discussed terms for publishing his book. But over his face was that gossamery look of having dropped out of the race of progress, which made the vulgar city people feel they had won it over him \u2026 \u2014 D. H. Lawrence \u2026 men in the race of life, sink from the high and generous ideals of youth to the gambler's code of the Bourse; and in all our Nation's striving is not the Gospel of Work befouled by the Gospel of Pay"
|
|
],
|
|
": an event at which there is a series of horse races":[
|
|
"a trip to the races"
|
|
],
|
|
": a set course (such as the apparent movement of the sun along a path over the period of a day) or a duration of time":[
|
|
"Till a sun whose race is ending / Sees the rival stars contending",
|
|
"\u2014 Edward Bulwer-Lytton",
|
|
"If the midnight bell / Did with his iron tongue and brazen mouth / Sound on into the drowsy race of night",
|
|
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
|
|
],
|
|
": a person's progression through life or through a period in life":[
|
|
"\u2026 voices from the great cloud of witnesses who ever surround us in the race of life.",
|
|
"\u2014 Harriet Beecher Stowe"
|
|
],
|
|
": a strong or rapid current of water that flows through a narrow channel":[],
|
|
": a watercourse used or made for an industrial purpose (such as mining or for turning the waterwheel of a mill)":[
|
|
"Close to the furnace site today, on public park property, are the remains of the old facility's dam and water race .",
|
|
"\u2014 Maryland Magazine"
|
|
],
|
|
": to compete in a race":[],
|
|
": to go, move, or function at top speed or out of control":[
|
|
"people racing for safety",
|
|
"struggled to sleep as his mind raced"
|
|
],
|
|
": to revolve too fast under a diminished load":[],
|
|
": to engage in a race with":[],
|
|
": to enter in a race":[],
|
|
": to drive or ride at high speed":[],
|
|
": to transport or propel at maximum speed":[],
|
|
": to speed (an engine) without a working load or with the transmission disengaged":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8r\u0101s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"compete",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"face off",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"vie"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Verb",
|
|
"Eight horses will race for the cup.",
|
|
"That horse will never race again.",
|
|
"She's going to race the champion.",
|
|
"They raced each other home.",
|
|
"I'll race you to see who gets there first.",
|
|
"She races cars for a living.",
|
|
"The flood raced through the valley.",
|
|
"The truck's engine was racing .",
|
|
"The dog raced ahead of me."
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle French, generation, from Old Italian razza":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English ras , from Old Norse r\u0101s ; akin to Old English r\u01e3s rush":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1c":"Noun",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2b":"Noun",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125913"
|
|
},
|
|
"rachi-":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"combining form"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": spine : spinal : spinal and":[
|
|
"rachi centesis",
|
|
"rachi odont",
|
|
"rachio meter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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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":{
|
|
"Greek rhachi- , from rhachis lower part of the back, spine, backbone; akin to Greek rhachos thorn hedge, Middle Irish fracc needle, Lithuanian ra\u017eas stubble, tine of a fork":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-140021"
|
|
},
|
|
"race-baiting":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the making of verbal attacks against members of a racial group":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8r\u0101s-\u02ccb\u0101-ti\u014b"
|
|
],
|
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": a very light horseshoe used for racehorses":[]
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"racing entry 2":""
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": a genus (coextensive with the family Rachycentridae) of pelagic marine percoid fishes comprising solely the cobia":[]
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},
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"\u02ccrak\u0113\u02c8sen\u2027\u02cctr\u00e4n"
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],
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"New Latin, irregular from rachi- + Greek kentron sharp point":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181453"
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"race board":{
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"noun"
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],
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": race sense 6a":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181651"
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},
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one who baits a racial group":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181742"
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},
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"raccoon fox":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": ringtail sense 2a":[]
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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":"20220709-190145"
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},
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"raccommode":{
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to set right":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French raccommoder , from re- + accommoder to adapt, from Latin accommodare":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210429"
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},
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"headland extending into the Atlantic at the southeastern point of Newfoundland, Canada":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8r\u0101s"
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211740"
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},
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"raccroc stitch":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an invisible stitch for joining lace or net":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"ra\u02c8kr\u014d+"
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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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"French raccrocher to hook up again, from re- + accrocher to hook up, attach, get hold of, from Middle French acrochier":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212149"
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},
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"Racib\u00f3rz":{
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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 on the Oder River in Silesia, southwestern Poland population 62,833":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"r\u00e4-\u02c8ch\u0113-\u02ccbu\u0307sh"
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001045"
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},
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"race memory":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the body of experiences, beliefs, and general recollections transmitted from one generation of humankind or of a race to another : racial tradition":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"race entry 7":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005901"
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},
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"racing colors":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the registered colors of a jockey's cap and jacket designating the horse's owner":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013915"
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},
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"rack-rent":{
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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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": to subject to rack rent":[],
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": an excessive or unreasonably high rent":[],
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": the highest rent that can be earned on a property":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8rak-\u02ccrent"
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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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"rack entry 2":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1621, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1743, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020335"
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}
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