dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/rut_MW.json
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{
"rut":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a groove in which something runs":[],
": a periodic and often annually recurring state of certain male animals (such as deer or elk) during which behavior associated with the urge to breed is displayed":[],
": a track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage":[],
": channel , furrow":[],
": the period of time during which rut occurs : breeding season":[],
": to be in or enter into a state of rut":[],
": to make a rut in : furrow":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1600, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1607, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English rutte , from Middle French ruit rut, disturbance, from Late Latin rugitus roar, from Latin rugire to roar; akin to Middle Irish rucht roar, Old Church Slavonic r\u016d\u017eati to neigh":"Noun",
"perhaps modification of Middle French route way, route":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u0259t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180639",
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ruth":{
"antonyms":[
"coldheartedness",
"hard-heartedness",
"inhumanity",
"inhumanness",
"mercilessness",
"pitilessness"
],
"definitions":{
": a Moabite woman who accompanied Naomi to Bethlehem and became the ancestress of David":[],
": a short narrative book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scriptures \u2014 see Bible Table":[],
": compassion for the misery of another":[],
": sorrow for one's own faults : remorse":[],
"George Herman 1895\u20131948 Babe Ruth or the Babe American baseball player":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"listening to your flippant comments about the homeless, I wonder if you have any ruth"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hebrew R\u016bth":"Noun",
"Middle English ruthe , from ruen to rue":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u00fcth"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bigheartedness",
"charity",
"commiseration",
"compassion",
"feeling",
"good-heartedness",
"heart",
"humanity",
"kindheartedness",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"largeheartedness",
"mercy",
"pity",
"softheartedness",
"sympathy",
"warmheartedness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213508",
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name",
"noun"
]
},
"ruthless":{
"antonyms":[
"charitable",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"merciful",
"sensitive",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"definitions":{
": having no pity : merciless , cruel":[
"a ruthless tyrant"
]
},
"examples":[
"The journalist was ruthless in his criticism.",
"an office supervisor with a ruthless disregard for others' feelings",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When Navarro describes himself as ruthless , unscrupulous and a liar, he should be taken at his word. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"In an ecosystem that often rewards more-is-more, the level of self-scrutiny and ruthless editing prompted by this most recent lockdown is not something the Chinese fashion industry has witnessed before. \u2014 Margaret Zhang, Vogue , 13 June 2022",
"Just as with testimony during the trial, the arguments over punishment portrayed her in wildly different terms \u2014 an experienced and ruthless human smuggler or herself a victim of organized crime. \u2014 Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News , 6 May 2022",
"The Wall Street Journal recently reported Biden had dispatched CIA Director William Burns to meet and explore fence-mending with the reckless and ruthless Crown Prince. \u2014 Aaron David Miller, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"The leaks depict a highly professional and ruthless ransomware organization at the top of its game, said John Fokker, head of cyber investigations with the security firm Trellix. \u2014 Robert Mcmillan, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The Mandalorian figure is holding up a love letter stamped with a heart, which is charmingly off-cannon given the Mandalorian's calculating, stoic, and somewhat ruthless personality type. \u2014 Sarah Toscano, EW.com , 25 Jan. 2022",
"The mood has dimmed in Denmark, and Nyborg\u2014now 53 and the country\u2019s foreign minister\u2014is more ruthless and driven than ever. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 2 June 2022",
"At the time, as Buzzfeed points out, the public could be ruthless towards celebrities, and making fun of their struggles was not uncommon. \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 17 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u00fcth-l\u0259s",
"also \u02c8ru\u0307th-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"affectless",
"callous",
"case-hardened",
"cold-blooded",
"compassionless",
"desensitized",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"indurate",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"insensitive",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"obdurate",
"pachydermatous",
"pitiless",
"remorseless",
"slash-and-burn",
"soulless",
"stony",
"stoney",
"stonyhearted",
"take-no-prisoners",
"thick-skinned",
"uncharitable",
"unfeeling",
"unmerciful",
"unsparing",
"unsympathetic"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054028",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"rutab":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or constituting the third of four recognized stages in the ripening of the date in which the tip becomes soft and loses the bright color of the previous stage \u2014 compare khalal , kimri , tamar":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"r\u00fc\u02c8t\u00e4b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Arabic":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143936"
},
"rutabaga":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u00fc-t\u0259-\u02ccb\u0101-g\u0259",
"-\u02c8be-",
"-\u02ccbe-",
"\u02ccru\u0307-",
"\u02c8r\u00fc-t\u0259-\u02ccb\u0101-",
"\u02c8ru\u0307-",
"\u02ccr\u00fc-t\u0259-\u02c8b\u0101-g\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His are made with rutabaga , which is slow-cooked, hot air fried in olive oil, and served either plain or with a variety of toppings. \u2014 Mike Danahey, chicagotribune.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Brook trout with maitake mushroom, rutabaga , and dashi cream. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Add rutabaga , season with smoked salt or sea salt, and add 2-3 tablespoons of water. \u2014 Charlotte Druckman, WSJ , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Peel rutabaga and cut it into roughly \u00bd-inch-by-1-inch batons. \u2014 Charlotte Druckman, WSJ , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Direct seed root crops into garden beds: rutabaga , beets, carrots and turnips. \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Nov. 2021",
"Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, celery, Chinese cabbage, collard, endive, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, mustard, onion, pea, radicchio, radish, rhubarb, rutabaga , spinach, Swiss chard and turnip. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Plant broccoli, cauliflower, kale, cabbage, Brussels sprouts as transplants and lettuce, turnip, rutabaga , beets, radish and carrots by seed in the winter garden in September. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 10 Sep. 2021",
"When the researchers presented just a few pieces of rutabaga , the elephant adeptly picked them up using the trunk\u2019s grasping tips, according to Science News. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Swedish dialect rotabagge , from rot root + bagge bag":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1789, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015926"
}
}