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2086 lines
102 KiB
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"Shreveport":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city on the Red River in northwestern Louisiana population 199,311":[]
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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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"\u02c8shr\u0113v-\u02ccp\u022frt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213324",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Shreveporter":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a native or resident of Shreveport , Louisiana":[]
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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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"|t\u0259(r)"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084008",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Shriner":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a member of a secret fraternal society that is non-Masonic but admits only Master Masons to membership":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"especially Southern \u02c8sr\u012b-",
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"\u02c8shr\u012b-n\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235523",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Shropshire":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": any of a breed of dark-faced hornless sheep of English origin that are raised for both mutton and wool":[],
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"county of western England bordering on Wales; capital Shrewsbury area 1396 square miles (3616 square kilometers), population 306,000":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1803, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Shropshire , England":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8shr\u00e4p-\u02ccshir",
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"especially Southern \u02c8sr\u00e4p-",
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"\u02c8shr\u00e4p-sh\u0259r",
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"especially US -\u02ccsh\u012b(-\u0259)r",
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"-\u02ccshir",
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"-sh\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193731",
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"type":[
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"geographical name",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Shrove Monday":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the Monday before Ash Wednesday":[]
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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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"Middle English shrovemonday , from shrove-, schrof- (as in schroftyde Shrovetide) + monday":""
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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":"20220707-193638",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Shrove Sunday":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the Sunday before Ash Wednesday : quinquagesima":[]
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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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"Middle English shrofsunday , from shrof-, schrof- (as in schroftyde Shrovetide) + sunday":""
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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":"20220707-194029",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Shrovetide":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the period usually of three days immediately preceding Ash Wednesday":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English schroftide , from schrof- (from shriven to shrive) + tide":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8shr\u014dv-\u02cct\u012bd",
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"especially Southern \u02c8sr\u014dv-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132010",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"shred":{
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"antonyms":[
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"rend",
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"ribbon",
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"rip",
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"rive",
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"tatter",
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"tear"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a long narrow strip cut or torn off":[],
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": a shredded , damaged, or ruined condition":[
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"a reputation torn to shreds"
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],
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": demolish sense 2":[
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"sharp lawyers shredding hapless witnesses",
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"\u2014 Charles Krauthammer"
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],
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": particle , scrap":[
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"not a shred of evidence"
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],
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": to come apart in or break up into shreds":[],
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": to cut off":[],
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": to cut or tear into shreds":[
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"shredded the documents"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"The wallpaper is in shreds .",
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"His reputation was in shreds after the arrest.",
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"He struggled to retain a shred of his dignity.",
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"Verb",
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"Shred the cabbage and add it to the salad.",
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"shredded some cooked chicken for the soup",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"There is not a shred of evidence to support the belief that enhanced gun measures will lead to an imminent threat on an American\u2019s Second Amendment rights. \u2014 Robert Ginsburg, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
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"After two teenagers killed 13 people and wounded 21 at their high school in Littleton, Colorado on April 20, 1999, the nation was desperate for answers and grasping at any shred of information that might help explain the attack. \u2014 Benjy Sarlin, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
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"By Wednesday, though, any shred of hope had vanished as Russia intensified its attacks on several Ukrainian cities. \u2014 Sudarsan Raghavan, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"By Wednesday, though, any shred of hope had vanished as Russia intensified its attacks on several Ukrainian cities. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2022",
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"But taking advantage of that moment will require Democrats to hold on to some shred of power at the federal level. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
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"Anyone with a shred of modesty will admit to having asked a bad question or 10 over three decades plus, whether due to ignorance, ineptitude or momentary brain-lock. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
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"But only the Clippers could have found a shred of truth within it. \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"The Perfect Bar\u2019s name carries not one single shred of irony. \u2014 Nikki Campo, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 Dec. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The mountains in Central America, from Mexico to Panama, often shred storms with low-level circulations, Sojda said. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
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"The open-source organization supplied the necessary equipment, including machines that shred and clean the plastic before it\u2019s melted and reshaped. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 May 2022",
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"Children can sit in big trucks, while adults safely shred confidential papers and get all their questions answered. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 12 May 2022",
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"On a gravel path behind the house, near a cluster of foxtails, officers recovered another zip tie and a six-inch shred of black duct tape. \u2014 Longreads , 5 May 2022",
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"The 50 guests in there, some of whom were raving about our dinner, don\u2019t matter one ounce, not one shred . \u2014 Ashley Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Is there anything more punk rock than seeing a man shred on guitar while wearing a dress that belongs in Little House on the Prairie",
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"Think of this list as a starting point and shred your way out from here. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 27 Mar. 2022",
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"The lanterns are covered in a thin silk gauze that is beginning to shred , and the paintings on them are fading. \u2014 Michelle Terris, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English shrede , from Old English scr\u0113ade ; akin to Old High German scr\u014dt piece cut off":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8shred",
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"especially Southern \u02c8sred"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"ace",
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"bit",
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"crumb",
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"dab",
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"dram",
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"driblet",
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"glimmer",
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"hint",
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"lick",
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"little",
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"mite",
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"nip",
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"ounce",
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"particle",
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"peanuts",
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"ray",
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"scintilla",
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"scruple",
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"shade",
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"shadow",
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"skosh",
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"smack",
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"smell",
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"smidgen",
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"smidgeon",
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"smidgin",
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"smidge",
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"snap",
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"soup\u00e7on",
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"spark",
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"spatter",
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"speck",
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"splash",
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"spot",
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"sprinkling",
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"strain",
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"streak",
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"suspicion",
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"tad",
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"touch",
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"trace"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001040",
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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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"shrend":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to break into shivers as a result of internal stresses":[
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"\u2014 used of glass not properly tempered or annealed"
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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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"probably from German dialect schrinden , from Old High German scrintan to crack open":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8s(h)rend"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125320",
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"type":[
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"intransitive verb"
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]
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},
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"shrew":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an ill-tempered scolding woman":[],
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": any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur":[],
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": curse":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Rip Van Winkle went off into the mountains to escape his wife, a shrew who made his life miserable.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Bill Clinton got to come out looking like a cool guy, Hillary looked like a shrew . \u2014 ELLE , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Marty the nebbish, Ike the shyster, Phyllis the shrew . \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 8 Nov. 2021",
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"But Allison is turned into another stereotype, the tedious, finger-wagging shrew . \u2014 The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
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"The occasional mouse or shrew will come through, and the real hunters in the family \u2014 Winchester, Hugo and Cheyenne \u2014 will hunt them relentlessly. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 24 July 2021",
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"Unfortunately, the shrew had a number of apocalypse-friendly adaptations humans have since lost. \u2014 Cody Cassidy, Wired , 9 Apr. 2021",
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"The idea behind these projects tends to follow a formula: this woman wasn\u2019t always a monster, a harpy, a shrew . \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 19 Sep. 2020",
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"The elephant shrew has been rediscovered in Africa after 50 years. \u2014 Brett Harman, CNN , 21 Aug. 2020",
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"Smith and paleontologist Kenneth Angielczyk turned instead to 16 hero shrew specimens already in the Field Museum\u2019s collections. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Apr. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English shrewe evil or scolding person, from Old English scr\u0113awa shrew (animal)":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"especially Southern \u02c8sr\u00fc",
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"\u02c8shr\u00fc"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"battle-ax",
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"battle-axe",
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"dragon lady",
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"fury",
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"harpy",
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"harridan",
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"termagant",
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"virago",
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"vixen"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181005",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"shrewd":{
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"antonyms":[
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"unknowing"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": abusive , shrewish":[],
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": given to wily and artful ways or dealing":[
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"a shrewd operator"
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],
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": marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen":[
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"shrewd common sense"
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],
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": mischievous":[],
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": ominous , dangerous":[],
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": severe , hard":[
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"a shrewd knock"
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],
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": sharp , piercing":[
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"a shrewd wind"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"According to Frank Luntz, Republican pollster and spinmeister, these younger working women with small children are critical swing voters. By dint of focus groups and shrewd professional questioning, Luntz has determined what these women need most\u2014more time in their lives. He seemed to regard this finding as a considerable coup. \u2014 Molly Ivins , Mother Jones , September/October 2004",
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"When Ann Richards fractured her hand in a fall nine years ago, she went to the doctor for a bone density test only to learn that she had \u2026 an early form of osteoporosis. The diagnosis spurred the former Texas governor, whose mother and grandmother also suffered from the disease, to write I'm Not Slowing Down: Winning My Battle with Osteoporosis \u2026 an inspiring little volume filled with the author's shrewd insights into healthcare, gender and, yes, politics. \u2014 Julie Hale , Book Page , August 2003",
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"One shrewd political tactician who knew what it was like to lose a close election watched Goldwater closely. Nixon had an eye on a comeback in 1968 and knew he needed the South\u2014all of it this time. \u2014 Jon Meacham , Newsweek , 23 Dec. 2002",
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"But a growing empire produces tough challenges. Winfrey is used to ironclad control. A shrewd businesswoman, she still signs all the checks of more than $1,000 for her Harpo Entertainment Group, and she meticulously scrutinizes the smaller ones that others sign for her. \u2014 Lynette Clemetson , Newsweek , 8 Jan. 2001",
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"She's shrewd about her investments.",
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"a shrewd used car dealer who knew how to make the best possible deal",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Imagine Dragons are shrewd observers of what\u2019s worked in alt-rock over the past three decades, fusing together elements of its defining acts in their quest for stadium-shaking gold. \u2014 Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone , 1 July 2022",
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"Sonny Barger, the bigger-than-life godfather of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, equal parts brawler, bully, braggart, rule breaker and shrewd huckster of his own outlaw mystique, has died at 83. \u2014 Paul W. Valentine, Anchorage Daily News , 30 June 2022",
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"Sonny Barger, the bigger-than-life godfather of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, equal parts brawler, bully, braggart, rule breaker and shrewd huckster of his own outlaw mystique, has died at 83. \u2014 Paul W. Valentine, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
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"While the Dutch international is not the finished article and still needs to develop, Manchester United fans will be delighted with the fact that this looks to be shrewd business at just \u00a313 million. \u2014 Liam Canning, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
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"As May gave way to June, Yao's volte-face looked increasingly shrewd . \u2014 Clay Chandler, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
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"Pops, who was in equal measure idealistic and shrewd , saw a growing appetite, among white listeners as well as Black, for his message songs. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
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"But Camp and Slate have made shrewd choices all around, starting with their commitment to stop-motion animation, seamlessly integrated here with live-action imagery, often in the same shot. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
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"The boss\u2019 shrewd ploy gave Payne a reason to take an early lunch break. \u2014 Scott Talley, Freep.com , 19 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English shrewed , from shrewe + -ed entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"especially Southern \u02c8sr\u00fcd",
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"\u02c8shr\u00fcd"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for shrewd shrewd , sagacious , perspicacious , astute mean acute in perception and sound in judgment. shrewd stresses practical, hardheaded cleverness and judgment. a shrewd judge of character sagacious suggests wisdom, penetration, and farsightedness. sagacious investors got in on the ground floor perspicacious implies unusual power to see through and understand what is puzzling or hidden. a perspicacious counselor saw through the child's facade astute suggests shrewdness, perspicacity, and diplomatic skill. an astute player of party politics",
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"synonyms":[
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"astute",
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"canny",
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"clear-eyed",
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"clear-sighted",
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"hard-boiled",
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"hardheaded",
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"heady",
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"knowing",
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"savvy",
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"sharp",
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"sharp-witted",
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"smart"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010947",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"shriek":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a shrill usually wild or involuntary cry":[],
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": a sound resembling a shriek":[
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"the shriek of chalk on the blackboard"
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],
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": to cry out in a high-pitched voice : screech":[],
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": to express in a manner suggestive of a shriek":[],
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": to suggest such a cry (as by vividness of expression)":[
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"neon colors shrieked for attention",
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"\u2014 Calvin Tomkins"
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],
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": to utter a sharp shrill sound":[],
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": to utter with a shriek":[
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"shriek an alarm"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The birds were shrieking in the trees.",
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"She shrieked when she saw a mouse.",
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"Noun",
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"the shriek of the train's brakes",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Students shriek at news of acceptance and burst into tears over rejections. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022",
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"Conservative activists shriek about preserving the sanctity of the sport, even though the vast majority have never cared about women\u2019s swimming and probably couldn\u2019t name another current female competitor. \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 Mar. 2022",
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"But the options were scant: motel rooms or apartments way too small for a family of nine, with dogs and a macaw that liked to shriek at random and eat crown molding. \u2014 Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times , 6 Aug. 2021",
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"While many business owners shriek at the thought of them, there are tactful ways to handle bad online reviews, save the customer from leaving for the competition, and even offer you a chance to learn how to make your product or service better. \u2014 Rebecca Kowalewicz, Forbes , 10 Mar. 2021",
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"Terrified onlookers shriek as the bison slows its charge and moves in to inspect its curious company. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 4 Sep. 2020",
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"For us, watching soccer together offers an opportunity not only to shriek and cuss and, very occasionally, dash a fist against a wall, but also to pool our emotions as father and son. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 17 June 2020",
|
|
"Other highlights show Gaga\u2019s knack for tunes in which incongruous-seeming passages\u2014silky one moment, shrieking the next\u2014fit together deliciously. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 1 June 2020",
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"Bartholet frets that homeschoolers might grow up not even minding the gendered nature of household labor enough to shriek about it in a letter to Dear Prudence. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 23 Apr. 2020",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The work depicts a haunting, mysterious figure with hands on either side of its face, its mouth open in an apparent shriek . \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 June 2022",
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"Friends greet one another with kisses on the cheek; there\u2019s an occasional shriek from children running around playing; out in the parking lot, several young guys vape and smoke cigarettes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"The secret packs great tension, as Jeongok leads Sangok on a leisurely round of strolls and visits that, for the actress, virtually shriek with urgency. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 5 May 2022",
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"At least two more noises come, followed by another shriek . \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe, Jason Hanna And Melissa Alonso, CNN , 12 May 2022",
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"Estelle Harris, the New York actress with the unforgettable shriek who hilariously nagged her son (played by Jason Alexander) and husband (Jerry Stiller) on Seinfeld, has died. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 Apr. 2022",
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"To Brunson's surprise, Ms. Abbott appeared on a video call \u2014 and sparked an excited shriek from Brunson, who then started to tear up at the sight of her former teacher. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 2 Feb. 2022",
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"Adelaida let out a shriek and then began wailing, a deep guttural cry. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Dec. 2021",
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"That shriek is one of frustration, as deep bodies of water are one of the only things that can stop a Trolloc army in its tracks. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 19 Nov. 2021"
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"Middle English shreken , probably irregular from shriken to shriek; akin to Old Norse skr\u00e6kja to shriek":"Verb"
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"especially Southern \u02c8sr\u0113k",
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"neon colors shrieked for attention",
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"\u2014 Calvin Tomkins"
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],
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": to utter with a shriek":[
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"shriek an alarm"
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]
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The birds were shrieking in the trees.",
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"She shrieked when she saw a mouse.",
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"Noun",
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"the shriek of the train's brakes",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Students shriek at news of acceptance and burst into tears over rejections. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022",
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"Conservative activists shriek about preserving the sanctity of the sport, even though the vast majority have never cared about women\u2019s swimming and probably couldn\u2019t name another current female competitor. \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 Mar. 2022",
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"But the options were scant: motel rooms or apartments way too small for a family of nine, with dogs and a macaw that liked to shriek at random and eat crown molding. \u2014 Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times , 6 Aug. 2021",
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"While many business owners shriek at the thought of them, there are tactful ways to handle bad online reviews, save the customer from leaving for the competition, and even offer you a chance to learn how to make your product or service better. \u2014 Rebecca Kowalewicz, Forbes , 10 Mar. 2021",
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"Terrified onlookers shriek as the bison slows its charge and moves in to inspect its curious company. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 4 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"For us, watching soccer together offers an opportunity not only to shriek and cuss and, very occasionally, dash a fist against a wall, but also to pool our emotions as father and son. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 17 June 2020",
|
|
"Other highlights show Gaga\u2019s knack for tunes in which incongruous-seeming passages\u2014silky one moment, shrieking the next\u2014fit together deliciously. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 1 June 2020",
|
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"Bartholet frets that homeschoolers might grow up not even minding the gendered nature of household labor enough to shriek about it in a letter to Dear Prudence. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 23 Apr. 2020",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"The work depicts a haunting, mysterious figure with hands on either side of its face, its mouth open in an apparent shriek . \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 June 2022",
|
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"Friends greet one another with kisses on the cheek; there\u2019s an occasional shriek from children running around playing; out in the parking lot, several young guys vape and smoke cigarettes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The secret packs great tension, as Jeongok leads Sangok on a leisurely round of strolls and visits that, for the actress, virtually shriek with urgency. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 5 May 2022",
|
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"At least two more noises come, followed by another shriek . \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe, Jason Hanna And Melissa Alonso, CNN , 12 May 2022",
|
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"Estelle Harris, the New York actress with the unforgettable shriek who hilariously nagged her son (played by Jason Alexander) and husband (Jerry Stiller) on Seinfeld, has died. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 Apr. 2022",
|
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"To Brunson's surprise, Ms. Abbott appeared on a video call \u2014 and sparked an excited shriek from Brunson, who then started to tear up at the sight of her former teacher. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 2 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Adelaida let out a shriek and then began wailing, a deep guttural cry. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
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"That shriek is one of frustration, as deep bodies of water are one of the only things that can stop a Trolloc army in its tracks. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 19 Nov. 2021"
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"1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"Middle English shreken , probably irregular from shriken to shriek; akin to Old Norse skr\u00e6kja to shriek":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"especially Southern \u02c8sr\u0113k",
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"\u02c8shr\u0113k"
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"antonyms":[
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"high-pitched",
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"piping",
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"shrieking",
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"squeaking",
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"definitions":{
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": a shrill sound":[
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"the shrill of the ship's whistle"
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],
|
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": accompanied by sharp high-pitched sounds or cries":[
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"shrill gaiety"
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],
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": having a sharp or vivid effect on the senses":[
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"shrill light"
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"shrill anger",
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"shrill criticism"
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],
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": to utter or emit an acute piercing sound":[]
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
|
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"the mud-splattered bystanders were shrilling with outrage at the inconsiderate motorist",
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"Adjective",
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"the shrill sound of a policeman's whistle",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party\u2019s increasingly shrill brand of Hindu nationalism has inflamed religious animosity within the country. \u2014 Sadanand Dhume, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
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"Each of the four movements Thursday traced a giant decrescendo, coming on strong with cacophonous, often shrill music and slowly ebbing away in a dazzling variety of textures and colors, all of them sparse and serene. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 7 Jan. 2022",
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"Earth smells and the pungency of privet and balsam were still acute at this hour, unmingled; the shadows were as bold as in a child\u2019s picture book; swifts and house martins tracked across the pale sky overhead, shrilling in thrilled anticipation. \u2014 Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker , 21 Oct. 2019",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
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"China\u2019s opposition to collaborative multi-national surveillance webs in the Pacific may get even more shrill , and China\u2019s ongoing efforts to target surveillance platforms and cooperative intelligence dissemination networks may get even more overt. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
|
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"Sheridan died less than two weeks after Estelle Harris, who played the shrill mother of George Costanza (Jason Alexander). \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Time Out New York asked him whether his shrill -voiced shtick had gotten louder over time. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Of course, don't expect partisans on the political fringes, who dominate so much of today's political debate with their enablers in a media echo chamber that amplifies the most shrill voices, to appreciate Sen. Collins' statesmanship. \u2014 Charlie Dent, CNN , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Gottfried was known for his iconic shrill voice and beloved for his crude comedic style. \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Despite that voice, which could be annoying or shrill , Harris could bring a distinct warmth and charm to her roles. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Other European countries are taking views along the spectrum, including some who see a Russian attack as likely but still consider recent warnings as shrill and counterproductive. \u2014 Daniel Michaels, WSJ , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"As portrayed by Eden Perkins, the live-action Ed was\u2026extremely loud and shrill , as if the anime character had been cut-and-pasted into three dimensions with no modulation whatsoever. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 16 Dec. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"The sudden shrill is as jarring as the sound of breaking glass and does equal damage to the video call\u2019s momentum. \u2014 Stacey Hanke, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Sonically, Levi\u2019s first film is equal parts shrill and echoey. \u2014 Samantha Hissong, Rolling Stone , 7 July 2021",
|
|
"The syrup, meanwhile, made the Sauvignon\u2019s acidity shrill and flattened the Riesling\u2019s fruit. \u2014 Lettie Teague, WSJ , 23 June 2021",
|
|
"Elsewhere, another citizen glanced over her shoulder, hastily pulled herself into a dress, and winced at a whistle blown by one of the three advancing officers, the shrill of it a rip of violence through the mild day. \u2014 Hermione Hoby, Harper's Magazine , 22 June 2021",
|
|
"And more than 30 years ago, the island\u2019s air vibrated with the deafening shrill of thousands of chirping cicadas. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 27 May 2021",
|
|
"In lesser hands, Vicedo\u2019s book could have grown shrill with outrage. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Waugh maintains barely restrained chaos throughout, which often tends toward the shrill . \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 16 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"Shoppers casually meandered from store to store, and the shrill shouts of children could be heard echoing through the concourses of the Mall of America. \u2014 Nicole Norfleet, Star Tribune , 15 Aug. 2020"
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
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"1589, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English; probably akin to Old English scrallettan to resound loudly \u2014 more at skirl":"Verb"
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"especially Southern \u02c8sril",
|
|
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|
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],
|
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|
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|
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|
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"shrimp":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"behemoth",
|
|
"colossus",
|
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"giant",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
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"mammoth",
|
|
"monster",
|
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"titan"
|
|
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|
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|
|
": a very small or puny person or thing":[],
|
|
": to fish for or catch shrimp":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"He's a little shrimp of a boy.",
|
|
"the boy was just a shrimp until his teens, when he had a growth spurt",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Those seeking a taste of the sea with a kick need to plan a few extra moments since the fast-casual restaurant cooks its shrimp dishes to order to assure the optimal taste and texture. \u2014 cleveland , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"The menu includes the likes of tandoori duck seekh kebab, Himalayan lamb chops and Bengali or Kasundi shrimp . \u2014 Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Get the Paneer and pepper makhani and tandoori shrimp . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Peter was an active hunter and had noticed that the diets of seals were changing, having a lot less fish in the stomach and more shrimp . \u2014 Ashoka, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Brine shrimp in Gilbert Bay depend on nutrient flows from fresher bays, grazing so heavily on the ensuing phytoplankton that the waters become visibly clearer between spring and fall. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"As well as crawfish, Out the Mud offers Gulf boils containing seven to 10 pounds of blue crab with an add-on shrimp option. \u2014 Adrianne Reece, Chron , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"After the first round, Cho might stop by himself to whip up a quick juk, or rice porridge, using the concentrated broth, stirred quickly tableside and finished amber orbs of salmon roe, toasted seaweed and optional bay shrimp or Dungeness crab. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Add the shrimp and remaining tomatoes to the skillet. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Not long ago, my editor mentioned in passing that her favorite thing to eat is shrimp and grits. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Suddenly, fried green tomatoes, shrimp and grits, stewed collard greens and more could be found all over town. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The paella, fortified with mussels, cockles, shrimp , and rabbit, benefitted from tableside dollops of yet more aioli. \u2014 Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"With many of these smaller or less cohesive ingredients\u2014like sliced veggies, shrimp , or cubed meat\u2014skewering is the way to go. \u2014 Audrey Bruno, SELF , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"Enjoy lobsters, shrimp , freshly caught finfish and oysters under a seaside palapa with your feet in the sand. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Working in two batches, fry shrimp one side at a time until crispy, pink and cooked through, about 2 minutes total. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Mesidor\u2019s signature entrees are the roast chicken or pernil with rice, gandules and tostones; tacos with beef, chicken, fish, steak or shrimp ; and fried salmon tacos, which Shelton says is his favorite dish. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Swing by this eclectic bistro for brunch or lunch, for highlights including gravy-smothered buttermilk biscuits, $5 mimosas, stacked burgers, soups, salads, and shrimp tossed and saut\u00e9ed in numerous ways. \u2014 Adrianne Reece, Chron , 12 May 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1808, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English shrimpe ; akin to Middle Low German schrempen to contract, wrinkle, Old Norse skorpna to shrivel up":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8shrimp",
|
|
"especially Southern \u02c8srimp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peewee",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"pigmy",
|
|
"runt",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"Tom Thumb"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053946",
|
|
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|
|
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|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shrimp plant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a widely cultivated tropical American shrubby plant ( Beloperone guttata ) of the family Acanthaceae having whitish flowers borne in spikes and protruding from overlapping broadly ovate reddish brown bracts":[]
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"type":[
|
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|
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|
|
},
|
|
"shrimper":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a boat engaged in shrimping":[],
|
|
": a shrimp fisherman":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Matsuo, a skilled shrimper who loved his mother\u2019s shrimp tempura, put his stamp on the snack world with crustaceans. \u2014 Jean Trinh, Los Angeles Times , 5 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Mark Theriot, a 63-year-old shrimper , said he's been coming out every day simply because Scott Daspit and the other families need help. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 May 2021",
|
|
"Mark Theriot, a 63-year-old shrimper , said he's been coming out every day simply because Scott Daspit and the other families need help. \u2014 Rebecca Santana, ajc , 1 May 2021",
|
|
"Mark Theriot, a 63-year-old shrimper , said he's been coming out every day simply because Scott Daspit and the other families need help. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 May 2021",
|
|
"Mark Theriot, a 63-year-old shrimper , said he's been coming out every day simply because Scott Daspit and the other families need help. \u2014 Rebecca Santana, ajc , 1 May 2021",
|
|
"Mark Theriot, a 63-year-old shrimper , said he's been coming out every day simply because Scott Daspit and the other families need help. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 May 2021",
|
|
"Mark Theriot, a 63-year-old shrimper , said he's been coming out every day simply because Scott Daspit and the other families need help. \u2014 Rebecca Santana, ajc , 1 May 2021",
|
|
"Mark Theriot, a 63-year-old shrimper , said he's been coming out every day simply because Scott Daspit and the other families need help. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 May 2021"
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8shrim-p\u0259r",
|
|
"especially Southern \u02c8srim-"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034559",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"shrimpfish":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": any of numerous small compressed East Indian marine fishes of the family Centriscidae that are related to the bellows fish and have a tubular snout and the body covered with an armor of transparent bony plates which is fused with the endoskeleton, extends over and beyond the down-turned dorsal and caudal fins, and terminates in a long spine":[]
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173743",
|
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"type":[
|
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|
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]
|
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},
|
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"shrimpish":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": somewhat diminutive : puny":[
|
|
"tied the apron around his shrimpish person",
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"\u2014 Christopher Morley"
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"-p\u0113sh",
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"-pish"
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"synonyms":[],
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"shrimpy":{
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"antonyms":[
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"behemoth",
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"colossus",
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"giant",
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"jumbo",
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"leviathan",
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"mammoth",
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"monster",
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"titan"
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],
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": a very small or puny person or thing":[],
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": to fish for or catch shrimp":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"He's a little shrimp of a boy.",
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"the boy was just a shrimp until his teens, when he had a growth spurt",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Those seeking a taste of the sea with a kick need to plan a few extra moments since the fast-casual restaurant cooks its shrimp dishes to order to assure the optimal taste and texture. \u2014 cleveland , 28 June 2022",
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"The menu includes the likes of tandoori duck seekh kebab, Himalayan lamb chops and Bengali or Kasundi shrimp . \u2014 Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
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"Get the Paneer and pepper makhani and tandoori shrimp . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
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"Peter was an active hunter and had noticed that the diets of seals were changing, having a lot less fish in the stomach and more shrimp . \u2014 Ashoka, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
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"Brine shrimp in Gilbert Bay depend on nutrient flows from fresher bays, grazing so heavily on the ensuing phytoplankton that the waters become visibly clearer between spring and fall. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 June 2022",
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"As well as crawfish, Out the Mud offers Gulf boils containing seven to 10 pounds of blue crab with an add-on shrimp option. \u2014 Adrianne Reece, Chron , 31 May 2022",
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"After the first round, Cho might stop by himself to whip up a quick juk, or rice porridge, using the concentrated broth, stirred quickly tableside and finished amber orbs of salmon roe, toasted seaweed and optional bay shrimp or Dungeness crab. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 May 2022",
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"Add the shrimp and remaining tomatoes to the skillet. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Not long ago, my editor mentioned in passing that her favorite thing to eat is shrimp and grits. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
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"Suddenly, fried green tomatoes, shrimp and grits, stewed collard greens and more could be found all over town. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"The paella, fortified with mussels, cockles, shrimp , and rabbit, benefitted from tableside dollops of yet more aioli. \u2014 Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker , 27 May 2022",
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"With many of these smaller or less cohesive ingredients\u2014like sliced veggies, shrimp , or cubed meat\u2014skewering is the way to go. \u2014 Audrey Bruno, SELF , 14 May 2022",
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"Enjoy lobsters, shrimp , freshly caught finfish and oysters under a seaside palapa with your feet in the sand. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"Working in two batches, fry shrimp one side at a time until crispy, pink and cooked through, about 2 minutes total. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"Mesidor\u2019s signature entrees are the roast chicken or pernil with rice, gandules and tostones; tacos with beef, chicken, fish, steak or shrimp ; and fried salmon tacos, which Shelton says is his favorite dish. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"Swing by this eclectic bistro for brunch or lunch, for highlights including gravy-smothered buttermilk biscuits, $5 mimosas, stacked burgers, soups, salads, and shrimp tossed and saut\u00e9ed in numerous ways. \u2014 Adrianne Reece, Chron , 12 May 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1808, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English shrimpe ; akin to Middle Low German schrempen to contract, wrinkle, Old Norse skorpna to shrivel up":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8shrimp",
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"especially Southern \u02c8srimp"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"diminutive",
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"dwarf",
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"midget",
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"mite",
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"peewee",
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"pygmy",
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"pigmy",
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"runt",
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"scrub",
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"Tom Thumb"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074929",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
|
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"shrine":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a niche containing a religious image":[],
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": a place in which devotion is paid to a saint or deity : sanctuary":[],
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": a place or object hallowed by its associations":[],
|
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": a receptacle (such as a tomb) for the dead":[],
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": enshrine":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
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"the shrine of Saint Mary",
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"They erected a shrine to the saint.",
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"tourists visiting the shrines of American independence",
|
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"The writer's house has become a shrine to his fans.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"For years, Bosnian Serbs prevented efforts by Bosniaks to erect a shrine at the site. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
|
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"In the aftermath of Serge\u2019s death in 1991, the wall outside of rue de Verneuil became a popular shrine to his memory, visited annually by thousands of fans. \u2014 Erik Morse, Vogue , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
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"In fact, Brigid\u2019s intervention from beyond the grave helped builders gather materials to build a new and magnificent shrine for her at Kildare, or so wrote Cogitosus. \u2014 Lisa Bitel, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Time enough to build a nice little shrine to her obsession with photos of The Twelve's assassins, a map of the world, and post-its. \u2014 Kat Rosenfield, EW.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Several items were reported stolen, including items from a memorial shrine . \u2014 Fox News , 27 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"In 2010, his French-style chateau that once blended rococo masterpieces and a shrine to Hoosier basketball, once valued at $25 million, sold at a sheriff's auction for $3 million. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
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"The shrine dedicated to Pooley Sahib drew sacrifices of liquor and cigars, which villagers offered to ward off death and disease. \u2014 Ian Beacock, The New Republic , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
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"The Anastenaria ritual starts at the konaki, a special shrine dedicated to the saints, where the icons are placed among the amanetia (red handkerchiefs that are considered sacred by the fire walkers) and other tributes. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Feb. 2021",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"The star quarterback and safety reminisced about their relationship and entering the Canton, Ohio, shrine together hours after the latest group of inductees was revealed. \u2014 Barry Wilner, ajc , 7 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"The star quarterback and safety reminisced about their relationship and entering the Canton, Ohio, shrine together hours after the latest group of inductees was revealed. \u2014 Barry Wilner, Star Tribune , 7 Feb. 2021",
|
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"Thousands of pilgrims on their way to shrine or lodged at the base camps in Pahalgam and Sonamarg were asked to return. \u2014 Riyaz Wani, Quartz India , 4 Aug. 2019"
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],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Old English scr\u012bn , from Latin scrinium case, chest":"Noun"
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8shr\u012bn",
|
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"especially Southern \u02c8sr\u012bn"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"sanctuary",
|
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"sanctum"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221126",
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"shrink":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"balloon",
|
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"expand",
|
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"snowball",
|
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"swell"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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|
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|
|
": to contract or curl up the body or part of it : huddle , cower":[],
|
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": to contract to less extent or compass":[],
|
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": to hold oneself back : refrain":[
|
|
"did not shrink from telling the truth"
|
|
],
|
|
": to lessen in value : dwindle":[],
|
|
": to lose substance or weight":[],
|
|
": to recoil instinctively (as from something painful or horrible)":[
|
|
"shrank from the challenge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The sweater shrank when it was washed.",
|
|
"Meat shrinks as it cooks.",
|
|
"The town's population shrank during the war.",
|
|
"Hot water shrank the sweater.",
|
|
"The treatment should shrink the tumor.",
|
|
"He shrank in horror when he saw the dead cat.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"He is seeing a shrink .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Restrainers want to reduce the U.S. presence abroad, shrink the defense budget, restore Congress\u2019s constitutional authority to declare war, and ensure that ordinary Americans actually have a say in what their country does abroad. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"The pillowcase was strong, didn't shrink in our wash tests and showed no signs of damage in our abrasion tests. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"And though the southeast Greenland bears have adapted to survive in their surroundings, rising temperatures may ultimately cause their glacial ice to shrink , too. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"With ever-more onerous ESG and Sustainability requirements likely to emerge around the globe, capital available for the retail industry will shrink . \u2014 Greg Petro, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"But the steepest inflation since 1981 is hitting households hards and causing consumer spending to shrink , with the government reporting that retail sales fell in May. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Jeffrey Roach, the chief economist at LPL Financial, agrees, telling Fortune the economy is likely to slow, but not shrink \u2014and that\u2019s an important distinction. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Over time, the grove could shrink or completely die off. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"When economies shrink and poverty rates increase, political systems shudder. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The fictional man who loved his family, but cheated on his wife and was a ruthless killer, who tried to get his head right by airing his dirty laundry to a shrink , brought on the era of TV\u2019s antihero. \u2014 Mike Postalakis, SPIN , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Microorganisms found in the halite shrink and greatly reduce biological activity when host waters become too salty, the researchers said. \u2014 Saleen Martin, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"What that is is between him and his shrink , although maybe a desire to seem and feel undiminished is not as mysterious as all that. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"Even people who bought as recently as a week ago have seen their $1,000 shrink . \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Doing so can boost store performance, reduce shrink of all kinds and improve customer loyalty in one fell swoop. \u2014 Bjoern Petersen, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s wry 1960s-time-capsule humor, from Lucy as a shrink \u2014something still novel back then\u2014to pink aluminum Christmas trees. \u2014 Tom Nichols, The Atlantic , 15 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"In effect, these workers have seen their incomes and purchasing power shrink because of inflation. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 2 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In none of the years with a Democratic president did Republican turnout advantage shrink below 3 points. \u2014 Harry Enten, CNN , 19 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English scrincan ; akin to Middle Dutch schrinken to draw back":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"especially Southern \u02c8sri\u014bk",
|
|
"\u02c8shri\u014bk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for shrink Verb contract , shrink , condense , compress , constrict , deflate mean to decrease in bulk or volume. contract applies to a drawing together of surfaces or particles or a reduction of area or length. caused her muscles to contract shrink implies a contracting or a loss of material and stresses a falling short of original dimensions. the sweater will shrink when washed condense implies a reducing of something homogeneous to greater compactness without significant loss of content. condense the essay into a paragraph compress implies a pressing into a small compass and definite shape usually against resistance. compressed cotton into bales constrict implies a tightening that reduces diameter. the throat is constricted by a tight collar deflate implies a contracting by reducing the internal pressure of contained air or gas. deflate the balloon recoil , shrink , flinch , wince , blench , quail mean to draw back in fear or distaste. recoil implies a start or movement away through shock, fear, or disgust. recoiled at the suggestion of stealing shrink suggests an instinctive recoil through sensitiveness, scrupulousness, or cowardice. shrank from the unpleasant truth flinch implies a failure to endure pain or face something dangerous or frightening with resolution. faced her accusers without flinching wince suggests a slight involuntary physical reaction (such as a start or recoiling). winced in pain blench implies fainthearted flinching. stood their ground without blenching quail suggests shrinking and cowering in fear. quailed before the apparition",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023230",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shrink from":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to try to avoid (something difficult or unpleasant) : to be unwilling to do (something)":[
|
|
"He doesn't shrink from telling the truth, no matter how painful it may be.",
|
|
"She won't shrink from the task."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052116",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shrinkage":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"step-up",
|
|
"uptick"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the act or process of shrinking":[],
|
|
": the amount lost by shrinkage":[],
|
|
": the loss in weight of livestock during shipment and in the process of preparing the meat for consumption":[],
|
|
": the loss of goods especially by theft":[
|
|
"inventory shrinkage"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The shrinkage in contributions is significant.",
|
|
"a shrinkage of 10 percent",
|
|
"the shrinkage of the polar ice caps",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Estimated at 3% of mobile equipment, healthcare facility and security managers look at RTLS as a preventive solution to address shrinkage . \u2014 Quora, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Oh, yes\u2014luckily, exercise has the ability to reverse brain shrinkage . \u2014 Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Our pros put waterproof mattress protectors to the test, evaluating washability, shrinkage after laundering, water repellency, hand feel and noise when crinkled. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Doing so will keep the material soft and stretchy and will prevent shrinkage , according to the brand. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Instead, drugs can be put on the market based on a single study with a positive finding \u2014 like tumor shrinkage \u2014 and kept on the market if a follow-up study proves a benefit. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Heavy drinking has been linked to changes in the brain, including shrinkage . \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"France\u2019s withdrawal from Mali has revealed the country\u2019s geopolitical shrinkage . \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 19 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Even before the virus\u2019s onset, a shrinkage was occurring, first seen as the appeal waned for mall anchor department stores. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1800, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"especially Southern \u02c8sri\u014b-",
|
|
"\u02c8shri\u014b-kij"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"depletion",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"step-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112522",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shrinkage rule":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004117",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shrinkage stope":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an overhand stope without timbering in which the broken ore is stored as a filling to support the workings and form a working floor":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171554",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shrinkhead":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": feedhead":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031552",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shrinking":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a clinical psychiatrist or psychologist":[],
|
|
": shrinkage":[],
|
|
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|
|
": to become smaller or more compacted":[],
|
|
": to contract or curl up the body or part of it : huddle , cower":[],
|
|
": to contract to less extent or compass":[],
|
|
": to hold oneself back : refrain":[
|
|
"did not shrink from telling the truth"
|
|
],
|
|
": to lessen in value : dwindle":[],
|
|
": to lose substance or weight":[],
|
|
": to recoil instinctively (as from something painful or horrible)":[
|
|
"shrank from the challenge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The sweater shrank when it was washed.",
|
|
"Meat shrinks as it cooks.",
|
|
"The town's population shrank during the war.",
|
|
"Hot water shrank the sweater.",
|
|
"The treatment should shrink the tumor.",
|
|
"He shrank in horror when he saw the dead cat.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"He is seeing a shrink .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Restrainers want to reduce the U.S. presence abroad, shrink the defense budget, restore Congress\u2019s constitutional authority to declare war, and ensure that ordinary Americans actually have a say in what their country does abroad. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"The pillowcase was strong, didn't shrink in our wash tests and showed no signs of damage in our abrasion tests. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"And though the southeast Greenland bears have adapted to survive in their surroundings, rising temperatures may ultimately cause their glacial ice to shrink , too. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"With ever-more onerous ESG and Sustainability requirements likely to emerge around the globe, capital available for the retail industry will shrink . \u2014 Greg Petro, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"But the steepest inflation since 1981 is hitting households hards and causing consumer spending to shrink , with the government reporting that retail sales fell in May. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 15 June 2022",
|
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"Jeffrey Roach, the chief economist at LPL Financial, agrees, telling Fortune the economy is likely to slow, but not shrink \u2014and that\u2019s an important distinction. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
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"Over time, the grove could shrink or completely die off. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 3 June 2022",
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"When economies shrink and poverty rates increase, political systems shudder. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 3 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The fictional man who loved his family, but cheated on his wife and was a ruthless killer, who tried to get his head right by airing his dirty laundry to a shrink , brought on the era of TV\u2019s antihero. \u2014 Mike Postalakis, SPIN , 9 June 2022",
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"Microorganisms found in the halite shrink and greatly reduce biological activity when host waters become too salty, the researchers said. \u2014 Saleen Martin, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
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"What that is is between him and his shrink , although maybe a desire to seem and feel undiminished is not as mysterious as all that. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 14 May 2022",
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"Even people who bought as recently as a week ago have seen their $1,000 shrink . \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 10 May 2022",
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"Doing so can boost store performance, reduce shrink of all kinds and improve customer loyalty in one fell swoop. \u2014 Bjoern Petersen, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
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"There\u2019s wry 1960s-time-capsule humor, from Lucy as a shrink \u2014something still novel back then\u2014to pink aluminum Christmas trees. \u2014 Tom Nichols, The Atlantic , 15 Dec. 2021",
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"In effect, these workers have seen their incomes and purchasing power shrink because of inflation. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 2 Mar. 2022",
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"In none of the years with a Democratic president did Republican turnout advantage shrink below 3 points. \u2014 Harry Enten, CNN , 19 Feb. 2022"
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"Middle English, from Old English scrincan ; akin to Middle Dutch schrinken to draw back":"Verb"
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"especially Southern \u02c8sri\u014bk",
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"\u02c8shri\u014bk"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for shrink Verb contract , shrink , condense , compress , constrict , deflate mean to decrease in bulk or volume. contract applies to a drawing together of surfaces or particles or a reduction of area or length. caused her muscles to contract shrink implies a contracting or a loss of material and stresses a falling short of original dimensions. the sweater will shrink when washed condense implies a reducing of something homogeneous to greater compactness without significant loss of content. condense the essay into a paragraph compress implies a pressing into a small compass and definite shape usually against resistance. compressed cotton into bales constrict implies a tightening that reduces diameter. the throat is constricted by a tight collar deflate implies a contracting by reducing the internal pressure of contained air or gas. deflate the balloon recoil , shrink , flinch , wince , blench , quail mean to draw back in fear or distaste. recoil implies a start or movement away through shock, fear, or disgust. recoiled at the suggestion of stealing shrink suggests an instinctive recoil through sensitiveness, scrupulousness, or cowardice. shrank from the unpleasant truth flinch implies a failure to endure pain or face something dangerous or frightening with resolution. faced her accusers without flinching wince suggests a slight involuntary physical reaction (such as a start or recoiling). winced in pain blench implies fainthearted flinching. stood their ground without blenching quail suggests shrinking and cowering in fear. quailed before the apparition",
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": in a frightened or withdrawing manner : shyly":[
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"staring shrinkingly at you as you pass",
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"\u2014 G. W. Cable"
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"adverb"
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"definitions":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1976, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"shortening of mushroom entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8shr\u00fcm"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132009",
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"type":[
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},
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"shroud":{
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"antonyms":[
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"belie",
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"blanket",
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"blot out",
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"cloak",
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"conceal",
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"cover",
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"curtain",
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"disguise",
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"enshroud",
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"hide",
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"mask",
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"obscure",
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"occult",
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"paper over",
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"screen",
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"suppress",
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"veil"
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"definitions":{
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": a guard (as of ceramic or fiberglass) that protects a spacecraft from the heat of launching":[],
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": burial garment : winding-sheet , cerement":[],
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": conceal":[],
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": one of the cords that suspend the harness of a parachute from the canopy":[],
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": one of the ropes leading usually in pairs from a ship's mastheads to give lateral support to the masts":[],
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": one of two flanges that give peripheral support to turbine or fan bedding":[],
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": shelter , protection":[],
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": something that covers, screens, or guards: such as":[],
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": to cover for protection":[],
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": to cut off from view : obscure":[
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"trees shrouded by fog",
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"this point is shrouded in uncertainty",
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"\u2014 Henry James"
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],
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": to dress for burial":[],
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": to seek shelter":[],
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": to veil under another appearance (as by obscuring or disguising)":[
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"shrouded the decision in a series of formalities"
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"the truth of the affair will always be hidden under a shroud of secrecy",
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"Verb",
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"The mountains were shrouded in fog.",
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"Their work is shrouded in secrecy.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"In addition to the drum, the team found a clay ball believed to be a child\u2019s toy and a long bone pin that may have once kept a burial shroud in place, the Post reports. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Feb. 2022",
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"Last month, it was announced that Cronenberg is set to direct The Shrouds, about a grieving widower who builds a device to connect with the dead inside a burial shroud . \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 3 June 2022",
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"Nine days after her death, 20 of Verougstraete\u2019s friends and family sailed out of San Pedro Harbor to bury her body, then wrapped in a white shroud and surrounded by flowers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"Inside, the auditorium was quiet except for the sounds of laughing and light banter as World Games staff checked in musicians and walked them to the small audition waiting area behind a shroud of black curtains. \u2014 al , 4 June 2022",
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"The gun murders and the fantasy idiocy are connected by the anger that covers us like a shroud . \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 31 May 2022",
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"There are long portrait shots of Stone and elderly mourners sitting in a room next to her dead husband, played by French actor Damien Bonnard, covered in a white shroud . \u2014 Derek Gatopoulos, ajc , 5 May 2022",
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"The society\u2019s members wash the corpse, dress it in burial clothes, and cover it with a shroud . \u2014 New York Times , 17 Feb. 2021",
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"Importantly, the car retains its original engine, carburetor, ignition, radiator and shroud , oil cooler and remote filter, brake servo, alternator, four-speed manual transmission and differential and even toolkit. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The National Weather Service says that June gloom clouds might shroud the coast all the way to Interstate 15. \u2014 Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
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"In a career spanning half a century, Hall was a quintessential character actor, a ubiquitous hangdog face whose doleful appearance could shroud a booming intensity and humble gravitas. \u2014 Jake Coyle, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
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"In a career spanning half a century, Hall was a ubiquitous hangdog face whose doleful, weary appearance could shroud a booming intensity and humble sensitivity. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
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"In a career spanning half a century, Hall was a quintessential character actor, a ubiquitous hangdog face whose doleful appearance could shroud a booming intensity and humble gravitas. \u2014 CBS News , 13 June 2022",
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"Just as striking, though, are the mists that shroud the water line, sometimes ascending in vaporous columns, and the diffused light that streaks the lake\u2019s surface and highlights the trees\u2019 trunks and leaves. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
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"However, the right to information can be violated if individuals are constantly fed lies that shroud the truth. \u2014 Naveen Joshi, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
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"Stop doom-scrolling and shroud yourself for a couple hours in the mysteries and pleasures of Over the Garden Wall. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 15 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Mature plantings start at the street and shroud the stairs to an enclosed front porch with overhead lighting, a beadboard ceiling, and banks of windows. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 Oct. 2021"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3a":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, garment, from Old English scr\u016bd ; akin to Old English scr\u0113ade shred \u2014 more at shred entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8shrau\u0307d",
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"especially Southern \u02c8srau\u0307d"
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],
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"blanket",
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"cloak",
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"cope",
|
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"cover",
|
|
"cover-up",
|
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"covering",
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"coverture",
|
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"curtain",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"mantle",
|
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"mask",
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"pall",
|
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"penumbra",
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"robe",
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"veil",
|
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"wraps"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061352",
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|
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"verb"
|
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|
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},
|
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"shroud knot":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a knot for fastening together a parted ship's shroud":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053831",
|
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"type":[
|
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|
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]
|
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},
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"shroud plate":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a chain plate to which a ship's shrouds are fastened":[],
|
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": shroud sense 3b":[]
|
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|
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110933",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"shroud-laid":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": composed of four strands and laid right-handed with a heart or core":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091048",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"shroudless":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": having no shroud or winding-sheet":[
|
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"shroudless dead on their rocky beds",
|
|
"\u2014 Jane Wilde"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223452",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"shroudman":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a worker who assembles the sheet-metal guards that protect airplane fuselages from exhaust heat":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010826",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shrug off":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to brush aside : minimize":[
|
|
"shrugs off the problem"
|
|
],
|
|
": to remove (a garment) by wriggling out":[],
|
|
": to shake off":[
|
|
"shrugging off sleep"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an administration that was willing to shrug off the problem",
|
|
"she shrugged off her coat and hung it up neatly"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1902, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blink (at)",
|
|
"brush (aside ",
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"gloze (over)",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"paper over",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"wink (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183526",
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"shriveled":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture":[],
|
|
": to become reduced to inanition, helplessness, or inefficiency":[],
|
|
": dwindle":[],
|
|
": to cause to shrivel":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8shri-v\u0259l",
|
|
"especially Southern \u02c8sri-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"plants shriveling in the heat",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"When temperatures began to soar in Uttar Pradesh state several weeks ago, Shukla\u2019s wheat crops began to shrivel and his cows provided less milk. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"Allow the ends of the affected plumeria, also known as frangipani shrubs, to shrivel a little and die back to healthy plant portions. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Critics have perennially predicted that the popularity of Apple\u2019s signature smartphone will wear off, and the company will shrivel . \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Runners took up the theme in their unique way, vowing not to shrivel and shrink from the Boston Marathon but to return and reclaim it in 2014. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 7 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Sacrifice bunts would shrivel up and automatic intentional walks to face the pitcher would vanish, too. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 31 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Sacrifice bunts would shrivel up and automatic intentional walks to face the pitcher would vanish, too. \u2014 Ben Walker, ajc , 31 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Sacrifice bunts would shrivel up, and automatic intentional walks to face the pitcher would vanish, too. \u2014 Ben Walker, courant.com , 31 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Levi\u2019s hollow characters would instantly shrivel if subjected to this level of sociological scrutiny. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Sep. 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"origin unknown":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1565, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173708"
|
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},
|
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"shrewmouse":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": shrew sense 1":[]
|
|
},
|
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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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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181551"
|
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},
|
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"shrive":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to administer the sacrament of reconciliation to":[],
|
|
": to free from guilt":[],
|
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": to confess one's sins especially to a priest":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8shr\u012bv",
|
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"especially Southern \u02c8sr\u012bv"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Old English scr\u012bfan to shrive, prescribe (akin to Old High German scr\u012bban to write), from Latin scribere to write \u2014 more at scribe":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182059"
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},
|
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"shroff":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8shr\u00e4f",
|
|
"especially Southern \u02c8sr\u00e4f",
|
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"\u02c8sr\u022ff",
|
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"\u02c8shr\u022ff"
|
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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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"Hindi \u015bar\u0101f & Urdu shar\u0101f , ultimately from Arabic \u1e63arr\u0101f":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1618, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183728"
|
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},
|
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"shrew mole":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": any of numerous relatively slender moles that somewhat resemble shrews: such as":[],
|
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": a mole of an Asiatic genus ( Uropsilus )":[],
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": one of a North American genus ( Neurotrichus )":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193634"
|
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},
|
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"shroffage":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the commission charged for shroffing":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-f\u0113j",
|
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"-fij"
|
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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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"shroff entry 1 + -age":""
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for shrewd shrewd , sagacious , perspicacious , astute mean acute in perception and sound in judgment. shrewd stresses practical, hardheaded cleverness and judgment. a shrewd judge of character sagacious suggests wisdom, penetration, and farsightedness. sagacious investors got in on the ground floor perspicacious implies unusual power to see through and understand what is puzzling or hidden. a perspicacious counselor saw through the child's facade astute suggests shrewdness, perspicacity, and diplomatic skill. an astute player of party politics",
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"examples":[
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"According to Frank Luntz, Republican pollster and spinmeister, these younger working women with small children are critical swing voters. By dint of focus groups and shrewd professional questioning, Luntz has determined what these women need most\u2014more time in their lives. He seemed to regard this finding as a considerable coup. \u2014 Molly Ivins , Mother Jones , September/October 2004",
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"When Ann Richards fractured her hand in a fall nine years ago, she went to the doctor for a bone density test only to learn that she had \u2026 an early form of osteoporosis. The diagnosis spurred the former Texas governor, whose mother and grandmother also suffered from the disease, to write I'm Not Slowing Down: Winning My Battle with Osteoporosis \u2026 an inspiring little volume filled with the author's shrewd insights into healthcare, gender and, yes, politics. \u2014 Julie Hale , Book Page , August 2003",
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"One shrewd political tactician who knew what it was like to lose a close election watched Goldwater closely. Nixon had an eye on a comeback in 1968 and knew he needed the South\u2014all of it this time. \u2014 Jon Meacham , Newsweek , 23 Dec. 2002",
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"But a growing empire produces tough challenges. Winfrey is used to ironclad control. A shrewd businesswoman, she still signs all the checks of more than $1,000 for her Harpo Entertainment Group, and she meticulously scrutinizes the smaller ones that others sign for her. \u2014 Lynette Clemetson , Newsweek , 8 Jan. 2001",
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"She's shrewd about her investments.",
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"a shrewd used car dealer who knew how to make the best possible deal",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Imagine Dragons are shrewd observers of what\u2019s worked in alt-rock over the past three decades, fusing together elements of its defining acts in their quest for stadium-shaking gold. \u2014 Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone , 1 July 2022",
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|
"Sonny Barger, the bigger-than-life godfather of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, equal parts brawler, bully, braggart, rule breaker and shrewd huckster of his own outlaw mystique, has died at 83. \u2014 Paul W. Valentine, Anchorage Daily News , 30 June 2022",
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"Sonny Barger, the bigger-than-life godfather of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, equal parts brawler, bully, braggart, rule breaker and shrewd huckster of his own outlaw mystique, has died at 83. \u2014 Paul W. Valentine, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
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"While the Dutch international is not the finished article and still needs to develop, Manchester United fans will be delighted with the fact that this looks to be shrewd business at just \u00a313 million. \u2014 Liam Canning, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"As May gave way to June, Yao's volte-face looked increasingly shrewd . \u2014 Clay Chandler, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Pops, who was in equal measure idealistic and shrewd , saw a growing appetite, among white listeners as well as Black, for his message songs. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"But Camp and Slate have made shrewd choices all around, starting with their commitment to stop-motion animation, seamlessly integrated here with live-action imagery, often in the same shot. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
|
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"The boss\u2019 shrewd ploy gave Payne a reason to take an early lunch break. \u2014 Scott Talley, Freep.com , 19 June 2022"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English shrewed , from shrewe + -ed entry 1":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-220524"
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"shrew opossum":{
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"definitions":{
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": any of several small, carnivorous, South American marsupials of the genus Caenolestes with small eyes, poor vision, a tail covered with short, stiff hairs, and no pouch in the female":[]
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"1894, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001233"
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"examples":[
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"According to Frank Luntz, Republican pollster and spinmeister, these younger working women with small children are critical swing voters. By dint of focus groups and shrewd professional questioning, Luntz has determined what these women need most\u2014more time in their lives. He seemed to regard this finding as a considerable coup. \u2014 Molly Ivins , Mother Jones , September/October 2004",
|
|
"When Ann Richards fractured her hand in a fall nine years ago, she went to the doctor for a bone density test only to learn that she had \u2026 an early form of osteoporosis. The diagnosis spurred the former Texas governor, whose mother and grandmother also suffered from the disease, to write I'm Not Slowing Down: Winning My Battle with Osteoporosis \u2026 an inspiring little volume filled with the author's shrewd insights into healthcare, gender and, yes, politics. \u2014 Julie Hale , Book Page , August 2003",
|
|
"One shrewd political tactician who knew what it was like to lose a close election watched Goldwater closely. Nixon had an eye on a comeback in 1968 and knew he needed the South\u2014all of it this time. \u2014 Jon Meacham , Newsweek , 23 Dec. 2002",
|
|
"But a growing empire produces tough challenges. Winfrey is used to ironclad control. A shrewd businesswoman, she still signs all the checks of more than $1,000 for her Harpo Entertainment Group, and she meticulously scrutinizes the smaller ones that others sign for her. \u2014 Lynette Clemetson , Newsweek , 8 Jan. 2001",
|
|
"She's shrewd about her investments.",
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"a shrewd used car dealer who knew how to make the best possible deal",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Imagine Dragons are shrewd observers of what\u2019s worked in alt-rock over the past three decades, fusing together elements of its defining acts in their quest for stadium-shaking gold. \u2014 Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Sonny Barger, the bigger-than-life godfather of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, equal parts brawler, bully, braggart, rule breaker and shrewd huckster of his own outlaw mystique, has died at 83. \u2014 Paul W. Valentine, Anchorage Daily News , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Sonny Barger, the bigger-than-life godfather of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, equal parts brawler, bully, braggart, rule breaker and shrewd huckster of his own outlaw mystique, has died at 83. \u2014 Paul W. Valentine, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"While the Dutch international is not the finished article and still needs to develop, Manchester United fans will be delighted with the fact that this looks to be shrewd business at just \u00a313 million. \u2014 Liam Canning, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"As May gave way to June, Yao's volte-face looked increasingly shrewd . \u2014 Clay Chandler, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Pops, who was in equal measure idealistic and shrewd , saw a growing appetite, among white listeners as well as Black, for his message songs. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"But Camp and Slate have made shrewd choices all around, starting with their commitment to stop-motion animation, seamlessly integrated here with live-action imagery, often in the same shot. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"The boss\u2019 shrewd ploy gave Payne a reason to take an early lunch break. \u2014 Scott Talley, Freep.com , 19 June 2022"
|
|
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": ill-natured , intractable":[]
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"especially Southern \u02c8sr\u00fc-",
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"\u02c8shr\u00fc-ish"
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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|
"Pam depicts the character's childhood as generally miserable \u2014 her family was poor, her mother Shirley (Celia Weston, in an exquisitely shrewish turn) a drinker with a penchant for savage insults. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Aw, Leslie Mann is a tired and semi- shrewish doctor. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 14 Jan. 2022",
|
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"To integrate the Maleficents \u2014 the unruly women, the witches, the queers \u2014 into the state is to enroll them in the project of motherhood and parenting, and so tame their shrewish selves in the interest of raising the next generation. \u2014 Jeanna Kadlec, Longreads , 8 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"Here, things start off pretty much as the Bard intended \u2014 a beautiful young lady, Bianca, is courted from three directions, but can't be married off until her older, infamously shrewish sister, Katherine, finds a mate. \u2014 Tom Titus, latimes.com , 5 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"His wife, Karen, turned shrewish from years of his bad money management, works at their daughter\u2019s private school, receiving a tuition abatement instead of pay. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 4 Aug. 2017"
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|
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"1565, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-070202"
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"shrite":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
|
": mistle thrush":[]
|
|
},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8s(h)r\u012bt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably alteration of shrike entry 2":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083611"
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"shrivel":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to become reduced to inanition, helplessness, or inefficiency":[],
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": dwindle":[],
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": to cause to shrivel":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8shri-v\u0259l",
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"especially Southern \u02c8sri-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"plants shriveling in the heat",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"When temperatures began to soar in Uttar Pradesh state several weeks ago, Shukla\u2019s wheat crops began to shrivel and his cows provided less milk. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"Allow the ends of the affected plumeria, also known as frangipani shrubs, to shrivel a little and die back to healthy plant portions. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Critics have perennially predicted that the popularity of Apple\u2019s signature smartphone will wear off, and the company will shrivel . \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Runners took up the theme in their unique way, vowing not to shrivel and shrink from the Boston Marathon but to return and reclaim it in 2014. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 7 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Sacrifice bunts would shrivel up and automatic intentional walks to face the pitcher would vanish, too. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 31 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Sacrifice bunts would shrivel up and automatic intentional walks to face the pitcher would vanish, too. \u2014 Ben Walker, ajc , 31 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Sacrifice bunts would shrivel up, and automatic intentional walks to face the pitcher would vanish, too. \u2014 Ben Walker, courant.com , 31 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Levi\u2019s hollow characters would instantly shrivel if subjected to this level of sociological scrutiny. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Sep. 2021"
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"origin unknown":""
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|
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"1565, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-084424"
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|
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"-di",
|
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"-d\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102721"
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|
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"Shrewsbury":{
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|
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"definitions":{
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"town east-northeast of Worcester in east central Massachusetts population 35,608":[],
|
|
"town in western England surrounded on three sides by the Severn River; capital of Shropshire population 72,000":[]
|
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-b(\u0259-)r\u0113",
|
|
"specific variants can be found at senses below",
|
|
"\u02c8shr\u014dz-",
|
|
"\u02c8sh(r)\u00fcz-\u02ccber-\u0113"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-170537"
|
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|
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"shrike":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of numerous usually largely gray or brownish oscine birds (family Laniidae) that have a hooked bill, feed chiefly on insects, and often impale their prey on thorns":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"especially Southern \u02c8sr\u012bk",
|
|
"\u02c8shr\u012bk"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Several animals\u2014including worms, lizards, small rodents, other birds, and even snakes\u2014have fallen prey to the appetite of a shrike . \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"My winter bird thrill was a northern shrike landing in a treetop just outside our back door. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Franklin County: The area was graced by the presence of a Northern shrike at the Orange Airport and Northern goshawks in Colrain and at Gate 33 at the Quabbin Reservoir in New Salem. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"In Newburyport Harbor, a black-headed gull and a little gull were spotted, and at Rough Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary in Rowley, a Northern shrike was observed. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The loggerhead shrike is a rare breeder in Minnesota that gets replaced in winter by the northern shrike , which begins arriving in late October. \u2014 Bob Timmons, Star Tribune , 21 Jan. 2021",
|
|
"The first Northern shrike of the winter arrived at Plum Island. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"One of the few natural predators of live lubbers is the shrike , a small bird that can decapitate the grasshoppers with its beak or impale them on thorns or barbed-wire fences. \u2014 Adriana Brasileiro, orlandosentinel.com , 19 July 2019",
|
|
"All the livestock is gone now, and after some early failures, shrikes are being re-introduced in greater numbers. \u2014 John Wilkens, sandiegouniontribune.com , 17 Sep. 2017"
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"perhaps from Middle English *shrik , from Old English scr\u012bc thrush; akin to Middle English shriken to shriek":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1544, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205040"
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},
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"Shrewsbury cake":{
|
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|
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a short sweet biscuit baked in wafers":[]
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|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8sh(r)\u00fc|zb(\u0259)r\u0113-",
|
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"-ri- sometimes by r- dissimilation \u02c8sh\u00fc| or |\u02c8sh\u014d|",
|
|
"\u02c8sh(r)\u014d|",
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"-\u02ccber\u0113-"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from Shrewsbury , city in western England":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221739"
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"shrinking violet":{
|
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"type":[
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"introvert",
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"wallflower"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"extrovert",
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"extravert"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"He's no shrinking violet when it comes to competition.",
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"a reality show that wants shameless exhibitionists, not shrinking violets",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Maria stops at a charmless Nevada hamlet built around a Walmart and meets a young shrinking violet of a Walmart employee named James. \u2014 Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
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"But in the hands of Maggie Smith, the Dowager Countess was no shrinking violet . \u2014 Elizabeth Holmes, Town & Country , 29 May 2022",
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"After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, this is not the year to attend the races as a shrinking violet . \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"Step aside, shrinking violet , this is a season of the bold and the brilliant. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Gruen, never a shrinking violet , predicted his centers \u2014 Eastland opened in 1957 \u2014 were important beyond shopping, and would change the thinking of city planners, economists, architects and the American public. \u2014 Bill Mcgraw, Detroit Free Press , 30 Jan. 2022",
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"Fox, never known as a corporate shrinking violet , intends to promote Fox Weather during football telecasts on its broadcast network and via Fox News. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 21 Oct. 2021",
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"Rush seems determined that Cordelia be no shrinking violet , and that\u2019s a sound decision, but giving Cordelia a declamatory quality is not. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 July 2021",
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"With regard to size, the Grand Cherokee L is no shrinking violet . \u2014 Karl Brauer, Forbes , 17 June 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1915, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005157"
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},
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"shrink link":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": prisoner sense 2b":[]
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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":"20220710-010730"
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},
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"shri":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8shr\u0113",
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"\u02c8sr\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011828"
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},
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"shrub":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a low usually several-stemmed woody plant":[],
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": an aged blend of fruit juice, sugar, and spirits served chilled and diluted with water":[],
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": a beverage made by adding acidulated fruit juice to iced water":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"especially Southern \u02c8sr\u0259b",
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"\u02c8shr\u0259b"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English schrobbe , from Old English scrybb brushwood; akin to Norwegian skrubbe b\u00e6r, a cornel of a dwarf species":"Noun",
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"Arabic shar\u0101b beverage":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"circa 1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020819"
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}
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} |