hero
[{'id': 'f4463aa72e', 'def': 'the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '1d25983853', 'def': 'a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments)', 'synonyms': ['torpedo'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '2e9ab15fe0', 'def': 'someone who fights for a cause', 'synonyms': ['champion'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '144b904cb3', 'def': '(classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '8ef8b736bc', 'def': 'a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength', 'example': 'RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain', 'speech_part': 'noun'}]
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hire
[{'id': '981b08ef1f', 'def': 'the act of engaging something or someone for a service', 'example': "I signed up for a week's car hire.", 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '3958cf73de', 'def': 'a newly hired employee', 'example': 'the new hires need special training', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'e07fd1baf7', 'def': 'engage for service under a term of contract', 'synonyms': ['rent'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '3a202c97bf', 'def': 'engage or hire for work', 'example': 'They hired two new secretaries in the department', 'synonyms': ['employ', 'engage'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '84b6a315c4', 'def': 'hold under a lease or rental agreement', 'synonyms': ['rent'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}]
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home
[{'id': '0f32b5c011', 'def': "at, to or in the direction of one's home or family", 'example': 'They stay home on weekends.', 'speech_part': 'adverb'}, {'id': '43526be1b7', 'def': 'to the fullest extent', 'speech_part': 'adverb'}, {'id': 'f2cdfaa03b', 'def': 'on or to the point aimed at', 'example': 'the arrow struck home', 'speech_part': 'adverb'}, {'id': '7d0c99e8e6', 'def': "relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are", 'example': 'my home town', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': 'a5837be579', 'def': 'housing that someone is living in', 'synonyms': ['habitation'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '1303bcd86f', 'def': 'an institution where people are cared for', 'example': 'a home for the elderly', 'synonyms': ['nursing home', 'rest home'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'bf54bc140c', 'def': '(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands', 'synonyms': ['plate', 'home base', 'home plate'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '7d68599e8e', 'def': 'a social unit living together', 'synonyms': ['house'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'f5ace076de', 'def': 'the country or state or city where you live', 'example': 'Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'b20626133d', 'def': 'the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end', 'synonyms': ['base'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'b2dfe01e96', 'def': 'where you live at a particular time', 'example': 'deliver the package to my home', 'synonyms': ['place'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'a9ce55a1d8', 'def': 'place where something began and flourished', 'example': 'the United States is the home of basketball', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'd8122053f0', 'def': 'an environment offering affection and security', 'example': 'home is where the heart is', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '00837f87e7', 'def': 'return home accurately from a long distance', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '24a988e0e7', 'def': 'provide with, or send to, a home', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'd8e43f979d', 'def': 'inside the country', 'synonyms': ['internal'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': 'd4dccdfc37', 'def': 'used of your own ground', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}]
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hour
[{'id': '9fe878deb3', 'def': 'distance measured by the time taken to cover it', 'example': 'we live an hour from the airport', 'synonyms': ['minute'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '67561ae0d4', 'def': 'a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day', 'example': 'the job will take more than an hour', 'synonyms': ['hr'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '79f457aa18', 'def': 'clock time', 'example': 'the hour is getting late', 'synonyms': ['time of day'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '836b0247bc', 'def': 'a special and memorable period', 'example': 'it was their finest hour', 'speech_part': 'noun'}]
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mire
[{'id': '0f1d84fbbf', 'def': 'a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot', 'synonyms': ['slack'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'c38fba21f0', 'def': 'a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from', 'example': 'the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'fa703e1689', 'def': 'deep soft mud in water or slush', 'synonyms': ['slop'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '4c0a675bf1', 'def': 'soil with mud, muck, or mire', 'synonyms': ['mud'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'f2cf0d7909', 'def': 'be unable to move further', 'synonyms': ['bog down', 'grind to a halt', 'get stuck'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '3be9e29a54', 'def': 'cause to get stuck as if in a mire', 'example': 'The mud mired our cart', 'synonyms': ['bog down'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'd76049524c', 'def': 'entrap', 'example': 'Our people should not be mired in the past', 'synonyms': ['entangle'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}]
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more
[{'id': '782b9f9ff9', 'def': 'used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs', 'example': 'more interesting', 'synonyms': ['to a greater extent'], 'speech_part': 'adverb'}, {'id': '09132e282c', 'def': 'comparative of much', 'speech_part': 'adverb'}, {'id': '8665228408', 'def': "(comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree", 'synonyms': ['more than'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': '3b5b904582', 'def': "(comparative of `many' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number", 'speech_part': 'adjective'}]
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rime
[{'id': '237a742cf0', 'def': 'correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)', 'synonyms': ['rhyme'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '7dc892d2eb', 'def': 'ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)', 'synonyms': ['hoar'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '39b265341b', 'def': 'compose rhymes', 'synonyms': ['rhyme'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'fd9f54d342', 'def': 'be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable', 'synonyms': ['rhyme'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}]
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urim
[{'def': 'A part or decoration of the breastplate of the high priest among the ancient Jews, by which Jehovah revealed his will on certain occasions. Its nature has been the subject of conflicting conjectures. Thou shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim. Ex. xxviii.'}, {'def': '. And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.'}, {'def': 'Sam. xxviii.'}, {'def': 'Note: Professor Plumptre supposes the Urim to have been a clear and colorless stone set in the breastplate of the high priest as a symbol of light, answering to the mystic scarab in the pectoral plate of the ancient Egyptian priests, and that the Thummim was an image corresponding to that worn by the priestly judges of Egypt as a symbol of truth and purity of motive. By gazing steadfastly on these, he may have been thrown into a mysterious, half ecstatic state, akin to hypnotism, in which he lost all personal consciousness, and received a spiritual illumination and insight.'}]
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zero
[{'id': '354756e631', 'def': 'indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration', 'example': 'a zero score', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': '50911cc9d0', 'def': 'indicating an initial point or origin', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': '4b21189da5', 'def': 'of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': 'ed032b779b', 'def': 'the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'eae5722a0c', 'def': 'the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured', 'synonyms': ['zero point'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'f0f6c6bbbe', 'def': 'a quantity of no importance', 'synonyms': ['nothing'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '85b48880c0', 'def': 'a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number', 'synonyms': ['cipher', 'cypher', 'nought'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '4444367939', 'def': 'adjust, as by firing under test conditions, the zero of a gun', 'example': 'I zeroed in my rifle at 200 yards.', 'synonyms': ['zero in'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'e57816e0dc', 'def': 'adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '719b762fa3', 'def': 'having no measurable or otherwise determinable value', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}]
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