clasp
[{'id': '8fba40c80f', 'def': 'the act of grasping', 'example': 'I released my clasp on the doorknob.', 'synonyms': ['clench', 'clutch', 'clutches', 'grasp', 'grip', 'hold'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '1984f6df66', 'def': 'a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '0967aebd52', 'def': 'to hold firmly and tightly', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'd2f91c15bd', 'def': 'to grasp firmly', 'example': 'The child clasped my hands', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'dbb3f6460e', 'def': 'to fasten with a buckle or buckles', 'synonyms': ['buckle'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '59b680a5a8', 'def': 'to fasten with or as if with a brooch', 'synonyms': ['brooch'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}]
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lapse
[{'id': '703a29f5a1', 'def': 'a failure to maintain a higher state', 'synonyms': ['backsliding'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'befc7a43ea', 'def': 'a mistake resulting from inattention', 'synonyms': ['oversight'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'e9551aef5b', 'def': 'a break or intermission in the occurrence of something', 'example': 'a lapse of three weeks between letters', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'a48f508527', 'def': 'go back to bad behavior', 'synonyms': ['relapse', 'regress', 'recidivate', 'retrogress', 'fall back'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '9029a315a6', 'def': "drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards", 'synonyms': ['backslide'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'e4a46bf121', 'def': 'end, at least for a long time', 'example': 'The correspondence lapsed', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '00257d009c', 'def': 'pass into a specified state or condition', 'synonyms': ['pass', 'sink'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'c1b402597c', 'def': 'pass by', 'example': 'three years elapsed', 'synonyms': ['pass', 'go by', 'elapse', 'slip by', 'glide by', 'slip away', 'slide by', 'go along'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'a3bfc84351', 'def': 'to let slip', 'example': 'They lapsed their gym membership.', 'speech_part': 'verb'}]
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place
[{'id': '2eb0617e36', 'def': 'a job in an organization', 'synonyms': ['spot'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '4f72fe38d3', 'def': 'the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another', 'synonyms': ['position'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'e23d5610ca', 'def': 'an abstract mental location', 'example': 'I have a special place in my thoughts for you.', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '1d16220b5e', 'def': 'a blank area', 'synonyms': ['space'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '5af94429f3', 'def': 'the passage that is being read', 'example': 'The minister lost their place on the page while delivering the sermon.', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '7901ce9e93', 'def': 'an item on a list or in a sequence', 'example': 'in the second place', 'synonyms': ['position'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '062bebbc8a', 'def': 'any area set aside for a particular purpose', 'example': 'who owns this place?', 'synonyms': ['property'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '291a0357b3', 'def': 'where you live at a particular time', 'synonyms': ['home'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '1892710627', 'def': 'a public square with room for pedestrians', 'synonyms': ['plaza', 'piazza'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '6a310c262f', 'def': 'the particular portion of space occupied by something', 'example': 'I put the lamp back in its place.', 'synonyms': ['position'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'a022d2975f', 'def': 'a general vicinity', 'example': 'They come from a place near Chicago.', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '7f913fb28c', 'def': 'a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)', 'synonyms': ['seat'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'ba5757944f', 'def': 'a point located with respect to surface features of some region', 'example': 'this is a nice place for a picnic', 'synonyms': ['spot'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '0216badf36', 'def': 'a particular situation', 'example': 'If you were in my place what would you do?', 'synonyms': ['shoes'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'bc95746606', 'def': 'proper or designated social situation', 'example': 'I overstepped my place.', 'synonyms': ['station'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '53849213d8', 'def': 'proper or appropriate position or location', 'example': "a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen", 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '7c553f649f', 'def': 'recognize as being', 'synonyms': ['identify'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'b0ee75067c', 'def': 'assign a rank or rating to', 'synonyms': ['rank', 'order', 'grade', 'range', 'rate'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '0f814a85bd', 'def': 'take a place in a competition', 'synonyms': ['come out', 'come in'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'f256f05a6d', 'def': 'estimate', 'synonyms': ['put'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '45a1855469', 'def': 'to arrange for', 'example': 'place a phone call', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '0a48bdcb51', 'def': 'sing a note with the correct pitch', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'b68e651bc5', 'def': 'finish second or better in a horse or dog race', 'example': 'They bet $2 on number six to place.', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'f5aa47bde0', 'def': 'assign to a station', 'synonyms': ['post'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '14fae6625a', 'def': 'intend (something) to move towards a certain goal', 'synonyms': ['direct', 'aim', 'point', 'target'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '625c39dab2', 'def': 'put into a certain place or abstract location', 'synonyms': ['put'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '315e2a9f44', 'def': 'locate', 'synonyms': ['set', 'localize', 'localise'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '1186a04a7d', 'def': 'make an investment', 'synonyms': ['put'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '7579d80263', 'def': 'assign a location to', 'synonyms': ['site', 'locate'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '763c2640ad', 'def': 'place somebody in a particular situation or location', 'example': 'I was placed on probation.', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'c8f2425118', 'def': 'assign to (a job or a home)', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '1ec882d495', 'def': 'identify the location or place of', 'synonyms': ['localize', 'localise'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}]
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scale
[{'id': 'e441a46e70', 'def': 'a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'd682030cd2', 'def': 'a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)', 'synonyms': ['shell', 'plate'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'b17d9de881', 'def': 'an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '95fcee741b', 'def': 'a measuring instrument for weighing', 'synonyms': ['weighing machine'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'eeb4f06550', 'def': '(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)', 'synonyms': ['musical scale'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '1eea01b727', 'def': 'a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin', 'synonyms': ['scurf', 'exfoliation'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '4a21c91245', 'def': 'a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin', 'synonyms': ['scale leaf'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'f7c42853e1', 'def': 'relative magnitude', 'example': 'they entertained on a grand scale', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'feb8fbf5be', 'def': 'the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it', 'example': 'the scale of the map', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '20c0dff71c', 'def': 'an ordered reference standard', 'example': 'judging on a scale of 1 to 10', 'synonyms': ['scale of measurement', 'graduated table', 'ordered series'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'f904415010', 'def': 'size or measure according to a scale', 'example': 'This model must be scaled down', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'ca3a511a93', 'def': 'measure with or as if with scales', 'example': 'scale the gold', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '9fcab0564c', 'def': 'remove the scales from', 'example': 'scale fish', 'synonyms': ['descale'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'd9bb2ed8a6', 'def': 'pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'd34bbf29ee', 'def': 'climb up by means of a ladder', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '9b3635fb21', 'def': 'reach the highest point of', 'example': 'We scaled the Mont Blanc', 'synonyms': ['surmount'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '4731d985c7', 'def': 'take by attacking with scaling ladders', 'example': 'The troops scaled the walls of the fort', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'cbac9c88dd', 'def': 'measure by or as if by a scale', 'example': 'This bike scales only 25 pounds', 'speech_part': 'verb'}]
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space
[{'id': 'ef6bfe3d55', 'def': 'the unlimited expanse in which everything is located', 'example': 'They tested our ability to locate objects in space.', 'synonyms': ['infinite'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '2f6a574a3d', 'def': '(printing) a block of type without a raised letter', 'synonyms': ['quad'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '1159de7602', 'def': 'a blank area', 'example': 'write your name in the space provided', 'synonyms': ['place', 'blank space'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'b2a041561f', 'def': 'a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing', 'example': 'The book said the space is the most important character in the alphabet.', 'synonyms': ['blank'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'b27d56adcf', 'def': 'one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff', 'example': 'the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '7dfe8586bf', 'def': "any location outside the Earth's atmosphere", 'example': 'the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether', 'synonyms': ['outer space'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '021201a01b', 'def': 'an area reserved for some particular purpose', 'example': "the laboratory's floor space", 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'b0f10557a1', 'def': 'an empty area, usually bounded in some way between things', 'example': 'the architect left space in front of the building', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'e68cc85626', 'def': 'the interval between two times', 'synonyms': ['distance'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '3120e5e48f', 'def': 'place at intervals', 'speech_part': 'verb'}]
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