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  {
    "word": "span",
    "phonetic": "/sp\u00e6n/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/sp\u00e6n/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/sp\u00e6n/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/span-1-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50555062",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; an eighth of a fathom.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A portion of something by length; a subsequence.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The space of all linear combinations of something.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The time required to execute a parallel algorithm on an infinite number of processors, i.e. the shortest distance across a directed acyclic graph representing the computation steps.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/span"
    ]
  },
  {
    "word": "span",
    "phonetic": "/sp\u00e6n/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/sp\u00e6n/",
        "audio": ""
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To extend through the distance between or across.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The suspension bridge spanned the canyon."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To extend through (a time period).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The novel spans three centuries."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be matched, as horses.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/span"
    ]
  },
  {
    "word": "span",
    "phonetic": "/sp\u00e6n/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/sp\u00e6n/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/sp\u00e6n/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/sp\u00e6n/",
        "audio": ""
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I spun myself around a few times."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "They spin the cotton into thread."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To move swiftly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Blood spins from a vein."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the shaft that is rotating and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "blandish",
          "dress up",
          "gild",
          "put lipstick on",
          "sugarcoat",
          "whitewash"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/span",
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spin"
    ]
  }
]