Merge branch 'x-englishwordnet-emdash'

src/yaml/adj.all.yaml

@@ -1945,7 +1945,7 @@
     text: a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove
       fatal
   - source: W.E.Swinton
-    text: a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster
+    text: a predacious kind of animal — the early geological gangster
   ili: i150
   members:
   - predaceous
@@ -7500,8 +7500,8 @@
   - 00112667-a
 00113042-a:
   definition:
-  - using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or
-    substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)
+  - using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole — intellectual or
+    substantial — into its elemental parts or basic principles)
   example:
   - an analytic experiment
   - an analytic approach
@@ -10321,7 +10321,7 @@
   definition:
   - capable of or involving speech or speaking
   example:
-  - human beings--the speaking animals
+  - human beings — the speaking animals
   - a speaking part in the play
   ili: i827
   members:
@@ -16271,7 +16271,7 @@
   - 00236464-a
 00237163-s:
   definition:
-  - having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past
+  - having two faces — one looking to the future and one to the past
   example:
   - Janus the two-faced god
   ili: i1296
@@ -16840,7 +16840,7 @@
   - of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
   example:
   - source: Martin Luther King Jr.
-    text: a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into
+    text: a great people — a black people — ...injected new meaning and dignity into
       the veins of civilization
   ili: i1349
   members:
@@ -18709,7 +18709,7 @@
   - the choking June dust
   - the smothering soft voices
   - smothering heat
-  - the room was suffocating--hot and airless
+  - the room was suffocating — hot and airless
   ili: i1501
   members:
   - smothering
@@ -23974,7 +23974,7 @@
   definition:
   - capable of having the meaning altered or twisted
   example:
-  - our words are distortable things--as in a crooked mirror held up to nature
+  - our words are distortable things — as in a crooked mirror held up to nature
   ili: i1913
   members:
   - distortable
@@ -42542,7 +42542,7 @@
   definition:
   - conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
   example:
-  - restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit
+  - restaurants of bizarre design — one like a hat, another like a rabbit
   - famed for his eccentric spelling
   - a freakish combination of styles
   - his off-the-wall antics
@@ -43925,7 +43925,7 @@
   definition:
   - lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen
   example:
-  - that intangible thing--the soul
+  - that intangible thing — the soul
   ili: i3489
   members:
   - intangible
@@ -45609,7 +45609,7 @@
   - 06094057-n
   - 06100457-n
   example:
-  - a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard
+  - a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C — its boiling point at standard
     atmospheric pressure
   - critical mass
   - go critical
@@ -46200,7 +46200,7 @@
   - 00664333-s
 00663500-s:
   definition:
-  - having dimension--the quality or character or stature proper to a person
+  - having dimension — the quality or character or stature proper to a person
   example:
   - source: Norman Cousins
     text: never matures as a dimensional character; he is pasty, bland, faceless
@@ -49347,7 +49347,7 @@
   definition:
   - made joyful
   example:
-  - the sun and the wind on his back made him feel exhilarated--happy to be alive
+  - the sun and the wind on his back made him feel exhilarated — happy to be alive
   ili: i3917
   members:
   - gladdened
@@ -52026,7 +52026,7 @@
   - having experienced or undergone dedifferentiation or the loss of specialization
     in form or function
   example:
-  - the hebephrenic--the most severely dedifferentiated of all schizophrenic patients
+  - the hebephrenic — the most severely dedifferentiated of all schizophrenic patients
   ili: i4127
   members:
   - dedifferentiated
@@ -53294,7 +53294,7 @@
   - I gave them my candid opinion
   - forthright criticism
   - a forthright approach to the problem
-  - tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank
+  - tell me what you think — and you may just as well be frank
   - it is possible to be outspoken without being rude
   - plainspoken and to the point
   - a point-blank accusation
@@ -53594,7 +53594,7 @@
   - 00773049-a
 00773485-a:
   definition:
-  - moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the
+  - moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or — for planets — around the
     sun in the same direction as the Earth
   domain_topic:
   - 06104629-n
@@ -53604,7 +53604,7 @@
   partOfSpeech: a
 00773673-a:
   definition:
-  - moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the
+  - moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or — for planets — around the
     sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
   domain_topic:
   - 06104629-n
@@ -59007,7 +59007,7 @@
   - an elegant dark suit
   - she was elegant to her fingertips
   - small churches with elegant white spires
-  - an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid
+  - an elegant mathematical solution — simple and precise and lucid
   ili: i4666
   members:
   - elegant
@@ -59545,7 +59545,7 @@
   - not characterized by emotion
   example:
   - source: C.W.Cunningham
-    text: a female form in marble--a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract
+    text: a female form in marble — a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract
       virtues
   ili: i4706
   members:
@@ -75902,7 +75902,7 @@
   definition:
   - drained physically
   example:
-  - the day's events left her completely exhausted--her strength drained
+  - the day's events left her completely exhausted — her strength drained
   ili: i5981
   members:
   - exhausted
@@ -77581,7 +77581,7 @@
   - excessively unwilling to spend
   example:
   - parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses
-  - lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence
+  - lived in a most penurious manner — denying himself every indulgence
   ili: i6114
   members:
   - parsimonious
@@ -78869,7 +78869,7 @@
   definition:
   - extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
   example:
-  - something demonic in him--something that could be cruel
+  - something demonic in him — something that could be cruel
   - fires lit up a diabolic scene
   - diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils
   - a fiendish despot
@@ -79319,7 +79319,7 @@
   - displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution
   example:
   - an elegant dancer
-  - an elegant mathematical solution -- simple and precise
+  - an elegant mathematical solution — simple and precise
   ili: i6234
   members:
   - elegant
@@ -82598,7 +82598,7 @@
   - of comparatively little physical weight or density
   example:
   - a light load
-  - magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C
+  - magnesium is a light metal — having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C
   ili: i6491
   members:
   - light
@@ -85509,7 +85509,7 @@
   - a despairing view of the world situation
   - the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal
   - a desperate cry for help
-  - helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether
+  - helpless and desperate — as if at the end of his tether
   - her desperate screams
   ili: i6726
   members:
@@ -87182,7 +87182,7 @@
   definition:
   - very cold
   example:
-  - whatever the evenings be--frosty and frore or warm and wet
+  - whatever the evenings be — frosty and frore or warm and wet
   exemplifies:
   - 07087487-n
   ili: i6854
@@ -89157,7 +89157,7 @@
   - commanding attention
   example:
   - an arresting drawing of people turning into animals
-  - a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten
+  - a sensational concert — one never to be forgotten
   - a stunning performance
   ili: i6997
   members:
@@ -92800,7 +92800,7 @@
   - having a keen intellect
   example:
   - source: A.T.Quiller-Couch
-    text: poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men
+    text: poets — those gifted strangely prehensile men
   ili: i7285
   members:
   - prehensile
@@ -93017,7 +93017,7 @@
   - having no cause or apparent cause
   example:
   - a causeless miracle
-  - fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune
+  - fortuitous encounters — strange accidents of fortune
   - we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times
   ili: i7300
   members:
@@ -96778,7 +96778,7 @@
   definition:
   - small and delicate
   example:
-  - she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate
+  - she was an elfin creature — graceful and delicate
   - obsessed by things elfin and small
   ili: i7586
   members:
@@ -110640,7 +110640,7 @@
   definition:
   - not neurotic
   example:
-  - successful mothers--mothers with unneurotic children
+  - successful mothers — mothers with unneurotic children
   - he's the most unneurotic person I know
   ili: i8693
   members:
@@ -116475,7 +116475,7 @@
   definition:
   - snarled or stalled in complete confusion
   example:
-  - situation normal--all fucked-up
+  - situation normal — all fucked-up
   ili: i9154
   members:
   - fucked-up
@@ -119914,7 +119914,7 @@
   example:
   - a barely palpable dust
   - felt sudden anger in a palpable wave
-  - the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton
+  - the air was warm and close — palpable as cotton
   - a palpable lie
   ili: i9420
   members:
@@ -120007,7 +120007,7 @@
   - 00615275-a
   - 01237040-a
   definition:
-  - slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor
+  - slanting or inclined in direction or course or position — neither parallel nor
     perpendicular nor right-angled
   example:
   - the oblique rays of the winter sun
@@ -125343,7 +125343,7 @@
   - unornamented
   example:
   - a simple country schoolhouse
-  - her black dress--simple to austerity
+  - her black dress — simple to austerity
   ili: i9855
   members:
   - simple
@@ -126955,7 +126955,7 @@
   - capable of being weighed or considered
   example:
   - source: James Jeans
-    text: something ponderable from the outer world--something of which we can say
+    text: something ponderable from the outer world — something of which we can say
       that its weight is so and so
   ili: i9974
   members:
@@ -132089,7 +132089,7 @@
   example:
   - source: Laurent Le Sage
     text: a snotty little scion of a degenerate family
-  - they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety
+  - they're snobs — stuck-up and uppity and persnickety
   ili: i10369
   members:
   - bigheaded
@@ -135367,9 +135367,9 @@
   - real war
   - a real friend
   - a real woman
-  - meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal
+  - meat and potatoes — I call that a real meal
   - it's time he had a real job
-  - it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money
+  - it's no penny-ante job — he's making real money
   ili: i10616
   members:
   - real
@@ -136179,7 +136179,7 @@
   - he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind
   - behavior that branded him as common
   - an untutored and uncouth human being
-  - an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy
+  - an uncouth soldier — a real tough guy
   - appealing to the vulgar taste for violence
   - the vulgar display of the newly rich
   ili: i10673
@@ -142040,7 +142040,7 @@
   example:
   - horned viper
   - great horned owl
-  - the unicorn--a mythical horned beast
+  - the unicorn — a mythical horned beast
   - long-horned cattle
   ili: i11146
   members:
@@ -146921,7 +146921,7 @@
   definition:
   - characterized by insensibility
   example:
-  - the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic
+  - the young girls are in a state of possession — blind and deaf and anesthetic
   - an anesthetic state
   ili: i11526
   members:
@@ -152221,7 +152221,7 @@
   definition:
   - having only one part or element
   example:
-  - a simplex word has no affixes and is not part of a compound -- like `boy' compared
+  - a simplex word has no affixes and is not part of a compound — like `boy' compared
     with `boyish' or `house' compared with `houseboat'
   ili: i11963
   members:
@@ -167096,7 +167096,7 @@
   definition:
   - having a radial form
   example:
-  - starfish are actinoid--that is, they are radially symmetrical
+  - starfish are actinoid — that is, they are radially symmetrical
   ili: i13155
   members:
   - actinoid
@@ -182453,7 +182453,7 @@
   definition:
   - worthy of often limited commendation
   example:
-  - the student's effort on the essay--though not outstanding--was creditable
+  - the student's effort on the essay — though not outstanding — was creditable
   ili: i14348
   members:
   - creditable