[{"word":"dials","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A clock face.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A sundial.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A person's face.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A miner's compass.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"President Trump has recently dialled down the rhetoric."},{"definition":"To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"In an emergency dial 999."},{"definition":"To use a dial or a telephone.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Please be careful when dialling."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dial","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dials"]}]