[{"word":"meters","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"(always meter) A device that measures things.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(always meter) A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(always meter) One who metes or measures.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"a labouring coal-meter"},{"definition":"(elsewhere metre) The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), conceived of as 1/10000000 of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator, and now defined as the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299792458 second.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(elsewhere metre) An increment of music; the overall rhythm; particularly, the number of beats in a measure.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(elsewhere metre) The rhythm pattern in a poem.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(elsewhere metre) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A poem.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To measure with a metering device.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).","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/meter","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/meters"]}]