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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "breaks in",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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{
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},
"expansion": "break in (third-person singular simple present breaks in, present participle breaking in, simple past broke in, past participle broken in)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
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"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Someone broke in and stole his radio.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-06-21:",
"text": "Thousands gathered at São Paulo’s main cathedral and made their way to the mayor’s office, where a small group smashed windows and tried to break in, forcing guards to withdraw.",
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"To enter a place by force or illicit means."
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"(intransitive) To enter a place by force or illicit means."
],
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
"word": "irrompre"
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
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"word": "vloupat se"
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"word": "inbreken"
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
"word": "murtautua"
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"word": "fracturer"
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
"word": "შეჭრა"
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
"word": "einbrechen"
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
"word": "betör"
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
"word": "maoho"
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
"word": "bryte seg inn"
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
"word": "far irrupcion"
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
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"word": "вла́мываться"
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"word": "violentar"
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
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"text": "These shoes will be more comfortable after I have broken them in.",
"type": "example"
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To cause (something, or someone, new) to function more naturally through use or wear"
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"code": "cs",
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"word": "zajet"
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"sense": "to make something new function well through use",
"tags": [
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"note": "for shoes",
"sense": "to make something new function well through use",
"word": "inlopen"
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"sense": "to make something new function well through use",
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"word": "casser"
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"code": "fr",
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"word": "roder"
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"_dis1": "0 50 20 16 0 0 14",
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"word": "se faire"
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"english": "shoes",
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"sense": "to make something new function well through use",
"word": "einlaufen"
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"english": "car",
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"word": "eingewöhnen"
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"word": "разнашивать"
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"roman": "obkatyvatʹ",
"sense": "to make something new function well through use",
"word": "обкатывать"
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"_dis1": "0 50 20 16 0 0 14",
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"sense": "to make something new function well through use",
"word": "domar"
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"_dis1": "0 50 20 16 0 0 14",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to make something new function well through use",
"word": "estrenar"
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"_dis1": "0 50 20 16 0 0 14",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to make something new function well through use",
"word": "ahormar"
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"_dis1": "0 50 20 16 0 0 14",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make something new function well through use",
"word": "ablandar"
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"text": "He broke in with the New York Yankees.",
"type": "example"
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"Starting something brand new or at a new level."
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"(transitive, idiomatic) Starting something brand new or at a new level."
],
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"_dis1": "0 23 49 0 0 0 28",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to start something new",
"word": "einsteigen (job / coll.)"
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{
"_dis1": "0 23 49 0 0 0 28",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to start something new",
"word": "anfangen"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 19 34 8 4 6 17",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to get used to a new level or situation",
"word": "einarbeiten"
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{
"_dis1": "12 19 34 8 4 6 17",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to get used to a new level or situation",
"word": "anlernen"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 87 0 13 0",
"word": "breaker-inner"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 87 0 13 0",
"tags": [
"noun"
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"word": "break-in"
}
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"ref": "[1877], Anna Sewell, “An Old War Horse”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part III, page 162:",
"text": "Captain had been broken in and trained for an army horse; his first owner was an officer of cavalry going out to the Crimean War. He said he quite enjoyed the training with all the other horses, trotting together, turning together, to the right hand or to the left, halting at the word of command, or dashing forward at full speed at the sound of the trumpet, or signal of the officer.",
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"To tame; make obedient; to train to follow orders of the owner."
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"(transitive, of a horse) To tame; make obedient; to train to follow orders of the owner."
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"word": "break away"
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"word": "break into"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 87 0 13 0",
"word": "burn-in"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
"word": "koulia"
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"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
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"sciences"
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"word": "(den Willen) brechen"
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"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
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"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
"word": "domare"
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"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
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"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
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"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
"word": "pereki hōiho"
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"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
"word": "domdar"
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
"word": "adomergir"
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
"word": "adomdar"
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
"word": "aprivadar"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ujeżdżać"
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{
"_dis1": "3 5 3 81 2 4 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
"tags": [
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"word": "ujeździć"
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"_dis1": "3 5 3 81 2 4 2",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "ukroščátʹ",
"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "укроща́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 3 81 2 4 2",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "obʺjezžátʹ",
"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "объезжа́ть"
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"_dis1": "3 5 3 81 2 4 2",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "dressirovátʹ",
"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "дрессирова́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 3 81 2 4 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
"word": "domar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 3 81 2 4 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
"word": "rida in"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 3 81 2 4 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
"word": "tämja"
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"ref": "2002, Allison Moorer (lyrics and music), “Ruby Jewel Was Here”, in Miss Fortune:",
"text": "While brothel patrons placed their bets / On who would be the first to break her in",
"type": "quote"
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"(transitive, colloquial) To take the virginity of a girl, to deflower."
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"transitive"
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"(intransitive) To interrupt one's conversation; speak before another person has finished speaking."
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"tags": [
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],
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"_dis1": "2 2 1 2 0 92 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to interrupt one's conversation",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
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"text": "Captain had been broken in and trained for an army horse; his first owner was an officer of cavalry going out to the Crimean War. He said he quite enjoyed the training with all the other horses, trotting together, turning together, to the right hand or to the left, halting at the word of command, or dashing forward at full speed at the sound of the trumpet, or signal of the officer.",
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"text": "While brothel patrons placed their bets / On who would be the first to break her in",
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
"word": "fracturer"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
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"roman": "šeč̣ra",
"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
"word": "შეჭრა"
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
"word": "einbrechen"
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
"word": "betör"
},
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
"word": "maoho"
},
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
"word": "bryte seg inn"
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
"word": "far irrupcion"
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
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"word": "вла́мываться"
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
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"sense": "to enter by force or illicitly",
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"note": "for shoes",
"sense": "to make something new function well through use",
"word": "inlopen"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to make something new function well through use",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to make something new function well through use",
"word": "casser"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to make something new function well through use",
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"code": "de",
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"word": "обкатывать"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to make something new function well through use",
"word": "domar"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to make something new function well through use",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to make something new function well through use",
"word": "ablandar"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to start something new",
"word": "einsteigen (job / coll.)"
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"sense": "to start something new",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "cs",
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"english": "wild animal",
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"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
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"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
"word": "adomergir"
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"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
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"code": "oc",
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"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
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"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to tame (a horse or other animal)",
"word": "tämja"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to interrupt one's conversation",
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