See brink on Wiktionary
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},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "edge",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "broinne"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "edge",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "colbha"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "edge",
"word": "orlo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "edge",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bordo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "edge",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ciglio"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "edge",
"word": "ripa tauārai"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "edge",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "beira"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "kraj",
"sense": "edge",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "край"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "granʹ",
"sense": "edge",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "грань"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"sense": "edge",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oir"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "edge",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pokraj"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "edge",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hrana"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "edge",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "okraj"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "edge",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hranica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "edge",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "borde"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "edge",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "límite"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "edge",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tope"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "edge",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kant"
}
],
"word": "brink"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"var": "1"
},
"expansion": "brink",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "brinke"
}
],
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English variant lemmas",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of brinke"
],
"links": [
[
"brinke",
"brinke#Middle_English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "brink"
}
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