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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to discover by digging",
"word": "dénicher"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to discover by digging",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "dégoter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to discover by digging",
"word": "mettre la main"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "to discover by digging",
"word": "huke"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "to discover by digging",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wykopywać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "to discover by digging",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wykopać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "to discover by digging",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "odkopywać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "to discover by digging",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "odkopać"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "otkopátʹ",
"sense": "to discover by digging",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "откопа́ть"
}
],
"word": "dig up"
}
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