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{
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"code": "ast",
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"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "soyu"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xoyu"
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{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"word": "platuxa latz"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kambala",
"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "камбала"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plana"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"word": "川鰈"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuāndié",
"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"word": "川鲽"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "platýs bradavičnatý"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"word": "flundra obecná"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skrubbe"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bot"
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{
"code": "eo",
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"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"word": "fleso"
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"word": "lest"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"word": "kampela"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flet"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "solla"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Flunder"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "plevroníktis",
"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πλευρονήκτης"
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"word": "érdes lepényhal"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "lt",
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"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
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"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
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"code": "pl",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "linguado"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"tags": [
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],
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"feminine"
],
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"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "platija"
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"code": "sv",
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{
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"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Platichthys flesus",
"word": "pisi balığı"
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"text": "He gave a good speech, but floundered when audience members asked questions he could not answer well.",
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"ref": "1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:",
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"(intransitive) To flop around as a fish out of water."
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "pljaskam",
"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "пляскам"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "sprælle"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "spartelen"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "pyörähtää"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "herumzappeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "hüpfen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "taumeln"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "spartaró",
"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "σπαρταρώ"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "ficánkol"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "fickándozik"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "evickél"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "hentereg"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "hempereg"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "vergődik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "fetreng"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "tākaru"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "tangaru"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "debater-se"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "baráxtatʹsja",
"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "бара́хтаться"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "sprattla"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "borsatysja",
"sense": "to flop around",
"word": "борсатися"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "to flop around",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
"word": "kompuroida"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
"word": "horjua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
"word": "tituber"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
"word": "Schwierigkeiten haben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
"word": "sich fangen wollen"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "parapaío",
"sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
"word": "παραπαίω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
"word": "botladozik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
"word": "bukdácsol"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
"word": "botorkál"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
"word": "tangaru"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
"word": "tākaru"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to attempt to move or regain one's balance",
"word": "sprattla"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
"word": "tutulmaq"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obǎrkvam se",
"sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
"word": "обърквам се"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
"word": "kompuroida"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
"word": "straucheln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
"word": "herumholpern"
},
{
"code": "el",
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"roman": "paradérno",
"sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
"word": "παραδέρνω"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
"word": "belezavarodik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
"word": "belegabalyodik"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
"word": "まごつく"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sbivátʹsja",
"sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сбива́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sbítʹsja",
"sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сби́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
"word": "trastabillar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
"word": "titubear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
"word": "tartalear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act clumsily or confused",
"word": "trastrabillar"
}
],
"word": "flounder"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "flounder",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "flowndre"
}
],
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of flowndre"
],
"links": [
[
"flowndre",
"flowndre#Middle_English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "flounder"
}
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