See widwe on Wiktionary
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"A widow or widower (person whose spouse has died and hasn't remarried)",
"A widowed woman who commits to living a chaste and devout life."
],
"links": [
[
"widow",
"widow"
],
[
"widower",
"widower"
],
[
"person",
"person#English"
],
[
"spouse",
"spouse#English"
],
[
"died",
"died#English"
],
[
"remarried",
"remarry#English"
],
[
"widow",
"widow"
],
[
"woman",
"woman"
],
[
"commit",
"commit"
],
[
"living",
"living"
],
[
"chaste",
"chaste"
],
[
"devout",
"devout"
],
[
"life",
"life"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A person separated from their spouse."
],
"links": [
[
"person",
"person"
],
[
"separated",
"separated"
],
[
"spouse",
"spouse"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"enm:Christianity"
],
"glosses": [
"A person separated from God."
],
"links": [
[
"Christianity",
"Christianity"
],
[
"person",
"person"
],
[
"separated",
"separated"
],
[
"God",
"God"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Christianity, figuratively) A person separated from God."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"topics": [
"Christianity"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A building or property separated from its owner."
],
"links": [
[
"building",
"building"
],
[
"property",
"property"
],
[
"separated",
"separated"
],
[
"its",
"its"
],
[
"owner",
"owner"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) A building or property separated from its owner."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwidwə/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwidɔu̯(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwiduː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈweːduː/",
"note": "with open-syllable lengthening",
"tags": [
"Northern",
"especially"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwidiu̯(ə)/",
"note": "especially Kent, Southern, South Midland"
}
],
"word": "widwe"
}
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